2025.2 Add-on API changes

[NVDA Add-on API Announcements]

2024.1beta1 has been released.

API Status:

The add-on API for 2024.1 has entered feature freeze. Development is now focused on bug fixes. The core API functionality for this release has been established, and most changes introduced from this point should be minor and non-breaking. The API will be finalised with the 2024.1rc1 release, barring any emergency exceptions.

Action Items for Add-on Authors:

1. Test your add-ons against the 2025.2 API using 2025.2beta1
2. Consider publishing a beta/dev release to the Add-on Store for user testing

[NVDA Add-on API Announcements]

Add-on API changes have been merged, planned for inclusion in the 2025.2 release:

" Fix root certificate issues for add-on store #18354".

If API breaks or planned future breaks (deprecations) will cause difficulties for the ongoing development of an add-on you maintain, please let NVDA developers know by replying directly to emails, or via GitHub.

Deprecations:

• The following symbols in updateCheck are deprecated for removal without replacement: CERT_USAGE_MATCH, CERT_CHAIN_PARA, UPDATE_FETCH_TIMEOUT_S

[NVDA Add-on API Announcements]

2025.2beta3 has been released.

API Status:
This is the last planned beta for 2024.1. The add-on API has now entered API freeze. Only critical changes will be considered before the API is finalised with 2024.1rc1.

Action Items for Add-on Authors:

1. Perform final testing of your add-ons with 2024.1beta12
2. Submit beta/dev releases to the Add-on Store for user testing
3. Prepare stable releases for the upcoming RC

[NVDA Add-on API Announcements]

Add-on API changes have been merged, planned for inclusion in the 2025.2 release:

"Use truststore directly not pip_system_certs" #18490.

If API breaks or planned future breaks (deprecations) will cause difficulties for the ongoing development of an add-on you maintain, please let NVDA developers know by replying directly to emails, or via GitHub.

• ssl.SSLContext now uses Windows' trusted certificate stores, not certifi via truststore patching.

Breaking changes:

• None

Deprecations:

• None

[NVDA Add-on API Announcements]

Please note that "Use truststore directly not pip_system_certs" #18490 has been reverted. The API changes introduced in this pull request no-longer apply to NVDA 2025.2.

[NVDA Add-on API Announcements]

2025.2beta4 has been released.

API Status:
This is the last planned beta for 2025.2. The add-on API has now entered API freeze. Only critical changes will be considered before the API is finalised with 2025.2rc1.

Action Items for Add-on Authors:

1. Perform final testing of your add-ons with 2025.2beta4

1. Submit beta/dev releases to the Add-on Store for user testing
2. Prepare stable releases for the upcoming RC

[NVDA Add-on API Announcements]

2025.2beta5 has been released.

API Status:
This is the last planned beta for 2025.2. The add-on API has now entered API freeze. Only critical changes will be considered before the API is finalised with 2025.2rc1.

Action Items for Add-on Authors:

1. Perform final testing of your add-ons with 2025.2beta5

1. Submit beta/dev releases to the Add-on Store for user testing
2. Prepare stable releases for the upcoming RC

[NVDA Add-on API Announcements]

2025.2rc1 has been released.

API Status:
The add-on API for 2025.2 is now final.

Action Items for Add-on Authors:

1. Complete final testing with 2025.2rc1
2. Release add-ons marked as compatible with the 2025.2 API
3. Submit compatible add-ons to the Add-on Store's stable channel