diff --git a/apps/blogs/migrations/0005_blog_feed_url_rss_xml.py b/apps/blogs/migrations/0005_blog_feed_url_rss_xml.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..70ce2f885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/blogs/migrations/0005_blog_feed_url_rss_xml.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+"""Point the Python Insider feed at https://blog.python.org/rss.xml.
+
+Python Insider moved from Blogger to GitHub Pages. The legacy Blogger
+feed path ``feeds/posts/default?alt=rss`` is still served as a
+compatibility copy, but it has no file extension so GitHub Pages sends
+it as ``application/octet-stream``, which makes Safari and other
+browsers download it instead of opening a feed reader. The blog's
+canonical feed is ``/rss.xml``, served as ``application/xml``.
+
+``update_blog_supernav`` looks up the Feed row by matching
+``settings.PYTHON_BLOG_FEED_URL`` exactly, so the stored Feed row has to
+change together with the setting. The ``blogs-subscriptions`` sidebar
+box links to the feed too, so rewrite both its raw and rendered content.
+"""
+
+from django.db import migrations
+from django.db.models import Value
+from django.db.models.functions import Replace
+
+OLD_FEED_URL = "https://blog.python.org/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss"
+NEW_FEED_URL = "https://blog.python.org/rss.xml"
+
+
+def _replace_feed_url(apps, old, new):
+ Feed = apps.get_model("blogs", "Feed")
+ Feed.objects.filter(feed_url=old).update(feed_url=new)
+
+ Box = apps.get_model("boxes", "Box")
+ Box.objects.filter(label="blogs-subscriptions", content__contains=old).update(
+ content=Replace("content", Value(old), Value(new)),
+ _content_rendered=Replace("_content_rendered", Value(old), Value(new)),
+ )
+
+
+def forwards(apps, schema_editor):
+ _replace_feed_url(apps, OLD_FEED_URL, NEW_FEED_URL)
+
+
+def backwards(apps, schema_editor):
+ _replace_feed_url(apps, NEW_FEED_URL, OLD_FEED_URL)
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+ dependencies = [
+ ("blogs", "0004_normalize_blogentry_urls"),
+ ("boxes", "0004_alter_box_creator_alter_box_last_modified_by"),
+ ]
+
+ operations = [
+ migrations.RunPython(forwards, backwards),
+ ]
diff --git a/apps/blogs/tests/test_migrations.py b/apps/blogs/tests/test_migrations.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7688b4f9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/blogs/tests/test_migrations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+"""Tests for blogs data migrations."""
+
+from django.db import connection
+from django.db.migrations.executor import MigrationExecutor
+from django.test import TransactionTestCase
+
+OLD_FEED_URL = "https://blog.python.org/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss"
+NEW_FEED_URL = "https://blog.python.org/rss.xml"
+BEFORE = [
+ ("blogs", "0004_normalize_blogentry_urls"),
+ ("boxes", "0004_alter_box_creator_alter_box_last_modified_by"),
+]
+AFTER = [("blogs", "0005_blog_feed_url_rss_xml")]
+
+
+class BlogFeedUrlRssXmlMigrationTests(TransactionTestCase):
+ """The 0005 migration repoints the Feed row and sidebar box at rss.xml."""
+
+ def setUp(self):
+ self.executor = MigrationExecutor(connection)
+ self.executor.migrate(BEFORE)
+ apps = self.executor.loader.project_state(BEFORE).apps
+ self.Feed = apps.get_model("blogs", "Feed")
+ self.Box = apps.get_model("boxes", "Box")
+
+ def tearDown(self):
+ self.executor.loader.build_graph()
+ self.executor.migrate(self.executor.loader.graph.leaf_nodes())
+
+ def _migrate(self, targets):
+ self.executor.loader.build_graph()
+ self.executor.migrate(targets)
+ return self.executor.loader.project_state(targets).apps
+
+ def test_forwards_rewrites_feed_and_box(self):
+ self.Feed.objects.create(name="Python Insider", website_url="https://blog.python.org", feed_url=OLD_FEED_URL)
+ self.Feed.objects.create(name="Other", website_url="https://example.org", feed_url="https://example.org/feed")
+ self.Box.objects.create(
+ label="blogs-subscriptions",
+ content=f'RSS',
+ content_markup_type="html",
+ )
+
+ apps = self._migrate(AFTER)
+
+ Feed = apps.get_model("blogs", "Feed")
+ self.assertEqual(Feed.objects.get(name="Python Insider").feed_url, NEW_FEED_URL)
+ self.assertEqual(Feed.objects.get(name="Other").feed_url, "https://example.org/feed")
+ box = apps.get_model("boxes", "Box").objects.get(label="blogs-subscriptions")
+ self.assertEqual(box.content.raw, f'RSS')
+ self.assertIn(NEW_FEED_URL, box.content.rendered)
+ self.assertNotIn(OLD_FEED_URL, box.content.rendered)
+
+ def test_backwards_restores_old_url(self):
+ self.Feed.objects.create(name="Python Insider", website_url="https://blog.python.org", feed_url=OLD_FEED_URL)
+ self._migrate(AFTER)
+
+ apps = self._migrate(BEFORE)
+
+ Feed = apps.get_model("blogs", "Feed")
+ self.assertEqual(Feed.objects.get(name="Python Insider").feed_url, OLD_FEED_URL)
diff --git a/fixtures/boxes.json b/fixtures/boxes.json
index b903f7b23..457271f62 100644
--- a/fixtures/boxes.json
+++ b/fixtures/boxes.json
@@ -474,9 +474,9 @@
"created": "2014-02-13T18:27:24.143Z",
"updated": "2025-04-21T17:45:00.000Z",
"label": "blogs-subscriptions",
- "content": "\r\nSubscribe to Python Insider via:
\r\n\r\nAlso check out the Discussions on Python.org
",
+ "content": "\r\nSubscribe to Python Insider via:
\r\n\r\nAlso check out the Discussions on Python.org
",
"content_markup_type": "html",
- "_content_rendered": "\r\nSubscribe to Python Insider via:
\r\n\r\nAlso check out the Discussions on Python.org
"
+ "_content_rendered": "\r\nSubscribe to Python Insider via:
\r\n\r\nAlso check out the Discussions on Python.org
"
}
},
{
diff --git a/pydotorg/settings/base.py b/pydotorg/settings/base.py
index 6077d677a..e174aff44 100644
--- a/pydotorg/settings/base.py
+++ b/pydotorg/settings/base.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
HAYSTACK_CUSTOM_HIGHLIGHTER = "pydotorg.search.Highlighter"
### Blog Feed URL
-PYTHON_BLOG_FEED_URL = "https://blog.python.org/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss"
+PYTHON_BLOG_FEED_URL = "https://blog.python.org/rss.xml"
PYTHON_BLOG_URL = "https://blog.python.org"
### Registration mailing lists
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index d26422b01..8b6c84c35 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
+ href="https://blog.python.org/rss.xml">