Week ending 2026-05-24 (Week 21)
This week was mostly about returning 
from PyCon 
, which was quite exhausting. I arrived back on Wednesday, fairly drained (and very hungry 
), so I worked during Thu and Fri catching up on a large backlog of email notifications and syncing with the other Fellows.
Triaged
- #37105 (Admin change form actions should only allow applying to object from the change form) – Django - Admin change form actions should only allow applying to object from the change form (accepted)
- #37111 (Add a sprints quickstart guide for contributors) – Django - Add a sprints quickstart guide for contributors (accepted)
Reviewed
- Pre-edits for 6.1a1. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #21336 · django/django · GitHub - Pre-edits for 6.1a1.
- [checklists] Updates after 6.1 alpha by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #2631 · django/djangoproject.com · GitHub - [checklists] Updates after 6.1 alpha
Authored
- #37117 (Admin: Change form actions should use ModelAdmin.get_queryset(request)) – Django - Admin: Change form actions should use ModelAdmin.get_queryset(request)
- Fixed #37117 -- Used ModelAdmin.get_queryset() for change form actions. by nessita · Pull Request #21344 · django/django · GitHub - Fixed #37117 – Used ModelAdmin.get_queryset() for change form actions.
Security
- Triaged reports,
- Reviewed 5 PRs in preparation for security prenotifications next week.
Other/Misc
- Weekly Fellows meeting.
- Engaged in Proposal: Make file upload permissions respect umask - #10 by nessita.
. I spent time going deeper into areas I am less familiar with 
to ensure everything was in good shape for release. As release manager, this included reviewing and completing release notes 
, preparing backports for all three supported stable branches 
, and crafting the corresponding CVE metadata 
so records are ready ahead of disclosure (this is part of our CNA responsibilities).
on getting the 
. Issuing the release for the 5 CVEs took a fair amount of coordination and attention to detail, and definitely consumed a good chunk of brain power 
.
. Bonus: the final 
.
. After the previous stretch of PyCon US, security prep, and the security release itself 
, I spent time going through pending and snoozed items 
, trying to close loops and get things back to a more manageable state.
that were shared by a major AI company, following conversations I had at PyCon US 
about the growing volume of LLM-generated security submissions and the challenges they create for OSS projects (Django in particular). The reports were generated using an advanced security-focused model 
against the Django codebase. We evaluated each finding, confirming and addressing valid issues where appropriate and mapping others to existing tickets and prior reports. Overall, Django is in good shape 
, as the results largely overlapped with known reports, validated our current triage approach, and reinforced confidence in our security stance 
.
. I also spent time digging into Django’s async behavior, reviewing recent changes and following through on related optimizations and documentation updates 
. I also looked more closely at packaging and reproducibility, especially around artifact builds, to improve our consistency in the release process 
.
feel, with the 6.1 beta going out last Wed 
going out tomorrow 
. Most of the effort went into landing as many bugfixes as possible for the βeta, and polishing patches for confirmed security vulnerabilities, which meant careful reviews, backports, double-checking details, and aligning on CVE scoring and metadata 
.
I was mostly covering solo this week 
balancing throughput with some worthwhile deep dives that should pay off going forward 
.
, with time to unblock smaller issues and tighten processes. We now have a “
, and I explored integration options between our tools to reduce manual work, especially around security workflows 
. It was meeting heavy, but a steady stint overall, with a focus on consistency and improvements that add up 
.
. I focused on developing two fixes for confirmed vulnerabilities, and did involved reviews for other two from Jacob. There were some interesting back-and-forth to get details right 
, and since I am the designated releaser for the next August release, I also started prepping for the prenotifications and building CVE metadata 
.
and security work 
. Overall brain ended up quite fried 
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 
).
which included spending some time on translation updates and fixes, which turned into a bit of a spiral 
.
, with quite a lot of time going into debugging Trac downtimes. Thanks to 
and getting the final pieces of my DjangoCon US talk into place 
that comes with it), with most of my time going into two things: first, iterating on a security report until we could confirm the issue, followed by developing a solution for it. I also continued the calendar versioning work around DEP 20 
, including both the Django implementation and the release process updates. And, after iterating on a PR tutorial since Vigo, I finally got to see it through 
. 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!
, with most of my time going into PR reviews across Django and 
. Alongside that, I continued work on two security patches 
.
Heads-up I’ll be mostly off next week since it’s spring break in Uruguay and child is school-less.
Add sponsorship plan comparison and detailed inquiry pages
Made the sponsorship tier comparison table usable on phones
Spring break 
in Uruguay. We travelled 
to visit family and had a wonderful time, including multiple rounds of icecream eating 
. Plenty of digging 
, reviewing 
.