# Pitfall Log

Project: microsoft/markitdown

Summary: Found 30 structured pitfall item(s), including 4 high/blocking item(s). Top priority: Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification.

## 1. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: high
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a installation risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | cevd_f70b2e3ea5ed47418a4aeb9ef27230f9 | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/issues/1685

## 2. Runtime risk - Runtime risk requires verification

- Severity: high
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a runtime risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | cevd_252ef0d45ac040688ffa066bc1b64ba0 | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/issues/1897

## 3. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: high
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a maintenance risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | cevd_6e08b71ee29f46a98e6825a5d5b11e6e | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/issues/1979

## 4. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: high
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a maintenance risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | cevd_439f22f47a524773808819148caadca5 | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/issues/1982

## 5. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: Office Open XML: Invalid Files Return Success with Error Message Instead of Exception
- User impact: Developers may fail before the first successful local run: Office Open XML: Invalid Files Return Success with Error Message Instead of Exception
- Suggested check: Before packaging this project, run the relevant install/config/quickstart check for: Office Open XML: Invalid Files Return Success with Error Message Instead of Exception. Context: Source discussion did not expose a precise runtime context.
- Guardrail: State this as source-backed community evidence, not as Doramagic reproduction.
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | fmev_087a8a7b6538b2ce2b065ade73c555af | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/issues/1408

## 6. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: Support for .doc extensions
- User impact: Developers may fail before the first successful local run: Support for .doc extensions
- Suggested check: Before packaging this project, run the relevant install/config/quickstart check for: Support for .doc extensions. Context: Observed when using windows, linux
- Guardrail: State this as source-backed community evidence, not as Doramagic reproduction.
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | fmev_d5a467d012987779306cb5c50725275b | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/issues/23

## 7. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: [Bug]: RuntimeWarning from pydub: "Couldn't find ffmpeg or avconv" on Linux
- User impact: Developers may fail before the first successful local run: [Bug]: RuntimeWarning from pydub: "Couldn't find ffmpeg or avconv" on Linux
- Suggested check: Before packaging this project, run the relevant install/config/quickstart check for: [Bug]: RuntimeWarning from pydub: "Couldn't find ffmpeg or avconv" on Linux. Context: Observed when using python, windows, linux
- Guardrail: State this as source-backed community evidence, not as Doramagic reproduction.
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | fmev_1f9167a15a1eec72c8f79514f1b70b76 | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/issues/1685

## 8. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: v0.1.0
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v0.1.0
- Suggested check: Before packaging this project, run the relevant install/config/quickstart check for: v0.1.0. Context: Observed when using python
- Guardrail: State this as source-backed community evidence, not as Doramagic reproduction.
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | fmev_1d5ae6ee21225356f45c36c20024dccd | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/releases/tag/v0.1.0

## 9. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a installation risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | cevd_734e117518a3496eb3779e5f22b600b5 | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/issues/1408

## 10. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a installation risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | cevd_77597bea6262485b9609d8fc5f50a69a | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/issues/1894

## 11. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this configuration risk before relying on the project: Enhancement: Add MCP server support for document processing
- User impact: Developers may misconfigure credentials, environment, or host setup: Enhancement: Add MCP server support for document processing
- Suggested check: Before packaging this project, run the relevant install/config/quickstart check for: Enhancement: Add MCP server support for document processing. Context: Source discussion did not expose a precise runtime context.
- Guardrail: State this as source-backed community evidence, not as Doramagic reproduction.
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | fmev_969d5f508051e086435b78736eae3e88 | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/issues/2004

## 12. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this configuration risk before relying on the project: v0.1.2
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v0.1.2
- Suggested check: Before packaging this project, run the relevant install/config/quickstart check for: v0.1.2. Context: Observed when using python
- Guardrail: State this as source-backed community evidence, not as Doramagic reproduction.
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | fmev_076605feea6e0b4830282709121d3c90 | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/releases/tag/v0.1.2

## 13. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this configuration risk before relying on the project: v0.1.2a1
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v0.1.2a1
- Suggested check: Before packaging this project, run the relevant install/config/quickstart check for: v0.1.2a1. Context: Observed when using python
- Guardrail: State this as source-backed community evidence, not as Doramagic reproduction.
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | fmev_22fa2fa9d8ed93f594844ce5550fc4d8 | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/releases/tag/v0.1.2a1

## 14. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a configuration risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | cevd_94fcd5bbf87541d1ab988bae7c501a95 | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/issues/2004

## 15. Capability evidence risk - Capability evidence risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: README/documentation is current enough for a first validation pass.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: capability.assumptions | github_repo:888092115 | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown

## 16. Runtime risk - Runtime risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this runtime risk before relying on the project: bug: DOCX math converter crashes when oMath element is missing in malformed equations
- User impact: Developers may hit a documented source-backed failure mode: bug: DOCX math converter crashes when oMath element is missing in malformed equations
- Suggested check: Before packaging this project, run the relevant install/config/quickstart check for: bug: DOCX math converter crashes when oMath element is missing in malformed equations. Context: Observed when using python
- Guardrail: State this as source-backed community evidence, not as Doramagic reproduction.
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | fmev_2d85aabe3c00f8d53d781ac03dd69f62 | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/issues/1979

