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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)

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• b684afa Bump Version to v22.2 (#4834)
• abe20cf Documentation Improvements (#4810)
• 979db09 Use datetime.timedelta to Represent Time Periods in Classes (#4750)
• 22ae75c Improve Informativeness of Network Errors (#4822)
• 1585047 Update cachetools requirement from <6.1.0,>=5.3.3 to >=5.3.3,<6.2.0 (#4830)
• d46ddf7 Fix Handling of Parameters do_quote and allow_sending_without_reply in `M...
• b15507f Add Python 3.14 Beta To Test Matrix (#4825)
• 1457679 Allow for Pattern Matching Empty Inline Queries (#4817)
• f9bdba1 Bump httpx from ~=0.27 to >=0.27,<0.29 (#4820)
• e98e657 Fix Typo in TelegramObject._get_attrs (#4816)
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