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Janna Malikova Wins 2026 Drupal Association At-Large Board Election

Only ten approvals separated the top two candidates in an eight-person contest that drew 307 of 1,274 eligible Drupal Association members.

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AI Metering 1.0 Adds Cost Tracking and Quota Controls to Drupal AI

A Drupal AI operation can incur provider charges without showing its estimated cost to the person who triggered it. AI Metering brings that visibility into Drupal while giving administrators ways to set and enforce monthly limits.

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DrupalCamp Colorado 2026 Puts Long-Term Drupal Practice in Focus

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W3Techs Data Shows About Half of Detected Drupal Sites on End-of-Life Versions

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Eight DAM Decisions for Drupal Teams

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Drupal Security Team Marks 16 Contributed Projects Unsupported in Ten Weeks

Artificial Intelligence: News & Updates

Drupal AI 1.4.7 and 1.3.12 Fix Agent Memory and Automator Defects

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Drupal Code Query Adds MCP Server for Core and Contrib Analysis

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AI Metering 1.0 Adds Cost Tracking and Quota Controls to Drupal AI

31 August 2026
Symfony Establishes Four-Person Core Team for Symfony AI

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Kristen Pol Explains How Drupal’s Context Control Center Governs AI Context

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Agent Skills Share a Format but Not a Distribution Model

18 August 2026

Drupal CMS: News and Updates

Cheppers Pairs Custom Drupal Design Systems with AI Page Generation

18 August 2026
Drupal CMS Strategy 2.0 Prioritises Agencies and Professional Developers

17 July 2026
Acquia Guide Compares Drupal Site Templates Marketplace Options

10 July 2026
Drupal CMS 2.1 Adds Site Templates to Speed Website Setup

09 June 2026
Dries Buytaert Highlights Drupal CMS as a Shift in Drupal’s Usability Strategy

25 May 2026
Dominique De Cooman Proposes Athena Milestone for Drupal AI Initiative

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The AI Guy from QED42: Alphons Jaimon in Talks with TDT

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Matthew Saunders Calls for Open-Source Funding to Move From Values to Budgets

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Mike Gifford: Accessibility Must Move Upstream in Public-Sector Open Source

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Acquia DAM Adds Read-Only MCP Access for AI Assistants

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26 August 2026
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19 August 2026
GovCMS Moves From Drupal 9 Prototype Testing to Drupal 11 Completion

18 August 2026

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2026 Drupal Business Survey Opens for Agency and Service Provider Leaders

25 August 2026
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Drupal Events of the Week: 24 - 30 August 2026

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Drupal community members have opportunities this week to explore AI-assisted site building, attend a regional camp, and strengthen Code of Conduct incident response skills. ...more

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Drupal Day Aveiro 2026 Opens Call for Sessions

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Drupal contributors can propose sessions or workshops at three experience levels, with 20- or 45-minute slots available for the October event. ...more

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PHP 8.6 Beta 1 Released for Testing

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The first PHP 8.6 beta gives maintainers a clearer compatibility target before November, and Drupal core testing has already surfaced a concrete deprecation to address. ...more

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amazee.ai Webinar to Examine Shadow AI and Data Privacy

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Employees can use public AI tools before security, privacy, or compliance teams have clear visibility into how company information is handled. The session examines that governance gap and approaches to more controlled AI access. ...more

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Bluefly.io Town Hall to Feature Drupal-Based LibreChart Demo

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LibreChart puts Drupal CMS in a clinical recordkeeping setting where reliable connectivity cannot be assumed. The event notice leaves the project’s offline implementation unexplained. ...more

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WordPress 7.0.3 Fixes 12 Security Issues, Including High-Severity Login XSS

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The 8.9 login-screen flaw is remotely reachable without an authenticated account, yet its path to code execution still depends on social engineering and active victim interaction. ...more

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TDT August Town Hall Tracks Editorial Shift and Wider Community Outreach

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The Drop Times is reducing routine summaries while putting more effort into original reporting, technical coverage, media partnerships, and community participation. ...more

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Fox Valley Drupal to Host Custom Field Session With Andy Marquis

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Site builders weighing Custom Field against Paragraphs or entity-reference approaches will get a maintainer-led look at its data model and workflow. ...more

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