============================================ Django 3.1 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT ============================================ *Expected August 2020* Welcome to Django 3.1! 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 3.0 or earlier. We've :ref:`dropped some features` that have reached the end of their deprecation cycle, and 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 3.1 supports Python 3.6, 3.7, and 3.8. We **highly recommend** and only officially support the latest release of each series. .. _whats-new-3.1: What's new in Django 3.1 ======================== Minor features -------------- :mod:`django.contrib.admin` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.admindocs` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.auth` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * The default iteration count for the PBKDF2 password hasher is increased from 180,000 to 216,000. * Added the :setting:`PASSWORD_RESET_TIMEOUT` setting to define the minimum number of seconds a password reset link is valid for. This is encouraged instead of deprecated ``PASSWORD_RESET_TIMEOUT_DAYS``, which will be removed in Django 4.0. :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` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Cache ~~~~~ * ... CSRF ~~~~ * ... Email ~~~~~ * ... File Storage ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... File Uploads ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Forms ~~~~~ * ... Generic Views ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Internationalization ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Logging ~~~~~~~ * ... Management Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Migrations ~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Models ~~~~~~ * ... Requests and Responses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Serialization ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Signals ~~~~~~~ * ... Templates ~~~~~~~~~ * ... Tests ~~~~~ * ... URLs ~~~~ * ... Validators ~~~~~~~~~~ * ... .. _backwards-incompatible-3.1: Backwards incompatible changes in 3.1 ===================================== Database backend API -------------------- This section describes changes that may be needed in third-party database backends. * ... Miscellaneous ------------- * The cache keys used by :ttag:`cache` and generated by :func:`~django.core.cache.utils.make_template_fragment_key` are different from the keys generated by older versions of Django. After upgrading to Django 3.1, the first request to any previously cached template fragment will be a cache miss. .. _deprecated-features-3.1: Features deprecated in 3.1 ========================== Miscellaneous ------------- * ``PASSWORD_RESET_TIMEOUT_DAYS`` setting is deprecated in favor of :setting:`PASSWORD_RESET_TIMEOUT`. .. _removed-features-3.1: Features removed in 3.1 ======================= These features have reached the end of their deprecation cycle and are removed in Django 3.1. See :ref:`deprecated-features-2.2` for details on these changes, including how to remove usage of these features. * ``django.utils.timezone.FixedOffset`` is removed. * ``django.core.paginator.QuerySetPaginator`` is removed. * A model's ``Meta.ordering`` doesn't affect ``GROUP BY`` queries. * ``django.contrib.postgres.fields.FloatRangeField`` and ``django.contrib.postgres.forms.FloatRangeField`` are removed. * The ``FILE_CHARSET`` setting is removed. * ``django.contrib.staticfiles.storage.CachedStaticFilesStorage`` is removed. * The ``RemoteUserBackend.configure_user()`` method requires ``request`` as the first positional argument. * Support for ``SimpleTestCase.allow_database_queries`` and ``TransactionTestCase.multi_db`` is removed.