============================================ Django 5.0 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT ============================================ *Expected December 2023* Welcome to Django 5.0! 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 4.2 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 5.0 supports Python 3.10, 3.11, and 3.12. We **highly recommend** and only officially support the latest release of each series. The Django 4.2.x series is the last to support Python 3.8 and 3.9. Third-party library support for older version of Django ======================================================= Following the release of Django 5.0, we suggest that third-party app authors drop support for all versions of Django prior to 4.2. At that time, you should be able to run your package's tests using ``python -Wd`` so that deprecation warnings appear. After making the deprecation warning fixes, your app should be compatible with Django 5.0. .. _whats-new-5.0: What's new in Django 5.0 ======================== 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 600,000 to 720,000. :mod:`django.contrib.contenttypes` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.gis` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * The new :class:`ClosestPoint() ` function returns a 2-dimensional point on the geometry that is closest to another geometry. :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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Migrations ~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Models ~~~~~~ * ... Requests and Responses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Security ~~~~~~~~ * ... Serialization ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Signals ~~~~~~~ * ... Templates ~~~~~~~~~ * ... Tests ~~~~~ * ... URLs ~~~~ * ... Utilities ~~~~~~~~~ * ... Validators ~~~~~~~~~~ * ... .. _backwards-incompatible-5.0: Backwards incompatible changes in 5.0 ===================================== Database backend API -------------------- This section describes changes that may be needed in third-party database backends. * ... Miscellaneous ------------- * ... .. _deprecated-features-5.0: Features deprecated in 5.0 ========================== Miscellaneous ------------- * The ``DjangoDivFormRenderer`` and ``Jinja2DivFormRenderer`` transitional form renderers are deprecated. Features removed in 5.0 ======================= These features have reached the end of their deprecation cycle and are removed in Django 5.0. See :ref:`deprecated-features-4.0` for details on these changes, including how to remove usage of these features. * The ``SERIALIZE`` test setting is removed. * The undocumented ``django.utils.baseconv`` module is removed. * The undocumented ``django.utils.datetime_safe`` module is removed. * The default value of the ``USE_TZ`` setting is changed from ``False`` to ``True``. * The default sitemap protocol for sitemaps built outside the context of a request is changed from ``'http'`` to ``'https'``. * The ``extra_tests`` argument for ``DiscoverRunner.build_suite()`` and ``DiscoverRunner.run_tests()`` is removed. * The ``django.contrib.postgres.aggregates.ArrayAgg``, ``JSONBAgg``, and ``StringAgg`` aggregates no longer return ``[]``, ``[]``, and ``''``, respectively, when there are no rows. * The ``USE_L10N`` setting is removed. * The ``USE_DEPRECATED_PYTZ`` transitional setting is removed. * Support for ``pytz`` timezones is removed. * The ``is_dst`` argument is removed from: * ``QuerySet.datetimes()`` * ``django.utils.timezone.make_aware()`` * ``django.db.models.functions.Trunc()`` * ``django.db.models.functions.TruncSecond()`` * ``django.db.models.functions.TruncMinute()`` * ``django.db.models.functions.TruncHour()`` * ``django.db.models.functions.TruncDay()`` * ``django.db.models.functions.TruncWeek()`` * ``django.db.models.functions.TruncMonth()`` * ``django.db.models.functions.TruncQuarter()`` * ``django.db.models.functions.TruncYear()`` * The ``django.contrib.gis.admin.GeoModelAdmin`` and ``OSMGeoAdmin`` classes are removed. * The undocumented ``BaseForm._html_output()`` method is removed. * The ability to return a ``str``, rather than a ``SafeString``, when rendering an ``ErrorDict`` and ``ErrorList`` is removed. See :ref:`deprecated-features-4.1` for details on these changes, including how to remove usage of these features. * The ``SitemapIndexItem.__str__()`` method is removed. * The ``CSRF_COOKIE_MASKED`` transitional setting is removed. * The ``name`` argument of ``django.utils.functional.cached_property()`` is removed. * The ``opclasses`` argument of ``django.contrib.postgres.constraints.ExclusionConstraint`` is removed. * The undocumented ability to pass ``errors=None`` to ``SimpleTestCase.assertFormError()`` and ``assertFormsetError()`` is removed. * ``django.contrib.sessions.serializers.PickleSerializer`` is removed. * The usage of ``QuerySet.iterator()`` on a queryset that prefetches related objects without providing the ``chunk_size`` argument is no longer allowed. * Passing unsaved model instances to related filters is no longer allowed. * ``created=True`` is required in the signature of ``RemoteUserBackend.configure_user()`` subclasses. * Support for logging out via ``GET`` requests in the ``django.contrib.auth.views.LogoutView`` and ``django.contrib.auth.views.logout_then_login()`` is removed. * The ``django.utils.timezone.utc`` alias to ``datetime.timezone.utc`` is removed. * Passing a response object and a form/formset name to ``SimpleTestCase.assertFormError()`` and ``assertFormSetError()`` is no longer allowed. * The ``django.contrib.gis.admin.OpenLayersWidget`` is removed. + The ``django.contrib.auth.hashers.CryptPasswordHasher`` is removed. * The ``"django/forms/default.html"`` and ``"django/forms/formsets/default.html"`` templates are removed. * The default form and formset rendering style is changed to the div-based. * Passing ``nulls_first=False`` or ``nulls_last=False`` to ``Expression.asc()`` and ``Expression.desc()`` methods, and the ``OrderBy`` expression is no longer allowed.