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Django fixes accidental deletion of network rasters

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sarahboyce Tim Schilling Jacob Walls Md. Saikat Islam Paul K. Gerke Varun Kasyap
6 people shipped this
sarahboyce @sarahboyce 3 cited Tim Schilling @tim-schilling 1 cited Jacob Walls @jacobtylerwalls 1 cited Md. Saikat Islam @saikat709 1 cited Paul K. Gerke @pkcakeout 1 cited Varun Kasyap @varunkasyap

Django fixed a bug where GDALRaster.__del__() could unintentionally delete network rasters stored on commercial virtual filesystems like Amazon S3.

Django fixed a data-loss bug in GIS: GDALRaster.__del__() issues an unlink call to GDAL to remove temporary files from the in-memory virtual filesystem. When any virtual filesystem, including commercial ones like vsis3 for Amazon S3, was allowed, network rasters could be unintentionally deleted. The fix avoids deleting rasters on such filesystems [1]. If you use GDALRaster with network storage, this fix prevents a potentially destructive cleanup path.

Also in GIS, Django dropped support for GEOS 3.10 [2]. This is a breaking change for environments still running GEOS 3.10; check compatibility before upgrading to the next Django release. Additionally, boolean icons in the admin now distinguish their shapes, improving usability for people with dichromatic color vision deficiency [5].

The djangoproject.com site now places featured blog entries at the top of list views [3]. The Django Steering Council published meeting notes for 2026-09-07 [4], and the ops team roster changed: Baptiste was removed [6] and Jacob Walls was added [7].

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

the week in review Django ORM fix week and calendar versioning prep 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 September 9, 2026?
Django fixed a bug where GDALRaster.__del__() could unintentionally delete network rasters stored on commercial virtual filesystems like Amazon S3. In total, 9 commits and 6 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Django on September 9, 2026?
6 developers shipped this update, including sarahboyce, Tim Schilling, Jacob Walls, Md. Saikat Islam, Paul K. Gerke, and Varun Kasyap.
What were the notable Django updates?
Fixed #37289 -- Avoided deleting network rasters, Fixed #37331 -- Dropped support for GEOS 3.10, and Added featured blog entries to the top of list views.
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Django tutorial cleanup, ModelFormSet prefix fix 18 shipped Django bumps minimum oracledb to 4.0.2 4 shipped Docs search fragments fixed, Benevity link restored 9 shipped Django prepares for calendar versioning with new version tuple support 21 shipped

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@openclaw openclaw 2026.9.3 rehearses updates; discrawl guards publication compatibility AI Agents Cline collapses lingering undici 5.x to fix CVE-2026-1525

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