Certification has landed!This episode covers the upcoming Mautic Developer Certification, alongside key updates including Mautic 7.1 RC1 and current security releases. We look at new developments such as the Media Manager, discuss webhook-based bounce handling, and highlight maintenance tooling with the housekeeping bundle. Community contributions, feature highlights, and major Mautic events complete the episode. A compact overview of current progress and open initiatives in the Mautic ecosystem.COMMUNITY & EVENTSMautic Fundraiser Status (13,000) https://mautic.org/2026-fundraiserMAUTIC RELEASESMautic 7.1 RC1 (29/03/2026): Form Types, NHI Filter, Marketplace API (Reviews/Ratings), Plugin Version Display, S/MIME Signing, UX/UI, PHP 8.4 Modernization https://github.com/mautic/mautic/milestone/149?closed=1Security Releases / ELTS https://bcaFEATURES & IDEASTORN Media Manager: Cropping, Resizing, Tagging, Dynamic/Static Folders, Menu Integration https://forum.mautic.org/t/new-mautic-media-manager-torn/37407 and https://forum.mautic.org/t/global-media-library-accessible-from-main-navigation/37418KNOWHOWBounce Handling via Webhooks: Sendgrid Setup https://forum.mautic.org/t/issue-with-sendgrid-webhook-callback-in-mautic-5-dsn-configuration-for-event-processing-transport-not-found-error-does-mautic-5-support-this-by-default-or-is-a-plugin-required/34939/4Webhook Concepts: Scaleway, Unified Plugin Approach, Mapping Logic, MX-to-Webhook Conversion, Categorization Patterns3RD-PARTY & PLUGINSHousekeeping Bundle: Table Optimization, Maintenance Tasks https://github.com/Leuchtfeuer/mautic-housekeeping-bundle and https://forum.mautic.org/t/optimised-storage-for-email-statistics-view-in-browser-tokens-open-details/37273COMMUNITY & EVENTSDeveloper Call: Review Legacy API Documentation https://forum.mautic.org/t/old-mautic-api-documentation/37317Interview & OpinionDeveloper Certification Program https://m.mautic.org/asset/138:mautic-developer-certification-curriculumpdf and https://mautic.org/blog/mautic-developer-certification-is-coming/ and https://mautic.org/mautic-certification/COMMUNITY & EVENTSFeature Highlight Submission https://m.mautic.org/mautic-feature-highlightYear in Review 2025 https://mautic.org/blog/mautics-year-in-review-2025/Mautic World Conference 2026 Early Bird https://mauticon.mautic.org/Mautic World Conference 2025 Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QEYNIPdDcs&list=PLH3AAYwuwC__Bc_1ojsaoOeN7TZxbtIkUMautic Fundraiser Call https://mautic.org/2026-fundraiser