v2.82.0

docling-project/doclingv2.82.0Mar 25, 2026by docling-ops[bot]

AI Summary

Introduces an HTML backend using a headless browser and fixes critical bugs in OMML LaTeX output, PDFium resource management, and VLM content filtering.

Key Highlights

  • Implementation of HTML backend with headless browser
  • Corrected LaTeX output for fractions and math operators
  • Managed PDFium backend resource lifecycles to prevent crashes
  • Enhanced VLM content filter handling

New Features

  • HTML backend implementation

Full Release Notes

### Feature

* Implementation of HTML backend with headless browser ([#2969](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/issues/2969)) ([`1c74a9b`](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/commit/1c74a9b9c7c2019b85abef8f0f94381a83b721df))

### Fix

* **omml:** Correct LaTeX output for fractions, math operators, and functions ([#3122](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/issues/3122)) ([`e36125b`](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/commit/e36125ba2ddfbe584fc752e6dc7ca0f0f8f58d87))
* Manage PDFium backend resource lifecycles to avoid SIGSEGV/SIGTRAP crashes ([#3180](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/issues/3180)) ([`a0fc3c9`](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/commit/a0fc3c9d731c29f896680b17fa6df5549e2dfc5d))
* **docx:** Split multiple OMML equations into separate formula items ([#3123](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/issues/3123)) ([`90d6dd4`](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/commit/90d6dd4e87d96167aced588249dcb2e0f47cd68f))
* Let user params override engine defaults in API VLM engine ([#3116](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/issues/3116)) ([`fdf5e20`](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/commit/fdf5e20ccd8ae85ea73effa6c743910ed295564d))
* **vlm:** Handle content_filter finish reason in API responses ([#3051](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/issues/3051)) ([`f0e3d1d`](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/commit/f0e3d1df2a086710d5c9629426595f5d54ed65aa))
* **cli:** Avoid generating images for non-image exports ([#3127](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/issues/3127)) ([`5473e07`](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/commit/5473e074505e0bd46985683800fa8f929fd53492))
* Honor picture description batching and scale options ([#3132](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/issues/3132)) ([`9abf0fd`](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/commit/9abf0fd3851429183debfb90e2a9f975c9654beb))

### Documentation

* Fix Erroneous vLLM VLM pipeline engine option params causing empty/bad responses ([#3167](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/issues/3167)) ([`fffd445`](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/commit/fffd4457892002f5668e3a37b3c7a79e36936405))