| in blog | Django News |
|---|---|
| published date | 2025-12-12 |
| original entry | DjangoCon Europe 2026 CFPs |
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Python 3.14.2 and 3.13.11 release expedited maintenance updates fixing regressions in multiprocessing, dataclasses, regex and insertdict plus security fixes including CVE-2025-12084.
The Django Software Foundation Code of Conduct working group published a 2025 transparency report detailing four reports, two suspensions, process changes, and new liaisons.
Django Online Community Working Group launched a GitHub repository and project to centralise, track, and triage suggestions across Django's online platforms.
Wagtail released four updates in 2025, including a 7.0 LTS aligned with Django, improved editor UX, AI package features, and autosave roadmap for 2026.
Wagtail 7.3 (Feb 2026) will add a StreamField block settings, content AI checks, model search enhancements, autosave draft, llms.txt docs to improve editor and developer workflows, and more!
Big week. I issued security releases early in the week, and then the Django 6.0 final release right after. Getting both out the door smoothly took most of my focus, and it felt good to see them completed.
The flow of LLM driven contributions is becoming hard to ignore, across PRs, tickets, and even security reports. Skynet would be proud (?). This week was also heavy on meetings and coordinations.
An exciting week with Django 6.0 released and several security issues put to bed. Another highlight was merging Rim Choi’s work making custom user models work better with fixture serialization.
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A post on the new online and free Django RAPID Architecture guide.
A fast, step-by-step guide to building a holiday-movie RAG search app in 30 minutes using Django, MongoDB, Voyage AI embeddings, and LangChain.
DeprecationWarning is ignored by default, so Python libraries cannot rely on it for API breakage notices and should use visible warnings or stricter versioning.
Implement HTTP Basic authentication in Django by decoding Basic Authorization headers, securely validating credentials with secrets.compare_digest, and returning 401 with WWW authenticate header.
Explains Python object lifecycle, special methods like __repr__ and __iter__, attribute handling, and reference counting leading to garbage collection, with illustrative examples.
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Guide explains configuring Django's SMTP backend, using send_mail, EmailMessage, and send_mass_mail for plain, HTML, attachment, and bulk email sending while securing credentials via environment variables.
Natalia is a Django Fellow and the release manager for the just-released 6.0 version. We talk about the new release, major features including template partials that Carlton helped usher in, queues, CSP support, modern email API, and the current work on Django 6.1.
Django News Jobs is now the Django Job Board and has a new domain: https://djangojobboard.com
New Django and Python roles this week span application security, backend development, and staff-level engineering.
Python/Django Senior Application Security Engineer at Energy Solutions
Python / Django Developer at Client of Foxley Talent
Staff Software Engineer at Bluebird Kids Health
Run Django in the browser.
Cron style scheduler for Django's task framework. Contribute to codingjoe/django-crontask development by creating an account on GitHub.