All Pantheon customers are now provisioned with a dedicated certificate for HTTPS for each custom domain on a site environment. In addition, the go-live experience has been optimized and now lets you configure HTTPS before launch via the DNS TXT method to verify domain ownership.
Pantheon’s Multidev and COVID Response site offers have been extended to Sept 1, 2020.
Drupal 9 is available for early access testing with new or existing sites. We don't recommend fully switching a live site to Drupal 9 until we have upgraded our version of MariaDB.
Drupal 8.9.2 is now available on the Pantheon platform. Detailed information on applying and debugging core updates can be found in the Core Updates documentation. For more information, see the Drupal 8.9.2 release notes.
Pantheon’s Multidev and COVID Response site offers have been extended to Sept 1, 2020.
Terminus 2.4.0 has been released. See the release notes for more information.
Drupal 9 was released last month on drupal.org. Pantheon Co-Founder Matthew Cheney wrote on our blog about the significance of this release for the Drupal community.
Localdev 0.10.1 has been released, including a bug fix for Terminus authentication. For more information, see the Localdev documentation.
Drupal 8.9.1, Drupal 8.8.8, and Drupal 7.72 are now available on the Pantheon platform. These are security releases; all sites are urged to update as soon as possible. Detailed information on applying and debugging core updates can be found in the Core Updates documentation. For more information, see the Drupal 8.9.1, Drupal 8.8.8, and Drupal 7.72 release notes.
WordPress 5.4.2 is now available on the Pantheon platform. As part of this release, Pantheon also rolled out a configuration change to block xmlrpc by default. If your site uses xmlrpc, re-enable it before deploying this release to production.
Although it places load on the platform, Pantheon now excludes traffic from Petalbot, which would otherwise count towards your website's total traffic.
Offers a concise reference for understanding site traffic and site plans.
Updates to both of these docs help clarify what Pantheon counts as site visits and pages served, and make Pantheon’s policies regarding overages more transparent.
As part of our commitment to more inclusive language, Pantheon recently switched to using blocklist/allowlist, and pantheon.io/docs has renamed its default Git branch to main.
Learn more about inclusive language at Google’s Writing inclusive documentation guide.
You now always have the capability to provision HTTPS before going live. DNS challenges are now also shown on the dashboard, which were previously only available via Terminus. For more see our Launch Essentials Guide.
Drupal 9.0.0 is coming soon! If you want to try out Drupal 9 on Pantheon now, check out our Early Access doc where we have instructions for testing with Build Tools or Integrated Composer.
Localdev 0.10.0 has been released, including a new log and activity viewer, UX improvements, and bug fixes. For more information, see the Localdev documentation.
Global CDN now blocks requests identified as being performed by AspiegelBot (aka PetalBot) when a query string is present. This platform-wide change is intended to guard against resource exhaustion and related site downtime. Going forward these requests will result in a 403 and will not count as site traffic for Pages Served and Visits. For more information see the Traffic Limits and Overages documentation section on Bots and Crawlers.
Capacity Expansion: Auckland, New Zealand (AKL).
Drupal 8.8.6 is now available on the Pantheon platform. Detailed information on applying and debugging core updates can be found in the Core Updates documentation. For more information, see the Drupal 8.8.6 release notes.
Drupal 7.70 is now available on the Pantheon platform. Detailed information on applying and debugging core updates can be found in the Core Updates documentation. For more information, see the Drupal 7.70 release notes.
To provide our customers, partners and the general public with a central resource to track our response to the developing COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve launched Resources to Navigate COVID-19. This page includes announcements, resources, details on what we’re doing, and an offer to organizations on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic.
You don’t have to wait until June to give Drupal 9 a whirl! Pantheon is offering early access to test out Pantheon’s new Integrated Composer support. Visit the Community Forum for details. Why worry about running composer install when our platform can do that for you as part of a build step.
Drupal 8.8.5 is now available on the Pantheon platform. Detailed information on applying and debugging core updates can be found in the Core Updates documentation. For more information, see the Drupal 8.8.5 release notes.
WordPress 5.4.1 is now available on the Pantheon platform to apply as a 1-click update on Pantheon site dashboards. For more information, see the WordPress 5.4.1 release notes .
Localdev 0.10.x has been released. Localdev supports Multidev as of Localdev 0.9.3. The newest version includes numerous bug fixes and improvements. See the Localdev changelog for more information.
We’ve made Multidev—our powerful tool for remote development—free of charge through July 1st. Multidev allows development teams to work asynchronously on projects in the cloud, unlocking collaboration, and increased productivity. To get started, visit the Multidev tab in your Pantheon dashboard.
Pantheon Documentation “404 Not Found” page now features built-in search and suggested docs, to help users find what they need more quickly.
To provide our customers, partners and the general public with a central resource to track our response to the developing COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve launched Resources to Navigate COVID-19. The page includes announcements, resources, details on what we’re doing, and an offer to organizations on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic.
To provide our customers, partners and the general public with a central resource to track our response to the developing COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve launched Resources to Navigate COVID-19. The page includes announcements, resources, details on what we’re doing, and an offer to organizations on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic.
WP-CLI has been upgraded from version 1.x to version 2.4.0 platform-wide. For more information, see the WP-CLI release notes.
The New Relic agent has been upgraded from version 9.2.0.247 to version 9.7.0.258 platform-wide. This upgrade fixes a potential segfault with PHP 7.3. For more information, see the New Relic Agent release notes.
Drupal 8.8.4 is now available platform-wide. Detailed information on applying and debugging core updates can be found in the Core Updates documentation. For more information, see the Drupal 8.8.4 release notes.
Localdev 0.9.3 has been released, including support for Docker Desktop, multidev environments, and more. For more information, see the Localdev documentation.
Revised and updated instructions for multiple Drupal versions.
Expanded section on managing protected data.
New section created on removing sub-modules from your code base.
Revised and updated instructions on solutions for non-standard file paths.
Advanced Global CDN extends Global CDN for customers that need unique customizations including personalization, domain masking, and extended enterprise-grade security features including a WAF, IP and geolocation blocking and blocklisting. Advanced Global CDN is available as an add-on product to all customers now.
Drush 10 is now supported on Pantheon. For more information, see the Drush Docs.
New Points of Presence:
Expanded Capacity:
Drupal 8.8.2 is now available on the Pantheon platform. Detailed information on applying and debugging core updates can be found in the Core Updates documentation. For more information, see the Drupal 8.8.2 release notes.
Want to see what’s new with Localdev, Build Tools, and Drush? Changelogs for these tools have been incorporated into Pantheon Documentation, for easy reference.