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Django 4.0 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT
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============================================
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*Expected December 2021*
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Welcome to Django 4.0!
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These release notes cover the :ref:`new features <whats-new-4.0>`, as well as
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some :ref:`backwards incompatible changes <backwards-incompatible-4.0>` you'll
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want to be aware of when upgrading from Django 3.2 or earlier. We've
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:ref:`begun the deprecation process for some features
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<deprecated-features-4.0>`.
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See the :doc:`/howto/upgrade-version` guide if you're updating an existing
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project.
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Python compatibility
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====================
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Django 4.0 supports Python 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10. We **highly recommend** and only
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officially support the latest release of each series.
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.. _whats-new-4.0:
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What's new in Django 4.0
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========================
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Minor features
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--------------
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:mod:`django.contrib.admin`
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* The ``admin/base.html`` template now has a new block ``header`` which
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contains the admin site header.
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:mod:`django.contrib.admindocs`
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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* ...
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:mod:`django.contrib.auth`
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* The default iteration count for the PBKDF2 password hasher is increased from
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260,000 to 320,000.
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:mod:`django.contrib.contenttypes`
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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* ...
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:mod:`django.contrib.gis`
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* ...
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:mod:`django.contrib.messages`
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* ...
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:mod:`django.contrib.postgres`
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* The PostgreSQL backend now supports connecting by a service name. See
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:ref:`postgresql-connection-settings` for more details.
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:mod:`django.contrib.redirects`
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:mod:`django.contrib.sessions`
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:mod:`django.contrib.sitemaps`
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:mod:`django.contrib.sites`
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:mod:`django.contrib.staticfiles`
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:mod:`django.contrib.syndication`
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Cache
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CSRF
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Decorators
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Email
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Error Reporting
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File Storage
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File Uploads
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Forms
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* :class:`~django.forms.ModelChoiceField` now includes the provided value in
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the ``params`` argument of a raised
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:exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ValidationError` for the ``invalid_choice``
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error message. This allows custom error messages to use the ``%(value)s``
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placeholder.
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Generic Views
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Internationalization
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Logging
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Management Commands
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* The :djadmin:`runserver` management command now supports the
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:option:`--skip-checks` option.
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Migrations
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Models
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Requests and Responses
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Security
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Serialization
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Signals
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Templates
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Tests
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URLs
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Utilities
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Validators
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.. _backwards-incompatible-4.0:
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Backwards incompatible changes in 4.0
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=====================================
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Database backend API
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This section describes changes that may be needed in third-party database
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backends.
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:mod:`django.contrib.gis`
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* Support for PostGIS 2.3 is removed.
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Dropped support for PostgreSQL 9.6
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Upstream support for PostgreSQL 9.6 ends in November 2021. Django 4.0 supports
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PostgreSQL 10 and higher.
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Miscellaneous
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.. _deprecated-features-4.0:
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Features deprecated in 4.0
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==========================
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Miscellaneous
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Features removed in 4.0
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These features have reached the end of their deprecation cycle and are removed
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in Django 4.0.
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See :ref:`deprecated-features-3.0` for details on these changes, including how
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to remove usage of these features.
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* ``django.utils.http.urlquote()``, ``urlquote_plus()``, ``urlunquote()``, and
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``urlunquote_plus()`` are removed.
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* ``django.utils.encoding.force_text()`` and ``smart_text()`` are removed.
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* ``django.utils.translation.ugettext()``, ``ugettext_lazy()``,
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``ugettext_noop()``, ``ungettext()``, and ``ungettext_lazy()`` are removed.
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* ``django.views.i18n.set_language()`` doesn't set the user language in
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``request.session`` (key ``_language``).
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* ``alias=None`` is required in the signature of
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``django.db.models.Expression.get_group_by_cols()`` subclasses.
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* ``django.utils.text.unescape_entities()`` is removed.
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* ``django.utils.http.is_safe_url()`` is removed.
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See :ref:`deprecated-features-3.1` for details on these changes, including how
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to remove usage of these features.
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* The ``PASSWORD_RESET_TIMEOUT_DAYS`` setting is removed.
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* The :lookup:`isnull` lookup no longer allows using non-boolean values as the
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right-hand side.
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* The ``django.db.models.query_utils.InvalidQuery`` exception class is removed.
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* The ``django-admin.py`` entry point is removed.
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* The ``HttpRequest.is_ajax()`` method is removed.
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* Support for the pre-Django 3.1 encoding format of cookies values used by
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``django.contrib.messages.storage.cookie.CookieStorage`` is removed.
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* Support for the pre-Django 3.1 password reset tokens in the admin site (that
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use the SHA-1 hashing algorithm) is removed.
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* Support for the pre-Django 3.1 encoding format of sessions is removed.
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* Support for the pre-Django 3.1 ``django.core.signing.Signer`` signatures
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(encoded with the SHA-1 algorithm) is removed.
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* Support for the pre-Django 3.1 ``django.core.signing.dumps()`` signatures
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(encoded with the SHA-1 algorithm) in ``django.core.signing.loads()`` is
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removed.
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* Support for the pre-Django 3.1 user sessions (that use the SHA-1 algorithm)
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is removed.
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* The ``get_request`` argument for
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``django.utils.deprecation.MiddlewareMixin.__init__()`` is required and
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doesn't accept ``None``.
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* The ``providing_args`` argument for ``django.dispatch.Signal`` is removed.
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* The ``length`` argument for ``django.utils.crypto.get_random_string()`` is
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required.
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* The ``list`` message for ``ModelMultipleChoiceField`` is removed.
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* Support for passing raw column aliases to ``QuerySet.order_by()`` is removed.
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* The ``NullBooleanField`` model field is removed, except for support in
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historical migrations.
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* ``django.conf.urls.url()`` is removed.
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* The ``django.contrib.postgres.fields.JSONField`` model field is removed,
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except for support in historical migrations.
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* ``django.contrib.postgres.fields.jsonb.KeyTransform`` and
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``django.contrib.postgres.fields.jsonb.KeyTextTransform`` are removed.
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* ``django.contrib.postgres.forms.JSONField`` is removed.
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* The ``{% ifequal %}`` and ``{% ifnotequal %}`` template tags are removed.
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* The ``DEFAULT_HASHING_ALGORITHM`` transitional setting is removed.
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