Broaden type annotation for verbose_name(_plural) to accept lazystr.

django-stubs/apps/config.pyi

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from typing import Dict, Iterator, Optional, Type
 
 from django.apps.registry import Apps
 from django.db.models.base import Model
+from django.utils.functional import _StrOrPromise
 
 MODELS_MODULE_NAME: str
 
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ class AppConfig:
     module: Optional[types.ModuleType] = ...
     apps: Optional[Apps] = ...
     label: str = ...
-    verbose_name: str = ...
+    verbose_name: _StrOrPromise = ...
     path: str = ...
     models_module: Optional[str] = ...
     models: Dict[str, Type[Model]] = ...

django-stubs/contrib/admin/options.pyi

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from django.http.response import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect, JsonRespons
 from django.template.response import _TemplateForResponseT
 from django.urls.resolvers import URLPattern
 from django.utils.datastructures import _ListOrTuple
+from django.utils.functional import _StrOrPromise
 from django.utils.safestring import SafeString
 from typing_extensions import Literal, TypedDict
 
@@ -296,8 +297,8 @@ class InlineModelAdmin(Generic[_ChildModelT, _ParentModelT], BaseModelAdmin[_Chi
     min_num: Optional[int] = ...
     max_num: Optional[int] = ...
     template: str = ...
-    verbose_name: Optional[str] = ...
-    verbose_name_plural: Optional[str] = ...
+    verbose_name: Optional[_StrOrPromise] = ...
+    verbose_name_plural: Optional[_StrOrPromise] = ...
     can_delete: bool = ...
     show_change_link: bool = ...
     classes: Optional[Sequence[str]] = ...

django-stubs/contrib/admin/sites.pyi

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from django.http.request import HttpRequest
 from django.http.response import HttpResponse
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
 from django.urls import URLPattern, URLResolver
-from django.utils.functional import LazyObject
+from django.utils.functional import LazyObject, _StrOrPromise
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
     from weakref import WeakSet
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class AdminSite:
     def i18n_javascript(self, request: HttpRequest, extra_context: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = ...) -> HttpResponse: ...
     def logout(self, request: HttpRequest, extra_context: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = ...) -> TemplateResponse: ...
     def login(self, request: HttpRequest, extra_context: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = ...) -> HttpResponse: ...
-    def _build_app_dict(self, request: HttpRequest, label: Optional[str] = ...) -> Dict[str, Any]: ...
+    def _build_app_dict(self, request: HttpRequest, label: Optional[_StrOrPromise] = ...) -> Dict[str, Any]: ...
     def get_app_list(self, request: HttpRequest) -> List[Any]: ...
     def index(self, request: HttpRequest, extra_context: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = ...) -> TemplateResponse: ...
     def app_index(

django-stubs/contrib/admin/widgets.pyi

@@ -7,12 +7,17 @@ from django.db.models.fields import _FieldChoices
 from django.db.models.fields.reverse_related import ForeignObjectRel, ManyToManyRel, ManyToOneRel
 from django.forms.models import ModelChoiceIterator
 from django.forms.widgets import Media, _OptAttrs
+from django.utils.functional import _StrOrPromise
 
 class FilteredSelectMultiple(forms.SelectMultiple):
-    verbose_name: str = ...
+    verbose_name: _StrOrPromise = ...
     is_stacked: bool = ...
     def __init__(
-        self, verbose_name: str, is_stacked: bool, attrs: Optional[_OptAttrs] = ..., choices: _FieldChoices = ...
+        self,
+        verbose_name: _StrOrPromise,
+        is_stacked: bool,
+        attrs: Optional[_OptAttrs] = ...,
+        choices: _FieldChoices = ...,
     ) -> None: ...
 
 class AdminDateWidget(forms.DateInput):

django-stubs/contrib/gis/db/models/fields.pyi

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from typing import Any, Iterable, NamedTuple, Optional, Tuple, TypeVar, Union
 
 from django.core.validators import _ValidatorCallable
 from django.db.models.fields import Field, _ErrorMessagesT, _FieldChoices
+from django.utils.functional import _StrOrPromise
 
