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Django 4.0 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT
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*Expected December 2021*
Welcome to Django 4.0!
These release notes cover the :ref:`new features <whats-new-4.0>`, as well as
some :ref:`backwards incompatible changes <backwards-incompatible-4.0>` you'll
want to be aware of when upgrading from Django 3.2 or earlier. We've
:ref:`begun the deprecation process for some features
<deprecated-features-4.0>`.
See the :doc:`/howto/upgrade-version` guide if you're updating an existing
project.
Python compatibility
====================
Django 4.0 supports Python 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10. We **highly recommend** and only
officially support the latest release of each series.
.. _whats-new-4.0:
What's new in Django 4.0
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Minor features
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:mod:`django.contrib.admin`
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:mod:`django.contrib.admindocs`
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:mod:`django.contrib.auth`
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:mod:`django.contrib.contenttypes`
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:mod:`django.contrib.gis`
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:mod:`django.contrib.messages`
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:mod:`django.contrib.postgres`
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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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Generic Views
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Internationalization
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Logging
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Management Commands
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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:
Backwards incompatible changes in 4.0
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Database backend API
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This section describes changes that may be needed in third-party database
backends.
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Miscellaneous
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.. _deprecated-features-4.0:
Features deprecated in 4.0
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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
in Django 4.0.
See :ref:`deprecated-features-3.0` for details on these changes, including how
to remove usage of these features.
* ``django.utils.http.urlquote()``, ``urlquote_plus()``, ``urlunquote()``, and
``urlunquote_plus()`` are removed.
* ``django.utils.encoding.force_text()`` and ``smart_text()`` are removed.
* ``django.utils.translation.ugettext()``, ``ugettext_lazy()``,
``ugettext_noop()``, ``ungettext()``, and ``ungettext_lazy()`` are removed.
* ``django.views.i18n.set_language()`` doesn't set the user language in
``request.session`` (key ``_language``).
* ``alias=None`` is required in the signature of
``django.db.models.Expression.get_group_by_cols()`` subclasses.
* ``django.utils.text.unescape_entities()`` is removed.
* ``django.utils.http.is_safe_url()`` is removed.
See :ref:`deprecated-features-3.1` for details on these changes, including how
to remove usage of these features.
* The ``PASSWORD_RESET_TIMEOUT_DAYS`` setting is removed.
* The :lookup:`isnull` lookup no longer allows using non-boolean values as the
right-hand side.
* The ``django.db.models.query_utils.InvalidQuery`` exception class is removed.
* The ``django-admin.py`` entry point is removed.
* The ``HttpRequest.is_ajax()`` method is removed.
* Support for the pre-Django 3.1 encoding format of cookies values used by
``django.contrib.messages.storage.cookie.CookieStorage`` is removed.
* Support for the pre-Django 3.1 password reset tokens in the admin site (that
use the SHA-1 hashing algorithm) is removed.
* Support for the pre-Django 3.1 encoding format of sessions is removed.
* Support for the pre-Django 3.1 ``django.core.signing.Signer`` signatures
(encoded with the SHA-1 algorithm) is removed.
* Support for the pre-Django 3.1 ``django.core.signing.dumps()`` signatures
(encoded with the SHA-1 algorithm) in ``django.core.signing.loads()`` is
removed.