Add @type_check_only to all Protocols and known stubs-only classes

django-stubs/conf/__init__.pyi

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Any, Literal
+from typing import Any, Literal, type_check_only
 
 from django.utils.functional import LazyObject
 from typing_extensions import Self
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ DEFAULT_STORAGE_ALIAS: Literal["default"]
 STATICFILES_STORAGE_ALIAS: Literal["staticfiles"]
 
 # required for plugin to be able to distinguish this specific instance of LazySettings from others
+@type_check_only
 class _DjangoConfLazyObject(LazyObject):
     def __getattr__(self, item: Any) -> Any: ...
 

django-stubs/conf/global_settings.pyi

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from re import Pattern
 
 # This is defined here as a do-nothing function because we can't import
 # django.utils.translation -- that module depends on the settings.
-from typing import Any, Literal, Protocol
+from typing import Any, Literal, Protocol, type_check_only
 
 from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
 
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ SERVER_EMAIL: str
 DATABASES: dict[str, dict[str, Any]]
 
 # Classes used to implement DB routing behavior.
+@type_check_only
 class Router(Protocol):
     def allow_migrate(self, db: str, app_label: str, **hints: Any) -> bool | None: ...
 

django-stubs/contrib/admin/helpers.pyi

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Iterator, Mapping, Sequence
-from typing import Any
+from typing import Any, type_check_only
 
 from django import forms
 from django.contrib.admin.options import ModelAdmin
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class ActionForm(forms.Form):
 
 checkbox: Any
 
+@type_check_only
 class _PrepopulatedDict(TypedDict):
     field: BoundField
     dependencies: list[BoundField]
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ class AdminField:
     def label_tag(self) -> SafeString: ...
     def errors(self) -> SafeString: ...
 
+@type_check_only
 class _FieldDictT(TypedDict):
     name: str
     label: str

django-stubs/contrib/admin/options.pyi

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Iterator, Mapping, Sequence
-from typing import Any, Generic, Literal, TypeVar
+from typing import Any, Generic, Literal, TypeVar, type_check_only
 
 from django import forms
 from django.contrib.admin.filters import FieldListFilter, ListFilter
@@ -52,10 +52,12 @@ csrf_protect_m: Any
 
 _FieldGroups: TypeAlias = Sequence[str | Sequence[str]]
 
+@type_check_only
 class _OptionalFieldOpts(TypedDict, total=False):
     classes: Sequence[str]
     description: _StrOrPromise
 
+@type_check_only
 class _FieldOpts(_OptionalFieldOpts, total=True):
     fields: _FieldGroups
 

django-stubs/contrib/admin/utils.pyi

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import datetime
 from collections import defaultdict
 from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Sequence
-from typing import Any, Literal, TypeVar, overload
+from typing import Any, Literal, TypeVar, overload, type_check_only
 from uuid import UUID
 
 from _typeshed import Unused
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class NestedObjects(Collector):
     def nested(self, format_callback: Callable[[Model], _T]) -> list[_T]: ...
     def can_fast_delete(self, *args: Unused, **kwargs: Unused) -> Literal[False]: ...
 
+@type_check_only
 class _ModelFormatDict(TypedDict):
     verbose_name: str
     verbose_name_plural: str

django-stubs/contrib/auth/password_validation.pyi

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
 from pathlib import Path, PosixPath
-from typing import Any, Protocol
+from typing import Any, Protocol, type_check_only
 
 from django.db.models.base import Model
 from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
 
 _UserModel: TypeAlias = Model
 
+@type_check_only
 class PasswordValidator(Protocol):
     def validate(self, __password: str, __user: _UserModel | None = ...) -> None: ...
     def get_help_text(self) -> str: ...

django-stubs/contrib/gis/geos/factory.pyi

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-from typing import Any, Protocol
+from typing import Any, Protocol, type_check_only
 
 from django.contrib.gis.geos.geometry import GEOSGeometry
 
+@type_check_only
 class _Reader(Protocol):
     def read(self) -> str | bytes: ...
 

django-stubs/contrib/gis/utils/layermapping.pyi

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from collections.abc import Mapping
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Protocol
+from typing import Any, Protocol, type_check_only
 
 from django.contrib.gis.gdal import DataSource, OGRGeomType
 from django.contrib.gis.gdal.field import Field as OGRField
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class InvalidDecimal(LayerMapError): ...
 class InvalidInteger(LayerMapError): ...
 class MissingForeignKey(LayerMapError): ...
 
