.. _upgrade-to-4.1.2:

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4.1.2 release notes
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*April 20, 2024*

.. warning:: Upgrading from previous versions

    django CMS 4.1 is the **first community release** of django CMS 4. Django CMS 4 introduces changes that **require** action if you are upgrading from a 3.x version. Please read the step-by-step guide to the
    process of upgrading from 3.5+ to 4 here: :ref:`upgrade-to-4.0`


Welcome to django CMS 4.1.2!

Django and Python compatibility
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django CMS supports **Django 3.2 to 5.0**. We highly recommend and only
support the latest release of each series.

It supports **Python 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, and 3.12**. As for Django we highly recommend and only
support the latest release of each series.

What's new in 4.1.2
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Improved right-to-left support
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* Both, the CSS assets and the JS assets have been adjusted to better support right-to-left languages (RTL).
* Besides imrpvoed ease of use, the page tree can now be fully managed with RTL admin languages
* Improved translations for Arabic

Faster menu rendering
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* Improved efficiency building menus for the page tree dramatically reduces database hits
* Page menus rendered by the core both for versioned and unversioned pages


Bug Fixes
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* Placeholders do not block deletion of custom model instances with a ``PlaceholderRelationField``.
* Structure view respects toolbar language
* Fixed management command to delete orphaned plugins
* Faster DOM update after editing plugins
* Directly redirect to edit endpoint after creating a new page
* Allow editing page content object for apphook without root content
* Render fallback language in place if ``redirect_on_fallback`` is set to ``False`` in the ``CMS_LANGUAGES`` settings
* Fail silently when rendering a placeholder on a missing toolbar object -- Fabian Braun
* Show fallback language titles in page tree -- Fabian Braun