============================================ Django 4.2 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT ============================================ *Expected April 2023* Welcome to Django 4.2! These release notes cover the :ref:`new features <whats-new-4.2>`, as well as some :ref:`backwards incompatible changes <backwards-incompatible-4.2>` you'll want to be aware of when upgrading from Django 4.1 or earlier. We've :ref:`begun the deprecation process for some features <deprecated-features-4.2>`. See the :doc:`/howto/upgrade-version` guide if you're updating an existing project. Python compatibility ==================== Django 4.2 supports Python 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, and 3.11. We **highly recommend** and only officially support the latest release of each series. .. _whats-new-4.2: What's new in Django 4.2 ======================== Minor features -------------- :mod:`django.contrib.admin` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.admindocs` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.auth` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * The default iteration count for the PBKDF2 password hasher is increased from 390,000 to 480,000. :mod:`django.contrib.contenttypes` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.gis` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * The :doc:`GeoJSON serializer </ref/contrib/gis/serializers>` now outputs the ``id`` key for serialized features, which defaults to the primary key of objects. :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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... File Uploads ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Forms ~~~~~ * ... Generic Views ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Internationalization ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Logging ~~~~~~~ * ... Management Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Migrations ~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Models ~~~~~~ * ... Requests and Responses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Security ~~~~~~~~ * ... Serialization ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Signals ~~~~~~~ * ... Templates ~~~~~~~~~ * ... Tests ~~~~~ * ... URLs ~~~~ * ... Utilities ~~~~~~~~~ * ... Validators ~~~~~~~~~~ * ... .. _backwards-incompatible-4.2: Backwards incompatible changes in 4.2 ===================================== Database backend API -------------------- This section describes changes that may be needed in third-party database backends. * ... Dropped support for MariaDB 10.3 -------------------------------- Upstream support for MariaDB 10.3 ends in May 2023. Django 4.2 supports MariaDB 10.4 and higher. Dropped support for PostgreSQL 11 --------------------------------- Upstream support for PostgreSQL 11 ends in November 2023. Django 4.2 supports PostgreSQL 12 and higher. Miscellaneous ------------- * ... .. _deprecated-features-4.2: Features deprecated in 4.2 ========================== Miscellaneous ------------- * ...