Summary

Add a special password hasher just for unit tests.

Review Request #14618 — Created Sept. 16, 2025 and submitted Oct. 3, 2025, 8:21 a.m.

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Description

When running unit tests, we forced password hashing to use
SHA1PasswordHasher because the standard password hashers by design
take time to execute. Unfortunately, the SHA1 hasher is deprecated and
will be removed in Django 5.1. Because we don't actually care anything
about password security when running unit tests, this change adds a
special hasher just for the test suite that uses base64, which is even
faster than SHA1.

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Ran unit tests.

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Add a special password hasher just for unit tests. When running unit tests, we forced password hashing to use `SHA1PasswordHasher` because the standard password hashers by design take time to execute. Unfortunately, the SHA1 hasher is deprecated and will be removed in Django 5.1. Because we don't actually care anything about password security when running unit tests, this change adds a special hasher just for the test suite that uses base64, which is even faster than SHA1. Testing Done: Ran unit tests.	mktursuyxszynktmtqnkwovyxysznuzr

Summary

Add a special password hasher just for unit tests.

When running unit tests, we forced password hashing to use `SHA1PasswordHasher` because the standard password hashers by design take time to execute. Unfortunately, the SHA1 hasher is deprecated and will be removed in Django 5.1. Because we don't actually care anything about password security when running unit tests, this change adds a special hasher just for the test suite that uses base64, which is even faster than SHA1. Testing Done: Ran unit tests.

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Status:: Completed
Change Summary:: Pushed to master (bf8b41e)