Enhanced Reliability & Performance
This release improves API reliability with automatic key rotation recovery, expands bandwidth optimization with ad/tracker blocking, and enhances the dashboard experience with better key management and visual updates.
The system now automatically retries fetchBatch and fetchWebhookLog operations when encountering stale API keys, transparently handling key rotation without requiring manual intervention from users.
Launched a redesigned /best-web-scraping-api landing page featuring a 45° ASCII benchmark table, canvas ASCII background, and visual ranked cards with animated progress indicators for better user engagement.
Improvements
7Expanded ad/tracker blocking
Added domain-based proxy bandwidth blocking for ads and trackers, including 65 new domains like analytics services, ad CDNs, and consent managers, reducing unnecessary data transfer and improving scraping efficiency.
Better resource filtering accuracy
Fixed domain blocking logic to properly handle URLs with user credentials and URL fragments, ensuring blocked domains like ad networks and trackers are correctly identified and filtered regardless of URL format.
Increased billing limits
Raised auto-recharge runtime cap from $1,000 to $2,000 and deposit cap to $2,000 to match frontend pack offerings, eliminating validation errors for users setting higher billing thresholds.
Enhanced cache performance
Increased cache TTL to 60 minutes and optimized browser configuration loading, reducing redundant network calls and improving overall API response times for repeated requests.
Redesigned landing page
Launched a redesigned /best-web-scraping-api landing page featuring a 45° ASCII benchmark table, canvas ASCII background, and visual ranked cards with animated progress indicators for better user engagement.
Added 3D animation feature
Introduced a new 3D rolling cubes animation component using pure CSS 3D transforms and requestAnimationFrame, replacing the previous CardStream component in the BenchmarkHero section for a more dynamic visual experience.
General bug fixes and improvements
Plus 6 internal improvements for better reliability and performance.
Bug Fixes
3Automatic API key recovery
The system now automatically retries fetchBatch and fetchWebhookLog operations when encountering stale API keys, transparently handling key rotation without requiring manual intervention from users.
Enhanced dashboard key management
Fixed key prefix display in CredentialsPanel and improved LiveTerminal functionality by properly fetching decrypted key values, ensuring users can accurately manage and use their API credentials.
Improved proxy security headers
Enhanced scrape route security by prioritizing Cloudflare's cf-connecting-ip header over client-supplied x-forwarded-for, making it harder for malicious actors to spoof their origin in proxy requests.
Plus 6 internal changes for stability and performance.