Who contributed to Django on August 22, 2026?

4 developers shipped this update, including Jacob Walls, ontowhee, sarahboyce, and ulgens.

What were the notable Django updates?

fix #1806: N+1 query issue on dashboard index page, Fixed #1806: N+1 query issue on dashboard index page. (#1813), and Added GitHub action to test against Django main.

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Django site's N+1 query slashed from 45 to 1

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:55 UTC on August 22, 2026 · About Django

4 people shipped this

Jacob Walls @jacobtylerwalls 4 cited

ontowhee @ontowhee 2 cited

sarahboyce @sarahboyce 2 cited

ulgens @ulgens 1 cited

A single pull request just cut the Django project's dashboard page from 45 SQL queries down to one, and it's headed to your browser.

The djangoproject.com dashboard had an N+1 problem: a loop over metrics fired 18 near-identical queries per page load, ballooning to 45 total SQL statements, and the fix collapses that into a single statement unioning each metric's latest datum [1]. The PR author flagged it as WIP, but it landed anyway as #1813 with co-author Baptiste Mispelon, so the optimization is live [2]. Meanwhile, Sarah Boyce added a GitHub Action to test djangoproject.com against Django main, catching incompatibilities before they ship [3][4]. On the core Django side, Jacob Walls cleaned up the 6.1 release notes, removing versionadded and versionchanged directives that were only meant for backports in recent security releases [5][6]. He also readded optional requirements onto daily builds for Python 3.15, mirroring the 3.14 setup [7]. With only 10 commits and 7 PRs across three repos today, this is a housekeeping-heavy wire, but the dashboard query fix is the release-ready win. The README typo fixes and the ruff isort switch are low-risk polish; skip them if time is tight [8][9]. Start with the dashboard query fix, since it directly impacts page latency for every visitor.

Action items

→ Deploy djangoproject.com PR #1813 to production to eliminate the N+1 queries django/djangoproject.com [immediate]
→ Monitor the new GitHub Action testing against Django main for breakage django/djangoproject.com [plan]
→ Review the version directive cleanup in Django main before next release django/django [monitor]

References

[1] fix #1806: N+1 query issue on dashboard index page ↗ django/djangoproject.com
[2] Fixed #1806: N+1 query issue on dashboard index page. (#1813) django/djangoproject.com
[3] Added GitHub action to test against Django main. ↗ django/djangoproject.com
[4] Added GitHub action to test against Django main. (#2713) django/djangoproject.com
[5] Removed more versionadded/versionchanged directives for 6.1. django/django
[6] Removed more versionadded/versionchanged directives for 6.1. ↗ django/django
[7] Refs #36664 -- Readded optional requirements on daily builds for Python 3.15. ↗ django/django
[8] Fix typos and omissions in README django/django-asv
[9] Switch to ruff's isort ↗ django/djangoproject.com

Quick answers

What shipped in Django on August 22, 2026?: A single pull request just cut the Django project's dashboard page from 45 SQL queries down to one, and it's headed to your browser. In total, 10 commits and 7 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Django on August 22, 2026?: 4 developers shipped this update, including Jacob Walls, ontowhee, sarahboyce, and ulgens.
What were the notable Django updates?: fix #1806: N+1 query issue on dashboard index page, Fixed #1806: N+1 query issue on dashboard index page. (#1813), and Added GitHub action to test against Django main.

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