Issue 687 - June, 19th 2025

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Headlines

Drupal AI Initiative: Drupal AI 1.1.0 Is Out and Brings Major New Features!

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Core

Block Content Access Classes Moved from block_content to Core

ConfigurableTrait and ConfigurablePluginBase Available to Reduce Plugin Boilerplate

JSON:API's Handling of Reference Fields Was Changed to Support Referencing by UUID or Revision ID

Run-tests.sh Uses PHPUnit's API to Determine the Tests to Run

Specifying CKEditor5 Icons Without the "Icon"-Prefixed Name Is Deprecated

Articles

Drupalize.Me: What’s New in the Drupal CMS User Guide: June 2025 Update

ImageX: Happy 30th Birthday, PHP! Fun Facts About the Language That Powers Drupal (And More)

LakeDrops Drupal Consulting, Development and Hosting: Drupal Modeler API Ready for Testing

Metadrop: Metadrop April 2025: New Releases for Drupal Ecosystem, Privacy and Content Editorial Experience

Salsa Digital: Inside the Drupal AI Strategy

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Specbee: B2B Is Going Headless: Decoupled vs. Traditional Drupal Explained

The Drop Times: "We Really Want More People Contributing to Drupal"

The Drop Times: Honoring the Balance

Tutorials

Freelock Blog: Website Availability - Handling an Outage

How to Reduce Content Entity Cache Tags

How to Supercharge AI Coding with Cursor Rules and Memory Banks

joshics.in: Comparing Drupal Cookie Consent Modules: Finding the Right Fit for GDPR and Privacy Compliance

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Releases

Ai 1.1.0

aI_agents 1.1.0

automatic_updates 4.0.0

Cms 1.2.0-Rc1

custom_field 3.1.11

Drupal 10.5.0-Rc1

Drupal 11.2.0-Rc2

Editoria11y 2.2.11

environment_indicator 4.0.23

Htmx 1.4.2

time_picker 6.0.0

Podcasts

Growing Engineering Culture with Ev Maslovskiy - Beyond Blocks Podcast

Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #507 - International Drupal Federation

Talking Drupal: TD Cafe #004 - Ivan Stegic & Randy Oest