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Django 5.1 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT
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*Expected August 2024*
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Welcome to Django 5.1!
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These release notes cover the :ref:`new features <whats-new-5.1>`, as well as
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some :ref:`backwards incompatible changes <backwards-incompatible-5.1>` you'll
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want to be aware of when upgrading from Django 5.0 or earlier. We've
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:ref:`begun the deprecation process for some features
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<deprecated-features-5.1>`.
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See the :doc:`/howto/upgrade-version` guide if you're updating an existing
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project.
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Python compatibility
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Django 5.1 supports Python 3.10, 3.11, and 3.12. We **highly recommend** and
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only officially support the latest release of each series.
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.. _whats-new-5.1:
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What's new in Django 5.1
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========================
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Minor features
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:mod:`django.contrib.admin`
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:mod:`django.contrib.admindocs`
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:mod:`django.contrib.auth`
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2023-09-15 08:54:10 +00:00
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* The default iteration count for the PBKDF2 password hasher is increased from
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720,000 to 870,000.
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:mod:`django.contrib.contenttypes`
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:mod:`django.contrib.gis`
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:mod:`django.contrib.messages`
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:mod:`django.contrib.postgres`
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:mod:`django.contrib.redirects`
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:mod:`django.contrib.sessions`
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:mod:`django.contrib.sitemaps`
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:mod:`django.contrib.sites`
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:mod:`django.contrib.staticfiles`
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:mod:`django.contrib.syndication`
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Asynchronous views
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Cache
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CSRF
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Decorators
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Email
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Error Reporting
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File Storage
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File Uploads
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Forms
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Generic Views
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Internationalization
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Logging
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Management Commands
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Migrations
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Models
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Requests and Responses
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Security
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Serialization
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Signals
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Templates
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Tests
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URLs
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Utilities
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Validators
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.. _backwards-incompatible-5.1:
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Backwards incompatible changes in 5.1
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=====================================
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Database backend API
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This section describes changes that may be needed in third-party database
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backends.
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2023-09-19 13:06:05 +00:00
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Dropped support for MariaDB 10.4
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Upstream support for MariaDB 10.4 ends in June 2024. Django 5.1 supports
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MariaDB 10.5 and higher.
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2023-09-08 08:54:07 +00:00
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Miscellaneous
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.. _deprecated-features-5.1:
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Features deprecated in 5.1
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==========================
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Miscellaneous
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Features removed in 5.1
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These features have reached the end of their deprecation cycle and are removed
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in Django 5.1.
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See :ref:`deprecated-features-4.2` for details on these changes, including how
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to remove usage of these features.
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2023-09-11 19:57:31 +00:00
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* The ``BaseUserManager.make_random_password()`` method is removed.
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* The model's ``Meta.index_together`` option is removed.
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2023-09-12 19:34:40 +00:00
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* The ``length_is`` template filter is removed.
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2023-09-12 19:44:53 +00:00
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* The ``django.contrib.auth.hashers.SHA1PasswordHasher``,
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``django.contrib.auth.hashers.UnsaltedSHA1PasswordHasher``, and
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``django.contrib.auth.hashers.UnsaltedMD5PasswordHasher`` are removed.
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2023-09-13 12:03:45 +00:00
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* The model ``django.contrib.postgres.fields.CICharField``,
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``django.contrib.postgres.fields.CIEmailField``, and
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``django.contrib.postgres.fields.CITextField`` are removed, except for
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support in historical migrations.
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* The ``django.contrib.postgres.fields.CIText`` mixin is removed.
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* The ``map_width`` and ``map_height`` attributes of ``BaseGeometryWidget`` are
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removed.
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* The ``SimpleTestCase.assertFormsetError()`` method is removed.
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2023-09-14 10:44:25 +00:00
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* The ``TransactionTestCase.assertQuerysetEqual()`` method is removed.
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2023-09-14 14:03:52 +00:00
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* Support for passing encoded JSON string literals to ``JSONField`` and
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associated lookups and expressions is removed.
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2023-09-14 14:09:28 +00:00
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* Support for passing positional arguments to ``Signer`` and
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``TimestampSigner`` is removed.
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2023-09-15 03:58:54 +00:00
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* The ``DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE`` and ``STATICFILES_STORAGE`` settings is removed.
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* The ``django.core.files.storage.get_storage_class()`` function is removed.
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