Version 0.1.8b2

What's Changed

• Pin GitHub Actions to full-length commit SHAs by Dan Fiedler (@danfiedler-msft) in #2316
• Mitigate UnicodeDecodeError due to wrong ASCII charset guess for long files by Fabio Catalano (@fcatalan92) in #2360
• fix: support extended content-disposition filenames by Rāna(Bass Ver.) (@cat0825) in #2045
• fix: fall back to plain text when RSS item content triggers RecursionError by Jeremy Schoemaker (@shoemoney) in #2333
• fix(cli): allow Content Understanding conversion from stdin by Tyyyy (@uczltw6) in #2318
• fix: correct \underleftarrow macro and map math italic h in equation conversion by Guillermo Dols (@gdols) in #2293
• feat(cli): support MARKITDOWN_CU_ENDPOINT / MARKITDOWN_DOCINTEL_ENDPOINT by Sinan Olsson-Pasic (@seenws) in #2358
• fix(csv): strip the UTF-8 BOM and skip blank rows before building the table by Ruiming Zhao (@uuzzrm) in #2303
• Preserve strikethrough from <strike> and CSS line-through by Gyanu Mayank (@gyanu2507) in #2342
• Fix percent-encoded Windows drive paths in file URIs by Zhewen Tan (@tandede) in #2315
• fix: escape pipes and newlines in CSV values by Asjad Abbas (@asjad3) in #2266
• fix(epub): safely extract metadata text without crashing on None nodeValue or nested elements by Henry Su (@hsusul) in #2247
• fix: handle math run with no text child in OMML->LaTeX conversion by S1MS4 in #2189
• fix: IpynbConverter.accepts() catches UnicodeDecodeError on non-decodable content (fixes #1894) by hanhan761 in #1929
• fix(docx): ignore malformed styles missing type by S M (@gingerninja85) in #2190
• Preserve percent-encoded octets in href paths by Sonai Biswas (@Sonai124) in #2173
• fix: remove extra closing brace from caron and ring-above accent templates by Andrew Avery (@AndrewAvery7) in #2279
• fix: preserve strikethrough semantics for <strike>, line-through CSS, and w:dstrike by MOHAMMED WASIM KHAN (@wasim-builds) in #2356
• fix: buffer CLI stdin before format detection on Windows by Mo Hui (@mohui666) in #2351
• fix(rss): preserve Atom XHTML content by will wang (@weivwang) in #2297
• fix: initialize md_text in _parse_rss_type to prevent UnboundLocalError by Sai Medavarapu (@smedavarapu1) in #2164
• fix: ZipConverter renders '(unknown)' instead of literal 'None' when stream has no source info by JSap0914 in #2134
• fix: truncate uppercase data image URIs by Lucas Ma (@pony-maggie) in #2122
• fix(doc-intel): default api_version to None in DocumentIntelligenceConverter by Nefelibata (@MeiSiristhebest) in #2267
• fix(outlook): read .msg string properties saved in the non-Unicode format by Guillermo Dols (@gdols) in #2295
• fix: handle URI schemes case-insensitively by Lucas Ma (@pony-maggie) in #2121
• fix: normalize data URI parameter case by Lucas Ma (@pony-maggie) in #2120
• fix(xlsx): tolerate legacy showZeroes sheet views by Yufeng He (@he-yufeng) in #2064
• docs: use canonical markdown result property by Sheroy Cooper (@CooperSheroy) in #2259
• fix(youtube): handle missing title metadata without raising AssertionError by Henry Su (@hsusul) in #2238
• Bump actions/checkout from 5.1.0 to 7.0.1 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #2320
• Bump actions/setup-python from 5.6.0 to 7.0.0 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #2321
• fix(ipynb): preserve leading # in notebook heading titles by Cpthimself (@Alphaxiaoteng) in #2371
• fix(docx): preserve underlined text by Yufeng He (@he-yufeng) in #2017
• fix(pptx): ignore empty llm captions by Lubrsy (@Lubrsy706) in #1886
• fix: PptxConverter tolerates None shape.text and notes text by Alvin Tang (@alvinttang) in #2059
• fix(pptx): prevent crash in PptxConverter when chart title lacks a text frame by aoright (@aoright) in #2194
• fix: catch OSError when exiftool binary is missing (#1960) by 王艺霖 (@doitgo) in #2082
• Fix exiftool JSON decoding to use UTF-8 by Vedant (@Vedant43hh) in #2067
• fix: WikipediaConverter renders hash None heading when page has no title by hanhan761 in #1990
• fix: guard against missing oMath element in DOCX math converter (#1979) by hanhan761 in #1995
