From 158fd81ef5a5647d27eb3065063284f9ee0a3ca4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amar <100243770+aadeina@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 00:34:04 +0000
Subject: Fixed #36899 -- Implemented SessionBase.__bool__.

---
 docs/releases/6.1.txt         |  4 +++-
 docs/topics/http/sessions.txt | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'docs')

diff --git a/docs/releases/6.1.txt b/docs/releases/6.1.txt
index 756dcf3395..6c6890b811 100644
--- a/docs/releases/6.1.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/6.1.txt
@@ -150,7 +150,9 @@ Minor features
 :mod:`django.contrib.sessions`
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-* ...
+* :class:`~django.contrib.sessions.backends.base.SessionBase` now supports
+  boolean evaluation via
+  :meth:`~django.contrib.sessions.backends.base.SessionBase.__bool__`.
 
 :mod:`django.contrib.sitemaps`
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/docs/topics/http/sessions.txt b/docs/topics/http/sessions.txt
index 797b49ffa2..6070b3e4ef 100644
--- a/docs/topics/http/sessions.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/http/sessions.txt
@@ -191,6 +191,17 @@ You can edit it multiple times.
 
       Example: ``'fav_color' in request.session``
 
+    .. method:: __bool__()
+
+      .. versionadded:: 6.1
+
+      Returns the inverse of :meth:`is_empty`. This allows checking if a
+      session has data::
+
+          if request.session:
+              # Session has data or a key
+              pass
+
     .. method:: get(key, default=None)
     .. method:: aget(key, default=None)
 
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