Issue 716 - January, 29th 2026
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Drupal AI Initiative: The Future of AI-Powered Web Creation Is People-First, Not-Prompt First
Drupal Association Blog: Join Drupal for a Week of Innovation at EU Open Source Week 2026
Drupal.org Blog: GitLab Issue Migration: The New Workflow for Migrated Projects
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Core
ImageToolkit and ImageToolkitOperation Plugins Are Autowirable
New Method getSummary() Added to DrupalCoreFieldFieldTypeCategoryInterface
The comment_preview() Function Is Deprecated and the Logic Has Moved to CommentForm
The History Module Is Deprecated
Articles
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