2.2.359

Release 2.2.359

This is a period release with feature enhancements, bug fixes, documentation updates and one configuration change.

Changes in Presidio's behavior

Turn country specific recognizers to disabled to avoid false positives when they are not needed.

Most country specific recognizers that expect English were put as optional to avoid false positives, and would not work out-of-the-box (#1586). Specifically:
- SgFinRecognizer
- AuAbnRecognizer
- AuAcnRecognizer
- AuTfnRecognizer
- AuMedicareRecognizer
- InPanRecognizer
- InAadhaarRecognizer
- InVehicleRegistrationRecognizer
- InPassportRecognizer
- EsNifRecognizer
- InVoterRecognizer

To re-enable them, either change the default YAML to have them as enabled: true, or via code, add them to the recognizer registry manually.
- Yaml based: see more here: YAML based configuration.
- Code based:

from presidio_analyzer import AnalyzerEngine
from presidio_analyzer.predefined_recognizers import AuAbnRecognizer

# Initialize an analyzer engine with the recognizer registry
analyzer = AnalyzerEngine()

# Create an instance of the AuAbnRecognizer
au_abn_recognizer = AuAbnRecognizer()

# Add the recognizer to the registry
analyzer.registry.add_recognizer(au_abn_recognizer)

Changes:

Analyzer

• Allow loading of StanzaRecognizer when StanzaNlpEngine is configured, improving NLP engine flexibility (#1643) (Thanks @omri374)
• Excluded recognition_metadata attribute from REST Analyze Response DTO to clean up API responses (#1627) (Thanks @SharonHart)
• Added ISO 8601 support to DateRecognizer for improved date parsing (#1621) (Thanks @StefH)
• Prevented misidentification of 13-digit timestamps as credit cards (#1609) (Thanks @eagle-p)
• Updated analyzer_engine_provider.md for clarity and completeness (#1590) (Thanks @AvinandanBandyopadhyay)
• Bumped python from 3.9 to 3.12 in presidio-analyzer Dockerfile (#1583) (Thanks @dependabot)
• Bumped phonenumbers version for improved validation and parsing (#1579) (Thanks @omri374)
• Refactored InstanceCounterAnonymizer to simplify index retrieval logic (#1577) (Thanks @ShakutaiGit)
• Fixed issue #1574 to support as_tuples in relevant functions (#1575) (Thanks @omri374)
• Updated initial scores in IN_PAN for better recognition performance (#1565) (Thanks @omri374)
• Added accelerate as a missing build dependency to fix build failures (#1564) (Thanks @SharonHart)
• Don't set a default for LABELS_TO_IGNORE if not specified, to avoid unintended behavior (#1563) (Thanks @SharonHart)
• Updated 08_no_code.md for documentation improvements (#1561) (Thanks @alan-insam)
• Added the ability to disable the NLP recognizer via configuration (#1558) (Thanks @omri374)
• Removed 'class' from API documentation for clarity (#1554) (Thanks @omri374)
• Set country-specific default recognizers to enabled=false for safer defaults (#1586) (Thanks @omri374)
• Most country specific recognizers that expect English were put as optional to avoid false positives, and would not work out-of-the-box (#1586).

Anonymizer

• Update python base image to 3.13 (#1612) (Thanks @dependabot[bot])
• Bumped python from 3.12-windowsservercore to 3.13-windowsservercore in presidio-anonymizer Dockerfile (#1612) (Thanks @dependabot)
• Ensured anonymizer sorts analyzer results input by start and end for correct whitespace merging (#1588) (Thanks @mkh1991)
• Bumped python from 3.9 to 3.12 in presidio-anonymizer Dockerfile (#1582) (Thanks @dependabot)

Image Redactor

• Bumped python from 3.12-slim to 3.13-slim in presidio-image-redactor Dockerfile (#1611) (Thanks @dependabot)
• Bumped python from 3.10 to 3.12 in presidio-image-redactor Dockerfile (#1581) (Thanks @dependabot)

General

• Fixed typographical errors in documentation files for better clarity (#1637) (Thanks @kilavvy)
• Corrected spelling mistakes across code comments and documentation for improved readability (#1636) (Thanks @leopardracer)
• Fixed typos in documentation and test descriptions, enhancing clarity and consistency in the codebase (#1631) (Thanks @zeevick10)
• Corrected typos in docstrings and comments to maintain documentation quality (#1630) (Thanks @kilavvy)
• Fixed typos in documentation and test descriptions, ensuring accurate references and descriptions (#1628) (Thanks @leopardracer)
• Removed unnecessary run.bat script from the repository (#1626) (Thanks @SharonHart)
• Added "/TestResults" to .gitignore file to prevent test result artifacts from being committed (#1622) (Thanks @StefH)
• Added links to the discussion board about Docker prebuilt images to documentation (#1614) (Thanks @omri374)
• Fixed spelling, grammar, and style issues in Presidio V2 documentation (#1610) (Thanks @Vruddhi18)
• Updated .gitignore to include the .vs folder (#1608) (Thanks @StefH)
• Fixed typo in api-docs.yml to improve documentation accuracy (#1602) (Thanks @StefH)
• Reverted a previous update to codeql-analysis.yml to restore earlier configuration (#1595) (Thanks @SharonHart)
• Updated codeql-analysis.yml for improved code scanning configuration (#1594) (Thanks @SharonHart)
• Fixed paths-ignore in codeql-analysis.yml to refine scanning scope (#1593) (Thanks @SharonHart)
• Ignored docs/ directory in CodeQL analysis to prevent unnecessary scanning (#1592) (Thanks @SharonHart)
• Fixed minor typos in code and documentation (#1585) (Thanks @omahs)
• Restored dependabot scanning for security and dependency updates (#1580) (Thanks @SharonHart)
• Added SUPPORT.md file to provide support information to users (#1568) (Thanks @omri374)