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Issue 753 - October, 15th 2026

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Headlines

Security Advisories: Drupal Core - Critical - Remote Code Execution - SA-CORE-2026-014

Drupal Blog: Optimizing Drupal Core CI

Drupal Blog: State of Drupal Presentation (September 226)

From Our Sponsor

AI

Acquia.com - Drupal Blog: Vibe Coding Drupal: The Pragmatic Middle Path

Drupal AI Initiative: Leading the Open AI Conversation: Drupal at Digital Leaders' AI Week 2026

Jacob Rockowitz: Running with Scissors: Using AI to Explore, Build, Maintain, Contribute, and Secure Drupal

Peoples Blog: Drupal Already Manages Content. So What Does AI Actually Add?

Ramsalt Lab: A First Look at Gutenberg AI, the AI Writing Tools Ramsalt Is Building for Drupal

Sergiu Nagailic (Nikro) Blog: Nichebench: The Harness

Core

Database Queries Can No Longer Be Serialized

The .profile File Extension Has Been Deprecated

Articles

Docker Provider Performance, 2026: Now Measured Every Night | DDEV

Dominique De Cooman: DrupalCon Rotterdam: Building Drupal’s AI Future Together

Drupal 11 Plus Canvas: One Fixed Price, One Engagement

Procurement can't approve "it depends." One quote covers your Drupal 11 upgrade and move to Drupal Canvas, content and structure intact. Every unknown is resolved before pricing, and any overrun is ours. Start with a free scan.

Drupal Patterns: From Architecture to Innovation: Interactive Forms with Htmx 4

Drupal Security Updates: Patch Within Hours | Droptica

Dynamosys Insights: Drupal Is Retiring .module Files. What Should Website Owners Do?

Dynamosys Insights: Playwright for Drupal: A Practical Guide to Test Automation

Freelock Blog: Drupal Meets Matrix 03 - Better Conversations with Advanced Comment Threads

Freelock Blog: Drupal Meets Matrix Part 2: Live Comments with ECA and HTMX

Gábor Hojtsy: Meet Dashi, the 'new' Multilingual Demo for Drupal CMS

Matt Glaman: SDCs, Canvas, and the Agent Skills That Build with Them

Penyaskito: Can It Be All So Simple? Migrating a 13-Year-Old WordPress Blog to Drupal CMS

rachel_norfolk: DrupalCon Brings Love in Every Drop

The Drop Times: AI Neuron Connects Drupal AI with PHP Agents and Workflows

The Drop Times: Drupal Security Team Confirms Four Full-Member Promotions

Tutorials

#! Code: Drupal 11: Don't Create Node During Content Import

Aten Design Group: Freedom with the Form Attribute: More Flexible Drupal Views Exposed Filters

Gspikes: Cleaning a Decade of Drupal Database Cruft Before You Migrate

Metadrop: How to Fix Drupal Redirect Chains Automatically with Redirect Audit

Specbee: Need Better Image Galleries in Drupal? the Media Scroller Module Adds a Large Main Image, Synced Thumbnail Navigation, and Simple Configuration Without Custom Templates.

Releases

Bootstrap 8.x-3.44

Drupal 10.6.19

Drupal 11.4.10

Drupal 11.4.9

Examples 4.0.7

Flag 5.1.1

Gutenberg 3.0.7

Trash 3.0.35

Trash 3.1.1

Podcasts

Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #573 - Off the Cuff #13

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