# Changelog of Google Maps Email Extractor & Lead Finder (`automation-lab/google-maps-lead-finder`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/automation-lab/google-maps-lead-finder/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/automation-lab/google-maps-lead-finder.md

## Changelog

### 2026-09-21

*Features*

- Added optional minimum-review and phone-required filters for more qualified CRM lead lists.
- Added a machine-readable `RUN_SUMMARY` with discovery, filtering, enrichment, output, and stop diagnostics.

*Fixes*

- Email-required runs now automatically enable website enrichment instead of silently returning no leads when enrichment was disabled.
- Website enrichment now merges deduplicated emails and social profiles from the homepage and up to three ranked same-site contact pages.

### 2026-07-14

*Reliability*

- Retry Google Maps discovery with a fresh browser session when a transient empty results shell is returned.

### 2026-07-07

*Reliability*

- Improved discovery reliability for small local lead searches.

### 2026-06-29

*Reliability*

- Stop low-yield searches earlier when no leads are found, reducing wasted runtime on unproductive inputs.
- Improved navigation reliability for small lead-finder runs.

*Pricing*

- Added approved pay-per-verification pricing for email verification, with tiered discounts for paid Apify plans.

### 2026-05-21

*Reliability*

- Handle malformed query lists and avoid timeout-prone detail crawls when basic lead enrichment is disabled.

### 2026-05-15

*Initial release*

- Find local businesses by keyword and location and extract lead details including websites, phone numbers, emails, ratings, and reviews.