# Wagtail 7.4 (LTS) release notes

*Unreleased*

> * [What’s new](#what-s-new)
> * [Upgrade considerations - changes affecting all projects](#upgrade-considerations-changes-affecting-all-projects)
> * [Upgrade considerations - deprecation of old functionality](#upgrade-considerations-deprecation-of-old-functionality)
> * [Upgrade considerations - changes affecting Wagtail customizations](#upgrade-considerations-changes-affecting-wagtail-customizations)
> * [Upgrade considerations - changes to undocumented internals](#upgrade-considerations-changes-to-undocumented-internals)

Wagtail 7.4 is designated a Long Term Support (LTS) release. Long Term Support releases will continue to receive maintenance updates as necessary to address security and data-loss related issues, up until the next LTS release (typically a period of 12 months).

## What’s new

### 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)

## Upgrade considerations - changes affecting all projects

## Upgrade considerations - deprecation of old functionality

### 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.

## Upgrade considerations - changes affecting Wagtail customizations

## Upgrade considerations - changes to undocumented internals