pymupdf.Document.scrub raises AttributeError for a document with annotations (original) (raw)

Description of the bug

Log output of trace

AttributeError Traceback (most recent call last) in ?() 1 import pymupdf ----> 2 pymupdf.Document('annotated_pdf.pdf').scrub()

/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/pymupdf/init.py in ?(doc, attached_files, clean_pages, embedded_files, hidden_text, javascript, metadata, redactions, redact_images, remove_links, reset_fields, reset_responses, thumbnails, xml_metadata) 6677 for link in links: # remove all links 6678 page.delete_link(link) 6679 6680 found_redacts = False -> 6681 for annot in page.annots(): 6682 if annot.type[0] == mupdf.PDF_ANNOT_FILE_ATTACHMENT and attached_files: 6683 annot.update_file(buffer_=b" ") # set file content to empty 6684 if reset_responses:

/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/pymupdf/init.py in ?(self, types) 10687 annot_xrefs = [a[0] for a in self.annot_xrefs() if a[1] not in skip_types] 10688 else: 10689 annot_xrefs = [a[0] for a in self.annot_xrefs() if a[1] in types and a[1] not in skip_types] 10690 for xref in annot_xrefs:

10691 annot = self.load_annot(xref) 10692 annot._yielded=True 10693 yield annot

/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/pymupdf/init.py in ?(self, ident) 12760 xref = ident 12761 name = None 12762 else: 12763 raise ValueError("identifier must be a string or integer")

12764 val = self._load_annot(name, xref) 12765 if not val: 12766 return val 12767 val.thisown = True

/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/pymupdf/init.py in ?(self, name, xref) 10219 if xref == 0: 10220 annot = JM_get_annot_by_name(page, name) 10221 else: 10222 annot = JM_get_annot_by_xref(page, xref)

10223 if annot.m_internal: 10224 return Annot(annot)

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'm_internal'

How to reproduce the bug

  1. Get sample file:
    wget https://github.com/py-pdf/sample-files/raw/main/024-annotations/annotated_pdf.pdf
  2. Run following commands in python console or program:
    import pymupdf
    pymupdf.Document('annotated_pdf.pdf').scrub()

PyMuPDF version

1.27.1

Operating system

Linux

Python version

3.14