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Releases

1. v0.6.22LatestAug 30, 2026

   v0.6.22 — Features & fixes

   • Added support for an optional hosted model provider while preserving existing provider priority.
   • Improved hosted-service model discovery so managed deployments do not probe local inference services they do not use.
   • MCP requests made before initialization now return the accurate invalid-parameters error when required negotiation data is missing.
   • Encoded characters are preserved while parsing documents and sitemaps.
   • Valid PDFs whose header appears at the end of the permitted prefix are accepted.
   • Updated document parsers and added practical bounds for pathological PDFs.
   • @XiaoHuo888-hue made their first contribution in #116.
   • Full comparison: https://github.com/0xMassi/webclaw/compare/v0.6.21...v0.6.22
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2. v0.6.21Aug 16, 2026

   v0.6.21 — Fixes & improvements

   • clarify EmptyPdf condition
   • finish the EmptyPdf wording sweep
   • stop CI fetching 1000 live sites, drop a dead workflow, refresh the MCP manifest
   • upgrade rmcp to 3.1 so an unreadable line no longer ends the session
   • 0.6.21
   • @ayushcodes13 made their first contribution in https://github.com/0xMassi/webclaw/pull/111
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3. v0.6.20Aug 16, 2026

   v0.6.20 — Fixes & improvements

   • reply -32601 to pre-handshake requests instead of exiting
   • 0.6.20
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4. v0.6.19Aug 10, 2026

   v0.6.19 — Performance & fixes

   • skip fallback probes when robots.txt declares sitemaps
   • 0.6.19
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5. v0.6.18Aug 7, 2026

   v0.6.18 — Features & fixes

   • remove RapidProxy, refresh NodeMaven banner + links
   • add Trendshift trending badge
   • uncapped crawl, streaming batch, and one real fetch budget
   • 0.6.17 — drop competitor name from zh README, reconcile version
   • promote staging to main — uncapped crawl, streaming batch, one fetch budget, 0.6.17 reconcile
   • 0.6.18
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6. v0.6.16Jul 22, 2026

   v0.6.16 — Features & fixes

   • reword server.json description (drop competitor name), bump 0.6.17
   • remove stale in-core skill copies; single source of truth = webclaw-skill
   • add Atlas Cloud as an opt-in provider
   • --urls-file with a single row now works
   • add Simplified Chinese README (README_zh-CN.md)
   • 0.6.16 — Atlas Cloud opt-in provider + --urls-file single-row fix
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7. v0.6.15Jul 18, 2026

   v0.6.15 — Fixes & improvements

   • remove Proxy-Seller
   • switch Star History chart to shieldcn
   • hide secret env values in --help output
   • scrub public SKILL.md of competitor/vendor wording and over-claims
   • add "Use as an agent skill" section
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8. v0.6.14Jun 27, 2026

   v0.6.14 — Fixes & improvements

   • document search, map, and perf
   • write WEBCLAW_API_KEY in generated .env
   • remove Quantum Proxies (no longer sponsoring)
   • repair binary install on Windows (and all platforms)
   • build Linux binaries on ubuntu-22.04 for older-glibc support
   • add musl static Linux builds (glibc-independent)
   • guard prerelease tags from clobbering :latest / Homebrew
   • bump version to 0.6.14
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9. v0.6.13Jun 17, 2026

   v0.6.13 — Performance & fixes

   • hot-path extraction speedups (selector hoist, shared og, QuickJS gating)
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10. v0.6.12Jun 17, 2026

    v0.6.12 — Features & fixes

    • standalone web search via Serper.dev (bring-your-own-key)
    • layered URL discovery with bounded crawl fallback
    • accept boolean params sent as JSON strings
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11. v0.6.11Jun 16, 2026

    v0.6.11 — New features

    • add MangoProxy studio partner
    • Gemini provider + fix retired Anthropic default model
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12. v0.6.10Jun 15, 2026

    v0.6.10 — Fixes & improvements

    • single multi-platform Docker build + dispatch re-publish
    • add NodeMaven studio partner to README
    • Add Windows binaries to README
    • accept numeric MCP params sent as strings
    • @raffaelemancuso made their first contribution in https://github.com/0xMassi/webclaw/pull/57
    • @crossi-dev made their first contribution in https://github.com/0xMassi/webclaw/pull/59
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13. v0.6.9Jun 10, 2026

