Issue 747 - September, 3rd 2026

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News

The Drupal Association Announces 2026 Board Election Winner

The Work That Just Happens: The DA Insider for August 2026

From Our Sponsor

AI

Does AI Understand My Website the Way I Hope It Does?

Specbee: 16 Drupal AI Modules That Can Make Your Website Smarter

Core

A "cancel" Method Has Been Added to Drupal.debounce

Admin Compact Mode Logic Has Been Moved to the Frontend

Assigning Typed Data Objects to Entity or target_id No Longer Supported

Database Driver Modules and System Module Are No Longer Installed by drupal_install_system()

ElementInfoManager No Longer Overwrites a Form Element's Own #value_callback

FileStorageFactory::getSync() Replaced with ::get()

Functions in update.module Have Been Deprecated

Global Constants in Locale Module Are Deprecated

New Service UploadedFilesExtractor Added to Extract the Uploaded Files from File Field

Several Underscore Locale Functions Have Been Deprecated

Text with Summary Plugin Is Deprecated

UpdateRegistry Now Caches Discovered Extensions and the Constructor Has Changed

user_logout() and user_login_finalize() Are Deprecated

user_picture_enabled Is Now Deprecated.

Articles

A Drupal Couple: Drupal Could Be a Great Answer for Vibe Coding

Dries Buytaert: Open Source Is a Cost-Allocation System

LakeDrops Drupal Consulting, Development and Hosting: Six Small ECA Models That Make Drupal Editors Happy

Open Source Is Four Kinds of Economic Goods

Tutorials

#! Code: Drupal 11: Migrating from Jadu Into LocalGov Drupal: Part 3

Berliners Blog: Rebuilding a Data-Driven Drupal Site: From Ctools Plugins to Layout Builder Blocks

Dries Buytaert: Finding Related Posts with Embeddings

Freelock Blog: Drupal Meets Matrix Part 1: Setting Up Matrix API

Mike Herchel's Blog: It’s Time to Prepare Your Drupal Modules for Admin’s Dark Mode

Omega8.cc: Pull Your Site Into DDEV

Stuart Clark (Deciphered): Drupal Site Settings Over JSON:API, Per Consumer

Releases

Cms 2.1.4

Entity 8.x-1.8

module_builder 4.2.6

Trash 3.0.33

workbench_email 3.0.8

Workflow 2.1.12

Podcasts

Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #567 - Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures