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*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 <https://t.me/pythontelegrambotchannel>`__.
Major Changes
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- API 6.8 (:pr:`3853`)
- Remove Functionality Deprecated Since Bot API 6.5, 6.6 or 6.7 (:pr:`3858`)
New Features
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- Extend Allowed Values for HTTP Version (:pr:`3823` closes :issue:`3821`)
- Add ``has_args`` Parameter to ``CommandHandler`` (:pr:`3854` by `thatguylah <https://github.com/thatguylah>`__ closes :issue:`3798`)
- Add ``Application.stop_running()`` and Improve Marking Updates as Read on ``Updater.stop()`` (:pr:`3804`)
Minor Changes
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- Type Hinting Fixes for ``WebhookInfo`` (:pr:`3871`)
- Test and Document ``Exception.__cause__`` on ``NetworkError`` (:pr:`3792` closes :issue:`3778`)
- Add Support for Python 3.12 RC (:pr:`3847`)
Documentation Improvements
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- Remove Version Check from Examples (:pr:`3846`)
- Documentation Improvements (:pr:`3803`, :pr:`3797`, :pr:`3816` by `trim21 <https://github.com/trim21>`__, :pr:`3829` by `aelkheir <https://github.com/aelkheir>`__)
- Provide Versions of ``customwebhookbot.py`` with Different Frameworks (:pr:`3820` closes :issue:`3717`)
Dependency Updates
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- ``pre-commit`` autoupdate (:pr:`3824`)
- Bump ``srvaroa/labeler`` from 1.6.0 to 1.6.1 (:pr:`3870`)
- Bump ``sphinx`` from 7.0.1 to 7.1.1 (:pr:`3818`)
- Bump ``sphinx`` from 7.2.3 to 7.2.5 (:pr:`3869`)
- Bump ``furo`` from 2023.5.20 to 2023.7.26 (:pr:`3817`)
- Update ``apscheduler`` requirement from ~=3.10.3 to ~=3.10.4 (:pr:`3862`)
- Bump ``sphinx`` from 7.2.2 to 7.2.3 (:pr:`3861`)
- Bump ``pytest-asyncio`` from 0.21.0 to 0.21.1 (:pr:`3801`)
- Bump ``sphinx-paramlinks`` from 0.5.4 to 0.6.0 (:pr:`3840`)
- Update ``apscheduler`` requirement from ~=3.10.1 to ~=3.10.3 (:pr:`3851`)
- Bump ``furo`` from 2023.7.26 to 2023.8.19 (:pr:`3850`)
- Bump ``sphinx`` from 7.1.2 to 7.2.2 (:pr:`3852`)
- Bump ``sphinx`` from 7.1.1 to 7.1.2 (:pr:`3827`)