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Django 4.1 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT
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*Expected August 2022*
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Welcome to Django 4.1!
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These release notes cover the :ref:`new features <whats-new-4.1>`, as well as
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some :ref:`backwards incompatible changes <backwards-incompatible-4.1>` you'll
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want to be aware of when upgrading from Django 4.0 or earlier. We've
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:ref:`begun the deprecation process for some features
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<deprecated-features-4.1>`.
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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 4.1 supports Python 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10. We **highly recommend** and only
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officially support the latest release of each series.
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.. _whats-new-4.1:
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What's new in Django 4.1
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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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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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:mod:`django.contrib.auth`
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2021-09-16 08:04:59 +00:00
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* The default iteration count for the PBKDF2 password hasher is increased from
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320,000 to 390,000.
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:mod:`django.contrib.contenttypes`
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:mod:`django.contrib.gis`
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2021-09-24 08:15:23 +00:00
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* The new :meth:`.GEOSGeometry.make_valid()` method allows converting invalid
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geometries to valid ones.
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:mod:`django.contrib.messages`
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:mod:`django.contrib.postgres`
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2021-07-23 15:57:26 +00:00
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* The new :class:`BitXor() <django.contrib.postgres.aggregates.BitXor>`
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aggregate function returns an ``int`` of the bitwise ``XOR`` of all non-null
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input values.
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2021-05-28 22:52:57 +00:00
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* :class:`~django.contrib.postgres.indexes.SpGistIndex` now supports covering
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indexes on PostgreSQL 14+.
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2021-05-28 22:56:23 +00:00
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* :class:`~django.contrib.postgres.constraints.ExclusionConstraint` now
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supports covering exclusion constraints using SP-GiST indexes on PostgreSQL
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14+.
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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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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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2021-08-06 13:17:13 +00:00
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* :option:`makemigrations --no-input` now logs default answers and reasons why
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migrations cannot be created.
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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-4.1:
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Backwards incompatible changes in 4.1
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=====================================
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Database backend API
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--------------------
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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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2021-09-22 09:57:54 +00:00
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Dropped support for MariaDB 10.2
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Upstream support for MariaDB 10.2 ends in May 2022. Django 4.1 supports MariaDB
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10.3 and higher.
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Miscellaneous
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.. _deprecated-features-4.1:
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Features deprecated in 4.1
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==========================
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Miscellaneous
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Features removed in 4.1
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=======================
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These features have reached the end of their deprecation cycle and are removed
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in Django 4.1.
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See :ref:`deprecated-features-3.2` for details on these changes, including how
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to remove usage of these features.
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2021-09-16 06:09:52 +00:00
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* Support for assigning objects which don't support creating deep copies with
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``copy.deepcopy()`` to class attributes in ``TestCase.setUpTestData()`` is
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removed.
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* Support for using a boolean value in
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:attr:`.BaseCommand.requires_system_checks` is removed.
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* The ``whitelist`` argument and ``domain_whitelist`` attribute of
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``django.core.validators.EmailValidator`` are removed.
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* The ``default_app_config`` application configuration variable is removed.
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* ``TransactionTestCase.assertQuerysetEqual()`` no longer calls ``repr()`` on a
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queryset when compared to string values.
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* The ``django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache`` backend is
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removed.
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* Support for the pre-Django 3.2 format of messages used by
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``django.contrib.messages.storage.cookie.CookieStorage`` is removed.
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