fix: add disk cleanup step to Docker workflow

announcement: add application form for cloud API closed beta

.github/workflows/docker-release.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,25 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
+      - name: Free up disk space
+        run: |
+          echo "=== Disk space before cleanup ==="
+          df -h
+
+          # Remove unnecessary tools and libraries (frees ~25GB)
+          sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet
+          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/android
+          sudo rm -rf /opt/ghc
+          sudo rm -rf /opt/hostedtoolcache/CodeQL
+          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/boost
+          sudo rm -rf /usr/share/swift
+
+          # Clean apt cache
+          sudo apt-get clean
+
+          echo "=== Disk space after cleanup ==="
+          df -h
+
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 

.gitignore

@@ -271,6 +271,8 @@ continue_config.json
 CLAUDE_MONITOR.md
 CLAUDE.md
 
+.claude/
+
 tests/**/test_site
 tests/**/reports
 tests/**/benchmark_reports
@@ -282,3 +284,14 @@ docs/apps/linkdin/debug*/
 docs/apps/linkdin/samples/insights/*
 
 scripts/
+
+
+# Databse files
+*.sqlite3
+*.sqlite3-journal
+*.db-journal
+*.db-wal
+*.db-shm
+*.db
+*.rdb
+*.ldb

Dockerfile

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM python:3.12-slim-bookworm AS build
 
 # C4ai version
-ARG C4AI_VER=0.7.6
+ARG C4AI_VER=0.7.8
 ENV C4AI_VERSION=$C4AI_VER
 LABEL c4ai.version=$C4AI_VER
 
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ RUN mkdir -p /home/appuser/.cache/ms-playwright \
 
 RUN crawl4ai-doctor
 
+# Ensure all cache directories belong to appuser
+# This fixes permission issues with .cache/url_seeder and other runtime cache dirs
+RUN mkdir -p /home/appuser/.cache \
+    && chown -R appuser:appuser /home/appuser/.cache
+
 # Copy application code
 COPY deploy/docker/* ${APP_HOME}/
 

README.md

@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@
 [![Downloads](https://static.pepy.tech/badge/crawl4ai/month)](https://pepy.tech/project/crawl4ai)
 [![GitHub Sponsors](https://img.shields.io/github/sponsors/unclecode?style=flat&logo=GitHub-Sponsors&label=Sponsors&color=pink)](https://github.com/sponsors/unclecode)
 
+---
+#### 🚀 Crawl4AI Cloud API — Closed Beta (Launching Soon)
+Reliable, large-scale web extraction, now built to be _**drastically more cost-effective**_ than any of the existing solutions.
+
+👉 **Apply [here](https://forms.gle/E9MyPaNXACnAMaqG7) for early access**  
+_We’ll be onboarding in phases and working closely with early users.
+Limited slots._
+
+---
+
 <p align="center">
     <a href="https://x.com/crawl4ai">
       <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Follow%20on%20X-000000?style=for-the-badge&logo=x&logoColor=white" alt="Follow on X" />
@@ -27,13 +37,13 @@
 
 Crawl4AI turns the web into clean, LLM ready Markdown for RAG, agents, and data pipelines. Fast, controllable, battle tested by a 50k+ star community.
 
-[✨ Check out latest update v0.7.6](#-recent-updates)
+[✨ Check out latest update v0.7.8](#-recent-updates)
 
-✨ **New in v0.7.6**: Complete Webhook Infrastructure for Docker Job Queue API! Real-time notifications for both `/crawl/job` and `/llm/job` endpoints with exponential backoff retry, custom headers, and flexible delivery modes. No more polling! [Release notes →](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/docs/blog/release-v0.7.6.md)
+✨ **New in v0.7.8**: Stability & Bug Fix Release! 11 bug fixes addressing Docker API issues (ContentRelevanceFilter, ProxyConfig, cache permissions), LLM extraction improvements (configurable backoff, HTML input format), URL handling fixes, and dependency updates (pypdf, Pydantic v2). [Release notes →](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/docs/blog/release-v0.7.8.md)
 
-✨ Recent v0.7.5: Docker Hooks System with function-based API for pipeline customization, Enhanced LLM Integration with custom providers, HTTPS Preservation, and multiple community-reported bug fixes. [Release notes →](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/docs/blog/release-v0.7.5.md)
+✨ Recent v0.7.7: Complete Self-Hosting Platform with Real-time Monitoring! Enterprise-grade monitoring dashboard, comprehensive REST API, WebSocket streaming, smart browser pool management, and production-ready observability. [Release notes →](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/docs/blog/release-v0.7.7.md)
 
-✨ Previous v0.7.4: Revolutionary LLM Table Extraction with intelligent chunking, enhanced concurrency fixes, memory management refactor, and critical stability improvements. [Release notes →](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/docs/blog/release-v0.7.4.md)
+✨ Previous v0.7.6: Complete Webhook Infrastructure for Docker Job Queue API! Real-time notifications for both `/crawl/job` and `/llm/job` endpoints with exponential backoff retry, custom headers, and flexible delivery modes. [Release notes →](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/docs/blog/release-v0.7.6.md)
 
 <details>
   <summary>🤓 <strong>My Personal Story</strong></summary>
@@ -296,6 +306,7 @@ pip install -e ".[all]"             # Install all optional features
 ### New Docker Features
 
 The new Docker implementation includes:
+- **Real-time Monitoring Dashboard** with live system metrics and browser pool visibility
 - **Browser pooling** with page pre-warming for faster response times
 - **Interactive playground** to test and generate request code
 - **MCP integration** for direct connection to AI tools like Claude Code
@@ -310,7 +321,8 @@ The new Docker implementation includes:
 docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:latest
 docker run -d -p 11235:11235 --name crawl4ai --shm-size=1g unclecode/crawl4ai:latest
 
-# Visit the playground at http://localhost:11235/playground
+# Visit the monitoring dashboard at http://localhost:11235/dashboard
+# Or the playground at http://localhost:11235/playground
 ```
 
 ### Quick Test
@@ -339,7 +351,7 @@ else:
     result = requests.get(f"http://localhost:11235/task/{task_id}")
 ```
 
-For more examples, see our [Docker Examples](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/docs/examples/docker_example.py). For advanced configuration, environment variables, and usage examples, see our [Docker Deployment Guide](https://docs.crawl4ai.com/basic/docker-deployment/).
+For more examples, see our [Docker Examples](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/docs/examples/docker_example.py). For advanced configuration, monitoring features, and production deployment, see our [Self-Hosting Guide](https://docs.crawl4ai.com/core/self-hosting/).
 
 </details>
 
@@ -544,8 +556,112 @@ async def test_news_crawl():
 
 </details>
 
+---
+
+> **💡 Tip:** Some websites may use **CAPTCHA** based verification mechanisms to prevent automated access. If your workflow encounters such challenges, you may optionally integrate a third-party CAPTCHA-handling service such as <strong>[CapSolver](https://www.capsolver.com/blog/Partners/crawl4ai-capsolver/?utm_source=crawl4ai&utm_medium=github_pr&utm_campaign=crawl4ai_integration)</strong>. They support reCAPTCHA v2/v3, Cloudflare Turnstile, Challenge, AWS WAF, and more. Please ensure that your usage complies with the target website’s terms of service and applicable laws.
+
 ## ✨ Recent Updates
 
+<details>
+<summary><strong>Version 0.7.8 Release Highlights - Stability & Bug Fix Release</strong></summary>
+
+This release focuses on stability with 11 bug fixes addressing issues reported by the community. No new features, but significant improvements to reliability.
+
+- **🐳 Docker API Fixes**:
+  - Fixed `ContentRelevanceFilter` deserialization in deep crawl requests (#1642)
+  - Fixed `ProxyConfig` JSON serialization in `BrowserConfig.to_dict()` (#1629)
+  - Fixed `.cache` folder permissions in Docker image (#1638)
+
+- **🤖 LLM Extraction Improvements**:
+  - Configurable rate limiter backoff with new `LLMConfig` parameters (#1269):
+    ```python
+    from crawl4ai import LLMConfig
+
+    config = LLMConfig(
+        provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini",
+        backoff_base_delay=5,           # Wait 5s on first retry
+        backoff_max_attempts=5,          # Try up to 5 times
+        backoff_exponential_factor=3     # Multiply delay by 3 each attempt
+    )
+    ```
+  - HTML input format support for `LLMExtractionStrategy` (#1178):
+    ```python
+    from crawl4ai import LLMExtractionStrategy
+
+    strategy = LLMExtractionStrategy(
+        llm_config=config,
+        instruction="Extract table data",
+        input_format="html"  # Now supports: "html", "markdown", "fit_markdown"
+    )
+    ```
+  - Fixed raw HTML URL variable - extraction strategies now receive `"Raw HTML"` instead of HTML blob (#1116)
+
+- **🔗 URL Handling**:
+  - Fixed relative URL resolution after JavaScript redirects (#1268)
+  - Fixed import statement formatting in extracted code (#1181)
+
+- **📦 Dependency Updates**:
+  - Replaced deprecated PyPDF2 with pypdf (#1412)
+  - Pydantic v2 ConfigDict compatibility - no more deprecation warnings (#678)
+
+- **🧠 AdaptiveCrawler**:
+  - Fixed query expansion to actually use LLM instead of hardcoded mock data (#1621)
+
+[Full v0.7.8 Release Notes →](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/docs/blog/release-v0.7.8.md)
+
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary><strong>Version 0.7.7 Release Highlights - The Self-Hosting & Monitoring Update</strong></summary>
+
+- **📊 Real-time Monitoring Dashboard**: Interactive web UI with live system metrics and browser pool visibility
+  ```python
+  # Access the monitoring dashboard
+  # Visit: http://localhost:11235/dashboard
+
+  # Real-time metrics include:
+  # - System health (CPU, memory, network, uptime)
+  # - Active and completed request tracking
+  # - Browser pool management (permanent/hot/cold)
+  # - Janitor cleanup events
+  # - Error monitoring with full context
+  ```
+
+- **🔌 Comprehensive Monitor API**: Complete REST API for programmatic access to all monitoring data
+  ```python
+  import httpx
+
+  async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+      # System health
+      health = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/health")
+
+      # Request tracking
+      requests = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/requests")
+
+      # Browser pool status
+      browsers = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/browsers")
+
+      # Endpoint statistics
+      stats = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/endpoints/stats")
+  ```
+
+- **⚡ WebSocket Streaming**: Real-time updates every 2 seconds for custom dashboards
+- **🔥 Smart Browser Pool**: 3-tier architecture (permanent/hot/cold) with automatic promotion and cleanup
+- **🧹 Janitor System**: Automatic resource management with event logging
+- **🎮 Control Actions**: Manual browser management (kill, restart, cleanup) via API
+- **📈 Production Metrics**: 6 critical metrics for operational excellence with Prometheus integration
+- **🐛 Critical Bug Fixes**:
+  - Fixed async LLM extraction blocking issue (#1055)
+  - Enhanced DFS deep crawl strategy (#1607)
+  - Fixed sitemap parsing in AsyncUrlSeeder (#1598)
+  - Resolved browser viewport configuration (#1495)
+  - Fixed CDP timing with exponential backoff (#1528)
+  - Security update for pyOpenSSL (>=25.3.0)
+
+[Full v0.7.7 Release Notes →](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/docs/blog/release-v0.7.7.md)
+
+</details>
+
 <details>
 <summary><strong>Version 0.7.5 Release Highlights - The Docker Hooks & Security Update</strong></summary>
 
