Week ending 2026-02-22 (Week 08)
Roughly 70% of my time this week went into security work, which continues being quite demanding. The remaining time was primarily dedicated to Mike’s excellent write-up on the dictionary-based EMAIL_PROVIDERS implementation and migration, along with a smaller amount of ticket triage and PR review. 
Triaged
- #36919 (Allow `TaskResult` (and `Task`) to be pickled) – Django - Allow
TaskResult(andTask) to be pickled (accepted) - #36929 (Drop support for GEOS 3.9) – Django - Drop support for GEOS 3.9 (accepted)
Reviewed
- Dictionary-based EMAIL_PROVIDERS (ticket-35514) by medmunds · Pull Request #105 · django/deps · GitHub - Dictionary-based EMAIL_PROVIDERS (ticket-35514)
- Completed this review and shared it with the Steering Council for awareness.
- Fixed #36918 -- Removed double spaces and fixed minor grammar issues in docs. by cliffordgama · Pull Request #20682 · django/django · GitHub - Fixed #36918 – Removed double spaces and fixed minor grammar issues in docs.
- Refs #19221 -- Fixed outdated KEY_FUNCTION docs. by medmunds · Pull Request #20695 · django/django · GitHub - Refs #19221 – Fixed outdated KEY_FUNCTION docs.
- Test: Add small change to README by Sanket73 · Pull Request #12 · django/dsf-bylaws · GitHub - Test: Add small change to README
- Removed empty exc_info from log_task_finished signal handler. by knifecake · Pull Request #20722 · django/django · GitHub - Removed empty exc_info from log_task_finished signal handler.
- Clarified documentation for login_not_required regarding LoginRequiredMiddleware by saikumar-pujari · Pull Request #20725 · django/django · GitHub - Clarified documentation for login_not_required regarding LoginRequiredMiddleware
- Fixed #36924 -- Allowed select_related() on ForeignObject with defer(). by veeceey · Pull Request #20709 · django/django · GitHub - Fixed #36924 – Allowed select_related() on ForeignObject with defer().
- Fixed #36924 -- FieldError when using selected_related on ForeignObject together with defer by msmakb · Pull Request #20706 · django/django · GitHub - Fixed #36924 – FieldError when using selected_related on ForeignObject together with defer
- Fixed #28919 -- Added Common Table Expressions (CTE) support. by Genarito · Pull Request #20655 · django/django · GitHub - Fixed #28919 – Added Common Table Expressions (CTE) support.
Security
- Developed and iterated on two patches for confirmed vulnerabilities (announce to be published tomorrow).
- Triage of steady flow of incoming reports.
- Started using GitHub Security Advisories internally for report tracking, in preparation for using it publicly.
Other/Misc
- Fellows weekly sync.