Summary, Dev Chat, October 8, 2025

Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @audrasjb. 🔗 Agenda post.

Forthcoming releases 🚀WordPress 6.9 TimelineBug Scrub ScheduleCall for Testing Discussion 💬Gutenberg subprojects status updateWordCamp Verona’s contributor dayImproving error handling (wp_die() replacements)Open Floor 🎙️Template Output Buffering Forthcoming releases 🚀 WordPress 6.9 Timeline

WordPress 6.9 is planned for December 2, 2025, with Beta 1 beginning October 21.

Bug Scrub Schedule

Regular scrubs are already underway, led by @wildworks and @welcher across time zones. Full details are in the Bug Scrub Schedule for WordPress 6.9.

Call for Testing 

The Test Team invites testing and feedback on the following upcoming block editor features:

Discussion 💬 Gutenberg