v0.1.6

Zielon/INSTAv0.1.6May 26, 2026by afourney

AI Summary

This is a maintenance release for the Microsoft MarkItDown library, introducing an OCR layer service for document processing, fixing memory growth issues in PDF conversion, and adding support for Azure Content Understanding.

Key Highlights

Addition of an OCR layer service for embedded images and PDF scans.
Fix for O(n) memory growth in PDF conversion by calling page.close().
Introduction of Azure Content Understanding converter.
Clarification of security posture in READMEs.

New Features

Add OCR layer service for embedded images and PDF scans.
Add 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