Week ending 2026-04-05 (Week 14)
I was traveling this week 
so I was less available than usual. My main priority was to support Jacob with anything needed for the upcoming security release 
, helping keep things on track during a critical phase. I also made an effort to stay on top of inbox and notifications, though seeing my current unread count I can confirm I have failed miserably 
.
Triaged
- #36994 (Middleware hooks working on functional middleware is not documented) – Django - Middleware hooks working on functional middleware is not documented (wontfix)
- #37008 (AutocompleteJsonView should return source_model and remote_model in process_request) – Django - AutocompleteJsonView should return source_model and remote_model in process_request (wontfix)
- #36997 (test_double_replaced_migrations_are_checked_correctly fails intermittently under Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)) – Django - test_double_replaced_migrations_are_checked_correctly fails intermittently under Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) (needsinfo)
- #37010 (Admin: improve filtered select feedback while filtering) – Django - Admin: improve filtered select feedback while filtering (needsnewfeatureprocess)
- #37011 (The presence of a non-readonly non-editable field in ModelAdmin fails at runtime and has no system check) – Django - The presence of a non-readonly non-editable field in ModelAdmin fails at runtime and has no system check (needsinfo)
- #37013 (Omitting tzinfo argument to Trunc & Extract with USE_TZ = True and TIME_ZONE != UTC creates ambiguity for migrations) – Django - Omitting tzinfo argument to Trunc & Extract with USE_TZ = True and TIME_ZONE != UTC creates ambiguity for migrations (accepted)
- https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/37015 - Improve template debugging by showing missing context variables and suggestions (needsnewfeatureprocess)(duplicate)
- Thanks Tim G for making this triage more accurate,
Reviewed
- [checklists] Remove reference to IBB by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #2572 · django/djangoproject.com · GitHub - [checklists] Remove reference to IBB
- Refs #36770 -- Guarded against an endless wait in LiveServerThread.terminate(). by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #21029 · django/django · GitHub - Refs #36770 – Mitigated hangs and deadlocks in tests involving in-memory SQLite databases.
- https://github.com/django/django/pull/21032 - [5.2.x] Bumped black to 26.3.1.
- Fixed #36994 -- Made it more obvious that all middleware supports `process_*` hooks. by akx · Pull Request #20954 · django/django · GitHub - Fixed #36994 – Made it more obvious that all middleware supports
process_*hooks. - Refs #36994 -- Updated BaseHandler to allow process_template_response() hooks on function-base middleware by shangxiao · Pull Request #19857 · django/django · GitHub - Refs #36994 – Updated BaseHandler to allow process_template_response() hooks on function-base middleware
- https://github.com/django/django/pull/19856 - Fixed #36994 – Doc’d that middleware hooks may also be used with function-based middleware
- [Docs] Improved punctuation and clarity in templates documentation (Refs #37012) by makwana-akshat · Pull Request #21031 · django/django · GitHub - [Docs] Improved punctuation and clarity in templates documentation (Refs #37012)
Authored
- Added section for respecting maintainer time to the security policy. by nessita · Pull Request #21033 · django/django · GitHub - Added section for respecting maintainer time to the security policy.
Security
- Reviewed “aggregator” PR gathering patches for all confirmed issues, targeting main and all supported stable branches.
- Reviewed CVE records metadata in preparation for next security release.
Other/Misc
- Weekly Fellows meeting.