# Changelog of Instagram User Scraper (`khadinakbar/instagram-user-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/khadinakbar/instagram-user-scraper/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/khadinakbar/instagram-user-scraper.md

1.1 (2026-07-01): Dual-provider. Added SociaVault fallback (Google discovery + per-handle profile enrich) that runs when ScrapeCreators is blocked; `provider` input (auto/scrapeCreators/sociaVault). Honest-fail now only on BOTH providers blocked. 1.0 (2026-07-01): Initial release. Keyword-driven public Instagram user/profile search via ScrapeCreators (Google-index-backed, best-effort). Cursor pagination, per-query result cap, cross-query dedupe. Flat MCP-ready records: username, fullName, biography, parsed email/phone, follower/following/media counts, verified/private/business flags, category, external URL, bioLinks, profile pic/URL. PPE triple-guard, safePushData, soft-fail validation. All 5 schemas (input/dataset/kv/output/pay-per-event).
