Wagtail 7.4 (LTS) release notes¶

Other features¶

• Add is_deferred_validation flag to support skipping custom validation when saving drafts (Daniel Kirkham)

• Update project template Dockerfile to build dependencies in a separate stage (Brylie Oxley, Akshat Gupta)

• Add include_root parameter to admin pages API endpoint (Divyansh Mishra)

Bug fixes¶

• Handle nested inline models when displaying object usage information (Sage Abdullah, Kacper Walęga, Tian Jie Wong)

• Avoid duplicate get_object() DB query in API detail view (Siddheshwar Kadam)

• Ensure ImageBlock alt text populates on choosing a new image after unchecking decorative state (Pratham Jaiswal)

• Set verbose_name_plural for Query model in search promotions app (Saptami)

• Truncate overly long task names in workflow admin view (Gaurav Takhi)

• Hide “Add child page” button when no child pages can be created as per max_count or max_count_per_parent (Lasse Schmieding)

Documentation¶

• Add documentation for the filter_spec parameter of ImageRenditionField (Soumya-codr)

• Add guide for testing document upload forms (Wenli Tsai, Bhavesh Sharma)

• Document the nested_default_fields attribute on API viewsets (Deepanshu Tevathiya)

• Replace http with https in example URLs (Kunal Gupta)

• Use pathlib.Path for settings in “Integrating into Django” documentation (Kunal Gupta)

• Clarify example of how to implement custom embed finders (Naman Sharma S)

• Add documentation for using the ReferenceIndex API (Saptami)

• Retitle documentation page for settings contrib module to “Settings models” (Karl Hobley)

• Fix typos and minor grammar issues (Kunal Gupta)

Maintenance¶

• Removed support for Django 4.2

• Fix LocaleController test failures caused by differing timezone representations between Node versions (Saptami, Matt Westcott)

• Fix frontend coverage upload to Codecov (Sage Abdullah)

• Update semgrep to 1.150.0 (Pravin Kamble)

• Fix hash_filelike test case to account for line break differences on Windows (Mustansir Dabhiya)

• Fix temporary file handling in redirect import tests on Windows (Mustansir Dabhiya)

• Fix use of platform-specific date formatting in edit handler tests (Mustansir Dabhiya)

• Bump Node.js to 24 (active LTS), upgrade Jest and Storybook (Sage Abdullah)

• Use Docker Elasticsearch images for GitHub CI instead of unofficial actions (Matt Westcott)

• Make LocaleController tests robust against changes to timezone data in Node (Sage Abdullah)

• Fix PermissionError on document serve tests under Windows (Matt Westcott)

Removed support for Django 4.2¶

Django 4.2 is no longer supported as of this release; please upgrade to Django 5.2 or above before upgrading Wagtail.