From 885f575320911f1403248ffe61aa20d5163d16c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:28:25 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Don't show unpublished releases as superseded

---
 apps/downloads/tests/test_views.py | 15 +++++++++++++++
 apps/downloads/views.py            |  5 +++--
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/downloads/tests/test_views.py b/apps/downloads/tests/test_views.py
index f7f86129c..b5eb75246 100644
--- a/apps/downloads/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/apps/downloads/tests/test_views.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import datetime as dt
 from unittest import mock
 
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -82,6 +83,20 @@ def test_download_release_detail_superseded(self):
                 self.assertContains(response, "has been superseded by")
                 self.assertContains(response, latest_release.name)
 
+    def test_download_release_detail_draft_not_superseded(self):
+        """Test that an unpublished (draft) release does not show a superseded notice."""
+        draft = Release.objects.create(
+            version=Release.PYTHON3,
+            name="Python 3.10.20",
+            is_published=False,
+            release_date=dt.datetime.fromisoformat("2025-12-02T00:00Z"),
+        )
+        url = reverse("download:download_release_detail", kwargs={"release_slug": draft.slug})
+        response = self.client.get(url)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertNotIn("latest_in_series", response.context)
+        self.assertNotContains(response, "has been superseded by")
+
     def test_download_os_list(self):
         url = reverse("download:download_os_list", kwargs={"slug": self.linux.slug})
         response = self.client.get(url)
diff --git a/apps/downloads/views.py b/apps/downloads/views.py
index 01dd4a33d..d6c1a4c4c 100644
--- a/apps/downloads/views.py
+++ b/apps/downloads/views.py
@@ -239,9 +239,10 @@ def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
         context["release_files"].extend(list(self.object.files.exclude(os__slug="source").order_by("os__slug", "name")))
 
         # Find the latest release in the feature series (such as 3.14.x)
-        # to show a "superseded by" notice on older releases
+        # to show a "superseded by" notice on older releases.
+        # Unpublished (draft) releases are not yet out, so they can't be superseded.
         version = self.object.get_version()
-        if version and self.object.version == Release.PYTHON3:
+        if version and self.object.is_published and self.object.version == Release.PYTHON3:
             match = re.match(r"^3\.(\d+)", version)
             if match:
                 minor_version = int(match.group(1))