[1.5.x] Fixed #19061 -- added is_active attribute to AbstractBaseUser

django/contrib/auth/forms.py

@@ -209,10 +209,12 @@ class PasswordResetForm(forms.Form):
         """
         UserModel = get_user_model()
         email = self.cleaned_data["email"]
-        self.users_cache = UserModel.objects.filter(email__iexact=email,
-                                                    is_active=True)
+        self.users_cache = UserModel.objects.filter(email__iexact=email)
         if not len(self.users_cache):
             raise forms.ValidationError(self.error_messages['unknown'])
+        if not any(user.is_active for user in self.users_cache):
+            # none of the filtered users are active
+            raise forms.ValidationError(self.error_messages['unknown'])
         if any((user.password == UNUSABLE_PASSWORD)
                for user in self.users_cache):
             raise forms.ValidationError(self.error_messages['unusable'])

django/contrib/auth/models.py

@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ class AbstractBaseUser(models.Model):
     password = models.CharField(_('password'), max_length=128)
     last_login = models.DateTimeField(_('last login'), default=timezone.now)
 
+    is_active = True
+
     REQUIRED_FIELDS = []
 
     class Meta:

django/contrib/auth/tests/custom_user.py

@@ -88,3 +88,20 @@ class ExtensionUser(AbstractUser):
 
     class Meta:
         app_label = 'auth'
+
+
+class IsActiveTestUser1(AbstractBaseUser):
+    """
+    This test user class and derivatives test the default is_active behavior
+    """
+    username = models.CharField(max_length=30, unique=True)
+
+    objects = BaseUserManager()
+
+    USERNAME_FIELD = 'username'
+
+    class Meta:
+        app_label = 'auth'
+
+    # the is_active attr is provided by AbstractBaseUser
+

django/contrib/auth/tests/models.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.contrib.auth.models import (Group, User, SiteProfileNotAvailable,
     UserManager)
 from django.contrib.auth.tests.utils import skipIfCustomUser
@@ -98,3 +99,34 @@ class UserManagerTestCase(TestCase):
         self.assertRaisesMessage(ValueError,
                                  'The given username must be set',
                                   User.objects.create_user, username='')
+
+class IsActiveTestCase(TestCase):
+    """
+    Tests the behavior of the guaranteed is_active attribute
+    """
+
+    def test_builtin_user_isactive(self):
+        user = User.objects.create(username='foo', email='foo@bar.com')
+        # is_active is true by default
+        self.assertEqual(user.is_active, True)
+        user.is_active = False
+        user.save()
+        user_fetched = User.objects.get(pk=user.pk)
+        # the is_active flag is saved
+        self.assertFalse(user_fetched.is_active)
+
+    @override_settings(AUTH_USER_MODEL='auth.IsActiveTestUser1')
+    def test_is_active_field_default(self):
+        """
+        tests that the default value for is_active is provided
+        """
+        UserModel = get_user_model()
+        user = UserModel(username='foo')
+        self.assertEqual(user.is_active, True)
+        # you can set the attribute - but it will not save
+        user.is_active = False
+        # there should be no problem saving - but the attribute is not saved
+        user.save()
+        user_fetched = UserModel.objects.get(pk=user.pk)
+        # the attribute is always true for newly retrieved instance
+        self.assertEqual(user_fetched.is_active, True)

docs/topics/auth.txt

@@ -1911,6 +1911,15 @@ password resets. You must then provide some key implementation details:
             ``REQUIRED_FIELDS`` must contain all required fields on your User
             model, but should *not* contain the ``USERNAME_FIELD``.
 
+    .. attribute:: User.is_active
+
+        A boolean attribute that indicates whether the user is considered
+        "active".  This attribute is provided as an attribute on
+        ``AbstractBaseUser`` defaulting to ``True``. How you choose to
+        implement it will depend on the details of your chosen auth backends.
+        See the documentation of the :attr:`attribute on the builtin user model
+        <django.contrib.auth.models.User.is_active>` for details.
+
     .. method:: User.get_full_name():
 
         A longer formal identifier for the user. A common interpretation