pypdfium2 5.15.0 on PDF

1,077 files: text from 663, empty 390, errors 24, hangs 0, crashes 0. 724 files give text to at least one library.

🔴 Fails where another library reads text: 6

Brotli-Prototype-FileA.pdf	PdfiumError: Failed to load document (PDFium: Success). (0.002 s)
Pages-tree-refs.pdf	PdfiumError: Failed to load page. (0.001 s)
bug1250079.pdf	PdfiumError: Failed to load document (PDFium: Data format error). (0.0 s)
bug1606566.pdf	PdfiumError: Failed to load document (PDFium: Data format error). (0.003 s)
crypt_filters.pdf	PdfiumError: Failed to load document (PDFium: Incorrect password error). (0.0 s)
issue15893_reduced.pdf	PdfiumError: Failed to load document (PDFium: Incorrect password error). (0.002 s)

🟡 Empty where another library reads text: 55

Embedded_font.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
annotation-text-without-popup.pdf	no text (0.001 s)
annotation-tx.pdf	no text (0.001 s)
annotation-tx2.pdf	no text (0.002 s)
annotation-tx3.pdf	no text (0.002 s)
annotation_hidden_noview.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
bug1675139.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
bug1724918.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
bug1770750.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
bug1782564.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
bug1796741.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
bug1802506.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
bug1802888.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
bug1811510.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
bug1825002.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
bug1844576.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
bug1844583.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
bug1851498.pdf	no text (0.001 s)
bug1865341.pdf	no text (0.001 s)
bug1871353.1.pdf	no text (0.001 s)
bug1871353.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
bug1922766.pdf	no text (0.001 s)
bug1934157.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
bug2026037.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
bug2055455.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
checkbox_no_appearance.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
dates_save.pdf	no text (0.001 s)
evaljs.pdf	no text (0.001 s)
freetext_no_appearance.pdf	no text (0.001 s)
freetexts.pdf	no text (0.001 s)
issue15716.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
issue15815.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
issue15818.pdf	no text (0.001 s)
issue16021.pdf	no text (0.001 s)
issue16473.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
issue16633.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
issue17333.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
issue17998.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
issue18536.pdf	no text (0.001 s)
issue18561.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
issue19083.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
issue19326.pdf	no text (0.002 s)
issue20504.pdf	no text (0.001 s)
issue20504_skia.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
issue5946.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
issue_cmap12.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
js-authors.pdf	no text (0.001 s)
js-colors.pdf	no text (0.001 s)
listbox_actions.pdf	no text (0.001 s)
perf_transparency_soft_masks.pdf	no text (0.001 s)
resetform.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
resetform_parent.pdf	no text (0.0 s)
rotated_freetexts.pdf	no text (0.001 s)
secHandler.pdf	no text (0.004 s)
type3_glyph_error.pdf	no text (0.0 s)

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Changes between versions

5.14.0 → 5.15.0: 0 newly failing, 0 fixed

5.13.0 → 5.14.0: 0 newly failing, 0 fixed

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Slowest files

90ms_rksj_h_sample.pdf	1.451 s, 26 MB
ContentStreamCycleType3insideType3.pdf	1.356 s, 27 MB
ContentStreamNoCycleType3insideType3.pdf	1.341 s, 26 MB
IdentityToUnicodeMap_charCodeOf.pdf	1.34 s, 27 MB
freeculture.pdf	0.407 s, 38 MB
bug1978317.pdf	0.265 s, 81 MB
issue12963.pdf	0.161 s, 70 MB
pdkids.pdf	0.109 s, 81 MB
ArabicCIDTrueType.pdf	0.108 s, 26 MB
160F-2019.pdf	0.106 s, 27 MB

Recipe: board/targets.py. Run: 2026-11-06T16:33:46Z, Python 3.13.18, Linux x86_64, 4 CPUs (log). Installed: pypdfium2==5.15.0