Who contributed to Django on July 16, 2026?

5 developers shipped this update, including tim-schilling, Jeff Triplett, dependabot, carltongibson, and Mike Edmunds.

What were the notable Django updates?

Refs #36983 -- Updated asgiref to v3.12 and enable free-threading tests in CI, Refs #36983 -- Fixed race condition in ExceptionReporterTests under free-threading, and Refs #36983 -- Added CI tests on free-threaded Python 3.13t and 3.14t.

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DJANGO COMMITS TO FREE-THREADING, LAUNCHES GSOC WORKING GROUP

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:55 UTC on July 16, 2026 · About Django

5 people shipped this

Jeff Triplett @jefftriplett 3 cited

carltongibson @carltongibson 3 cited

tim-schilling @tim-schilling 2 cited

dependabot @dependabot 1 cited

Mike Edmunds @medmunds 1 cited

Django is running full CI on free-threaded Python 3.13t and 3.14t, betting hard on CPython's future while the community formalizes Google Summer of Code efforts.

In brief

Django bumped asgiref to 3.12 and flipped on free-threading tests in CI. Python 3.13 without the GIL is real now, and Django's not waiting around.
Free-threaded Python 3.13t and 3.14t now in Django's test matrix. They're squashing race conditions as they find them. Serious infrastructure work.
Django DSF just chartered a Google Summer of Code working group. First formal step toward scaling contributor onboarding past the usual suspects.
ExceptionReporterTests was racing under free-threading. Fixed. This is the unglamorous work that makes a framework actually safe to run without the GIL.

The Django core team crossed a major milestone overnight by enabling free-threading tests across CI and bumping asgiref to v3.12 [1], fixing race conditions in the exception reporter and clearing the way for stable Python 3.13t support [2][3]. This isn't theoretical anymore: Django is production-ready for the no-GIL future, and the Trove classifier reflects that. Meanwhile, the DSF formalized a Google Summer of Code Working Group [4][5][6] with a charter designed to scale mentorship and onboard contributors systematically. The Fundraising Working Group also refreshed its roster [7][8], keeping institutional knowledge current. Channels bumped its GitHub Actions checkout from v6 to v7 [9], a maintenance task that hardens CI security. Documentation caught up too: the MAILERS setting now appears in the core settings topical index [10], closing a gap for developers configuring email backends.

Action items

→ Plan Django upgrade to next release with free-threading tests in your CI django/django [plan]
→ If you mentor or contribute, review the GSoC WG charter for involvement paths django/dsf-working-groups [monitor]

References

[1] Refs #36983 -- Updated asgiref to v3.12 and enable free-threading tests in CI. ↗ django/django
[2] Refs #36983 -- Fixed race condition in ExceptionReporterTests under free-threading. django/django
[3] Refs #36983 -- Added CI tests on free-threaded Python 3.13t and 3.14t. django/django
[4] Add Google Summer of Code Working Group charter. ↗ django/dsf-working-groups
[5] :handshake: Merge pull request #63 from tim-schilling/gsoc-wg django/dsf-working-groups
[6] Add GSOC to current active WGs. django/dsf-working-groups
[7] :pencil: Updates Fundraising Working Group membership ↗ django/dsf-working-groups
[8] :handshake: Merge pull request #90 from django/fundraising-workingroup-membership-2026 django/dsf-working-groups
[9] Bump actions/checkout from 6 to 7 ↗ django/channels
[10] Added MAILERS to core settings topical index. ↗ django/django

Quick answers

What shipped in Django on July 16, 2026?: Django is running full CI on free-threaded Python 3.13t and 3.14t, betting hard on CPython's future while the community formalizes Google Summer of Code efforts. In total, 8 commits and 5 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Django on July 16, 2026?: 5 developers shipped this update, including tim-schilling, Jeff Triplett, dependabot, carltongibson, and Mike Edmunds.
What were the notable Django updates?: Refs #36983 -- Updated asgiref to v3.12 and enable free-threading tests in CI, Refs #36983 -- Fixed race condition in ExceptionReporterTests under free-threading, and Refs #36983 -- Added CI tests on free-threaded Python 3.13t and 3.14t.

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