============================================ Django 3.2 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT ============================================ *Expected April 2021* Welcome to Django 3.2! These release notes cover the :ref:`new features <whats-new-3.2>`, as well as some :ref:`backwards incompatible changes <backwards-incompatible-3.2>` you'll want to be aware of when upgrading from Django 3.1 or earlier. We've :ref:`begun the deprecation process for some features <deprecated-features-3.2>`. See the :doc:`/howto/upgrade-version` guide if you're updating an existing project. Django 3.2 is designated as a :term:`long-term support release <Long-term support release>`. It will receive security updates for at least three years after its release. Support for the previous LTS, Django 2.2, will end in April 2022. Python compatibility ==================== Django 3.2 supports Python 3.6, 3.7, and 3.8. We **highly recommend** and only officially support the latest release of each series. .. _whats-new-3.2: What's new in Django 3.2 ======================== 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 216,000 to 260,000. :mod:`django.contrib.contenttypes` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.gis` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :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 ~~~~ * ... 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-3.2: Backwards incompatible changes in 3.2 ===================================== Database backend API -------------------- This section describes changes that may be needed in third-party database backends. * ... Miscellaneous ------------- * ... .. _deprecated-features-3.2: Features deprecated in 3.2 ========================== Miscellaneous ------------- * ...