# Changelog of Target Scraper (`automation-lab/target-scraper`) Actor

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

## Changelog

This changelog highlights releases that materially changed Target Scraper for users. Dates use UTC; small internal refactors and routine maintenance are intentionally omitted.

### 2026-09-05

*Features*

- Added configurable `storeId` and optional 5-digit US `zipCode` inputs for reproducible localized Target pricing and availability.
- Every output row now records the exact `storeId` and `zipCode` context used; omitted inputs retain the previous store `3991` default.

### 2026-08-14

*Features*

- Added an optional direct product URL mode for known Target products, with additive availability, UPC/DPCI, description, and feature-bullet fields when available.
- Product-URL-only runs now accept an empty `searchQueries` list; runtime validation still requires at least one query or product URL.
- Existing keyword-search inputs, defaults, outputs, and charge events remain unchanged.

### 2026-07-28

*Reliability*

- Added retries to the search-results fallback when Target temporarily returns an empty or blocked page.

*Changes*

- Added complete field descriptions and types for dataset and API consumers.

### 2026-06-24

*Reliability*

- Added a search-results fallback to improve product extraction when Target pages use alternate result layouts.

### 2026-06-20

*Features*

- Added public Store task examples for common Target product-search workflows.

*Reliability*

- Improved CAPTCHA retry handling for more resilient product searches.

### 2026-06-14

*Reliability*

- Refreshed Target visitor identifiers on retries to improve recovery from blocked requests.

### 2026-04-20

*Reliability*

- Improved CAPTCHA detection and proxy rotation for more reliable Target product extraction.

### 2026-03-20

*Features*

- Initial release for extracting Target product prices, sale status, ratings, reviews, brands, images, and product URLs.