Django: set_password isn't hashing passwords?

set_password only creates a hashed password; it doesn't save the value in the database. Call save() to actually save it.

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In your views, it should be

user.save()

below the line

user.set_password(user.password)

You didn't write the brackets (parentheses). That's why save method is not being called after you hash the password.

user.set_password(user.password)
user.save()