# Changelog of Walmart Products Scraper (`fetch_cat/walmart-products-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/fetch\_cat/walmart-products-scraper/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/fetch\_cat/walmart-products-scraper.md

## Changelog

- 2026-09-25 - Improved the input form by keeping everyday controls visible and grouping specialized settings under Advanced options.

### 0.1.20 — 2026-09-23

#### Documentation

- Corrected release headings so the changelog matches published Walmart scraper builds.

### 0.1.18 — 2026-09-23

#### Fixed

- Restored reliable Walmart product search results when the protected request route returns an access challenge.

### 0.1.17 — 2026-09-16

#### Fixed

- Improved search reliability by trying Walmart's public mobile page before falling back to protected retries.

### 0.1.12 — 2026-07-14

#### Changed

- Improved recovery from repeated Walmart access challenges by refreshing proxy sessions between runs and varying browser profiles between attempts.
- Invalid inputs are now rejected before charging starts.

### 0.1.8 — 2026-07-13

#### Changed

- Added a safe default search so empty inputs no longer fail immediately.
- Improved reliability for blocked, rate-limited, timed-out, and temporarily unavailable Walmart pages with configurable retries and rotating US proxy sessions.
- Improved product coverage when Walmart changes how search data is delivered, and stops early when result pages repeat.
- Added correct maximum-charge handling, clearer troubleshooting summaries, and clearer validation for unsupported URLs.
- Searches that cannot save any products now finish with a failed status and a clear reason instead of appearing successful with an empty dataset.
- Increased the default retry budget after live checks showed that Walmart can challenge more than six consecutive residential sessions.

### 0.1.7 — 2026-07-09

#### Added

- Initial version with configurable inputs and structured results.

#### Changed

- Improved examples, documentation, and reliability.