Expected September 2, 2026
Django 6.1.1 fixes several bugs in 6.1.
Fixed a regression in Django 6.1 where the deprecation of double-dot variable
lookups incorrectly applied to string and translated template literals
containing two consecutive dots, such as {{ "a..b" }} (#37257).
Fixed a regression in Django 6.1 where ModelAdmin.list_display
entries that traverse multiple relations using __ could crash or display
incorrect values (#37270).
Fixed a bug in Django 6.1 where the fields.E323 system check did not
detect mixed on_delete variants for auto-created intermediate models for
ManyToManyFields (#37254).
Fixed a regression in Django 6.1 where HTML-safe strings, such as those
created with mark_safe(), used as form media
assets were treated as asset paths rather than being rendered verbatim
(#37262).
Fixed a regression in Django 6.1 that caused AlterField operations that
changed only the Python-level on_delete option of ForeignKey or
OneToOneField fields to perform unnecessary schema changes
(#37260).
Fixed a bug in Django 6.1 where DecimalField
without max_digits and decimal_places caused a crash when retrieving
values on SQLite (#37275).
Fixed a regression in Django 6.1 that caused a crash when iterating a
QuerySet of a model overriding Model.from_db() without the new
fetch_mode keyword argument. Such overrides now work again, but are
deprecated and should be updated to accept fetch_mode (#37259).
Aug 19, 2026