Release notes

Changelog

Track what changed in Crowra, what is current right now, and where recent releases made the audit workflow sharper.

Current version

v0.1.7

Released July 14, 2026. This release adds a diagnostic decision layer with Opportunity Radar, AI answer readiness simulation, evidence-backed fix recipes, client-ready briefs, and reusable extractor packs.

Released July 14, 2026Current version
Added

Diagnostic visibility layer

Added focused debugger cards across AI/GEO, SERP, technical indexability, schema/rich results, accessibility, crawl architecture, reports, history, and extractors.

Added

AI answer and reporting workflow

Added AI Answer Readiness Simulator to preview crawl access, answer-surface quality, entity clarity, trust signals, and citation support without using a generative AI API.

Added

Fixes and extraction

Added structured fix recipe checklists inside Fix Plan action items.

Released

v0.1.7

July 14, 2026Current version

This release adds a diagnostic decision layer on top of Crowra's audits: clearer debuggers, ranked opportunities, AI answer readiness simulation, client-ready summaries, fix recipes, and reusable extractor packs.

Added

Diagnostic visibility layer

  • Added focused debugger cards across AI/GEO, SERP, technical indexability, schema/rich results, accessibility, crawl architecture, reports, history, and extractors.
  • Added Opportunity Radar in Overview to rank the highest-leverage actions by impact, effort, confidence, evidence, and owner.
  • Added evidence drawers and fix recipes so top findings explain what triggered them and what to do next.

AI answer and reporting workflow

  • Added AI Answer Readiness Simulator to preview crawl access, answer-surface quality, entity clarity, trust signals, and citation support without using a generative AI API.
  • Added One-click Client Brief in Reports for a short executive summary, risks, wins, next steps, copy action, and Markdown export.

Fixes and extraction

  • Added structured fix recipe checklists inside Fix Plan action items.
  • Added reusable extractor template packs for ecommerce, blog, SaaS, and local-business audits.
Released

v0.1.6

June 1, 2026

This release helps turn a page audit into a clearer action plan: better fix priorities, richer schema and link checks, page overlay context, content readiness signals, PageSpeed checks, and stronger report handoffs.

Added

Fix planning and handoff

  • Added a dedicated Fixes workflow that turns audit issues into prioritized tasks with owner, effort, impact, and export formats for Markdown, GitHub, Linear, Jira, and Trello.
  • Added page overlay controls so you can highlight issues, headings, images, links, schema, accessibility targets, canonical/robots signals, and viewport problems directly on the audited page.
  • Added white-label Client Pack fields for client name, prepared-by, report brand, logo, notes, and before/after improvement summaries based on saved scan history.
  • Added all-saved-scan comparison scope and guided competitor baseline flows so reports can compare the current page with saved benchmarks.

Schema, links, and crawl checks

  • Added Schema Diff, visible-content consistency checks, FAQ opportunity detection, Microdata / RDFa extraction, and Rich Results handoff shortcuts.
  • Added internal link suggestions, same-site crawl architecture summaries, project-based history, and local re-check reminders with optional Chrome notifications.
  • Added broader X-Robots-Tag coverage, early charset placement detection, and a Search Console URL Inspection worksheet for combining Crowra signals with manually checked Google index values.

AI and content readiness

  • Added AI Bot Visibility, AI Citation Readiness signals, deterministic interpretation previews, entity/topic coverage, missing entity signals, topic clusters, and source/support coverage checks.
  • Added a Content Brief card with optional focus keyword/topic, suggested title, H1, meta description, missing sections, FAQ ideas, schema recommendations, internal link ideas, and copyable Markdown.
  • Added PageSpeed Insights through the Crowra site wrapper, plus browser-observed INP capture.

Changed

Product help and public materials

  • Updated onboarding, the product tour, options, support, privacy, README, llms.txt, and Chrome Web Store drafts so users can see current scan areas, outputs, and export workflows more clearly.
  • Added homepage sections for the feature map, practical use cases, scan outputs, and how each check works so users understand what Crowra returns before installing.
  • Removed user-facing PageSpeed key setup language and improved temporary-unavailable messaging when PageSpeed cannot run.
  • Updated support and privacy pages with clearer explanations for PageSpeed checks, Search Console handoffs, local history, reports, and export behavior.
Released

v0.1.5

May 28, 2026

This release focuses on cleaner content analysis, a stronger report center, and more predictable side-panel UX.

