Update Drupal Core from ~11.3.0 to ~11.4.0 on the 9.2.x branch for Varbase [#3606799]

Problem/Motivation

Drupal 10 reaches end of life on 9 December 2026.

Varbase 9.1.x already paved the way for Drupal 11.

A Drupal 11–only 9.2.x branch lets Varbase 9.1.x sites upgrade smoothly to Drupal ~11.4.

Steps to reproduce

Proposed resolution

Start a 9.2.x branch from the latest 9.1.x.
Set drupal/core to ~11.4 in the *.info.yml and composer.json files on the 9.2.x branch.
Require the 9.2.x Varbase components.
Drop support for Drupal ~10 on the 9.2.x branch.
Switch the CI from CircleCI to GitLab CI.

Remaining tasks

✅ File an issue about this project
✅ Addition/Change/Update/Fix to this project
✅ Testing to ensure no regression
➖ Automated unit/functional testing coverage
➖ Developer Documentation support on feature change/addition
➖ User Guide Documentation support on feature change/addition
➖ UX/UI designer responsibilities
➖ Accessibility and Readability
✅ Code review by maintainers
✅ Full testing and approval
✅ Credit contributors
✅ Review with the product owner
✅ Update Release Notes
✅ Release varbase-9.2.0

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Release notes snippet

task: #3606799 Require Drupal ~11.4 and drop Drupal 10 support on the 9.2.x branch for Varbase

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Comment #1

27 June 2026 at 20:36

rajab natshah created an issue. See original summary.

Comment #2

27 June 2026 at 20:41

rajab natshah opened merge request !43

Comment #3

28 June 2026 at 00:23

rajab natshah committed 4bbe2e08 on 9.2.x

task: #3606799 Start a 9.2.x branch for Varbase to support Drupal ~11.3...

Comment #4

28 June 2026 at 13:05

rajab natshah opened merge request !45

Comment #5

28 June 2026 at 13:17

rajab natshah committed 8fe3c98a on 9.2.x

ci: #3606799 Remove the CircleCI config and the Behat test suite

Comment #6

28 June 2026 at 16:26

rajab natshah opened merge request !46

Comment #7

rajab natshah

he/him

commented 28 June 2026 at 17:24

Version:

9.1.x-dev

» 9.2.x-dev

Comment #8

29 June 2026 at 09:53

rajab natshah opened merge request !47

Comment #9

29 June 2026 at 10:09

rajab natshah committed 3aff14da on 9.2.x

task: #3606799 Require the Drupal ~11.3 themes (vartheme_bs4 9.2.x,...

Comment #10

29 June 2026 at 10:10

rajab natshah committed de6fb447 on 9.2.x

fix: #3606799 Set is_admin to false on the Varbase role configs for...

Comment #11

30 June 2026 at 14:53

rajab natshah opened merge request !48

Comment #12

30 June 2026 at 15:42

rajab natshah committed 55214f04 on 9.2.x

docs: #3606799 Add the "Reviewed by a human" checkpoint to the issue and...

Comment #13

1 July 2026 at 16:45

rajab natshah opened merge request !49

Comment #14

rajab natshah

he/him

commented 1 July 2026 at 16:47

Title:

Start a 9.2.x branch for Varbase to support Drupal ~11.3 and drop support for Drupal ~10

» Start a 9.2.x branch for Varbase to support Drupal ~11.4 and drop support for Drupal ~10

Drupal 11.4.0 stable was released on 1 Jul 2026 by catch: https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/11.4.0

This is a feature minor release of Drupal 11 and is ready for use on production sites. Learn more about Drupal 11 and the Drupal core release cycle. Read the Drupal 11.4.0 release announcement for improvements and highlights in this release.

Comment #15

rajab natshah

he/him

commented 1 July 2026 at 16:52

Issue summary:

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Comment #16

1 July 2026 at 17:49

rajab natshah committed 09472e67 on 9.2.x

task: #3606799 Require Drupal ~11.4 and drop support for Drupal ~11.3 on...

Comment #17

rajab natshah

he/him

commented 1 July 2026 at 19:22

Title:

Start a 9.2.x branch for Varbase to support Drupal ~11.4 and drop support for Drupal ~10

» Update Drupal Core from ~11.3.0 to ~11.4.0 on the 9.2.x branch for Varbase

Comment #18

rajab natshah

he/him

commented 2 July 2026 at 11:48

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Comment #19

6 July 2026 at 14:55

rajab natshah opened merge request !55

Comment #20

6 July 2026 at 15:18

rajab natshah opened merge request !57

Comment #21

6 July 2026 at 15:18

rajab natshah closed merge request !55

Comment #22

6 July 2026 at 17:15

rajab natshah committed 15d0a56b on 9.2.x

task: #3606799 Set the profile version to 9.2.x-dev

Comment #23

rajab natshah

he/him

commented 6 July 2026 at 17:29

Status:

Active

» Needs review

Comment #24

rajab natshah

he/him

commented 7 July 2026 at 00:50

Assigned:	rajab natshah	» Unassigned
Issue summary:	View changes
Status:	Needs review	» Fixed
Issue tags:		+varbase-9.2.0

✅ Part of the Varbase 9.2.0 release (tagged varbase-9.2.0).

Comment #25

7 July 2026 at 00:50

Now that this issue is closed, review the contribution record.

As a contributor, attribute any organization that helped you, or if you volunteered your own time.

Maintainers, credit people who helped resolve this issue.

Comment #26

rajab natshah

he/him

commented 7 July 2026 at 17:54

✅ Released varbase-9.2.0

Comment #27

rajab natshah

he/him

commented 7 July 2026 at 18:43

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Comment #28

21 July 2026 at 18:45

Status:

Fixed

» Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

Update Drupal Core from ~11.3.0 to ~11.4.0 on the 9.2.x branch for Varbase

Problem/Motivation

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Proposed resolution

Remaining tasks

User interface changes

API changes

Data model changes

Release notes snippet

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