The marquee feature in this release is official support for Django v4 and v5 but this also coincided with a number of changes behind the scenes to make Haystack easier to support and several volunteers have stepped up to help work on Haystack. Especial thanks to @cclauss and @claudep for helping move things forward.

Major changes

• Django versions 3-5 are supported, running on Python 3.8-3.12.
• Releases are now created in GitHub Actions and published directly to PyPI, improving visibility into the build process.

New Contributors

• @cclauss made their first contribution in Fix typo #1856
• @HAMZA310 made their first contribution in docs: use ‘stable’ tag in Django URLs | fix outdated URLs #1866
• @pbiering made their first contribution in catch makedirs problem in early state #1870
• @srivardhanrr made their first contribution in Update spatial.rst #1896
• @notPlancha made their first contribution in __unicode__ to __str__ in tutorial #1908
• @tacerus made their first contribution in Migrate away from pkg_resources #1935
• @Naggafin made their first contribution in updated whoosh backend to utilize datetime from the standard library #1937
• @black3r made their first contribution in Fix failing tests #1960
• @tishiljk3 made their first contribution in Optimise code #1869
• @jochengcd made their first contribution in use class variables instead of global variables for field mappings in ElasticSearch7Backend #1965

All Changes

• docs: Fix a few typos by @timgates42 in docs: Fix a few typos #1854
• Fix typo by @cclauss in Fix typo #1856
• Fix flake8: logging.error(exc_info=True) --> logging.exception() by @cclauss in Fix flake8: logging.error(exc_info=True) --> logging.exception() #1862
• docs: use ‘stable’ tag in Django URLs | fix outdated URLs by @HAMZA310 in docs: use ‘stable’ tag in Django URLs | fix outdated URLs #1866
• [WIP] Use standard Django test runner by @acdha in [WIP] Use standard Django test runner #1837
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate #1852
• GitHub Actions: Add Python 3.10 and 3.11 to the testing by @cclauss in GitHub Actions: Add Python 3.10 and 3.11 to the testing #1855
• catch makedirs problem in early state by @pbiering in catch makedirs problem in early state #1870
• Upgrade GitHub Actions flake8 to ruff by @cclauss in Upgrade GitHub Actions flake8 to ruff #1872
• ci: Do not run the tests if linting fails by @cclauss in ci: Do not run the tests if linting fails #1873
• Add ruff to pre-commit by @cclauss in Add ruff to pre-commit #1874
• Fix issue duplicate-test-names found at https://codereview.doctor by @code-review-doctor in Fix issue duplicate-test-names found at https://codereview.doctor #1841
• Update spatial.rst by @srivardhanrr in Update spatial.rst #1896
• unicode to str in tutorial by @notPlancha in __unicode__ to __str__ in tutorial #1908
• Django_v5.0 by @cclauss in Django_v5.0 #1915
• README.rst: Experimental support for Django v5.0 by @cclauss in README.rst: Experimental support for Django v5.0 #1916
• Use GitHub Actions to publish to PyPI by @acdha in Use GitHub Actions to publish to PyPI #1918
• Fix unittest assert calls for Python 3.12 by @cclauss in Fix unittest assert calls for Python 3.12 #1930
• Fix Django warnings admin.W411 and models.W042 by @cclauss in Fix Django warnings admin.W411 and models.W042 #1933
• Update test matrix for django v5.0 by @cclauss in Update test matrix for django v5.0 #1931
• pre-commit: format files with prettier by @cclauss in pre-commit: format files with prettier #1936
• Migrate away from pkg_resources by @tacerus in Migrate away from pkg_resources #1935
• updated whoosh backend to utilize datetime from the standard library by @Naggafin in updated whoosh backend to utilize datetime from the standard library #1937
• Fix failing tests by @black3r in Fix failing tests #1960
• PEP 621: Migrate from setup.py and setup.cfg to pyproject.toml by @cclauss in PEP 621: Migrate from setup.py and setup.cfg to pyproject.toml #1875
• Fixed whoosh test failures with Django 5.0 by @claudep in Fixed whoosh test failures with Django 5.0 #1962
• Optimise code by @tishiljk3 in Optimise code #1869
• django-upgrade --target-version=5.0 **/*.py by @cclauss in django-upgrade --target-version=5.0 **/*.py #1939
• Add setuptools to fix failing tests on Python 3.12 by @cclauss in Add setuptools to fix failing tests on Python 3.12 #1963
• use class variables instead of global variables for field mappings in ElasticSearch7Backend by @jochengcd in use class variables instead of global variables for field mappings in ElasticSearch7Backend #1965

Full Changelog: v3.2.1...v3.3.0