v3.18.1

apify/crawleev3.18.1Aug 12, 2026by apify-service-account

AI Summary

This patch release focuses on bug fixes, specifically addressing Cloudflare challenge handling, storage management, and link enqueueing logic to prevent unintended side effects.

Key Highlights

Fix for Cloudflare challenge markup handling in Playwright.
Prevent purging of storages currently in use.
Enforce `maxCrawlDepth` in JSDOM/LinkDOM contexts.

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)