# Changelog of YouTube Music Profile Scraper (`w3crawler/youtube-music-profile-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/w3crawler/youtube-music-profile-scraper/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/w3crawler/youtube-music-profile-scraper.md

## Changelog

### 2.0.0 - 2026-09-08

- Replaced old private request code with bounded ordinary public YouTube HTML page requests.
- Added public channel search and direct channel/handle URL inputs.
- Added rich profile fields: identity, handle, canonical URLs, description, keywords, subscriber/video counts, badges, verification, official-artist state, avatar/banner thumbnails, RSS feed, tabs, shelves, and visible shelf items.
- Added strict input validation, public URL checks, proxy fallback, bounded retries/pacing, exact diagnostics, and an `OUTPUT` run summary.
- Added dataset, output, and key-value-store schemas, contract tests, and a local dataset validator.
- Does not use login, CAPTCHA bypass, stealth, fingerprint spoofing, alternate/private clients, or signed media extraction.