Who contributed to Django on July 11, 2026?

4 developers shipped this update, including lboeman, hannylicious, varunkasyap, and sarahboyce.

What were the notable Django updates?

Fixed #36864 -- Added support for module and submodule loading in import_string, Fixed #36864 -- Supported modules and submodules in import_string(), and Fixed #35813 -- Made migrations track all changes to unmanaged models.

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DJANGO FIXES MODULE LOADING AND MIGRATION TRACKING IN MAJOR UTILITY OVERHAUL

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:55 UTC on July 11, 2026 · About Django

4 people shipped this

lboeman @lboeman 2 cited

hannylicious @hannylicious 1 cited

varunkasyap @varunkasyap 1 cited

sarahboyce @sarahboyce 1 cited

Django's import_string utility now handles full module paths and submodules, closing a long-standing gap in the framework's import capabilities.

The headline fix [1] [2] upgrades import_string to load modules directly without requiring prior import state, a capability that was broken or incomplete before. This matters because developers have been working around this limitation for years. In parallel, Django's migration system gained critical functionality [3]: unmanaged models now get the same migration tracking as managed models, meaning your external database tables finally appear in your schema history. The admin interface saw test fixes [4] to properly validate SelectBox heights after Flexbox updates to the UI, ensuring selenium tests reflect actual behavior instead of brittle assumptions. On the infrastructure side [5], Django bumped its GitHub Actions dependencies to resolve Node.js 20 deprecation warnings, upgrading to upload-artifact@v7 to stay current with GitHub's runtime requirements.

Action items

→ Review import_string usage in your codebase - the signature change to cached_import may affect custom loading patterns django/django [plan]
→ Check unmanaged model migrations - they now appear in migration files and need review before next deployment django/django [plan]
→ Update any custom admin SelectBox tests to verify inner box heights, not outer container heights django/django [monitor]

References

[1] Fixed #36864 -- Added support for module and submodule loading in import_string. ↗ django/django
[2] Fixed #36864 -- Supported modules and submodules in import_string(). django/django
[3] Fixed #35813 -- Made migrations track all changes to unmanaged models. ↗ django/django
[4] Fixed #37180 -- Fixed admin SelectBox height tests to verify available/chosen box heights. ↗ django/django
[5] Bumped versions in Github actions configuration. ↗ django/django

Quick answers

What shipped in Django on July 11, 2026?: Django's import_string utility now handles full module paths and submodules, closing a long-standing gap in the framework's import capabilities. In total, 7 commits and 6 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Django on July 11, 2026?: 4 developers shipped this update, including lboeman, hannylicious, varunkasyap, and sarahboyce.
What were the notable Django updates?: Fixed #36864 -- Added support for module and submodule loading in import_string, Fixed #36864 -- Supported modules and submodules in import_string(), and Fixed #35813 -- Made migrations track all changes to unmanaged models.

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