{"title":"Django 5.1.6 release notes","version":"dev","locale":"en","docname":"releases/5.1.6","url":"/en/dev/releases/5.1.6/","canonical":"https://djangodocs.dev/en/dev/releases/5.1.6/","summary":"Django 5.1.6 fixes several bugs in 5.1.5. Fixed a regression in Django 5.1.5 that caused validate_ipv6_address() and validate_ipv46_address() to crash when…","html":"<h1>Django 5.1.6 release notes<a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django-5-1-6-release-notes\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h1>\n<p><em>February 5, 2025</em></p>\n<p>Django 5.1.6 fixes several bugs in 5.1.5.</p>\n<section id=\"bugfixes\">\n<h2>Bugfixes<a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#bugfixes\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h2>\n<ul class=\"simple\">\n<li><p>Fixed a regression in Django 5.1.5 that caused <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\">validate_ipv6_address()</code>\nand <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\">validate_ipv46_address()</code> to crash when handling non-string values\n(<a class=\"extlink-ticket reference external\" href=\"https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/36098\">#36098</a>).</p></li>\n<li><p>Fixed a regression in Django 5.1 where password fields, despite being set to\n<code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\">required=False</code>, were still treated as required in forms derived from\n<a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/en/dev/topics/auth/default/#django.contrib.auth.forms.BaseUserCreationForm\" title=\"django.contrib.auth.forms.BaseUserCreationForm\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\">BaseUserCreationForm</code></a> (<a class=\"extlink-ticket reference external\" href=\"https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/36140\">#36140</a>).</p></li>\n</ul>\n</section>","rootId":"django-5-1-6-release-notes","toc":[{"title":"Bugfixes","anchor":"bugfixes","children":[]}],"breadcrumbs":[{"docname":"releases/index","title":"Release notes","url":"/en/dev/releases/"}],"prev":{"docname":"releases/5.1.7","title":"Django 5.1.7 release notes","url":"/en/dev/releases/5.1.7/"},"next":{"docname":"releases/5.1.5","title":"Django 5.1.5 release notes","url":"/en/dev/releases/5.1.5/"},"formats":{"html":"/en/dev/releases/5.1.6/","markdown":"/en/dev/releases/5.1.6.md","json":"/en/dev/releases/5.1.6.json"},"source":"https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/docs/releases/5.1.6.txt","official":"https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/5.1.6/","inVersions":["dev","6.1","6.0","5.2","5.1"],"inLocales":["en"]}