Fixed #34517 -- Avoided connection post_init signal to ImageField without width/height fields.

3 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/django/db/models/fields/files.py b/django/db/models/fields/files.py
index 7f8eb128e1..e10c8cd69a 100644
--- a/django/db/models/fields/files.py
+++ b/django/db/models/fields/files.py
@@ -441,7 +441,8 @@ class ImageField(FileField):
         # after their corresponding image field don't stay cleared by
         # Model.__init__, see bug #11196.
         # Only run post-initialization dimension update on non-abstract models
-        if not cls._meta.abstract:
+        # with width_field/height_field.
+        if not cls._meta.abstract and (self.width_field or self.height_field):
             signals.post_init.connect(self.update_dimension_fields, sender=cls)
 
     def update_dimension_fields(self, instance, force=False, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -457,10 +458,8 @@ class ImageField(FileField):
         Dimensions can be forced to update with force=True, which is how
         ImageFileDescriptor.__set__ calls this method.
         """
-        # Nothing to update if the field doesn't have dimension fields or if
-        # the field is deferred.
-        has_dimension_fields = self.width_field or self.height_field
-        if not has_dimension_fields or self.attname not in instance.__dict__:
+        # Nothing to update if the field is deferred.
+        if self.attname not in instance.__dict__:
             return
 
         # getattr will call the ImageFileDescriptor's __get__ method, which
diff --git a/docs/releases/5.0.txt b/docs/releases/5.0.txt
index dafdc10d62..b1e09dab46 100644
--- a/docs/releases/5.0.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/5.0.txt
@@ -379,6 +379,9 @@ Miscellaneous
 * The undocumented ``Query.annotation_select_mask`` attribute is changed from a
   set of strings to an ordered list of strings.
 
+* ``ImageField.update_dimension_fields()`` is no longer called on the
+  ``post_init`` signal if ``width_field`` and ``height_field`` are not set.
+
 .. _deprecated-features-5.0:
 
 Features deprecated in 5.0
diff --git a/tests/model_fields/test_imagefield.py b/tests/model_fields/test_imagefield.py
index 6ef46ef200..81ac9dad61 100644
--- a/tests/model_fields/test_imagefield.py
+++ b/tests/model_fields/test_imagefield.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from unittest import skipIf
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.core.files import File
 from django.core.files.images import ImageFile
+from django.db.models import signals
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.test.testcases import SerializeMixin
 
@@ -328,6 +329,13 @@ class ImageFieldNoDimensionsTests(ImageFieldTwoDimensionsTests):
 
     PersonModel = Person
 
+    def test_post_init_not_connected(self):
+        person_model_id = id(self.PersonModel)
+        self.assertNotIn(
+            person_model_id,
+            [sender_id for (_, sender_id), *_ in signals.post_init.receivers],
+        )
+
 
 @skipIf(Image is None, "Pillow is required to test ImageField")
 class ImageFieldOneDimensionTests(ImageFieldTwoDimensionsTests):