• fix: handle DOCX files with inconsistent ZIP filename casing (#1812) by liyrds (@lyydsheep) in #2016
• Support short YouTube URLs by Mukunda Rao Katta (@MukundaKatta) in #1882
• fix: suppress pydub RuntimeWarning when ffmpeg is missing (fixes #1685) by hanhan761 in #1985
• chore: remove unused mammoth import from PlainTextConverter (#1951) by hanhan761 in #1953
• fix(rss): treat Atom text content and summary as plain text by Lazizbek Ergashev (@lazerg) in #2374
• fix: ImageConverter gracefully handles LLM API failures (fixes #1942) by hanhan761 in #1948
• fix(docx): handle unknown math functions in OMML converter without crashing by Nefelibata (@MeiSiristhebest) in #2268
• Update README to help scope PRs. by Adam Fourney (@afourney) in #2376
• Bump versions. by Adam Fourney (@afourney) in #2377
• Test markitdown-ocr in CI against the sibling markitdown by Adam Fourney (@afourney) in #2378
• Be sure to run the proper Python version. by Adam Fourney (@afourney) in #2379
• Remove uv lockfile that was accidentally committed. by Adam Fourney (@afourney) in #2380
• fix(pptx): chart_title.text_frame is never None — use has_text_frame instead by kapil971390 in #2385
• Updated README by Adam Fourney (@afourney) in #2393
• Preserve all CSV columns by matching the widest row by Adam Fourney (@afourney) in #2430
• Fix CSV parsing for CR-only line endings by Kim Do Yeon (@tkv00) in #2412
• chore(deps): bump actions/setup-python from 5.6.0 to 7.0.0 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #2431
• fix(rss): support namespace-prefixed Atom feeds by Xing Zheng (@Elysium-Seeker) in #2429
• fix(rss): drop layout whitespace from feed and entry titles by kevin (@kevin9327) in #2428
• fix(pptx): do not emit a Notes heading for a slide with no notes by kevin (@kevin9327) in #2427
• fix(ipynb): strip the UTF-8 BOM so a notebook is not emitted as raw JSON by kevin (@kevin9327) in #2425
• fix(rss): preserve complete feed content and resolve relative link by Adam Fourney (@afourney) in #2432
• fix(epub): forward conversion options to the HTML converter by kevin (@kevin9327) in #2426
• Update Docker images to Debian trixie (Python 3.13-slim-trixie) by Erwin Kersten (@erwinkersten) in #2421
• Fix Zip converter forwarding kwargs to nested conversions by SpongeBob (@As9xm) in #2409
• Do not convert an undecodable file to the word "None" by kevin (@kevin9327) in #2418
• Fix PPTX shape sorting treating top-zero as missing by SpongeBob (@As9xm) in #2408
• fix(epub): resolve percent-encoded manifest hrefs to ZIP entries by Sushant Lokhande (@sushantlokhande14) in #2413
• Fix --list-plugins help text to reference correct --use-plugins flag by freetg71527152-ui in #2381
• fix: prefer data-src over placeholder data URI in img src by Machen John (@macjayz) in #2417
• fix(zip): preserve content of entries with duplicate filenames by liyrds (@lyydsheep) in #2434
• fix(pptx): do not emit a heading for a slide with an empty title by kevin (@kevin9327) in #2442
• fix(mcp): migrate to MCP SDK 2.x so 2026-07-28 clients can connect by Çağdaş Yürekli (@cagdasyurekli) in #2363
• Reject UNC and Windows device paths (similar to how netlocks are alre… by Adam Fourney (@afourney) in #2452
• Expand test matrix to include windows-latest by Adam Fourney (@afourney) in #2453
• Workaround for ARM CI tests. by Adam Fourney (@afourney) in #2460
• Fix ANSI Outlook MSG decoding for Japanese code pages and padded strings by Adam Fourney (@afourney) in #2462
• Trim CSV blank runs without repeatedly shifting the row list by dickbown (@ROTl24) in #2450
• Improve efficiency of escaping pipes in CSVs by Adam Fourney (@afourney) in #2464
• fix: avoid splitting UTF-8 characters during charset detection by Adam Fourney (@afourney) in #2466
• fix(docx): preserve namespaces when repairing stylesheets by Adam Fourney (@afourney) in #2467
• fix(youtube): fall back to HTML when no video content is extracted by Adam Fourney (@afourney) in #2469
• Throw an error when llm client fails with image converter. by Adam Fourney (@afourney) in #2476
• Preserve whitespace underlines by Adam Fourney (@afourney) in #2477

