ok-nick · Nov 9, 2026 · Nov 9, 2026 · Nov 9, 2026
diff --git a/c2pa-native-version.txt b/c2pa-native-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-c2pa-v0.91.10
+c2pa-v0.92.0-rc.1
diff --git a/docs/class-diagram.md b/docs/class-diagram.md
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ classDiagram
 
     class Builder {
         +from_json(manifest_json, context) Builder$
-        +from_archive(stream) Builder$
         +get_supported_mime_types() list~str~$
         +set_no_embed()
         +set_remote_url(url)

diff --git a/docs/context-settings.md b/docs/context-settings.md
@@ -232,10 +232,9 @@ with open("source.jpg", "rb") as src, open("output.jpg", "w+b") as dst:
 
 Archives (`.c2pa` files) store only the manifest definition. They do **not** store settings or context:
 
-- **`Builder.from_archive(stream)`** creates a context-free builder. All settings revert to SDK defaults regardless of what context the original builder had.
 - **`Builder({}, ctx).with_archive(stream)`** creates a builder with a context first, then loads the archived manifest definition into it. The context settings are preserved.
 
-Use `with_archive()`. `from_archive()` is deprecated and will be removed when c2pa-python moves to c2pa-rs 0.92.0.
+Use `with_archive()`. `Builder.from_archive()` was removed in c2pa-rs 0.92.0.
 
 ```py
 ctx = Context.from_dict({
@@ -754,7 +753,7 @@ assert isinstance(ctx, ContextProvider)  # True
 
 ## Migrating from load_settings
 
-The `load_settings()` function is deprecated and will be removed when c2pa-python moves to c2pa-rs 0.92.0. Replace it with `Settings` and `Context` APIs:
+The `load_settings()` function was removed in c2pa-rs 0.92.0. Replace it with `Settings` and `Context` APIs:
 
 | Aspect | `load_settings` (legacy) | `Context` |
 |--------|--------------------------|-----------|

diff --git a/docs/intents.md b/docs/intents.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ You can set the intent on a `Builder` instance by:
 - [Using Context](#using-context)
 - [Using `set_intent` on the `Builder`](#using-set_intent-on-the-builder)
 
-The deprecated `load_settings()` function no longer sets the intent for a `Builder`. To migrate existing code, see [Context and settings - Migrating from load_settings](context-settings.md#migrating-from-load_settings).
+The removed `load_settings()` function no longer set the intent for a `Builder`. To migrate existing code, see [Context and settings - Migrating from load_settings](context-settings.md#migrating-from-load_settings).
 
 ### Using Context
 

diff --git a/docs/project-contributions.md b/docs/project-contributions.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ make download-native-artifacts
 ```
 
 Without `make`, pass the tag from `c2pa-native-version.txt` directly to
-`python scripts/download_artifacts.py` (currently `c2pa-v0.91.7`).
+`python scripts/download_artifacts.py` (currently `c2pa-v0.92.0-rc.1`).
 
 Install the package in development mode:
 

diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 ### TLS trust stores
 
-Release builds select c2pa-rs `c2pa-v0.91.7` through
+Release builds select c2pa-rs `c2pa-v0.92.0-rc.1` through
 `c2pa-native-version.txt`. Rebuild or upgrade installed wheels to update the
 bundled native library; updating Python dependencies alone does not update it.
 Local source builds and externally supplied libraries must also use patched
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Migration:
 - Instead of `Builder.add_ingredient_from_file_path(json, format, filepath)`, open the
   file and call `Builder.add_ingredient_from_stream(json, format, stream)`.
 
-The `Builder.sign_file` method and `load_settings` are unaffected and remain available.
+The `Builder.sign_file` method is unaffected and remains available. (`load_settings`, `Builder.from_archive` and `format_embeddable` were later removed with c2pa-rs 0.92.0.)
 
