Notepad++ v8.9.3 release
2026-03-26
In order to improve the performance of reading & writing Notepad++ configuration files, the migration of a new XML parser (pugixml) has been carried out over several versions, and it is now completed in this release. Several regressions detected in previous versions, caused by the XML parser migration, have also been fixed.
Some bugs have been resolved and a few new improvements have been added in the 8.9.3 release.
The full list of improvements for version 8.9.2, along with the download link, is available here:
Regression and critical bug report here:
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/27469/notepad-release-8-9-3
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