Issues

• get_text(): wrapped lines of rotated, centered or right-aligned text become separate blocks since 1.28.0

  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5148 · Filter by author idoBpelles opened on Oct 1, 2026

• Page.get_label() raises IndexError when the page precedes the first label definition

  fix developedhas test
  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5140 · Filter by author AhmedKishki opened on Sep 25, 2026
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• Security contact / private vulnerability reporting

  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5132 · Filter by author jplopezy opened on Sep 22, 2026

• Docs: Appendix 4 (Performance Comparison) benchmark files can't be downloaded — table renders no links, and all 8 artifex.com/samples URLs return 404

  documentation issue
  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5126 · Filter by author fstandhartinger opened on Sep 19, 2026

• get_pixmap() never returns on a tagged PDF page with many MCIDs — pdf_lookup_mcid_in_mcids is a linear scan, making rendering O(n²) per page

  fix developedupstream bug
  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5125 · Filter by author ReasunR opened on Sep 16, 2026
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• SEGV in pdf_bound_annot / pdf_page_transform_box when reading annot rect (1.28.2, aarch64)

  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5123 · Filter by author Skeptomenos opened on Sep 16, 2026
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• get_drawings() reports a wrong start point for a subpath following a re with negative width/height

  fix developedhas test
  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5122 · Filter by author tolot27 opened on Sep 15, 2026
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• fitz.Story.place() can loop indefinitely with long unbreakable CJK text

  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5119 · Filter by author montasirm8b opened on Sep 15, 2026
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• SVG rendering: linearGradient fills come out black, text-anchor is not inherited from ancestor elements

  upstream bug
  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5118 · Filter by author veget-able opened on Sep 11, 2026
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• Pixmap export 'unmultiply' option has no effect

  documentation issuefix developed
  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5115 · Filter by author BenVosper opened on Sep 9, 2026
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• Stack-based buffer overflow in JM_set_annot_callout_line

  fix developedFixed in next releaseHas a test
  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5112 · Filter by author k3rn3lbr3ach3r opened on Sep 7, 2026
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• Story: a background block that ENDS on one page repaints its padding at the top of the next page

  upstream bug
  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5110 · Filter by author elight opened on Sep 5, 2026
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• Page.clip_to_rect() drops 'sh' (shading) operators

  fix developedupstream bug
  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5108 · Filter by author BenVosper opened on Sep 3, 2026
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• Generated appearance for a list box widget does not indicate the selected option

  upstream bug
  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5105 · Filter by author simneol opened on Sep 2, 2026
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• Cyclic Widget /Parent makes page operations fail with FzErrorFormat: code=7: cycle in resources

  fix developedFixed in next releaseHas a testupstream bug
  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5101 · Filter by author GustavoZiel opened on Aug 24, 2026
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• Import of fitz prints to console instead of generating a DeprecationWarning

  enhancementFixed in next release
  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5100 · Filter by author plesubc opened on Aug 21, 2026
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• insert_htmlbox auto base-direction ignores the UAX#9 first-strong rule for mixed RTL+LTR paragraphs

  enhancement-upstream
  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5099 · Filter by author hrokholskyi opened on Aug 21, 2026
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• [BUG] Coordinate key mismatch in pymupdf.table.chars_in_rect() drops table candidates and rows

  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5092 · Filter by author Hao-ActuaViz opened on Aug 19, 2026
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• Regression in 1.28.x: get_pixmap() and get_text() hang at 100% CPU on a specific PDF; works in 1.27.2.3

  fix developedFixed in next releaseHas a testupstream bug
  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5082 · Filter by author nyhtn opened on Aug 10, 2026
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• Page.remove_rotation() takes minutes on pages with thousands of links

  enhancementfix developedFixed in next release
  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5077 · Filter by author nickreynolds opened on Aug 3, 2026
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• pdfocr_tobytes exposes four-byte row padding as black pixels to Tesseract

  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5073 · Filter by author sumit-agarwl opened on Aug 1, 2026
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• Memory leak in extractBLOCKS (_as_blocks): text object reference never released

  Fixed in next release
  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5067 · Filter by author idlefella opened on Jul 29, 2026
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• Annotations disappear or move when using Page.remove_rotation() for 90 or 270 rotated pages

  bugfix developedFixed in next release
  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5059 · Filter by author secrawford opened on Jul 23, 2026
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• insert_file(...) breaks radio button groups

  enhancement
  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5055 · Filter by author Patschke opened on Jul 21, 2026
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• clean_contents(sanitize=True) drops glyph positioning, duplicating an overprinted leading glyph (regression in 1.28.0 from 1.27.2.3)

  fix developedFixed in next releaseHas a testupstream bug
  pymupdf/PyMuPDF#5054 · Filter by author dmontaner-sme opened on Jul 20, 2026
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