Version 3.12.0, 2023-07-02

What's Changed

We finally fully support modern cryptography for encrypting and decrypting PDF files.
A big thank you to @exiledkingcc who did this work a while a go 🙏

New Features (ENH)

• Add AES support for encrypting PDF files (#1918, #1935, #1936, #1938) by @exiledkingcc
• Add page deletion feature to PdfWriter (#1843) by @pubpub-zz

Bug Fixes (BUG)

• PdfReader.get_fields() attempts to delete non-existing index "/Off" (#1933) by @dmjohnsson23
• Remove unused objects when cloning_from (#1926) by @pubpub-zz
• Add the TK.SIZE into the trailer (#1911) by @talcher
• add_named_destination() maintains named destination list sort order (#1930) by @robertkearns

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New Contributors

• @postmeback made their first contribution in #1920
• @talcher made their first contribution in #1911
• @jolheiser made their first contribution in #1921
• @robertkearns made their first contribution in #1931
• @dmjohnsson23 made their first contribution in #1933

Full Changelog: 3.11.1...3.12.0

Version 3.11.1, 2023-06-25

What's Changed

Bug Fixes (BUG)

• Cascaded filters in image objects (#1913) by @pubpub-zz
• Append pdf with named destination using numbers for pages (#1858) by @pubpub-zz
• Ignore "/B" fields only on pages in PdfWriter.append() (#1875) by @pubpub-zz

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Version 3.11.0, 2023-06-23

What's Changed

New Features (ENH)

• Add page_number property (#1856) by @pubpub-zz

Bug Fixes (BUG)

• File expansion when updating with Page Contents (#1906) by @pubpub-zz
• Missing Alternate in indexed/ICCbased colorspaces (#1896) by @pubpub-zz

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Version 3.10.0, 2023-06-18

What's Changed

This release is focused around improving pypdf's capabilities around handling images,
but pypdf should now also deal better with forms.

A big thank you to @pubpub-zz who went above and beyond in this release 👏 🤗

New Features (ENH)

• Extend images interface by returning an ImageFile(File) class (#1848) by @pubpub-zz
• Add capability to replace image (#1849) by @pubpub-zz
• Extraction of inline images (#1850) by @pubpub-zz
• Add set_data to EncodedStreamObject (#1854) by @pubpub-zz

Bug Fixes (BUG)

• Fix RGB FlateEncode Images(PNG) and transparency (#1834) - Add capability to replace image (#1849) by @pubpub-zz
• Generate static appearance for fields (#1864) by @pubpub-zz

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New Contributors

• @adamchainz made their first contribution in #1885
• @jpmedras made their first contribution in #1890
• @Ineffable22 made their first contribution in #1861
• @harshhes made their first contribution in #1886

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3.9.1

What's Changed

Deprecations (DEP)

• Deprecate PdfMerger (#1866) by @pubpub-zz

Bug Fixes (BUG)

• Ignore UTF-8 decode errors (#1865) by @talibhmukadam

Robustness (ROB)

• Handle missing /Type entry in Page tree (#1859) by @pubpub-zz

New Contributors

• @talibhmukadam made their first contribution in #1865

Full Changelog: 3.9.0...3.9.1

Version 3.9.0, 2023-05-21

What's Changed

New Features (ENH)

• Simplify metadata input (Document Information Dictionary) (#1851) by @pubpub-zz
• Extend cmap compatibilty to GBK_EUC_H/V (#1812) by @pubpub-zz

Bug Fixes (BUG)

• Prevent infinite loop when no character follows after a comment (#1828) by @exiledkingcc
• get_contents does not return ContentStream (#1847) by @pubpub-zz
• Accept XYZ destination with zoom missing (default to zoom=0.0) (#1844) by @pubpub-zz
• Cope with 1 Bit images (#1815) by @pubpub-zz

Robustness (ROB)

• Handle missing /Type entry in Page tree (#1845) by @pubpub-zz

Documentation (DOC)

• Expand file size explanations (#1835) by @DIvkov575
• Add comparison with pdfplumber (#1837) by @RitchieP

Maintenance (MAINT)

• Add R parameter to generate_values (#1820) by @exiledkingcc
• Prepare for adding AES enryption support (#1818) by @exiledkingcc

Code Style (STY):

• Iterate directly over the list instead of using range (#1839) by @jsonn

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New Contributors

• @RitchieP made their first contribution in #1837
• @jsonn made their first contribution in #1839
• @DIvkov575 made their first contribution in #1835

Full Changelog: 3.8.1...3.9.0

Version 3.8.1, 2023-04-23

What's Changed

Bug Fixes (BUG)

• Convert color space before saving (#1802)

Documentation (DOC)

• PDF/A (#1807)
• Use append instead of add_page (#1806) by @neversphere
• Document core mechanics of pypdf (#1783)

New Contributors

• @neversphere made their first contribution in #1806

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Version 3.8.0, 2023-04-16

What's Changed

New Features (ENH)

• Add transform method to Transformation class (#1765) by @rrthomas
• Cope with UC2 fonts in text_extraction (#1785) by @pubpub-zz

Robustness (ROB)

• Invalid startxref pointing 1 char before (#1784) by @pubpub-zz

Maintenance (MAINT)

• Mark code handling old parameters as deprecated (#1798)

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New Contributors

• @rrthomas made their first contribution in #1765

Full Changelog: 3.7.1...3.8.0

3.7.1

What's Changed

Security (SEC)

• Warn about PDF encryption security (#1755)

Robustness (ROB)

• Prevent loop in Cloning (#1770) by @pubpub-zz
• Capture UnicodeDecodeError at PdfReader.pdf_header (#1768) by @pubpub-zz

Documentation (DOC)

• Add .readthedocs.yaml and bump docs dependencies using tox -e deps (#1750, #1752) by @adehad

Developer Experience (DEV)

• Make make_changelog.py idempotent

Maintenance (MAINT)

• Move generation of file identifiers to a method (#1760)

Testing (TST)

• Add xmp test (#1775)

New Contributors

• @adehad made their first contribution in #1750

Full Changelog: 3.7.0...3.7.1

Version 3.7.0, 2023-03-26

What's Changed

Security (SEC)

• Use Python's secrets module instead of random module (#1748)

New Features (ENH)

• Add AnnotationBuilder.highlight text markup annotation (#1740)
• Add AnnotationBuilder.popup (#1665) by @pubpub-zz
• Add AnnotationBuilder.polyline annotation support (#1726)
• Add clone_from parameter in PdfWriter constructor (#1703) by @pubpub-zz

Bug Fixes (BUG)

• 'DictionaryObject' object has no attribute 'indirect_reference' (#1729) by @pubpub-zz

Robustness (ROB)

• Handle params NullObject in decode_stream_data (#1738) by @pubpub-zz

Documentation (DOC)

• Project scope (#1743)

Maintenance (MAINT)

• Add AnnotationFlag (#1746)
• Add LazyDict.str (#1727)

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