Issue 732 - May, 21st 2026

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Headlines

Dries Buytaert: The Gap Between Drupal and Its Reputation

Drupal Security Advisory PSA-2026-05-18

Security Public Service Announcements: Upcoming Highly Critical Release on May 20, 2026 - PSA-2026-05-18

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Core

All Batch Related Functions in locale.batch.inc, locale.bulk.inc and locale.compare.inc Have Been Deprecated

file_get_file_references() Is Deprecated in Favor of the FileReferenceResolver

New Exception Status Code Cache Context

SDC Library Overrides Now Support a Fonts Key for Preloading

The check_markup() Function Is Deprecated

Articles

1xINTERNET Blog: Drupal AI in 2026: Status, Architecture, and Roadmap

Dries Buytaert: Acquia Builds Drupal Funding Into Its Partner Program

Dropsolid Experience Cloud: Drupal Camp Braga - Drupal the Rails of the High Value AI Powered Open Web

Drupal Association Secures Alpha-Omega Grant to Future-Proof Open-Source Security for the AI Era.

Freelock Blog: The Rules Have Changed: Security in the Age of AI-Assisted Attacks

Pixelite: Bots, Scrapers, and Proxies: Defending Drupal Sites in an Automated Internet

PreviousNext: How Drupal Is Keeping Pace with a Changing Digital Market in 2026

The Drop Times: Drupal AI Summit NYC Opens Today with Focus on Enterprise AI and Open Source Governance

The Drop Times: Ten Technical Areas Shaping Enterprise Drupal Workflows in 2026

Upsun Completes DDEV Trademark Transfer to the DDEV Foundation - THANK YOU! | DDEV

Tutorials

LakeDrops Drupal Consulting, Development and Hosting: The Architecture That Changed the Game: Modeler API

QED42: Create Your Own AI Agents for Drupal Canvas

Specbee: How to Maintain a Drupal Website for Security, Performance, and Scalability

Watch: DDEV from Scratch with macOS | DDEV

Releases

Ai 1.3.5

Canvas 1.4.1

Docker4drupal 6.2.4

migrate_tools 6.1.4

Mimemail 2.0.2

Podcasts

Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #553 - Saving the Open Web