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title: "Changelog for Nutrient Java SDK"
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md_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/java/changelog.md"
last_updated: "2026-05-21T20:35:01.041Z"
description: "Latest updates and release notes for Nutrient Java SDK, including new features, improvements, and bug fixes."
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# Changelog for Java

## 2.1.5 — 8 May 2026

* Adds Markdown export format to Vision API content extraction, including options for semantic block formatting and header/footer inclusion. (J#NAT-347 and #2590)

* Adds a failure message when `VlmEnhancedIcr` isn’t configured correctly. (#2534)

* Improves Java API reference documentation with class declarations, inheritors, settings access patterns, and tag-grouped navigation. (J#NAJA-7)

* Improves Vision API JSON export performance on large multipage documents. (#2499)

* Improves Java SDK conversion, rendering, and extraction capabilities by incorporating enhancements from the [Nutrient.NET SDK 14.4.2](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/dotnet/changelog.md#14.4.2) release line.

## 2.1.4 — 12 Apr 2026

* Improves Java SDK conversion, rendering, and extraction capabilities by incorporating enhancements from the [Nutrient.NET SDK 14.4.1 release line](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/dotnet/changelog.md#14.4.1).

* Improves handwriting vision capabilities by adding a new in-house model that better identifies handwritten regions in images.

## 2.1.3 — 6 Mar 2026

* Improves compatibility and stability in the 2.1.x release line.

## 2.1.2 — 27 Feb 2026

* Fixes XLSX conversion and OCR memory usage issues as part of a coordinated.NET/Java/Python SDK release. (#2309)

* Improves the Vision API for ICR and fixes issues in the VLM pipeline. (#2309)

## 2.1.1 — 30 Jan 2026

* Adds annotation editing, forms editing, redaction, and signature support to improve feature parity with [Nutrient.NET SDK](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/dotnet/changelog.md). (#2302)

* Expands customizable settings support. (#2302)

* Improves Vision capabilities, including OCR table extraction, intelligent content recognition (ICR), vision language model (VLM)-augmented ICR (local VLM/Claude/OpenAI), image description, and automatic download of encrypted models. (#2302)

## 2.1.0 — 29 Jan 2026

* Adds PDF page and page-collection editing capabilities. (#2175, #2251, #2286, #2289)

* Adds form field creation capabilities for text, checkbox, radio button, push button, combo box, list box, and signature fields. (#2175, #2251, #2286, #2289)

* Changes Java SDK capabilities as part of the 2.1.0 milestone. (#2175, #2251, #2286, #2289)

## 2.0.6 — 22 Dec 2025

* Improves the Java API documentation experience. (#2178)

## 2.0.5 — 19 Nov 2025

* Changes the published patch version on Maven Central to 2.0.5.

## 2.0.0 — 18 Jul 2025 and 21 Jul 2025

* Adds the first public release of the Java SDK 2.x line on Maven Central, separate from the previous 1.x branch. (#1931, #1933, #1934, #1940, #1943, #1946, #1949, #1959, #1970, #1973, #1977, #1978)

* Changes the SDK architecture and simplifies the API. (#1931, #1933, #1934, #1940, #1943, #1946, #1949, #1959, #1970, #1973, #1977, #1978)

* Improves handling of complex parameters and exceptions for Java developers. (#1931, #1933, #1934, #1940, #1943, #1946, #1949, #1959, #1970, #1973, #1977, #1978)

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## Related pages

- [Java SDK sample downloads](/guides/java/downloads.md)
- [Nutrient Java SDK](/guides/java.md)
- [Java guides: Integrate our PDF SDK](/guides/java/intro.md)