Summary, Dev Chat, September 24, 2025

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

Announcements 📢Gutenberg 21.7 has been releasedCore Committer Meeting notes from WordCamp US 2025Forthcoming releases 🚀WordPress 6.9 TimelineBug Scrub ScheduleDiscussion 💬UTF-8 Support / mbstringCore Importer Feedback / Maintainerpre_site_option FilterDocs-related Trac keywords audit Announcements 📢 Gutenberg 21.7 has been released

Gutenberg 21.7 is now available.The release includes several improvements and bug fixes, with a detailed release post to follow soon.

Core Committer Meeting notes from WordCamp US 2025

Notes from the Core Committer meeting at WCUS 2025 are now available.

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