# Changelog of Autotrader AU \[$0.9💰] Car & Caravan Scraper 🇦🇺 (`blackfalcondata/autotrader-au-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/autotrader-au-scraper/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/autotrader-au-scraper.md

## Changelog

### 2026-10-18

- Fixed: a run no longer fails at startup when the selected proxy group or country is not available on your Apify account. It now falls back to the default connection settings and logs a warning. No change to results, input or billing.
- Fixed: a selected proxy that your account accepts at startup but then refuses on every request no longer ends the run as a success with 0 results and no explanation. The run switches to the default connection settings once (with a warning), also when many requests are refused at the same moment, and delivers results; if the search still cannot be reached at all, the run now fails with a clear message instead of finishing empty. No change to results, input or billing.

### 2026-10-14

- Improved: the run now stops cleanly at your maximum cost per run and finishes as a success, instead of being cut off by the platform part-way through. Results already delivered are unchanged, and listings held back by the limit are picked up again on the next incremental run.
- Fixed: when a run reached its time limit or stopped on an unexpected error, its final status could be lost on the way to our run monitoring, so the run looked stuck and was only noticed hours later. The run now waits a few seconds at most for that final status to be delivered before it stops. No change to results, input or billing.

### 0.2 (2026-06-22)

- Changed: switched the data transport to the public `listings.platform.autotrader.com.au` JSON API. Runs are faster and more reliable — no browser, no third-party proxy — and full detail enrichment now happens through a single lightweight JSON request per listing instead of a heavy detail-page fetch.
- Added: richer vehicle specifications on detail-enriched records — torque, power RPM, fuel-tank capacity, dimensions (length/width/height/wheelbase), kerb weight, GVM, ground clearance, braked/unbraked towing capacity, gears, and warranty (km + months).
- Added: more dealer lead-gen fields — dealer ABN, website, and review rating, plus the price excluding government charges (`egcPrice`) and the registration plate (`rego`).
- Improved: the search-result card already carries the full description, VIN, price (with price-drop), geo coordinates, dealer phone, ANCAP rating, and core engine specs — so list-only runs (`includeDetailPages: false`) are richer than before, and detail enrichment is optional.
- Fixed: incremental mode (`incrementalMode: true`) now works on every run — `changeType` (`NEW`/`UPDATED`/`UNCHANGED`/`EXPIRED`) is emitted reliably. Existing configurations need no changes.
- Removed: fields the source never populates (`cpo`, `priceAdvisor`) are no longer emitted.

### 0.1.1 (2026-06-21)

- Added: SEO metadata and verified pay-per-event pricing for the public release.

### 0.1.0 (2026-06-21)

- Initial release: scrape autotrader.com.au car & caravan listings with filter-based search, price-drop history, ~100%-fill GPS coordinates with postcode-radius search, incremental NEW/UPDATED/EXPIRED tracking, full specs, dealer contacts, images, and MCP export.