Updates

Changelog

Follow new features, improvements, and fixes as CloakScan evolves. A simple shipping log for what changed and why it matters.

v1.4

A new Studio. More dependable monitoring.

A complete refresh of the CloakScan workspace, with clearer site insights, richer charts and a calmer way to manage your portfolio. Under the hood, this release strengthens scheduled scanning and lays the groundwork for understanding how each site changes over time.

  • improved A redesigned Studio overview brings scores, scan activity and recent findings together in clear cards and interactive charts.
  • improved Refreshed Sites and Analytics pages make portfolios easier to navigate. Site details bring scan history, visitor and Googlebot comparisons, reports and badge customization into a more consistent workspace.
  • added An activity calendar gives you a visual record of your scans. A dismissible resource carousel keeps practical guides and recent articles close at hand.
  • improved Light, dark and system appearance now work consistently across Studio and login. A collapsible desktop sidebar gives your sites and charts more room.
  • improved Notifications, settings, profile and support have been reorganized for clarity, with clearer plan information for Free accounts and more consistent loading states.
  • fixed Improved English and Italian language consistency across alerts, emails, reports and interface messages.
  • improved Scheduled scans are more resilient to temporary interruptions, with automatic recovery and stronger protection against overlapping or duplicate work.
  • fixed Site reputation now consistently reflects the most recent scan history. Search index checks handle temporary failures and service limits more reliably.
  • added Site baseline insights begin building a picture of normal variation as scan history grows. This first release is observational and does not automatically change scan verdicts.
  • improved Expanded reliability checks cover scan recovery, site history and localized alerts, supporting more dependable day-to-day monitoring.
  • added A built-in AI assistant helps interpret scan signals, Googlebot comparisons, alerts and report findings directly inside CloakScan Studio.
v1.3

Sharper verdicts

The engine stopped filling gaps with guesses. When a reading cannot be trusted it says so, and every scan is now kept together with the reasoning behind it, so accuracy is measured on real cases instead of assumed.

  • improved Surfaces that contradict each other no longer average into a verdict: when the plain requests and the browser disagree, the scan closes as inconclusive and asks to be repeated
  • improved A site that refuses every identity is never reported clean — a page nobody could read is a page that was not checked
  • added Cloaking hidden behind a server error is caught: an error page for visitors and a spam page for Googlebot is a finding, not a glitch
  • added Pages prerendered for crawlers are told apart from failed readings and stay flagged
  • fixed Carousels, animations and lazy-loaded images no longer count as a visual mismatch when the text of the page is identical
  • added Every scan is stored with its features and its verdict, the base for measuring detection accuracy over time
v1.2

Abuse protection

The free scan and the signup form were the two open doors. Both got a lock, and the trial became clearer about when it starts.

  • added Turnstile captcha on signup, disposable email blocking and rate limiting on repeated attempts
  • added Per-URL caching and daily caps on the free scan, so it cannot be used as a public crawler
  • added Lead capture on the free scan, with deduplication
  • improved Manual scans get up to 300 seconds, so heavy sites finish their browser pass
  • added Trial activation banner, so it is clear when the 15 days begin
  • fixed Screenshot capture on the free scan
  • fixed Billing activation and access to subscription features
  • fixed Dashboard chart rendering
v1.1

Spam hunting beyond the homepage

Cloaking is rarely the only symptom. This release looks at what else an injection leaves behind: pages in the index you never wrote, spam URLs inside the sitemap and inside WordPress itself.

  • added Search index inspection: spam pages indexed under your domain that you never published
  • added WordPress content scan for injected spam URLs in posts and pages
  • added Sitemap insights, with suspicious URLs listed one by one instead of counted
  • added AI summary of a scan: what is wrong and what to fix first, in English and Italian
  • added Screenshots of both responses open at full size from the report
  • fixed A false positive in the cloaking comparison, and manual scans timing out on slow sites
v1.0

Launch

CloakScan is live. Site integrity monitoring for freelancers, agencies and client-facing studios.

  • added Dual-crawl cloaking detection (normal + Googlebot)
  • added SSL certificate & Google Safe Browsing checks
  • added Security headers audit (5 headers)
  • added SEO watch — title & meta description change detection
  • added Uptime, robots.txt & sitemap monitoring
  • added Browser render with screenshot diff (Puppeteer + pixelmatch)
  • added Evasion signal & CSS hidden content detection
  • added Structured data comparison (JSON-LD, OG, canonical)
  • added Temporal variance detection
  • added Reputation profile based on last 20 scans
  • added Auto-scan scheduling (6h / 24h / 7d) with per-site override
  • added Email + in-app notifications for critical & warning alerts
  • added Embeddable public badge with theme presets & layout options
  • added Advanced badge customization (Pro) & white-label badge (Studio)
  • added Monthly PDF reports — white-label option for Studio
  • added Dashboard with score trends, cloaking pressure & coverage charts
  • added Googlebot vs normal compare view
  • added Two-factor authentication (TOTP + recovery codes)
  • added Dark mode & multi-language support (EN + IT)
  • added Stripe billing with 15-day free trial on all plans
  • added Support ticket system (technical, billing, alerts, feature requests)

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