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.. note::
- When overriding settings make sure to also handle the cases in which
- Django or your app's code uses a cache or similar feature that retains
- state even if the setting is changed. Django provides the
- :data:`django.test.signals.setting_changed` signal to connect cleanup
- and other state-resetting callbacks to.
+ When overriding settings make sure to also handle the cases in which your
+ app's code uses a cache or similar feature that retains state even if the
+ setting is changed. Django provides the
+ :data:`django.test.signals.setting_changed` signal to connect cleanup and
+ other state-resetting callbacks to. Note that this signal isn't currently
+ used by Django itself, so changing built-in settings may not yield the
+ results you expect.
Emptying the test outbox
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~