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Django 3.2 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT
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Django 3.2 release notes
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*Expected April 2021*
*April 6, 2021*
Welcome to Django 3.2!
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:mod:`django.contrib.admin`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* :attr:`.ModelAdmin.search_fields` now allows searching against quoted phrases
with spaces.
* :attr:`.ModelAdmin.search_fields` now allows searching against quoted
phrases with spaces.
* Read-only related fields are now rendered as navigable links if target models
are registered in the admin.
* Read-only related fields are now rendered as navigable links if target
models are registered in the admin.
* The admin now supports theming, and includes a dark theme that is enabled
according to browser settings. See :ref:`admin-theming` for more details.
@ -341,8 +341,8 @@ Generic Views
Management Commands
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* :djadmin:`loaddata` now supports fixtures stored in XZ archives (``.xz``) and
LZMA archives (``.lzma``).
* :djadmin:`loaddata` now supports fixtures stored in XZ archives (``.xz``)
and LZMA archives (``.lzma``).
* :djadmin:`dumpdata` now can compress data in the ``bz2``, ``gz``, ``lzma``,
or ``xz`` formats.
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connection. In that case, check for a consistent migration history is
skipped.
* :attr:`.BaseCommand.requires_system_checks` now supports specifying a list of
tags. System checks registered in the chosen tags will be checked for errors
prior to executing the command. In previous versions, either all or none
of the system checks were performed.
* :attr:`.BaseCommand.requires_system_checks` now supports specifying a list
of tags. System checks registered in the chosen tags will be checked for
errors prior to executing the command. In previous versions, either all or
none of the system checks were performed.
* Support for colored terminal output on Windows is updated. Various modern
terminal environments are automatically detected, and the options for
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using the ``condition`` argument with ``lookups``.
* The new :attr:`.Index.include` and :attr:`.UniqueConstraint.include`
attributes allow creating covering indexes and covering unique constraints on
PostgreSQL 11+.
attributes allow creating covering indexes and covering unique constraints
on PostgreSQL 11+.
* The new :attr:`.UniqueConstraint.opclasses` attribute allows setting
PostgreSQL operator classes.
* The :meth:`.QuerySet.update` method now respects the ``order_by()`` clause on
MySQL and MariaDB.
* The :meth:`.QuerySet.update` method now respects the ``order_by()`` clause
on MySQL and MariaDB.
* :class:`FilteredRelation() <django.db.models.FilteredRelation>` now supports
nested relations.
@ -448,16 +448,16 @@ Pagination
~~~~~~~~~~
* The new :meth:`django.core.paginator.Paginator.get_elided_page_range` method
allows generating a page range with some of the values elided. If there are a
large number of pages, this can be helpful for generating a reasonable number
of page links in a template.
allows generating a page range with some of the values elided. If there are
a large number of pages, this can be helpful for generating a reasonable
number of page links in a template.
Requests and Responses
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Response headers are now stored in :attr:`.HttpResponse.headers`. This can be
used instead of the original dict-like interface of ``HttpResponse`` objects.
Both interfaces will continue to be supported. See
* Response headers are now stored in :attr:`.HttpResponse.headers`. This can
be used instead of the original dict-like interface of ``HttpResponse``
objects. Both interfaces will continue to be supported. See
:ref:`setting-header-fields` for details.
* The new ``headers`` parameter of :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse`,
@ -468,17 +468,17 @@ Requests and Responses
Security
~~~~~~~~
* The :setting:`SECRET_KEY` setting is now checked for a valid value upon first
access, rather than when settings are first loaded. This enables running
management commands that do not rely on the ``SECRET_KEY`` without needing to
provide a value. As a consequence of this, calling
* The :setting:`SECRET_KEY` setting is now checked for a valid value upon
first access, rather than when settings are first loaded. This enables
running management commands that do not rely on the ``SECRET_KEY`` without
needing to provide a value. As a consequence of this, calling
:func:`~django.conf.settings.configure` without providing a valid
``SECRET_KEY``, and then going on to access ``settings.SECRET_KEY`` will now
raise an :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured` exception.
* The new ``Signer.sign_object()`` and ``Signer.unsign_object()`` methods allow
signing complex data structures. See :ref:`signing-complex-data` for more
details.
* The new ``Signer.sign_object()`` and ``Signer.unsign_object()`` methods
allow signing complex data structures. See :ref:`signing-complex-data` for
more details.
