Version 21.11

Released 2025-03-01

This is the technical changelog for version 21.11. More elaborate release notes can be found in the news channel @pythontelegrambotchannel.

Major Changes and New Features

• Full Support for Bot API 8.3 (#4676 closes #4677, #4682 by @aelkheir, #4690 by @aelkheir, #4691 by @aelkheir)
• Make provider_token Argument Optional (#4689)
• Remove Deprecated InlineQueryResultArticle.hide_url (#4640 closes #4638)
• Accept datetime.timedelta Input in Bot Method Parameters (#4651)
• Extend Customization Support for Bot.base_(file_)url (#4632 closes #3355)
• Support allow_paid_broadcast in AIORateLimiter (#4627 closes #4578)
• Add BaseUpdateProcessor.current_concurrent_updates (#4626 closes #3984)

Minor Changes and Bug Fixes

• Add Bootstrapping Logic to Application.run_* (#4673 closes #4657)
• Fix a Bug in edit_user_star_subscription (#4681 by @vavasik800)
• Simplify Handling of Empty Data in TelegramObject.de_json and Friends (#4617 closes #4614)

Documentation Improvements

• Documentation Improvements (#4641)
• Overhaul Admonition Insertion in Documentation (#4462 closes #4414)

Internal Changes

• Stabilize Linkcheck Test (#4693)
• Bump pre-commit Hooks to Latest Versions (#4643)
• Refactor Tests for TelegramObject Classes with Subclasses (#4654 closes #4652)
• Use Fine Grained Permissions for GitHub Actions Workflows (#4668)

Dependency Updates

• Bump actions/setup-python from 5.3.0 to 5.4.0 (#4665)
• Bump dependabot/fetch-metadata from 2.2.0 to 2.3.0 (#4666)
• Bump actions/stale from 9.0.0 to 9.1.0 (#4667)
• Bump astral-sh/setup-uv from 5.1.0 to 5.2.2 (#4664)
• Bump codecov/test-results-action from 1.0.1 to 1.0.2 (#4663)