    v0.6.9 — Maintenance & updates

    • release v0.6.9 (fix multi-arch Docker publish)
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14. v0.6.8Jun 10, 2026

    v0.6.8 — Fixes & improvements

    • add ColdProxy proxy-backed crawling walkthrough
    • harden LLM providers, UTF-8 handling, and webhook/batch reliability
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15. v0.6.7Jun 9, 2026

    v0.6.7 — Maintenance & updates

    • Bump wreq 6.0.0-rc.29 / wreq-util 3.0.0-rc.12 (fingerprint-neutral)
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16. v0.6.6Jun 9, 2026

    v0.6.6 — Maintenance & updates

    • Salvage progress line + --url-encoded from #49
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17. v0.6.5Jun 4, 2026

    v0.6.5 — New features

    • URL truncation warning + --url-encoded flag
    • periodic progress stderr line on slow fetches
    • pin wreq/wreq-util to exact rc versions
    • describe in-process wreq TLS, drop stale patched-deps
    • use Option::zip to satisfy clippy
    • v0.6.5
    • parse old.reddit.com HTML instead of the dead .json API
    • Add sponsor preview placements
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18. v0.6.4May 21, 2026

    v0.6.4 — New features

    • endpoints module for API surface extraction from HTML and JS
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19. v0.6.3May 19, 2026

    v0.6.3 — Fixes & improvements

    • harden core (WASM-safe gating, SSRF, path-traversal, recursion caps)
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20. v0.6.2May 18, 2026

    v0.6.2 — Fixes & improvements

    • add community plugins section
    • clean llm output noise
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21. v0.6.1May 12, 2026

    v0.6.1 — Fixes & improvements

    • prepare 0.6.1 hardening
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22. v0.6.0May 10, 2026

    v0.6.0 — Maintenance & updates

    • Improve --format llm output quality on news index pages
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23. v0.5.9May 10, 2026

    v0.5.9 — Fixes & improvements

    • replace shields.io badges with shieldcn badges
    • @jal-co made their first contribution in https://github.com/0xMassi/webclaw/pull/33
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24. v0.5.8May 4, 2026

    v0.5.8 — Fixes & improvements

    • improve brand extraction signals
    • validate self-host route URLs consistently
    • credit SSRF report
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25. v0.5.7May 4, 2026

    v0.5.7 — Fixes & improvements

    • harden fetch URL validation
    • note youtube.rs role and yt-dlp short-circuit in server
    • add h1 brand heading
    • Add GitHub Sponsors username to FUNDING.yml
    • add star history chart
    • add hosted API callout above Get Started
    • guard markdown pipe slice + detect trustpilot/reddit verify walls
    • send bot-identifying UA on reddit .json API to bypass browser UA block
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26. v0.5.6Apr 23, 2026

    v0.5.6 — New features

    • add fetch_smart with Reddit + Akamai rescue paths, bump 0.5.6
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27. v0.5.5Apr 23, 2026

    v0.5.5 — New features

    • expose safari-ios browser profile + bump to 0.5.5
    • drop sidecar references, mention ProductionFetcher
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28. v0.5.4Apr 23, 2026

    v0.5.4 — Docs & tooling

    • simplify 0.5.4 entry
    • Bump to 0.5.4: SafariIos profile + Chrome fingerprint alignment + locale helper
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29. v0.5.3Apr 22, 2026

    v0.5.3 — Fixes & improvements

    • vertical_scrape uses Firefox profile, not default Chrome
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30. v0.5.2Apr 22, 2026

    v0.5.2 — New features

    • vertical extractor support (28 extractors discoverable + callable)
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31. v0.5.1Apr 22, 2026

    v0.5.1 — New features

    • Fetcher trait so vertical extractors work under any HTTP backend
    • fix stale primp references, document wreq + Fetcher trait
    Release notes
32. v0.5.0Apr 22, 2026

    v0.5.0 — Features & fixes

    • release v0.5.0 (28 vertical extractors + cloud integration)
    • perfect-score follow-ups (trustpilot 2025 schema, amazon/etsy fallbacks, cloud docs)
    • synthesize HTML from cloud response instead of requesting raw html
    • detect AWS WAF verifying-connection page, add OG fallback to ecommerce_product
    • wave 6b, etsy_listing + HTML fallbacks for substack/youtube
    • wave 6a, 5 easy verticals (27 total)
    • wave 5 \u2014 Amazon, eBay, Trustpilot via cloud fallback
    • consolidate CloudClient + smart_fetch into webclaw-fetch
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33. v0.4.0Apr 22, 2026

