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@@ -331,6 +331,13 @@ Requests and Responses
the :func:`~django.shortcuts.redirect` shortcut, now accept a ``max_length``
parameter to override the default maximum URL length limit.
+Security
+~~~~~~~~
+
+* Signed cookies now use an unambiguous salt derivation by default. Set
+ :setting:`SIGNED_COOKIE_LEGACY_SALT_FALLBACK` to ``True`` to continue
+ accepting legacy signed cookies.
+
Serialization
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -508,6 +515,9 @@ Miscellaneous
* The minimum supported version of SQLite is increased from 3.31.0 to 3.37.0.
+* The default value of the transitional setting
+ :setting:`SIGNED_COOKIE_LEGACY_SALT_FALLBACK` is now ``False``.
+
* :class:`~django.contrib.contenttypes.fields.GenericForeignKey` now uses a
separate descriptor class: the private ``GenericForeignKeyDescriptor``.
@@ -625,6 +635,9 @@ Miscellaneous
* The :setting:`USE_BLANK_CHOICE_DASH` transitional setting is deprecated.
+* The :setting:`SIGNED_COOKIE_LEGACY_SALT_FALLBACK` transitional setting is
+ deprecated.
+
* The undocumented ``get_placeholder`` method of
:class:`~django.db.models.Field` is deprecated in favor of the newly
introduced ``get_placeholder_sql`` method, which has the same input signature