Version 21.7

Released 2024-11-04

This is the technical changelog for version 21.7. More elaborate release notes can be found in the news channel @pythontelegrambotchannel.

Major Changes

• Full Support for Bot API 7.11 (#4546 closes #4543)
• Add Message.reply_paid_media (#4551)
• Drop Support for Python 3.8 (#4398 by @elpekenin)

Minor Changes

• Allow Sequence in Application.add_handlers (#4531 by @roast-lord closes #4530)
• Improve Exception Handling in File.download_* (#4542)
• Use Stable Python 3.13 Release in Test Suite (#4535)

Documentation Improvements

• Documentation Improvements (#4536 by @Ecode2, #4556)
• Fix Linkcheck Workflow (#4545)
• Use sphinx-build-compatibility to Keep Sphinx Compatibility (#4492)

Internal Changes

• Improve Test Instability Caused by Message Fixtures (#4507)
• Stabilize Some Flaky Tests (#4500)
• Reduce Creation of HTTP Clients in Tests (#4493)
• Update pytest-xdist Usage (#4491)
• Fix Failing Tests by Making Them Independent (#4494)
• Introduce Codecov's Test Analysis (#4487)
• Maintenance Work on Bot Tests (#4489)
• Introduce conftest.py for File Related Tests (#4488)
• Update Issue Templates to Use Issue Types (#4553)
• Update Automation to Label Changes (#4552)

Dependency Updates

• Bump srvaroa/labeler from 1.11.0 to 1.11.1 (#4549)
• Bump sphinx from 8.0.2 to 8.1.3 (#4532)
• Bump sphinxcontrib-mermaid from 0.9.2 to 1.0.0 (#4529)
• Bump srvaroa/labeler from 1.10.1 to 1.11.0 (#4509)
• Bump Bibo-Joshi/pyright-type-completeness from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1 (#4510)