Added deprecation warning

Tests/test_image.py

@@ -989,6 +989,11 @@ class TestImage:
         else:
             assert im.getxmp() == {"xmpmeta": None}
 
+    def test_get_child_images(self) -> None:
+        im = Image.new("RGB", (1, 1))
+        with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning):
+            assert im.get_child_images() == []
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("size", ((1, 0), (0, 1), (0, 0)))
     def test_zero_tobytes(self, size: tuple[int, int]) -> None:
         im = Image.new("RGB", size)

docs/deprecations.rst

@@ -183,6 +183,16 @@ ExifTags.IFD.Makernote
 ``ExifTags.IFD.Makernote`` has been deprecated. Instead, use
 ``ExifTags.IFD.MakerNote``.
 
+Image.Image.get_child_images()
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. deprecated:: 11.2.0
+
+``Image.Image.get_child_images()`` has been deprecated. and will be removed in Pillow
+13 (2026-10-15). It will be moved to ``ImageFile.ImageFile.get_child_images()``. The
+method uses an image's file pointer, and so child images could only be retrieved from
+an :py:class:`PIL.ImageFile.ImageFile` instance.
+
 Removed features
 ----------------
 

docs/releasenotes/11.2.0.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+11.2.0
+------
+
+Security
+========
+
+TODO
+^^^^
+
+TODO
+
+:cve:`YYYY-XXXXX`: TODO
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+TODO
+
+Backwards Incompatible Changes
+==============================
+
+TODO
+^^^^
+
+Deprecations
+============
+
+Image.Image.get_child_images()
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. deprecated:: 11.2.0
+
+``Image.Image.get_child_images()`` has been deprecated. and will be removed in Pillow
+13 (2026-10-15). It will be moved to ``ImageFile.ImageFile.get_child_images()``. The
+method uses an image's file pointer, and so child images could only be retrieved from
+an :py:class:`PIL.ImageFile.ImageFile` instance.
+
+API Changes
+===========
+
+TODO
+^^^^
+
+TODO
+
+API Additions
+=============
+
+TODO
+^^^^
+
+TODO
+
+Other Changes
+=============
+
+TODO
+^^^^
+
+TODO

docs/releasenotes/index.rst

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ expected to be backported to earlier versions.
 .. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
 
+  11.2.0
   11.1.0
   11.0.0
   10.4.0

src/PIL/Image.py

@@ -1553,6 +1553,12 @@ class Image:
         self._exif._loaded = False
         self.getexif()
 
+    def get_child_images(self) -> list[ImageFile.ImageFile]:
+        from . import ImageFile
+
+        deprecate("Image.Image.get_child_images", 13)
+        return ImageFile.ImageFile.get_child_images(self)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+
     def getim(self) -> CapsuleType:
         """
         Returns a capsule that points to the internal image memory.

src/PIL/ImageFile.py

@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ class ImageFile(Image.Image):
             ifds.append((ifd1, exif._info.next))
 
         offset = None
-        assert self.fp is not None
         for ifd, ifd_offset in ifds:
+            assert self.fp is not None
             current_offset = self.fp.tell()
             if offset is None:
                 offset = current_offset
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ class ImageFile(Image.Image):
                 child_images.append(im)
 
         if offset is not None:
+            assert self.fp is not None
             self.fp.seek(offset)
         return child_images
 

src/PIL/_deprecate.py

@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ def deprecate(
         raise RuntimeError(msg)
     elif when == 12:
         removed = "Pillow 12 (2025-10-15)"
+    elif when == 13:
+        removed = "Pillow 13 (2026-10-15)"
     else:
         msg = f"Unknown removal version: {when}. Update {__name__}?"
         raise ValueError(msg)