# Changelog of Alibaba Product & Supplier Finder (Reverse Image Search) (`ozer-studio/alibaba-product-and-vender-finder`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ozer-studio/alibaba-product-and-vender-finder/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/ozer-studio/alibaba-product-and-vender-finder.md

## Changelog

### 1.4 - Use Apify's native run timeout

- Removed the duplicate Actor-level processing-time field and internal soft stop.
- Uses Apify's native **Timeout / No timeout** Run option as the single duration control.
- Added schema coverage to prevent platform run settings from being duplicated in the Actor input form.

### 1.3 - Clearer batch run options

- Made the processing-time budget visible in Run settings and increased its default to 600 seconds.
- Added guidance for multi-image timing, per-image supplier limits, and Apify's separate run timeout.
- Added runtime warnings for undersized batch budgets, legacy full-run supplier caps, and multi-image searches without a proxy.
- Clarified mode-specific image, failure, and CSV settings.

### 1.2 - MCP image search

- Added public `imageUrls` input for MCP and API clients.
- Preserved the existing Apify file-upload image workflow.
- Added download protections for private-network targets, redirects, unsupported files, and images larger than 15 MB.
- Routed remote images through the existing Alibaba reverse-image search implementation.

### 1.1 - MCP and Store readiness

- Added an agent-readable dataset field schema with descriptions and examples.
- Corrected the Actor output schema so MCP clients and API users can locate run results.
- Aligned the input schema and README with the keyword and uploaded-image modes implemented by the Actor.
- Added MCP usage guidance and clearer Store-facing documentation.
- Added automated validation for Actor JSON files and Python syntax.

### 1.0

- Initial Alibaba keyword and reverse-image supplier finder.