# Changelog of YouTube Playlist Scraper (`w3crawler/youtube-playlist-scraper`) Actor

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

## Changelog

### 2.0.0 - 2026-09-08

- Replaced Playwright navigation and legacy playlist parsing with bounded public HTML requests and embedded `ytInitialData` parsing.
- Removed automation-stealth launch flags and unused browser dependencies.
- Expanded video rows with playlist metadata, channel details, counts, duration seconds, thumbnails, provenance, locale context, and continuation visibility.
- Added strict input and credential-free proxy validation, one bounded Apify Proxy fallback, exact diagnostics, and an `OUTPUT` run summary.
- Added contract tests, schema validation, dataset validation, and direct/residential-proxy QA inputs.

### 1.0.0

- Initial playlist video extractor.