Who contributed to Django on August 7, 2026?

5 developers shipped this update, including jakobtfr, VIZZARD-X, cliffordgama, sarahboyce, and Tim Schilling.

What were the notable Django updates?

Fixed #29969 -- Omitted inlines without add permission on save-as-new, Fixed #37196 -- Documented SimpleTestCase.async_client_class and async_client in testing tools, and Added tracbd unmanaged model migration.

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DJANGO ADMIN FIXES SAVE-AS-NEW FOR VIEW-ONLY INLINES

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:55 UTC on August 7, 2026 · About Django

5 people shipped this

sarahboyce @sarahboyce 2 cited

jakobtfr @jakobtfr 1 cited

VIZZARD-X @VIZZARD-X 1 cited

cliffordgama @cliffordgama

Tim Schilling @tim-schilling

Django patched a long-standing admin bug where save-as-new operations incorrectly re-rendered view-only inline formsets as editable on validation errors.

The fix addresses ticket #29969 [1], which caused the parent object_id to clear too early during save_as POSTs, breaking the readonly state of inlines on re-render. This matters because developers relying on view-only inlines in admin workflows will no longer see unexpected form fields appear after validation failures. Separately, the testing docs got a completeness pass: async_client_class and async_client are now properly documented in SimpleTestCase [2], matching the existing client_class documentation. On the djangoproject.com side, the tracdb unmanaged model migration was synced to match Django main's migration tracking [3], which is effectively a no-op since unmanaged models don't generate schema changes. The supported versions table for Django 6.1 was also corrected [4]. Across both repos, 6 commits and 10 PRs landed in the last 24 hours, all focused on polish and correctness rather than new features.

Action items

→ Review the save-as-new fix if you maintain custom admin inlines with permission restrictions django/django [plan]
→ Update any local documentation referencing async_client to point to SimpleTestCase docs django/django [monitor]
→ Run makemigrations if you have tracdb models in your djangoproject fork django/djangoproject.com [plan]

References

[1] Fixed #29969 -- Omitted inlines without add permission on save-as-new. ↗ django/django
[2] Fixed #37196 -- Documented SimpleTestCase.async_client_class and async_client in testing tools. ↗ django/django
[3] Added tracbd unmanaged model migration. ↗ django/djangoproject.com
[4] Fixed "Supported Version" table for 6.1. ↗ django/djangoproject.com

Quick answers

What shipped in Django on August 7, 2026?: Django patched a long-standing admin bug where save-as-new operations incorrectly re-rendered view-only inline formsets as editable on validation errors. In total, 6 commits and 10 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Django on August 7, 2026?: 5 developers shipped this update, including jakobtfr, VIZZARD-X, cliffordgama, sarahboyce, and Tim Schilling.
What were the notable Django updates?: Fixed #29969 -- Omitted inlines without add permission on save-as-new, Fixed #37196 -- Documented SimpleTestCase.async_client_class and async_client in testing tools, and Added tracbd unmanaged model migration.

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