New Contributors

• Dan Fiedler (@danfiedler-msft) made their first contribution in #2316
• Fabio Catalano (@fcatalan92) made their first contribution in #2360
• Rāna(Bass Ver.) (@cat0825) made their first contribution in #2045
• Jeremy Schoemaker (@shoemoney) made their first contribution in #2333
• Tyyyy (@uczltw6) made their first contribution in #2318
• Guillermo Dols (@gdols) made their first contribution in #2293
• Sinan Olsson-Pasic (@seenws) made their first contribution in #2358
• Ruiming Zhao (@uuzzrm) made their first contribution in #2303
• Gyanu Mayank (@gyanu2507) made their first contribution in #2342
• Zhewen Tan (@tandede) made their first contribution in #2315
• Asjad Abbas (@asjad3) made their first contribution in #2266
• Henry Su (@hsusul) made their first contribution in #2247
• S1MS4 made their first contribution in #2189
• hanhan761 made their first contribution in #1929
• S M (@gingerninja85) made their first contribution in #2190
• Sonai Biswas (@Sonai124) made their first contribution in #2173
• Andrew Avery (@AndrewAvery7) made their first contribution in #2279
• MOHAMMED WASIM KHAN (@wasim-builds) made their first contribution in #2356
• Mo Hui (@mohui666) made their first contribution in #2351
• will wang (@weivwang) made their first contribution in #2297
• Sai Medavarapu (@smedavarapu1) made their first contribution in #2164
• JSap0914 made their first contribution in #2134
• Lucas Ma (@pony-maggie) made their first contribution in #2122
• Nefelibata (@MeiSiristhebest) made their first contribution in #2267
• Yufeng He (@he-yufeng) made their first contribution in #2064
• Sheroy Cooper (@CooperSheroy) made their first contribution in #2259
• Cpthimself (@Alphaxiaoteng) made their first contribution in #2371
• Lubrsy (@Lubrsy706) made their first contribution in #1886
• Alvin Tang (@alvinttang) made their first contribution in #2059
• aoright (@aoright) made their first contribution in #2194
• 王艺霖 (@doitgo) made their first contribution in #2082
• Vedant (@Vedant43hh) made their first contribution in #2067
• liyrds (@lyydsheep) made their first contribution in #2016
• Mukunda Rao Katta (@MukundaKatta) made their first contribution in #1882
• Lazizbek Ergashev (@lazerg) made their first contribution in #2374
• kapil971390 made their first contribution in #2385
• Kim Do Yeon (@tkv00) made their first contribution in #2412
• Xing Zheng (@Elysium-Seeker) made their first contribution in #2429
• kevin (@kevin9327) made their first contribution in #2428
• Erwin Kersten (@erwinkersten) made their first contribution in #2421
• SpongeBob (@As9xm) made their first contribution in #2409
• Sushant Lokhande (@sushantlokhande14) made their first contribution in #2413
• freetg71527152-ui made their first contribution in #2381
• Machen John (@macjayz) made their first contribution in #2417
• Çağdaş Yürekli (@cagdasyurekli) made their first contribution in #2363
• dickbown (@ROTl24) made their first contribution in #2450

Full Changelog: v0.1.7...v0.1.8b2