Fixed #5897 -- Added the Content-Length response header in CommonMiddleware

Thanks Tim Graham for the review.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/middleware.txt b/docs/ref/middleware.txt
index 8b991d5ed8..371121c30e 100644
--- a/docs/ref/middleware.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/middleware.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ Adds a few conveniences for perfectionists:
   for each request by MD5-hashing the page content, and it'll take care of
   sending ``Not Modified`` responses, if appropriate.
 
+* Sets the ``Content-Length`` header for non-streaming responses.
+
+.. versionchanged: 1.11
+
+    Older versions didn't set the ``Content-Length`` header.
+
 .. attribute:: CommonMiddleware.response_redirect_class
 
 Defaults to :class:`~django.http.HttpResponsePermanentRedirect`. Subclass
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.11.txt b/docs/releases/1.11.txt
index e5dcc47e24..23af4a4d60 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.11.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.11.txt
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ Requests and Responses
 
 * Added :meth:`QueryDict.fromkeys() <django.http.QueryDict.fromkeys>`.
 
+* :class:`~django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware` now sets the
+  ``Content-Length`` response header for non-streaming responses.
+
 Serialization
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