 ## Version 0.6.0
 

diff --git a/docs/selective-manifests.md b/docs/selective-manifests.md
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ with Builder({
 ```
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> When restoring from an archive, `with_archive()` preserves context settings. The deprecated `from_archive()` creates a builder with SDK default settings. See [Working with archives](working-stores.md#working-with-archives) for the full comparison.
+> When restoring from an archive, `with_archive()` preserves context settings (`from_archive()` was removed in c2pa-rs 0.92.0). See [Working with archives](working-stores.md#working-with-archives) for the full comparison.
 
 **Step 2:** Read the archive and extract ingredients:
 

diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ The built-in `Context` class is the standard `ContextProvider` implementation. C
 
 ### Migrating from load_settings
 
-The `load_settings()` function is deprecated. Replace it with `Settings` and `Context`. See [Migrating from load_settings](context-settings.md#migrating-from-load_settings) for details.
+The `load_settings()` function was removed in c2pa-rs 0.92.0. Replace it with `Settings` and `Context`. See [Migrating from load_settings](context-settings.md#migrating-from-load_settings) for details.
 
 ## File-based operation
 

diff --git a/src/c2pa/__init__.py b/src/c2pa/__init__.py
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@
     Context,
     ContextBuilder,
     ContextProvider,
-    sdk_version,
-    load_settings
+    sdk_version
 )  # NOQA
 
 # Re-export C2paError and its subclasses
@@ -50,6 +49,5 @@
     'Context',
     'ContextBuilder',
     'ContextProvider',
-    'sdk_version',
-    'load_settings'
+    'sdk_version'
 ]
diff --git a/src/c2pa/c2pa.py b/src/c2pa/c2pa.py
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@
     'c2pa_version',
     # Error retriever and parser
     'c2pa_error',
-    # Legacy APIs, deprecated.
-    'c2pa_load_settings',
-    'c2pa_builder_from_archive',
-    'c2pa_format_embeddable',
     # Stream
     'c2pa_create_stream',
     'c2pa_release_stream',
@@ -1305,9 +1301,6 @@ def _setup_function(func, argtypes, restype=None):
 # Set up function prototypes not attached to an API object
 _setup_function(_lib.c2pa_version, [], ctypes.c_void_p)
 _setup_function(_lib.c2pa_error, [], ctypes.c_void_p)
-_setup_function(
-    _lib.c2pa_load_settings, [
-        ctypes.c_char_p, ctypes.c_char_p], ctypes.c_int)
 _setup_function(
     _lib.c2pa_free_string_array,
     [ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_char_p), ctypes.c_size_t],
@@ -1343,9 +1336,6 @@ def _setup_function(func, argtypes, restype=None):
 )
 
 # Set up Builder function prototypes
-_setup_function(_lib.c2pa_builder_from_archive,
-                [ctypes.POINTER(C2paStream)],
-                ctypes.POINTER(C2paBuilder))
 _setup_function(
     _lib.c2pa_builder_with_archive,
     [ctypes.POINTER(C2paBuilder), ctypes.POINTER(C2paStream)],
@@ -1390,12 +1380,6 @@ def _setup_function(func, argtypes, restype=None):
                  ctypes.POINTER(C2paSigner),
                  ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_ubyte))],
                 ctypes.c_int64)
-_setup_function(
-    _lib.c2pa_format_embeddable, [
-        ctypes.c_char_p, ctypes.POINTER(
-            ctypes.c_ubyte), ctypes.c_size_t, ctypes.POINTER(
-                ctypes.POINTER(
-                    ctypes.c_ubyte))], ctypes.c_int64)
 _setup_function(_lib.c2pa_signer_create,
                 [ctypes.c_void_p,
                  SignerCallback,
@@ -1956,72 +1940,6 @@ def _warn_deprecated_api(message: str, stacklevel: int) -> None:
     )
 
 
-@overload
-def load_settings(settings: str, format: str = "json") -> None:
-    ...
-
-
-@overload
-def load_settings(settings: dict) -> None:
-    ...
-
-
-def load_settings(settings: Union[str, dict], format: str = "json") -> None:
-    """Load C2PA settings into thread-local storage from a string or dict.
-
-    .. deprecated::
-        Use :class:`Settings` and :class:`Context` for
-        per-instance configuration instead. Settings and
-        Context will propagate configurations through object instances,
-        no thread-local configurations. Avoid mixing Context APIs
-        and legacy load_settings usage.
-        c2pa-rs 0.92.0 removes c2pa_load_settings, so this function
-        will be removed when c2pa-python moves to that release.
-        Reader and Builder no longer read these settings: without a
-        Context they use one with default settings. Only the deprecated
-        Builder.from_archive() still reads them.
-
-    Args:
-        settings: The settings string or dict to load
-        format: The format of the settings string (default: "json").
-                Ignored when settings is a dict.
-
-    Raises:
-        C2paError: If there was an error loading the settings
-    """
-    _warn_deprecated_api(
-        "load_settings() is deprecated. Reader and Builder no longer read"
-        " these settings. Use Settings and Context for per-instance"
-        " configuration.",
-        stacklevel=2,
-    )
-
-    # Convert to JSON string as necessary
-    try:
-        if isinstance(settings, dict):
-            settings_str = json.dumps(settings)
-            format = "json"
-        else:
-            settings_str = settings
-    except (TypeError, ValueError) as e:
-        raise C2paError(f"Failed to serialize settings to JSON: {e}")
-
-    try:
-        _check_cstr_arg("settings", settings_str)
-        _check_cstr_arg("format", format)
-        settings_bytes = settings_str.encode('utf-8')
-        format_bytes = format.encode('utf-8')
