Fixed #15179 -- middlewares not applied for test client login()

Requests made with django.test.Client.login() and logout() respect
defaults defined in django.test.Client instantiation and are processed
through middleware.

Thanks to Loic for the reviews.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/topics/testing/overview.txt b/docs/topics/testing/overview.txt
index 133931559e..c221702005 100644
--- a/docs/topics/testing/overview.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/testing/overview.txt
@@ -663,6 +663,13 @@ Use the ``django.test.Client`` class to make requests.
         :meth:`~django.contrib.auth.models.UserManager.create_user` helper
         method to create a new user with a correctly hashed password.
 
+        .. versionadded:: 1.7
+
+            Requests made with :meth:`~django.test.Client.login` go through the
+            request middleware. If you need to control the environment, you can
+            do so at :class:`~django.test.Client` instantiation or with the
+            `Client.defaults` attribute.
+
     .. method:: Client.logout()
 
         If your site uses Django's :doc:`authentication system</topics/auth/index>`,
@@ -673,6 +680,13 @@ Use the ``django.test.Client`` class to make requests.
         and session data cleared to defaults. Subsequent requests will appear
         to come from an :class:`~django.contrib.auth.models.AnonymousUser`.
 
+        .. versionadded:: 1.7
+
+            Requests made with :meth:`~django.test.Client.logout` go through the
+            request middleware. If you need to control the environment, you can
+            do so at :class:`~django.test.Client` instantiation or with the
+            `Client.defaults` attribute.
+
 Testing responses
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