Release Highlights

• Django 5.0 supports Python 3.10, 3.11, and 3.12. If you need an older version of Python you’ll need to stick with the 4.2.x series
• Facet filters in the Django admin can now show counts in the sidebar
• Improved template options for form field rendering, including groups of fields
• Support in the ORM for database computed default values
• Async version of all django.contrib.auth login/logout low level functions
• Form fields now support aria-describedby HTML attributes to better support screen readers

Upgrade Gotchas

• MariaDB 10.7+ UUID fields are now created as actual UUID columns so you need to adjust your fields slightly if you have existing CHAR32() fields for them to continue to work.
• Dropped support entirely for MySQL < 8.0.11
• The default value of USE_TZ was changed from False to True
• The USE_L10N setting has been removed
• Support for pytz timezones has been removed