Week ending 2026-09-13 (Week 37)
A quieter week, with a mix of security work, reviews, and follow-ups from ongoing work. I spent a good chunk of time on a security report that needed a second triage, including a detailed review of the proposed patch 
. I also wrapped up more of the follow-through from DEP 20 by adapting the release checklists to the new release calendar, and resumed a PR to make `EmailValidator` more flexible. And, in particularly happy news 
, we welcomed two new members to the Ops Team and two to the Security Team 
I’m thrilled to see both teams growing!
Triaged
- #37261 (Document specifics for AdminEmailHandler and BrokenLinkEmailsMiddleware migration to MAILERS) – Django - Document specifics for AdminEmailHandler and BrokenLinkEmailsMiddleware migration to MAILERS (accepted - reopen and repurposed)
Reviewed
- Removed Baptiste and added Jacob Walls to ops team. by sarahboyce · Pull Request #95 · django/dsf-working-groups · GitHub - Removed Baptiste from ops team.
- Added David Smith and Ken Whitesell to the security team. by sarahboyce · Pull Request #96 · django/dsf-working-groups · GitHub - Added David Smith and Ken Whitesell to the security team.
- De-emphasized typo fixes in contributing docs. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #21809 · django/django · GitHub - De-emphasized typo fixes in contributing docs.
- Fixed #37272 -- Documented the annual release cycle within the release process docs. by sarahboyce · Pull Request #21764 · django/django · GitHub - Fixed #37272 – Documented the YYYY[.N] versioning scheme within Django’s release process docs.
Authored
- Fixed #36809 -- Allowed customizing EmailValidator per-part validation. by nessita · Pull Request #21736 · django/django · GitHub - Fixed #36809 – Allowed customizing EmailValidator per-part validation.
- Restarted work on this PR to rebase onto main, fix conflicts, and incorporate latest feedback from review.
- [checklists] Adapted the release checklists to DEP 20. by nessita · Pull Request #2825 · django/djangoproject.com · GitHub - [checklists] Adapted the release checklists to DEP 20.
Security
- Deep dive on a security report initially triaged by Jacob that needed a second triage and an in-depth review of the proposed PR.
Other/Misc
- Monthly Steering Council meeting.
- Monthly Ops Team meeting.
- Monthly Security Team meeting.
- Monthly CoC WG meeting.
- Weekly Fellows meeting.