Deployment of D10 3.26.0 is complete for production sites and is now commencing on non-production sites. The deployment block has now been lifted.
Posted Jul 08, 2025 - 16:01 AEST
In progress
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Posted Jul 08, 2025 - 06:00 AEST
Update
Advice - Who is affected: GovCMS Drupal 10 (D10) community. - No outages are expected to websites during the deployment process. - The D10 distribution will continue to be supported after this update. - If you have any concerns, raise a ticket at https://www.govcms.support
Schedule: - Distribution was released on Monday 7 July 2025 - Deployments to commence from 6am Tuesday 8 July 2025 and will be conducted throughout the daytime - Production branches completed by 10am Wednesday 9 July 2025 - Once production environments are completed, status page will be updated and Non-Production environments will kick off - Non-Production branches completed by 10am Thursday 10 July 2025
❗ IMPORTANT NOTICE 1: Deployments during maintenance window - During the scheduled maintenance window, ALL D10 SaaS deployments will be blocked while we deploy to the D10 Production environments. - While the production block is on, you will still be able to develop and deploy to non-production feature branches. - PaaS deployments schedules are not impacted.
❗ IMPORTANT NOTICE 2: Update local environments - Ensure you update your local environments to the latest release. Not rebasing your codebase results in mismatched database configuration causing errors in forklifts and deployments.
❗ IMPORTANT NOTICE 3: For customers with configuration management enabled - The latest configuration from your production database has been created for you in GitLab in a branch called action-required/latest-config-export. - You need to review and test the changes in the merge request. Once you are satisfied, please check the “Delete source branch” box and click “Merge”. - This MUST be done before any new commits. - All subsequent deployments will be blocked in the CI pipeline until this merge request branch is deleted - Not merging the latest configuration provided could result in your new database configuration reverting to an older version when you next deploy, potentially causing issues for your website. - If no merge request is lodged after a release then no configuration has changed and no further action is required.
Drupal Core Update:
- Drupal Core from 10.4.7 to 10.4.8
Distribution Updates:
- Admin Toolbar module from 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 - Environment Indicator module from 4.0.21 to 4.0.24 - Linked Field module from 1.5.0 to 1.7.0 - LinkIt module from 7.0.4 to 7.0.5 - Metatag module from 2.1.0 to 2.1.1 - Rest Menu Items module from 3.0.4 to 3.0.5 - Twig Tweak module from 3.4.0 to 3.4.1
What modules are added/deprecated/removed in the distribution?
- Deprecated Aggregator module from GovCMS - Marked Panels module as obsolete
Information for PaaS customers In line with this advice https://status.govcms.support/incidents/khd5xg9qcsdv, we created and set a Lagoon environment variable for Cache life for 15 minutes, please review this change for your projects. If you are using the GovCMS Akamai CDN, we strongly recommend that you enable the Akamai Purge module on your projects to support automated cache purging.
Update your codebase to ensure you are running the latest platform base images and packages, and stay aligned to GovCMS best practice: GovCMS D10 distribution - includes a module update addressing Drupal security vulnerability - updated files will be released on 7 July 2025 - available from https://github.com/govCMS/GovCMS/releases/tag/3.26.0 - you should aim to apply this update to your distribution as soon as possible.
D11 Information Session Join me for the next Online D11 update held on GovTeams. Please note the change in date from Wednesday 9 July 2025 to Wednesday 16 July 2025.
Drupal Core 10.5.x Preview In preparation for D11, the final preview for 2025 will be for the next major D10 Drupal Core release from 10.4.x to 10.5.x. At this stage, the previews will likely be in August 2025, after Drupal core 10.5.1 is released.
New Lagoon Task: Export the configuration via the Lagoon UI – now available. GovCMS has released a new Lagoon task to help you self service downloading Drupal configuration. For more information, review the Export the configuration via the Lagoon UI section in the Configuration management Knowledge Base article.
Infrastructure change to mail system GovCMS will soon be making a behind-the-scenes update to how your project sends emails via our platform. This change involves routing email sends directly via Amazon SES. There will be no action required from your side — email will continue to work as expected. This update helps us improve email deliverability, security, and ensures future compliance with DMARC, SPF, and DKIM standards
Posted Jul 07, 2025 - 16:27 AEST
Scheduled
Advice We would like to inform you of the tentative dates for the upcoming GovCMS Drupal 10 (D10) release and deployment.
The final release date is subject to change, as it will be determined by the testing outcomes. The date will be confirmed when the distribution is released, and the release notes are expected to be sent on Monday 7 July 2025 .
As a reminder, a SaaS deployment block is in place ONLY while we update the production branches. During this time, you will still be able to develop and deploy to non-production feature branches. We are wanting to give you as much lead time as possible, should you need to adjust your timeframes.
PaaS deployments schedules are not impacted.
Tentative deployment schedule: - Deployment to commence from 6am Tuesday 8 July 2025 and will be conducted throughout the daytime. - Production branches completed by 5pm Wednesday 9 July 2025 - Non-Production branches completed by 5pm Thursday 10 July 2025