# Changelog of Instagram Reels Scraper (Pay-Per-Event) (`prodiger/instagram-reels-scraper`) Actor

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

## Changelog

### 0.1.0 - 2026-08-23

- Initial release. Pay-per-event Instagram Reels scraper.
- Input accepts usernames, profile URLs, numeric user IDs, and direct reel URLs in one `username[]` array.
- Drop-in input parity with `apify/instagram-reel-scraper`: `username`, `resultsLimit`, `onlyPostsNewerThan`, `skipPinnedPosts`, `skipTrialReels`.
- PPE pricing matches the reference actor's full core tier schedule: `actor-start = $0.001` on every tier; `reel = $0.0026 / $0.0023 / $0.0014 / $0.0010 / $0.0008 / $0.0004` from Free through Diamond.
- Emits all four Instagram play counters (`videoPlayCount`, `igPlayCount`, `videoViewCount`, `fbPlayCount`) plus `playCountSource`, so a missing view count is visible rather than silently null.
- `videoUrl` picks the highest-resolution rendition by pixel count instead of the first listed.
- Profiles resolve from the public page's server-rendered Relay data, replacing Instagram's retired `web_profile_info` schema.
- Feed pagination uses a freshly bootstrapped logged-out session per page, then filters the unified profile feed on `product_type: "clips"`.
- Direct reel URLs resolve from server-rendered media and opportunistically enrich play counters from the owner's current feed.
- Run-level dedup by media ID with retry-safe reservations and serialized, event-aware dataset writes.
- Profile and numeric-ID aliases share one per-user result budget and cursor chain; feed retries resume from committed output.
- Blocked Instagram sessions retire immediately, and pagination stops on cursor cycles instead of an arbitrary Reel-free-page cutoff.
- `customMapFunction` via the `Function` constructor, falling back to the unmapped row on error.
- Per-run summary log: reels, dedup/cutoff/pinned/trial/non-reel skips, retries, and rate-limit hits.