# Changelog of YouTube Channel ID Extractor (`w3crawler/youtube-channel-id-extractor`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/w3crawler/youtube-channel-id-extractor/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/w3crawler/youtube-channel-id-extractor.md

## Changelog

### \[2.1.0] - 2026-09-08

#### Changed

- Rebuilt the actor as a Node 22 public-data Actor using `got-scraping`.
- Added channel references, public video URLs, and public video IDs as supported inputs.
- Added owner resolution from public watch-page metadata and public About-page enrichment.
- Added rich identity/statistics fields, exact diagnostics, `OUTPUT` summaries, strict credential-free proxy validation, QA fixtures, tests, and dataset validation.
- Removed browser automation and stale route, extractor, filter, utility, and error modules.