Version 21.9

Released 2024-12-07

This is the technical changelog for version 21.9. More elaborate release notes can be found in the news channel @pythontelegrambotchannel.

Major Changes

• Full Support for Bot API 8.1 (#4594 closes #4592)

Minor Changes

• Use MessageLimit.DEEP_LINK_LENGTH in helpers.create_deep_linked_url (#4597 by @nemacysts)
• Allow Sequence Input for allowed_updates in Application and Updater Methods (#4589 by @nemacysts)

Dependency Updates

• Update aiolimiter requirement from ~=1.1.0 to >=1.1,<1.3 (#4595)
• Bump pytest from 8.3.3 to 8.3.4 (#4596)
• Bump codecov/codecov-action from 4 to 5 (#4585)
• Bump pylint to v3.3.2 to Improve Python 3.13 Support (#4590 by @nemacysts)
• Bump srvaroa/labeler from 1.11.1 to 1.12.0 (#4586)