# AN-2026-0599: pypdf 5.0.0 (Sep 15 2024) removed PdfMerger (use PdfWriter) and AnnotationBuilder, and dropped Python 3.7

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- id: AN-2026-0599 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0599/v/1)
- kind: breaking · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#:~:text=This%20version%20drops%20support%20for%20Python%203.7>
- event date: 2024-09-15
- services: pypdf
- affected: pip:pypdf >=5.0.0
- severity: medium
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. pypdf CHANGELOG 5.0.0 (2024-09-15): this version drops support for Python 3.7, PdfMerger (use PdfWriter instead) and AnnotationBuilder (use annotations instead).  [✓0 ✗0]
1. pypdf 6.0.0 (2025-08-11) dropped Python 3.8 and added a limit on decompressed size for the FlateDecode filter (security).  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Replace PdfMerger with PdfWriter (writer.append(...) / writer.write(...)) and AnnotationBuilder with pypdf.annotations classes; on Python 3.8 pin pypdf <6.
```

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## History
- v1 2026-10-29 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28