# Changelog of GroupWhat WhatsApp Groups Scraper (`automation-lab/groupwhat-whatsapp-groups-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/automation-lab/groupwhat-whatsapp-groups-scraper/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/automation-lab/groupwhat-whatsapp-groups-scraper.md

## Changelog

### 2026-10-11

*Features*

- Distinguish directory-listed WhatsApp groups and channels with `listingType`, retaining existing export fields.

*Fixes*

- Keep pagination stable and stop later requests at the output limit; deduplicate repeated inputs and listings.
- Apply category, country and language filters consistently to exact listings, search and browsing, fetching only needed taxonomy.
- Reject malformed upstream responses and invite links instead of reporting false empty success.
- Respect the accepted event budget before writing results and surface write or charging failures without changing prices.

*Integrations*

- Add private sanitized failure diagnostics with 30-day retention.

### 2026-07-18

*Features*

- Search GroupWhat's public WhatsApp group directory by keyword, category, country, language, or listing URL.
- Export public invite links, descriptions, tags, directory metadata, timestamps, and source provenance as structured dataset records.
- Use strict GroupWhat URL and filter validation so invalid inputs fail clearly instead of returning unrelated groups.