Added

Reports v2

  • Added a tabbed report center with Summary, Full audit, Comparison, and Data exports views so reports now live in one place instead of being split across tabs.
  • Added direct comparison export inside Reports using local scan history, plus focused dataset exports for issues, links, images, headings, hreflang, sitemap entries, robots.txt, crawl pages, crawl links, and history JSON.

Content analysis controls

  • Added advanced content-analysis settings with Auto, Main content only, and Custom tags modes, configurable tag groups, presets for Article, Docs, and E-commerce, and in-panel rescan actions.
  • Added analysis-source summaries and fallback warnings to Top Keywords so the panel explains where keyword and word-count numbers came from.

Changed

Keyword extraction pipeline

  • Rebuilt Top Keywords and body word-count extraction around detected main-content roots, configurable semantic tags, and boilerplate removal instead of scanning the whole page body.
  • Expanded Markdown, JSON, and browser PDF exports to include AI / GEO signals, technical details, structured data, readability, accessibility, and richer snapshot metadata.

Settings and reports UX

  • Split Settings into General, Content, Links, and Help tabs, and turned Reports into a central report hub instead of a flat list of file formats.
  • Made Links summary cards act as quick filters that sync with the lower filter pills for both Page links and Site crawl.

Fixed

Panel polish

  • Fixed nested-tag double-counting in content analysis so li + p and similar structures no longer inflate keyword density.
  • Fixed wrapping issues across stat labels, badges, and action buttons such as Scan page, Rescan now, Start tour, External page, and keyword metrics.
Released

v0.1.4

May 22, 2026

Added

Support tab

  • Added a dedicated Support tab after Settings that opens the Crowra support center and keeps a styled in-panel help hub with a direct fallback link.

Changed

Guided tour and onboarding

  • Rebuilt the guided tour into a larger context-first walkthrough, wired the Settings Help button to the same tour flow, and replaced the old Overview wizard with a clearer scan-first welcome state.

Tab-specific side panel flow

  • Bound the side panel, scans, extractors, and crawl state to the exact tab where Crowra was opened, and switched the action-click behavior to open the panel directly instead of showing a popup.

Fixed

Crawl and Chrome warnings

  • User-started same-site crawl now continues even when robots.txt blocks /, and the extension no longer throws Chrome warnings from invalid sidePanel.open() timing or deprecated performance entry access.
Released

v0.1.3

May 15, 2026

Added

  • Added docs/project-context.md as a detailed product, architecture, release, and Chrome Web Store context brief.
  • Added a Chrome Web Store screenshot preparation workflow that exports up to five 1280x800 JPEG screenshots from source captures.

Changed

  • Updated extension name to "Crowra — SEO Audit & AI Readiness" for better discoverability in Chrome Web Store search.
  • Added short_name field to manifest.
  • Updated manifest description with action-first, keyword-rich summary.
Released

v0.1.2

May 11, 2026

Added

robots.txt & Sitemap viewer (Technical tab)

  • Structured robots.txt parser: groups rules by user-agent with allow/disallow paths and crawl-delay values
  • Sitemap fetcher: discovers up to 5 sitemaps from robots.txt directives, falls back to /sitemap.xml
  • RobotsTxtCard rewritten with parsed/raw toggle and per-group rule display
  • New SitemapCard shows each entry type, URL count, and last-modified date
  • 4 new crawlability audit rules: googlebot-blocked, wildcard-blocked, sitemap-missing, crawl-delay-high

SERP Preview (SERP tab)

  • Social card preview with Facebook / Twitter toggle (OG and Twitter Card field status)
  • Rich Results eligibility card — detects 10 schema types and shows which rich result formats the page qualifies for

Link audit enhancements (Links tab)

  • 3 new audit rules: generic-anchor-text, external-links-no-noopener, internal-nofollow
  • Anchor Text Analysis card: frequency map with bar chart, generic/noopener/nofollow issue chips, show-all toggle
  • Link status check now runs automatically when the Links tab is opened

Image audit card (SEO tab)

  • Full ImageAuditCard replaces basic image list: format breakdown color bar, filter pills (no-alt, no-lazy, not-webp, no-dims, decorative), per-image badges for alt status, format, lazy loading, and dimensions

