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v1.7.0

projectdiscovery/katanav1.7.0Aug 5, 2026by dogancanbakir

AI Summary

This release introduces significant enhancements to the headless engine and knowledge base, including content similarity detection, new extraction capabilities, and lifecycle control options.

Key Highlights

  • Added content similarity detection and deduplication for crawled pages.
  • Expanded knowledge base with endpoints and secrets extractors.
  • Added callbacks to the headless engine for advanced interaction.
  • Added Context field to Options for external lifecycle control.

New Features

  • Context field for external lifecycle control
  • Secrets extractor to knowledgebase
  • Endpoints extractor to knowledgebase
  • Callbacks in headless engine
  • Content similarity detection

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