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Django 4.2.2 release notes
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*Expected June 5, 2023*

Django 4.2.2 fixes several bugs in 4.2.1.

Bugfixes
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* Fixed a regression in Django 4.2 that caused an unnecessary
  ``DBMS_LOB.SUBSTR()`` wrapping in the ``__isnull`` and ``__exact=None``
  lookups for ``TextField()``/``BinaryField()`` on Oracle (:ticket:`34544`).

* Restored, following a regression in Django 4.2, ``get_prep_value()`` call in
  ``JSONField`` subclasses (:ticket:`34539`).

* Fixed a regression in Django 4.2 that caused a crash of ``QuerySet.defer()``
  when passing a ``ManyToManyField`` or ``GenericForeignKey`` reference. While
  doing so is a no-op, it was allowed in older version (:ticket:`34570`).