# Changelog of JPEG Image Metadata Audit and EXIF Cleaner (`automation-lab/image-metadata-audit-cleaner`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/automation-lab/image-metadata-audit-cleaner/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/automation-lab/image-metadata-audit-cleaner.md

## Changelog

### 2026-10-14 — Safety fixes

- Preserve supplied KV images and existing files with collision-checked, unique cleaned-file keys.
- Remove abandoned cleaned files when item billing fails or the charge limit is reached.

### 2026-10-14 — Initial release

- Audit supplied JPEG batches from public HTTPS links, base64 or accessible binary KV records.
- Remove EXIF APP1 segments without pixel re-encoding; export segment inventories, scan-preservation hashes and cleaned files.
- Report individual file errors and support audit-only mode.
- JPEG only; other metadata is retained, including XMP, ICC and comments. No watermark removal or undetectability claims.