## 17. Runtime risk - Runtime risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this runtime risk before relying on the project: bug: DOCX math converter crashes with NotImplementedError on unknown functions
- User impact: Developers may hit a documented source-backed failure mode: bug: DOCX math converter crashes with NotImplementedError on unknown functions
- Suggested check: Before packaging this project, run the relevant install/config/quickstart check for: bug: DOCX math converter crashes with NotImplementedError on unknown functions. Context: Observed when using python
- Guardrail: State this as source-backed community evidence, not as Doramagic reproduction.
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | fmev_3ca154355492e590afae4917a8e9c7af | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/issues/1982

## 18. Runtime risk - Runtime risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this runtime risk before relying on the project: bug: IpynbConverter.accepts() raises UnicodeDecodeError on non-ASCII files (French PDFs, etc.)
- User impact: Developers may hit a documented source-backed failure mode: bug: IpynbConverter.accepts() raises UnicodeDecodeError on non-ASCII files (French PDFs, etc.)
- Suggested check: Before packaging this project, run the relevant install/config/quickstart check for: bug: IpynbConverter.accepts() raises UnicodeDecodeError on non-ASCII files (French PDFs, etc.). Context: Observed when using python, windows
- Guardrail: State this as source-backed community evidence, not as Doramagic reproduction.
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | fmev_2603b970a28eceb8da6246b000a927d3 | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/issues/1894

## 19. Runtime risk - Runtime risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this runtime risk before relying on the project: v0.1.3
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v0.1.3
- Suggested check: Before packaging this project, run the relevant install/config/quickstart check for: v0.1.3. Context: Observed when using windows
- Guardrail: State this as source-backed community evidence, not as Doramagic reproduction.
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | fmev_994386694bb3b31fb731336f58573ff3 | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/releases/tag/v0.1.3

## 20. Runtime risk - Runtime risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this runtime risk before relying on the project: v0.1.5
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v0.1.5
- Suggested check: Before packaging this project, run the relevant install/config/quickstart check for: v0.1.5. Context: Observed when using windows
- Guardrail: State this as source-backed community evidence, not as Doramagic reproduction.
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | fmev_38cc2743269efc75c24242abb0e2746c | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/releases/tag/v0.1.5

## 21. Runtime risk - Runtime risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a runtime risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | cevd_ba28a1cc5c004225b80d2ef380e51a77 | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/issues/2000

## 22. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a maintenance risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | github_repo:888092115 | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown

## 23. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: no_demo
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: downstream_validation.risk_items | github_repo:888092115 | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown

## 24. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: no_demo
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: risks.scoring_risks | github_repo:888092115 | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown

## 25. Capability evidence risk - Capability evidence risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this conceptual risk before relying on the project: Unrecognized Arguments Error in markitdown CLI for undocumented arguments
- User impact: Developers may hit a documented source-backed failure mode: Unrecognized Arguments Error in markitdown CLI for undocumented arguments
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Guardrail: State this as source-backed community evidence, not as Doramagic reproduction.
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | fmev_d7ddfa04bce33d2ca53c58ce9f0265c0 | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/issues/1897

## 26. Runtime risk - Runtime risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this performance risk before relying on the project: Timeout needed
- User impact: Developers may hit a documented source-backed failure mode: Timeout needed
- Suggested check: Before packaging this project, run the relevant install/config/quickstart check for: Timeout needed. Context: Source discussion did not expose a precise runtime context.
- Guardrail: State this as source-backed community evidence, not as Doramagic reproduction.
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | fmev_acdf8e881ef175760bcc59b92eae1aef | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/issues/2000

## 27. Runtime risk - Runtime risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this performance risk before relying on the project: Version 0.1.6
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: Version 0.1.6
- Suggested check: Before packaging this project, run the relevant install/config/quickstart check for: Version 0.1.6. Context: Source discussion did not expose a precise runtime context.
- Guardrail: State this as source-backed community evidence, not as Doramagic reproduction.
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | fmev_037f240b8fd9da8ecfc973a1f7eae18c | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/releases/tag/v0.1.6

## 28. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: issue_or_pr_quality=unknown。
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | github_repo:888092115 | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown

## 29. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: release_recency=unknown。
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Suggested check: Reproduce the official install and quickstart path in an isolated environment.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | github_repo:888092115 | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown

## 30. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this maintenance risk before relying on the project: Version 0.1.5b1
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: Version 0.1.5b1
- Suggested check: Before packaging this project, run the relevant install/config/quickstart check for: Version 0.1.5b1. Context: Source discussion did not expose a precise runtime context.
- Guardrail: State this as source-backed community evidence, not as Doramagic reproduction.
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | fmev_fe15b901250727fa3263b3b5af451b94 | https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/releases/tag/v0.1.5b1