create and re-use TypeAliases and TypeVars for "user" and "any user"

django-stubs/contrib/auth/__init__.pyi

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 from typing import Any
 
 from django.contrib.auth.backends import BaseBackend
-from django.contrib.auth.base_user import _UserModel
-from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser
+from django.contrib.auth.models import _AnyUser, _User
 from django.db.models.options import Options
 from django.http.request import HttpRequest
 from django.test.client import Client
@@ -18,17 +17,15 @@ REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME: str
 
 def load_backend(path: str) -> BaseBackend: ...
 def get_backends() -> list[BaseBackend]: ...
-def authenticate(request: HttpRequest | None = ..., **credentials: Any) -> _UserModel | None: ...
-async def aauthenticate(request: HttpRequest | None = ..., **credentials: Any) -> _UserModel | None: ...
-def login(request: HttpRequest, user: _UserModel | None, backend: type[BaseBackend] | str | None = ...) -> None: ...
-async def alogin(
-    request: HttpRequest, user: _UserModel | None, backend: type[BaseBackend] | str | None = ...
-) -> None: ...
+def authenticate(request: HttpRequest | None = ..., **credentials: Any) -> _User | None: ...
+async def aauthenticate(request: HttpRequest | None = ..., **credentials: Any) -> _User | None: ...
+def login(request: HttpRequest, user: _User | None, backend: type[BaseBackend] | str | None = ...) -> None: ...
+async def alogin(request: HttpRequest, user: _User | None, backend: type[BaseBackend] | str | None = ...) -> None: ...
 def logout(request: HttpRequest) -> None: ...
 async def alogout(request: HttpRequest) -> None: ...
-def get_user_model() -> type[_UserModel]: ...
-def get_user(request: HttpRequest | Client) -> _UserModel | AnonymousUser: ...
-async def aget_user(request: HttpRequest | Client) -> _UserModel | AnonymousUser: ...
+def get_user_model() -> type[_User]: ...
+def get_user(request: HttpRequest | Client) -> _AnyUser: ...
+async def aget_user(request: HttpRequest | Client) -> _AnyUser: ...
 def get_permission_codename(action: str, opts: Options) -> str: ...
-def update_session_auth_hash(request: HttpRequest, user: _UserModel) -> None: ...
-async def aupdate_session_auth_hash(request: HttpRequest, user: _UserModel) -> None: ...
+def update_session_auth_hash(request: HttpRequest, user: _User) -> None: ...
+async def aupdate_session_auth_hash(request: HttpRequest, user: _User) -> None: ...

django-stubs/contrib/auth/backends.pyi

@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
-from typing import Any, TypeVar
+from typing import Any
 
-from django.contrib.auth.base_user import AbstractBaseUser, _UserModel
-from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser, Permission
+from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission, _AnyUser, _User
 from django.db.models import QuerySet
 from django.db.models.base import Model
 from django.http.request import HttpRequest
 from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
 
-UserModel: TypeAlias = type[_UserModel]
-_AnyUser: TypeAlias = _UserModel | AnonymousUser
+UserModel: TypeAlias = type[_User]
 
 class BaseBackend:
-    def authenticate(self, request: HttpRequest | None, **kwargs: Any) -> _UserModel | None: ...
-    def get_user(self, user_id: Any) -> _UserModel | None: ...
+    def authenticate(self, request: HttpRequest | None, **kwargs: Any) -> _User | None: ...
+    def get_user(self, user_id: Any) -> _User | None: ...
     def get_user_permissions(self, user_obj: _AnyUser, obj: Model | None = ...) -> set[str]: ...
     def get_group_permissions(self, user_obj: _AnyUser, obj: Model | None = ...) -> set[str]: ...
     def get_all_permissions(self, user_obj: _AnyUser, obj: Model | None = ...) -> set[str]: ...
@@ -21,7 +19,7 @@ class BaseBackend:
 class ModelBackend(BaseBackend):
     def authenticate(
         self, request: HttpRequest | None, username: str | None = ..., password: str | None = ..., **kwargs: Any
-    ) -> _UserModel | None: ...
+    ) -> _User | None: ...
     def has_module_perms(self, user_obj: _AnyUser, app_label: str) -> bool: ...
     def user_can_authenticate(self, user: _AnyUser | None) -> bool: ...
     def with_perm(
@@ -30,15 +28,13 @@ class ModelBackend(BaseBackend):
         is_active: bool = ...,
         include_superusers: bool = ...,
         obj: Model | None = ...,
-    ) -> QuerySet[_UserModel]: ...
+    ) -> QuerySet[_User]: ...
 
 class AllowAllUsersModelBackend(ModelBackend): ...
 
