May 25–31, 2026 A Week of Symfony #1013

This week, Symfony 8.1 was released. In addition, we published dozens of security advisories and released the security updates Symfony 5.4.53, 6.4.41, 7.4.13, 8.0.13, Twig 3.27, Symfony UX 2.36 and 3.1, and Polyfill 1.38.1. We also published more information about the upcoming SymfonyOnline June 2026 conference.

Symfony development highlights

This week, 45 pull requests were merged (38 in code and 7 in docs) and 22 issues were closed (17 in code and 5 in docs). Excluding merges, 14 authors made additions and deletions. See details for code and docs.

6.4 changelog:

• f10a24d: [Yaml] fix parsing inline anchored values
• 3370a63: [Dotenv] don't truncate external env vars containing $ when referenced via ${...} indirection
• f57d541: [Translation] fix XLIFF 2 catalog metadata

7.4 changelog:

• cf1b275: remove usage of Kernel::VERSION
• 2e6b45a: migrate configureSchema() to DBAL's editor API
• 9359397: [ObjectMapper] fix TargetClass generic type in ConditionCallableInterface

8.1 changelog:

• fcadb2f: add TYPO3 as a Symfony backer
• e12db8f: add Les-Tilleuls.coop as a Symfony backer
• f4eb289: add Mailtrap as a Symfony backer
• 1f35dff: add Shopware as a Symfony backer

8.2 changelog:

• 3905dc1: [DependencyInjection] remove unused variables from ContainerTest.php file

Newest issues and pull requests

• [Tui] add gradient support (linear, radial, color stops)
• [HttpFoundation] Allow creating single-use signed URLs
• [Validator] Allow non-string values in ConstraintViolationBuilderInterface::setParameter()
• [Validator] Add phone number constraint

Symfony Jobs

These are some of the most recent Symfony job offers:

• Backend Symfony Developer at KRUU GmbH
  Full-time - €60,000 – €75,000 / month
  Remote + part-time onsite (Bad Friedrichshall, Germany)
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• DevOps for a Symfony project at Cloudpepper
  Full-time - $150,000 – $180,000 / year
  Full remote
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• Symfony Developer at Design Force Marketing
  Full-time - $60,000 – $100,000 / year
  Grand Haven Michigan, United States
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• Backend Symfony Developer at ShipMonk
  Contract / Freelance - $5,000 – $8,000 / month
  Full remote
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• Backend Symfony Developer at Vacatia
  Full-time - $150,000 – $180,000 / year
  Remote + part-time onsite (Portland, Oregon, United States)
  View details

You can publish a Symfony job offer for free on symfony.com.

They talked about us

• Getting Agent-Ready with Symfony
• I got tired of describing the same request 3 times in Symfony
• 184 Tables Renamed, 98 Routes Migrated: Bringing Symfony to a Legacy PHP Monolith
• The SOC 2 Blueprint: Beyond RBAC with AppLevel Encryption and Audit Isolation. Part #1
• PrestaShop Joins cyber_Folks & Sylius: The European Open Source Big Bang (and What It Means for You)
• PrestaShop vs Sylius: From Module to Product, What if the Future is Hybrid?
• AFUP Day 2026 Paris, retour sur une journée dans l’écosystème PHP
• Кэширование в Symfony: как мы сломали авторизацию и починили ее через Lock

Upcoming Symfony Events

• Symfony/PHP Meetup Barcelona by SensioLabs: Barcelona, Spain (June 25, 2026)
• Web Summer Camp 2026: Opatija, Croatia (July 2, 2026 – July 4, 2026)

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