v20.5

Version 20.5

Released 2023-09-03

This is the technical changelog for version 20.5. More elaborate release notes can be found in the news channel @pythontelegrambotchannel.

Major Changes

• API 6.8 (#3853)
• Remove Functionality Deprecated Since Bot API 6.5, 6.6 or 6.7 (#3858)

New Features

• Extend Allowed Values for HTTP Version (#3823 closes #3821)
• Add has_args Parameter to CommandHandler (#3854 by @thatguylah closes #3798)
• Add Application.stop_running() and Improve Marking Updates as Read on Updater.stop() (#3804)

Minor Changes

• Type Hinting Fixes for WebhookInfo (#3871)
• Test and Document Exception.__cause__ on NetworkError (#3792 closes #3778)
• Add Support for Python 3.12 RC (#3847)

Documentation Improvements

• Remove Version Check from Examples (#3846)
• Documentation Improvements (#3803, #3797, #3816 by @trim21, #3829 by @aelkheir)
• Provide Versions of customwebhookbot.py with Different Frameworks (#3820 closes #3717)

Dependency Updates

• pre-commit autoupdate (#3824)
• Bump srvaroa/labeler from 1.6.0 to 1.6.1 (#3870)
• Bump sphinx from 7.0.1 to 7.1.1 (#3818)
• Bump sphinx from 7.2.3 to 7.2.5 (#3869)
• Bump furo from 2023.5.20 to 2023.7.26 (#3817)
• Update apscheduler requirement from ~=3.10.3 to ~=3.10.4 (#3862)
• Bump sphinx from 7.2.2 to 7.2.3 (#3861)
• Bump pytest-asyncio from 0.21.0 to 0.21.1 (#3801)
• Bump sphinx-paramlinks from 0.5.4 to 0.6.0 (#3840)
• Update apscheduler requirement from ~=3.10.1 to ~=3.10.3 (#3851)
• Bump furo from 2023.7.26 to 2023.8.19 (#3850)
• Bump sphinx from 7.1.2 to 7.2.2 (#3852)
• Bump sphinx from 7.1.1 to 7.1.2 (#3827)