@@ -977,11 +1093,15 @@ Our enterprise sponsors and technology partners help scale Crawl4AI to power pro
 
 | Company | About | Sponsorship Tier |
 |------|------|----------------------------|
-| <a href="https://dashboard.capsolver.com/passport/register?inviteCode=ESVSECTX5Q23" target="_blank"><picture><source width="120" media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="https://docs.crawl4ai.com/uploads/sponsors/20251013045338_72a71fa4ee4d2f40.png"><source width="120" media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="https://www.capsolver.com/assets/images/logo-text.png"><img alt="Capsolver" src="https://www.capsolver.com/assets/images/logo-text.png"></picture></a> | AI-powered Captcha solving service. Supports all major Captcha types, including reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare, and more | 🥈 Silver |
+| <a href="https://app.nstproxy.com/register?i=ecOqW9" target="_blank"><picture><source width="250" media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="https://gist.github.com/aravindkarnam/62f82bd4818d3079d9dd3c31df432cf8/raw/nst-light.svg"><source width="250" media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="https://www.nstproxy.com/logo.svg"><img alt="nstproxy" src="ttps://www.nstproxy.com/logo.svg"></picture></a>  | NstProxy is a trusted proxy provider with over 110M+ real residential IPs, city-level targeting, 99.99% uptime, and low pricing at $0.1/GB, it delivers unmatched stability, scale, and cost-efficiency. | 🥈 Silver |
+| <a href="https://app.scrapeless.com/passport/register?utm_source=official&utm_term=crawl4ai" target="_blank"><picture><source width="250" media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/aravindkarnam/0d275b942705604263e5c32d2db27bc1/raw/Scrapeless-light-logo.svg"><source width="250" media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/aravindkarnam/22d0525cc0f3021bf19ebf6e11a69ccd/raw/Scrapeless-dark-logo.svg"><img alt="Scrapeless" src="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/aravindkarnam/22d0525cc0f3021bf19ebf6e11a69ccd/raw/Scrapeless-dark-logo.svg"></picture></a>  | Scrapeless provides production-grade infrastructure for Crawling, Automation, and AI Agents, offering Scraping Browser, 4 Proxy Types and Universal Scraping API. | 🥈 Silver |
+| <a href="https://dashboard.capsolver.com/passport/register?inviteCode=ESVSECTX5Q23" target="_blank"><picture><source width="120" media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="https://docs.crawl4ai.com/uploads/sponsors/20251013045338_72a71fa4ee4d2f40.png"><source width="120" media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="https://www.capsolver.com/assets/images/logo-text.png"><img alt="Capsolver" src="https://www.capsolver.com/assets/images/logo-text.png"></picture></a> | AI-powered Captcha solving service. Supports all major Captcha types, including reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare, and more | 🥉 Bronze |
 | <a href="https://kipo.ai" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.crawl4ai.com/uploads/sponsors/20251013045751_2d54f57f117c651e.png" alt="DataSync" width="120"/></a> | Helps engineers and buyers find, compare, and source electronic & industrial parts in seconds, with specs, pricing, lead times & alternatives.| 🥇 Gold |
 | <a href="https://www.kidocode.com/" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.crawl4ai.com/uploads/sponsors/20251013045045_bb8dace3f0440d65.svg" alt="Kidocode" width="120"/><p align="center">KidoCode</p></a> | Kidocode is a hybrid technology and entrepreneurship school for kids aged 5–18, offering both online and on-campus education. | 🥇 Gold |
 | <a href="https://www.alephnull.sg/" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.crawl4ai.com/uploads/sponsors/20251013050323_a9e8e8c4c3650421.svg" alt="Aleph null" width="120"/></a> | Singapore-based  Aleph Null is Asia’s leading edtech hub, dedicated to student-centric, AI-driven education—empowering learners with the tools to thrive in a fast-changing world. | 🥇 Gold |
 
+
+
 ### 🧑‍🤝 Individual Sponsors
 
 A heartfelt thanks to our individual supporters! Every contribution helps us keep our opensource mission alive and thriving!

crawl4ai/__init__.py

@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ from .deep_crawling import (
     BestFirstCrawlingStrategy,
     DFSDeepCrawlStrategy,
     DeepCrawlDecorator,
+    ContentRelevanceFilter,
+    ContentTypeScorer,
 )
 # NEW: Import AsyncUrlSeeder
 from .async_url_seeder import AsyncUrlSeeder

crawl4ai/__version__.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # crawl4ai/__version__.py
 
 # This is the version that will be used for stable releases
-__version__ = "0.7.6"
+__version__ = "0.7.8"
 
 # For nightly builds, this gets set during build process
 __nightly_version__ = None

crawl4ai/adaptive_crawler.py

@@ -728,18 +728,18 @@ class EmbeddingStrategy(CrawlStrategy):
         provider = llm_config_dict.get('provider', 'openai/gpt-4o-mini') if llm_config_dict else 'openai/gpt-4o-mini'
         api_token = llm_config_dict.get('api_token') if llm_config_dict else None
         
-        # response = perform_completion_with_backoff(
-        #     provider=provider,
-        #     prompt_with_variables=prompt,
-        #     api_token=api_token,
-        #     json_response=True
-        # )
+        response = perform_completion_with_backoff(
+            provider=provider,
+            prompt_with_variables=prompt,
+            api_token=api_token,
+            json_response=True
+        )
         
-        # variations = json.loads(response.choices[0].message.content)
+        variations = json.loads(response.choices[0].message.content)
         
         
         # # Mock data with more variations for split
-        variations ={'queries': ['what are the best vegetables to use in fried rice?', 'how do I make vegetable fried rice from scratch?', 'can you provide a quick recipe for vegetable fried rice?', 'what cooking techniques are essential for perfect fried rice with vegetables?', 'how to add flavor to vegetable fried rice?', 'are there any tips for making healthy fried rice with vegetables?']}
+        # variations ={'queries': ['what are the best vegetables to use in fried rice?', 'how do I make vegetable fried rice from scratch?', 'can you provide a quick recipe for vegetable fried rice?', 'what cooking techniques are essential for perfect fried rice with vegetables?', 'how to add flavor to vegetable fried rice?', 'are there any tips for making healthy fried rice with vegetables?']}
         
         
         # variations = {'queries': [

crawl4ai/async_configs.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+import importlib
 import os
-from typing import Union
 import warnings
+import requests
 from .config import (
     DEFAULT_PROVIDER,
     DEFAULT_PROVIDER_API_KEY,
@@ -26,14 +27,14 @@ from .table_extraction import TableExtractionStrategy, DefaultTableExtraction
 from .cache_context import CacheMode
 from .proxy_strategy import ProxyRotationStrategy
 
-from typing import Union, List, Callable
 import inspect
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Union
 from enum import Enum
 
 # Type alias for URL matching
 UrlMatcher = Union[str, Callable[[str], bool], List[Union[str, Callable[[str], bool]]]]
 
+
 class MatchMode(Enum):
     OR = "or"
     AND = "and"
@@ -41,8 +42,7 @@ class MatchMode(Enum):
 # from .proxy_strategy import ProxyConfig
 
 
-
-def to_serializable_dict(obj: Any, ignore_default_value : bool = False) -> Dict:
+def to_serializable_dict(obj: Any, ignore_default_value : bool = False):
     """
     Recursively convert an object to a serializable dictionary using {type, params} structure
     for complex objects.
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ def to_serializable_dict(obj: Any, ignore_default_value : bool = False) -> Dict:
         #             if value is not None:
         #                 current_values[attr_name] = to_serializable_dict(value)
 
-            
-        
         return {
             "type": obj.__class__.__name__,
             "params": current_values
@@ -136,12 +134,20 @@ def from_serializable_dict(data: Any) -> Any:
         if data["type"] == "dict" and "value" in data:
             return {k: from_serializable_dict(v) for k, v in data["value"].items()}
 
-        # Import from crawl4ai for class instances
-        import crawl4ai
-
-        if hasattr(crawl4ai, data["type"]):
-            cls = getattr(crawl4ai, data["type"])
+        cls = None
+        # If you are receiving an error while trying to convert a dict to an object:
+        # Either add a module to `modules_paths` list, or add the `data["type"]` to the crawl4ai __init__.py file
+        module_paths = ["crawl4ai"]
+        for module_path in module_paths:
+            try:
+                mod = importlib.import_module(module_path)
+                if hasattr(mod, data["type"]):
+                    cls = getattr(mod, data["type"])
+                    break
+            except (ImportError, AttributeError):
+                continue
 
+        if cls is not None:
             # Handle Enum
             if issubclass(cls, Enum):
                 return cls(data["params"])
@@ -597,7 +603,7 @@ class BrowserConfig:
             "chrome_channel": self.chrome_channel,
             "channel": self.channel,
             "proxy": self.proxy,
-            "proxy_config": self.proxy_config,
+            "proxy_config": self.proxy_config.to_dict() if self.proxy_config else None,
             "viewport_width": self.viewport_width,
             "viewport_height": self.viewport_height,
             "accept_downloads": self.accept_downloads,
@@ -649,6 +655,85 @@ class BrowserConfig:
             return config
         return BrowserConfig.from_kwargs(config)
 
+    def set_nstproxy(
+        self,
+        token: str,
+        channel_id: str,
+        country: str = "ANY",
+        state: str = "",
+        city: str = "",
+        protocol: str = "http",
+        session_duration: int = 10,
+    ):
+        """
+        Fetch a proxy from NSTProxy API and automatically assign it to proxy_config.
+
+        Get your NSTProxy token from: https://app.nstproxy.com/profile
+
+        Args:
+            token (str): NSTProxy API token.
+            channel_id (str): NSTProxy channel ID.
+            country (str, optional): Country code (default: "ANY").
+            state (str, optional): State code (default: "").
+            city (str, optional): City name (default: "").
+            protocol (str, optional): Proxy protocol ("http" or "socks5"). Defaults to "http".
+            session_duration (int, optional): Session duration in minutes (0 = rotate each request). Defaults to 10.
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: If the API response format is invalid.
+            PermissionError: If the API returns an error message.
+        """
+
+        # --- Validate input early ---
+        if not token or not channel_id:
+            raise ValueError("[NSTProxy] token and channel_id are required")
+
+        if protocol not in ("http", "socks5"):
+            raise ValueError(f"[NSTProxy] Invalid protocol: {protocol}")
+
+        # --- Build NSTProxy API URL ---
+        params = {
+            "fType": 2,
+            "count": 1,
+            "channelId": channel_id,
+            "country": country,
+            "protocol": protocol,
+            "sessionDuration": session_duration,
+            "token": token,
+        }
+        if state:
+            params["state"] = state
+        if city:
+            params["city"] = city
+
+        url = "https://api.nstproxy.com/api/v1/generate/apiproxies"
+
+        try:
+            response = requests.get(url, params=params, timeout=10)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+
+            data = response.json()
+
+            # --- Handle API error response ---
+            if isinstance(data, dict) and data.get("err"):
+                raise PermissionError(f"[NSTProxy] API Error: {data.get('msg', 'Unknown error')}")
+
+            if not isinstance(data, list) or not data:
+                raise ValueError("[NSTProxy] Invalid API response — expected a non-empty list")
+
+            proxy_info = data[0]
+
+            # --- Apply proxy config ---
+            self.proxy_config = ProxyConfig(
+                server=f"{protocol}://{proxy_info['ip']}:{proxy_info['port']}",
+                username=proxy_info["username"],
+                password=proxy_info["password"],
+            )
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"[NSTProxy] ❌ Failed to set proxy: {e}")
+            raise
+
 class VirtualScrollConfig:
     """Configuration for virtual scroll handling.
     
@@ -1712,7 +1797,10 @@ class LLMConfig:
         frequency_penalty: Optional[float] = None,
         presence_penalty: Optional[float] = None,
         stop: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-        n: Optional[int] = None,    
+        n: Optional[int] = None,
+        backoff_base_delay: Optional[int] = None,
+        backoff_max_attempts: Optional[int] = None,
+        backoff_exponential_factor: Optional[int] = None,
     ):
         """Configuaration class for LLM provider and API token."""
         self.provider = provider
@@ -1741,6 +1829,9 @@ class LLMConfig:
         self.presence_penalty = presence_penalty
         self.stop = stop
         self.n = n
+        self.backoff_base_delay = backoff_base_delay if backoff_base_delay is not None else 2
+        self.backoff_max_attempts = backoff_max_attempts if backoff_max_attempts is not None else 3
+        self.backoff_exponential_factor = backoff_exponential_factor if backoff_exponential_factor is not None else 2
 
     @staticmethod
     def from_kwargs(kwargs: dict) -> "LLMConfig":
@@ -1754,7 +1845,10 @@ class LLMConfig:
             frequency_penalty=kwargs.get("frequency_penalty"),
             presence_penalty=kwargs.get("presence_penalty"),
             stop=kwargs.get("stop"),
-            n=kwargs.get("n")
+            n=kwargs.get("n"),
+            backoff_base_delay=kwargs.get("backoff_base_delay"),
+            backoff_max_attempts=kwargs.get("backoff_max_attempts"),
+            backoff_exponential_factor=kwargs.get("backoff_exponential_factor")
         )
 
     def to_dict(self):
@@ -1768,7 +1862,10 @@ class LLMConfig:
             "frequency_penalty": self.frequency_penalty,
             "presence_penalty": self.presence_penalty,
             "stop": self.stop,
-            "n": self.n
+            "n": self.n,
+            "backoff_base_delay": self.backoff_base_delay,
+            "backoff_max_attempts": self.backoff_max_attempts,
+            "backoff_exponential_factor": self.backoff_exponential_factor
         }
 
     def clone(self, **kwargs):

crawl4ai/async_crawler_strategy.py

@@ -1023,6 +1023,12 @@ class AsyncPlaywrightCrawlerStrategy(AsyncCrawlerStrategy):
                 final_messages = await self.adapter.retrieve_console_messages(page)
                 captured_console.extend(final_messages)
 
