django/docs/releases/4.1.txt

355 lines
8.5 KiB
Plaintext

============================================
Django 4.1 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT
============================================
*Expected August 2022*
Welcome to Django 4.1!
These release notes cover the :ref:`new features <whats-new-4.1>`, as well as
some :ref:`backwards incompatible changes <backwards-incompatible-4.1>` you'll
want to be aware of when upgrading from Django 4.0 or earlier. We've
:ref:`begun the deprecation process for some features
<deprecated-features-4.1>`.
See the :doc:`/howto/upgrade-version` guide if you're updating an existing
project.
Python compatibility
====================
Django 4.1 supports Python 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10. We **highly recommend** and only
officially support the latest release of each series.
.. _whats-new-4.1:
What's new in Django 4.1
========================
.. _csrf-cookie-masked-usage:
``CSRF_COOKIE_MASKED`` setting
------------------------------
The new :setting:`CSRF_COOKIE_MASKED` transitional setting allows specifying
whether to mask the CSRF cookie.
:class:`~django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware` no longer masks the CSRF
cookie like it does the CSRF token in the DOM. If you are upgrading multiple
instances of the same project to Django 4.1, you should set
:setting:`CSRF_COOKIE_MASKED` to ``True`` during the transition, in
order to allow compatibility with the older versions of Django. Once the
transition to 4.1 is complete you can stop overriding
:setting:`CSRF_COOKIE_MASKED`.
This setting is deprecated as of this release and will be removed in Django
5.0.
Minor features
--------------
:mod:`django.contrib.admin`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* The admin :ref:`dark mode CSS variables <admin-theming>` are now applied in a
separate stylesheet and template block.
* :ref:`modeladmin-list-filters` providing custom ``FieldListFilter``
subclasses can now control the query string value separator when filtering
for multiple values using the ``__in`` lookup.
:mod:`django.contrib.admindocs`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* ...
:mod:`django.contrib.auth`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* The default iteration count for the PBKDF2 password hasher is increased from
320,000 to 390,000.
:mod:`django.contrib.contenttypes`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* ...
:mod:`django.contrib.gis`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* The new :meth:`.GEOSGeometry.make_valid()` method allows converting invalid
geometries to valid ones.
:mod:`django.contrib.messages`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* ...
:mod:`django.contrib.postgres`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* The new :class:`BitXor() <django.contrib.postgres.aggregates.BitXor>`
aggregate function returns an ``int`` of the bitwise ``XOR`` of all non-null
input values.
* :class:`~django.contrib.postgres.indexes.SpGistIndex` now supports covering
indexes on PostgreSQL 14+.
* :class:`~django.contrib.postgres.constraints.ExclusionConstraint` now
supports covering exclusion constraints using SP-GiST indexes on PostgreSQL
14+.
* The new ``default_bounds`` attribute of :attr:`DateTimeRangeField
<django.contrib.postgres.fields.DateTimeRangeField.default_bounds>` and
:attr:`DecimalRangeField
<django.contrib.postgres.fields.DecimalRangeField.default_bounds>` allows
specifying bounds for list and tuple inputs.
:mod:`django.contrib.redirects`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* ...
:mod:`django.contrib.sessions`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* ...
:mod:`django.contrib.sitemaps`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* The default sitemap index template ``<sitemapindex>`` now includes the
``<lastmod>`` timestamp where available, through the new
:meth:`~django.contrib.sitemaps.Sitemap.get_latest_lastmod` method. Custom
sitemap index templates should be updated for the adjusted :ref:`context
variables <sitemap-index-context-variables>`.
:mod:`django.contrib.sites`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* ...
:mod:`django.contrib.staticfiles`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* ...
:mod:`django.contrib.syndication`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* ...
Cache
~~~~~
* ...
CSRF
~~~~
* ...
Decorators
~~~~~~~~~~
* ...
Email
~~~~~
* ...
Error Reporting
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* ...
File Storage
~~~~~~~~~~~~
* ...
File Uploads
~~~~~~~~~~~~
* ...