+@type_check_only
 class _Writer(Protocol):
     def write(self, __s: str) -> Any: ...
 

django-stubs/core/checks/registry.pyi

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Sequence
-from typing import Any, Protocol, TypeVar, overload
+from typing import Any, Protocol, TypeVar, overload, type_check_only
 
 from django.apps.config import AppConfig
 from django.core.checks.messages import CheckMessage
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class Tags:
     translation: str
     urls: str
 
+@type_check_only
 class _CheckCallable(Protocol):
     def __call__(
         self,
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ class _CheckCallable(Protocol):
 
 _C = TypeVar("_C", bound=_CheckCallable)
 
+@type_check_only
 class _ProcessedCheckCallable(Protocol[_C]):
     tags: Sequence[str]
     __call__: _C

django-stubs/core/paginator.pyi

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from collections.abc import Iterable, Iterator, Sequence, Sized
-from typing import ClassVar, Generic, Protocol, TypeVar, overload
+from typing import ClassVar, Generic, Protocol, TypeVar, overload, type_check_only
 
 from django.utils.functional import _StrPromise, cached_property
 
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class EmptyPage(InvalidPage): ...
 
 _T = TypeVar("_T")
 
+@type_check_only
 class _SupportsPagination(Protocol[_T], Sized, Iterable):
     @overload
     def __getitem__(self, __index: int) -> _T: ...

django-stubs/core/signing.pyi

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from datetime import timedelta
-from typing import Any, Protocol
+from typing import Any, Protocol, type_check_only
 
 class BadSignature(Exception): ...
 class SignatureExpired(BadSignature): ...
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def b64_encode(s: bytes) -> bytes: ...
 def b64_decode(s: bytes) -> bytes: ...
 def base64_hmac(salt: str, value: bytes | str, key: bytes | str, algorithm: str = ...) -> str: ...
 def get_cookie_signer(salt: str = ...) -> TimestampSigner: ...
-
+@type_check_only
 class Serializer(Protocol):
     def dumps(self, obj: Any) -> bytes: ...
     def loads(self, data: bytes) -> Any: ...

django-stubs/db/backends/ddl_references.pyi

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from collections.abc import Sequence
-from typing import Any, Protocol
+from typing import Any, Protocol, type_check_only
 
+@type_check_only
 class _QuoteCallable(Protocol):
     """Get rid of `cannot assign to method`"""
 
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ class Columns(TableColumns):
         self, table: str, columns: list[str], quote_name: _QuoteCallable, col_suffixes: Sequence[str] = ...
     ) -> None: ...
 
+@type_check_only
 class _NameCallable(Protocol):
     """Get rid of `cannot assign to method`"""
 

django-stubs/db/backends/utils.pyi

@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@ from contextlib import contextmanager
 from decimal import Decimal
 from logging import Logger
 from types import TracebackType
-from typing import Any, Literal, Protocol, overload
+from typing import Any, Literal, Protocol, overload, type_check_only
 from uuid import UUID
 
 from typing_extensions import Self, TypeAlias
 
 logger: Logger
 
 # Protocol matching psycopg2.sql.Composable, to avoid depending psycopg2
+@type_check_only
 class _Composable(Protocol):
     def as_string(self, context: Any) -> str: ...
     def __add__(self, other: Self) -> _Composable: ...

django-stubs/db/migrations/executor.pyi

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from collections.abc import Sequence
-from typing import Protocol
+from typing import Protocol, type_check_only
 
 from django.db.backends.base.base import BaseDatabaseWrapper
 from django.db.migrations.migration import Migration
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from .loader import MigrationLoader
 from .recorder import MigrationRecorder
 from .state import ProjectState
 
+@type_check_only
 class _ProgressCallbackT(Protocol):
     def __call__(self, __action: str, __migration: Migration | None = ..., __fake: bool | None = ...) -> None: ...
 

django-stubs/db/migrations/operations/special.pyi

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
-from typing import Any, Literal, Protocol
+from typing import Any, Literal, Protocol, type_check_only
 
 from django.db.backends.base.schema import BaseDatabaseSchemaEditor
 from django.db.migrations.state import StateApps
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class RunSQL(Operation):
     @property
     def reversible(self) -> bool: ...  # type: ignore[override]
 
+@type_check_only
 class _CodeCallable(Protocol):
     def __call__(self, __state_apps: StateApps, __schema_editor: BaseDatabaseSchemaEditor) -> None: ...
 

django-stubs/db/models/enums.pyi

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import enum
 import sys
-from typing import Any, TypeVar
+from typing import Any, TypeVar, type_check_only
 
 from typing_extensions import Self
 
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class Choices(enum.Enum, metaclass=ChoicesMeta):
     def do_not_call_in_templates(self) -> bool: ...
 
 # fake, to keep simulate class properties
+@type_check_only
 class _IntegerChoicesMeta(ChoicesMeta):
     @property
     def choices(self) -> list[tuple[int, str]]: ...
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ class IntegerChoices(int, Choices, metaclass=_IntegerChoicesMeta):
     def value(self) -> int: ...
 
