Update status: Monitor for new releases of modules

The update status module periodically checks for new versions of your site's software (including contributed modules and themes), and alerts you to available updates.

The log of available updates will indicate when new releases are ready for download, and you may configure various options, including frequency of update checking and notification options, at the Update status module settings page.

Please note that in order to provide this information, anonymous usage statistics (consisting of a unique key and a list of versions of the software your site is runnning) are sent to drupal.org. Please see the drupal.org privacy policy for more information. If desired, you may disable the Update status module from the module administration page.

If you have checked out Drupal code via CVS instead of installing a release tar.gz archive you downloaded from drupal.org, you will need to install and enable the CVS Deploy module.

Additional functionality is provided by the Update status advanced settings module.

Note: in Drupal version 5.x, this functionality is provided outside of Drupal core by the contributed Update status module.