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v0.1.28
CLI
CLI update

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Task group and extended task management

  • Task groups — CLI workflows now cover task group management, including grouping tasks and reviewing tasks within a group.
  • Extended task management — Task workflows have expanded beyond listing, inspecting, validating, and running tasks.

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Template management

  • Template discovery and management — The CLI can view and search templates, create template tasks, and modify template tasks.
  • Use “template task” or “task created from a template” when describing this workflow. Do not treat it as arbitrary custom workflow creation.

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Cloud scheduling

  • Cloud schedules — Users can configure cloud schedules for tasks, useful for recurring extractions such as daily monitoring or weekly reports.

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Safer high-risk commands

  • Stronger confirmation — High-risk commands now require stronger confirmation to reduce accidental destructive or state-changing operations.

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Data preview and export visibility

  • Data visibility — Data commands now cover record counts, previews, unexported data, and export workflows.

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Detector stability improvements

  • Detector stability — Detector workflows are more stable in v0.1.28. Detection can still require review for complex pages, login flows, or unusual layouts.
Exact v0.1.28 command names and flags for task groups, template task management, cloud scheduling, data count/preview/unexported views, and stronger confirmation require confirmation from octoparse capabilities --json or v0.1.28 command help before adding copy-paste examples.
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April 24, 2026
MCP Server
Weekly update

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New features

  • Dual-mode execute_task — The execute_task tool now automatically picks the best execution path for your client. Clients that support MCP Task receive real-time progress updates and streamed results as the run progresses. Other clients get a task ID immediately and can poll for results, so long-running scrapes no longer block the session.
  • API key authentication — You can now connect to the Octoparse MCP Server using an API key in addition to OAuth. API keys make setup easier in headless or automated environments such as Claude Code, VS Code, TRAE, and OpenClaw. Generate a key from the Octoparse account center.

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Updates

  • Free trial credits for MCP — Free and Basic accounts now receive 2,000 records per week for MCP extraction, with no upgrade required to get started. See Prerequisites.
  • Gemini support — Gemini is now a fully supported client for the MCP Server. See the setup guide.
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April 3, 2026
CLI
Weekly update

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New features

  • octoparse detect — New command that opens the Octoparse extension browser, inspects a URL, and generates a local task file. Supports --auto for automatic region selection, --manual for guided browser interaction, and --agent / prepare-preview-apply for AI agent workflows. See Create tasks from a URL.
  • OAuth login — octoparse auth login --oauth opens a browser-based OAuth flow and stores access and refresh tokens locally. Useful when you prefer not to manage API keys manually.
  • auth info command — New octoparse auth info subcommand shows detailed account and credential information for the active session.
  • OCTO_ENGINE_ACCESS_TOKEN — New environment variable for bearer token authentication. Useful in short-lived CI jobs where storing credentials is not desirable.

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Updates

  • JSONL event types expanded — run --jsonl now emits captcha, proxy, download.started, download.succeeded, and download.failed events in addition to the previous set. See Output and exit codes.
  • --lot-id flag for export — data export and local export now support --lot-id <lotId> to export a specific run lot rather than the latest.
  • --chrome-path for diagnostics — doctor and browser doctor now accept --chrome-path to test a specific Chrome installation.
  • Linux arm64 clarified — Local extraction (run, detect) is not supported on Linux arm64 because Chrome for Testing has no Linux arm64 package. Cloud extraction works on all platforms.