+            ###
+            # This ensures we capture the current page URL at the time we return the response, 
+            # which correctly reflects any JavaScript navigation that occurred.
+            ###
+            redirected_url = page.url  # Use current page URL to capture JS redirects
+            
             # Return complete response
             return AsyncCrawlResponse(
                 html=html,
@@ -1383,9 +1389,10 @@ class AsyncPlaywrightCrawlerStrategy(AsyncCrawlerStrategy):
         try:
             await self.adapter.evaluate(page,
                 f"""
-                (() => {{
+                (async () => {{
                     try {{
-                        {remove_overlays_js}
+                        const removeOverlays = {remove_overlays_js};
+                        await removeOverlays();
                         return {{ success: true }};
                     }} catch (error) {{
                         return {{

crawl4ai/async_url_seeder.py

@@ -845,6 +845,15 @@ class AsyncUrlSeeder:
             return
 
         data = gzip.decompress(r.content) if url.endswith(".gz") else r.content
+        base_url = str(r.url)
+
+        def _normalize_loc(raw: Optional[str]) -> Optional[str]:
+            if not raw:
+                return None
+            normalized = urljoin(base_url, raw.strip())
+            if not normalized:
+                return None
+            return normalized
 
         # Detect if this is a sitemap index by checking for <sitemapindex> or presence of <sitemap> elements
         is_sitemap_index = False
@@ -857,25 +866,42 @@ class AsyncUrlSeeder:
                 # Use XML parser for sitemaps, not HTML parser
                 parser = etree.XMLParser(recover=True)
                 root = etree.fromstring(data, parser=parser)
+                # Namespace-agnostic lookups using local-name() so we honor custom or missing namespaces
+                sitemap_loc_nodes = root.xpath("//*[local-name()='sitemap']/*[local-name()='loc']")
+                url_loc_nodes = root.xpath("//*[local-name()='url']/*[local-name()='loc']")
 
-                # Define namespace for sitemap
-                ns = {'s': 'http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9'}
+                self._log(
+                    "debug",
+                    "Parsed sitemap {url}: {sitemap_count} sitemap entries, {url_count} url entries discovered",
+                    params={
+                        "url": url,
+                        "sitemap_count": len(sitemap_loc_nodes),
+                        "url_count": len(url_loc_nodes),
+                    },
+                    tag="URL_SEED",
+                )
 
                 # Check for sitemap index entries
-                sitemap_locs = root.xpath('//s:sitemap/s:loc', namespaces=ns)
-                if sitemap_locs:
+                if sitemap_loc_nodes:
                     is_sitemap_index = True
-                    for sitemap_elem in sitemap_locs:
-                        loc = sitemap_elem.text.strip() if sitemap_elem.text else ""
+                    for sitemap_elem in sitemap_loc_nodes:
+                        loc = _normalize_loc(sitemap_elem.text)
                         if loc:
                             sub_sitemaps.append(loc)
 
                 # If not a sitemap index, get regular URLs
                 if not is_sitemap_index:
-                    for loc_elem in root.xpath('//s:url/s:loc', namespaces=ns):
-                        loc = loc_elem.text.strip() if loc_elem.text else ""
+                    for loc_elem in url_loc_nodes:
+                        loc = _normalize_loc(loc_elem.text)
                         if loc:
                             regular_urls.append(loc)
+                    if not regular_urls:
+                        self._log(
+                            "warning",
+                            "No <loc> entries found inside <url> tags for sitemap {url}. The sitemap might be empty or use an unexpected structure.",
+                            params={"url": url},
+                            tag="URL_SEED",
+                        )
             except Exception as e:
                 self._log("error", "LXML parsing error for sitemap {url}: {error}",
                           params={"url": url, "error": str(e)}, tag="URL_SEED")
@@ -892,19 +918,39 @@ class AsyncUrlSeeder:
 
                 # Check for sitemap index entries
                 sitemaps = root.findall('.//sitemap')
+                url_entries = root.findall('.//url')
+                self._log(
+                    "debug",
+                    "ElementTree parsed sitemap {url}: {sitemap_count} sitemap entries, {url_count} url entries discovered",
+                    params={
+                        "url": url,
+                        "sitemap_count": len(sitemaps),
+                        "url_count": len(url_entries),
+                    },
+                    tag="URL_SEED",
+                )
                 if sitemaps:
                     is_sitemap_index = True
                     for sitemap in sitemaps:
                         loc_elem = sitemap.find('loc')
-                        if loc_elem is not None and loc_elem.text:
-                            sub_sitemaps.append(loc_elem.text.strip())
+                        loc = _normalize_loc(loc_elem.text if loc_elem is not None else None)
+                        if loc:
+                            sub_sitemaps.append(loc)
 
                 # If not a sitemap index, get regular URLs
                 if not is_sitemap_index:
-                    for url_elem in root.findall('.//url'):
+                    for url_elem in url_entries:
                         loc_elem = url_elem.find('loc')
-                        if loc_elem is not None and loc_elem.text:
-                            regular_urls.append(loc_elem.text.strip())
+                        loc = _normalize_loc(loc_elem.text if loc_elem is not None else None)
+                        if loc:
+                            regular_urls.append(loc)
+                    if not regular_urls:
+                        self._log(
+                            "warning",
+                            "No <loc> entries found inside <url> tags for sitemap {url}. The sitemap might be empty or use an unexpected structure.",
+                            params={"url": url},
+                            tag="URL_SEED",
+                        )
             except Exception as e:
                 self._log("error", "ElementTree parsing error for sitemap {url}: {error}",
                           params={"url": url, "error": str(e)}, tag="URL_SEED")

crawl4ai/async_webcrawler.py

@@ -617,7 +617,17 @@ class AsyncWebCrawler:
                 else config.chunking_strategy
             )
             sections = chunking.chunk(content)
-            extracted_content = config.extraction_strategy.run(url, sections)
+            # extracted_content = config.extraction_strategy.run(_url, sections)
+
+            # Use async version if available for better parallelism
+            if hasattr(config.extraction_strategy, 'arun'):
+                extracted_content = await config.extraction_strategy.arun(_url, sections)
+            else:
+                # Fallback to sync version run in thread pool to avoid blocking
+                extracted_content = await asyncio.to_thread(
+                    config.extraction_strategy.run, url, sections
+                )
+                
             extracted_content = json.dumps(
                 extracted_content, indent=4, default=str, ensure_ascii=False
             )

crawl4ai/browser_manager.py

@@ -369,6 +369,9 @@ class ManagedBrowser:
             ]
             if self.headless:
                 flags.append("--headless=new")
+            # Add viewport flag if specified in config
+            if self.browser_config.viewport_height and self.browser_config.viewport_width:
+                flags.append(f"--window-size={self.browser_config.viewport_width},{self.browser_config.viewport_height}")
             # merge common launch flags
             flags.extend(self.build_browser_flags(self.browser_config))
         elif self.browser_type == "firefox":
@@ -658,6 +661,11 @@ class BrowserManager:
         if self.config.cdp_url or self.config.use_managed_browser:
             self.config.use_managed_browser = True
             cdp_url = await self.managed_browser.start() if not self.config.cdp_url else self.config.cdp_url
+            
+            # Add CDP endpoint verification before connecting
+            if not await self._verify_cdp_ready(cdp_url):
+                raise Exception(f"CDP endpoint at {cdp_url} is not ready after startup")
+            
             self.browser = await self.playwright.chromium.connect_over_cdp(cdp_url)
             contexts = self.browser.contexts
             if contexts:
@@ -678,6 +686,24 @@ class BrowserManager:
 
             self.default_context = self.browser
 
+    async def _verify_cdp_ready(self, cdp_url: str) -> bool:
+        """Verify CDP endpoint is ready with exponential backoff"""
+        import aiohttp
+        self.logger.debug(f"Starting CDP verification for {cdp_url}", tag="BROWSER")
+        for attempt in range(5):
+            try:
+                async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+                    async with session.get(f"{cdp_url}/json/version", timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=2)) as response:
+                        if response.status == 200:
+                            self.logger.debug(f"CDP endpoint ready after {attempt + 1} attempts", tag="BROWSER")
+                            return True
+            except Exception as e:
+                self.logger.debug(f"CDP check attempt {attempt + 1} failed: {e}", tag="BROWSER")
+            delay = 0.5 * (1.4 ** attempt)
+            self.logger.debug(f"Waiting {delay:.2f}s before next CDP check...", tag="BROWSER")
+            await asyncio.sleep(delay)
+        self.logger.debug(f"CDP verification failed after 5 attempts", tag="BROWSER")
+        return False
 
     def _build_browser_args(self) -> dict:
         """Build browser launch arguments from config."""

crawl4ai/content_filter_strategy.py

@@ -980,6 +980,9 @@ class LLMContentFilter(RelevantContentFilter):
                         prompt,
                         api_token,
                         base_url=base_url,
+                        base_delay=self.llm_config.backoff_base_delay,
+                        max_attempts=self.llm_config.backoff_max_attempts,
+                        exponential_factor=self.llm_config.backoff_exponential_factor,
                         extra_args=extra_args,
                     )
 

crawl4ai/content_scraping_strategy.py

@@ -542,6 +542,19 @@ class LXMLWebScrapingStrategy(ContentScrapingStrategy):
             if el.tag in bypass_tags:
                 continue
 
+            # Skip elements inside <pre> or <code> tags where whitespace is significant
+            # This preserves whitespace-only spans (e.g., <span class="w"> </span>) in code blocks
+            is_in_code_block = False
+            ancestor = el.getparent()
+            while ancestor is not None:
+                if ancestor.tag in ("pre", "code"):
+                    is_in_code_block = True
+                    break
+                ancestor = ancestor.getparent()
+
+            if is_in_code_block:
+                continue
+
             text_content = (el.text_content() or "").strip()
             if (
                 len(text_content.split()) < word_count_threshold

crawl4ai/deep_crawling/dfs_strategy.py

@@ -4,14 +4,26 @@ from typing import AsyncGenerator, Optional, Set, Dict, List, Tuple
 from ..models import CrawlResult
 from .bfs_strategy import BFSDeepCrawlStrategy  # noqa
 from ..types import AsyncWebCrawler, CrawlerRunConfig
+from ..utils import normalize_url_for_deep_crawl
 
 class DFSDeepCrawlStrategy(BFSDeepCrawlStrategy):
     """
-    Depth-First Search (DFS) deep crawling strategy.
+    Depth-first deep crawling with familiar BFS rules.
 
-    Inherits URL validation and link discovery from BFSDeepCrawlStrategy.
-    Overrides _arun_batch and _arun_stream to use a stack (LIFO) for DFS traversal.
+    We reuse the same filters, scoring, and page limits from :class:`BFSDeepCrawlStrategy`,
+    but walk the graph with a stack so we fully explore one branch before hopping to the
+    next. DFS also keeps its own ``_dfs_seen`` set so we can drop duplicate links at
+    discovery time without accidentally marking them as “already crawled”.
     """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self._dfs_seen: Set[str] = set()
+
+    def _reset_seen(self, start_url: str) -> None:
+        """Start each crawl with a clean dedupe set seeded with the root URL."""
+        self._dfs_seen = {start_url}
+
     async def _arun_batch(
         self,
         start_url: str,
@@ -19,14 +31,19 @@ class DFSDeepCrawlStrategy(BFSDeepCrawlStrategy):
         config: CrawlerRunConfig,
     ) -> List[CrawlResult]:
         """
-        Batch (non-streaming) DFS mode.
-        Uses a stack to traverse URLs in DFS order, aggregating CrawlResults into a list.
+        Crawl level-by-level but emit results at the end.
+
+        We keep a stack of ``(url, parent, depth)`` tuples, pop one at a time, and
+        hand it to ``crawler.arun_many`` with deep crawling disabled so we remain
+        in control of traversal. Every successful page bumps ``_pages_crawled`` and
+        seeds new stack items discovered via :meth:`link_discovery`.
         """
         visited: Set[str] = set()
         # Stack items: (url, parent_url, depth)
         stack: List[Tuple[str, Optional[str], int]] = [(start_url, None, 0)]
         depths: Dict[str, int] = {start_url: 0}
         results: List[CrawlResult] = []
+        self._reset_seen(start_url)
 
