Issue 752 - October, 8th 2026
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Dries Buytaert: State of Drupal Presentation (September 2026)
Drupal Association Blog: The Drupal Advocacy Program: Helping the World Catch Up to What Drupal Can Do.
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AI
1xINTERNET Blog: The Official Drupal AI Demo Is Live, and What It Means for Your Website
Cutting Drupal's Site:install Time from 20 Minutes to 90 Seconds with an AI Coding Agent
Drupal AI Initiative: Drupal AI After the DriesNote Rotterdam: What You Can Use Today and What Comes Next
Drupal AI Initiative: Introducing the Drupal AI Demo
Drupal AI Initiative: Speed, Safety, and Smarter Journeys: What Drupal AI 1.5 Means for Digital Marketing Leaders
Jacob Rockowitz: Vibing Drupal: Tale 2 - Using AI to Maintain a Module, Exploring the AI-Possible
Jacob Rockowitz: Vibing Drupal: What’s Your Take on the /grill-Me Skill?
Our Drupal 11 Upgrade Engine Pauses at the Hard Calls
Our Drupal 11 upgrade engine flags an ambiguous API change or an abandoned module with no clear replacement, then stops rather than guessing. A developer resolves it, and Gate 2's automated visual regression proves the fix held before it reaches production. A free scan shows where your site's hard calls are, each one priced into a fixed quote.
Tag1 Insights: Human in the Middle: The Review Is Still Yours
The Drop Times: The Public Record Drupal Deserves
Core
Kernel Tests Can Share the Test Environment
Media::getRequestTime() Has Been Deprecated
Navigation Top Bar Feature Flag Removed from Core
New Strnatcasecmp Function in DrupalCoreUtilityNaturalSort
Articles
Acquia.com - Drupal Blog: Drupal Is Light Years Ahead of Its Reputation. Here Is How We Close the Gap.
Drupal Blog: Proof, Not Promises. Watch the Six Demos from the DriesNote Rotterdam
Higher Ed Web Hosting: 6 Shifts in Legacy Drupal Setups
I Got Tired of Forty Tabs, So I Built a Deck of Glass Cards for My Desktop
Specbee: The Tools Around Drupal Have Become Simpler, Complementing Drupal. Read Our Take on How Canvas, Components, Drupal CMS, and AI Are Changing Drupal Work.
Stuart Clark (Deciphered): File (Field) Paths 8.x-1.0; Stable and Back Under Maintenance
The Drop Times: DriesNote Targets Drupal's Reputation Gap with Advocacy Credits and Rosetta Sprint Proposal
The Drop Times: Japan Drupal Association Holds Founding Assembly, Files for NPO Certification
The Drop Times: Splash Awards 2026 Name Winning Drupal Projects in Rotterdam
Très Bien Blog: WordPal: Theme Drupal with WordPress Block Themes
Webchick: The October #DrupalOffTheIsland Challenge
Tutorials
Freelock Blog: Beyond Bigger Servers: Keeping Websites Online Under Bot Attacks
Getting to Your DDEV Projects Fast: Filesystem Navigation Tips | DDEV
Releases
Docker4drupal 6.2.12
Entityqueue 8.x-1.13
module_builder 4.2.8
Toolbar 2.0.0
views_bulk_operations 4.4.9
Podcasts
Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #572 - the PHP Foundation
Events
Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit October 17-18, 2026 Vancouver, BC, Canada
Join us for two days of learning, networking, and community building. There is something for people at all skill levels. Sessions will cover topics like Accessibility, AI, Backend, Business Strategy, Community & Open Source, Content Strategy, DevOps, Frontend, Neurodiversity & Inclusion, Search, Security, and UX/Design. Plus we'll have lightning talks, an unconference, a community groups fair, and a keynote you won't want to miss!
Southwestern Ontario Drupal Camp Is Coming to Kitchener-Waterloo October 23
Join us for two days of inspiring talks, awesome networking opportunities, free food and refreshments, and a chance to give back to open source!
Jobs
jobs.drupal.org Has Been Discontinued
The Drupal Association is currently evaluating how this space can be repurposed and will share an update once a decision has been made.