 # fake, to keep simulate class properties
+@type_check_only
 class _TextChoicesMeta(ChoicesMeta):
     @property
     def choices(self) -> list[tuple[str, str]]: ...

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

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import uuid
 from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Mapping, Sequence
 from datetime import date, time, timedelta
 from datetime import datetime as real_datetime
-from typing import Any, ClassVar, Generic, Literal, Protocol, TypeVar, overload
+from typing import Any, ClassVar, Generic, Literal, Protocol, TypeVar, overload, type_check_only
 
 from django import forms
 from django.core import validators  # due to weird mypy.stubtest error
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ _LimitChoicesTo: TypeAlias = Q | dict[str, Any]
 
 _F = TypeVar("_F", bound=Field, covariant=True)
 
+@type_check_only
 class _ChoicesCallable(Protocol):
     def __call__(self) -> _FieldChoices: ...
 
+@type_check_only
 class _FieldDescriptor(Protocol[_F]):
     """
     Accessing fields of a model class (not instance) returns an object conforming to this protocol.

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable
-from typing import Any, Protocol, TypeVar, overload
+from typing import Any, Protocol, TypeVar, overload, type_check_only
 
 from django.core import validators  # due to weird mypy.stubtest error
 from django.core.files.base import File
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class FileDescriptor(DeferredAttribute):
 
 _M = TypeVar("_M", bound=Model, contravariant=True)
 
+@type_check_only
 class _UploadToCallable(Protocol[_M]):
     def __call__(self, __instance: _M, __filename: str) -> _PathCompatible: ...
 

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable
-from typing import Any, Generic, NoReturn, TypeVar, overload
+from typing import Any, Generic, NoReturn, TypeVar, overload, type_check_only
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.db.models.base import Model
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ class ReverseManyToOneDescriptor:
     def __set__(self, instance: Any, value: Any) -> NoReturn: ...
 
 # Fake class, Django defines 'RelatedManager' inside a function body
+@type_check_only
 class RelatedManager(Manager[_M], Generic[_M]):
     related_val: tuple[int, ...]
     def add(self, *objs: _M | int, bulk: bool = ...) -> None: ...
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ class ManyToManyDescriptor(ReverseManyToOneDescriptor, Generic[_To, _Through]):
     def __get__(self, instance: Model, cls: Any = ...) -> ManyRelatedManager[_To]: ...
 
 # Fake class, Django defines 'ManyRelatedManager' inside a function body
+@type_check_only
 class ManyRelatedManager(Manager[_M], Generic[_M]):
     related_val: tuple[int, ...]
     def add(self, *objs: _M | int, bulk: bool = ...) -> None: ...

django-stubs/forms/fields.pyi

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import datetime
 from collections.abc import Collection, Iterator, Sequence
 from decimal import Decimal
 from re import Pattern
-from typing import Any, Protocol
+from typing import Any, Protocol, type_check_only
 from uuid import UUID
 
 from django.core.files import File
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ class ChoiceField(Field):
     def validate(self, value: Any) -> None: ...
     def valid_value(self, value: Any) -> bool: ...
 
+@type_check_only
 class _CoerceCallable(Protocol):
     def __call__(self, __value: Any) -> Any: ...
 

django-stubs/forms/widgets.pyi

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import datetime
 from collections.abc import Iterable, Iterator, Mapping, Sequence
-from typing import Any, Literal, Protocol
+from typing import Any, Literal, Protocol, type_check_only
 
 from django.core.files.base import File
 from django.db.models.fields import _FieldChoices
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class TimeInput(DateTimeBaseInput):
     template_name: str
 
 def boolean_check(v: Any) -> bool: ...
-
+@type_check_only
 class _CheckCallable(Protocol):
     def __call__(self, __value: Any) -> bool: ...
 

django-stubs/http/request.pyi

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from collections.abc import Iterable, Mapping
 from io import BytesIO
 from re import Pattern
-from typing import Any, BinaryIO, Literal, NoReturn, TypeVar, overload
+from typing import Any, BinaryIO, Literal, NoReturn, TypeVar, overload, type_check_only
 
 from django.contrib.auth.base_user import AbstractBaseUser
 from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class HttpRequest(BytesIO):
     def _load_post_and_files(self) -> None: ...
     def accepts(self, media_type: str) -> bool: ...
 
+@type_check_only
 class _MutableHttpRequest(HttpRequest):
     GET: QueryDict  # type: ignore[assignment]
     POST: QueryDict  # type: ignore[assignment]
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ class QueryDict(MultiValueDict[str, str]):
     def copy(self) -> QueryDict: ...
     def urlencode(self, safe: str | None = ...) -> str: ...
 
+@type_check_only
 class _ImmutableQueryDict(QueryDict):
     _mutable: Literal[False]
     # def __init__(