Django post_save preventing recursion without overriding model save()

Question

There are many Stack Overflow posts about recursion using the post_save signal, to which the comments and answers are overwhelmingly: \"why not override save()\

Answer 1

How about disconnecting then reconnecting the signal within your post_save function:

def my_post_save_handler(sender, instance, **kwargs):
    post_save.disconnect(my_post_save_handler, sender=sender)
    instance.do_stuff()
    instance.save()
    post_save.connect(my_post_save_handler, sender=sender)
post_save.connect(my_post_save_handler, sender=Order)