Python-telegram-bot

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*Released 2022-02-02*

This is the technical changelog for version 13.11. More elaborate release notes can be found in the news channel [pythontelegrambotchannel](https://t.me/pythontelegrambotchannel).

**Major Changes:**

- Full Support for Bot API 5.7 (2881)

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*Released 2022-01-03*

This is the technical changelog for version 13.10. More elaborate release notes can be found in the news channel [pythontelegrambotchannel](https://t.me/pythontelegrambotchannel).

**Major Changes:**

- Full Support for API 5.6 (2835)

**Minor Changes & Doc fixes:**

- Update Copyright to 2022 (2836)
- Update Documentation of `BotCommand` (2820)

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*Released 2021-12-11*

This is the technical changelog for version 13.9. More elaborate release notes can be found in the news channel [pythontelegrambotchannel](https://t.me/pythontelegrambotchannel).

**Major Changes:**

- Full Support for Api 5.5 (2809)

**Minor Changes**

- Adjust Automated Locking of Inactive Issues (2775)

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*Released 2021-11-08*

This is the technical changelog for version 13.8.1. More elaborate release notes can be found in the news channel [pythontelegrambotchannel](https://t.me/pythontelegrambotchannel).

**Doc fixes:**

- Add `ChatJoinRequest(Handler)` to Docs (2771)

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*Released 2021-11-08*

This is the technical changelog for version 13.8. More elaborate release notes can be found in the news channel [pythontelegrambotchannel](https://t.me/pythontelegrambotchannel).

**Major Changes:**

- Full support for API 5.4 (2767)

**Minor changes, CI improvements, Doc fixes and Type hinting:**

- Create Issue Template Forms (2689)
- Fix `camelCase` Functions in `ExtBot` (2659)
- Fix Empty Captions not Being Passed by `Bot.copy_message` (2651)
- Fix Setting Thumbs When Uploading A Single File (2583)
- Fix Bug in `BasePersistence.insert`/`replace_bot` for Objects with `__dict__` not in `__slots__` (2603)

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*Released 2021-07-01*

This is the technical changelog for version 13.7. More elaborate release notes can be found in the news channel [pythontelegrambotchannel](https://t.me/pythontelegrambotchannel).

**Major Changes:**

- Full support for Bot API 5.3 (2572)

**Bug Fixes:**

- Fix Bug in `BasePersistence.insert/replace_bot` for Objects with `__dict__` in their slots (2561)
- Remove Incorrect Warning About ``Defaults`` and `ExtBot` (2553)

**Minor changes, CI improvements, Doc fixes and Type hinting:**

- Type Hinting Fixes (2552)
- Doc Fixes (2551)
- Improve Deprecation Warning for `__slots__` (2574)
- Stabilize CI (2575)
- Fix Coverage Configuration (2571)
- Better Exception-Handling for `BasePersistence.replace/insert_bot` (2564)
- Remove Deprecated `pass_args` from Deeplinking Example (2550)