# Changelog of Google News Scraper & News API — Headlines | $1.49/1k (`glasswing/google-news-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/glasswing/google-news-scraper/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/glasswing/google-news-scraper.md

## Changelog

All notable changes to Google News Scraper are recorded here. The newest release is first.

### 1.0.2 - 2026-09-21

- Fixed: A run given only `query` or `topic` returned the built-in "artificial intelligence" example instead, because the platform fills in the default `startUrls`. A keyword or topic now runs on its own; Start URLs you set yourself are used as before.

### 1.0.1 - 2026-09-14

Listing and settings update. The price list is unchanged.

- The free-plan note now states that the free Apify plan's $5 of monthly credit covers about 3,350 articles in a single run.
- The search-engine description now begins "Google News API alternative" and no longer calls the Actor free.
- Default run memory is now 1 GB, matching the pricing section, so a run started without a memory setting is charged one start event.

### 1.0.0 - 2026-09-09

First public release.

- Search and extraction implemented against the source's own public endpoints, with no login and no third-party API key.
- Every row carries `status`, so a missing record (`not_found`) and a failure (`error`) are told apart from real data. Only `ok` rows are charged.
- Records are validated against a schema before they are written, so an upstream change produces loud warnings instead of silently billing for empty rows.
- Callable with no arguments by an AI agent, which the input schema's defaults make safe.
- Golden tests run the extraction against saved real responses, and the Actor is verified on Apify's own infrastructure before each release.