============================================ Django 5.1 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT ============================================ *Expected August 2024* Welcome to Django 5.1! These release notes cover the :ref:`new features `, as well as some :ref:`backwards incompatible changes ` you'll want to be aware of when upgrading from Django 5.0 or earlier. We've :ref:`begun the deprecation process for some features `. See the :doc:`/howto/upgrade-version` guide if you're updating an existing project. Python compatibility ==================== Django 5.1 supports Python 3.10, 3.11, and 3.12. We **highly recommend** and only officially support the latest release of each series. .. _whats-new-5.1: What's new in Django 5.1 ======================== Minor features -------------- :mod:`django.contrib.admin` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.admindocs` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.auth` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.contenttypes` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.gis` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.messages` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.postgres` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.redirects` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.sessions` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.sitemaps` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.sites` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.staticfiles` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.syndication` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Asynchronous views ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Cache ~~~~~ * ... CSRF ~~~~ * ... Decorators ~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Email ~~~~~ * ... Error Reporting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... File Storage ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... File Uploads ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Forms ~~~~~ * ... Generic Views ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Internationalization ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Logging ~~~~~~~ * ... Management Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Migrations ~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Models ~~~~~~ * ... Requests and Responses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Security ~~~~~~~~ * ... Serialization ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Signals ~~~~~~~ * ... Templates ~~~~~~~~~ * ... Tests ~~~~~ * ... URLs ~~~~ * ... Utilities ~~~~~~~~~ * ... Validators ~~~~~~~~~~ * ... .. _backwards-incompatible-5.1: Backwards incompatible changes in 5.1 ===================================== Database backend API -------------------- This section describes changes that may be needed in third-party database backends. * ... Miscellaneous ------------- * ... .. _deprecated-features-5.1: Features deprecated in 5.1 ========================== Miscellaneous ------------- * ... Features removed in 5.1 ======================= These features have reached the end of their deprecation cycle and are removed in Django 5.1. See :ref:`deprecated-features-4.2` for details on these changes, including how to remove usage of these features. * The ``BaseUserManager.make_random_password()`` method is removed. * The model's ``Meta.index_together`` option is removed. * The ``length_is`` template filter is removed.