Django Fellow Report - Jacob - 2026

Django Internals
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Week ending 2026-01-11 (Week 02)

Released 5.2.10 and 6.0.1 this week. Now it’s time to shift focus to priorities for 6.1, which is about halfway to feature freeze.

Triaged
#36842 (HTML validation of non-float values in admin number widgets allows submitting invalid entries to succeed if blank=True) – Django wontfix
#36847 (FileField(upload_to=...) callback no longer sees `auto_now_add ` field) – Django accepted
#36846 (ContentType.get_object_for_this_type() raises inappropriate exception type for removed models) – Django accepted
#36855 (Field.pre_save() called twice during save() in Django 6.0 when inserting new records) – Django accepted
#36854 (Update GEOS bindings to remove usage of deprecated functions) – Django accepted
#36845 (Allow negative index in Left() for PostgreSQL) – Django needsnewfeatureprocess
#36850 (Django Admin filter sidebar wraps if its inner content becomes too large) – Django accepted
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/36851 duplicate
#36853 (Technical 500 email styling broken in Gmail due to :where() CSS selector) – Django accepted
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/36857 accepted
#36837 (Client.force_login won't work for permission-only backends inheriting from BaseBackend) – Django needsnewfeatureprocess
Reviewed
Fixed #29257 -- Caught DatabaseError when attempting to close a possibly already-closed cursor. by VIZZARD-X · Pull Request #20321 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #36841 -- Made multipart parser class pluggable on HttpRequest. by FarhanAliRaza · Pull Request #20498 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #36844 -- Clarified need for reusable apps to set default_auto_field in packaging tutorial and AppConfig docs. by aadeina · Pull Request #20503 · django/django · GitHub
Extended the GitHub pull request template to require AI assistance disclosure. by nessita · Pull Request #19594 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #36852 -- Ignored index_type case in ExclusionConstraint.__eq__(). by hakib · Pull Request #20510 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #13883 -- Added optgroups for SelectBox in Admin (updated). by seanhelvey · Pull Request #18934 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #36804 -- Fixed admin system check crash for missing models. by parth-paradkar · Pull Request #20416 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #36750 -- Ensure deterministic DB-level ordering of natural-key M2M relations in serializers. by VIZZARD-X · Pull Request #20308 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #36189 -- Deprecated use_returning_into option for Oracle backend. by ybjeon01 · Pull Request #19930 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #36815 -- Optimized insertion of db_default fields in bulk_create(). by YashRaj1506 · Pull Request #20493 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #36853 -- Fixed technical 500 and 404 email CSS support. by sipa-echo-zaoa · Pull Request #20511 · django/django · GitHub
Refs #35875 -- Added dark mode support in additional views. by emmebravo · Pull Request #18801 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #36639 -- Added CI step to run makemigrations --check against t... by Skyiesac · Pull Request #20466 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #36857 -- Added QuerySet.totally_ordered property. by VIZZARD-X · Pull Request #20518 · django/django · GitHub
Authored
Fixed #36843, #36793 -- Reverted "Fixed #27489 -- Renamed permissions upon model renaming in migrations." by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #20497 · django/django · GitHub
#36843 (RenamePermission might operate on unrelated models) – Django
#36844 (Update packaging tutorial and AppConfig docs to mandate setting default_auto_field for reusable apps) – Django
Made release test script use a random available port. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #20501 · django/django · GitHub
Evaluate using `i18n_patterns` to support language-agnostic links · Issue #2438 · django/djangoproject.com · GitHub
Refs #470 -- Fixed further field_defaults test failures due to year-end boundary conditions. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #20502 · django/django · GitHub
Handling conflicts when renaming permissions in concert with renaming models - #2 by zybex86
Fixed #35402 -- Fixed crash in django_test_skips for unimported submodules. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #20519 · django/django · GitHub
Discussed
Refs #470 -- Fixed field_defaults test failures due to year-end boundary conditions. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #18983 · django/django · GitHub
#26630 (Defered constraint checks flush after `post_delete` signal) – Django
Misc
Monthly steering council meeting
Weekly Fellows sync
Released 6.0.1
Attended DSF office hours
Engaged in security reports
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