 # __set__ value type
 _ST = TypeVar("_ST")
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ def get_srid_info(srid: int, connection: Any) -> SRIDCacheEntry: ...
 class BaseSpatialField(Field[_ST, _GT]):
     def __init__(
         self,
-        verbose_name: Optional[Union[str, bytes]] = ...,
+        verbose_name: Optional[Union[_StrOrPromise, bytes]] = ...,
         srid: int = ...,
         spatial_index: bool = ...,
         *,
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ class BaseSpatialField(Field[_ST, _GT]):
         unique_for_month: Optional[str] = ...,
         unique_for_year: Optional[str] = ...,
         choices: Optional[_FieldChoices] = ...,
-        help_text: str = ...,
+        help_text: _StrOrPromise = ...,
         db_column: Optional[str] = ...,
         db_tablespace: Optional[str] = ...,
         validators: Iterable[_ValidatorCallable] = ...,
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ class GeometryField(BaseSpatialField):
     geography: Any = ...
     def __init__(
         self,
-        verbose_name: Optional[Union[str, bytes]] = ...,
+        verbose_name: Optional[Union[_StrOrPromise, bytes]] = ...,
         dim: int = ...,
         geography: bool = ...,
         *,
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ class GeometryField(BaseSpatialField):
         unique_for_month: Optional[str] = ...,
         unique_for_year: Optional[str] = ...,
         choices: Optional[_FieldChoices] = ...,
-        help_text: str = ...,
+        help_text: _StrOrPromise = ...,
         db_column: Optional[str] = ...,
         db_tablespace: Optional[str] = ...,
         validators: Iterable[_ValidatorCallable] = ...,

django-stubs/contrib/postgres/fields/array.pyi

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from django.db.models import Field, Transform
 from django.db.models.expressions import Combinable
 from django.db.models.fields import _ErrorMessagesT, _FieldChoices
 from django.db.models.fields.mixins import CheckFieldDefaultMixin
+from django.utils.functional import _StrOrPromise
 
 # __set__ value type
 _ST = TypeVar("_ST")
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ class ArrayField(CheckFieldDefaultMixin, Field[_ST, _GT]):
         unique_for_month: Optional[str] = ...,
         unique_for_year: Optional[str] = ...,
         choices: Optional[_FieldChoices] = ...,
-        help_text: str = ...,
+        help_text: _StrOrPromise = ...,
         db_column: Optional[str] = ...,
         db_tablespace: Optional[str] = ...,
         validators: Iterable[_ValidatorCallable] = ...,

django-stubs/core/cache/backends/db.pyi

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict
 
 from django.core.cache.backends.base import BaseCache
+from django.utils.functional import _StrOrPromise
 
 class Options:
     db_table: str = ...
     app_label: str = ...
     model_name: str = ...
-    verbose_name: str = ...
-    verbose_name_plural: str = ...
+    verbose_name: _StrOrPromise = ...
+    verbose_name_plural: _StrOrPromise = ...
     object_name: str = ...
     abstract: bool = ...
     managed: bool = ...

django-stubs/core/exceptions.pyi

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
+from django.utils.functional import _StrPromise
 from typing_extensions import Literal
 
 class FieldDoesNotExist(Exception): ...
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ class ValidationError(Exception):
     def __init__(
         self,
         # Accepts arbitrarily nested data structure, mypy doesn't allow describing it accurately.
-        message: Union[str, ValidationError, Dict[str, Any], List[Any]],
+        message: Union[str, _StrPromise, ValidationError, Dict[str, Any], List[Any]],
         code: Optional[str] = ...,
         params: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = ...,
     ) -> None: ...

django-stubs/db/models/fields/__init__.pyi

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from django.db.models.query_utils import Q, RegisterLookupMixin
 from django.forms import Field as FormField
 from django.forms import Widget
 from django.utils.datastructures import DictWrapper
-from django.utils.functional import _Getter
+from django.utils.functional import _Getter, _StrOrPromise
 from typing_extensions import Protocol
 
 class Empty: ...
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class Field(RegisterLookupMixin, Generic[_ST, _GT]):
     _pyi_lookup_exact_type: Any
 
