.. _whatsnew_233:

What's new in 2.3.3 (September XX, 2025)
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These are the changes in pandas 2.3.3. See :ref:`release` for a full changelog
including other versions of pandas.

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.. _whatsnew_233.string_fixes:

Improvements and fixes for the StringDtype
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Most changes in this release are related to :class:`StringDtype` which will
become the default string dtype in pandas 3.0. See
:ref:`whatsnew_230.upcoming_changes` for more details.

.. _whatsnew_233.string_fixes.bugs:

Bug fixes
^^^^^^^^^
- Fix regression in ``~Series.str.contains``, ``~Series.str.match`` and ``~Series.str.fullmatch``
  with a compiled regex and custom flags (:issue:`62240`)

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.. _whatsnew_233.contributors:

Contributors
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