v21.0

Version 21.0

Released 2024-03-06

This is the technical changelog for version 21.0. More elaborate release notes can be found in the news channel @pythontelegrambotchannel.

Major Changes

• Remove Functionality Deprecated in API 7.0 (#4114 closes #4099)
• API 7.1 (#4118)

New Features

• Add Parameter media_write_timeout to HTTPXRequest and Method ApplicationBuilder.media_write_timeout (#4120 closes #3864)
• Handle Properties in TelegramObject.__setstate__ (#4134 closes #4111)

Bug Fixes

• Add Missing Slot to Updater (#4130 closes #4127)

Documentation Improvements

• Improve HTML Download of Documentation (#4146 closes #4050)
• Documentation Improvements (#4109, #4116)
• Update Copyright to 2024 (#4121 by @aelkheir closes #4041)

Internal Changes

• Apply pre-commit Checks More Widely (#4135)
• Refactor and Overhaul test_official (#4087 closes #3874)
• Run Unit Tests in PRs on Requirements Changes (#4144)
• Make Updater.stop Independent of CancelledError (#4126)

Dependency Updates

• Relax Upper Bound for httpx Dependency (#4148)
• Bump test-summary/action from 2.2 to 2.3 (#4142)
• Update cachetools requirement from ~=5.3.2 to ~=5.3.3 (#4141)
• Update httpx requirement from ~=0.26.0 to ~=0.27.0 (#4131)