This Month in TYPO3: April, 2026

The Association board elections reached a definitive (if inconclusive) end after three rounds. And on the final day of the month, v12 free support officially closed its chapter. May is stacked with sprints, summits, and certification days. Momentum is real.

• TYPO3 Core SA-2026-005: Cleartext Storage of Backend User Passwords — a high-severity vulnerability in v14.2.0 caused passwords to be persisted in cleartext in the database. The fix is v14 LTS (v14.3.0). Manual remediation via the Install Tool's User Settings Scrubbing wizard is required; affected accounts should also be assigned new passwords.
• TYPO3 13.4.28 and 12.4.45 maintenance releases — routine patch drops for both active LTS lines, published 14 April ahead of the v14 LTS release.

The April 2026 contributor roundup hasn't been published yet — it typically follows in the first days of May. The full numbers are coming.

• TYPO3 v14 LTS — The Next Generation shipped 21 April: redesigned backend, context panel, QR code and short URL modules, Form Framework upgrades, and Camino as the default theme. Bug fixes through December 2027, security patches through June 2029 — over three years of free support.
• TYPO3 v12 LTS end of free support — three years after its initial release, 30 April marked the official sunset. Site operators still on v12 need to choose: upgrade to v14 LTS, or purchase ELTS for continued coverage.
• Four ideas selected for funding in Round Two 2026 — the Association member poll concluded 27 April, with four winning community and team ideas approved for the second budget round of the year.
• Third board election round deemed unsuccessful — no remaining candidate reached 50% of votes. The TYPO3 Association board will operate with six members going forward.
• Third election round announced — with the second round inconclusive, members were called to a final vote on the outstanding board candidate positions.
• Round Two 2026 budget ideas opened for voting — seven community ideas and three team ideas made it to the member poll for the second funding round.

• 5–7 May 2026 — G4I — Govtech 4 Impact World Congress, Madrid, Spain
• 7 May 2026 — TYPO3 On-Site Certification Day, Düsseldorf, Germany
• 8–10 May 2026 — TYPO3 Camp Baden-Württemberg, Heidelberg, Germany
• 12–13 May 2026 — CMS Summit 26, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• 18–20 May 2026 — Open Source Summit North America, Minneapolis, MN, USA
• 19 May 2026 — TYPO3 Summit North America, Atlanta, GA, USA
• 26–29 May 2026 — TYPO3 Community Sprint May 2026, Düsseldorf, Germany
• 1–2 June 2026 — Neos Conference, Karlsruhe, Germany
• 4 June 2026 — TYPO3 On-Site Certification Day, Düsseldorf, Germany
• 5–7 June 2026 — TYPO3 Camp Vienna, Vienna, Austria

TYPO3 v12 LTS hit end of life on 30 April. If your projects are still running v12, the choices are clear: Migrate to v14 LTS (the clean long-term move) or purchase ELTS for continued security patches while the migration is planned. ELTS presale launched 1 April.

• Editors Choice: Top 5 Editor-friendly Features in TYPO3 v14 LTS — a practical breakdown of the backend improvements that actually matter day-to-day: redesigned interface, smarter editorial workflows, and guided translation tooling.
• Hybrid Marketing Sprint for Version 14 — teams in Fuerteventura and Berlin ran parallel hybrid workshops to build v14's go-to-market content and collateral. Cross-continent collaboration, no compromise on output.
• Coordinated Security Releases for TYPO3 Extensions — a clear explainer on why routing extension security fixes through the TYPO3 Security Team matters: what coordinated disclosure protects, and why going solo on a fix can do more damage than the vulnerability itself.
• What's New in DDEV for TYPO3 Developers — improved ddev share with TYPO3 hooks, a new dashboard, better Windows installation, rootless container support, and new diagnostics. Solid quality-of-life updates for local TYPO3 dev environments.
• Improving Fluid Developer Experience with TYPO3 v14 — Simon Praetorius reports on his Community Budget-funded Fluid 5.2 work, with first improvements already merged: faster template authoring, clearer error feedback, less friction for integrators.

Shipped a v14 migration this month? Ran a local sprint, mentored someone into their first TYPO3 contribution, or published a tutorial that helped others make the upgrade jump? Don't let that work go unnoticed — submit it to This Month in TYPO3 and get the visibility your effort deserves.

April was a release month in the fullest sense — and that means a lot of people doing unglamorous but essential work. Thanks to the core developers who carried v14 LTS across the finish line, the security team who handled a high-severity disclosure responsibly and fast, the marketing contributors who ran a hybrid sprint across two time zones, and the documentation team who made sure v14's launch landed with proper guidance attached. Solid month, all around.