-_U = TypeVar("_U", bound=AbstractBaseUser)
-
 class RemoteUserBackend(ModelBackend):
     create_unknown_user: bool
     def clean_username(self, username: str) -> str: ...
-    def configure_user(self, request: HttpRequest, user: _U, created: bool = ...) -> _U: ...
+    def configure_user(self, request: HttpRequest, user: _User, created: bool = ...) -> _User: ...
 
 class AllowAllUsersRemoteUserBackend(RemoteUserBackend): ...

django-stubs/contrib/auth/base_user.pyi

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from django.db import models
 from django.db.models.base import Model
 from django.db.models.expressions import Combinable
 from django.db.models.fields import BooleanField
-from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
 
 _T = TypeVar("_T", bound=Model)
 
@@ -42,8 +41,3 @@ class AbstractBaseUser(models.Model):
     @classmethod
     @overload
     def normalize_username(cls, username: Any) -> Any: ...
-
-# This is our "placeholder" type the mypy plugin refines to configured 'AUTH_USER_MODEL'
-# wherever it is used as a type. The most recognised example of this is (probably)
-# `HttpRequest.user`
-_UserModel: TypeAlias = AbstractBaseUser  # noqa: PYI047

django-stubs/contrib/auth/decorators.pyi

@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable
 from typing import TypeVar, overload
 
-from django.contrib.auth.base_user import _UserModel
-from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser
+from django.contrib.auth.models import _AnyUser
 from django.http.response import HttpResponseBase
 
 _VIEW = TypeVar("_VIEW", bound=Callable[..., HttpResponseBase])
 
 def user_passes_test(
-    test_func: Callable[[_UserModel | AnonymousUser], bool],
+    test_func: Callable[[_AnyUser], bool],
     login_url: str | None = ...,
     redirect_field_name: str | None = ...,
 ) -> Callable[[_VIEW], _VIEW]: ...

django-stubs/contrib/auth/forms.pyi

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 from logging import Logger
-from typing import Any, TypeVar
+from typing import Any, Generic
 
 from django import forms
-from django.contrib.auth.base_user import AbstractBaseUser, _UserModel
+from django.contrib.auth.models import _User, _UserType
 from django.contrib.auth.tokens import PasswordResetTokenGenerator
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.db import models
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
 
 logger: Logger
 
-UserModel: TypeAlias = type[_UserModel]
-_User = TypeVar("_User", bound=AbstractBaseUser)
+UserModel: TypeAlias = type[_User]
 
 class ReadOnlyPasswordHashWidget(forms.Widget):
     template_name: str
@@ -31,18 +30,19 @@ class UsernameField(forms.CharField):
     def to_python(self, value: Any | None) -> Any | None: ...
     def widget_attrs(self, widget: Widget) -> dict[str, Any]: ...
 
-class BaseUserCreationForm(forms.ModelForm[_User]):
+# mypy is incorrectly interpreting this as not generic, so explicitly say it is
+class BaseUserCreationForm(Generic[_UserType], forms.ModelForm[_UserType]):
     error_messages: _ErrorMessagesDict
     password1: forms.Field
     password2: forms.Field
     def __init__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None: ...
     def clean_password2(self) -> str: ...
-    def save(self, commit: bool = ...) -> _User: ...
+    def save(self, commit: bool = ...) -> _UserType: ...
 
-class UserCreationForm(BaseUserCreationForm[_User]):
+class UserCreationForm(BaseUserCreationForm[_UserType]):
     def clean_username(self) -> str: ...
 
-class UserChangeForm(forms.ModelForm[_User]):
+class UserChangeForm(forms.ModelForm[_UserType]):
     password: forms.Field
     def __init__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None: ...
 
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ class AuthenticationForm(forms.Form):
     password: forms.Field
     error_messages: _ErrorMessagesDict
     request: HttpRequest | None
-    user_cache: _UserModel | None
+    user_cache: _User | None
     username_field: models.Field
     def __init__(self, request: HttpRequest | None = ..., *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None: ...
-    def confirm_login_allowed(self, user: AbstractBaseUser) -> None: ...
-    def get_user(self) -> _UserModel: ...
+    def confirm_login_allowed(self, user: _User) -> None: ...
+    def get_user(self) -> _User: ...
     def get_invalid_login_error(self) -> ValidationError: ...
     def clean(self) -> dict[str, Any]: ...
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class PasswordResetForm(forms.Form):
         to_email: str,
         html_email_template_name: str | None = ...,
     ) -> None: ...
-    def get_users(self, email: str) -> Iterable[_UserModel]: ...
+    def get_users(self, email: str) -> Iterable[_User]: ...
     def save(
         self,
         domain_override: str | None = ...,
@@ -84,28 +84,28 @@ class PasswordResetForm(forms.Form):
         extra_email_context: dict[str, str] | None = ...,
     ) -> None: ...
 
