Week ending 2025-07-20 (Week 29)
Intense return, lots of catch up to do! 
Triaged
- https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/36499 - strip_tags() fails with patched Python versions due to HTMLParser EOF behavior change (bumped to release blocker)
- https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/36494 - Various failures for JSONField lookups and right-hand side subqueries (wontfix)
- https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/36508 - Asymmetry between exact and iexact when filtering JSON keys against None (duplicate)
- https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/36507 - Document that only the base queryset’s prefetch_related() is preserved when using union() (accepted)
Reviewed
- https://github.com/django/django/pull/19631 - [micro-optimization] Improved speed for form field validation.
- https://github.com/django/django/pull/19145 - Fixed #36477, Refs #36163 – Implemented deprecate_posargs decorator.
- https://github.com/django/django/pull/19566 - Refs #25706 – Avoided adding an unneeded and potentially non-unique ID.
- https://github.com/django/django/pull/19621 - Added tests for assertRedirects() when following a redirect.
- https://github.com/django/django/pull/19186 - Fixed #36163 – Deprecated most positional args to django.core.mail.
- https://github.com/django/django/pull/19643 - Fixed #36410 – Added named template partials to DTL
- https://github.com/django/django/pull/19624 - Fixed #8408. Add ModelAdmin.estimated_count flag for optional fast row estimation in admin changelists
- https://github.com/django/django/pull/19644 - Triggered window resize to fix layout issues.
Authored
- https://github.com/django/django/pull/19639 - Fixed #36499 – Adjusted utils_tests.test_html.TestUtilsHtml.test_strip_tags following Python’s HTMLParser new behavior.
- https://github.com/django/django/pull/19640 - Added GitHub Action to enforce stable branch commit message prefix.
- https://github.com/django/django/pull/19647 - Fixed GitHub Action that checks commit prefixes to fetch PR head correctly.
- https://github.com/django/django/pull/19646 - [5.2.x] Added SimpleTestCase.enterContext() on Python < 3.11.
- https://github.com/django/django/pull/19649 - Refs #35680 – Sorted shell default autoimports to prevent isort mismatches.
- https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/csp-and-geodjango/41879
Other/Misc
- General catch up after a 10-days absence. Good and lots of stuff!
- 1-1 with Board Liaison Jeff.
- Biweekly meeting with Interim Fellow Line Manager (Andrew Godwin).
- Coordination meeting with Steering Council, Fellows and Accessibility representatives for the “Admin Keyboards” feature.
- Moderation work on GitHub.