# Changelog of Websites Archiver (Wayback Machine) (`web.harvester/websites-archiver`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/web.harvester/websites-archiver/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/web.harvester/websites-archiver.md

## Changelog

### 1.0 (2026-10-03)

- Rewritten as an HTTP-only Actor: no browser, Docker image 1.9 GB → 572 MB, faster builds, runs on 256 MB.
- Archived results now have a real Wayback Machine snapshot link, the capture time reported by the Wayback Machine, the captured URL after redirects and the page's HTTP status.
- New `status` field (`archived`, `submitted`, `failed`) plus `errorCode` and `note` that explain each failure.
- Rate limits and temporary Save Page Now failures are retried automatically; failures caused by the page itself (unknown host, excluded site, 404 when error pages are not saved) are reported right away without retries.
- Fast mode now returns the Save Page Now job ID. Its old output always had an empty `archivedUrl`.
- Fast mode is now off by default because the full mode is cheap and returns the snapshot link.
- Added proxy configuration.
- Each URL produces exactly one dataset row, including failed ones. A URL list file that cannot be downloaded is reported as a failed row instead of stopping the run.