Release Notes

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Release notes for week ending Feb 13, 2025

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Proxy products:

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🆕 New features

• HTTP3 beta is live - The proxy network was upgraded to handle HTTP3/QUIC requests. Contact Bright Data sales - sales@brightdata.com if you want to try it out!

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🚀 Improvements

• It is now easier to copy your proxy credentials on the ‘overview’ tab, in different formats.

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🐞 Bug Fixes

• Fix broken code examples on account management API doc playground

• Added missing documentation for endpoint and some old doc links not redirecting properly.

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Datasets:

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🆕 New features

• “AI Filter Assistant” allows users to filter datasets using Natural Language - just describe desired filters in English and get the relevant records.

• Payment Link Sharing – Dashboard users can now generate and share payment links, making the purchasing process easier for others (e.g. their CFO) without logging in to the control panel.

• Additional Dataset Statistics – Each Dataset now includes additional statistics regarding its content, for example: geographical distribution of records. This information is updated every month.

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🚀 Improvements

• Enhanced Filtering Experience – You can now move the filter window while reviewing and refining your filters and datasets. No more hiding of the table!

• Better data sample preview – We’ve limited the cell size for better readability. You can now click on fields to expand and view the full data point in the sample dataset.

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🐞 Bug Fixes

• Fixed incorrect parsing of CSV files uploaded as inputs to the filter component.

• Made sure the record count always gets updated, to show the effect of the filter.

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Scrapers:

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🆕 New features

• Custom scrapers - Allows users to request a custom scraper if the domain is unavailable in our marketplace. Just supply 2 URLs to get the process started - see the video!

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🚀 Improvements

• An automatic email notification that is being sent after a customer triggers a scraper for the first time, for better onboarding experience.

• Added code examples in multiple languages to allow users to copy the API code in their preferred language on all of our API requests

• Reduced the number of examples from 10 to 5 in the “Overview” tab to provide a “clear” view to the users

• Bright AI: Users can now ask questions about specific use cases and receive relevant suggestions along with a direct link to the dataset.

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🐞 Bug Fixes

• Fixed broken links across the Scraper pages.

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