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authorSarah Boyce <42296566+sarahboyce@users.noreply.github.com>2025-04-04 09:52:22 +0200
committerSarah Boyce <42296566+sarahboyce@users.noreply.github.com>2025-04-07 16:17:50 +0200
commit318c16d2b8157b0ca3fa5f69d0306409b57314b9 (patch)
treebccdf205b00405de540f3622274c377bbc88f501 /docs
parent506cf74b0ac3a61c1bc341f9beebf8f9c087a7e4 (diff)
[4.2.x] Fixed #36298 -- Truncated the overwritten file content in file_move_safe().
Regression in 58cd4902a71a3695dd6c21dc957f59c333db364c. Thanks Baptiste Mispelon for the report. Backport of 8ad3e80e88201f4c557f6fa79fcfc0f8a0961830 from main.
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-rw-r--r--docs/releases/index.txt1
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diff --git a/docs/releases/4.2.21.txt b/docs/releases/4.2.21.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36e24df12f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/releases/4.2.21.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+===========================
+Django 4.2.21 release notes
+===========================
+
+*Expected May 7, 2025*
+
+Django 4.2.21 fixes a data loss bug in 4.2.20.
+
+Bugfixes
+========
+
+* Fixed a data corruption possibility in ``file_move_safe()`` when
+ ``allow_overwrite=True``, where leftover content from a previously larger
+ file could remain after overwriting with a smaller one due to lack of
+ truncation (:ticket:`36298`).
diff --git a/docs/releases/index.txt b/docs/releases/index.txt
index 00e4465845..af5038a095 100644
--- a/docs/releases/index.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/index.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ versions of the documentation contain the release notes for any later releases.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
+ 4.2.21
4.2.20
4.2.19
4.2.18