# Changelog of Apple App Store Reviews Scraper (`codingfrontend/appstore-reviews-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/codingfrontend/appstore-reviews-scraper/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/codingfrontend/appstore-reviews-scraper.md

## Changelog - App Store Reviews Scraper

### \[1.1.0] - 2026-08-31

- Replaced the now-empty legacy RSS feed with source-backed reviews serialized into the public App Store review page; no authenticated AMP API or unsupported pagination is used.
- Added strict input types and app-ID validation, a global 200-review cap, global positions, stable record IDs, complete provenance, output summary, response-size cap, deterministic install, tests, QA inputs, and fail-closed dataset validation.

### \[1.2.0] - 2026-08-04

#### Added

- Stable public app enrichment from the iTunes Lookup response.
- Legacy review aliases and source context retained for existing consumers.
- Review normalization, public review-ID deduplication, rating/text filters, and bounded pagination.
- Bounded app concurrency, pacing, retries, and request timeouts.
- Explicit failure behavior for public access controls and exhausted rate limits.
- Complete dataset and output schemas with anonymized examples.

#### Changed

- Documented the current RSS response shape of up to 50 reviews per page and 10 pages.
- Updated actor metadata, input controls, and README for the API-based implementation.

### \[1.1.0] - 2025-05-19

#### Added

- Historical dataset views and App Store review extraction structure.

### \[1.0.0] - Initial Release

#### Added

- App Store review scraping structure and initial input contract.