# Changelog of YouTube Hashtag Generator (`w3crawler/youtube-hashtag-generator`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/w3crawler/youtube-hashtag-generator/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/w3crawler/youtube-hashtag-generator.md

## Changelog

### 2.1.0 - 2026-09-08

- Removed rotating fingerprint fields and replaced transport with fixed ordinary public YouTube autocomplete/search requests.
- Added bounded retries, proxy fallback, exact diagnostics, OUTPUT summaries, strict proxy validation, richer evidence fields, schemas, tests, and dataset validation.