# Changelog of Instagram Reel OCR & Hook Extractor (`automation-lab/instagram-reel-ocr-hooks`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/automation-lab/instagram-reel-ocr-hooks/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/automation-lab/instagram-reel-ocr-hooks.md

## Changelog

### 2026-09-13

#### Fixes

- Opening hooks now choose the clearest high-confidence on-screen text within the hook window instead of blindly using the first OCR frame, while preserving timestamped OCR and speech/caption fallbacks.
- Production builds now pin matching browser and Playwright versions to prevent browser-launch failures after base-image updates.

### 2026-09-05

#### Reliability

- Direct Reel analysis now downloads and validates public media without depending on Instagram's changing page video element.

### 0.1.0

- Added direct public Reel URL analysis and bounded public creator-handle Reel discovery.
- Added timestamped English, Spanish, German, and French on-screen OCR with duplicate-frame reduction.
- Added opening-hook extraction with explicit OCR, transcript, or caption provenance.
- Added optional timestamped speech transcript context, creator metadata, canonical source links, and processing provenance.
- Added explicit duration, item, frame-sampling, and proxy controls; failed or unsupported Reels are not charged as results.