# Crawler General Availability Update

Crawler v2.0 is officially out of beta and generally available to all users. This release introduces plan-based features that unlock a more powerful crawling experience for paid users, while keeping the core functionality accessible on the Free plan.

### **What's Changed**

**Link Depth**

* Free plan: link depth is now capped at 1
* Paid plan: link depth is uncapped — configure as deep as your use case requires
* If a Free plan user submits a job with `link_depth > 1`, the dashboard shows an inline validation message and the API returns a `403` error

**Scheduling**

* Free plan: scheduled Crawler jobs are no longer supported
* Paid plan: full scheduling access with interval-based configurations

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**Impact on Existing Jobs**

Free plan users with active scheduled jobs or jobs with `link_depth > 1` created during the beta are not immediately affected. These jobs will continue running through the grace period ending **May 15, 2025**, after which they will be paused automatically.

**Recommendations for affected users on Free plans:**

* Review your active Crawler jobs before May 15
* Upgrade to a paid plan to keep them running without interruption
* If you choose to stay on the Free plan, reconfigure affected jobs to `link_depth = 1` and remove scheduling before the grace period ends

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**No action required for paid plan users.** All existing and new jobs continue running without any restrictions.

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*Questions? Contact our* [*support team*](mailto:support@scraperapi.com)*.* 

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