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Release Notes

Release Notes

Release Notes pertain to all deployment types of the pdfRest API Toolkit, including Cloud and Container, though all features noted may not be available in all products.

2.48.2 - June 24, 2026

  • Resolved network certificate issue for self-hosted Container deployments of image tags < 2.48.2 from Docker Hub.

2.47.8 - June 3, 2026

  • Improved validation of header parameters.
  • Updated free trial redaction logic for Import/Export Form Data to improve user experience.
  • Added queries: color_profiles to /pdf-info to support identifying all color profiles used in a document.

2.47.6 - May 22, 2026

  • Updated the languages parameter of /pdf-with-ocr-text to support ISO 639-2 Alpha-3 language codes. Refer to the documentation for supported languages.
  • General fixes and improvements.

2.47.4 - May 13, 2026

  • Software dependency and security updates
  • Improved parameter validation and informational responses for the /pdf endpoint
  • Updated Docker Hub distribution logic to properly apply :latest tag to most current release

2.47.1 - May 6, 2026

  • Added include-file-info Header parameter to return detailed information with id responses. Enable with true, defaults to false.

2.47.0 - May 4, 2026

  • Improved request validation across API tools
  • Improved error detection when converting Word documents to PDF
  • Fixed an issue that could cause translation requests using PDF inputs to fail

2.46.6 - April 10, 2026

  • General fixes and improvements.

2.46.4 - April 10, 2026

  • Add Text: Fixed request validation to accept the all page keyword and require content in text_objects

2.46.3 - April 9, 2026

  • Added request validation for Add Text
  • Improved error responses to include more detailed validation information, including submitted values for invalid fields
  • Added limits for request timeout values
  • Improved HTML to PDF conversion

2.46.2 - March 24, 2026

  • Added a new API route to allow setting TDM reservation on PDF files
  • Improved request validation for Forms-related tools and the ZIP tool
  • Security updates to address CVEs

2.45.0 - February 11, 2026

  • Improved Convert to PDF support for image, PostScript, Excel, and PowerPoint inputs
  • PDF Info: Updates and expanded functionality
  • Added an enterprise-ready container option for enterprise deployments

2.44.0 - January 9, 2026

  • Flatten Forms API: Added as_printed parameter for flattening XFA forms
  • Redact PDF: Output quality improvement and bugfix

2.43.0 - December 19, 2025

  • Updated endpoints to include inputId in responses that previous included just warning: messages

2.42.0 - December 17, 2025

  • Various bugfixes for Compress PDF, Convert to PDF, Convert to Word/Excel/Powerpoint, Convert to PDF/A
  • Improvements in color profile logic
  • Updates to dependencies to address CVEs.

2.41.0 - November 21, 2025

  • Added the new Create Blank PDF API Tool, endpoint is /blank-pdf
  • Improved logic and applied bugfixes related to cleaning up temp files in ephemeral storage
  • Increased free Trial License keys to receive more demo calls with a longer expiration

2.38.1 - November 5, 2025

  • Bugfixes for API Polling calls to /request-status (Cloud only feature)

2.38.0 - November 4, 2025

  • Improved Docker build logic to reduce image size.
  • Improvements to quality when converting Word and .EML files to PDFs.

2.37.1 - October 24, 2025

  • Initial release to Docker Hub
  • Improved error handling for Translate PDF, Summarize PDF, and PDF to Markdown APIs.
  • Security update to address CVE.

2.36.0 - Oct 17, 2025

  • Markdown API: Return warning: message if no text content detected in input
  • Various improvements in error handling
  • Removed pm2 dependency

2.35.0 - October 8, 2025

  • Translate PDF API: Released /translate-pdf-text endpoint
  • Extract Text API: Added pages parameter
  • Summarize PDF API: Plaintext bugfix for /summarized-pdf-text
  • Reduced Docker container image size

2.33.0 - October 2, 2025

  • Summarize PDF: Added support for .md and .txt files alongside other improvements
  • Extract Text API: Updates and improvements
  • Delete API: Bugfixes and error handling improvements

2.31.0 - September 18, 2025

  • Summarize PDF API: Released /summarized-pdf-text endpoint
  • Updated backend services powering various Cloud API endpoints

2.29.1 - August 20, 2025

  • Reduced Container file size and build improvements
  • Database query updates improve request latency in Cloud API
  • Redact PDF: Added type checks of type and value

2.28.2 - August 7, 2025

  • Resource API: Added file lifecycle information to GET /resource calls using ?format=info
  • Watermark PDF API: Added ability to place watermarks behind page content
  • Delete Files API: Updated error handling for /delete endpoint

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements for pdfRest API products.