Release notes

Changelog

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

Current version

v0.1.3

Released May 15, 2026. The latest release expands crawlability visibility, schema tooling, exports, and high-signal review flows inside Chrome.

Released May 15, 2026Current version
Added

Added

Added docs/project-context.md as a detailed product, architecture, release, and Chrome Web Store context brief.

Changed

Changed

Updated extension name to "Crowra — SEO Audit & AI Readiness" for better discoverability in Chrome Web Store search.

Released

v0.1.3

May 15, 2026Current version

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