Published August 1, 2026 | Version Release_2026_03_5

rdkit/rdkit: 2026_03_5 (Q1 2026) Release

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Release_2026.03.5

(Changes relative to Release_2026.03.4)

Acknowledgements

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Katharina Buchthal, Kerim Buyukakyuz, David Cosgrove, Peter Gedeck, Tad Hurst, Egor Lyfar, Niels Maeder, Vedran Miletić, Yakov Pechersky, Emily Rhodes Jake Robson-Tull, Ricardo Rodriguez, Pavel Tomanek, Paolo Tosco, Ivan Tubert-Brohman, m_holmer

New Features and Enhancements:

  • Add ROMol name accessors (github pull #9384 from i-tub)
  • Handle Data SGroups with no "fieldname" (github pull #9390 from tadhurst-cdd)
  • Validate coordinate map entries before distance geometry embedding (github pull #9420 from lyfar)

Documentation:

  • Add stub for rdGaussianShape docs. (github pull #9440 from DavidACosgrove)

Bug Fixes:

  • TautomerEnumerator.Canonicalize() raises pre-condition violation when SetRemoveBondStereo(False) on a molecule with atropisomer bond (github issue #9338 from pechersky)
  • CDXML reading doesn't retain Z/E bonds (github issue #9356 from pechersky)
  • RuntimeError while extracting a fragment from a molecule that cuts after an E/Z double bond (github issue #9368 from MalteHolmer)
  • Fix race in MinimalLib test_substruct_library JS test (github pull #9392 from emilyrrhodes)
  • Aromaticity perception in polycyclic conjugated system (github issue #9398 from nmaeder)
  • Inconsistent stereochemistry of ring-bonds in BoundsMatrixBuilder (github issue #9403 from kabu00002)
  • Inconsistent bounds for 1-4 distances of 6-membered rings (github issue #9404 from kabu00002)
  • RDKit 2026.03.4: testDistGeomHelpers fails (github issue #9406 from pavelToman)
  • Fix 64-bit fingerprint bit ID truncation in AdditionalOutput on 32-bit targets (github pull #9411 from gedeck)
  • Rascal FindMCES crash when time out reached and maxFragSeparation set (github issue #9418 from jrobsontull)
  • Out-of-bounds read in Mol2 bond parser due to incorrect bounds check (github issue #9421 from buyukakyuz)
  • Fix maeparser warning suppression with GCC (github pull #9429 from vedranmiletic)
  • fragmentOnBonds: enfore unique bondIndices on input (github pull #9430 from ptosco)
  • Guard the BCUT2D test with RDK_HAS_EIGEN3 (github pull #9432 from vedranmiletic)
  • rdGaussianShape throws exception with 2 LOBSTER compounds (github issue #9441 from DavidACosgrove)

Cleanup work:

  • Speedup testDGeomHelpers (github pull #9388 from nmaeder)
  • Removed redundant code (github pull #9389 from kabu00002)
  • Fix flaky DiversityPickerTests.test3. (github pull #9395 from emilyrrhodes)
  • some cleanups of the SimDivPickers tests (github pull #9397 from greglandrum)
  • make sure embedding runs in tests have RNG seeds set (github pull #9409 from greglandrum)
  • Refactoring, bug fixes, and cleanup of setTopolBounds() (github pull #9412 from greglandrum)
  • Fix leaks in 2 tests (github pull #9435 from ricrogz)

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