     widget: Widget
-    help_text: str
+    help_text: _StrOrPromise
     attname: str
     auto_created: bool
     primary_key: bool
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class Field(RegisterLookupMixin, Generic[_ST, _GT]):
     max_length: Optional[int]
     model: Type[Model]
     name: str
-    verbose_name: str
+    verbose_name: _StrOrPromise
     description: Union[str, _Getter[str]]
     blank: bool
     null: bool
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class Field(RegisterLookupMixin, Generic[_ST, _GT]):
     non_db_attrs: Tuple[str, ...]
     def __init__(
         self,
-        verbose_name: Optional[str] = ...,
+        verbose_name: Optional[_StrOrPromise] = ...,
         name: Optional[str] = ...,
         primary_key: bool = ...,
         max_length: Optional[int] = ...,
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class Field(RegisterLookupMixin, Generic[_ST, _GT]):
         unique_for_month: Optional[str] = ...,
         unique_for_year: Optional[str] = ...,
         choices: Optional[_FieldChoices] = ...,
-        help_text: str = ...,
+        help_text: _StrOrPromise = ...,
         db_column: Optional[str] = ...,
         db_tablespace: Optional[str] = ...,
         auto_created: bool = ...,
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class DecimalField(Field[_ST, _GT]):
     decimal_places: int = ...
     def __init__(
         self,
-        verbose_name: Optional[str] = ...,
+        verbose_name: Optional[_StrOrPromise] = ...,
         name: Optional[str] = ...,
         max_digits: Optional[int] = ...,
         decimal_places: Optional[int] = ...,
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ class DecimalField(Field[_ST, _GT]):
         auto_created: bool = ...,
         serialize: bool = ...,
         choices: Optional[_FieldChoices] = ...,
-        help_text: str = ...,
+        help_text: _StrOrPromise = ...,
         db_column: Optional[str] = ...,
         db_tablespace: Optional[str] = ...,
         validators: Iterable[validators._ValidatorCallable] = ...,
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ class CharField(Field[_ST, _GT]):
     _pyi_lookup_exact_type: Any
     def __init__(
         self,
-        verbose_name: Optional[str] = ...,
+        verbose_name: Optional[_StrOrPromise] = ...,
         name: Optional[str] = ...,
         primary_key: bool = ...,
         max_length: Optional[int] = ...,
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class CharField(Field[_ST, _GT]):
         unique_for_month: Optional[str] = ...,
         unique_for_year: Optional[str] = ...,
         choices: Optional[_FieldChoices] = ...,
-        help_text: str = ...,
+        help_text: _StrOrPromise = ...,
         db_column: Optional[str] = ...,
         db_tablespace: Optional[str] = ...,
         validators: Iterable[validators._ValidatorCallable] = ...,
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ class CommaSeparatedIntegerField(CharField[_ST, _GT]): ...
 class SlugField(CharField[_ST, _GT]):
     def __init__(
         self,
-        verbose_name: Optional[str] = ...,
+        verbose_name: Optional[_StrOrPromise] = ...,
         name: Optional[str] = ...,
         primary_key: bool = ...,
         unique: bool = ...,
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ class SlugField(CharField[_ST, _GT]):
         unique_for_month: Optional[str] = ...,
         unique_for_year: Optional[str] = ...,
         choices: Optional[_FieldChoices] = ...,
-        help_text: str = ...,
+        help_text: _StrOrPromise = ...,
         db_column: Optional[str] = ...,
         db_tablespace: Optional[str] = ...,
         validators: Iterable[validators._ValidatorCallable] = ...,
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ class EmailField(CharField[_ST, _GT]): ...
 class URLField(CharField[_ST, _GT]):
     def __init__(
         self,
-        verbose_name: Optional[str] = ...,
+        verbose_name: Optional[_StrOrPromise] = ...,
         name: Optional[str] = ...,
         *,
         primary_key: bool = ...,
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ class URLField(CharField[_ST, _GT]):
         unique_for_month: Optional[str] = ...,
         unique_for_year: Optional[str] = ...,
         choices: Optional[_FieldChoices] = ...,
-        help_text: str = ...,
+        help_text: _StrOrPromise = ...,
         db_column: Optional[str] = ...,
         db_tablespace: Optional[str] = ...,
         auto_created: bool = ...,