Forms
~~~~~
* The new :meth:`~django.forms.BoundField.legend_tag` allows rendering field
labels in ``<legend>`` tags via the new ``tag`` argument of
:meth:`~django.forms.BoundField.label_tag`.
Generic Views
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* ...
Internationalization
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* The :func:`~django.conf.urls.i18n.i18n_patterns` function now supports
languages with both scripts and regions.
Logging
~~~~~~~
* ...
Management Commands
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* :option:`makemigrations --no-input` now logs default answers and reasons why
migrations cannot be created.
Migrations
~~~~~~~~~~
* ...
Models
~~~~~~
* The ``order_by`` argument of the
:class:`~django.db.models.expressions.Window` expression now accepts string
references to fields and transforms.
* The new :setting:`CONN_HEALTH_CHECKS` setting allows enabling health checks
for :ref:`persistent database connections <persistent-database-connections>`
in order to reduce the number of failed requests, e.g. after database server
restart.
Requests and Responses
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* ...
Security
~~~~~~~~
* ...
Serialization
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* ...
Signals
~~~~~~~
* ...
Templates
~~~~~~~~~
* :tfilter:`json_script` template filter now allows wrapping in a ``<script>``
tag without the HTML ``id`` attribute.
Tests
~~~~~
* A nested atomic block marked as durable in :class:`django.test.TestCase` now
raises a ``RuntimeError``, the same as outside of tests.
URLs
~~~~
* ...
Utilities
~~~~~~~~~
* ...
Validators
~~~~~~~~~~
* ...
.. _backwards-incompatible-4.1:
Backwards incompatible changes in 4.1
=====================================
Database backend API
--------------------
This section describes changes that may be needed in third-party database
backends.
* ``BaseDatabaseFeatures.has_case_insensitive_like`` is changed from ``True``
to ``False`` to reflect the behavior of most databases.
* ``DatabaseIntrospection.get_key_columns()`` is removed. Use
``DatabaseIntrospection.get_relations()`` instead.
Dropped support for MariaDB 10.2
--------------------------------
Upstream support for MariaDB 10.2 ends in May 2022. Django 4.1 supports MariaDB
10.3 and higher.
Miscellaneous
-------------
* Related managers for :class:`~django.db.models.ForeignKey`,
:class:`~django.db.models.ManyToManyField`, and
:class:`~django.contrib.contenttypes.fields.GenericRelation` are now cached
on the :class:`~django.db.models.Model` instance to which they belong.
* The Django test runner now returns a non-zero error code for unexpected
successes from tests marked with :py:func:`unittest.expectedFailure`.
* :class:`~django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware` no longer masks the CSRF
cookie like it does the CSRF token in the DOM.
* :class:`~django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware` now uses
``request.META['CSRF_COOKIE']`` for storing the unmasked CSRF secret rather
than a masked version. This is an undocumented, private API.
.. _deprecated-features-4.1:
Features deprecated in 4.1
==========================
Miscellaneous
-------------
* The context for sitemap index templates of a flat list of URLs is deprecated.
Custom sitemap index templates should be updated for the adjusted
:ref:`context variables <sitemap-index-context-variables>`, expecting a list
of objects with ``location`` and optional ``lastmod`` attributes.
* ``CSRF_COOKIE_MASKED`` transitional setting is deprecated.
Features removed in 4.1
=======================
These features have reached the end of their deprecation cycle and are removed
in Django 4.1.
See :ref:`deprecated-features-3.2` for details on these changes, including how
to remove usage of these features.
* Support for assigning objects which don't support creating deep copies with
``copy.deepcopy()`` to class attributes in ``TestCase.setUpTestData()`` is
removed.
* Support for using a boolean value in
:attr:`.BaseCommand.requires_system_checks` is removed.
* The ``whitelist`` argument and ``domain_whitelist`` attribute of
``django.core.validators.EmailValidator`` are removed.
* The ``default_app_config`` application configuration variable is removed.
* ``TransactionTestCase.assertQuerysetEqual()`` no longer calls ``repr()`` on a
queryset when compared to string values.
* The ``django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache`` backend is
removed.
* Support for the pre-Django 3.2 format of messages used by
``django.contrib.messages.storage.cookie.CookieStorage`` is removed.