Wagtail 7.1.1 release notes

August 28, 2025

What’s new

Bug fixes

  • Ensure the add comment keyboard shortcut is disabled when keyboard shortcuts are disabled in user preferences (Dhruvi Patel)

  • Fix crash when the Wagtail API is accessed without rest_framework installed (Vijay Raj)

  • Fix failure of FieldPanel and TitleFieldPanel with read_only=True (Sage Abdullah)

  • Fix broken Javascript interactions on nested inline panels (Matt Westcott, Sage Abdullah)

  • Fix rendering of StructBlock with custom form templates (Sage Abdullah)

  • Prevent crash when previewing a form page with an empty field type (Sage Abdullah)

Documentation

  • Fix cross-reference links to the TypeDoc-generated docs (Sage Abdullah)

  • Refine readthedocs’ search indexing for releases and client-side code (Sage Abdullah)

  • Add section about closing stale pull requests to the issue tracking documentation (Thibaud Colas, Sage Abdullah, LB (Ben) Johnston)

  • Add backporting policy for UI and accessibility fixes with updated “active support” and “security support” definitions (Thibaud Colas, Sage Abdullah, Scott Cranfill)