microsoft / microsoft/markitdown

Markdownify upgrade is causing problems

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Description

With the recent version of markdownify, the library no longer converts HTML content into proper Markdown. Instead, it often returns the original HTML as-is. This issue is especially noticeable when handling HTML extracted from PDFs, where the expected Markdown formatting is incorrect.

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Research direction

No file or test is named. Reproduce the recent markdownify behavior with HTML extracted from PDFs, comparing the returned HTML with the expected Markdown, then inspect the dependency version and the conversion entry point. Done means the affected HTML is converted to proper Markdown and the regression is covered by a test.

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Assessment

Tech stack
markdown, python
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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