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DJANGO COMMITS TO FREE-THREADING, LAUNCHES GSOC WORKING GROUP

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Jeff Triplett carltongibson tim-schilling dependabot Mike Edmunds
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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.

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.

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References

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

$ ls django/reviews/ # the step-back reads

the week in review Django drops PostgreSQL 15 and PostGIS 3.2 the month in review Django 6.1, four CVEs, and a parallel-test fix that kills flaky runs
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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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