Also, :func:`signing.dumps() <django.core.signing.dumps>` and
:func:`~django.core.signing.loads` become shortcuts for
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* :meth:`.TransactionTestCase.assertQuerysetEqual` now supports direct
comparison against another queryset rather than being restricted to
comparison against a list of string representations of objects when using the
default value for the ``transform`` argument.
comparison against a list of string representations of objects when using
the default value for the ``transform`` argument.
Utilities
~~~~~~~~~
* The new ``depth`` parameter of ``django.utils.timesince.timesince()`` and
``django.utils.timesince.timeuntil()`` functions allows specifying the number
of adjacent time units to return.
``django.utils.timesince.timeuntil()`` functions allows specifying the
number of adjacent time units to return.
Validators
~~~~~~~~~~
* Built-in validators now include the provided value in the ``params`` argument
of a raised :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ValidationError`. This allows
custom error messages to use the ``%(value)s`` placeholder.
* Built-in validators now include the provided value in the ``params``
argument of a raised :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ValidationError`. This
allows custom error messages to use the ``%(value)s`` placeholder.
* The :class:`.ValidationError` equality operator now ignores ``messages`` and
``params`` ordering.
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This section describes changes that may be needed in third-party database
backends.
* The new ``DatabaseFeatures.introspected_field_types`` property replaces these
features:
* The new ``DatabaseFeatures.introspected_field_types`` property replaces
these features:
* ``can_introspect_autofield``
* ``can_introspect_big_integer_field``
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* Third-party database backends must implement support for functional indexes
(:attr:`.Index.expressions`) or set
``DatabaseFeatures.supports_expression_indexes`` to ``False``. If ``COLLATE``
is not a part of the ``CREATE INDEX`` statement, set
``DatabaseFeatures.supports_expression_indexes`` to ``False``. If
``COLLATE`` is not a part of the ``CREATE INDEX`` statement, set
``DatabaseFeatures.collate_as_index_expression`` to ``True``.
:mod:`django.contrib.admin`
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* Minified JavaScript files are no longer included with the admin. If you
require these files to be minified, consider using a third party app or
external build tool. The minified vendored JavaScript files packaged with the
admin (e.g. :ref:`jquery.min.js <contrib-admin-jquery>`) are still included.
external build tool. The minified vendored JavaScript files packaged with
the admin (e.g. :ref:`jquery.min.js <contrib-admin-jquery>`) are still
included.
* :attr:`.ModelAdmin.prepopulated_fields` no longer strips English stop words,
such as ``'a'`` or ``'an'``.
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* When an application defines an :class:`~django.apps.AppConfig` subclass in
an ``apps.py`` submodule, Django now uses this configuration automatically,
even if it isn't enabled with ``default_app_config``. Set ``default = False``
in the :class:`~django.apps.AppConfig` subclass if you need to prevent this
behavior. See :ref:`whats-new-3.2` for more details.
even if it isn't enabled with ``default_app_config``. Set
``default = False`` in the :class:`~django.apps.AppConfig` subclass if you
need to prevent this behavior. See :ref:`whats-new-3.2` for more details.
* Instantiating an abstract model now raises ``TypeError``.
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* The password reset mechanism now invalidates tokens when the user email is
changed.
* :djadmin:`makemessages` command no longer processes invalid locales specified
using :option:`makemessages --locale` option, when they contain hyphens
(``'-'``).
* :djadmin:`makemessages` command no longer processes invalid locales
specified using :option:`makemessages --locale` option, when they contain
hyphens (``'-'``).
* The ``django.contrib.auth.forms.ReadOnlyPasswordHashField`` form field is now
:attr:`~django.forms.Field.disabled` by default. Therefore
* The ``django.contrib.auth.forms.ReadOnlyPasswordHashField`` form field is
now :attr:`~django.forms.Field.disabled` by default. Therefore
``UserChangeForm.clean_password()`` is no longer required to return the
initial value.
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:meth:`.TestCase.setUpTestData` is deprecated.
* Using a boolean value in :attr:`.BaseCommand.requires_system_checks` is
deprecated. Use ``'__all__'`` instead of ``True``, and ``[]`` (an empty list)
instead of ``False``.
deprecated. Use ``'__all__'`` instead of ``True``, and ``[]`` (an empty
list) instead of ``False``.
* The ``whitelist`` argument and ``domain_whitelist`` attribute of
:class:`~django.core.validators.EmailValidator` are deprecated. Use