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 28125 Clarify 1.11 release notes about which Template class prohibits non-dict contexts Eddie Bragg Tim Graham "According to the release docs for 1.11 any call to `render()` on a `Template` object you need to pass a `dict` https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/releases/1.11/#django-template-render-prohibits-non-dict-context I have code that originally passes a `Context` object. Upgrading to 1.11 from 1.10 and changing it to a `dict` causes this error `'dict' object has no attribute 'render_context'` Looking at Django code the error occurs at https://github.com/django/django/blob/1.11/django/template/base.py#L203 I believe this code still expects a `Context` object." Cleanup/optimization closed Documentation 1.11 Normal fixed Accepted 1 0 0 0 0 0