# Changelog of YouTube Scraper (`automation-lab/youtube-scraper`) Actor

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

## Changelog

### 2026-09-07

*Reliability*

- Restored recent-video extraction for channel inputs after a YouTube renderer change, including pagination and complete channel attribution on every video row.

### 2026-06-20

*Features*

- Added public task examples to help users start common YouTube video, channel, and comment scraping workflows.

### 2026-04-26

*Reliability*

- Switched YouTube requests to a lower-cost proxy path and fixed precheck issues blocking Store readiness.

### 2026-03-26

*Reliability*

- Added gzip request headers to reduce transfer size and improve YouTube request efficiency.

### 2026-03-24

*Changes*

- Improved Store documentation and input form sections for YouTube SEO and setup clarity.

### 2026-03-05

*Features*

- Launched YouTube scraping for videos, channels, and comments using YouTube InnerTube data.