Who contributed to Django on May 14, 2026?

3 developers shipped this update, including medmunds, mgaligniana, and jacobtylerwalls.

What were the notable Django updates?

Fixed #35514 -- Implemented dictionary-based MAILERS, Fixed #35514 -- Implemented dictionary-based MAILERS, and DEP 0018 Dictionary-based EMAIL_PROVIDERS (ticket-35514).

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DJANGO'S EMAIL BACKEND GETS THE CACHES TREATMENT

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:00 UTC on May 14, 2026 · About Django

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medmunds @medmunds 2 cited

mgaligniana @mgaligniana 1 cited

jacobtylerwalls @jacobtylerwalls 1 cited

Django is shipping dictionary-based MAILERS configuration, unifying how you manage email backends across your stack just like databases and caches.

The marquee feature lands in django/django: dictionary-based MAILERS setting [1] [2] implements DEP 0018 [3] [4], giving you the same factory pattern you already know from CACHES and DATABASES. You get a `using` argument on all mail-sending APIs, a `sent_using` attribute on test messages, and backward compatibility baked in. Admin actions are now showing up on edit pages [5], fixing a 13-year-old UX gap. On the security desk, Django dropped a minidom workaround [6] that's no longer needed after CPython backported the fix across 3.12, 3.13, and 3.14. Finally, deprecation warnings for USE_BLANK_CHOICE_DASH are being plugged [7] — this was a gotcha for users of override_settings() that needed proper coverage.

Action items

→ Review DEP 0018 and plan MAILERS migration for your email configuration django/django [plan]
→ Update projects using minidom if you were on pre-3.12.13/3.13.11/3.14.2 django/django [monitor]
→ Test admin action visibility on edit pages when you upgrade django/django [plan]

References

[1] Fixed #35514 -- Implemented dictionary-based MAILERS. ↗ django/django
[2] Fixed #35514 -- Implemented dictionary-based MAILERS. django/django
[3] DEP 0018 Dictionary-based EMAIL_PROVIDERS (ticket-35514) ↗ django/deps
[4] DEP 0018 Dictionary-based EMAIL_PROVIDERS (ticket-35514) (#105) django/deps
[5] Fixed #12090 -- Show admin actions on the edit pages too ↗ django/django
[6] Refs CVE-2025-64460 -- Removed workaround for minidom document checks. django/django
[7] Fixed #37092, Refs #35870 -- Added missing deprecation warnings for USE_BLANK_CHOICE_DASH. ↗ django/django

Quick answers

What shipped in Django on May 14, 2026?: Django is shipping dictionary-based MAILERS configuration, unifying how you manage email backends across your stack just like databases and caches. In total, 8 commits and 7 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Django on May 14, 2026?: 3 developers shipped this update, including medmunds, mgaligniana, and jacobtylerwalls.
What were the notable Django updates?: Fixed #35514 -- Implemented dictionary-based MAILERS, Fixed #35514 -- Implemented dictionary-based MAILERS, and DEP 0018 Dictionary-based EMAIL_PROVIDERS (ticket-35514).

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