Version 21.4

Released 2024-07-12

This is the technical changelog for version 21.4. More elaborate release notes can be found in the news channel @pythontelegrambotchannel.

Major Changes

• Full Support for API 7.5 (#4328, #4316, #4315, #4312 closes #4310, #4311)
• Full Support for API 7.6 (#4333 closes #4331, #4344, #4341, #4334, #4335, #4351, #4342, #4348)
• Full Support for API 7.7 (#4356 closes #4355)
• Drop python-telegram-bot-raw And Switch to pyproject.toml Based Packaging (#4288 closes #4129 and #4296)
• Deprecate Inclusion of successful_payment in Message.effective_attachment (#4365 closes #4350)

New Features

• Add Support for Python 3.13 Beta (#4253)
• Add filters.PAID_MEDIA (#4357)
• Log Received Data on Deserialization Errors (#4304)
• Add MessageEntity.adjust_message_entities_to_utf_16 Utility Function (#4323 by Antares0982 closes #4319)
• Make Argument bot of TelegramObject.de_json Optional (#4320)

Documentation Improvements

• Documentation Improvements (#4303 closes #4301)
• Restructure Readme (#4362)
• Fix Link-Check Workflow (#4332)

Internal Changes

• Automate PyPI Releases (#4364 closes #4318)
• Add mise-en-place to .gitignore (#4300)
• Use a Composite Action for Testing Type Completeness (#4367)
• Stabilize Some Concurrency Usages in Test Suite (#4360)
• Add a Test Case for MenuButton (#4363)
• Extend SuccessfulPayment Test (#4349)
• Small Fixes for test_stars.py (#4347)
• Use Python 3.13 Beta 3 in Test Suite (#4336)

Dependency Updates

• Bump ruff and Add New Rules (#4329)
• Bump pre-commit Hooks to Latest Versions (#4337)
• Add Lower Bound for flaky Dependency (#4322 by Palaptin)
• Bump pytest from 8.2.1 to 8.2.2 (#4294)