Issues

• [BUG] LimitReachedError escapes from extract_text() when a /ToUnicode beginbfchar source token exceeds the 16-hex cap

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  py-pdf/pypdf#4146 · Filter by author Master-Norna opened on Oct 2, 2026
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• [BUG] Unbounded recursion in read_object on consecutive % comments (raw RecursionError)

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  py-pdf/pypdf#4145 · Filter by author Master-Norna opened on Oct 2, 2026
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• extract_text drops Arabic-Indic/Persian digits ending the first right-to-left line (regression in 6.19.0)

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  py-pdf/pypdf#4142 · Filter by author ysai11 opened on Oct 1, 2026
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• DEV: Test against PyPy 3.12

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  py-pdf/pypdf#4134 · Filter by author stefan6419846 opened on Sep 30, 2026
  

• extract_text() drops the wrapped second line of a table cell since 6.16.2 (regression from 6.16.1)

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  py-pdf/pypdf#4130 · Filter by author kgfbaby opened on Sep 26, 2026

• PdfReader cannot open a file whose %%EOF marker is not at the start of a line (startxref <offset>%%EOF)

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  py-pdf/pypdf#4127 · Filter by author dexters1 opened on Sep 23, 2026
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• compress_identical_objects() followed by compress_content_streams() silently drops shared content stream parts

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  py-pdf/pypdf#4111 · Filter by author ryota-09 opened on Sep 20, 2026
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• BUG: layout mode splits words when the font size travels in Tm (space_tx is not transformed into page space)

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  py-pdf/pypdf#4110 · Filter by author hpertuz-vzy opened on Sep 18, 2026
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• Move _font.py to generic module

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  py-pdf/pypdf#4068 · Filter by author stefan6419846 opened on Sep 10, 2026
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• Synthetic-space detection may insert spaces for small positioning differences

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  py-pdf/pypdf#4067 · Filter by author r-kamei opened on Sep 10, 2026
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• /ToUnicode CMap with 2-byte source codes is wrongly applied to simple fonts (1-byte codes)

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  py-pdf/pypdf#4035 · Filter by author Affenlocke opened on Aug 31, 2026
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• DEP: Unify naming in constants

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  py-pdf/pypdf#4006 · Filter by author stefan6419846 opened on Aug 24, 2026

• extract_text: space extraction fails due to bad width estimation for composite fonts without the " " (space) glyph

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  py-pdf/pypdf#3978 · Filter by author jbylund opened on Aug 18, 2026
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• Wrong handling of ligatures

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  py-pdf/pypdf#3975 · Filter by author stefan6419846 opened on Aug 17, 2026
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• Add methods to detect and remove embedded JavaScript

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  py-pdf/pypdf#3933 · Filter by author JorgeRebollo-ES opened on Jul 29, 2026
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• Check some code in _image_xobject.py and update comments

  py-pdf/pypdf#3869 · Filter by author j-t-1 opened on Jun 17, 2026
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• Lazy loading for images

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  py-pdf/pypdf#3822 · Filter by author stefan6419846 opened on Jun 1, 2026

• Refactoring of text extraction

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  py-pdf/pypdf#3792 · Filter by author stefan6419846 opened on May 21, 2026

• Fix caching in CI to properly handle incremental updates

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  py-pdf/pypdf#3728 · Filter by author costajohnt opened on Apr 11, 2026
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• Fix testtype Makefile target

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  py-pdf/pypdf#3689 · Filter by author stefan6419846 opened on Mar 20, 2026
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• Used named constants everywhere

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  py-pdf/pypdf#3653 · Filter by author stefan6419846 opened on Feb 19, 2026

• Make most parameters of PdfReader and PdfWriter initialization keyword-only

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  py-pdf/pypdf#3618 · Filter by author stefan6419846 opened on Jan 28, 2026

• Migrate StreamObject get_data/set_data to property with getter and setter

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  py-pdf/pypdf#3616 · Filter by author stefan6419846 opened on Jan 27, 2026

• Feature idea: make get_fonts also return the font objects

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  py-pdf/pypdf#3607 · Filter by author Lucas-C opened on Jan 21, 2026
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• Extend typing to tests

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  py-pdf/pypdf#3591 · Filter by author stefan6419846 opened on Jan 5, 2026
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