A good first step to contributing to the Drupal project is to find a task to do --  task pages give step-by-step guides to performing tasks that contribute to the Drupal software and community, with links to the background knowledge and skills that are required to perform the task. Each task page also lists roles that regularly perform the task. To find a task:

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Verify an old patch or merge request
Created: 23 February 2021. Last updated: 23 February 2021.
Determine whether an old patch or merge request still applies and passes automated tests
Duration: 1 hour
Anytime task
Write a change record for a Drupal core issue
Created: 6 February 2021. Last updated: 17 November 2025.
Create a page that documents a change made to Drupal core on an issue.
Duration: 20 minutes
Anytime task
Write a release note for an issue
Created: 29 September 2021. Last updated: 19 August 2022.
Write release notes that will be included on a Drupal release page.
Duration: 1 hour
Anytime task
Write an automated test for an issue
Created: 28 February 2021. Last updated: 30 March 2021.
Write PHP automated test code for an issue.
Duration: 1 hour
Anytime task
Write an issue summary for an existing issue
Created: 18 November 2020. Last updated: 17 February 2021.
Find an issue that needs its summary updated/added, and write a summary for it
Duration: 20 minutes
Anytime task

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