-    except (AttributeError, UnicodeEncodeError) as e:
-        raise C2paError(f"Failed to encode settings to UTF-8: {e}")
-
-    with _native_section():
-        result = _lib.c2pa_load_settings(settings_bytes, format_bytes)
-        _check_ffi_operation_result(
-            result,
-            "Error loading settings",
-            check=lambda r: r != 0)
-
-
 @contextlib.contextmanager
 def _context_guard(context):
     """Hold a caller-supplied context valid across a native call.
@@ -3960,57 +3878,6 @@ def from_json(
         """
         return cls(manifest_json, context=context)
 
-    @classmethod
-    def from_archive(
-        cls,
-        stream: Any,
-    ) -> 'Builder':
-        """Create a new Builder from an archive stream.
-
-        This creates builder without a context. To use a context,
-        create a Builder with a context first, then call with_archive() on it.
-
-        .. deprecated::
-            Use ``Builder({}, context=Context()).with_archive(stream)``.
-            c2pa-rs 0.92.0 removes c2pa_builder_from_archive, so this method
-            will be removed when c2pa-python moves to that release.
-
-        Args:
-            stream: The stream containing the archive
-                (any Python stream-like object)
-
-        Returns:
-            A new Builder instance (without any context)
-
-        Raises:
-            C2paError: If there was an error creating the builder
-                from archive
-        """
-        _warn_deprecated_api(
-            "Builder.from_archive() is deprecated. Use"
-            " Builder({}, context=Context()).with_archive(stream).",
-            stacklevel=2,
-        )
-
-        stream_obj = Stream(stream)
-
-        try:
-            with _native_section():
-                handle = _lib.c2pa_builder_from_archive(stream_obj._stream)
-
-                _check_ffi_operation_result(
-                    handle, "Failed to create builder from archive")
-
-            try:
-                # A builder from an archive here carries no context.
-                return cls._wrap_native_handle(handle)
-            except Exception:
-                # No instance took ownership, so the handle is still ours.
-                ManagedResource._free_native_ptr(handle)
-                raise
-        finally:
-            stream_obj.close()
-
     @overload
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -4661,62 +4528,6 @@ def sign_file(
             raise C2paError(f"Error signing file: {str(e)}") from e
 
 
-def format_embeddable(format: str, manifest_bytes: bytes) -> tuple[int, bytes]:
-    """Convert a binary C2PA manifest into an embeddable version.
-
-    .. deprecated::
-        c2pa-rs 0.92.0 removes c2pa_format_embeddable, so this function
-        will be removed when c2pa-python moves to that release.
-
-    Args:
-        format: The MIME type or extension of the target format
-        manifest_bytes: The raw manifest bytes
-
-    Returns:
-        A tuple of (size of result bytes, embeddable manifest bytes)
-
-    Raises:
-        C2paError: If there was an error converting the manifest
-    """
-    _warn_deprecated_api(
-        "format_embeddable() is deprecated.", stacklevel=2)
-
-    _check_cstr_arg("format", format)
-    format_str = format.encode('utf-8')
-    manifest_array = (ctypes.c_ubyte * len(manifest_bytes)).from_buffer_copy(
-        manifest_bytes
-    )
-    result_bytes_ptr = ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_ubyte)()
-
-    with _native_section():
-        result = _lib.c2pa_format_embeddable(
-            format_str,
-            manifest_array,
-            len(manifest_bytes),
-            ctypes.byref(result_bytes_ptr)
-        )
-
-        _check_ffi_operation_result(
-            result,
-            "Failed to format embeddable manifest",
-            check=lambda r: r < 0)
-
-    size = result
-    if not result_bytes_ptr:
-        raise C2paError(
-            "Failed to format embeddable manifest: no data returned")
-    try:
-        result_bytes = ctypes.string_at(result_bytes_ptr, size)
-    except Exception as e:
-        raise C2paError(
-            f"Failed to convert embeddable manifest bytes: {e}"
-        ) from e
-    finally:
-        _lib.c2pa_free(result_bytes_ptr)
-
-    return size, result_bytes
-
-
 def create_signer(
     callback: Callable[[bytes], bytes],
     alg: C2paSigningAlg,
@@ -4864,8 +4675,6 @@ def ed25519_sign(data: bytes, private_key: str) -> bytes:
     'Reader',
     'Builder',
     'Signer',
-    'load_settings',
-    'format_embeddable',
     'version',
     'sdk_version'
 ]
diff --git a/tests/perf/baseline.json b/tests/perf/baseline.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "_meta": {
     "memray_version": "1.19.3",
     "python_version": "3.12.13",
-    "c2pa_native_version": "c2pa-v0.90.16",
+    "c2pa_native_version": "c2pa-v0.92.0-rc.1",
     "iterations": 200,
     "perf_env": "python-3.12-slim",
     "arch": "aarch64"
@@ -142,11 +142,6 @@
     "leaked_bytes": 3545507,
     "total_allocations": 3432412
   },
-  "builder_from_archive_roundtrip": {
-    "peak_bytes": 14353258,
-    "leaked_bytes": 3542427,
-    "total_allocations": 3024501
-  },
   "builder_with_archive_swap": {
     "peak_bytes": 3753525,
     "leaked_bytes": 3421374,
@@ -282,11 +277,6 @@
     "leaked_bytes": 3525035,
     "total_allocations": 37359891
   },
-  "fork_contended_mutex_wrap": {
-    "peak_bytes": 7140341,
-    "leaked_bytes": 3522965,
-    "total_allocations": 34204380
-  },
   "fork_consumed_signer": {
     "peak_bytes": 3421645,
     "leaked_bytes": 3359803,
@@ -302,4 +292,4 @@
     "leaked_bytes": 3412690,
     "total_allocations": 2448668
   }
-}
+}