Loading docs/topics/testing.txt +17 −9 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -1586,15 +1586,23 @@ The decorator can also be applied to test case classes:: the original ``LoginTestCase`` is still equally affected by the decorator. .. note:: When overriding settings, make sure to handle the cases in which your app's code uses a cache or similar feature that retains state even if the setting is changed. Django provides the :data:`django.test.signals.setting_changed` signal that lets you register callbacks to clean up and otherwise reset state when settings are changed. Note that this signal isn't currently used by Django itself, so changing built-in settings may not yield the results you expect. Django itself uses this signal to reset various data: =========================== ======================== Overriden settings Data reset =========================== ======================== USE_TZ, TIME_ZONE Databases timezone TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS Context processors cache TEMPLATE_LOADERS Template loaders cache SERIALIZATION_MODULES Serializers cache LOCALE_PATHS, LANGUAGE_CODE Default translation and loaded translations =========================== ======================== Emptying the test outbox ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Loading Loading
docs/topics/testing.txt +17 −9 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -1586,15 +1586,23 @@ The decorator can also be applied to test case classes:: the original ``LoginTestCase`` is still equally affected by the decorator. .. note:: When overriding settings, make sure to handle the cases in which your app's code uses a cache or similar feature that retains state even if the setting is changed. Django provides the :data:`django.test.signals.setting_changed` signal that lets you register callbacks to clean up and otherwise reset state when settings are changed. Note that this signal isn't currently used by Django itself, so changing built-in settings may not yield the results you expect. Django itself uses this signal to reset various data: =========================== ======================== Overriden settings Data reset =========================== ======================== USE_TZ, TIME_ZONE Databases timezone TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS Context processors cache TEMPLATE_LOADERS Template loaders cache SERIALIZATION_MODULES Serializers cache LOCALE_PATHS, LANGUAGE_CODE Default translation and loaded translations =========================== ======================== Emptying the test outbox ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Loading