Version 21.1

Released 2024-04-12

This is the technical changelog for version 21.1. More elaborate release notes can be found in the news channel @pythontelegrambotchannel.

Major Changes

• API 7.2 (#4180 closes #4179 and #4181, #4181)
• Make ChatAdministratorRights/ChatMemberAdministrator.can_*_stories Required (API 7.1) (#4192)

Minor Changes

• Refactor Debug logging in Bot to Improve Type Hinting (#4151 closes #4010)

New Features

• Make Message.reply_* Reply in the Same Topic by Default (#4170 by @aelkheir closes #4139)
• Accept Socket Objects for Webhooks (#4161 closes #4078)
• Add Update.effective_sender (#4168 by @aelkheir closes #4085)

Documentation Improvements

• Documentation Improvements (#4171, #4158 by @teslaedison)

Internal Changes

• Temporarily Mark Tests with get_sticker_set as XFAIL due to API 7.2 Update (#4190)

Dependency Updates

• pre-commit autoupdate (#4184)
• Bump dependabot/fetch-metadata from 1.6.0 to 2.0.0 (#4185)