Wagtail 7.1.1 release notes

August 28, 2025

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What's new

Ensure the add comment keyboard shortcut is disabled when keyboard shortcuts are disabled in user preferences (Dhruvi Patel)
Fix crash when the Wagtail API is accessed without rest_framework installed (Vijay Raj)
Fix failure of FieldPanel and TitleFieldPanel with read_only=True (Sage Abdullah)
Fix broken Javascript interactions on nested inline panels (Matt Westcott, Sage Abdullah)
Fix rendering of StructBlock with custom form templates (Sage Abdullah)
Prevent crash when previewing a form page with an empty field type (Sage Abdullah)

Fix cross-reference links to the TypeDoc-generated docs (Sage Abdullah)
Refine readthedocs' search indexing for releases and client-side code (Sage Abdullah)
Add section about closing stale pull requests to the issue tracking documentation (Thibaud Colas, Sage Abdullah, LB (Ben) Johnston)
Add backporting policy for UI and accessibility fixes with updated "active support" and "security support" definitions (Thibaud Colas, Sage Abdullah, Scott Cranfill)