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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.

2.44.0 - 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.