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*Released 2022-11-22*
This is the technical changelog for version 20.0a5. More elaborate release notes can be found in the news channel [pythontelegrambotchannel](https://t.me/pythontelegrambotchannel).
Major Changes
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- API 6.3 (3346, 3343, 3342, 3360)
- Explicit `local_mode` Setting (3154)
- Make Almost All 3rd Party Dependencies Optional (3267)
- Split `File.download` Into `File.download_to_drive` And `File.download_to_memory` (3223)
New Features
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- Add Properties for API Settings of `Bot` (3247)
- Add `chat_id` and `username` Parameters to `ChatJoinRequestHandler` (3261)
- Introduce `TelegramObject.api_kwargs` (3233)
- Add Two Constants Related to Local Bot API Servers (3296)
- Add `recursive` Parameter to `TelegramObject.to_dict()` (3276)
- Overhaul String Representation of `TelegramObject` (3234)
- Add Methods `Chat.mention_{html, markdown, markdown_v2}` (3308)
- Add `constants.MessageLimit.DEEP_LINK_LENGTH` (3315)
- Add Shortcut Parameters `caption`, `parse_mode` and `caption_entities` to `Bot.send_media_group` (3295)
- Add Several New Enums To Constants (3351)
Bug Fixes
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- Fix `CallbackQueryHandler` Not Handling Non-String Data Correctly With Regex Patterns (3252)
- Fix Defaults Handling in `Bot.answer_web_app_query` (3362)
Documentation Improvements
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- Update PR Template (3361)
- Document Dunder Methods of `TelegramObject` (3319)
- Add Several References to Wiki pages (3306)
- Overhaul Search bar (3218)
- Unify Documentation of Arguments and Attributes of Telegram Classes (3217, 3292, 3303, 3312, 3314)
- Several Smaller Improvements (3214, 3271, 3289, 3326, 3370, 3376, 3366)
Minor Changes, Documentation Improvements and CI
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- Improve Warning About Unknown `ConversationHandler` States (3242)
- Switch from Stale Bot to `GitHub` Actions (3243)
- Bump Python 3.11 to RC2 in Test Matrix (3246)
- Make `Job.job` a Property and Make `Jobs` Hashable (3250)
- Skip `JobQueue` Tests on Windows Again (3280)
- Read-Only `CallbackDataCache` (3266)
- Type Hinting Fix for `Message.effective_attachment` (3294)
- Run Unit Tests in Parallel (3283)
- Update Test Matrix to Use Stable Python 3.11 (3313)
- Don't Edit Objects In-Place When Inserting `ext.Defaults` (3311)
- Add a Test for `MessageAttachmentType` (3335)
- Add Three New Test Bots (3347)
- Improve Unit Tests Regarding `ChatMemberUpdated.difference` (3352)
- Flaky Unit Tests: Use `pytest` Marker (3354)
- Fix `DeepSource` Issues (3357)
- Handle Lists and Tuples and Datetimes Directly in `TelegramObject.to_dict` (3353)
- Update Meta Config (3365)
- Merge `ChatDescriptionLimit` Enum Into `ChatLimit` (3377)
Dependencies
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- Bump `pytest` from 7.1.2 to 7.1.3 (3228)
- `pre-commit` Updates (3221)
- Bump `sphinx` from 5.1.1 to 5.2.3 (3269)
- Bump `furo` from 2022.6.21 to 2022.9.29 (3268)
- Bump `actions/stale` from 5 to 6 (3277)
- `pre-commit` autoupdate (3282)
- Bump `sphinx` from 5.2.3 to 5.3.0 (3300)
- Bump `pytest-asyncio` from 0.19.0 to 0.20.1 (3299)
- Bump `pytest` from 7.1.3 to 7.2.0 (3318)
- Bump `pytest-xdist` from 2.5.0 to 3.0.2 (3317)
- `pre-commit` autoupdate (3325)
- Bump `pytest-asyncio` from 0.20.1 to 0.20.2 (3359)
- Update `httpx` requirement from ~=0.23.0 to ~=0.23.1 (3373)