Release notes Django 5.0 release notes

In order to improve accessibility, the following changes are made: Form fields now include the aria-describedby HTML attribute to enable screen readers to associate form fields with their help text. Invalid form fields now include the aria-invalid="true" HTML attribute.

Release notes Django 5.1 release notes

In order to improve accessibility and enable screen readers to associate fieldsets with their help text, the form fieldset now includes the aria-describedby HTML attribute.

Release notes Django 6.0 release notes

The new AdminSite.password_change_form attribute allows customizing the form used in the admin site password change view. Message levels messages.DEBUG and messages.INFO now have distinct icons and CSS styling. Previously, both levels shared the same appearance as messages.SUCCESS.

Release notes Django 6.0.2 release notes

Fixed a visual regression in Django 6.0 for admin form fields grouped under a <fieldset> aligned horizontally (#36788).

Release notes Django 6.1 release notes

The new asset object Stylesheet is available for adding custom HTML-attributes to stylesheet links in form media. See paths as objects for more details.

Release notes Archive of security issues

Potential log injection via unescaped geometry form values. Full description Django 6.1 (patch) Django 6.0 (patch) Django 5.2 (patch)

Release notes Archive of security issues

Potential account hijack via password reset form. Full description

Release notes Django 6.1.2 release notes

Model formsets incorrectly allowed forged POST data to either delete instances outside the limiting queryset or create instances via edit-only formsets when the model’s primary key could be set through the form, such as with: a OneToOneField (or parent link …

Release notes Django 5.2.18 release notes

Model formsets incorrectly allowed forged POST data to either delete instances outside the limiting queryset or create instances via edit-only formsets when the model’s primary key could be set through the form, such as with: a OneToOneField (or parent link …

Release notes Django 6.0.9 release notes

Model formsets incorrectly allowed forged POST data to either delete instances outside the limiting queryset or create instances via edit-only formsets when the model’s primary key could be set through the form, such as with: a OneToOneField (or parent link …

Release notes Django version 0.96 release notes

The format of the constraint names Django generates for foreign key references have changed slightly.

Release notes Porting your apps from Django 0.96 to 1.0

The Django administrative interface (django.contrib.admin) has been completely refactored; admin definitions are now completely decoupled from model definitions, the framework has been rewritten to use Django’s new form-handling library and redesigned with extensibility and customization in mind.

Release notes Porting your apps from Django 0.96 to 1.0

This means you can no longer use a link to access the view, but must use a form submission of some kind (e.g. a button).

Release notes Django 1.1 release notes

Instances of Django forms (see the forms overview) now have two additional methods, hidden_fields() and visible_fields(), which return the list of hidden – i.e., <input type="hidden"> – and visible fields on the form, respectively.

Release notes Django 1.1.2 release notes

Django 1.2 (the next major release of Django) will contain a feature that will improve protection against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. This feature requires the use of a new csrf_token template tag in all forms that Django renders.

Release notes Django 1.10 release notes

The success message that appears after adding or editing an object now contains a link to the object’s change form. All inline JavaScript is removed so you can enable the Content-Security-Policy HTTP header if you wish.

Release notes Django 1.10 release notes

To protect against BREACH attacks, the CSRF protection mechanism now changes the form token value on every request (while keeping an invariant secret which can be used to validate the different tokens).

Release notes Django 1.10 release notes

If you want to preserve the 30 character limit for usernames, use a custom form when creating a user or changing usernames: If you wish to keep this restriction in the admin, set UserAdmin.add_form to use this form:

Release notes Django 1.10 release notes

File uploads don’t count toward this limit. DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_NUMBER_FIELDS limits the number of GET/POST parameters that are parsed. Applications that receive unusually large form posts may need to tune these settings.

Release notes Django 1.10.1 release notes

Fixed a checks framework crash with an empty Meta.default_permissions (#26997). Fixed a regression in the number of queries when using RadioSelect with a ModelChoiceField form field (#27001). Fixed a crash if request.META['CONTENT_LENGTH'] is an empty string (#27005).