v0.1.6

SaschaHeyer/gen-ai-livestreamv0.1.6May 26, 2026by afourney

AI Summary

This release introduces an OCR service for scanned documents, adds an Azure Content Understanding converter, and improves PDF conversion memory management and HTML parsing robustness.

Key Highlights

Added OCR layer service for embedded images and PDF scans
Added Azure Content Understanding converter
Fixed O(n) memory growth in PDF conversion by properly closing pages
Fixed handling of deeply nested HTML to prevent RecursionError

New Features

OCR layer service for embedded images and PDF scans
Azure Content Understanding converter

Full 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

## New Contributors
* @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