What's new in SocialStalker

Injects an Archive Media button into Twitter / X profile headers to bulk-download original photos, highest-bitrate MP4 videos, and animated GIFs into a structured ZIP archive while strictly filtering out retweets and liked posts.

Adds an inline Download button to tweet action bars across feeds, profiles, and status permalinks to save highest-bitrate MP4 videos, animated GIFs, or multi-image posts directly.

Passively harvests rotating UserByScreenName, UserMedia, UserTweets, and TweetResultByRestId GraphQL query IDs and bearer tokens from live network traffic and client bundles with automatic UserTweets fallback.

Added dedicated Twitter / X capability toggles in the extension popup and wired distributed OTLP trace spans and logfmt telemetry for all Twitter operations.

Bridges traceId and spanId from active distributed operations into content-script logfmt logs and caught exceptions, enabling seamless correlation in Tempo and Loki.

Hardened cross-realm trace context propagation between content scripts and background service worker with dedicated test coverage.

Introduced an in-house OTLP exporter posting directly to Grafana Alloy, streaming structured logfmt logs to Loki and traces to Tempo without heavy SDK bundle overhead.

Added 4 production Grafana dashboards (ss-overview, ss-errors, ss-traces, ss-operations) and 5 alert rules under ops/grafana synchronized with gitnasr.com monitoring.

Bundled offline changelog data directly into the extension bundle for instant offline viewing upon auto-update.

Migrated user feed fetching to GraphQL connection to prevent empty feed redirects from Instagram web REST endpoints.

Added automated extraction of rotating Instagram Relay operation doc_ids directly from loaded client bundles and intercepted live GraphQL requests, preventing broken endpoints when Instagram deploys new web bundles.

Updated query variables to include all October 2026 Relay provider variables (including PolarisSEOIsCrawler and PolarisProfileInformTreatmentBanner), expanded token extraction patterns, and improved author resolution on collab posts.

Bundled the complete GraphQL migration changelog directly into the extension for instant offline display upon auto-update.

Migrated profile post fetching from the retired v1 REST user feed endpoint to PolarisProfilePostsTabContentQuery_connection (xdt_api__v1__feed__user_timeline_graphql_connection). Fixes the 'Could not build the archive / Instagram returned an empty feed response' error caused by Instagram redirecting web REST feeds to the HTML homepage.

Registered the changelog HTML entrypoint directly in Vite Rollup inputs instead of copying raw .tsx source files as web_accessible_resources, fixing the blank screen when the changelog tab opened.

Fixed indentation in the release.yml workflow to ensure uninterrupted multi-repo package deployment.

Redesigned the changelog experience with SocialStalker High-Contrast Brutalism, featuring version navigation, search, and platform scope filters (Instagram, Facebook, Stories, Core) that load instantly offline with zero API rate limits.

Decoupled private extension source code from public distributions. All releases, signed CRX packages, and verified unpacked ZIP archives are now published directly to the public socialstalker/releases repository.

Registered the changelog HTML entrypoint directly in Vite Rollup inputs instead of copying raw .tsx source files as web_accessible_resources, fixing the blank screen when the changelog tab opened.

The extension now automatically surfaces release notes upon auto-update via chrome.runtime.onInstalled, keeping users informed of changes without hunting for changelogs.

Migrated reel and story fetching from fragile REST endpoints to authenticated GraphQL document queries and POST fallbacks. Prevents media resolution failures when Instagram returns 400 Bad Request on legacy query params.

Added profile HTML scraping and GraphQL post strategies to resolve numerical Instagram user IDs. Guarantees story and profile picture downloads succeed even on private or restricted accounts.

Updated rotating GraphQL document IDs and query variables following Instagram's web release, while preserving legacy endpoints as automatic fallbacks to prevent network 404s.

Added a fallback to extract story identifiers directly from intercepted network payloads when username resolution is delayed, ensuring the download button triggers immediately.

Rebuilt the extension around a clean core abstraction layer. Separated DOM observer lifecycles, route classification, zip archiving, and typed background messaging from platform scrapers.

Implemented a client-side network interceptor running directly in the MAIN page world. Blocks outgoing seen receipts and story view telemetry on Instagram and Facebook before they leave the browser.

Right-click any profile avatar or timeline thumbnail to immediately open the raw uncompressed asset. Story handling now queries buckets with dynamic session token management.

Injected download controls natively into action rows on feed posts, reels, and stories, replacing floating overlay buttons with integrated buttons matching platform UI.

Multi-stage fallback strategy for full-size profile pictures. If Instagram restricts the highest-resolution GraphQL asset, the downloader cascades to the next best CDN cache.

Replaced system OS notifications with custom in-page feedback toasts styled after SocialStalker's High-Contrast Brutalism design system.

Fixed a bug where paused video stories were saved as corrupt 0-byte images. The downloader now detects active frame buffers and downloads streaming MP4 media.

Fixed an issue where opening stories directly from the home feed tray failed to mount download controls.

Fixed 404 lookup errors caused by Instagram appending tracking query hashes to post shortcodes by isolating pure slug identifiers.

Replaced pinned GraphQL query hashes with dynamic runtime harvesting directly from active web bundles to prevent query expiration.