Issues

• ArrayObject.read_from_stream does not treat NUL as whitespace: Invalid Elementary Object starting with b'\x00'

  py-pdf/pypdf#4189 · Filter by author cmorrison3r3 opened on Oct 12, 2026

• 6.20.0: test status of pypi distfile

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  py-pdf/pypdf#4187 · Filter by author 0-wiz-0 opened on Oct 12, 2026
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• CFF font fallback in _cmap.py hides MemoryError/RecursionError and gives no warning

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  py-pdf/pypdf#4180 · Filter by author marshalltech81 opened on Oct 10, 2026
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• AttributeError reading mediabox of a writer page when the page box is an indirect object

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  py-pdf/pypdf#4178 · Filter by author usmanmateen opened on Oct 10, 2026

• reader.outline raises AttributeError for PDF files exported by Google apps (regression in 6.17.0)

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  py-pdf/pypdf#4176 · Filter by author usmanmateen opened on Oct 10, 2026

• update_page_form_field_values crashes when a text field's /DA has no complete Tf operator

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  py-pdf/pypdf#4159 · Filter by author AmaedaQ opened on Oct 4, 2026

• [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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• DEV: Test against PyPy 3.12

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

• 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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• 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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• 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
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• 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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• Radio buttons do not retain values when filling template (when viewed in Adobe Acrobat)

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  py-pdf/pypdf#3549 · Filter by author melvsparks opened on Dec 5, 2025
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