-class SetPasswordForm(forms.Form):
+class SetPasswordForm(Generic[_UserType], forms.Form):
     error_messages: _ErrorMessagesDict
     new_password1: forms.Field
     new_password2: forms.Field
-    user: AbstractBaseUser
-    def __init__(self, user: AbstractBaseUser, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None: ...
+    user: _UserType
+    def __init__(self, user: _UserType, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None: ...
     def clean_new_password2(self) -> str: ...
-    def save(self, commit: bool = ...) -> AbstractBaseUser: ...
+    def save(self, commit: bool = ...) -> _UserType: ...
 
 class PasswordChangeForm(SetPasswordForm):
     error_messages: _ErrorMessagesDict
     old_password: forms.Field
     def clean_old_password(self) -> str: ...
 
-class AdminPasswordChangeForm(forms.Form):
+class AdminPasswordChangeForm(Generic[_UserType], forms.Form):
     error_messages: _ErrorMessagesDict
     required_css_class: str
     password1: forms.Field
     password2: forms.Field
-    user: AbstractBaseUser
-    def __init__(self, user: AbstractBaseUser, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None: ...
+    user: _UserType
+    def __init__(self, user: _UserType, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None: ...
     def clean_password2(self) -> str: ...
-    def save(self, commit: bool = ...) -> AbstractBaseUser: ...
+    def save(self, commit: bool = ...) -> _UserType: ...
     @property
     def changed_data(self) -> list[str]: ...

django-stubs/contrib/auth/middleware.pyi

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-from django.contrib.auth.base_user import _UserModel
-from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser
+from django.contrib.auth.models import _AnyUser
 from django.http.request import HttpRequest
 from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 
-def get_user(request: HttpRequest) -> AnonymousUser | _UserModel: ...
-async def auser(request: HttpRequest) -> AnonymousUser | _UserModel: ...
+def get_user(request: HttpRequest) -> _AnyUser: ...
+async def auser(request: HttpRequest) -> _AnyUser: ...
 
 class AuthenticationMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     def process_request(self, request: HttpRequest) -> None: ...

django-stubs/contrib/auth/models.pyi

@@ -12,9 +12,20 @@ from django.db.models.manager import EmptyManager
 from django.utils.functional import _StrOrPromise
 from typing_extensions import Self, TypeAlias
 
-_AnyUser: TypeAlias = Model | AnonymousUser
+# This is our "placeholder" type the mypy plugin refines to configured 'AUTH_USER_MODEL'
+# wherever it is used as a type. The most recognised example of this is (probably)
+# `HttpRequest.user`
+_User: TypeAlias = AbstractBaseUser
 
-def update_last_login(sender: type[AbstractBaseUser], user: AbstractBaseUser, **kwargs: Any) -> None: ...
+_AnyUser: TypeAlias = _User | AnonymousUser
+
+# These are only needed for generic classes in order to bind to a specific implementation
+_AnyUserType = TypeVar("_AnyUserType", bound=_AnyUser)  # noqa: PYI018
+
+# do not use the alias `_User` so the bound remains at `AbstractUser`
+_UserType = TypeVar("_UserType", bound=AbstractUser)
+
+def update_last_login(sender: type[_User], user: _User, **kwargs: Any) -> None: ...
 
 class PermissionManager(models.Manager[Permission]):
     def get_by_natural_key(self, codename: str, app_label: str, model: str) -> Permission: ...
@@ -38,23 +49,21 @@ class Group(models.Model):
     permissions = models.ManyToManyField(Permission)
     def natural_key(self) -> tuple[str]: ...
 
-_T = TypeVar("_T", bound=Model)
-
-class UserManager(BaseUserManager[_T]):
+class UserManager(BaseUserManager[_UserType]):
     def create_user(
         self, username: str, email: str | None = ..., password: str | None = ..., **extra_fields: Any
-    ) -> _T: ...
+    ) -> _UserType: ...
     def create_superuser(
         self, username: str, email: str | None = ..., password: str | None = ..., **extra_fields: Any
-    ) -> _T: ...
+    ) -> _UserType: ...
     def with_perm(
         self,
         perm: str | Permission,
         is_active: bool = ...,
         include_superusers: bool = ...,
         backend: str | None = ...,
         obj: Model | None = ...,
-    ) -> QuerySet[_T]: ...
+    ) -> QuerySet[_UserType]: ...
 
 class PermissionsMixin(models.Model):
     is_superuser = models.BooleanField()

django-stubs/contrib/auth/password_validation.pyi

@@ -2,20 +2,20 @@ from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
 from pathlib import Path, PosixPath
 from typing import Any, Protocol, type_check_only
 