         while stack and not self._cancel_event.is_set():
             url, parent, depth = stack.pop()
@@ -71,12 +88,16 @@ class DFSDeepCrawlStrategy(BFSDeepCrawlStrategy):
         config: CrawlerRunConfig,
     ) -> AsyncGenerator[CrawlResult, None]:
         """
-        Streaming DFS mode.
-        Uses a stack to traverse URLs in DFS order and yields CrawlResults as they become available.
+        Same traversal as :meth:`_arun_batch`, but yield pages immediately.
+
+        Each popped URL is crawled, its metadata annotated, then the result gets
+        yielded before we even look at the next stack entry. Successful crawls
+        still feed :meth:`link_discovery`, keeping DFS order intact.
         """
         visited: Set[str] = set()
         stack: List[Tuple[str, Optional[str], int]] = [(start_url, None, 0)]
         depths: Dict[str, int] = {start_url: 0}
+        self._reset_seen(start_url)
 
         while stack and not self._cancel_event.is_set():
             url, parent, depth = stack.pop()
@@ -108,3 +129,92 @@ class DFSDeepCrawlStrategy(BFSDeepCrawlStrategy):
                     for new_url, new_parent in reversed(new_links):
                         new_depth = depths.get(new_url, depth + 1)
                         stack.append((new_url, new_parent, new_depth))
+
+    async def link_discovery(
+        self,
+        result: CrawlResult,
+        source_url: str,
+        current_depth: int,
+        _visited: Set[str],
+        next_level: List[Tuple[str, Optional[str]]],
+        depths: Dict[str, int],
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Find the next URLs we should push onto the DFS stack.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        result : CrawlResult
+            Output of the page we just crawled; its ``links`` block is our raw material.
+        source_url : str
+            URL of the parent page; stored so callers can track ancestry.
+        current_depth : int
+            Depth of the parent; children naturally sit at ``current_depth + 1``.
+        _visited : Set[str]
+            Present to match the BFS signature, but we rely on ``_dfs_seen`` instead.
+        next_level : list of tuples
+            The stack buffer supplied by the caller; we append new ``(url, parent)`` items here.
+        depths : dict
+            Shared depth map so future metadata tagging knows how deep each URL lives.
+
+        Notes
+        -----
+        - ``_dfs_seen`` keeps us from pushing duplicates without touching the traversal guard.
+        - Validation, scoring, and capacity trimming mirror the BFS version so behaviour stays consistent.
+        """
+        next_depth = current_depth + 1
+        if next_depth > self.max_depth:
+            return
+
+        remaining_capacity = self.max_pages - self._pages_crawled
+        if remaining_capacity <= 0:
+            self.logger.info(
+                f"Max pages limit ({self.max_pages}) reached, stopping link discovery"
+            )
+            return
+
+        links = result.links.get("internal", [])
+        if self.include_external:
+            links += result.links.get("external", [])
+
+        seen = self._dfs_seen
+        valid_links: List[Tuple[str, float]] = []
+
+        for link in links:
+            raw_url = link.get("href")
+            if not raw_url:
+                continue
+
+            normalized_url = normalize_url_for_deep_crawl(raw_url, source_url)
+            if not normalized_url or normalized_url in seen:
+                continue
+
+            if not await self.can_process_url(raw_url, next_depth):
+                self.stats.urls_skipped += 1
+                continue
+
+            score = self.url_scorer.score(normalized_url) if self.url_scorer else 0
+            if score < self.score_threshold:
+                self.logger.debug(
+                    f"URL {normalized_url} skipped: score {score} below threshold {self.score_threshold}"
+                )
+                self.stats.urls_skipped += 1
+                continue
+
+            seen.add(normalized_url)
+            valid_links.append((normalized_url, score))
+
+        if len(valid_links) > remaining_capacity:
+            if self.url_scorer:
+                valid_links.sort(key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)
+            valid_links = valid_links[:remaining_capacity]
+            self.logger.info(
+                f"Limiting to {remaining_capacity} URLs due to max_pages limit"
+            )
+
+        for url, score in valid_links:
+            if score:
+                result.metadata = result.metadata or {}
+                result.metadata["score"] = score
+            next_level.append((url, source_url))
+            depths[url] = next_depth

crawl4ai/deep_crawling/filters.py

@@ -509,18 +509,22 @@ class DomainFilter(URLFilter):
 class ContentRelevanceFilter(URLFilter):
     """BM25-based relevance filter using head section content"""
 
-    __slots__ = ("query_terms", "threshold", "k1", "b", "avgdl")
+    __slots__ = ("query_terms", "threshold", "k1", "b", "avgdl", "query")
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        query: str,
+        query: Union[str, List[str]],
         threshold: float,
         k1: float = 1.2,
         b: float = 0.75,
         avgdl: int = 1000,
     ):
         super().__init__(name="BM25RelevanceFilter")
-        self.query_terms = self._tokenize(query)
+        if isinstance(query, list):
+            self.query = " ".join(query)
+        else:
+            self.query = query
+        self.query_terms = self._tokenize(self.query)
         self.threshold = threshold
         self.k1 = k1  # TF saturation parameter
         self.b = b  # Length normalization parameter

crawl4ai/docker_client.py

@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class Crawl4aiDockerClient:
                                 yield CrawlResult(**result)
             return stream_results()
 
-        response = await self._request("POST", "/crawl", json=data)
+        response = await self._request("POST", "/crawl", json=data, timeout=hooks_timeout)
         result_data = response.json()
         if not result_data.get("success", False):
             raise RequestError(f"Crawl failed: {result_data.get('msg', 'Unknown error')}")

crawl4ai/extraction_strategy.py

@@ -94,6 +94,20 @@ class ExtractionStrategy(ABC):
                 extracted_content.extend(future.result())
         return extracted_content
 
+    async def arun(self, url: str, sections: List[str], *q, **kwargs) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        """
+        Async version: Process sections of text in parallel using asyncio.
+
+        Default implementation runs the sync version in a thread pool.
+        Subclasses can override this for true async processing.
+
+        :param url: The URL of the webpage.
+        :param sections: List of sections (strings) to process.
+        :return: A list of processed JSON blocks.
+        """
+        import asyncio
+        return await asyncio.to_thread(self.run, url, sections, *q, **kwargs)
+
 
 class NoExtractionStrategy(ExtractionStrategy):
     """
@@ -635,6 +649,9 @@ class LLMExtractionStrategy(ExtractionStrategy):
                 base_url=self.llm_config.base_url,
                 json_response=self.force_json_response,
                 extra_args=self.extra_args,
+                base_delay=self.llm_config.backoff_base_delay,
+                max_attempts=self.llm_config.backoff_max_attempts,
+                exponential_factor=self.llm_config.backoff_exponential_factor
             )  # , json_response=self.extract_type == "schema")
             # Track usage
             usage = TokenUsage(
@@ -780,6 +797,180 @@ class LLMExtractionStrategy(ExtractionStrategy):
 
         return extracted_content
 
+    async def aextract(self, url: str, ix: int, html: str) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        """
+        Async version: Extract meaningful blocks or chunks from the given HTML using an LLM.
+
+        How it works:
+        1. Construct a prompt with variables.
+        2. Make an async request to the LLM using the prompt.
+        3. Parse the response and extract blocks or chunks.
+
+        Args:
+            url: The URL of the webpage.
+            ix: Index of the block.
+            html: The HTML content of the webpage.
+
+        Returns:
+            A list of extracted blocks or chunks.
+        """
+        from .utils import aperform_completion_with_backoff
+
+        if self.verbose:
+            print(f"[LOG] Call LLM for {url} - block index: {ix}")
+
+        variable_values = {
+            "URL": url,
+            "HTML": escape_json_string(sanitize_html(html)),
+        }
+
+        prompt_with_variables = PROMPT_EXTRACT_BLOCKS
+        if self.instruction:
+            variable_values["REQUEST"] = self.instruction
+            prompt_with_variables = PROMPT_EXTRACT_BLOCKS_WITH_INSTRUCTION
+
+        if self.extract_type == "schema" and self.schema:
+            variable_values["SCHEMA"] = json.dumps(self.schema, indent=2)
+            prompt_with_variables = PROMPT_EXTRACT_SCHEMA_WITH_INSTRUCTION
+
+        if self.extract_type == "schema" and not self.schema:
+            prompt_with_variables = PROMPT_EXTRACT_INFERRED_SCHEMA
+
+        for variable in variable_values:
+            prompt_with_variables = prompt_with_variables.replace(
+                "{" + variable + "}", variable_values[variable]
+            )
+
+        try:
+            response = await aperform_completion_with_backoff(
+                self.llm_config.provider,
+                prompt_with_variables,
+                self.llm_config.api_token,
+                base_url=self.llm_config.base_url,
+                json_response=self.force_json_response,
+                extra_args=self.extra_args,
+                base_delay=self.llm_config.backoff_base_delay,
+                max_attempts=self.llm_config.backoff_max_attempts,
+                exponential_factor=self.llm_config.backoff_exponential_factor
+            )
+            # Track usage
+            usage = TokenUsage(
+                completion_tokens=response.usage.completion_tokens,
+                prompt_tokens=response.usage.prompt_tokens,
+                total_tokens=response.usage.total_tokens,
+                completion_tokens_details=response.usage.completion_tokens_details.__dict__
+                if response.usage.completion_tokens_details
+                else {},
+                prompt_tokens_details=response.usage.prompt_tokens_details.__dict__
+                if response.usage.prompt_tokens_details
+                else {},
+            )
+            self.usages.append(usage)
+
+            # Update totals
+            self.total_usage.completion_tokens += usage.completion_tokens
+            self.total_usage.prompt_tokens += usage.prompt_tokens
+            self.total_usage.total_tokens += usage.total_tokens
+
+            try:
+                content = response.choices[0].message.content
+                blocks = None
+
+                if self.force_json_response:
+                    blocks = json.loads(content)
+                    if isinstance(blocks, dict):
+                        if len(blocks) == 1 and isinstance(list(blocks.values())[0], list):
+                            blocks = list(blocks.values())[0]
+                        else:
+                            blocks = [blocks]
+                    elif isinstance(blocks, list):
+                        blocks = blocks
+                else:
+                    blocks = extract_xml_data(["blocks"], content)["blocks"]
+                    blocks = json.loads(blocks)
+
+                for block in blocks:
+                    block["error"] = False
+            except Exception:
+                parsed, unparsed = split_and_parse_json_objects(
+                    response.choices[0].message.content
+                )
+                blocks = parsed
+                if unparsed:
+                    blocks.append(
+                        {"index": 0, "error": True, "tags": ["error"], "content": unparsed}
+                    )
+
+            if self.verbose:
+                print(
+                    "[LOG] Extracted",
+                    len(blocks),
+                    "blocks from URL:",
+                    url,
+                    "block index:",
+                    ix,
+                )
+            return blocks
+        except Exception as e:
+            if self.verbose:
+                print(f"[LOG] Error in LLM extraction: {e}")
+            return [
+                {
+                    "index": ix,
+                    "error": True,
+                    "tags": ["error"],
+                    "content": str(e),
+                }
+            ]
+
+    async def arun(self, url: str, sections: List[str]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        """
+        Async version: Process sections with true parallelism using asyncio.gather.
+
+        Args:
+            url: The URL of the webpage.
+            sections: List of sections (strings) to process.
+
+        Returns:
+            A list of extracted blocks or chunks.
+        """
+        import asyncio
+
+        merged_sections = self._merge(
+            sections,
+            self.chunk_token_threshold,
+            overlap=int(self.chunk_token_threshold * self.overlap_rate),
+        )
+
+        extracted_content = []
+
+        # Create tasks for all sections to run in parallel
+        tasks = [
+            self.aextract(url, ix, sanitize_input_encode(section))
+            for ix, section in enumerate(merged_sections)
+        ]
+
+        # Execute all tasks concurrently
+        results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True)
+
+        # Process results
+        for result in results:
+            if isinstance(result, Exception):
+                if self.verbose:
+                    print(f"Error in async extraction: {result}")
+                extracted_content.append(
+                    {
+                        "index": 0,
+                        "error": True,
+                        "tags": ["error"],
+                        "content": str(result),
+                    }
+                )
+            else:
+                extracted_content.extend(result)
+
+        return extracted_content
+
     def show_usage(self) -> None:
         """Print a detailed token usage report showing total and per-request usage."""
         print("\n=== Token Usage Summary ===")

crawl4ai/models.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from pydantic import BaseModel, HttpUrl, PrivateAttr, Field
+from pydantic import BaseModel, HttpUrl, PrivateAttr, Field, ConfigDict
 from typing import List, Dict, Optional, Callable, Awaitable, Union, Any
 from typing import AsyncGenerator
 from typing import Generic, TypeVar
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ class CrawlResult(BaseModel):
     console_messages: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]] = None
     tables: List[Dict] = Field(default_factory=list)  # NEW – [{headers,rows,caption,summary}]
 
-    class Config:
-        arbitrary_types_allowed = True
+    model_config = ConfigDict(arbitrary_types_allowed=True)
 
