# Changelog of TGKit Telegram Channel Finder Scraper (`automation-lab/tgkit-telegram-channel-finder-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/automation-lab/tgkit-telegram-channel-finder-scraper/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/automation-lab/tgkit-telegram-channel-finder-scraper.md

## Changelog

### 2026-10-05

*Integrations*

- Added private, sanitized failure diagnostics to help investigate failed searches and terminated runs. Secret fields and URL query strings are removed, with 30-day report retention.

### 2026-09-18

*Features*

- Added `minMembers` filtering so you can save and pay for only entities at or above a chosen public audience size. Results without a public count are excluded when the filter is active.

### 2026-08-07

*Features*

- Added a `description` field containing each channel's public Telegram bio when available, with `null` returned when Telegram does not expose one.

### 2026-07-31

*Reliability*

- Added an automatic TGStat public channel-index fallback when TGKit is temporarily unavailable, so channel discovery runs can still return useful results.

*Changes*

- Clarified source provenance and the fallback's channel-only limitation, and replaced the public group Task example with a channel workflow that remains usable during TGKit outages.

### 2026-07-19

*Features*

- Search TGKit's public Telegram directory using one or more keywords and filter matches by channel, group, bot, or any entity type.
- Export public usernames, titles, entity types, member counts, canonical `t.me` links, input traceability, and scrape timestamps.

*Reliability*

- Added bounded concurrency, transient-error retries, response validation, and case-insensitive username deduplication for dependable recurring discovery workflows.