ImportError: cannot import name 'soft_unicode' from 'markupsafe' (/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/markupsafe/__init__.py)

[nitsharm1910]

With the new release getting the below error. It is working fine with version= 2.0.1

ImportError: cannot import name 'soft_unicode' from 'markupsafe' (/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/markupsafe/init.py)

[maowerner]

Yes, that is correct. The function was removed in the minor release three hours ago... It is in the patchnotes -.-

[heavelock]

From the changelog https://markupsafe.palletsprojects.com/en/2.1.x/changes/#version-2-1-0

Remove soft_unicode, which was previously deprecated. Use soft_str instead. [#261](https://github.com/pallets/markupsafe/pull/261)

But why doing a breaking change in a minor version?!

[sc-laurence]

I am using python:3.7 and flask 1.1.3 and experiencing the same error, can someone suggest a work around for now, that would be much appreciated!

[stefanweiser]

I'm using conan in python 3.7 up to 3.10 and this issue breaks conan. Please stick to semantic versioning and don't make breaking changes in minor version updates!

[Lebski]

2.0.1

I am using python:3.7 and flask 1.1.3 and experiencing the same error, can someone suggest a work around for now, that would be much appreciated!

Set the version to 2.0.1 in your requirements.txt or install it with python -m pip install markupsafe==2.0.1