8.1.8

Issues

• documentation about entry points is unclear

  docs
  pallets/click#2206 · by Filter by author ChrisKeefe was closed on May 20, 2024 · 8.1.8
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• Docs wrongly links PRs and Issues to flask

  docs
  pallets/click#2713 · by Filter by author chestnutprog was closed on May 23, 2024 · 8.1.8

• Broken code example in docs under Advanced Patterns

  docs
  pallets/click#2707 · by Filter by author pbhuss was closed on Aug 22, 2024 · 8.1.8
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• Use subprocess instead of os.system

  parsing
  pallets/click#1476 · by Filter by author davidism was closed on Dec 4, 2024 · 8.1.8
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• Missing reset on should_strip_ansi causing cascading issues during other tests

  tests
  pallets/click#2732 · by Filter by author Tyl13 was closed on Dec 4, 2024 · 8.1.8

• ctx.color is ignored in ClickException.show()

  parsing
  pallets/click#2193 · by Filter by author jan-golda was closed on Dec 4, 2024 · 8.1.8
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• Empty string default values are not displayed

  help output
  pallets/click#2500 · by Filter by author m-freiberg was closed on May 21, 2024 · 8.1.8
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• Flag option with secondary opts: show_default=True does not show value from default_map in "help" output

  help output
  pallets/click#2632 · by Filter by author a-stangl was closed on May 22, 2024 · 8.1.8
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• Setting color=True in runner.invoke on windows strips ansi codes

  windows
  pallets/click#2705 · by Filter by author LilyFirefly was closed on May 21, 2024 · 8.1.8
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• Error message "Could not determine name for option" is not descriptive

  parsing
  pallets/click#2452 · by Filter by author jaseg was closed on Dec 4, 2024 · 8.1.8

• Shell completion bash version check fail in git-bash on windows

  shell completionwindows
  pallets/click#2638 · by Filter by author koliyo was closed on Dec 4, 2024 · 8.1.8

• v8.1.8 Release Plan

  docs
  pallets/click#2793 · by Filter by author AndreasBackx was closed on Dec 21, 2024 · 8.1.8
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• click.echo does not force colors on Windows with color=True

  windows
  pallets/click#2606 · by Filter by author krisztianloki was closed on Nov 9, 2024 · 8.1.8
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• The type hint for the filename parameter to open_file is incomplete

  parsing
  pallets/click#2717 · by Filter by author benblank was closed on May 22, 2024 · 8.1.8
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• Broken message about invalid argument value for template "File ... is a directory"

  parsing
  pallets/click#2697 · by Filter by author Nhfiam was closed on May 22, 2024 · 8.1.8
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• Use subprocess instead of os.system

  parsing
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  pallets/click#1477·by jwodder was merged Aug 8, 2026
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• core.py: Make error messages more verbose

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  pallets/click#2453·by jaseg was merged Aug 8, 2026

• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate

  tests
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  pallets/click#2619·by pre-commit-ci[bot] was merged Aug 8, 2026

• Clean up parameters intro.

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  pallets/click#2585·by Rowlando13 was merged Aug 12, 2025
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• Break up arguments section

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  pallets/click#2586·by Rowlando13 was merged Aug 12, 2025
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• Fix colored output on Windows (#2606)

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  pallets/click#2607·by krisztianloki was merged Aug 8, 2026

• More robust check of bash version

  shell completion
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  pallets/click#2639·by koliyo was merged Aug 8, 2026
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• release version 8.1.8

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  pallets/click#2826·by AndreasBackx was merged Aug 8, 2026
  

• Fix eagerness of help option generated by help_option_names

  help outputparsing
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  pallets/click#2811·by kdeldycke was merged Aug 8, 2026
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• Separate out virtualenv to its own sections

  docs
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  pallets/click#2551·by Rowlando13 was merged Aug 12, 2025
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