Refs #25187 -- Fixed AuthBackend.authenticate() compatibility for signatures that accept a request kwarg.

django/contrib/auth/__init__.py

@@ -67,21 +67,35 @@ def authenticate(request=None, **credentials):
     """
     for backend, backend_path in _get_backends(return_tuples=True):
         args = (request,)
+        # Does the backend accept a request argument?
         try:
             inspect.getcallargs(backend.authenticate, request, **credentials)
         except TypeError:
+            args = ()
+            # Does the backend accept a request keyword argument?
+            try:
+                inspect.getcallargs(backend.authenticate, request=request, **credentials)
+            except TypeError:
+                # Does the backend accept credentials without request?
                 try:
                     inspect.getcallargs(backend.authenticate, **credentials)
                 except TypeError:
                     # This backend doesn't accept these credentials as arguments. Try the next one.
                     continue
                 else:
-                args = ()
                     warnings.warn(
-                    "Update authentication backend %s to accept a "
-                    "positional `request` argument." % backend_path,
+                        "Update %s.authenticate() to accept a positional "
+                        "`request` argument." % backend_path,
                         RemovedInDjango21Warning
                     )
+            else:
+                credentials['request'] = request
+                warnings.warn(
+                    "In %s.authenticate(), move the `request` keyword argument "
+                    "to the first positional argument." % backend_path,
+                    RemovedInDjango21Warning
+                )
+
         try:
             user = backend.authenticate(*args, **credentials)
         except PermissionDenied:

docs/internals/deprecation.txt

@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ details on these changes.
 
 * ``DatabaseIntrospection.get_indexes()`` will be removed.
 
-* The ``authenticate()`` method of authentication backends will require a
-  ``request`` argument.
+* The ``authenticate()`` method of authentication backends will require
+  ``request`` as the first positional argument.
 
 * The ``django.db.models.permalink()`` decorator will be removed.
 

docs/releases/1.11.txt

@@ -796,7 +796,8 @@ Miscellaneous
 
 * :func:`~django.contrib.auth.authenticate` now passes a ``request`` argument
   to the ``authenticate()`` method of authentication backends. Support for
-  methods that don't accept ``request`` will be removed in Django 2.1.
+  methods that don't accept ``request`` as the first positional argument will
+  be removed in Django 2.1.
 
 * The ``USE_ETAGS`` setting is deprecated in favor of
   :class:`~django.middleware.http.ConditionalGetMiddleware` which now adds the

tests/auth_tests/test_auth_backends_deprecation.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import warnings
 from django.contrib.auth import authenticate
 from django.test import SimpleTestCase, override_settings
 
+mock_request = object()
+
 
 class NoRequestBackend:
     def authenticate(self, username=None, password=None):
@@ -10,12 +12,20 @@ class NoRequestBackend:
         pass
 
 
+class RequestNotPositionArgBackend:
+    def authenticate(self, username=None, password=None, request=None):
+        assert username == 'username'
+        assert password == 'pass'
+        assert request is mock_request
+
+
 class AcceptsRequestBackendTest(SimpleTestCase):
     """
     A deprecation warning is shown for backends that have an authenticate()
     method without a request parameter.
     """
     no_request_backend = '%s.NoRequestBackend' % __name__
+    request_not_positional_backend = '%s.RequestNotPositionArgBackend' % __name__
 
     @override_settings(AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS=[no_request_backend])
     def test_no_request_deprecation_warning(self):
@@ -25,6 +35,18 @@ class AcceptsRequestBackendTest(SimpleTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(warns), 1)
         self.assertEqual(
             str(warns[0].message),
-            "Update authentication backend %s to accept a positional `request` "
+            "Update %s.authenticate() to accept a positional `request` "
             "argument." % self.no_request_backend
         )
+
+    @override_settings(AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS=[request_not_positional_backend])
+    def test_request_keyword_arg_deprecation_warning(self):
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as warns:
+            warnings.simplefilter('always')
+            authenticate(username='username', password='pass', request=mock_request)
+        self.assertEqual(len(warns), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            str(warns[0].message),
+            "In %s.authenticate(), move the `request` keyword argument to the "
+            "first positional argument." % self.request_not_positional_backend
+        )