Backport Node Storage Body Field

This module is discontinued because it was supposed to be a matepackage, but that can't be done with module projects.

This module provides a forward-compatibility polyfill for the node_storage_body_field sub-module introduced in Drupal 11.3 (#3447617).

In Drupal 11.3, field.storage.node.body was moved out of the Node module into a new node_storage_body_field sub-module. Contributed modules that ship node types with a body field must now declare a dependency on node_storage_body_field to ensure the field storage config exists when their module is installed. However, this creates a compatibility problem: adding node_storage_body_field as a dependency breaks installation on Drupal 10.x and 11.0–11.2, where that sub-module does not exist.

What this module does

On Drupal 10.x / 11.0–11.2 (version 1.x):
Provides an empty shim node_storage_body_field module that satisfies the dependency. No config is shipped — the Node module already provides field.storage.node.body on these core versions.

On Drupal 11.3+ (version 2.x):
Empty metapackage. Core already provides node_storage_body_field, so this package is a no-op.
Important note: Unfortunately, metapackages without an info.yml won't work since the composer.json gets the drupal/core requirement based on the core_version_requirment key from the info.yml.

Why not config/optional?

Moving field.storage.node.body to config/optional does not work reliably. Drupal's ConfigInstaller::checkConfigurationToInstall() validates all config/install dependencies for all modules being installed in a single operation, including during install profile execution and drush en with dependencies. Optional config is either deferred (during profile install) or only processed after all config/install is validated, causing UnmetDependenciesException failures.

Usage

Add to your module's composer.json:

"require": {
    "drupal/backport_node_storage_body_field": "^1 || ^2"
}

Add to your module's .info.yml:

dependencies:
  - backport_node_storage_body_field:backport_node_storage_body_field

Requirements

• 1.x: Drupal core >=10.3 <11.3
• 2.x: Drupal core >=11.3