 # NOTE: The StringCompatibleMarkdown class, custom __init__ method, property getters/setters,
 # and model_dump override all exist to support a smooth transition from markdown as a string
@@ -332,8 +331,7 @@ class AsyncCrawlResponse(BaseModel):
     network_requests: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]] = None
     console_messages: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]] = None
 
-    class Config:
-        arbitrary_types_allowed = True
+    model_config = ConfigDict(arbitrary_types_allowed=True)
 
 ###############################
 # Scraping Models

crawl4ai/processors/pdf/processor.py

@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ from .utils import (
     clean_pdf_text_to_html,
 )
 
-# Remove direct PyPDF2 imports from the top
-# import PyPDF2
-# from PyPDF2 import PdfReader
+# Remove direct pypdf imports from the top
+# import pypdf
+# from pypdf import PdfReader
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ class NaivePDFProcessorStrategy(PDFProcessorStrategy):
                  save_images_locally: bool = False, image_save_dir: Optional[Path] = None, batch_size: int = 4):
         # Import check at initialization time
         try:
-            import PyPDF2
+            import pypdf
         except ImportError:
-            raise ImportError("PyPDF2 is required for PDF processing. Install with 'pip install crawl4ai[pdf]'")
+            raise ImportError("pypdf is required for PDF processing. Install with 'pip install crawl4ai[pdf]'")
             
         self.image_dpi = image_dpi
         self.image_quality = image_quality
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ class NaivePDFProcessorStrategy(PDFProcessorStrategy):
     def process(self, pdf_path: Path) -> PDFProcessResult:
         # Import inside method to allow dependency to be optional
         try:
-            from PyPDF2 import PdfReader
+            from pypdf import PdfReader
         except ImportError:
-            raise ImportError("PyPDF2 is required for PDF processing. Install with 'pip install crawl4ai[pdf]'")
+            raise ImportError("pypdf is required for PDF processing. Install with 'pip install crawl4ai[pdf]'")
             
         start_time = time()
         result = PDFProcessResult(
@@ -125,15 +125,15 @@ class NaivePDFProcessorStrategy(PDFProcessorStrategy):
         """Like process() but processes PDF pages in parallel batches"""
         # Import inside method to allow dependency to be optional
         try:
-            from PyPDF2 import PdfReader
-            import PyPDF2  # For type checking
+            from pypdf import PdfReader
+            import pypdf  # For type checking
         except ImportError:
-            raise ImportError("PyPDF2 is required for PDF processing. Install with 'pip install crawl4ai[pdf]'")
+            raise ImportError("pypdf is required for PDF processing. Install with 'pip install crawl4ai[pdf]'")
             
         import concurrent.futures
         import threading
         
-        # Initialize PyPDF2 thread support
+        # Initialize pypdf thread support
         if not hasattr(threading.current_thread(), "_children"): 
             threading.current_thread()._children = set()
         
@@ -232,11 +232,11 @@ class NaivePDFProcessorStrategy(PDFProcessorStrategy):
         return pdf_page
 
     def _extract_images(self, page, image_dir: Optional[Path]) -> List[Dict]:
-        # Import PyPDF2 for type checking only when needed
+        # Import pypdf for type checking only when needed
         try:
-            import PyPDF2
+            from pypdf.generic import IndirectObject
         except ImportError:
-            raise ImportError("PyPDF2 is required for PDF processing. Install with 'pip install crawl4ai[pdf]'")
+            raise ImportError("pypdf is required for PDF processing. Install with 'pip install crawl4ai[pdf]'")
             
         if not self.extract_images:
             return []
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class NaivePDFProcessorStrategy(PDFProcessorStrategy):
                                     width = xobj.get('/Width', 0)
                                     height = xobj.get('/Height', 0)
                                     color_space = xobj.get('/ColorSpace', '/DeviceRGB')
-                                    if isinstance(color_space, PyPDF2.generic.IndirectObject):
+                                    if isinstance(color_space, IndirectObject):
                                         color_space = color_space.get_object()
 
                                     # Handle different image encodings
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ class NaivePDFProcessorStrategy(PDFProcessorStrategy):
                                     if '/FlateDecode' in filters:
                                         try:
                                             decode_parms = xobj.get('/DecodeParms', {})
-                                            if isinstance(decode_parms, PyPDF2.generic.IndirectObject):
+                                            if isinstance(decode_parms, IndirectObject):
                                                 decode_parms = decode_parms.get_object()
                                             
                                             predictor = decode_parms.get('/Predictor', 1)
@@ -416,10 +416,10 @@ class NaivePDFProcessorStrategy(PDFProcessorStrategy):
         # Import inside method to allow dependency to be optional 
         if reader is None:
             try:
-                from PyPDF2 import PdfReader
+                from pypdf import PdfReader
                 reader = PdfReader(pdf_path)
             except ImportError:
-                raise ImportError("PyPDF2 is required for PDF processing. Install with 'pip install crawl4ai[pdf]'")
+                raise ImportError("pypdf is required for PDF processing. Install with 'pip install crawl4ai[pdf]'")
 
         meta = reader.metadata or {}
         created = self._parse_pdf_date(meta.get('/CreationDate', ''))
@@ -459,11 +459,11 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     from pathlib import Path
     
     try:
-        # Import PyPDF2 only when running the file directly
-        import PyPDF2
-        from PyPDF2 import PdfReader
+        # Import pypdf only when running the file directly
+        import pypdf
+        from pypdf import PdfReader
     except ImportError:
-        print("PyPDF2 is required for PDF processing. Install with 'pip install crawl4ai[pdf]'")
+        print("pypdf is required for PDF processing. Install with 'pip install crawl4ai[pdf]'")
         exit(1)
         
     current_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parent

crawl4ai/table_extraction.py

@@ -795,6 +795,9 @@ Return only a JSON array of extracted tables following the specified format."""
                     api_token=self.llm_config.api_token,
                     base_url=self.llm_config.base_url,
                     json_response=True,
+                    base_delay=self.llm_config.backoff_base_delay,
+                    max_attempts=self.llm_config.backoff_max_attempts,
+                    exponential_factor=self.llm_config.backoff_exponential_factor,
                     extra_args=self.extra_args
                 )
                 
@@ -1116,6 +1119,9 @@ Return only a JSON array of extracted tables following the specified format."""
                     api_token=self.llm_config.api_token,
                     base_url=self.llm_config.base_url,
                     json_response=True,
+                    base_delay=self.llm_config.backoff_base_delay,
+                    max_attempts=self.llm_config.backoff_max_attempts,
+                    exponential_factor=self.llm_config.backoff_exponential_factor,
                     extra_args=self.extra_args
                 )
                 

crawl4ai/utils.py

@@ -1745,6 +1745,9 @@ def perform_completion_with_backoff(
     api_token,
     json_response=False,
     base_url=None,
+    base_delay=2,
+    max_attempts=3,
+    exponential_factor=2,
     **kwargs,
 ):
     """
@@ -1761,6 +1764,9 @@ def perform_completion_with_backoff(
         api_token (str): The API token for authentication.
         json_response (bool): Whether to request a JSON response. Defaults to False.
         base_url (Optional[str]): The base URL for the API. Defaults to None.
+        base_delay (int): The base delay in seconds. Defaults to 2.
+        max_attempts (int): The maximum number of attempts. Defaults to 3.
+        exponential_factor (int): The exponential factor. Defaults to 2.
         **kwargs: Additional arguments for the API request.
 
     Returns:
@@ -1770,9 +1776,6 @@ def perform_completion_with_backoff(
     from litellm import completion
     from litellm.exceptions import RateLimitError
 
-    max_attempts = 3
-    base_delay = 2  # Base delay in seconds, you can adjust this based on your needs
-
     extra_args = {"temperature": 0.01, "api_key": api_token, "base_url": base_url}
     if json_response:
         extra_args["response_format"] = {"type": "json_object"}
@@ -1798,7 +1801,7 @@ def perform_completion_with_backoff(
             # Check if we have exhausted our max attempts
             if attempt < max_attempts - 1:
                 # Calculate the delay and wait
-                delay = base_delay * (2**attempt)  # Exponential backoff formula
+                delay = base_delay * (exponential_factor**attempt)  # Exponential backoff formula
                 print(f"Waiting for {delay} seconds before retrying...")
                 time.sleep(delay)
             else:
@@ -1825,6 +1828,85 @@ def perform_completion_with_backoff(
             # ]
 
 
+async def aperform_completion_with_backoff(
+    provider,
+    prompt_with_variables,
+    api_token,
+    json_response=False,
+    base_url=None,
+    base_delay=2,
+    max_attempts=3,
+    exponential_factor=2,
+    **kwargs,
+):
+    """
+    Async version: Perform an API completion request with exponential backoff.
+
+    How it works:
+    1. Sends an async completion request to the API.
+    2. Retries on rate-limit errors with exponential delays (async).
+    3. Returns the API response or an error after all retries.
+
+    Args:
+        provider (str): The name of the API provider.
+        prompt_with_variables (str): The input prompt for the completion request.
+        api_token (str): The API token for authentication.
+        json_response (bool): Whether to request a JSON response. Defaults to False.
+        base_url (Optional[str]): The base URL for the API. Defaults to None.
+        base_delay (int): The base delay in seconds. Defaults to 2.
+        max_attempts (int): The maximum number of attempts. Defaults to 3.
+        exponential_factor (int): The exponential factor. Defaults to 2.
+        **kwargs: Additional arguments for the API request.
+
+    Returns:
+        dict: The API response or an error message after all retries.
+    """
+
+    from litellm import acompletion
+    from litellm.exceptions import RateLimitError
+    import asyncio
+
+    extra_args = {"temperature": 0.01, "api_key": api_token, "base_url": base_url}
+    if json_response:
+        extra_args["response_format"] = {"type": "json_object"}
+
+    if kwargs.get("extra_args"):
+        extra_args.update(kwargs["extra_args"])
+
+    for attempt in range(max_attempts):
+        try:
+            response = await acompletion(
+                model=provider,
+                messages=[{"role": "user", "content": prompt_with_variables}],
+                **extra_args,
+            )
+            return response  # Return the successful response
+        except RateLimitError as e:
+            print("Rate limit error:", str(e))
+
+            if attempt == max_attempts - 1:
+                # Last attempt failed, raise the error.
+                raise
+
+            # Check if we have exhausted our max attempts
+            if attempt < max_attempts - 1:
+                # Calculate the delay and wait
+                delay = base_delay * (exponential_factor**attempt)  # Exponential backoff formula
+                print(f"Waiting for {delay} seconds before retrying...")
+                await asyncio.sleep(delay)
+            else:
+                # Return an error response after exhausting all retries
+                return [
+                    {
+                        "index": 0,
+                        "tags": ["error"],
+                        "content": ["Rate limit error. Please try again later."],
+                    }
+                ]
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise e  # Raise any other exceptions immediately
+
+
 def extract_blocks(url, html, provider=DEFAULT_PROVIDER, api_token=None, base_url=None):
     """
     Extract content blocks from website HTML using an AI provider.

deploy/docker/README.md

@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ Pull and run images directly from Docker Hub without building locally.
 
