Fixes for Python 3.14 and fixes for deprecations

docs/changelog.md

@@ -10,7 +10,14 @@ and this project adheres to the
 [Python Version Specification]: https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/version-specifiers/.
 See the [Contributing Guide](contributing.md) for details.
 
-## [unreleased]
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Fixed
+
+* Fix `codecs` deprecation.
+* Fix issue with unclosed comment parsing in Python 3.14.
+* Fix issue with unclosed declarations in Python 3.14.
+* Fix issue with unclosed HTML tag `<foo` and Python 3.14.
 
 ## [3.8.1] - 2025-06-18
 

markdown/__main__.py

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 import sys
 import optparse
-import codecs
 import warnings
 import markdown
 try:
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ def parse_options(args=None, values=None):
 
     extension_configs = {}
     if options.configfile:
-        with codecs.open(
+        with open(
             options.configfile, mode="r", encoding=options.encoding
         ) as fp:
             try:

markdown/core.py

@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ def convertFile(
         # Read the source
         if input:
             if isinstance(input, str):
-                input_file = codecs.open(input, mode="r", encoding=encoding)
+                input_file = open(input, mode="r", encoding=encoding)
             else:
                 input_file = codecs.getreader(encoding)(input)
             text = input_file.read()

markdown/extensions/md_in_html.py

@@ -283,7 +283,10 @@ def parse_html_declaration(self, i: int) -> int:
             if self.rawdata[i:i+3] == '<![' and not self.rawdata[i:i+9] == '<![CDATA[':
                 # We have encountered the bug in #1534 (Python bug `gh-77057`).
                 # Provide an override until we drop support for Python < 3.13.
-                return self.parse_bogus_comment(i)
+                result = self.parse_bogus_comment(i)
+                if result == -1:
+                    self.handle_data(self.rawdata[i:i + 1])
+                    return i + 1
             # The same override exists in `HTMLExtractor` without the check
             # for `mdstack`. Therefore, use parent of `HTMLExtractor` instead.
             return super(HTMLExtractor, self).parse_html_declaration(i)

markdown/htmlparser.py

@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ def __init__(self, md: Markdown, *args, **kwargs):
 
         self.lineno_start_cache = [0]
 
+        self.override_comment_update = False
+
         # This calls self.reset
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.md = md
@@ -253,8 +255,21 @@ def handle_entityref(self, name: str):
         self.handle_empty_tag('&{};'.format(name), is_block=False)
 
     def handle_comment(self, data: str):
+        # Check if the comment is unclosed, if so, we need to override position
+        i = self.line_offset + self.offset + len(data) + 4
+        if self.rawdata[i:i + 3] != '-->':
+            self.handle_data('<')
+            self.override_comment_update = True
+            return
         self.handle_empty_tag('<!--{}-->'.format(data), is_block=True)
 
+    def updatepos(self, i: int, j: int) -> int:
+        if self.override_comment_update:
+            self.override_comment_update = False
+            i = 0
+            j = 1
+        return super().updatepos(i, j)
+
     def handle_decl(self, data: str):
         self.handle_empty_tag('<!{}>'.format(data), is_block=True)
 
@@ -278,7 +293,11 @@ def parse_html_declaration(self, i: int) -> int:
             if self.rawdata[i:i+3] == '<![' and not self.rawdata[i:i+9] == '<![CDATA[':
                 # We have encountered the bug in #1534 (Python bug `gh-77057`).
                 # Provide an override until we drop support for Python < 3.13.
-                return self.parse_bogus_comment(i)
+                result = self.parse_bogus_comment(i)
+                if result == -1:
+                    self.handle_data(self.rawdata[i:i + 1])
+                    return i + 1
+                return result
             return super().parse_html_declaration(i)
         # This is not the beginning of a raw block so treat as plain data
         # and avoid consuming any tags which may follow (see #1066).
@@ -313,7 +332,8 @@ def parse_starttag(self, i: int) -> int:  # pragma: no cover
         self.__starttag_text = None
         endpos = self.check_for_whole_start_tag(i)
         if endpos < 0:
-            return endpos
+            self.handle_data(self.rawdata[i:i + 1])
+            return i + 1
         rawdata = self.rawdata
         self.__starttag_text = rawdata[i:endpos]