Upgrade to Django 5.2 LTS

awx/conf/fields.py

@@ -160,10 +160,13 @@ def to_internal_value(self, paths):
 class URLField(CharField):
     # these lines set up a custom regex that allow numbers in the
     # top-level domain
+    # Django 5.2 removed URLValidator.ul, it was \u00a1-\uffff for unicode letters
+    ul = r'\u00a1-\uffff'
+
     tld_re = (
         r'\.'  # dot
         r'(?!-)'  # can't start with a dash
-        r'(?:[a-z' + URLValidator.ul + r'0-9' + '-]{2,63}'  # domain label, this line was changed from the original URLValidator
+        r'(?:[a-z' + ul + r'0-9' + '-]{2,63}'  # domain label, this line was changed from the original URLValidator
         r'|xn--[a-z0-9]{1,59})'  # or punycode label
         r'(?<!-)'  # can't end with a dash
         r'\.?'  # may have a trailing dot

awx/main/dispatch/config.py

@@ -11,13 +11,22 @@ def get_dispatcherd_config(for_service: bool = False, mock_publish: bool = False
     Parameters:
     for_service: if True, include dynamic options needed for running the dispatcher service
       this will require database access, you should delay evaluation until after app setup
+    mock_publish: if True, use mock values that don't require database access
+      this is used during tests to avoid database queries during app initialization
     """
+    # When mock_publish=True (e.g., during tests), use a default value to avoid
+    # database access in get_auto_max_workers() which queries settings.IS_K8S
+    if mock_publish:
+        max_workers = 20  # Reasonable default for tests
+    else:
+        max_workers = get_auto_max_workers()
+
     config = {
         "version": 2,
         "service": {
             "pool_kwargs": {
                 "min_workers": settings.JOB_EVENT_WORKERS,
-                "max_workers": get_auto_max_workers(),
+                "max_workers": max_workers,
             },
             "main_kwargs": {"node_id": settings.CLUSTER_HOST_ID},
             "process_manager_cls": "ForkServerManager",

awx/main/migrations/0205_alter_instance_peers_alter_job_hosts_and_more.py

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.8 on 2025-11-20 18:39
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('main', '0204_squashed_deletions'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='instance',
+            name='peers',
+            field=models.ManyToManyField(
+                related_name='peers_from', through='main.InstanceLink', through_fields=('source', 'target'), to='main.receptoraddress'
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='job',
+            name='hosts',
+            field=models.ManyToManyField(editable=False, related_name='jobs', through='main.JobHostSummary', through_fields=('job', 'host'), to='main.host'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='role',
+            name='ancestors',
+            field=models.ManyToManyField(
+                related_name='descendents', through='main.RoleAncestorEntry', through_fields=('descendent', 'ancestor'), to='main.role'
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]

requirements/requirements.in

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ cryptography
 Cython
 daphne
 distro
-django==4.2.26  # CVE-2025-32873
+django>=5.2,<5.3  # Django 5.2 LTS, allow patch updates
 django-cors-headers
 django-crum
 django-extensions

requirements/requirements.txt

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ dispatcherd==2025.5.21
     # via -r /awx_devel/requirements/requirements.in
 distro==1.9.0
     # via -r /awx_devel/requirements/requirements.in
-django==4.2.26
+django==5.2
     # via
     #   -r /awx_devel/requirements/requirements.in
     #   channels

requirements/requirements_dev.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 build
-django-debug-toolbar==3.2.4
+django-debug-toolbar>=6.0  # Django 5.2 compatibility
 django-test-migrations
 drf-spectacular>=0.27.0  # Modern OpenAPI 3.0 schema generator
 # pprofile - re-add once https://github.com/vpelletier/pprofile/issues/41 is addressed
@@ -28,4 +28,3 @@ pip>=21.3,<=24.0 # PEP 660 – Editable installs for pyproject.toml based builds
 debugpy
 remote-pdb
 sdb
-