Django Fellow Report - Jacob - 2026

Django Internals
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Week ending 2026-07-19 (Week 29)

Another week largely focused on a couple of security reports that deserved sustained attention.

Triaged
#37214 (Performance regression with end to end migrations on v5.x) – Django needsinfo
#37215 (Geography field should accept SRID other than 4326 on PostGIS) – Django accepted
#29177 (Unmanaged models with ForeignKeys do not get those fields serialized into their migration state when CreateModel happens.) – Django accepted → duplicate
Reviewed
Fixed #37210 -- Logged cached_db session cache delete failures. by vismaytiwari · Pull Request #21606 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #25243 -- Added inspectdb regression test for sqlite_master FK. by dcsid · Pull Request #20928 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #37187, #37190 -- Pointed ModelAdmin warnings to the deprecated code. by medmunds · Pull Request #21553 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #35875 -- Added dark mode support to technical 404 and 500 error views. by harveybellini · Pull Request #20568 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #32915 -- Suppressed fewer ImportErrors in management commands. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #21157 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #37131 -- Improved XSS section in security documentation. by VIZZARD-X · Pull Request #21587 · django/django · GitHub
Refs #36983 -- Updated asgiref to v3.12 and enable free-threading tests in CI. by carltongibson · Pull Request #21623 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #37136 -- Integrate Oracle Test Pilot into CI by loiclefevre · Pull Request #21597 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #37219 -- Added GeneratedField example to PostgreSQL search ref… by carltongibson · Pull Request #21634 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #37093 -- Edited pull request instructions and error messages. by StephanieAG · Pull Request #21565 · django/django · GitHub
https://github.com/django/django/pull/19890
[checklists] A couple of fixes. by nessita · Pull Request #2717 · django/djangoproject.com · GitHub
Authored
Closed temporary files in GDALRasterTests. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #21626 · django/django · GitHub
Added step to install gettext in Github Actions workflows. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #21628 · django/django · GitHub
#37136 (Integrate Oracle Test Pilot into CI) – Django
#37218 (Document that lazy relation access is synchronous only) – Django
Refs #32539 -- Fixed flaky facet filter tests. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #21637 · django/django · GitHub
Discussed
#37207 (Add a backend setting to enforce HTML response for technical 500 errors) – Django
Misc
Fellows sync
Engaged in security reports
Monthly ops meeting
1-1 with GSoC mentee (Pravin)
Added James Bligh to Triage & Review Team
Oracle Test Pilot onboarding meeting
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