Issue 740 - July, 16th 2026

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Headlines

Drupal AI Initiative: Distributed Leadership: How the Drupal AI Initiative Is Scaling for 2026

Drupal.org Blog: GitLab Issue Migration: Thank You Ripple Makers, Your Projects Are Next

DrupalCon News & Updates: AI in Drupal: From Experimentation to Real Impact

From Our Sponsor

Core

Object JSON Schema Type Is No Longer Added to Every SDC Prop

Param Convertor Can Add a Route Requirement for the Parameter

SYMFONY_DEPRECATIONS_HELPER Environment Variable Is Deprecated

Use of Md5(), Sha1(), Crc32() and Hash() with Weak Algorithms Is Disallowed in Drupal Code

Articles

Acquia.com - Drupal Blog: Vibe Coding Drupal: AI as a Reasoning Partner

Dries Buytaert: License-Only Versus Stewarded Open Source

DrupalEasy: Mapping the Drupal AI Ecosystem: Building an Automated Module Tracker

joshics.in: The Drupal Paradox: Why Enterprise Complexity Becomes a Liability

The Drop Times: Canonical Report Flags Open Source Supply Chain Gaps

The Drop Times: Drupal Camp Asheville Sessions Highlight Team Decisions, Site Discovery, Layout Tools, and AI Risk

The Drop Times: Drupal Governance, Security, and Automation Updates

Why State Government Needs Platform Thinking, Not Project Thinking

Tutorials

Aten Design Group: Using AI to Moderate Content in an Existing Drupal Workflow

DDEV Xdebug Quickstart with PhpStorm (Video) | DDEV

Drupal Paragraphs Tutorial: Plan Your Library | Droptica

Drupal Paragraphs: Variants, Spacing & Admin UX | Droptica

Golems GABB: Drupal Anti-Spam: NoBotIQ vs CAPTCHA, Honeypot, CleanTalk, and Other Solutions

Specbee: How Drupal Support & Maintenance Services Can Keep Your Site Secure, Fast, and Future-Ready

Tag1 Insights: Beyond Batch and Queue: Temporal Integration with Drupal

Releases

Ai 1.4.4

Canvas 1.8.0

Drupal 11.4.2

Drupal 11.4.3

Eca 2.1.20

Eca 3.0.12

Eca 3.1.4

Entityqueue 8.x-1.12

file_entity 8.x-2.6

Icons 2.3.2

Jwt 2.4.0

Phpstan-Drupal 2.1.0: Stricter Defaults

smart_date 4.3.0

Tome 8.x-1.16

Podcasts

Talking Drupal #560 - Content Sync

TD Cafe #018 - Drupal Site Templates