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DJANGO BENCHMARK SUITE ADDS UBUNTU COVERAGE
By RepoJournal ยท Filed ยท About Django
Django's performance testing infrastructure now tracks regressions across Ubuntu latest, giving the core team fresh visibility into how changes hit the most common production environment.
The django-asv benchmark suite [1] expanded its test matrix to include Ubuntu latest results, a tactical move that closes a gap in the project's performance monitoring. This matters because Django's optimization work has been aggressive this cycle, and running benchmarks only on macOS left blind spots for the Linux deployments that power most production Django apps. The addition is marked skip-ci, meaning it won't block PRs but will run on schedule to build historical performance data. Watch this space if you're tracking Django's speed improvements across releases.
Action items
- โ Monitor django-asv Ubuntu results for performance regressions in upcoming releases django/django-asv [monitor]
References
- [1] Results for ubuntu-latest added [skip ci] django/django-asv
FAQ
- What changed in Django on June 28, 2026?
- Django's performance testing infrastructure now tracks regressions across Ubuntu latest, giving the core team fresh visibility into how changes hit the most common production environment.
- What should Django teams do about it?
- Monitor django-asv Ubuntu results for performance regressions in upcoming releases
- Which Django repositories shipped on June 28, 2026?
- django/django-asv