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Django Steering Council 2025 Year in Review

Feb. 11, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

The members of the Steering Council wanted to provide you all with a quick TL;DR of our work in 2025. First off, we were elected at the end of 2024 and got started in earnest in early 2025 with the mission to revive and dramatically increase the role of the Steering Council. We're meeting for a video conference at least monthly, you can deep dive into the meeting notes to see what we've been up to. We also have set up Slack channels we use to communicate in between meetings to keep acti…

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Recent trends in the work of the Django Security Team

Feb. 4, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

Yesterday, Django issued security releases mitigating six vulnerabilities of varying severity. Django is a secure web framework, and that hasn’t changed. What feels new is the remarkable consistency across the reports we receive now. Almost every report now is a variation on a prior vulnerability. Instead of uncovering new classes of issues, these reports explore how an underlying pattern from a recent advisory might surface in a similar code path or under a slightly different configuration. Th…

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Django security releases issued: 6.0.2, 5.2.11, and 4.2.28

Feb. 3, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

In accordance with our security release policy, the Django team is issuing releases for Django 6.0.2, Django 5.2.11, and Django 4.2.28. These releases address the security issues detailed below. We encourage all users of Django to upgrade as soon as possible. CVE-2025-13473: Username enumeration through timing difference in mod_wsgi authentication handler The django.contrib.auth.handlers.modwsgi.check_password() function for authentication via mod_wsgi allowed remote attackers to enumerate use…

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Djangonaut Space - Session 6 Accepting Applications

Jan. 21, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

We are thrilled to announce that Djangonaut Space, a mentorship program for contributing to Django, is open for applicants for our next cohort! 🚀 Djangonaut Space is holding a sixth session! This session will start on March 2nd, 2026. We are currently accepting applications until February 2nd, 2026 Anywhere on Earth. More details can be found in the website. Djangonaut Space is a free, 8-week group mentoring program where individuals will work self-paced in a semi-structured learning environmen…

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DSF member of the month - Omar Abou Mrad

Jan. 15, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

For January 2026, we welcome Omar Abou Mrad as our DSF member of the month! ⭐ Omar is a helper in Django Discord server, he has helped and continuesly help folks around the world in their Django journey! He is part of the Discord Staff Team. He has been a DSF member since June 2024. You can learn more about Omar by visiting Omar's website and his GitHub Profile. Let’s spend some time getting to know Omar better! Can you tell us a little about yourself? (hobbies, education, etc) Hello! My na…

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Django bugfix releases issued: 5.2.10, 6.0.1

Jan. 6, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

Today we've issued the 5.2.10 and 6.0.1 bugfix releases. The release packages and checksums are available from our downloads page, as well as from the Python Package Index. The PGP key ID used for these releases is Jacob Walls: 131403F4D16D8DC7

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DSF member of the month - Clifford Gama

Dec. 31, 2025 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

For December 2025, we welcome Clifford Gama as our DSF member of the month! ⭐ Clifford contributed to Django core with more than 5 PRs merged in few months! He is part of the Triage and Review Team. He has been a DSF member since October 2024. You can learn more about Clifford by visiting Clifford's website and his GitHub Profile. Let’s spend some time getting to know Clifford better! Can you tell us a little about yourself (hobbies, education, etc) I'm Clifford. I hold a Bachelor's degree i…

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Hitting the Home Stretch: Help Us Reach the Django Software Foundation's Year-End Goal!

Dec. 18, 2025 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

As we wrap up another strong year for the Django community, we wanted to share an update and a thank you. This year, we raised our fundraising goal from $200,000 to $300,000, and we are excited to say we are now over 88% of the way there. That puts us firmly in the home stretch, and a little more support will help us close the gap and reach 100%. So why the higher goal this year? We expanded the Django Fellows program to include a third Fellow. In August, we welcomed Jacob Tyler Walls as our ne…

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Introducing the 2026 DSF Board

Dec. 18, 2025 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

Thank You to Our Outgoing Directors We extend our gratitude to Thibaud Colas and Sarah Abderemane, who are completing their terms on the board. Their contributions shaped the foundation in meaningful ways, and the following highlights only scratch the surface of their work. Thibaud served as President in 2025 and Secretary in 2024. He was instrumental in governance improvements, the Django CNA initiative, election administration, and creating our first annual report. He also led our birthday ca…

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Django Code of Conduct Transparency Report 2025

Dec. 11, 2025 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

The Code of Conduct working group received 4 reports and met 12 times in 2025. This transparency report is a brief account of how those reports were handled. This year’s number is lower than previous years in part because of the formation of the Online Community Working Group which handles moderation on our official spaces and has been able to act directly on smaller scale infractions. In some cases we received additional reporting while investigating initial reports, but have not counted those…

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