Export enhancements

  • Markdown export enriched with Readability, Accessibility, and robots.txt sections
  • JSON export (v0.1.2) includes readabilityData, accessibilityData, parsedRobots, and sitemapEntries
  • Quick Export Bar on Overview tab (Copy MD / CSV / Open PDF)

History

  • Score sparkline on each HistoryCard (SVG polyline colored by trend direction)
  • Export diff as Markdown in the comparison view

Schema tab

  • Schema deep validator: field-level validation for 13 schema types — missing required fields shown as red chips, missing recommended fields as yellow chips; validation status badge on each block header
  • Schema Generator: draft JSON-LD for 11 types (Article, Product, Organization, LocalBusiness, FAQPage, BreadcrumbList, WebSite, Event, Recipe, VideoObject, Person) with auto-prefill from the page snapshot, live preview, Copy JSON-LD and Download .jsonld actions
Released

v0.1.1

April 25, 2026

Added

  • Added Chrome Web Store listing copy, reviewer instructions, asset guidance, and a privacy policy draft.
  • Added a public landing site with homepage, privacy, support, and terms pages for Chrome Web Store submission URLs.
  • Added landing page SEO metadata, FAQ content, GEO/AI discovery text, JSON-LD structured data, llms.txt, robots.txt, and sitemap.xml.
  • Improved landing page tablet and mobile layouts to prevent hero, navigation, preview, and legal-page overflow.

Changed

  • Updated the extension manifest description for the Chrome Web Store listing.
  • Removed remote Google Fonts from extension pages and switched to local system font stacks.

Fixed

  • Replaced dynamic GitHub badges in README.md with static badges so the repository page renders correctly while the repo is private.
Released

v0.1.0

April 25, 2025

Initial public release.

Added

Core audit engine

  • 0–100 scoring across SEO, Technical, AI/GEO, Schema, Links, and Accessibility dimensions
  • Composite Overall score with weighted category breakdown
  • Prioritised issue list (Critical → High → Medium → Low → Info)

Overview tab

  • Score ring with animated fill and quality label
  • Per-category sub-scores with tab navigation
  • Page signals grid (HTTPS, Title, Description, H1, Canonical, Robots, Schema, OG, Language, llms.txt)

SEO tab

  • Title and meta description length checks
  • Heading hierarchy analysis (H1–H6)
  • Open Graph and Twitter Card validation
  • Robots meta and X-Robots-Tag detection
  • Live Google SERP preview

Tech tab

  • HTTPS / mixed-content detection
  • Canonical chain tracer (follows up to 5 hops)
  • Viewport and charset checks
  • Hreflang inventory
  • Resource size breakdown (JS, CSS, images, fonts)

AI / GEO tab

  • E-E-A-T signal extraction (author, dates, About/Contact pages)
  • llms.txt presence check
  • AI-bot access audit via robots.txt
  • Content density and reading level signals
  • Entity graph (schema types, keywords)

Schema tab

  • JSON-LD, Microdata, and RDFa block detection and rendering
  • JSON parse error validation
  • Entity type listing

Links tab — Page links

  • Full page link extraction (internal / external / nofollow)
  • HEAD-based status check for every link (with GET fallback for 405)
  • Redirect chain detection

Links tab — Site Crawl

  • BFS crawler with configurable max-pages (default 200) and max-depth (default 4)
  • robots.txt disallow parsing and enforcement
  • sitemap.xml URL seeding
  • Inbound link tracking per page
  • Broken / redirect / noindex / slow page classification
  • Fixed: uncrawled link targets no longer counted as broken
  • CSV and JSON export

A11y tab

  • WCAG 2.1 checks: image alt text, form labels, landmark roles
  • Heading order validation
  • Focus management heuristics
  • Color contrast signal detection

Extractors tab

  • Structured extraction of meta tags, headings, links, and images
  • Copy-to-clipboard and JSON download

Reports tab

  • Full audit export as Markdown or JSON

History tab

  • Local scan history (browser storage, no account required)
  • Score trend across past scans

Settings tab

  • Link checker toggle and concurrency/timeout controls
  • Theme and display preferences

Product Tour

  • 8-step interactive guided tour (triggered via ? button in the header)
  • Per-step tab navigation and tab button highlight
  • Skip / Back / Next / Done flow, returns to Overview on close

Auto-scan

  • Side panel automatically re-scans when the active tab navigates to a new URL or when the user switches tabs

Onboarding

  • First-run multi-step onboarding guide (5 slides) shown to new users