v3.18.1

Name: Qwen3-VL
Author: QwenLM

QwenLM/Qwen3-VLv3.18.1Aug 12, 2026by apify-service-account

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AI Summary

A bug fix release that resolves storage purging issues, updates Cloudflare challenge handling, and enforces link depth limits in crawling contexts.

Key Highlights

Fixed storage purge logic to avoid purging in-use storages
Updated Cloudflare challenge markup handling for Playwright
Enforced maxCrawlDepth in JSDOM/LinkeDOM context
Fixed Playwright Cloudflare challenge handling

Full Release Notes

## [3.18.1](https://github.com/apify/crawlee/compare/v3.18.0...v3.18.1) (2026-08-12)

### Bug Fixes

* **core:** do not purge storages that are already in use ([#3988](https://github.com/apify/crawlee/issues/3988)) ([8e8c75b](https://github.com/apify/crawlee/commit/8e8c75beaa6dcb5c7fe671fbc8fad430fd7af516)), closes [#3156](https://github.com/apify/crawlee/issues/3156)
* **playwright:** update handleCloudflareChallenge for new Cloudflare challenge markup ([#4019](https://github.com/apify/crawlee/issues/4019)) ([379f629](https://github.com/apify/crawlee/commit/379f629b657c5457fa8cc0333df43b0d83d67464)), closes [#3717](https://github.com/apify/crawlee/issues/3717) [#3717](https://github.com/apify/crawlee/issues/3717)
* respect `maxCrawlDepth` in `JSDOM/LinkeDOM` context `enqueueLinks` ([#4021](https://github.com/apify/crawlee/issues/4021)) ([4d34aea](https://github.com/apify/crawlee/commit/4d34aeab6d78d1bd0bbe27418daf621f28a3524c)), closes [#3927](https://github.com/apify/crawlee/issues/3927) [#4020](https://github.com/apify/crawlee/issues/4020)

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