id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc,stage,has_patch,needs_docs,needs_tests,needs_better_patch,easy,ui_ux 1268,[magic-removal] [patch] Allow access to the current user outside of a request,jkocherhans,Adrian Holovaty,"A common request is for modified_by and added_by fields. It's not currently possible to do these automatically in django beacuse the model/manipulator is decoupled from the request object, and the request is the only place that has access to the current user. A couple of attempts to address this issue have been made in #1132 and #1164. These were generally rejected. A common solution for this problem is to store the current user in a thread local. This ticket uses that approach.",enhancement,closed,Core (Other),magic-removal,normal,wontfix,,upadhyay@…,Unreviewed,1,0,0,0,0,0