What's new in Drupal 11.2

- September 27, 2025
Drupal 11.2

Major Performance Improvements

Installation Speed: Extension and site installation is three to four times as fast as Drupal 11.1.0 Drupal 11.2.0 is now available | Drupal.org

thanks to optimizations in container rebuilding and the installer process.

CSS Performance: The default CSS added to every page by Drupal core has been reduced from around 7 KB to 1 KB Drupal 11.2.0 is now available | Drupal.org, significantly improving bandwidth and page rendering times.

Cache Efficiency: Major improvements to render cache performance with optimizations in placeholder processing and cache tag invalidation, resulting in higher cache hit rates and reduced storage requirements.

Developer Experience Enhancements

No More .module Files Required: Starting with Drupal 11.2, the last APIs that needed .module files can be implemented as object-oriented hooks too! Drupal 11.2.0 is now available | Drupal.org

Developers can now use attributes like #[RemoveHook], #[ReOrderHook], and #[Hook('preprocess')] for complete OOP hook implementation.

Built-in JSON Schema Support: Drupal core can now generate JSON Schemas for content entity types Drupal 11.2.0 is now available | Drupal.org, making API development much easier. All core field types now provide JSON Schemas out of the box.

PHPUnit 11 Support: Added support for PHPUnit 11 while maintaining PHPUnit 10 as the default.

Frontend Development Features

Single-Directory Components Variants: Native variant support added to Single-Directory Components Drupal 11.2.0 is now available | Drupal.org

allows developers to define component variants with custom titles and descriptions directly in component declarations.

AVIF Image Support: Drupal 11.2 now supports AVIF in our image toolkit Drupal 11.2.0 is now available | Drupal.org with automatic fallback to WebP when AVIF conversion isn't available on the server.

Modern Workflow Improvements

Recipe Dependencies: Recipe dependencies are now automatically "unpacked" into your project's root composer.json, making dependency management cleaner.

Update Status Changes: The legacy authorize.php update system has been removed to better support Composer-based workflows. Update Status now checks the status of uninstalled extensions, making your site even more secure. Drupal 11.2.0 is now available | Drupal.org

Navigation Module: The experimental Navigation module received significant improvements and is getting closer to stable release.

Version Timeline Summary

  • Drupal 11.0.0 (August 2024): Initial release with deprecated code removal and updated dependencies
  • Drupal 11.1.0 (December 2024): First minor release with backward-compatible improvements
  • Drupal 11.2.0 (June 2025): Major performance and developer experience improvements
  • Drupal 11.2.1-11.2.4 (June-September 2025): Patch releases fixing regressions and security issues

For Your AI Agent Project

These changes are particularly relevant for your Drupal AI agent:

  1. Faster Installation: Your development setup will install much faster
  2. JSON Schema Support: Better API documentation and validation for your REST endpoints
  3. Performance Improvements: Your AI agent's API calls will benefit from cache optimizations
  4. Modern Hook System: You can write cleaner, more maintainable code without .module files

The performance improvements alone make Drupal 11.2 a significant upgrade for API-heavy applications like your AI content agent.

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