# Changelog of RedNote KOL Monitor: Xiaohongshu 小红书 Change Tracking, No Login (`getascraper/rednote-kol-monitor`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/getascraper/rednote-kol-monitor/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/getascraper/rednote-kol-monitor.md

## Changelog

All notable changes to this Actor are documented in this file.

### \[Unreleased]

#### Changed

- ✅ Added a cloud-tested public Share-link default, so the required Sources field opens ready to run.
- 🧲 Added public explore-feed capture from server-rendered note cards, so the default input returns real current records.
- 🔗 Fresh Share-link redirects now reuse RedNote's current signed note target when it is exposed by the redirect.
- ⚡ Public RedNote links are checked through a low-bandwidth HTTP-first monitoring path while normal Apify runs, API calls, and schedules remain supported.
- 🌐 Residential proxy remains the default route for reliable public-page checks.
- ✅ Unavailable or blocked public links now complete with diagnostic counts instead of failing the whole Actor run.
- 🔎 Refined the listing for RedNote, Xiaohongshu, and brand change-monitoring searches with bilingual metadata and clearer buyer-facing positioning.
- 🧾 The Output tab now links to a non-sensitive `OUTPUT` run summary instead of exposing monitoring state.
- 📴 Removed Standby mode and its web endpoint. The Actor now runs only when started through Apify, its API, or a schedule.

### \[0.3.0] - 2026-07-28

#### Fixed

- 🛠️ Removed the expired example URL that redirected to a RedNote unavailable-page route and could complete with zero records.
- 🔗 The Actor now accepts a current public RedNote Share link or signed `xsec_token` URL, preserving the token only for navigation and never in records, state, or logs.
- 🚨 A run with no available public pages now fails with an actionable message instead of silently succeeding with zero results.

#### Changed

- 🌐 Residential proxy is the default network route because RedNote can reject direct datacenter traffic.
- 📄 Browser requests keep normal page resources enabled while loading a source page, improving compatibility with RedNote's public pages.

### \[0.2.0] - 2026-07-28

#### Fixed

- 🛠️ Monitoring history now persists in a dedicated named store, so scheduled runs can reliably identify new and changed pages.
- 🔒 URL validation now accepts only HTTPS RedNote note and creator-profile paths and ignores query strings and fragments in comparisons.

#### Changed

- ⚡ Standby mode now accepts bounded `POST /monitor` requests and reports how many pages were inspected and emitted.
- 💸 Browser runs skip images, media, fonts, and stylesheets while keeping document and data requests available, with concurrency capped at two pages.

### \[0.1.0] - 2026-07-28

#### Added

- 🚀 Initial public RedNote note and creator monitoring workflow.
- ✨ Change-only output with first-seen and last-seen timestamps.
- ➕ Structured records for public page titles, descriptions, images, and visible text when available.

#### Security

- 🔒 Added secure handling for optional proxy settings and monitoring state.