django/docs/releases/5.0.txt

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Django 5.0 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT
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*Expected December 2023*

Welcome to Django 5.0!

These release notes cover the :ref:`new features <whats-new-5.0>`, as well as
some :ref:`backwards incompatible changes <backwards-incompatible-5.0>` you'll
want to be aware of when upgrading from Django 4.2 or earlier. We've
:ref:`begun the deprecation process for some features
<deprecated-features-5.0>`.

See the :doc:`/howto/upgrade-version` guide if you're updating an existing
project.

Python compatibility
====================

Django 5.0 supports Python 3.10, 3.11, and 3.12. We **highly recommend** and
only officially support the latest release of each series.

The Django 4.2.x series is the last to support Python 3.8 and 3.9.

Third-party library support for older version of Django
=======================================================

Following the release of Django 5.0, we suggest that third-party app authors
drop support for all versions of Django prior to 4.2. At that time, you should
be able to run your package's tests using ``python -Wd`` so that deprecation
warnings appear. After making the deprecation warning fixes, your app should be
compatible with Django 5.0.

.. _whats-new-5.0:

What's new in Django 5.0
========================

Minor features
--------------

:mod:`django.contrib.admin`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* The new :meth:`.AdminSite.get_log_entries` method allows customizing the
  queryset for the site's listed log entries.

:mod:`django.contrib.admindocs`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

:mod:`django.contrib.auth`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* The default iteration count for the PBKDF2 password hasher is increased from
  600,000 to 720,000.

:mod:`django.contrib.contenttypes`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

:mod:`django.contrib.gis`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* The new
  :class:`ClosestPoint() <django.contrib.gis.db.models.functions.ClosestPoint>`
  function returns a 2-dimensional point on the geometry that is closest to
  another geometry.

:mod:`django.contrib.messages`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

:mod:`django.contrib.postgres`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

:mod:`django.contrib.redirects`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

:mod:`django.contrib.sessions`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

:mod:`django.contrib.sitemaps`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

:mod:`django.contrib.sites`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

:mod:`django.contrib.staticfiles`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

:mod:`django.contrib.syndication`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

Cache
~~~~~

* ...

CSRF
~~~~

* ...

Decorators
~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

Email
~~~~~

* ...

Error Reporting
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

File Storage
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* ...

File Uploads
~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

Forms
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* ...

Generic Views
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

Internationalization
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

Logging
~~~~~~~

* ...

Management Commands
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

Migrations
~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

Models
~~~~~~

* The new ``create_defaults`` argument of :meth:`.QuerySet.update_or_create`
  and :meth:`.QuerySet.aupdate_or_create` methods allows specifying a different
  field values for the create operation.

Requests and Responses
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

Security
~~~~~~~~

* ...

Serialization
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

Signals
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* ...

Templates
~~~~~~~~~

* ...

Tests
~~~~~

* ...

URLs
~~~~

* ...

Utilities
~~~~~~~~~

* ...

