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# Wagtail 4.2 release notes - IN DEVELOPMENT
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## What's new
### Other features
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* Add custom permissions section to permissions documentation page (Dan Hayden)
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* Wagtail's documentation (v2.9 to v4.0) has been updated on [Dash user contributions ](https://github.com/Kapeli/Dash-User-Contributions ) for [Dash ](https://kapeli.com/dash ) or [Zeal ](https://zealdocs.org/ ) offline docs applications (Damilola Oladele, (Mary Ayobami)
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* Switch to using [Willow ](https://github.com/wagtail/Willow/ ) instead of Pillow for images (Darrel O'Pry)
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* Add documentation for how to get started with [contributing translations ](contributing_translations ) for the Wagtail admin (Ogunbanjo Oluwadamilare)
2022-10-24 00:59:09 +02:00
* Test assertion [`WagtailPageTestCase.assertCanCreate` ](testing_reference ) now supports the kwarg `publish=True` to check publish redirection (Harry Percival, Akua Dokua Asiedu)
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* Upgrade to Node 18 for frontend build tooling (LB (Ben) Johnston)
* Officially recommend `fnm` over `nvm` in development documentation (LB (Ben) Johnston)
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* Mention the importance of passing `request` and `current_site` to `get_url` on the [performance ](performance ) documentation page (Jake Howard)
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### Bug fixes
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* Make sure workflow timeline icons are visible in high-contrast mode (Loveth Omokaro)
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* Ensure authentication forms (login, password reset) have a visible border in Windows high-contrast mode (Loveth Omokaro)
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* Ensure visual consistency between buttons and links as buttons in Windows high-contrast mode (Albina Starykova)
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* Ensure `ChooserBlock.extract_references` uses the model class, not the model string (Alex Tomkins)
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* Incorrectly formatted link in the documentation for Wagtail community support (Bolarinwa Comfort Ajayi)
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* Ensure logo shows correctly on log in page in Windows high-contrast mode (Loveth Omokaro)
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## Upgrade considerations
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### Wagtail-specific image field (`WagtailImageField`)
The `AbstractImage` and `AbstractRendition` models use a Wagtail-specific `WagtailImageField` which extends Django's `ImageField`
to use [Willow ](https://github.com/wagtail/Willow/ ) for image file handling. This will generate a new migration if you
are using a [custom image model ](custom_image_model )