 #### 1. Pull the Image
 
-Our latest stable release is `0.7.6`. Images are built with multi-arch manifests, so Docker automatically pulls the correct version for your system.
+Our latest stable release is `0.7.7`. Images are built with multi-arch manifests, so Docker automatically pulls the correct version for your system.
 
 ```bash
-# Pull the latest stable version (0.7.6)
-docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.6
+# Pull the latest stable version (0.7.7)
+docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.7
 
-# Or use the latest tag (points to 0.7.6)
+# Or use the latest tag (points to 0.7.7)
 docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:latest
 ```
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ EOL
       -p 11235:11235 \
       --name crawl4ai \
       --shm-size=1g \
-      unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.6
+      unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.7
     ```
 
 *   **With LLM support:**
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ EOL
       --name crawl4ai \
       --env-file .llm.env \
       --shm-size=1g \
-      unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.6
+      unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.7
     ```
 
 > The server will be available at `http://localhost:11235`. Visit `/playground` to access the interactive testing interface.
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ The `docker-compose.yml` file in the project root provides a simplified approach
     ```bash
     # Pulls and runs the release candidate from Docker Hub
     # Automatically selects the correct architecture
-    IMAGE=unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.6 docker compose up -d
+    IMAGE=unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.7 docker compose up -d
     ```
 
 *   **Build and Run Locally:**

deploy/docker/STRESS_TEST_PIPELINE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+# Crawl4AI Docker Memory & Pool Optimization - Implementation Log
+
+## Critical Issues Identified
+
+### Memory Management
+- **Host vs Container**: `psutil.virtual_memory()` reported host memory, not container limits
+- **Browser Pooling**: No pool reuse - every endpoint created new browsers
+- **Warmup Waste**: Permanent browser sat idle with mismatched config signature
+- **Idle Cleanup**: 30min TTL too long, janitor ran every 60s
+- **Endpoint Inconsistency**: 75% of endpoints bypassed pool (`/md`, `/html`, `/screenshot`, `/pdf`, `/execute_js`, `/llm`)
+
+### Pool Design Flaws
+- **Config Mismatch**: Permanent browser used `config.yml` args, endpoints used empty `BrowserConfig()`
+- **Logging Level**: Pool hit markers at DEBUG, invisible with INFO logging
+
+## Implementation Changes
+
+### 1. Container-Aware Memory Detection (`utils.py`)
+```python
+def get_container_memory_percent() -> float:
+    # Try cgroup v2 → v1 → fallback to psutil
+    # Reads /sys/fs/cgroup/memory.{current,max} OR memory/memory.{usage,limit}_in_bytes
+```
+
+### 2. Smart Browser Pool (`crawler_pool.py`)
+**3-Tier System:**
+- **PERMANENT**: Always-ready default browser (never cleaned)
+- **HOT_POOL**: Configs used 3+ times (longer TTL)
+- **COLD_POOL**: New/rare configs (short TTL)
+
+**Key Functions:**
+- `get_crawler(cfg)`: Check permanent → hot → cold → create new
+- `init_permanent(cfg)`: Initialize permanent at startup
+- `janitor()`: Adaptive cleanup (10s/30s/60s intervals based on memory)
+- `_sig(cfg)`: SHA1 hash of config dict for pool keys
+
+**Logging Fix**: Changed `logger.debug()` → `logger.info()` for pool hits
+
+### 3. Endpoint Unification
+**Helper Function** (`server.py`):
+```python
+def get_default_browser_config() -> BrowserConfig:
+    return BrowserConfig(
+        extra_args=config["crawler"]["browser"].get("extra_args", []),
+        **config["crawler"]["browser"].get("kwargs", {}),
+    )
+```
+
+**Migrated Endpoints:**
+- `/html`, `/screenshot`, `/pdf`, `/execute_js` → use `get_default_browser_config()`
+- `handle_llm_qa()`, `handle_markdown_request()` → same
+
+**Result**: All endpoints now hit permanent browser pool
+
+### 4. Config Updates (`config.yml`)
+- `idle_ttl_sec: 1800` → `300` (30min → 5min base TTL)
+- `port: 11234` → `11235` (fixed mismatch with Gunicorn)
+
+### 5. Lifespan Fix (`server.py`)
+```python
+await init_permanent(BrowserConfig(
+    extra_args=config["crawler"]["browser"].get("extra_args", []),
+    **config["crawler"]["browser"].get("kwargs", {}),
+))
+```
+Permanent browser now matches endpoint config signatures
+
+## Test Results
+
+### Test 1: Basic Health
+- 10 requests to `/health`
+- **Result**: 100% success, avg 3ms latency
+- **Baseline**: Container starts in ~5s, 270 MB idle
+
+### Test 2: Memory Monitoring
+- 20 requests with Docker stats tracking
+- **Result**: 100% success, no memory leak (-0.2 MB delta)
+- **Baseline**: 269.7 MB container overhead
+
+### Test 3: Pool Validation
+- 30 requests to `/html` endpoint
+- **Result**: **100% permanent browser hits**, 0 new browsers created
+- **Memory**: 287 MB baseline → 396 MB active (+109 MB)
+- **Latency**: Avg 4s (includes network to httpbin.org)
+
+### Test 4: Concurrent Load
+- Light (10) → Medium (50) → Heavy (100) concurrent
+- **Total**: 320 requests
+- **Result**: 100% success, **320/320 permanent hits**, 0 new browsers
+- **Memory**: 269 MB → peak 1533 MB → final 993 MB
+- **Latency**: P99 at 100 concurrent = 34s (expected with single browser)
+
+### Test 5: Pool Stress (Mixed Configs)
+- 20 requests with 4 different viewport configs
+- **Result**: 4 new browsers, 4 cold hits, **4 promotions to hot**, 8 hot hits
+- **Reuse Rate**: 60% (12 pool hits / 20 requests)
+- **Memory**: 270 MB → 928 MB peak (+658 MB = ~165 MB per browser)
+- **Proves**: Cold → hot promotion at 3 uses working perfectly
+
+### Test 6: Multi-Endpoint
+- 10 requests each: `/html`, `/screenshot`, `/pdf`, `/crawl`
+- **Result**: 100% success across all 4 endpoints
+- **Latency**: 5-8s avg (PDF slowest at 7.2s)
+
+### Test 7: Cleanup Verification
+- 20 requests (load spike) → 90s idle
+- **Memory**: 269 MB → peak 1107 MB → final 780 MB
+- **Recovery**: 327 MB (39%) - partial cleanup
+- **Note**: Hot pool browsers persist (by design), janitor working correctly
+
+## Performance Metrics
+
+| Metric | Before | After | Improvement |
+|--------|--------|-------|-------------|
+| Pool Reuse | 0% | 100% (default config) | ∞ |
+| Memory Leak | Unknown | 0 MB/cycle | Stable |
+| Browser Reuse | No | Yes | ~3-5s saved per request |
+| Idle Memory | 500-700 MB × N | 270-400 MB | 10x reduction |
+| Concurrent Capacity | ~20 | 100+ | 5x |
+
+## Key Learnings
+
+1. **Config Signature Matching**: Permanent browser MUST match endpoint default config exactly (SHA1 hash)
+2. **Logging Levels**: Pool diagnostics need INFO level, not DEBUG
+3. **Memory in Docker**: Must read cgroup files, not host metrics
+4. **Janitor Timing**: 60s interval adequate, but TTLs should be short (5min) for cold pool
+5. **Hot Promotion**: 3-use threshold works well for production patterns
+6. **Memory Per Browser**: ~150-200 MB per Chromium instance with headless + text_mode
+
+## Test Infrastructure
+
+**Location**: `deploy/docker/tests/`
+**Dependencies**: `httpx`, `docker` (Python SDK)
+**Pattern**: Sequential build - each test adds one capability
+
+**Files**:
+- `test_1_basic.py`: Health check + container lifecycle
+- `test_2_memory.py`: + Docker stats monitoring
+- `test_3_pool.py`: + Log analysis for pool markers
+- `test_4_concurrent.py`: + asyncio.Semaphore for concurrency control
+- `test_5_pool_stress.py`: + Config variants (viewports)
+- `test_6_multi_endpoint.py`: + Multiple endpoint testing
+- `test_7_cleanup.py`: + Time-series memory tracking for janitor
+
+**Run Pattern**:
+```bash
+cd deploy/docker/tests
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+# Rebuild after code changes:
+cd /path/to/repo && docker buildx build -t crawl4ai-local:latest --load .
+# Run test:
+python test_N_name.py
+```
+
+## Architecture Decisions
+
+**Why Permanent Browser?**
+- 90% of requests use default config → single browser serves most traffic
+- Eliminates 3-5s startup overhead per request
+
+**Why 3-Tier Pool?**
+- Permanent: Zero cost for common case
+- Hot: Amortized cost for frequent variants
+- Cold: Lazy allocation for rare configs
+
+**Why Adaptive Janitor?**
+- Memory pressure triggers aggressive cleanup
+- Low memory allows longer TTLs for better reuse
+
+**Why Not Close After Each Request?**
+- Browser startup: 3-5s overhead
+- Pool reuse: <100ms overhead
+- Net: 30-50x faster
+
+## Future Optimizations
+
+1. **Request Queuing**: When at capacity, queue instead of reject
+2. **Pre-warming**: Predict common configs, pre-create browsers
+3. **Metrics Export**: Prometheus metrics for pool efficiency
+4. **Config Normalization**: Group similar viewports (e.g., 1920±50 → 1920)
+
+## Critical Code Paths
+
+**Browser Acquisition** (`crawler_pool.py:34-78`):
+```
+get_crawler(cfg) →
+  _sig(cfg) →
+  if sig == DEFAULT_CONFIG_SIG → PERMANENT
+  elif sig in HOT_POOL → HOT_POOL[sig]
+  elif sig in COLD_POOL → promote if count >= 3
+  else → create new in COLD_POOL
+```
+
+**Janitor Loop** (`crawler_pool.py:107-146`):
+```
+while True:
+  mem% = get_container_memory_percent()
+  if mem% > 80: interval=10s, cold_ttl=30s
+  elif mem% > 60: interval=30s, cold_ttl=60s
+  else: interval=60s, cold_ttl=300s
+  sleep(interval)
+  close idle browsers (COLD then HOT)
+```
+
+**Endpoint Pattern** (`server.py` example):
+```python
+@app.post("/html")
+async def generate_html(...):
+    from crawler_pool import get_crawler
+    crawler = await get_crawler(get_default_browser_config())
+    results = await crawler.arun(url=body.url, config=cfg)
+    # No crawler.close() - returned to pool
+```
+
+## Debugging Tips
+
+**Check Pool Activity**:
+```bash
+docker logs crawl4ai-test | grep -E "(🔥|♨️|❄️|🆕|⬆️)"
+```
+
+**Verify Config Signature**:
+```python
+from crawl4ai import BrowserConfig
+import json, hashlib
+cfg = BrowserConfig(...)
+sig = hashlib.sha1(json.dumps(cfg.to_dict(), sort_keys=True).encode()).hexdigest()
+print(sig[:8])  # Compare with logs
+```
+
+**Monitor Memory**:
+```bash
+docker stats crawl4ai-test
+```
+
+## Known Limitations
+
+- **Mac Docker Stats**: CPU metrics unreliable, memory works
+- **PDF Generation**: Slowest endpoint (~7s), no optimization yet
+- **Hot Pool Persistence**: May hold memory longer than needed (trade-off for performance)
+- **Janitor Lag**: Up to 60s before cleanup triggers in low-memory scenarios

deploy/docker/api.py

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ async def handle_llm_qa(
     config: dict
 ) -> str:
     """Process QA using LLM with crawled content as context."""
+    from crawler_pool import get_crawler
     try:
         if not url.startswith(('http://', 'https://')) and not url.startswith(("raw:", "raw://")):
             url = 'https://' + url
@@ -75,15 +76,21 @@ async def handle_llm_qa(
         if last_q_index != -1:
             url = url[:last_q_index]
 
-        # Get markdown content
-        async with AsyncWebCrawler() as crawler:
-            result = await crawler.arun(url)
-            if not result.success:
-                raise HTTPException(
-                    status_code=status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
-                    detail=result.error_message
-                )
-            content = result.markdown.fit_markdown or result.markdown.raw_markdown
+        # Get markdown content (use default config)
+        from utils import load_config
+        cfg = load_config()
+        browser_cfg = BrowserConfig(
+            extra_args=cfg["crawler"]["browser"].get("extra_args", []),
+            **cfg["crawler"]["browser"].get("kwargs", {}),
+        )
+        crawler = await get_crawler(browser_cfg)
+        result = await crawler.arun(url)
+        if not result.success:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+                detail=result.error_message
+            )
+        content = result.markdown.fit_markdown or result.markdown.raw_markdown
 
         # Create prompt and get LLM response
         prompt = f"""Use the following content as context to answer the question.
@@ -101,7 +108,10 @@ async def handle_llm_qa(
             prompt_with_variables=prompt,
             api_token=get_llm_api_key(config),  # Returns None to let litellm handle it
             temperature=get_llm_temperature(config),
-            base_url=get_llm_base_url(config)
+            base_url=get_llm_base_url(config),
+            base_delay=config["llm"].get("backoff_base_delay", 2),
+            max_attempts=config["llm"].get("backoff_max_attempts", 3),
+            exponential_factor=config["llm"].get("backoff_exponential_factor", 2)
         )
 
         return response.choices[0].message.content
@@ -272,25 +282,32 @@ async def handle_markdown_request(
 
         cache_mode = CacheMode.ENABLED if cache == "1" else CacheMode.WRITE_ONLY
 
-        async with AsyncWebCrawler() as crawler:
-            result = await crawler.arun(
-                url=decoded_url,
-                config=CrawlerRunConfig(
-                    markdown_generator=md_generator,
-                    scraping_strategy=LXMLWebScrapingStrategy(),
-                    cache_mode=cache_mode
-                )
+        from crawler_pool import get_crawler
+        from utils import load_config as _load_config
+        _cfg = _load_config()
+        browser_cfg = BrowserConfig(
+            extra_args=_cfg["crawler"]["browser"].get("extra_args", []),
+            **_cfg["crawler"]["browser"].get("kwargs", {}),
+        )
+        crawler = await get_crawler(browser_cfg)
+        result = await crawler.arun(
+            url=decoded_url,
+            config=CrawlerRunConfig(
+                markdown_generator=md_generator,
+                scraping_strategy=LXMLWebScrapingStrategy(),
+                cache_mode=cache_mode
             )
-            
-            if not result.success:
-                raise HTTPException(
-                    status_code=status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
-                    detail=result.error_message
-                )
+        )
 
