Issue 682 - May, 15th 2025

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Headlines

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Core

Additional 'Update Manager' Deprecations

Contextual Links Now Use VanillaJS Instead of BackboneJS

Custom Keys in $_SESSION Are Deprecated

Experimental Symfony Mailer Module

New Config Action to Add a Component to a Layout

New Recipe Unpack Composer Plugin

PHPUnit 11 Support

System/base Split Into Smaller, Conditionally Loaded Libraries

Views Blocks' `items_per_page` Setting Can No Longer Be `none`

Articles

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Drupal Starshot Blog: Marketplace Share Out #4: Building Trust, Governance, and Real-World Value

Freelock Blog: Sustainable Business and AI

Golems GABB: AI Framework in Drupal

PreviousNext: Three Features for Creating a Great Website Experience

Tutorials

Mandclu: Smart Menu Links: Drupal Navigation with the Power of Views

Automated Testing Kit for Drupal — Kickstart Your Playwright or Cypress Testing

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mcdruid.co.uk: Hacking the AI Module in Drupal CMS

Specbee: Exposing Your API in Drupal - a Brief Tutorial

The Ins and Outs of Successful Content Migration

Web Wash: Using Autocomplete Deluxe in Drupal CMS

Releases

commerce_paypal 8.x-1.10

commerce_stripe 2.0.1

Drupal 10.4.7

Drupal 11.1.7

Podcasts

Talking Drupal #502 - TD Cafe #001 Martin and Jake

Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #501 - 500 with Dries501

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