v2.2.0

ByteDance-Seed/SeedVRv2.2.0Jul 31, 2026by adbar

AI Summary

This release focuses on refining text extraction accuracy and robustness, particularly for forums and boilerplate removal. It includes numerous fixes for Markdown formatting, table processing, and metadata handling, alongside general code maintenance and testing improvements.

Key Highlights

Revamped text recovery and extraction sequence for better overall recall and forum extraction.
More targeted boilerplate pruning to reduce over-extraction of content.
Improved handling of nested elements, Markdown formatting (sup/sub, links), and table processing.
Enhanced test coverage and CI/CD determinism.

New Features

Revamped text recovery and extraction sequence.
Better handling of text in sub-elements.
Support for Yoast FAQ block question headers.
Case-insensitive image extension matching.

Full Release Notes

Major changes:
- Revamped text recovery and extraction sequence: better recall overall and better extraction on forums by @adbar (#881)
- More targeted boilerplate pruning to reduce over-extraction by @adbar (#887)
- More robust tests and better processing for nested elements by @adbar (#866)
- Better handling of text in sub-elements by @adbar (#869)

Fixes:
- Improve title extraction by @novucs (#848)
- Restore text inside nobr-tags by @kod-kristoff (#826)
- Keep space after inline formatting in Markdown list items by @cycsmail (#865)
- Keep list items whose only content is a link by @cycsmail (#867)
- Keep Yoast FAQ block question headers by @cycsmail (#868)
- Address output formatting bugs by @adbar (#870)
- Further improve subelem processing, mostly math, code and Markdown by @adbar (#872)
- More accurate table processing by @adbar (#874)
- Quote metadata values to keep the Markdown header valid YAML by @gaoflow (#875)
- Escape angle brackets in Markdown link destinations by @gaoflow (#877)
- Match image extensions case-insensitively in is_image_file by @lntutor (#888)
- Keep sup and sub boundaries in Markdown output by @igorsaevets (#891)

Maintenance:
- Review function arguments and add warnings by @adbar (#876)
- Code hardening and bug roundup by @adbar (#863)
- Add tests and a page on testing by @cycsmail (#873)
- Add example for adapting element lists in Python by @cycsmail (#878)
- Select ruff rules explicitly so CI is deterministic by @igorsaevets (#892)
- Run the lint step under bash so failures are not discarded on Windows by @igorsaevets (#893)

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/adbar/trafilatura/compare/v2.1.0...v2.2.0