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    Add release notes for Djblets 5.3.

    Review Request #14759 — Created Jan. 5, 2026 and updated

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    Djblets
    release-5.x

    Reviewers

    Djblets 5.3 is a large release, featureing caching improvements, new
    dynamic page state injection support, general rate limiting, cache
    locks, layered siteconfig lookups, new templatetag support, and a whole
    lot more.

    This change introduces the release notes for this release, covering
    usage information and examples where appropriate.

    Built the docs. Checked for bad links, build errors, and any obvious
    errors in the text.

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    Add release notes for Djblets 5.3.
    Djblets 5.3 is a large release, featureing caching improvements, new dynamic page state injection support, general rate limiting, cache locks, layered siteconfig lookups, new templatetag support, and a whole lot more. This change introduces the release notes for this release, covering usage information and examples where appropriate.
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    Typo in description: featureing -> featuring

    david david

    We don't have anything referencing this.

    david david

    This is a little bit confusing. Can you maybe clarify that once the deprecated modules are removed, this dependency should …

    david david

    Grammar here is a bit weird ("TemplateHook are a powerful way")

    david david

    Let's say "switch to using django-assert-queries directly"

    david david

    Typo: cam -> can

    david david

    This should be in a djblets.util.templatetags section, not djblets.util.decorators

    david david

    Typo: code-block: html+django -> code-block:: html+django (needs 2 colons)

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      Typo in description: featureing -> featuring

    3. docs/releasenotes/5.3.rst (Diff revision 1)
       
       
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      We don't have anything referencing this.

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      This is a little bit confusing. Can you maybe clarify that once the deprecated modules are removed, this dependency should be used directly instead?

    5. docs/releasenotes/5.3.rst (Diff revision 1)
       
       
       
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      Grammar here is a bit weird ("TemplateHook are a powerful way")

    6. docs/releasenotes/5.3.rst (Diff revision 1)
       
       
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      Let's say "switch to using django-assert-queries directly"

    7. docs/releasenotes/5.3.rst (Diff revision 1)
       
       
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      Typo: cam -> can

    8. docs/releasenotes/5.3.rst (Diff revision 1)
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
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      This should be in a djblets.util.templatetags section, not djblets.util.decorators

    9. docs/releasenotes/5.3.rst (Diff revision 1)
       
       
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      Typo: code-block: html+django -> code-block:: html+django (needs 2 colons)

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