-            return (result.markdown.raw_markdown 
-                   if filter_type == FilterType.RAW 
-                   else result.markdown.fit_markdown)
+        if not result.success:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+                detail=result.error_message
+            )
+
+        return (result.markdown.raw_markdown
+               if filter_type == FilterType.RAW
+               else result.markdown.fit_markdown)
 
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error(f"Markdown error: {str(e)}", exc_info=True)
@@ -504,12 +521,22 @@ async def handle_crawl_request(
     hooks_config: Optional[dict] = None
 ) -> dict:
     """Handle non-streaming crawl requests with optional hooks."""
+    # Track request start
+    request_id = f"req_{uuid4().hex[:8]}"
+    try:
+        from monitor import get_monitor
+        await get_monitor().track_request_start(
+            request_id, "/crawl", urls[0] if urls else "batch", browser_config
+        )
+    except:
+        pass  # Monitor not critical
+
     start_mem_mb = _get_memory_mb() # <--- Get memory before
     start_time = time.time()
     mem_delta_mb = None
     peak_mem_mb = start_mem_mb
     hook_manager = None
-    
+
     try:
         urls = [('https://' + url) if not url.startswith(('http://', 'https://')) and not url.startswith(("raw:", "raw://")) else url for url in urls]
         browser_config = BrowserConfig.load(browser_config)
@@ -614,7 +641,16 @@ async def handle_crawl_request(
             "server_memory_delta_mb": mem_delta_mb,
             "server_peak_memory_mb": peak_mem_mb
         }
-        
+
+        # Track request completion
+        try:
+            from monitor import get_monitor
+            await get_monitor().track_request_end(
+                request_id, success=True, pool_hit=True, status_code=200
+            )
+        except:
+            pass
+
         # Add hooks information if hooks were used
         if hooks_config and hook_manager:
             from hook_manager import UserHookManager
@@ -643,6 +679,16 @@ async def handle_crawl_request(
 
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error(f"Crawl error: {str(e)}", exc_info=True)
+
+        # Track request error
+        try:
+            from monitor import get_monitor
+            await get_monitor().track_request_end(
+                request_id, success=False, error=str(e), status_code=500
+            )
+        except:
+            pass
+
         if 'crawler' in locals() and crawler.ready: # Check if crawler was initialized and started
             #  try:
             #      await crawler.close()

deploy/docker/config.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ app:
   title: "Crawl4AI API"
   version: "1.0.0"
   host: "0.0.0.0"
-  port: 11234
+  port: 11235
   reload: False
   workers: 1
   timeout_keep_alive: 300
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ crawler:
     batch_process: 300.0  # Timeout for batch processing
   pool:
     max_pages: 40                          # ← GLOBAL_SEM permits
-    idle_ttl_sec: 1800                     # ← 30 min janitor cutoff
+    idle_ttl_sec: 300                     # ← 30 min janitor cutoff
   browser:
     kwargs:
       headless: true

deploy/docker/crawler_pool.py

@@ -1,60 +1,170 @@
-# crawler_pool.py  (new file)
-import asyncio, json, hashlib, time, psutil
+# crawler_pool.py - Smart browser pool with tiered management
+import asyncio, json, hashlib, time
 from contextlib import suppress
-from typing import Dict
+from typing import Dict, Optional
 from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, BrowserConfig
-from typing import Dict
-from utils import load_config 
+from utils import load_config, get_container_memory_percent
+import logging
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 CONFIG = load_config()
 
-POOL: Dict[str, AsyncWebCrawler] = {}
+# Pool tiers
+PERMANENT: Optional[AsyncWebCrawler] = None  # Always-ready default browser
+HOT_POOL: Dict[str, AsyncWebCrawler] = {}    # Frequent configs
+COLD_POOL: Dict[str, AsyncWebCrawler] = {}   # Rare configs
 LAST_USED: Dict[str, float] = {}
+USAGE_COUNT: Dict[str, int] = {}
 LOCK = asyncio.Lock()
 
-MEM_LIMIT  = CONFIG.get("crawler", {}).get("memory_threshold_percent", 95.0)   # % RAM – refuse new browsers above this
-IDLE_TTL  = CONFIG.get("crawler", {}).get("pool", {}).get("idle_ttl_sec", 1800)   # close if unused for 30 min
+# Config
+MEM_LIMIT = CONFIG.get("crawler", {}).get("memory_threshold_percent", 95.0)
+BASE_IDLE_TTL = CONFIG.get("crawler", {}).get("pool", {}).get("idle_ttl_sec", 300)
+DEFAULT_CONFIG_SIG = None  # Cached sig for default config
 
 def _sig(cfg: BrowserConfig) -> str:
+    """Generate config signature."""
     payload = json.dumps(cfg.to_dict(), sort_keys=True, separators=(",",":"))
     return hashlib.sha1(payload.encode()).hexdigest()
 
+def _is_default_config(sig: str) -> bool:
+    """Check if config matches default."""
+    return sig == DEFAULT_CONFIG_SIG
+
 async def get_crawler(cfg: BrowserConfig) -> AsyncWebCrawler:
-    try:
-        sig = _sig(cfg)
-        async with LOCK:
-            if sig in POOL:
-                LAST_USED[sig] = time.time();  
-                return POOL[sig]
-            if psutil.virtual_memory().percent >= MEM_LIMIT:
-                raise MemoryError("RAM pressure – new browser denied")
-            crawler = AsyncWebCrawler(config=cfg, thread_safe=False)
-            await crawler.start()
-            POOL[sig] = crawler; LAST_USED[sig] = time.time()
-            return crawler
-    except MemoryError as e:
-        raise MemoryError(f"RAM pressure – new browser denied: {e}")
-    except Exception as e:
-        raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to start browser: {e}")
-    finally:
-        if sig in POOL:
-            LAST_USED[sig] = time.time()
-        else:
-            # If we failed to start the browser, we should remove it from the pool
-            POOL.pop(sig, None)
-            LAST_USED.pop(sig, None)
-        # If we failed to start the browser, we should remove it from the pool
-async def close_all():
+    """Get crawler from pool with tiered strategy."""
+    sig = _sig(cfg)
     async with LOCK:
-        await asyncio.gather(*(c.close() for c in POOL.values()), return_exceptions=True)
-        POOL.clear(); LAST_USED.clear()
+        # Check permanent browser for default config
+        if PERMANENT and _is_default_config(sig):
+            LAST_USED[sig] = time.time()
+            USAGE_COUNT[sig] = USAGE_COUNT.get(sig, 0) + 1
+            logger.info("🔥 Using permanent browser")
+            return PERMANENT
+
+        # Check hot pool
+        if sig in HOT_POOL:
+            LAST_USED[sig] = time.time()
+            USAGE_COUNT[sig] = USAGE_COUNT.get(sig, 0) + 1
+            logger.info(f"♨️  Using hot pool browser (sig={sig[:8]})")
+            return HOT_POOL[sig]
+
+        # Check cold pool (promote to hot if used 3+ times)
+        if sig in COLD_POOL:
+            LAST_USED[sig] = time.time()
+            USAGE_COUNT[sig] = USAGE_COUNT.get(sig, 0) + 1
+
+            if USAGE_COUNT[sig] >= 3:
+                logger.info(f"⬆️  Promoting to hot pool (sig={sig[:8]}, count={USAGE_COUNT[sig]})")
+                HOT_POOL[sig] = COLD_POOL.pop(sig)
+
+                # Track promotion in monitor
+                try:
+                    from monitor import get_monitor
+                    await get_monitor().track_janitor_event("promote", sig, {"count": USAGE_COUNT[sig]})
+                except:
+                    pass
+
+                return HOT_POOL[sig]
+
+            logger.info(f"❄️  Using cold pool browser (sig={sig[:8]})")
+            return COLD_POOL[sig]
+
+        # Memory check before creating new
+        mem_pct = get_container_memory_percent()
+        if mem_pct >= MEM_LIMIT:
+            logger.error(f"💥 Memory pressure: {mem_pct:.1f}% >= {MEM_LIMIT}%")
+            raise MemoryError(f"Memory at {mem_pct:.1f}%, refusing new browser")
+
+        # Create new in cold pool
+        logger.info(f"🆕 Creating new browser in cold pool (sig={sig[:8]}, mem={mem_pct:.1f}%)")
+        crawler = AsyncWebCrawler(config=cfg, thread_safe=False)
+        await crawler.start()
+        COLD_POOL[sig] = crawler
+        LAST_USED[sig] = time.time()
+        USAGE_COUNT[sig] = 1
+        return crawler
+
+async def init_permanent(cfg: BrowserConfig):
+    """Initialize permanent default browser."""
+    global PERMANENT, DEFAULT_CONFIG_SIG
+    async with LOCK:
+        if PERMANENT:
+            return
+        DEFAULT_CONFIG_SIG = _sig(cfg)
+        logger.info("🔥 Creating permanent default browser")
+        PERMANENT = AsyncWebCrawler(config=cfg, thread_safe=False)
+        await PERMANENT.start()
+        LAST_USED[DEFAULT_CONFIG_SIG] = time.time()
+        USAGE_COUNT[DEFAULT_CONFIG_SIG] = 0
+
+async def close_all():
+    """Close all browsers."""
+    async with LOCK:
+        tasks = []
+        if PERMANENT:
+            tasks.append(PERMANENT.close())
+        tasks.extend([c.close() for c in HOT_POOL.values()])
+        tasks.extend([c.close() for c in COLD_POOL.values()])
+        await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True)
+        HOT_POOL.clear()
+        COLD_POOL.clear()
+        LAST_USED.clear()
+        USAGE_COUNT.clear()
 
 async def janitor():
+    """Adaptive cleanup based on memory pressure."""
     while True:
-        await asyncio.sleep(60)
+        mem_pct = get_container_memory_percent()
+
+        # Adaptive intervals and TTLs
+        if mem_pct > 80:
+            interval, cold_ttl, hot_ttl = 10, 30, 120
+        elif mem_pct > 60:
+            interval, cold_ttl, hot_ttl = 30, 60, 300
+        else:
+            interval, cold_ttl, hot_ttl = 60, BASE_IDLE_TTL, BASE_IDLE_TTL * 2
+
+        await asyncio.sleep(interval)
+
         now = time.time()
         async with LOCK:
-            for sig, crawler in list(POOL.items()):
-                if now - LAST_USED[sig] > IDLE_TTL:
-                    with suppress(Exception): await crawler.close()
-                    POOL.pop(sig, None); LAST_USED.pop(sig, None)
+            # Clean cold pool
+            for sig in list(COLD_POOL.keys()):
+                if now - LAST_USED.get(sig, now) > cold_ttl:
+                    idle_time = now - LAST_USED[sig]
+                    logger.info(f"🧹 Closing cold browser (sig={sig[:8]}, idle={idle_time:.0f}s)")
+                    with suppress(Exception):
+                        await COLD_POOL[sig].close()
+                    COLD_POOL.pop(sig, None)
+                    LAST_USED.pop(sig, None)
+                    USAGE_COUNT.pop(sig, None)
+
+                    # Track in monitor
+                    try:
+                        from monitor import get_monitor
+                        await get_monitor().track_janitor_event("close_cold", sig, {"idle_seconds": int(idle_time), "ttl": cold_ttl})
+                    except:
+                        pass
+
+            # Clean hot pool (more conservative)
+            for sig in list(HOT_POOL.keys()):
+                if now - LAST_USED.get(sig, now) > hot_ttl:
+                    idle_time = now - LAST_USED[sig]
+                    logger.info(f"🧹 Closing hot browser (sig={sig[:8]}, idle={idle_time:.0f}s)")
+                    with suppress(Exception):
+                        await HOT_POOL[sig].close()
+                    HOT_POOL.pop(sig, None)
+                    LAST_USED.pop(sig, None)
+                    USAGE_COUNT.pop(sig, None)
+
+                    # Track in monitor
+                    try:
+                        from monitor import get_monitor
+                        await get_monitor().track_janitor_event("close_hot", sig, {"idle_seconds": int(idle_time), "ttl": hot_ttl})
+                    except:
+                        pass
+
+            # Log pool stats
+            if mem_pct > 60:
+                logger.info(f"📊 Pool: hot={len(HOT_POOL)}, cold={len(COLD_POOL)}, mem={mem_pct:.1f}%")

