2026.03 Release Notes

Release date: 4th March 2026

Next release: 15th April 2026

JPED-969, JPED-1116 Added the ability to flatten layers using the PDF Manipulator
JPED-1114 Added the ability to write CMYK and Grayspace images using the PDF Manipulator
JDEL-767 Added support for rendering AVIF image files

JPED-1115, JPED-1120 Improve the handling of large numbers in the PDF Manipulator and PDF Optimizer
JPED-1122, JPED-1124 Improved the handling of broken XRef tables
JPED-1123 Improved the handling of bad characters in filter declarations
JPED-1125 Improved the parsing of compressed objects streams with unexpected whitespace
JPED-1128 TIFFs are now compressed by default
CORE-4134 Improved the performance of axial shading
CORE-4173 Improved the performance of image smoothing
CORE-4181, CORE-4176, CORE-4177 Improved the robustness of the COS parser

JPED-1107 Fixed a bug where hidden layers would be visible in thumbnails
JPED-1117 Fixed a bug where opening the Viewer on a page other than the first page would result in a blank display
JPED-1118 Fixed a bug where the remove blank pages tool would incorrectly open a password protected PDF
JPED-1119, JPED-1127 Fixed a bug where breakpoints would sometimes not function in the Inspector
JPED-1121 Fixed a bug where strings in arrays were not decrypted
CORE-4174 Fixed a bug where incorrectly sized masks would cause an exception
CORE-4175 Fixed a bug where empty FontFile3 CID streams would cause an exception
CORE-4178 Fixed a bug where the leading was sometimes lost in vertical fonts
CORE-4182 Fixed a bug where indirect booleans were not always read correctly
CORE-4183 Fixed a bug where a white line would sometimes appear at the bottom of rendered images

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