0.53.4

dgtlmoon/changedetection.io0.53.4Feb 18, 2026by dgtlmoon

AI Summary

This release focuses on stabilizing the UI and improving the handling of large Single Page Applications (SPAs) during HTML to text conversion.

Key Highlights

Fixed realtime updates for status during checking
Fixed time schedule off-by-one bug at exact end times
Improved HTML to text conversion for large SPAs

New Features

Pluggy plugin hook for watch processing lifecycle
Added extra browser cleanup with Puppeteer
Refactored tag update and migration code

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed
* Pluggy plugin hook for before and after a watch is processed by @dgtlmoon in https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/pull/3888
* UI - Fixing realtime updates for status updates when checking by @dgtlmoon in https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/pull/3889
* Fix time schedule off-by-one bug at exact end times for all durations and add comprehensive edge case tests Re #3846 by @dgtlmoon in https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/pull/3890
* "Error 200 no content" - Some very large SPA pages make HTML to Text fail by dumping 10Mb+ into page header, strip extras. by @dgtlmoon in https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/pull/3892
* Large html to text error 200 blank by @dgtlmoon in https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/pull/3893
* Fix: Some SPAs with long content - Stripping tags must also find matching close tag by @dgtlmoon in https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/pull/3895
* Puppeteer - Adding extra browser cleanup by @dgtlmoon in https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/pull/3897
* Updates/migration - Re-run tag update, re-save to cleanup changedetection.json, code refactor by @dgtlmoon in https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/pull/3898


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/compare/0.53.3...0.53.4