Validators
~~~~~~~~~~

* ...

.. _backwards-incompatible-5.0:

Backwards incompatible changes in 5.0
=====================================

Database backend API
--------------------

This section describes changes that may be needed in third-party database
backends.

* ...

Using ``create_defaults__exact`` may now be required with ``QuerySet.update_or_create()``
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

:meth:`.QuerySet.update_or_create` now supports the parameter
``create_defaults``. As a consequence, any models that have a field named
``create_defaults`` that are used with an ``update_or_create()`` should specify
the field in the lookup with ``create_defaults__exact``.

Miscellaneous
-------------

* The ``instance`` argument of the undocumented
  ``BaseModelFormSet.save_existing()`` method is renamed to ``obj``.

* The undocumented ``django.contrib.admin.helpers.checkbox`` is removed.

.. _deprecated-features-5.0:

Features deprecated in 5.0
==========================

Miscellaneous
-------------

* The ``DjangoDivFormRenderer`` and ``Jinja2DivFormRenderer`` transitional form
  renderers are deprecated.

* Passing positional arguments  ``name`` and ``violation_error_message`` to
  :class:`~django.db.models.BaseConstraint` is deprecated in favor of
  keyword-only arguments.

Features removed in 5.0
=======================

These features have reached the end of their deprecation cycle and are removed
in Django 5.0.

See :ref:`deprecated-features-4.0` for details on these changes, including how
to remove usage of these features.

* The ``SERIALIZE`` test setting is removed.

* The undocumented ``django.utils.baseconv`` module is removed.

* The undocumented ``django.utils.datetime_safe`` module is removed.

* The default value of the ``USE_TZ`` setting is changed from ``False`` to
  ``True``.

* The default sitemap protocol for sitemaps built outside the context of a
  request is changed from ``'http'`` to ``'https'``.

* The ``extra_tests`` argument for ``DiscoverRunner.build_suite()`` and
  ``DiscoverRunner.run_tests()`` is removed.

* The ``django.contrib.postgres.aggregates.ArrayAgg``, ``JSONBAgg``, and
  ``StringAgg`` aggregates no longer return ``[]``, ``[]``, and ``''``,
  respectively, when there are no rows.

* The ``USE_L10N`` setting is removed.

* The ``USE_DEPRECATED_PYTZ`` transitional setting is removed.

* Support for ``pytz`` timezones is removed.

* The ``is_dst`` argument is removed from:

  * ``QuerySet.datetimes()``
  * ``django.utils.timezone.make_aware()``
  * ``django.db.models.functions.Trunc()``
  * ``django.db.models.functions.TruncSecond()``
  * ``django.db.models.functions.TruncMinute()``
  * ``django.db.models.functions.TruncHour()``
  * ``django.db.models.functions.TruncDay()``
  * ``django.db.models.functions.TruncWeek()``
  * ``django.db.models.functions.TruncMonth()``
  * ``django.db.models.functions.TruncQuarter()``
  * ``django.db.models.functions.TruncYear()``

* The ``django.contrib.gis.admin.GeoModelAdmin`` and ``OSMGeoAdmin`` classes
  are removed.

* The undocumented ``BaseForm._html_output()`` method is removed.

* The ability to return a ``str``, rather than a ``SafeString``, when rendering
  an ``ErrorDict`` and ``ErrorList`` is removed.

See :ref:`deprecated-features-4.1` for details on these changes, including how
to remove usage of these features.

* The ``SitemapIndexItem.__str__()`` method is removed.

* The ``CSRF_COOKIE_MASKED`` transitional setting is removed.

* The ``name`` argument of ``django.utils.functional.cached_property()`` is
  removed.

* The ``opclasses`` argument of
  ``django.contrib.postgres.constraints.ExclusionConstraint`` is removed.

* The undocumented ability to pass ``errors=None`` to
  ``SimpleTestCase.assertFormError()`` and ``assertFormsetError()`` is removed.

* ``django.contrib.sessions.serializers.PickleSerializer`` is removed.

* The usage of ``QuerySet.iterator()`` on a queryset that prefetches related
  objects without providing the ``chunk_size`` argument is no longer allowed.

* Passing unsaved model instances to related filters is no longer allowed.

* ``created=True`` is required in the signature of
  ``RemoteUserBackend.configure_user()`` subclasses.

* Support for logging out via ``GET`` requests in the
  ``django.contrib.auth.views.LogoutView`` and
  ``django.contrib.auth.views.logout_then_login()`` is removed.

* The ``django.utils.timezone.utc`` alias to ``datetime.timezone.utc`` is
  removed.

* Passing a response object and a form/formset name to
  ``SimpleTestCase.assertFormError()`` and ``assertFormSetError()`` is no
  longer allowed.

* The ``django.contrib.gis.admin.OpenLayersWidget`` is removed.

+ The ``django.contrib.auth.hashers.CryptPasswordHasher`` is removed.

* The ``"django/forms/default.html"`` and
  ``"django/forms/formsets/default.html"`` templates are removed.

* The default form and formset rendering style is changed to the div-based.

* Passing ``nulls_first=False`` or ``nulls_last=False`` to ``Expression.asc()``
  and ``Expression.desc()`` methods, and the ``OrderBy`` expression is no
  longer allowed.