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ class TextField(Field[_ST, _GT]):
     _pyi_lookup_exact_type: Any
     def __init__(
         self,
-        verbose_name: Optional[str] = ...,
+        verbose_name: Optional[_StrOrPromise] = ...,
         name: Optional[str] = ...,
         primary_key: bool = ...,
         max_length: Optional[int] = ...,
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ class TextField(Field[_ST, _GT]):
         unique_for_month: Optional[str] = ...,
         unique_for_year: Optional[str] = ...,
         choices: Optional[_FieldChoices] = ...,
-        help_text: str = ...,
+        help_text: _StrOrPromise = ...,
         db_column: Optional[str] = ...,
         db_tablespace: Optional[str] = ...,
         validators: Iterable[validators._ValidatorCallable] = ...,
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ class GenericIPAddressField(Field[_ST, _GT]):
         auto_created: bool = ...,
         serialize: bool = ...,
         choices: Optional[_FieldChoices] = ...,
-        help_text: str = ...,
+        help_text: _StrOrPromise = ...,
         db_column: Optional[str] = ...,
         db_tablespace: Optional[str] = ...,
         validators: Iterable[validators._ValidatorCallable] = ...,
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ class DateField(DateTimeCheckMixin, Field[_ST, _GT]):
     _pyi_lookup_exact_type: Union[str, date]
     def __init__(
         self,
-        verbose_name: Optional[str] = ...,
+        verbose_name: Optional[_StrOrPromise] = ...,
         name: Optional[str] = ...,
         auto_now: bool = ...,
         auto_now_add: bool = ...,
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ class DateField(DateTimeCheckMixin, Field[_ST, _GT]):
         auto_created: bool = ...,
         serialize: bool = ...,
         choices: Optional[_FieldChoices] = ...,
-        help_text: str = ...,
+        help_text: _StrOrPromise = ...,
         db_column: Optional[str] = ...,
         db_tablespace: Optional[str] = ...,
         validators: Iterable[validators._ValidatorCallable] = ...,
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ class TimeField(DateTimeCheckMixin, Field[_ST, _GT]):
     _pyi_private_get_type: time
     def __init__(
         self,
-        verbose_name: Optional[str] = ...,
+        verbose_name: Optional[_StrOrPromise] = ...,
         name: Optional[str] = ...,
         auto_now: bool = ...,
         auto_now_add: bool = ...,
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ class TimeField(DateTimeCheckMixin, Field[_ST, _GT]):
         auto_created: bool = ...,
         serialize: bool = ...,
         choices: Optional[_FieldChoices] = ...,
-        help_text: str = ...,
+        help_text: _StrOrPromise = ...,
         db_column: Optional[str] = ...,
         db_tablespace: Optional[str] = ...,
         validators: Iterable[validators._ValidatorCallable] = ...,
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ class UUIDField(Field[_ST, _GT]):
     _pyi_private_get_type: uuid.UUID
     def __init__(
         self,
-        verbose_name: Optional[str] = ...,
+        verbose_name: Optional[_StrOrPromise] = ...,
         *,
         name: Optional[str] = ...,
         primary_key: bool = ...,
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ class UUIDField(Field[_ST, _GT]):
         unique_for_month: Optional[str] = ...,
         unique_for_year: Optional[str] = ...,
         choices: Optional[_FieldChoices] = ...,
-        help_text: str = ...,
+        help_text: _StrOrPromise = ...,
         db_column: Optional[str] = ...,
         db_tablespace: Optional[str] = ...,
         auto_created: bool = ...,
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ class FilePathField(Field[_ST, _GT]):
     allow_folders: bool = ...
     def __init__(
         self,
-        verbose_name: Optional[str] = ...,
+        verbose_name: Optional[_StrOrPromise] = ...,
         name: Optional[str] = ...,
         path: Union[str, Callable[..., str]] = ...,
         match: Optional[str] = ...,
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ class FilePathField(Field[_ST, _GT]):
         auto_created: bool = ...,
         serialize: bool = ...,
         choices: Optional[_FieldChoices] = ...,
-        help_text: str = ...,
+        help_text: _StrOrPromise = ...,
         db_column: Optional[str] = ...,
         db_tablespace: Optional[str] = ...,
         validators: Iterable[validators._ValidatorCallable] = ...,