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More elaborate release notes can be found in the news channel <a href="https://t.me/pythontelegrambotchannel" rel="nofollow">@pythontelegrambotchannel</a>.</p> <h2>Documentation Improvements</h2> <ul> <li>Fix ReadTheDocs Build (<a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="2888831317" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4695" data-hovercard-type="pull_request" data-hovercard-url="/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/pull/4695/hovercard" href="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/pull/4695">#4695</a>)</li> </ul> github-actions[bot] tag:github.com,2008:Repository/38696925/v21.11 2025-03-01T11:07:15Z v21.11 <h1>Version 21.11</h1> <p><em>Released 2025-03-01</em></p> <p>This is the technical changelog for version 21.11. More elaborate release notes can be found in the news channel <a href="https://t.me/pythontelegrambotchannel" rel="nofollow">@pythontelegrambotchannel</a>.</p> <h2>Major Changes and New Features</h2> <ul> <li>Full Support for Bot API 8.3 (<a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="2848999911" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4676" data-hovercard-type="pull_request" data-hovercard-url="/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/pull/4676/hovercard" href="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/pull/4676">#4676</a> closes <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="2849187500" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4677" data-hovercard-type="issue" data-hovercard-url="/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4677/hovercard" href="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4677">#4677</a>, <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="2855759855" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4682" data-hovercard-type="pull_request" data-hovercard-url="/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/pull/4682/hovercard" href="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/pull/4682">#4682</a> by <a class="user-mention notranslate" data-hovercard-type="user" data-hovercard-url="/users/aelkheir/hovercard" data-octo-click="hovercard-link-click" data-octo-dimensions="link_type:self" href="https://github.com/aelkheir">@aelkheir</a>, <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="2879547549" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4690" 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data-octo-click="hovercard-link-click" data-octo-dimensions="link_type:self" href="https://github.com/aelkheir">@aelkheir</a>)</li> <li>Make <code>provider_token</code> Argument Optional (<a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="2871009423" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4689" data-hovercard-type="pull_request" data-hovercard-url="/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/pull/4689/hovercard" href="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/pull/4689">#4689</a>)</li> <li>Remove Deprecated <code>InlineQueryResultArticle.hide_url</code> (<a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="2767470362" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4640" data-hovercard-type="pull_request" data-hovercard-url="/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/pull/4640/hovercard" href="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/pull/4640">#4640</a> closes <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="2767353974" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4638" data-hovercard-type="issue" data-hovercard-url="/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4638/hovercard" href="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4638">#4638</a>)</li> <li>Accept <code>datetime.timedelta</code> Input in <code>Bot</code> Method Parameters (<a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="2790892945" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4651" data-hovercard-type="pull_request" 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data-hovercard-url="/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/3984/hovercard" href="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/3984">#3984</a>)</li> </ul> <h2>Minor Changes and Bug Fixes</h2> <ul> <li>Add Bootstrapping Logic to <code>Application.run_*</code> (<a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="2837886343" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4673" data-hovercard-type="pull_request" data-hovercard-url="/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/pull/4673/hovercard" href="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/pull/4673">#4673</a> closes <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="2813132928" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4657" data-hovercard-type="issue" data-hovercard-url="/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4657/hovercard" href="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4657">#4657</a>)</li> <li>Fix a Bug in <code>edit_user_star_subscription</code> (<a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="2854339184" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4681" data-hovercard-type="pull_request" data-hovercard-url="/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/pull/4681/hovercard" href="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/pull/4681">#4681</a> by <a class="user-mention notranslate" data-hovercard-type="user" data-hovercard-url="/users/vavasik800/hovercard" data-octo-click="hovercard-link-click" data-octo-dimensions="link_type:self" href="https://github.com/vavasik800">@vavasik800</a>)</li> <li>Simplify Handling of Empty Data in <code>TelegramObject.de_json</code> and Friends (<a 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data-url="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4414" data-hovercard-type="issue" data-hovercard-url="/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4414/hovercard" href="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4414">#4414</a>)</li> </ul> <h2>Internal Changes</h2> <ul> <li>Stabilize Linkcheck Test (<a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="2888776677" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4693" data-hovercard-type="pull_request" data-hovercard-url="/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/pull/4693/hovercard" href="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/pull/4693">#4693</a>)</li> <li>Bump <code>pre-commit</code> Hooks to Latest Versions (<a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="2771659633" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4643" data-hovercard-type="pull_request" data-hovercard-url="/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/pull/4643/hovercard" href="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/pull/4643">#4643</a>)</li> <li>Refactor Tests for <code>TelegramObject</code> Classes with Subclasses (<a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="2797673948" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4654" data-hovercard-type="pull_request" data-hovercard-url="/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/pull/4654/hovercard" href="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/pull/4654">#4654</a> closes <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="2790901266" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4652" data-hovercard-type="issue" data-hovercard-url="/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4652/hovercard" href="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4652">#4652</a>)</li> <li>Use Fine Grained Permissions for GitHub Actions Workflows (<a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="2825695783" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/4668" data-hovercard-type="pull_request" data-hovercard-url="/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/pull/4668/hovercard" href="https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/pull/4668">#4668</a>)</li> </ul> <h2>Dependency Updates</h2> <ul> <li>Bump <code>actions/setup-python</code> from 5.3.0 to 5.4.0 (<a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="2825489540" 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