v0.1.6

release notes

Published 5/26/2026

PatchSafe upgrade

Release notes

What's Changed

[MS] Add OCR layer service for embedded images and PDF scans by @lesyk in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1541
Fix O(n) memory growth in PDF conversion by calling page.close() afte… by @lesyk in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1612
Updated warning about binding to non-local interfaces. by @afourney in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1653
fix: handle deeply nested HTML that triggers RecursionError by @jigangz in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1644
Clarify security posture in READMEs by @afourney in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1807
feat: Add Azure Content Understanding converter by @chienyuanchang in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1865
Bump version to 0.1.6 by @afourney in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1914

@jigangz made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1644
@chienyuanchang made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1865

Full Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/compare/v0.1.5...v0.1.6

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release notes

Published 5/26/2026

PatchSafe upgrade

Release notes

[MS] Add OCR layer service for embedded images and PDF scans by @lesyk in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1541
Fix O(n) memory growth in PDF conversion by calling page.close() afte… by @lesyk in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1612
Updated warning about binding to non-local interfaces. by @afourney in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1653
fix: handle deeply nested HTML that triggers RecursionError by @jigangz in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1644
Clarify security posture in READMEs by @afourney in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1807
feat: Add Azure Content Understanding converter by @chienyuanchang in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1865
Bump version to 0.1.6 by @afourney in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1914

@jigangz made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1644
@chienyuanchang made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/pull/1865

Full Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/compare/v0.1.5...v0.1.6

Diff stats+4624-3859 filesMain areaspackagestestsdocs