Week ending 2026-08-02 (Week 31)
This week I prioritized time-sensitive security work 
, including finalizing patches, preparing and validating backports, and sending pre-notifications ahead of the release. Alongside that, I focused on Tim’s “Sprint quickstart” PR 
and attended meetings 
. Otherwise, I spent time preparing my DjangoCon US talk (it is coming together well, even if I am a bit wary of expectations around my htmx expertise 
).
Triaged
- #37217 (Contributing tutorial shows the django next version but it's hardcoded and could use some automated updating) – Django - Contributing tutorial shows the django next version but it’s hardcoded and could use some automated updating (re-purposed and re-accepted)
Reviewed
- https://github.com/django/django/pull/21338 - Fixed #37111 – Added sprints quickstart docs page.
- Bumped minimum setuptools version to 83. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #21691 · django/django · GitHub - Bumped minimum setuptools version to 83.
- Refs #36735 -- Added DatabaseFeatures.supports_uuid4_function_in_default feature flag. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #21663 · django/django · GitHub - Refs #36735 – Bumped minimum version for UUID functions to Oracle 23.26.2.
- Refs #28586 -- Renamed RAISE fetch mode to FETCH_RAISE. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #21696 · django/django · GitHub - Refs #28586 – Renamed RAISE fetch mode to FETCH_RAISE.
Authored
- Allowed the full Python test matrix to run on GitHub Actions. by nessita · Pull Request #21692 · django/django · GitHub - Allowed the full Python test matrix to run on GitHub Actions.
Security
- Prepared and sent security release pre-notifications, and posted public reduced announcement.
Other/Misc
- Weekly Fellows meeting.
- Biweekly meeting with Fellows and Line Manager (Andrew Godwin).
- Monthly Online Communities WG meeting.
- Engaged in new features issues.