Who contributed to Django on August 16, 2026?

2 developers shipped this update, including jacobtylerwalls and ulgens.

What were the notable Django updates?

Fixed #37278 -- Made QuerySet.totally_ordered understand aliases to pure Col/ColPairs, Fixed #37278 -- Made QuerySet.totally_ordered understand aliases to pure Col/ColPairs, and Add pyproject.toml and basic uv setup.

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DJANGO QUERYSETS GET SMARTER ABOUT ALIASES, DJANGOPROJECT.COM STANDARDIZES ON UV

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

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ulgens @ulgens 4 cited

jacobtylerwalls @jacobtylerwalls 2 cited

Django fixed a QuerySet optimization gap where pure field aliases weren't recognized as orderable, while the project website itself migrated to modern Python packaging with uv and pyproject.toml.

The Django team patched ticket #37278 [1][2], teaching QuerySet.totally_ordered to understand when an annotation is a pure alias to a field without transforms, which means the property can now return True instead of always False. This is a targeted fix that improves query optimization for a specific class of annotations. Over on the website front, djangoproject.com completed its modernization sprint by merging uv support with pyproject.toml [3][4], moving away from traditional pip workflows in favor of the faster, Python-native dependency resolver. The team opted for `uv export` instead of `uv pip compile` because it felt more aligned with uv's design philosophy, and settled on lock files without hashes after discovering pip install incompatibilities. Black also got a minor bump from v25.12.0 to v26.5.1 [5][6], with fixes from the new version applied. Across the three desks, 4 commits and 3 PRs landed in the last 24 hours.

Action items

→ Review QuerySet alias handling in your custom annotations to verify totally_ordered behavior improves django/django [plan]
→ Track djangoproject.com's uv migration for patterns if you maintain Django-adjacent services django/djangoproject.com [monitor]

References

[1] Fixed #37278 -- Made QuerySet.totally_ordered understand aliases to pure Col/ColPairs. ↗ django/django
[2] Fixed #37278 -- Made QuerySet.totally_ordered understand aliases to pure Col/ColPairs. django/django
[3] Add pyproject.toml and basic uv setup ↗ django/djangoproject.com
[4] Add pyproject.toml and basic uv setup (#2465) django/djangoproject.com
[5] Update `black` from v25.12.0 to v26.5.1 (#2773) django/djangoproject.com
[6] Update `black` from v25.12.0 to v26.5.1 ↗ django/djangoproject.com

Quick answers

What shipped in Django on August 16, 2026?: Django fixed a QuerySet optimization gap where pure field aliases weren't recognized as orderable, while the project website itself migrated to modern Python packaging with uv and pyproject.toml. In total, 4 commits and 3 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Django on August 16, 2026?: 2 developers shipped this update, including jacobtylerwalls and ulgens.
What were the notable Django updates?: Fixed #37278 -- Made QuerySet.totally_ordered understand aliases to pure Col/ColPairs, Fixed #37278 -- Made QuerySet.totally_ordered understand aliases to pure Col/ColPairs, and Add pyproject.toml and basic uv setup.

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