    v0.4.0 — Features & fixes

    • v0.4.0: self-hosted REST server, bench subcommand, mcp warning fix (#26, #29, #30)
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34. v0.3.19Apr 17, 2026

    v0.3.19 — Fixes & improvements

    • reproducible 3-way comparison vs trafilatura + firecrawl
    • entrypoint shim so child images with custom CMD work
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35. v0.3.18Apr 17, 2026

    v0.3.18 — Fixes & improvements

    • UTF-8 char boundary panic in find_content_position
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36. v0.3.17Apr 16, 2026

    v0.3.17 — Features & fixes

    • close --on-change command injection via sh -c (P0)
    • surface semaphore-closed as typed error instead of panic (P1)
    • DoS hardening + glob validation + cleanup (P2)
    • robots parser + firefox client cache + Acquire ordering (P3)
    • @0xMassi made their first contribution in https://github.com/0xMassi/webclaw/pull/20
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37. v0.3.13Apr 14, 2026

    v0.3.13 — Fixes & improvements

    • use ENTRYPOINT instead of CMD in Dockerfiles for proper arg passthrough
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38. v0.3.12Apr 14, 2026

    v0.3.12 — New features

    • add allow_subdomains and allow_external_links to CrawlConfig
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39. v0.3.11Apr 10, 2026

    v0.3.11 — Maintenance & updates

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40. v0.3.10Apr 10, 2026

    v0.3.10 — New features

    • add fallback sitemap paths for broader discovery
    • fix rustfmt for 2-element delay array
    • reduce fetch timeout to 12s and retries to 2
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41. v0.3.9Apr 4, 2026

    v0.3.9 — Fixes & improvements

    • layout tables rendered as sections instead of markdown tables
    • @devnen made their first contribution in https://github.com/0xMassi/webclaw/pull/14
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42. v0.3.8Apr 3, 2026

    v0.3.8 — Fixes & improvements

    • MCP research saves to file, returns compact response
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43. v0.3.7Apr 3, 2026

    v0.3.7 — New features

    • CLI --research flag + MCP cloud fallback + structured research output
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44. v0.3.6Apr 2, 2026

    v0.3.6 — Features & fixes

    • structured data in markdown/LLM output + v0.3.6
    • update all 4 Homebrew checksums after Docker build completes
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45. v0.3.5Apr 2, 2026

    v0.3.5 — New features

    • extract __NEXT_DATA__ into structured_data
    • update npm package license to AGPL-3.0
    • update README license references from MIT to AGPL-3.0
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46. v0.3.4Apr 1, 2026

    v0.3.4 — New features

    • SvelteKit data extraction + license change to AGPL-3.0
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47. v0.3.3Apr 1, 2026

    v0.3.3 — Features & fixes

    • fix aarch64 cross-compilation for BoringSSL (boring-sys2)
    • add SKILL.md to repo root for skills.sh discoverability
    • cargo fmt
    • remove reqwest_unstable rustflag (no longer needed)
    • update Dockerfile for BoringSSL build deps (cmake, clang)
    • replace custom TLS stack with wreq (BoringSSL), bump v0.3.3
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48. v0.3.2Mar 31, 2026

    v0.3.2 — New features

    • bump to v0.3.2, update changelog
    • add --cookie-file support for JSON cookie files
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49. v0.3.1Mar 30, 2026

    v0.3.1 — Features & fixes

    • collapse nested if per clippy
    • bump v0.3.1, update CHANGELOG, fix fmt
    • cookie warmup fallback for Akamai-protected pages
    • update webclaw-tls dependencies
    • fix fmt in client.rs test
    • adapt to webclaw-tls v0.1.1 HeaderMap API change
    • fix ambiguous reqwest version in dependency sync
    • replace stale primp check with webclaw-tls dependency sync
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50. v0.3.0Mar 29, 2026

    v0.3.0 — Features & fixes

    • clippy empty-line-after-doc-comment in browser.rs
    • cargo fmt
    • replace primp with webclaw-tls, bump to v0.3.0
    • add QEMU for arm64 apt-get in Docker build
    • single Docker job with plain docker build + manifest
    • align Cargo.toml version with v0.2.3 tag
    • fix Docker binary path extraction from release tarball
    • use pre-built binaries for Docker instead of QEMU cross-compilation
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