Version 20.4

Released 2023-07-09

This is the technical changelog for version 20.4. More elaborate release notes can be found in the news channel @pythontelegrambotchannel.

Major Changes

• Drop Support for Python 3.7 (#3728, #3742 by @Trifase, #3749 by @thefunkycat, #3740 closes #3732, #3754 closes #3731, #3753, #3764, #3762, #3759 closes #3733)

New Features

• Make Integration of APScheduler into JobQueue More Explicit (#3695)
• Introduce BaseUpdateProcessor for Customized Concurrent Handling of Updates (#3654 closes #3509)

Minor Changes

• Fix Inconsistent Type Hints for timeout Parameter of Bot.get_updates (#3709 by @revolter)
• Use Explicit Optionals (#3692 by @MiguelX413)

Bug Fixes

• Fix Wrong Warning Text in KeyboardButton.__eq__ (#3768)

Documentation Improvements

• Explicitly set allowed_updates in Examples (#3741 by @Trifase closes #3726)
• Bump furo and sphinx (#3719)
• Documentation Improvements (#3698, #3708 by @revolter, #3767)
• Add Quotes for Installation Instructions With Optional Dependencies (#3780)
• Exclude Type Hints from Stability Policy (#3712)
• Set httpx Logging Level to Warning in Examples (#3746 closes #3743)

Internal Changes

• Drop a Legacy pre-commit.ci Configuration (#3697)
• Add Python 3.12 Beta to the Test Matrix (#3751)
• Use Temporary Files for Testing File Downloads (#3777)
• Auto-Update Changed Version in Other Files After Dependabot PRs (#3716)
• Add More ruff Rules (#3763)
• Rename _handler.py to _basehandler.py (#3761)
• Automatically Label pre-commit-ci PRs (#3713)
• Rework pytest Integration into GitHub Actions (#3776)
• Fix Two Bugs in GitHub Actions Workflows (#3739)

Dependency Updates

• Update cachetools requirement from ~=5.3.0 to ~=5.3.1 (#3738)
• Update aiolimiter requirement from ~=1.0.0 to ~=1.1.0 (#3707)
• pre-commit autoupdate (#3791)
• Bump sphinxcontrib-mermaid from 0.8.1 to 0.9.2 (#3737)
• Bump pytest-xdist from 3.2.1 to 3.3.0 (#3705)
• Bump srvaroa/labeler from 1.5.0 to 1.6.0 (#3786)
• Bump dependabot/fetch-metadata from 1.5.1 to 1.6.0 (#3787)
• Bump dessant/lock-threads from 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 (#3785)
• Bump pytest from 7.3.2 to 7.4.0 (#3774)
• Update httpx requirement from ~=0.24.0 to ~=0.24.1 (#3715)
• Bump pytest-xdist from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1 (#3714)
• Bump pytest from 7.3.1 to 7.3.2 (#3758)
• pre-commit autoupdate (#3747)