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-rw-r--r--docs/releases/1.7.txt5
-rw-r--r--docs/topics/testing/overview.txt14
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diff --git a/docs/releases/1.7.txt b/docs/releases/1.7.txt
index 8428c1853a..749a843a5a 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.7.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.7.txt
@@ -496,6 +496,11 @@ Tests
:class:`~django.test.Client`. If ``True``, the request will be made
through HTTPS.
+* Requests made with :meth:`Client.login() <django.test.Client.login>` and
+ :meth:`Client.logout() <django.test.Client.logout>` respect defaults defined
+ in :class:`~django.test.Client` instantiation and are processed through
+ middleware.
+
Backwards incompatible changes in 1.7
=====================================
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~