============================================ Django 4.0 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT ============================================ *Expected December 2021* Welcome to Django 4.0! 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 3.2 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 4.0 supports Python 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10. We **highly recommend** and only officially support the latest release of each series. .. _whats-new-4.0: What's new in Django 4.0 ======================== 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 260,000 to 320,000. :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 ~~~~ * ... Decorators ~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Email ~~~~~ * ... Error Reporting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... File Storage ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... File Uploads ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Forms ~~~~~ * ... Generic Views ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Internationalization ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Logging ~~~~~~~ * ... Management Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * The :djadmin:`runserver` management command now supports the :option:`--skip-checks` option. Migrations ~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Models ~~~~~~ * ... Requests and Responses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Security ~~~~~~~~ * ... Serialization ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Signals ~~~~~~~ * ... Templates ~~~~~~~~~ * ... Tests ~~~~~ * ... URLs ~~~~ * ... Utilities ~~~~~~~~~ * ... Validators ~~~~~~~~~~ * ... .. _backwards-incompatible-4.0: Backwards incompatible changes in 4.0 ===================================== Database backend API -------------------- This section describes changes that may be needed in third-party database backends. * ... :mod:`django.contrib.gis` ------------------------- * Support for PostGIS 2.3 is removed. Dropped support for PostgreSQL 9.6 ---------------------------------- Upstream support for PostgreSQL 9.6 ends in November 2021. Django 4.0 supports PostgreSQL 10 and higher. Miscellaneous ------------- * ... .. _deprecated-features-4.0: Features deprecated in 4.0 ========================== Miscellaneous ------------- * ... Features removed in 4.0 ======================= These features have reached the end of their deprecation cycle and are removed in Django 4.0. See :ref:`deprecated-features-3.0` for details on these changes, including how to remove usage of these features. * ``django.utils.http.urlquote()``, ``urlquote_plus()``, ``urlunquote()``, and ``urlunquote_plus()`` are removed. * ``django.utils.encoding.force_text()`` and ``smart_text()`` are removed. * ``django.utils.translation.ugettext()``, ``ugettext_lazy()``, ``ugettext_noop()``, ``ungettext()``, and ``ungettext_lazy()`` are removed. * ``django.views.i18n.set_language()`` doesn't set the user language in ``request.session`` (key ``_language``). * ``alias=None`` is required in the signature of ``django.db.models.Expression.get_group_by_cols()`` subclasses. * ``django.utils.text.unescape_entities()`` is removed. * ``django.utils.http.is_safe_url()`` is removed. See :ref:`deprecated-features-3.1` for details on these changes, including how to remove usage of these features. * The ``PASSWORD_RESET_TIMEOUT_DAYS`` setting is removed. * The :lookup:`isnull` lookup no longer allows using non-boolean values as the right-hand side. * The ``django.db.models.query_utils.InvalidQuery`` exception class is removed. * The ``django-admin.py`` entry point is removed. * The ``HttpRequest.is_ajax()`` method is removed. * Support for the pre-Django 3.1 encoding format of cookies values used by ``django.contrib.messages.storage.cookie.CookieStorage`` is removed. * Support for the pre-Django 3.1 password reset tokens in the admin site (that use the SHA-1 hashing algorithm) is removed. * Support for the pre-Django 3.1 encoding format of sessions is removed. * Support for the pre-Django 3.1 ``django.core.signing.Signer`` signatures (encoded with the SHA-1 algorithm) is removed. * Support for the pre-Django 3.1 ``django.core.signing.dumps()`` signatures (encoded with the SHA-1 algorithm) in ``django.core.signing.loads()`` is removed. * Support for the pre-Django 3.1 user sessions (that use the SHA-1 algorithm) is removed. * The ``get_request`` argument for ``django.utils.deprecation.MiddlewareMixin.__init__()`` is required and doesn't accept ``None``. * The ``providing_args`` argument for ``django.dispatch.Signal`` is removed. * The ``length`` argument for ``django.utils.crypto.get_random_string()`` is required. * The ``list`` message for ``ModelMultipleChoiceField`` is removed. * Support for passing raw column aliases to ``QuerySet.order_by()`` is removed. * The ``NullBooleanField`` model field is removed, except for support in historical migrations. * ``django.conf.urls.url()`` is removed. * The ``django.contrib.postgres.fields.JSONField`` model field is removed, except for support in historical migrations. * ``django.contrib.postgres.fields.jsonb.KeyTransform`` and ``django.contrib.postgres.fields.jsonb.KeyTextTransform`` are removed. * ``django.contrib.postgres.forms.JSONField`` is removed. * The ``{% ifequal %}`` and ``{% ifnotequal %}`` template tags are removed. * The ``DEFAULT_HASHING_ALGORITHM`` transitional setting is removed.