# Changelog of Mastodon Profile, Follower & Creator Scraper (`haketa/mastodon-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/haketa/mastodon-scraper/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/haketa/mastodon-scraper.md

## Changelog

### 1.1.0 — 2026-11-01

- **Verified a fresh 500-account run** (search + directory across `mastodon.social`) in **32 seconds** with **0 duplicates** on the profile-URL/handle key — pagination and cross-source de-duplication confirmed working.
- **Core-field coverage 100%**: `handle`, `profileUrl`, `username`, `instance`, `followersCount` and `createdAt` were present on every record; `displayName` 99.8%, `bio` 98.6%, `statusesCount` 98.8%, `avatar`/`header` 100%.
- **Contact layer confirmed strong for discovery sources**: on searched + directory accounts `website` filled **65%** and `verifiedLinks` **58%** — the primary lead-gen signals — with `twitter` 19%, `github` 6%, `email` 12% (data-dependent, as expected on Mastodon).
- **No value bugs** found: no `[object Object]`, no scheme-less URLs, no garbled fields; mangled profile-field hrefs are normalised (e.g. `https:// github.com/...` → `https://github.com/...`).
- **README refreshed to the gold standard**: output example and field-reference table re-grounded in the fresh sample, `verifiedLinks` wording made precise (all profile-field URLs, with per-field `verified` flag), pagination/scale notes verified against the code.
- Added this changelog.

### 1.0.0 — 2026-10-02

- Initial release: Mastodon fediverse scraper with four discovery modes — keyword **search**, **handle** lookup, **followers of** / **following of** any account, and the instance **directory**.
- Automatic pagination (directory offset, follower/following `max_id` cursor via Link header), cross-source de-duplication, and built-in bio/verified-field contact extraction (email, website, socials).
- HTTP-only against the public Mastodon API with retries, proxy rotation and 429 back-off. Exports to JSON, CSV, Excel and the Apify API.