April 2025 Changelog
April 2025 focused on scraping reliability, captcha handling, and safer text preparation before AI writing. SCM made Google captcha recovery faster, dynamic scraper behavior more forgiving, and prompt inputs safer when previous output is reused.
The month also improved task progress visibility and cleaned up several data quality problems in custom thesaurus and article preview workflows.
Who this update helps
- Users scraping Google and dynamic websites.
- Users using previous article output inside AI prompts.
- Users maintaining custom thesaurus entries.
- Users watching progress across long spinning or scraping tasks.
Google and dynamic scraping got more resilient
SCM improved how scrapers behave when captchas or missing selectors interrupt collection.
- Google captcha solving started working again.
- SCM now waits less when Google captcha is detected.
- Dynamic scraper no longer exits early when an optional selector is missing.
- A tutorial link was added for turning off automated captcha solving.
Prompt inputs became safer
Article Creator now protects long previous-output macros before they enter prompts.
- The previous output macro is capped under a 4096 prompt limit.
- The cap affects context prompt templates where previous generated content is reused.
Cleaner data and spinning workflows
April added data cleanup and progress visibility for users preparing reusable content.
- Incorrect custom thesaurus entries can be filtered out.
- Spinning progress now appears inside task log headers.
- Temporary files are removed when a task starts.
- The article preview window can export spun output more reliably.
Task interface polish
Several small UI fixes made task status and scrolling easier to understand.
- Progress bars auto-hide from the task header when not needed.
- A task log scrolling issue was fixed.
- Fixed next-run time display for negative values.
- Scrollbar colors were corrected in dark theme.
Related SCM guides and product history
Full developer changelog
The summary above is written for users. The original 21-item developer changelog is preserved below for exact release detail.
April 25, 2025
- other: Add link to tutorial on how to turn off automated captcha solving
- fix: Article creator, cap the previous output macro so that it stays under a 4096 prompt limit when used in a prompt. Affects all context prompt templates.
April 23, 2025
- fix: Google captcha solves are working again
- fix: Reduce wait time when Google captcha is detected
- fix: Auto hide progress bar in task header if not needed
April 22, 2025
- fix: Dynamic scraper will not exit early with missing 'selector' error if it does not exist on page. Instead it will ignore it and keep going.
April 18, 2025
- feat: Spinning progress is now displayed as progress bar inside task log headers
- feat: SCM will filter out incorrect entries in custom thesaurus
April 16, 2025
- feat: image scraper export url, save correct keyword
April 13, 2025
- style: standard monospace font
- fix: AI prompts, don't show [no prompt] message if you are using macros
- fix: Allow parsing user AI macros that have a '=' inside the prompt code section
April 12, 2025
- feat: image scraper export selected image urls to csv file
- feat: image scraer, auto select all images if you click on export buttons with nothing selected
April 9, 2025
- feat: article creator insert google directions supports spintax destinations
- fix: Google map unable to find reviews
April 4, 2025
- feat: Scrape url of website logo (first image) when using Google maps
- fix: google maps will no longer save reviews if they are not enabled
- fix: article content inserts error
April 3, 2025
- feat: Add token count to ai prompt log messages
April 2, 2025
- fix: Slightly slower google maps place scrolling
See all monthly updates in the SCM changelog archive. New users can also try SCM from the trial signup page.