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v21.11.1

Version 21.11.1

Released 2025-03-01

This is the technical changelog for version 21.11.1. More elaborate release notes can be found in the news channel @​pythontelegrambotchannel.

Documentation Improvements

• Fix ReadTheDocs Build (#4695)

v21.11

Version 21.11

Released 2025-03-01

This is the technical changelog for version 21.11. More elaborate release notes can be found in the news channel @​pythontelegrambotchannel.

Major Changes and New Features

• Full Support for Bot API 8.3 (#4676 closes #4677, #4682 by @​aelkheir, #4690 by @​aelkheir, #4691 by @​aelkheir)
• Make provider_token Argument Optional (#4689)
• Remove Deprecated InlineQueryResultArticle.hide_url (#4640 closes #4638)
• Accept datetime.timedelta Input in Bot Method Parameters (#4651)
• Extend Customization Support for Bot.base_(file_)url (#4632 closes #3355)
• Support allow_paid_broadcast in AIORateLimiter (#4627 closes #4578)
• Add BaseUpdateProcessor.current_concurrent_updates (#4626 closes #3984)

Minor Changes and Bug Fixes

• Add Bootstrapping Logic to Application.run_* (#4673 closes #4657)
• Fix a Bug in edit_user_star_subscription (#4681 by @​vavasik800)
• Simplify Handling of Empty Data in TelegramObject.de_json and Friends (#4617 closes #4614)

Documentation Improvements

• Documentation Improvements (#4641)
• Overhaul Admonition Insertion in Documentation (#4462 closes #4414)

Internal Changes

• Stabilize Linkcheck Test (#4693)
• Bump pre-commit Hooks to Latest Versions (#4643)
• Refactor Tests for TelegramObject Classes with Subclasses (#4654 closes #4652)
• Use Fine Grained Permissions for GitHub Actions Workflows (#4668)

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• 9ebd489 Bump Version to v22.0 (#4719)
• 1cf000c Remove Functionality Deprecated in v20.x (#4671)
• 1503287 Bump Bibo-Joshi/chango from 0.3.2 to 0.4.0 (#4712)
• 6d71346 Bump sphinx from 8.1.3 to 8.2.3 (#4710)
• 8266870 Bump pytest from 8.3.4 to 8.3.5 (#4709)
• 519dee7 Bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.12.3 to 1.12.4 (#4701)
• 753f372 Bump Bibo-Joshi/chango from 0.3.1 to 0.3.2 (#4700)
• 892a66d Bump astral-sh/setup-uv from 5.2.2 to 5.3.1 (#4699)
• d5e5874 Bump srvaroa/labeler from 1.12.0 to 1.13.0 (#4698)
• a5dacab Bump github/codeql-action from 3.28.8 to 3.28.10 (#4697)
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