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Platform Improvements
PHP 7.3.14 and 7.2.27 Updated
Updated to PHP 7.3.14and 7.2.27 platform-wide. For information on upgrading between major PHP versions see Upgrade PHP Versions.
Localdev 0.7.0 Released
Localdev 0.7.0 includes macOS Catalina support, a beta release channel, and numerous improvements and bug fixes. For more information, see the Localdev Docs.
Drush 8.3.2 Released
Drush 8.3.2 is available on the Pantheon platform. For more information, visit the Drush Docs.
Terminus 2.3.0 Released
Terminus 2.3.0 was released. For more information, visit the Terminus Docs.
January 2020
Platform Improvements
PHP 7.2 and 7.3 Updated
Updated to PHP 7.2.26, and 7.3.13 platform-wide. For information on upgrading between major PHP versions see Upgrade PHP Versions.
Security Enhancement: Outgoing UDP Traffic Blocked
Most UDP traffic originating from the platform has now been blocked in order to prevent platform abuse.
Drupal 8.8.1 and 7.69
Update to Drupal 8.8.1 is available to apply as a 1-click update on Pantheon site dashboards.
Update to Drupal 7.69 is available to apply as a 1-click update on Pantheon site dashboards.
Special Note on Updating to Drupal 8.8.x
If you have a Drupal 8.7.x site based on the example-drops-8-composer upstream, or with a manually modified CONFIG_SYNC_DIRECTORY, manually update settings.php before upgrading to Drupal 8.8.x. For details, see Configuring Settings.php
WordPress 5.3.2
Update to WordPress 5.3.2 is available to apply as a 1-click update 1-click update on Pantheon site dashboards.
Localdev 0.6.0-beta.9 Released
Localdev 0.6.0-beta.9 includes macOS Catalina support, and numerous improvements and bug fixes. For more information, see Localdev.
Terminus Now Runs Site-Local Drush & WP-CLI
Terminus now runs the version of Drush or WP-CLI installed in a site’s codebase via Composer, rather than the platform-wide version installed by Pantheon.
December 2019
Platform Improvements
PHP 7.2, and 7.3 Updated
Updated to PHP 7.2.25, and 7.3.12 platform-wide. For information on upgrading between major PHP versions see Upgrade PHP Versions.
Drupal 8.7.10
Update to Drupal 8.7.10 is available to apply as a 1-click update on Pantheon site dashboards.
WordPress 5.3
Update to WordPress 5.3 is available to apply as a 1-click update on Pantheon site dashboards. For more information, see https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-3/
Documentation
Configuring Opensolr for Pantheon sites
Learn how to set up Opensolr as a Solr search provider on Pantheon sites.
November 2019
Platform Improvements
Pantheon LocalDev 0.5.6
Improved auto-update system with support for stable and beta channels, as well as changelog display, plus other fixes. For more information, visit https://pantheon.io/localdev.
PHP 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3 Updated
Updated to PHP 7.1.33, 7.2.24, and 7.3.11 platform-wide. For information on upgrading between major PHP versions see [Upgrade PHP Versions](/php-versions).
Drupal 8.7.8
Update to Drupal 8.7.8 is available to apply as a 1-click update on Pantheon site dashboards.
WordPress 5.2.4
Update to WordPress 5.2.4. For more information, see https://wordpress.org/news/2019/10/wordpress-5-2-4-security-release/.
Documentation
Configuring Visual Studio Code for Pantheon
Learn how to set up Visual Studio Code to push your local development to Pantheon with Git or SFTP.
October 2019
Platform Improvements
Pantheon Now Enforces HTTPS by Default
This release also includes several options to control HSTS and the ability to choose a primary domain. For details see the blog announcement, Pantheon YAML documentation and our updated Launch Essentials guide.
Platform Robots.txt Now Allows Swiftbot
Swiftbot can now crawl non-production environments and platform domains like test-example.pantheonsite.io to support pre-release site search testing. For details see, Bots and Indexing on Pantheon.
Drupal Core Updates Available
Drupal 8.7.7 is available to apply as a 1-click update on Pantheon site dashboards.
WordPress 5.2.3
Update to WordPress 5.2.3. For more information, see https://wordpress.org/news/2019/09/wordpress-5-2-3-security-and-maintenance-release/.
Documentation
Install and Configure Lando
Learn how to use Lando for local WordPress development.
September 2019
Drupal Core Updates Available
Drupal 8.7.6 is available to apply as a 1-click update on Pantheon site dashboards.