# Changelog of URL Shortener Expander (`automation-lab/url-shortener-expander`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/automation-lab/url-shortener-expander/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/automation-lab/url-shortener-expander.md

## Changelog

### 2026-09-14

*Features*

- Added structured hop-by-hop redirect diagnostics and deterministic chain security warnings while preserving existing URL, final destination, and redirect-chain fields.

### 2026-04-10

*Reliability*

- Prevented slow or unresponsive destinations from hanging runs by adding bounded request and per-URL timeouts, with HEAD-to-GET fallback and redirect-loop detection.

### 2026-03-01

*Features*

- Launched URL Shortener Expander for resolving shortened links to final destinations while preserving each redirect hop, status code, and resolution error.