Django Fellow Report - Jacob - 2026

[jacobtylerwalls]

Week ending 2026-08-09 (Week 32)

Django 6.1 is out! Then, there was some terrific cross-pollination between the Google Summer of Code work on multi-column subqueries and an improvement for search performance on djangoproject.com where I was able to try it out.

Triaged
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/37246	accepted
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/37248	accepted
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/11383	accepted → fixed
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/37264	accepted
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/37266	accepted

Reviewed
Fixed #37224 -- Skipped questioner for changes on unmanaged model fields. by vishy0 · Pull Request #21690 · django/django · GitHub
Refs #5929 -- Added a CompositeField expression to support multi-column subqueries. by p-r-a-v-i-n · Pull Request #21636 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #37154, #37149 -- Switched from Selenium to Playwright for integration testing. by varunkasyap · Pull Request #21596 · django/django · GitHub
Updated download page as per DEP-20. by sarahboyce · Pull Request #2733 · django/djangoproject.com · GitHub
Documented additional caveats about inspectdb. by cliffordgama · Pull Request #21115 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #37248 -- Skipped unique validation on fields with unresolved dynamic db_default. by karansthr · Pull Request #21724 · django/django · GitHub
Refs #36905 -- Fixed outdated docs for JSONResponse safe parameter. by OsmnvAslan · Pull Request #21725 · django/django · GitHub

Authored
Improve search performance by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #2748 · django/djangoproject.com · GitHub
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/37250
[6.1.x] Updated translations from Transifex. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #21733 · django/django · GitHub
Django 6.1 release tasks by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #2753 · django/djangoproject.com · GitHub
Improved translation fetching guidance in docs/internals/howto-release-django.txt. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #21734 · django/django · GitHub
Added missing lang override in translation fetching helper for Serbian (Latin script). by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #21735 · django/django · GitHub
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/37253
[6.1.x] Refs #32753 -- Fetched corrected Serbian (Latin script) strings. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #21741 · django/django · GitHub
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/37254

Misc
Fellows sync
Engaged in security reports
Monthly steering council meeting
Released Django 6.1