v1.7.0

FoundationVision/VARv1.7.0Aug 5, 2026by dogancanbakir

AI Summary

This release introduces several new features for the Katana web crawler, including a Context field for lifecycle control, secrets and endpoints extractors for the knowledgebase, and callbacks for the headless engine. It also includes bug fixes for label boundaries, concurrent map access, and cap redirects.

Key Highlights

Added Context field to Options for external lifecycle control
Added secrets extractor and endpoints extractor to knowledgebase
Added callbacks to headless engine
Added content similarity detection and deduplication
Fixed label boundary for rdn scope

New Features

Context field for external lifecycle control
Secrets extractor in knowledgebase
Endpoints extractor in knowledgebase
Headless engine callbacks
Content similarity detection and deduplication
Documentation for dit knowledge base

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed

### 🎉 New Features
* Added Context field to Options for external lifecycle control by @idanavishai in https://github.com/projectdiscovery/katana/pull/1593
* Added secrets extractor to knowledgebase by @dogancanbakir in https://github.com/projectdiscovery/katana/pull/1667
* Added endpoints extractor to knowledgebase by @dogancanbakir in https://github.com/projectdiscovery/katana/pull/1669
* Added callbacks to headless engine by @evanrolfe in https://github.com/projectdiscovery/katana/pull/1662
* Added content similarity detection / deduplication by @geeknik in https://github.com/projectdiscovery/katana/pull/915

### 🐞 Bug Fixes
* Fixed require label boundary for rdn scope to block look-alike domains by @Mubashirrrr in https://github.com/projectdiscovery/katana/pull/1685
* Fixed concurrent map access on global custom fields by @dogancanbakir in https://github.com/projectdiscovery/katana/pull/1702
* Fixed cap redirect by @Mzack9999 in https://github.com/projectdiscovery/katana/pull/1697


### Other Changes
* Added documentation for dit knowledge base + auto-download by @dogancanbakir in https://github.com/projectdiscovery/katana/pull/1684


## New Contributors
* @idanavishai made their first contribution in https://github.com/projectdiscovery/katana/pull/1593
* @evanrolfe made their first contribution in https://github.com/projectdiscovery/katana/pull/1662
* @Mubashirrrr made their first contribution in https://github.com/projectdiscovery/katana/pull/1685

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/katana/compare/v1.6.1...v1.7.0