# Changelog of Chrome Web Store Scraper: Users, Ratings & Versions (`rowcraft/chrome-web-store-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/rowcraft/chrome-web-store-scraper/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/rowcraft/chrome-web-store-scraper.md

## Changelog

### 1.0.3 (2026-10-17)

- Shared library: URL-like fields named link or guid (feed items) are no longer flagged as phone numbers; retry log line now reads "retry n/m".
- Shared library: an HTML page where JSON was expected (maintenance or block page, seen on 17.10.2026 at the Polish KRS API and at Workday) is retried and then reported with the page text instead of crashing the run on a parse error.

### 1.0.2 (2026-10-16)

- Sitemap files are no longer a source: the store's sitemap does not answer reliably from cloud servers, so the Sitemap files input is removed; a saved input that still has it now runs and reports a warning. Extension IDs and categories are unchanged.
- README: real screenshots of the input form and of the results (Console); icon uploaded in Console; two example tasks run on the platform.

### 1.0.1 (2026-10-16)

- Sitemap files: one long wait (up to 4 minutes) for the store to start answering instead of three short ones, with a clear reason in COVERAGE when it does not.

### 1.0.0 (2026-10-15)

- First release: details of public Chrome Web Store extensions from extension IDs or links, category pages and the store's sitemap files.
- One row per extension: name, link, category, users, rating, number of ratings, version, size, last update, languages, description, featured and established-publisher badges, minimum Chrome version, manifest version, permissions and host permissions from the extension's own manifest, and the developer's name, website and privacy policy link when it is a company.
- robots.txt is read at the start of every run and every page is checked against it; search, user opinions, support and related pages are never requested.
- The run stops at the first sign of a block (HTTP 429, an "unusual traffic" page, Google's consent page or a redirect away from the store) and keeps what was delivered.
- Only new rows (new extensions and new versions), notification webhook, charge cap and a free Count only.