# Changelog of Reddit Subreddit Scraper (`stefanie-rink/reddit-subreddit-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/stefanie-rink/reddit-subreddit-scraper/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/stefanie-rink/reddit-subreddit-scraper.md

## Changes

### 0.2 — October 16, 2026

Reddit JSON requests can return HTTP 502 or an HTML page with no usable data.
The scraper now tries the public Reddit RSS feed after a failed JSON request.
It reuses the working format for later requests in the same run.

- Failed requests use a new proxy connection, a bounded delay, and at most three attempts.
- Each request has a 75-second total deadline.
- Retry delays support both forms of the `Retry-After` header.
- RSS pagination preserves the subreddit, post order, and top period.
- RSS records include `data_source: "reddit_rss"`. Scores and comment counts are `null` because Reddit omits them from RSS.
- RSS comments have `null` scores and depths. Reddit can limit the number of comments in a feed.
- A comment failure preserves the post and any comments already collected. Other posts continue, and the run reports the incomplete input.
- The run summary includes request paths, status codes, retry counts, and RSS use. Proxy credentials stay out of these records.

The scraper still reports a failed run when all access attempts fail. A missing subreddit does not count as an empty success.