Stories by Staff Reporter

The Drupal Association engineering team has announced that the first-generation Automatic Updates API will reach end of life on 4 May 2026. The change affects branches 7.x-1.x and 8.x-1.x, with update files and validation hashes expiring shortly after. ...more

DrupalCamp Ottawa 2026 is accepting session proposals for its 1 May 2026 event in Ottawa. Organisers are inviting talks across Drupal development, UX, AI, performance, and community practice. Selected sessions are expected to run about 40 minutes. ...more

Join Centarro on 26 February 2026 for a live webinar demonstrating how to build a full-featured B2B portal using Drupal Commerce without custom code. The session will cover tiered pricing, product visibility, and serving B2B and B2C customers from a single Drupal installation. ...more

DDEV has released version 1.25.0, featuring a redesigned Windows installer, updated system defaults including PHP 8.4 and Debian Trixie, and XHGui as the default profiler. The release also adds faster snapshots, new diagnostics utilities, and expanded configuration and sharing capabilities. ...more

Working on a Drupal contrib module often requires testing changes against newer library versions than those allowed by published constraints. In a Drupalize.Me walkthrough, Joe Shindelar explains how Composer path repositories can be used to override hosted package definitions and safely develop against local module clones. ...more

In a Drupal.org interview published on 3 February 2026, Drupal CMS Product Owner Pam Barone explains how the 2.0 release builds on the 1.0 proof of concept with two new additions: Canvas and site templates. The update focuses on improving authoring workflows and reducing setup friction rather than introducing new core capabilities. ...more

Dripyard has released version 1.1.0, a major update focused on Canvas-first site building for Drupal. The release introduces a new layout foundation, expanded component library, accessibility improvements, and formal deprecations, alongside the launch of the new Meridian theme. ...more

amazee.io’s Daniel Lemon argues that fully managed, secure hosting should be treated as an operational risk transfer rather than as infrastructure outsourcing. The post highlights Drupal-specific risks, including dependency chain exposure and patch orchestration complexity. The article focuses on managed infrastructure as a security and compliance strategy for enterprise platforms. ...more

In a recent post, Mark Conroy shares a practical debugging walkthrough for one of Drupal’s most misleading frontend issues: CSS breaking only in certain environments when aggregation is enabled. The post reframes these failures as likely symptoms of merge conflicts, syntax errors, or corrupted theme files rather than aggregation itself. It’s a reminder that many “platform bugs” are often simple code mistakes. ...more

Mail Composer introduces a code-first approach to sending multilingual HTML emails in Drupal, replacing legacy hook-based patterns with an object-oriented workflow. The module supports Twig-based templates, runtime overrides, and translation through filename conventions. It integrates with Drupal’s mail pipeline while enabling modern email architecture for large-scale projects. ...more