Handle modules that do not provide a required lifecycle_link property

Created on 9 December 2021, over 3 years ago

Updated 27 June 2025, 11 days ago

Problem/Motivation

I did some manual test on Drupal 9.4.x of #3215043: Indicate the non-stable statuses in admin/modules page → but the errors I encountered were not a result of that patch. So, I am making a new issue.

When the lifecycle is set to obsolete or deprecated and the required lifecycle_link is not declared you get a The website encountered an unexpected error. Please try again later. error. The log was:
NOTICE: PHP message: Uncaught PHP Exception Drupal\Core\Extension\InfoParserException: "Extension test (modules/contrib/test/test.info.yml) has 'lifecycle: obsolete' but is missing a 'lifecycle_link' entry." at /var/www/html/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension

I also noticed that this in test.info.yml did not generate a warning, perhaps it should?

experimental: true
lifecycle: stable
lifecycle_link: 'https://drupal.org.nz'

Steps to reproduce

Create a test module with lifecycle: obsolete or lifecycle: deprecated and no lifecycle_link.
Go to /admin/modules
See The website encountered an unexpected error. Please try again later.

Proposed resolution

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Status

Postponed: needs info

Version

11.0 🔥

Component

extension system

Created by

🇳🇿New Zealand quietone

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Comment 11 days ago →
🇺🇸United States nicxvan
If this is intentional can we close this?

https://www.drupal.org/node/3215042 →

Do we just need to document this here: https://www.drupal.org/docs/develop/creating-modules/let-drupal-know-abo... →

That links to the change record which states it is required.
Comment 10 days ago →
🇬🇧United Kingdom catch
Adding the requirement to the docs sounds good.
Comment 10 days ago →
🇺🇸United States nicxvan
How about at the end of the section:

If the lifecycle is deprecated or obsolete then the lifecycle_link is required.
Comment 5 days ago →
🇺🇸United States smustgrave
If just a docs update believe what’s proposed in #8 makes sense
Comment 5 days ago →
🇺🇸United States nicxvan

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