Remove text not working in 1.23.25 version vs 1.20.2

[bilykigor]

Description of the bug

Text removal from pdf with PyMuPDF

works good in python3.8 and PyMuPDF 1.20.2: Python bindings for the MuPDF 1.20.3 library

but if used python3.12 and PyMuPDF 1.23.25 - not all text is removed

How to reproduce the bug

`import fitz pdf_doc = fitz.open('data/file.pdf') page = pdf_doc.load_page(0) for block in page.get_text("words"): rect = fitz.Rect(block[:4]) page.add_redact_annot(rect) page.apply_redactions()

pdf_doc.save('data/file_1.pdf') pdf_doc.close()`

PyMuPDF version

1.23.25

Operating system

MacOS

Python version

3.12

[julian-smith-artifex-com]

Could you add the input file, data/file.pdf, to this issue page?

[bilykigor]

Unfortunately not, it is under NDA. Maybe I can share some metadata?

[bilykigor]

The bug starts from PyMuPDF-1.23.9 while in 1.23.8 all good.

[JorjMcKie]

Sorry, but we need data to reproduce the problem. You can use direct e-mail addresses if there are data protection concerns, or else a file cleaned from confidential data.

[bilykigor]

is it valid mail? [email protected]

[JorjMcKie]

@bilykigor yes - use it with confidence

[julian-smith-artifex-com]

Fixed in 1.24.0.