From c9f660b29f86f407cc05cb8e858e5d675c7339b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ahtesham Quraish <ahtesham-quraish@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:54:39 +0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: News, Articles, Django admin pages don't load on
 production (#3657)

Co-authored-by: Ahtesham Quraish <ahtesham.quraish@192.168.1.139>
---
 website_content/admin.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/website_content/admin.py b/website_content/admin.py
index d3b0bbcf03..58ad3dade5 100644
--- a/website_content/admin.py
+++ b/website_content/admin.py
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ class WebsiteContentAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     search_fields = ("title", "slug", "author_name")
     readonly_fields = ("slug", "cover_image", "created_on", "updated_on")
     list_select_related = ("user",)
+    # Avoid rendering every user in a <select> on the change form, which times
+    # out in production. Uses an AJAX search widget instead.
+    autocomplete_fields = ("user",)
     ordering = ("-created_on",)
 
 
@@ -30,4 +33,5 @@ class WebsiteContentImageUploadAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
 
     list_display = ("user", "created_at")
     list_select_related = ("user",)
+    autocomplete_fields = ("user",)
     ordering = ("-created_at",)

From 0e578e3d512cdad424a99a84f48d43576f034009 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Doof <mitx-devops@mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:31:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Release 0.75.4

---
 RELEASE.rst      | 5 +++++
 main/settings.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/RELEASE.rst b/RELEASE.rst
index cdd577c484..3375c18724 100644
--- a/RELEASE.rst
+++ b/RELEASE.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Release Notes
 =============
 
+Version 0.75.4
+--------------
+
+- fix: News, Articles, Django admin pages don't load on production (#3657)
+
 Version 0.75.3 (Released July 23, 2026)
 --------------
 
diff --git a/main/settings.py b/main/settings.py
index 0e762e02f8..7805eba6ff 100644
--- a/main/settings.py
+++ b/main/settings.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 from main.settings_pluggy import *  # noqa: F403
 from openapi.settings_spectacular import open_spectacular_settings
 
-VERSION = "0.75.3"
+VERSION = "0.75.4"
 
 log = logging.getLogger()