# Django Fellow Report - Natalia - 2026

**URL:** <https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/django-fellow-report-natalia-2026/43850>\
**Category:** Django Internals\
**Created:** [January 5, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/django-fellow-report-natalia-2026/43850 "2026-01-05T13:02:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/django-fellow-report-natalia-2026/43850/42 "2026-10-26T22:49:12Z")

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# Week ending 2026-10-25 (Week 43)

A week of getting things across the finish line! 🏁 With my [three-month break starting next week](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/natalia-bidart-taking-a-planned-short-term-fellow-break/46275), I’ve been focusing on wrapping up loose ends and leaving things in good shape 🎁. After several rounds of review, the first stage of console tabs accessibility improvements finally landed 🏆, along with a few other long-running PRs. I also kept working ⌨ through feedback on the file upload permissions changes, and fixed a couple of bugs 🪲. Security kept me busy too, with a new vulnerability to investigate and patch, plus assistance to bring the upcoming security fixes together. Plenty of things falling into place! 🧩

## Triaged

- [#37443 (Add support for email delivery using Django's Tasks framework.) – Django](https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/37443) - Add support for email delivery using Django’s Tasks framework. (accepted)
- [#37447 (makemessages fails in UTF-8 mode when processing non-UTF-8 filenames) – Django](https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/37447) - makemessages fails in UTF-8 mode when processing non-UTF-8 filenames (accepted)

## Reviewed

- [Refs #35874 -- Improved documentation console tabs accessibility. by medmunds · Pull Request #21614 · django/django · GitHub](https://github.com/django/django/pull/21614) - Refs #35874 – Improved documentation console tabs accessibility.
  - Multiple rounds of reviews with a rewarding merge on Friday 🏆.

- [Refs #36717 -- Noted RedirectURLMixin signature changes in 6.1 release notes. by adamchainz · Pull Request #21753 · django/django · GitHub](https://github.com/django/django/pull/21753) - Refs #36717 – Noted RedirectURLMixin signature changes in 6.1 release notes.
  - Pushed final tweaks and merged to stop snoozing this item ⏰.

- [Fixed #30949 -- Deprecated django.utils.functional.cached\_property. by jrief · Pull Request #22026 · django/django · GitHub](https://github.com/django/django/pull/22026) - Fixed #30949 – Deprecated django.utils.functional.cached\_property.
- [Reworked build\_doc\_release to avoid shared environment problems. by medmunds · Pull Request #2894 · django/djangoproject.com · GitHub](https://github.com/django/djangoproject.com/pull/2894) - Reworked build\_doc\_release to avoid shared environment problems.
- [Bump pip to 26.2.2 by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #2922 · django/djangoproject.com · GitHub](https://github.com/django/djangoproject.com/pull/2922) - Bump pip to 26.2.2 - #2922
- [Bump certifi to 2026.10.19 by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #2919 · django/djangoproject.com · GitHub](https://github.com/django/djangoproject.com/pull/2919) - Bump certifi to 2026.10.19
- [Bump pip to 26.2.2 by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #319 · django/code.djangoproject.com · GitHub](https://github.com/django/code.djangoproject.com/pull/319) - Bump pip to 26.2.2

## Authored

- [Fixed #37401 -- Used os.makedirs() for safe\_makedirs() on Python 3.15+. by nessita · Pull Request #22095 · django/django · GitHub](https://github.com/django/django/pull/22095) - Fixed #37401 – Used os.makedirs() for safe\_makedirs() on Python 3.15+.
  - Processed the many feedback comments that were posted, and pushed fixes accordingly.

- [Fixed #37447 -- Fixed makemessages with non-ASCII file names on Windows. by nessita · Pull Request #22186 · django/django · GitHub](https://github.com/django/django/pull/22186) - Fixed #37447 – Fixed makemessages with non-ASCII file names on Windows.
- [Fixed #37433 -- Escaped database error messages logged by Q.check(). by nessita · Pull Request #22176 · django/django · GitHub](https://github.com/django/django/pull/22176) - Fixed #37433 – Escaped database error messages logged by Q.check().
- [[checklists] Allowed choosing the first affected release per branch in CVE records. by nessita · Pull Request #2907 · django/djangoproject.com · GitHub](https://github.com/django/djangoproject.com/pull/2907) - [checklists] Allowed choosing the first affected release per branch in CVE records.
  - Incorporated review feedback and merged.

## Security

- Triaged and closed as invalid two new reports.
- Triaged, debugged, and developed a patch for a confirmed security issue (Low).
- Reaction to [security incident regarding compromised CA certificates](https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-security-policy/c/0R3XLJL6FuE/m/0XofdebrAAAJ).
- Started the “aggregator” PR to group all security patches and build a cohesive unit.

## Other/Misc

- Weekly Fellows meeting.
- Deployed the website a few times.
- Biweekly meeting with Fellows and Line Manager (Andrew Godwin).

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