Release notes
VidNavigator Changelog
Product updates only: APIs, studio tools, billing, platform, and important fixes. Dates reflect when each change shipped. Subscribe at contact@vidnavigator.com.
Consumption history and transcription for every platform
Past billing periods are now kept so you can review what you consumed, the studio offers transcription on any platform when a video has no captions, and credit errors no longer hide behind the wrong message.
Permalink- BillingClosed billing periods are now archived instead of wiped, so you can review what you consumed in previous months rather than only the current one.
- BillingA billing lookup that fails now returns a clear service error instead of reporting "insufficient credits", so a transient fault is no longer mistaken for an empty balance.
- APITightened API-key handling: keys left without an owning account are rejected at authentication, and internal error text is no longer echoed back in responses.
Privacy controls, new pricing, steadier endpoints
Shipped self-serve data export and account deletion with a deny-by-default cookie consent banner, repriced plans and credit packs while grandfathering every existing subscriber, and fixed the main causes of transcription failures.
Permalink- FixFixed the main causes of transcription failures on videos without captions, so retries now recover instead of surfacing an error.
- PlatformAPI request logs now expire after 30 days, matching the reporting window in the developer dashboard.
- FeatureAdded Data & privacy to your profile: export everything we hold about you as JSON, or delete your account and all its data outright.
- PlatformAdded a cookie consent banner with analytics and advertising denied until you accept, so nothing is tracked without consent.
- PlatformProduct announcement emails now run on a dedicated audience with one-click unsubscribe, and opting out is permanent.
- BillingFixed credit refunds landing in the wrong pool: credits you purchased are now refunded to your purchased balance, where the next billing period no longer clears them.
Enterprise organizations, unified transcript endpoint
Launched multi-user enterprise organizations with shared channels, files and API keys plus per-member usage, standardized transcript retrieval into a single endpoint, and added per-call usage disclosure to the API.
Permalink- FixTransient upstream failures in the transcript, transcribe and TikTok endpoints are retried instead of returned as errors.
- BillingJoining an organization now carries over your existing usage and moves your API keys with you, so nothing stops working and no consumption is lost.
- APIAdded per-call usage disclosure: pass include_usage=true and every billed endpoint returns exactly what it charged, plus credits remaining.
- BillingIntroduced cache-hit waivers for sponsored accounts — eligible users are not charged when a result is served from cache.
TikTok scraping APIs
Launched asynchronous TikTok profile scraping and keyword search, returning structured video data with optional signed JSON downloads.
Permalink- APILaunched the TikTok keyword search API: run an asynchronous keyword search and poll for paginated, structured video results.
- APILaunched the TikTok profile scrape API: submit a profile URL and asynchronously pull its videos as structured JSON with a signed download link.
Tweet claim analysis, extraction reliability, studio onboarding
Launched Tweet Claim Analysis to fact-check tweets against video evidence, smoothed the Video Data Extraction API, unified the YouTube channel workspace, and added a guided onboarding tour.
Permalink- FeatureUnified the channel intelligence and battlefield views into a single workspace.
- FeatureAdded a guided onboarding tour inside the studio.
- APIImproved the Files API reliability.
Video Data Extraction API and stronger search
Launched the schema-based Video Data Extraction API, improved channel search results, and cleared up credit-purchase and trial access issues.
Permalink- FixFixed trial access and unblocked enterprise users from the studio upload flow.
- BillingFixed credit purchase and improved the confirmation email.
- PlatformRicher channel search results with cleaner, more reliable output.
- APIImproved extraction caching and added usage reporting in responses.
- PlatformStabilized shared links and YouTube OAuth channel scanning.
Channel battlefield, faster search, new billing pages
Launched the channel battlefield view, sped up rescans, made shared search links more collaborative, and introduced self-serve billing.
Permalink- PlatformShared search links now preserve filters and date controls.
- PlatformFaster channel rescans and search.
- BillingClearer handling of refunded payments in billing history.
- BillingAdded billing pages, the Stripe customer portal, and invoice downloads.
- FeatureLaunched the channel battlefield: compare a YouTube channel against its competitors.
- PlatformImproved OAuth and public channel scanning to reduce quota pressure.
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