Who contributed to Django on August 14, 2026?

3 developers shipped this update, including ryancheley, jefftriplett, and tim-schilling.

What were the notable Django updates?

Add security team charter, :handshake: Merge pull request #56 from tim-schilling/security-charter, and Add Sponsored Fellow corporate membership level.

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DJANGO SECURITY TEAM GETS FORMAL CHARTER, FUNDRAISING TIER LAUNCHES AT $200K

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:55 UTC on August 14, 2026 · About Django

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ryancheley @ryancheley 1 cited

The Django Security Team now has a written charter to scale operations, while the DSF opens a new Sponsored Fellow corporate membership level as part of a broader fundraising refresh.

The security team charter [1] passed review and merged [2], establishing formal operating procedures that the steering council sees as essential infrastructure for the fellowship program to grow. Simultaneously, djangoproject.com rolled out a new top corporate membership tier, Sponsored Fellow, set at $200,000 [3], alongside a refreshed fundraising page [4] that reorders donation options by impact and modernizes the case for giving. The changes span the membership model itself [3], the web forms that collect signups, and the pages that pitch corporate support. These aren't cosmetic tweaks: the DSF is restructuring how it funds operations and manages its security function at the same time. The steering council documented its August 3rd meeting decisions [5], setting context for why these governance and revenue moves matter. Performance benchmarking continues in the background [6], but the signal in this window is institutional, not technical.

Action items

→ Review the security team charter if you're involved in Django security processes django/dsf-working-groups [plan]
→ Check the updated fundraising page if you sponsor or advise Django funding django/djangoproject.com [monitor]

References

[1] Add security team charter. ↗ django/dsf-working-groups
[2] :handshake: Merge pull request #56 from tim-schilling/security-charter django/dsf-working-groups
[3] Add Sponsored Fellow corporate membership level ↗ django/djangoproject.com
[4] ✏️ Update fundraising page ↗ django/djangoproject.com
[5] Add 2026-08-03 meeting notes django/steering-council
[6] Results for ubuntu-latest added [skip ci] django/django-asv

Quick answers

What shipped in Django on August 14, 2026?: The Django Security Team now has a written charter to scale operations, while the DSF opens a new Sponsored Fellow corporate membership level as part of a broader fundraising refresh. In total, 5 commits and 3 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Django on August 14, 2026?: 3 developers shipped this update, including ryancheley, jefftriplett, and tim-schilling.
What were the notable Django updates?: Add security team charter, :handshake: Merge pull request #56 from tim-schilling/security-charter, and Add Sponsored Fellow corporate membership level.

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