Version 20.7

Released 2023-11-27

This is the technical changelog for version 20.6. More elaborate release notes can be found in the news channel @pythontelegrambotchannel.

New Features

• Add JobQueue.scheduler_configuration and Corresponding Warnings (#3913 closes #3837)
• Add Parameter socket_options to HTTPXRequest (#3935 closes #2965)
• Add ApplicationBuilder.(get_updates_)socket_options (#3943)
• Improve write_timeout Handling for Media Methods (#3952)
• Add filters.Mention (#3941 closes #3799)
• Rename proxy_url to proxy and Allow httpx.{Proxy, URL} as Input (#3939 closes #3844)

Bug Fixes & Changes

• Adjust read_timeout Behavior for Bot.get_updates (#3963 closes #3893)
• Improve BaseHandler.__repr__ for Callbacks without __qualname__ (#3934)
• Fix Persistency Issue with Ended Non-Blocking Conversations (#3962)
• Improve Type Hinting for Arguments with Default Values in Bot (#3942)

Documentation Improvements

• Add Documentation for __aenter__ and __aexit__ Methods (#3907 closes #3886)
• Improve Insertion of Kwargs into Bot Methods (#3965)

Internal Changes

• Adjust Tests to New Error Messages (#3970)

Dependency Updates

• Bump pytest-xdist from 3.3.1 to 3.4.0 (#3975)
• pre-commit autoupdate (#3967)
• Update httpx requirement from ~=0.25.1 to ~=0.25.2 (#3983)
• Bump pytest-xdist from 3.4.0 to 3.5.0 (#3982)
• Update httpx requirement from ~=0.25.0 to ~=0.25.1 (#3961)
• Bump srvaroa/labeler from 1.6.1 to 1.7.0 (#3958)
• Update cachetools requirement from ~=5.3.1 to ~=5.3.2 (#3954)
• Bump pytest from 7.4.2 to 7.4.3 (#3953)