-from django.contrib.auth.base_user import _UserModel
+from django.contrib.auth.models import _User
 
 @type_check_only
 class PasswordValidator(Protocol):
-    def validate(self, password: str, user: _UserModel | None = ..., /) -> None: ...
+    def validate(self, password: str, user: _User | None = ..., /) -> None: ...
     def get_help_text(self) -> str: ...
 
 def get_default_password_validators() -> list[PasswordValidator]: ...
 def get_password_validators(validator_config: Sequence[Mapping[str, Any]]) -> list[PasswordValidator]: ...
 def validate_password(
-    password: str, user: _UserModel | None = ..., password_validators: Sequence[PasswordValidator] | None = ...
+    password: str, user: _User | None = ..., password_validators: Sequence[PasswordValidator] | None = ...
 ) -> None: ...
 def password_changed(
-    password: str, user: _UserModel | None = ..., password_validators: Sequence[PasswordValidator] | None = ...
+    password: str, user: _User | None = ..., password_validators: Sequence[PasswordValidator] | None = ...
 ) -> None: ...
 def password_validators_help_texts(password_validators: Sequence[PasswordValidator] | None = ...) -> list[str]: ...
 
@@ -24,24 +24,24 @@ password_validators_help_text_html: Any
 class MinimumLengthValidator:
     min_length: int
     def __init__(self, min_length: int = ...) -> None: ...
-    def validate(self, password: str, user: _UserModel | None = ...) -> None: ...
+    def validate(self, password: str, user: _User | None = ...) -> None: ...
     def get_help_text(self) -> str: ...
 
 class UserAttributeSimilarityValidator:
     DEFAULT_USER_ATTRIBUTES: Sequence[str]
     user_attributes: Sequence[str]
     max_similarity: float
     def __init__(self, user_attributes: Sequence[str] = ..., max_similarity: float = ...) -> None: ...
-    def validate(self, password: str, user: _UserModel | None = ...) -> None: ...
+    def validate(self, password: str, user: _User | None = ...) -> None: ...
     def get_help_text(self) -> str: ...
 
 class CommonPasswordValidator:
     DEFAULT_PASSWORD_LIST_PATH: Path
     passwords: set[str]
     def __init__(self, password_list_path: Path | PosixPath | str = ...) -> None: ...
-    def validate(self, password: str, user: _UserModel | None = ...) -> None: ...
+    def validate(self, password: str, user: _User | None = ...) -> None: ...
     def get_help_text(self) -> str: ...
 
 class NumericPasswordValidator:
-    def validate(self, password: str, user: _UserModel | None = ...) -> None: ...
+    def validate(self, password: str, user: _User | None = ...) -> None: ...
     def get_help_text(self) -> str: ...

django-stubs/contrib/auth/tokens.pyi

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 from datetime import date, datetime
 from typing import Any
 
-from django.contrib.auth.base_user import _UserModel
+from django.contrib.auth.models import _User
 
 class PasswordResetTokenGenerator:
     key_salt: str
     secret: str | bytes
     secret_fallbacks: list[str | bytes]
     algorithm: str
-    def make_token(self, user: _UserModel) -> str: ...
-    def check_token(self, user: _UserModel | None, token: str | None) -> bool: ...
-    def _make_token_with_timestamp(self, user: _UserModel, timestamp: int, secret: str | bytes = ...) -> str: ...
-    def _make_hash_value(self, user: _UserModel, timestamp: int) -> str: ...
+    def make_token(self, user: _User) -> str: ...
+    def check_token(self, user: _User | None, token: str | None) -> bool: ...
+    def _make_token_with_timestamp(self, user: _User, timestamp: int, secret: str | bytes = ...) -> str: ...
+    def _make_hash_value(self, user: _User, timestamp: int) -> str: ...
     def _num_seconds(self, dt: datetime | date) -> int: ...
     def _now(self) -> datetime: ...
 

django-stubs/contrib/auth/views.pyi

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 from typing import Any
 
-from django.contrib.auth.base_user import _UserModel
 from django.contrib.auth.forms import AuthenticationForm
+from django.contrib.auth.models import _User
 from django.http.request import HttpRequest
 from django.http.response import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.views.generic.base import TemplateView
 from django.views.generic.edit import FormView
 from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
 
-UserModel: TypeAlias = type[_UserModel]
+UserModel: TypeAlias = type[_User]
 
 class RedirectURLMixin:
     next_page: str | None
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class PasswordResetConfirmView(PasswordContextMixin, FormView):
     token_generator: Any
     validlink: bool
     user: Any
-    def get_user(self, uidb64: str) -> _UserModel | None: ...
+    def get_user(self, uidb64: str) -> _User | None: ...
 
 class PasswordResetCompleteView(PasswordContextMixin, TemplateView):
     title: Any