Plan: Release Varbase 11.0.0-alpha1

Varbase 11.0.0-alpha1 Release notes

Only for testing!. Do not use in production or live sites yet!.

     composer create-project drupal/varbase_project:11.0.0-alpha1 PROJECT_DIR_NAME --no-dev --no-interaction
  

Set Up Varbase Locally

• Install Varbase with DDEV

mkdir my_varbase_site
cd my_varbase_site
ddev config --project-type=drupal11 --docroot=web --php-version=8.4
ddev start
ddev composer create-project "drupal/varbase_project:11.0.0-alpha1"
ddev launch

Highlighted important changes since Varbase 10.1.0:

• feat: #3561802 Start an 11.0.x branch for Varbase with Recipe Installer Kit
• feat: #3566900 Initialize Varbase Project Template and align with Drupal CMS Starter Logic
• feat: #3566497 Initialize Varbase Admin Base Recipe
• feat: #3576441 Initialize Varbase Users Base recipe
• feat: #3566507 Initialize Varbase Development Base Recipe
• feat: #3566526 Initialize Varbase Security Base Recipe
• feat: #3571538 Initialize Varbase Performance Base recipe
• feat: #3569701 Initialize Varbase Editor Base recipe
• feat: #3570361 Initialize Varbase Content Base recipe
• feat: #3582286 Add Canvas Override module to Varbase Content Base recipe
• feat: #3570331 Initialize Varbase Workflow Base recipe
• feat: #3566519 Initialize Varbase Internationalization Base Recipe
• feat: #3566466 Initialize Varbase AI Base Recipe
• feat: #3566427 Initialize Varbase API Base recipe
• feat: #3572229 Initialize Varbase Auth Base recipe
• feat: #3566531 Initialize Varbase Webform Base Recipe
• feat: #3575415 Initialize Varbase Page Base recipe
• feat: #3578854 Initialize Varbase Recipes module
• feat: #3570169 Initialize Varbase Demo Content recipe
• feat: #3570118 Initialize Varbase Media Assets recipe
• feat: #3572193 Initialize Varbase Blog Base recipe
• feat: #3566910 Start a new 5.0.x branch for Vartheme BS5
• feat: #3576455 Add Varbase Users Base recipe to run before all recipes in Varbase Starter
• feat: #3575421 Add Varbase Page Base recipe to replace Drupal CMS Page recipe
• feat: #3572235 Add Varbase Auth Base recipe to Varbase Starter
• feat: #3572216 Add Varbase Blog Base recipe to Varbase Starter
• feat: #3571574 Add Varbase Performance Base recipe
• feat: #3569559 Add the Varbase Webform Base recipe to Varbase Starter
• feat: #3584668 Ship default Header and Footer page_region configuration for Vartheme BS5 + Canvas

Added since Varbase 10.1.0:

• feat: #3578272 Add dev tooling, Storybook, DDEV commands, VSCode, and linting alignment
• feat: #3570874 Adopt NPM/Yarn with drupal-libraries-sync for Front-End Libraries in Varbase Starter Site Template
• feat: #3585102 Allow Theme Local Assets for Storybook
• feat: #3586179 Add AOS Animation Library
• feat: #3570872 Add NPM/Yarn Support with drupal-libraries-sync for Varbase Libraries Management
• feat: #3582027 Add automated functional testing with Playwright, Cucumber-JS, Webship-js, and Drupal CMS advanced step definitions
• feat: #3586952 Add more coverage for Automated Functional Acceptance Testing on behaviors in Varbase Recipes
• feat: #3586250 Add Maxlength module to Varbase Admin Base recipe
• feat: #3586331 Add Persistent Login module to Varbase Users Base recipe
• feat: #3586209 Add Config Ignore module to Varbase Dev Base recipe
• feat: #3586274 Add Stage File Proxy module to Varbase Dev Base recipe
• feat: #3586270 Add Security Review module to Varbase Security Base recipe
• feat: #3586189 Add Fast 404 module to Varbase Performance Base recipe
• feat: #3586239 Add Node Edit Protection module
• feat: #3586219 Add Content Lock module
• feat: #3586262 Add Access Unpublished module to Varbase Workflow Base
• feat: #3578359 Add Newsletter Subscribe form to Varbase Webform Base recipe
• feat: #3579187 Use setCKEditorMediaEmbedVersion config action in Varbase Starter recipe to set CKEditor Media Embed version on install

Changed since Varbase 10.1.0:

• chore(tooling): #3568553 Switch default Composer Patches to ~2.0
• chore(tooling): #3583717 Update Storybook from ~8 to ^10
• chore(tooling): #3585811 Remove deprecated Storybook blocks alias
• chore: #3570375 Move UI Icons module to Varbase Admin Base recipe
• chore: #3584520 Remove ImageAPI Optimize WebP and use Drupal core WebP
• chore: #3584967 Hide current page title segment in Easy Breadcrumb
• chore: #3586281 Remove Block class dependency from Gin Social Auth login block
• chore: #3581660 Add .cspell.json and dictionary for consistent spell checking
• chore: #3569509 Add default Header and Footer content for Varbase Starter
• chore: #3570372 Move Temporary Content/Field Configurations to Varbase Content Base Recipe
• chore: #3569831 Add default configuration to control Canvas component availability

Updates since Varbase 10.1.0:

• chore: #3579180 Update @ckeditor/ckeditor5-media-embed library from ~45.2.0 to ^47.6.0

Fixes since Varbase 10.1.0:

• fix: #3578535 Missing Bidi Buttons plugin configuration in Varbase Editor Base recipe
• fix: #3580300 Vimeo demo video processing issue
• fix: #3584668 Change component_version and active_version after latest changes on vartheme_bs5 components

Varbase 11-0-0-alpha1 Automated Functional Acceptance Testing report 2026-04-29.pdf
Varbase 11-0-0-alpha1 Automated Functional Acceptance Testing report 2026-04-29.zip