# Changelog of YouTube Region Availability Checker (`w3crawler/youtube-region-restriction-checker`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/w3crawler/youtube-region-restriction-checker/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/w3crawler/youtube-region-restriction-checker.md

## Changelog

### \[2.0.0] - 2026-09-08

#### Changed

- Replaced private player API calls, Android client identities, rotating profiles, country-specific request identity fields, and unverified player fallbacks with ordinary public watch-page requests using `hl` and `gl` query parameters.
- Expanded records with public video/channel metadata, captions and streaming-format counts when observed, per-country evidence mode, failure counts, baseline playability, and exact diagnostics.

#### Added

- Strict input, ISO country, and credential-free proxy validation.
- Country-matched Apify Proxy routing when explicitly requested, plus one bounded generic proxy fallback after a direct failure.
- `OUTPUT` run summary, local contract tests, schema validation, and dataset validation.

#### Safety

- No fingerprint spoofing, stealth patches, CAPTCHA/login bypass, private/alternate clients, cookies, credentials, proxy URLs, or request identity fields are used or stored.