Every six months, the Drupal team get to release new features.

This is a major change in Drupal 8. Whereas Drupal 7 never had any new features, Drupal 8 has had three significant updates, with Drupal 8.1, Drupal 8.2 and Drupal 8.3.

We're now starting to get a clear view of what we can expect in Drupal 8.4.

This week, we'll get the the first Alpha version of 8.4. The final release is due on October 4.

So what new features will we see in 8.4? Here's our early overview of what might be included: