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Django 6.0 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT
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*Expected December 2025*

Welcome to Django 6.0!

These release notes cover the :ref:`new features <whats-new-6.0>`, as well as
some :ref:`backwards incompatible changes <backwards-incompatible-6.0>` you'll
want to be aware of when upgrading from Django 5.2 or earlier. We've
:ref:`begun the deprecation process for some features
<deprecated-features-6.0>`.

See the :doc:`/howto/upgrade-version` guide if you're updating an existing
project.

Python compatibility
====================

Django 6.0 supports Python 3.12 and 3.13. We **highly recommend** and only
officially support the latest release of each series.

The Django 5.2.x series is the last to support Python 3.10 and 3.11.

Third-party library support for older version of Django
=======================================================

Following the release of Django 6.0, we suggest that third-party app authors
drop support for all versions of Django prior to 5.2. At that time, you should
be able to run your package's tests using ``python -Wd`` so that deprecation
warnings appear. After making the deprecation warning fixes, your app should be
compatible with Django 6.0.

.. _whats-new-6.0:

What's new in Django 6.0
========================

Minor features
--------------

:mod:`django.contrib.admin`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* The Font Awesome Free icon set (version 6.7.2) is now used for the admin
  interface icons.

:mod:`django.contrib.admindocs`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* The new :attr:`.AdminSite.password_change_form` attribute allows customizing
  the form used in the admin site password change view.

:mod:`django.contrib.auth`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* The default iteration count for the PBKDF2 password hasher is increased from
  1,000,000 to 1,200,000.

:mod:`django.contrib.contenttypes`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

:mod:`django.contrib.gis`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* The new :attr:`.GEOSGeometry.hasm` property checks whether the geometry has
  the M dimension.

* The new :class:`~django.contrib.gis.db.models.functions.Rotate` database
  function rotates a geometry by a specified angle around the origin or a
  specified point.

* The new :attr:`.BaseGeometryWidget.base_layer` attribute allows specifying a
  JavaScript map base layer, enabling customization of map tile providers.

* :lookup:`coveredby` and :lookup:`isvalid` lookups,
  :class:`~django.contrib.gis.db.models.Collect` aggregation, and
  :class:`~django.contrib.gis.db.models.functions.GeoHash` and
  :class:`~django.contrib.gis.db.models.functions.IsValid` database functions
  are now supported on MariaDB 12.0.1+.

:mod:`django.contrib.messages`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

:mod:`django.contrib.postgres`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* Model fields, indexes, and constraints from :mod:`django.contrib.postgres`
  now include system checks to verify that ``django.contrib.postgres`` is an
  installed app.

:mod:`django.contrib.redirects`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

:mod:`django.contrib.sessions`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

:mod:`django.contrib.sitemaps`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

:mod:`django.contrib.sites`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

:mod:`django.contrib.staticfiles`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

:mod:`django.contrib.syndication`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

Cache
~~~~~

* ...

CSRF
~~~~

* ...

Decorators
~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

Email
~~~~~

* ...

Error Reporting
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

File Storage
~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

File Uploads
~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

Forms
~~~~~

* ...

Generic Views
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

Internationalization
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

Logging
~~~~~~~

* ...

Management Commands
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* The :djadmin:`startproject` and :djadmin:`startapp` commands now create the
  custom target directory if it doesn't exist.

Migrations
~~~~~~~~~~

* Squashed migrations can now themselves be squashed before being transitioned
  to normal migrations.

* Migrations now support serialization of :class:`zoneinfo.ZoneInfo` instances.

* Serialization of deconstructible objects now supports keyword arguments with
  names that are not valid Python identifiers.

Models
~~~~~~

* :doc:`Constraints </ref/models/constraints>` now implement a ``check()``
  method that is already registered with the check framework.

* The new ``order_by`` argument for :class:`~django.db.models.Aggregate` allows
  specifying the ordering of the elements in the result.

* The new :attr:`.Aggregate.allow_order_by` class attribute determines whether
  the aggregate function allows passing an ``order_by`` keyword argument.

* The new :class:`~django.db.models.StringAgg` aggregate returns the input
  values concatenated into a string, separated by the ``delimiter`` string.
  This aggregate was previously supported only for PostgreSQL.

* The :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.save` method now raises a specialized
  :exc:`Model.NotUpdated <django.db.models.Model.NotUpdated>` exception, when
  :ref:`a forced update <ref-models-force-insert>` results in no affected rows,
  instead of a generic :exc:`django.db.DatabaseError`.

* :meth:`.QuerySet.raw` now supports models with a
  :class:`~django.db.models.CompositePrimaryKey`.

* :class:`~django.db.models.JSONField` now supports
  :ref:`negative array indexing <key-index-and-path-transforms>` on SQLite.

* The new :class:`~django.db.models.AnyValue` aggregate returns an arbitrary
  value from the non-null input values. This is supported on SQLite, MySQL,
  Oracle, and PostgreSQL 16+.

Pagination
~~~~~~~~~~

* The new :class:`~django.core.paginator.AsyncPaginator` and
  :class:`~django.core.paginator.AsyncPage` provide async implementations of
  :class:`~django.core.paginator.Paginator` and
  :class:`~django.core.paginator.Page` respectively.

Requests and Responses
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

Security
~~~~~~~~

* ...

Serialization
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

Signals
~~~~~~~

* ...

Templates
~~~~~~~~~

* The new variable ``forloop.length`` is now available within a :ttag:`for`
  loop.

* The :ttag:`querystring` template tag now consistently prefixes the returned
  query string with a ``?``, ensuring reliable link generation behavior.

* The :ttag:`querystring` template tag now accepts multiple positional
  arguments, which must be mappings, such as :class:`~django.http.QueryDict`
  or :class:`dict`.

Tests
~~~~~

* ...

URLs
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* ...

Utilities
~~~~~~~~~

* ...

Validators
~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

.. _backwards-incompatible-6.0:

Backwards incompatible changes in 6.0
=====================================

Database backend API
--------------------

This section describes changes that may be needed in third-party database
backends.

* ``BaseDatabaseCreation.create_test_db(serialize)`` is deprecated. Use
  ``serialize_db_to_string()`` instead.

* :class:`~django.db.backends.base.schema.BaseDatabaseSchemaEditor` and
  PostgreSQL backends no longer use ``CASCADE`` when dropping a column.

Dropped support for MariaDB 10.5
--------------------------------

Upstream support for MariaDB 10.5 ends in June 2025. Django 6.0 supports
MariaDB 10.6 and higher.

Dropped support for Python < 3.12
---------------------------------

Because Python 3.12 is now the minimum supported version for Django, any
optional dependencies must also meet that requirement. The following versions
of each library are the first to add or confirm compatibility with Python 3.12:

* ``aiosmtpd`` 1.4.5
* ``argon2-cffi`` 23.1.0
* ``bcrypt`` 4.1.1
* ``geoip2`` 4.8.0
* ``Pillow`` 10.1.0
* ``mysqlclient`` 2.2.1
* ``numpy`` 1.26.0
* ``PyYAML`` 6.0.2
* ``psycopg`` 3.1.12
* ``psycopg2`` 2.9.9
* ``redis-py`` 5.1.0
* ``selenium`` 4.23.0
* ``sqlparse`` 0.5.0
* ``tblib`` 3.0.0

Miscellaneous
-------------

* The :ref:`JSON <serialization-formats-json>` serializer now writes a newline
  at the end of the output, even without the ``indent`` option set.

* The undocumented ``django.utils.http.parse_header_parameters()`` function is
  refactored to use Python's :py:class:`email.message.Message` for parsing.
  Input headers exceeding 10000 characters will now raise :exc:`ValueError`.

* Widgets from :mod:`django.contrib.gis.forms.widgets` now render without
  inline JavaScript in templates. If you have customized any geometry widgets
  or their templates, you may need to :ref:`update them
  <geometry-widgets-customization>` to match the new layout.

* Message levels ``messages.DEBUG`` and ``messages.INFO`` now have distinct
  icons and CSS styling in the admin. Previously, these used the same icon and
  styling as the ``messages.SUCCESS`` level. Since
  :meth:`.ModelAdmin.message_user` uses the ``messages.INFO`` level by default,
  set the level to ``messages.SUCCESS`` to retain the previous icon and
  styling.

.. _deprecated-features-6.0:

Features deprecated in 6.0
==========================

Miscellaneous
-------------

* ``BaseDatabaseCreation.create_test_db(serialize)`` is deprecated. Use
  ``serialize_db_to_string()`` instead.

* The PostgreSQL ``StringAgg`` class is deprecated in favor of the generally
  available :class:`~django.db.models.StringAgg` class.

* The PostgreSQL ``OrderableAggMixin`` is deprecated in favor of the
  ``order_by`` attribute now available on the ``Aggregate`` class.

* The default protocol in :tfilter:`urlize` and :tfilter:`urlizetrunc` will
  change from HTTP to HTTPS in Django 7.0. Set the transitional setting
  ``URLIZE_ASSUME_HTTPS`` to ``True`` to opt into assuming HTTPS during the
  Django 6.x release cycle.

* ``URLIZE_ASSUME_HTTPS`` transitional setting is deprecated.

* Setting :setting:`ADMINS` or :setting:`MANAGERS` to a list of (name, address)
  tuples is deprecated. Set to a list of email address strings instead. Django
  never used the name portion. To include a name, format the address string as
  ``'"Name" <address>'`` or use Python's :func:`email.utils.formataddr`.

* Support for the ``orphans`` argument being larger than or equal to the
  ``per_page`` argument of :class:`django.core.paginator.Paginator` and
  :class:`django.core.paginator.AsyncPaginator` is deprecated.

* Using a percent sign in a column alias or annotation is deprecated.

Features removed in 6.0
=======================

These features have reached the end of their deprecation cycle and are removed
in Django 6.0.

See :ref:`deprecated-features-5.0` for details on these changes, including how
to remove usage of these features.

* Support for passing positional arguments to ``BaseConstraint`` is removed.

* The ``DjangoDivFormRenderer`` and ``Jinja2DivFormRenderer`` transitional form
  renderers are removed.

* ``BaseDatabaseOperations.field_cast_sql()`` is removed.

* ``request`` is required in the signature of ``ModelAdmin.lookup_allowed()``
  subclasses.

* Support for calling ``format_html()`` without passing args or kwargs is
  removed.

* The default scheme for ``forms.URLField`` changed from ``"http"`` to
  ``"https"``.

* The ``FORMS_URLFIELD_ASSUME_HTTPS`` transitional setting is removed.

* The ``django.db.models.sql.datastructures.Join`` no longer fallback to
  ``get_joining_columns()``.

* The ``get_joining_columns()`` method of ``ForeignObject`` and
  ``ForeignObjectRel`` is removed.

* The ``ForeignObject.get_reverse_joining_columns()`` method is removed.

* Support for ``cx_Oracle`` is removed.

* The ``ChoicesMeta`` alias to ``django.db.models.enums.ChoicesType`` is
  removed.

* The ``Prefetch.get_current_queryset()`` method is removed.

* The ``get_prefetch_queryset()`` method of related managers and descriptors is
  removed.

* ``get_prefetcher()`` and ``prefetch_related_objects()`` no longer fallback to
  ``get_prefetch_queryset()``.

See :ref:`deprecated-features-5.1` for details on these changes, including how
to remove usage of these features.

* ``django.urls.register_converter()`` no longer allows overriding existing
  converters.

* The ``ModelAdmin.log_deletion()`` and ``LogEntryManager.log_action()``
  methods are removed.

* The undocumented ``django.utils.itercompat.is_iterable()`` function and the
  ``django.utils.itercompat`` module is removed.

* The ``django.contrib.gis.geoip2.GeoIP2.coords()`` method is removed.

* The ``django.contrib.gis.geoip2.GeoIP2.open()`` method is removed.

* Support for passing positional arguments to ``Model.save()`` and
  ``Model.asave()`` is removed.

* The setter for ``django.contrib.gis.gdal.OGRGeometry.coord_dim`` is removed.

* The ``check`` keyword argument of ``CheckConstraint`` is removed.

* The ``get_cache_name()`` method of ``FieldCacheMixin`` is removed.

* The ``OS_OPEN_FLAGS`` attribute of
  :class:`~django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage` is removed.
