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Django softens PR auto-close, fixes JSONField __in crash on SQLite

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Django's PR quality bot now waits 24 hours before closing failing pull requests, and a SQLite regression in JSONField __in has a fix on the way.

Added a 24 hour grace period for automated PR quality checks. django/django

by sarahboyce

Sarah Boyce's change responds to DjangoCon sprint feedback that the auto-close was "too aggressive", since contributors could lose a PR to a forgotten checkbox before they could correct it. Failures now get an explanatory comment in the first 24 hours, with a daily scheduled run closing eligible PRs between 24 hours and 5 days old; existing exemptions for contributors with recent commits remain.

Fixed #37403 -- Fixed JSONField __in crash on SQLite with Value(None) expressions. django/django

by Clifford Gama

A regression from 9b8e4c6d7d47f7b2e96817ba334e9fd53c10a0df made JSONField __in raise on SQLite when the query included Value(None) expressions. Clifford Gama traced it to the JSON encoding branch in JSONIn.resolve_expression_parameter() not accounting for that case, reported as ticket-37403 by Jacob Walls.

Fixed passing of pagination data as params to github_request(). django/django

by Sarah Boyce

Pagination data passed to github_request() as params was being handled incorrectly, which affects how the PR automation walks paginated API responses.

:handshake: Merge pull request #13 from django/voting django/dsf-bylaws

by Jeff Triplett

The DSF bylaws merge adds language defining voting members and affirmation. Worth a read if you follow how the Foundation's governance is written down.

Results for ubuntu-latest added [skip ci] django/django-asv

by Github Bot

Elsewhere, django-asv picked up benchmark results for ubuntu-latest.

Quick answers

What shipped in Django on October 9, 2026?
Django's PR quality bot now waits 24 hours before closing failing pull requests, and a SQLite regression in JSONField __in has a fix on the way. In total, 5 commits and 3 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Django on October 9, 2026?
4 developers shipped this update, including sarahboyce, Clifford Gama, Jeff Triplett, and knyghty.
What were the notable Django updates?
Added a 24 hour grace period for automated PR quality checks, Fixed #37403 -- Fixed JSONField __in crash on SQLite with Value(None) expressions, and Fixed passing of pagination data as params to github_request().