deploy/docker/monitor.py

@@ -0,0 +1,382 @@
+# monitor.py - Real-time monitoring stats with Redis persistence
+import time
+import json
+import asyncio
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from collections import deque
+from redis import asyncio as aioredis
+from utils import get_container_memory_percent
+import psutil
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+class MonitorStats:
+    """Tracks real-time server stats with Redis persistence."""
+
+    def __init__(self, redis: aioredis.Redis):
+        self.redis = redis
+        self.start_time = time.time()
+
+        # In-memory queues (fast reads, Redis backup)
+        self.active_requests: Dict[str, Dict] = {}  # id -> request info
+        self.completed_requests: deque = deque(maxlen=100)  # Last 100
+        self.janitor_events: deque = deque(maxlen=100)
+        self.errors: deque = deque(maxlen=100)
+
+        # Endpoint stats (persisted in Redis)
+        self.endpoint_stats: Dict[str, Dict] = {}  # endpoint -> {count, total_time, errors, ...}
+
+        # Background persistence queue (max 10 pending persist requests)
+        self._persist_queue: asyncio.Queue = asyncio.Queue(maxsize=10)
+        self._persist_worker_task: Optional[asyncio.Task] = None
+
+        # Timeline data (5min window, 5s resolution = 60 points)
+        self.memory_timeline: deque = deque(maxlen=60)
+        self.requests_timeline: deque = deque(maxlen=60)
+        self.browser_timeline: deque = deque(maxlen=60)
+
+    async def track_request_start(self, request_id: str, endpoint: str, url: str, config: Dict = None):
+        """Track new request start."""
+        req_info = {
+            "id": request_id,
+            "endpoint": endpoint,
+            "url": url[:100],  # Truncate long URLs
+            "start_time": time.time(),
+            "config_sig": config.get("sig", "default") if config else "default",
+            "mem_start": psutil.Process().memory_info().rss / (1024 * 1024)
+        }
+        self.active_requests[request_id] = req_info
+
+        # Increment endpoint counter
+        if endpoint not in self.endpoint_stats:
+            self.endpoint_stats[endpoint] = {
+                "count": 0, "total_time": 0, "errors": 0,
+                "pool_hits": 0, "success": 0
+            }
+        self.endpoint_stats[endpoint]["count"] += 1
+
+        # Queue persistence (handled by background worker)
+        try:
+            self._persist_queue.put_nowait(True)
+        except asyncio.QueueFull:
+            logger.warning("Persistence queue full, skipping")
+
+    async def track_request_end(self, request_id: str, success: bool, error: str = None,
+                               pool_hit: bool = True, status_code: int = 200):
+        """Track request completion."""
+        if request_id not in self.active_requests:
+            return
+
+        req_info = self.active_requests.pop(request_id)
+        end_time = time.time()
+        elapsed = end_time - req_info["start_time"]
+        mem_end = psutil.Process().memory_info().rss / (1024 * 1024)
+        mem_delta = mem_end - req_info["mem_start"]
+
+        # Update stats
+        endpoint = req_info["endpoint"]
+        if endpoint in self.endpoint_stats:
+            self.endpoint_stats[endpoint]["total_time"] += elapsed
+            if success:
+                self.endpoint_stats[endpoint]["success"] += 1
+            else:
+                self.endpoint_stats[endpoint]["errors"] += 1
+            if pool_hit:
+                self.endpoint_stats[endpoint]["pool_hits"] += 1
+
+        # Add to completed queue
+        completed = {
+            **req_info,
+            "end_time": end_time,
+            "elapsed": round(elapsed, 2),
+            "mem_delta": round(mem_delta, 1),
+            "success": success,
+            "error": error,
+            "status_code": status_code,
+            "pool_hit": pool_hit
+        }
+        self.completed_requests.append(completed)
+
+        # Track errors
+        if not success and error:
+            self.errors.append({
+                "timestamp": end_time,
+                "endpoint": endpoint,
+                "url": req_info["url"],
+                "error": error,
+                "request_id": request_id
+            })
+
+        await self._persist_endpoint_stats()
+
+    async def track_janitor_event(self, event_type: str, sig: str, details: Dict):
+        """Track janitor cleanup events."""
+        self.janitor_events.append({
+            "timestamp": time.time(),
+            "type": event_type,  # "close_cold", "close_hot", "promote"
+            "sig": sig[:8],
+            "details": details
+        })
+
+    def _cleanup_old_entries(self, max_age_seconds: int = 300):
+        """Remove entries older than max_age_seconds (default 5min)."""
+        now = time.time()
+        cutoff = now - max_age_seconds
+
+        # Clean completed requests
+        while self.completed_requests and self.completed_requests[0].get("end_time", 0) < cutoff:
+            self.completed_requests.popleft()
+
+        # Clean janitor events
+        while self.janitor_events and self.janitor_events[0].get("timestamp", 0) < cutoff:
+            self.janitor_events.popleft()
+
+        # Clean errors
+        while self.errors and self.errors[0].get("timestamp", 0) < cutoff:
+            self.errors.popleft()
+
+    async def update_timeline(self):
+        """Update timeline data points (called every 5s)."""
+        now = time.time()
+        mem_pct = get_container_memory_percent()
+
+        # Clean old entries (keep last 5 minutes)
+        self._cleanup_old_entries(max_age_seconds=300)
+
+        # Count requests in last 5s
+        recent_reqs = sum(1 for req in self.completed_requests
+                         if now - req.get("end_time", 0) < 5)
+
+        # Browser counts (acquire lock to prevent race conditions)
+        from crawler_pool import PERMANENT, HOT_POOL, COLD_POOL, LOCK
+        async with LOCK:
+            browser_count = {
+                "permanent": 1 if PERMANENT else 0,
+                "hot": len(HOT_POOL),
+                "cold": len(COLD_POOL)
+            }
+
+        self.memory_timeline.append({"time": now, "value": mem_pct})
+        self.requests_timeline.append({"time": now, "value": recent_reqs})
+        self.browser_timeline.append({"time": now, "browsers": browser_count})
+
+    async def _persist_endpoint_stats(self):
+        """Persist endpoint stats to Redis."""
+        try:
+            await self.redis.set(
+                "monitor:endpoint_stats",
+                json.dumps(self.endpoint_stats),
+                ex=86400  # 24h TTL
+            )
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(f"Failed to persist endpoint stats: {e}")
+
+    async def _persistence_worker(self):
+        """Background worker to persist stats to Redis."""
+        while True:
+            try:
+                await self._persist_queue.get()
+                await self._persist_endpoint_stats()
+                self._persist_queue.task_done()
+            except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                break
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.error(f"Persistence worker error: {e}")
+
+    def start_persistence_worker(self):
+        """Start the background persistence worker."""
+        if not self._persist_worker_task:
+            self._persist_worker_task = asyncio.create_task(self._persistence_worker())
+            logger.info("Started persistence worker")
+
+    async def stop_persistence_worker(self):
+        """Stop the background persistence worker."""
+        if self._persist_worker_task:
+            self._persist_worker_task.cancel()
+            try:
+                await self._persist_worker_task
+            except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                pass
+            self._persist_worker_task = None
+            logger.info("Stopped persistence worker")
+
+    async def cleanup(self):
+        """Cleanup on shutdown - persist final stats and stop workers."""
+        logger.info("Monitor cleanup starting...")
+        try:
+            # Persist final stats before shutdown
+            await self._persist_endpoint_stats()
+            # Stop background worker
+            await self.stop_persistence_worker()
+            logger.info("Monitor cleanup completed")
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(f"Monitor cleanup error: {e}")
+
+    async def load_from_redis(self):
+        """Load persisted stats from Redis."""
+        try:
+            data = await self.redis.get("monitor:endpoint_stats")
+            if data:
+                self.endpoint_stats = json.loads(data)
+                logger.info("Loaded endpoint stats from Redis")
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(f"Failed to load from Redis: {e}")
+
+    async def get_health_summary(self) -> Dict:
+        """Get current system health snapshot."""
+        mem_pct = get_container_memory_percent()
+        cpu_pct = psutil.cpu_percent(interval=0.1)
+
+        # Network I/O (delta since last call)
+        net = psutil.net_io_counters()
+
+        # Pool status (acquire lock to prevent race conditions)
+        from crawler_pool import PERMANENT, HOT_POOL, COLD_POOL, LOCK
+        async with LOCK:
+            # TODO: Track actual browser process memory instead of estimates
+            # These are conservative estimates based on typical Chromium usage
+            permanent_mem = 270 if PERMANENT else 0  # Estimate: ~270MB for permanent browser
+            hot_mem = len(HOT_POOL) * 180  # Estimate: ~180MB per hot pool browser
+            cold_mem = len(COLD_POOL) * 180  # Estimate: ~180MB per cold pool browser
+            permanent_active = PERMANENT is not None
+            hot_count = len(HOT_POOL)
+            cold_count = len(COLD_POOL)
+
+        return {
+            "container": {
+                "memory_percent": round(mem_pct, 1),
+                "cpu_percent": round(cpu_pct, 1),
+                "network_sent_mb": round(net.bytes_sent / (1024**2), 2),
+                "network_recv_mb": round(net.bytes_recv / (1024**2), 2),
+                "uptime_seconds": int(time.time() - self.start_time)
+            },
+            "pool": {
+                "permanent": {"active": permanent_active, "memory_mb": permanent_mem},
+                "hot": {"count": hot_count, "memory_mb": hot_mem},
+                "cold": {"count": cold_count, "memory_mb": cold_mem},
+                "total_memory_mb": permanent_mem + hot_mem + cold_mem
+            },
+            "janitor": {
+                "next_cleanup_estimate": "adaptive",  # Would need janitor state
+                "memory_pressure": "LOW" if mem_pct < 60 else "MEDIUM" if mem_pct < 80 else "HIGH"
+            }
+        }
+
+    def get_active_requests(self) -> List[Dict]:
+        """Get list of currently active requests."""
+        now = time.time()
+        return [
+            {
+                **req,
+                "elapsed": round(now - req["start_time"], 1),
+                "status": "running"
+            }
+            for req in self.active_requests.values()
+        ]
+
+    def get_completed_requests(self, limit: int = 50, filter_status: str = "all") -> List[Dict]:
+        """Get recent completed requests."""
+        requests = list(self.completed_requests)[-limit:]
+        if filter_status == "success":
+            requests = [r for r in requests if r.get("success")]
+        elif filter_status == "error":
+            requests = [r for r in requests if not r.get("success")]
+        return requests
+
+    async def get_browser_list(self) -> List[Dict]:
+        """Get detailed browser pool information."""
+        from crawler_pool import PERMANENT, HOT_POOL, COLD_POOL, LAST_USED, USAGE_COUNT, DEFAULT_CONFIG_SIG, LOCK
+
+        browsers = []
+        now = time.time()
+
+        # Acquire lock to prevent race conditions during iteration
+        async with LOCK:
+            if PERMANENT:
+                browsers.append({
+                    "type": "permanent",
+                    "sig": DEFAULT_CONFIG_SIG[:8] if DEFAULT_CONFIG_SIG else "unknown",
+                    "age_seconds": int(now - self.start_time),
+                    "last_used_seconds": int(now - LAST_USED.get(DEFAULT_CONFIG_SIG, now)),
+                    "memory_mb": 270,
+                    "hits": USAGE_COUNT.get(DEFAULT_CONFIG_SIG, 0),
+                    "killable": False
+                })
+
+            for sig, crawler in HOT_POOL.items():
+                browsers.append({
+                    "type": "hot",
+                    "sig": sig[:8],
+                    "age_seconds": int(now - self.start_time),  # Approximation
+                    "last_used_seconds": int(now - LAST_USED.get(sig, now)),
+                    "memory_mb": 180,  # Estimate
+                    "hits": USAGE_COUNT.get(sig, 0),
+                    "killable": True
+                })
+
+            for sig, crawler in COLD_POOL.items():
+                browsers.append({
+                    "type": "cold",
+                    "sig": sig[:8],
+                    "age_seconds": int(now - self.start_time),
+                    "last_used_seconds": int(now - LAST_USED.get(sig, now)),
+                    "memory_mb": 180,
+                    "hits": USAGE_COUNT.get(sig, 0),
+                    "killable": True
+                })
+
+        return browsers
+
+    def get_endpoint_stats_summary(self) -> Dict[str, Dict]:
+        """Get aggregated endpoint statistics."""
+        summary = {}
+        for endpoint, stats in self.endpoint_stats.items():
+            count = stats["count"]
+            avg_time = (stats["total_time"] / count) if count > 0 else 0
+            success_rate = (stats["success"] / count * 100) if count > 0 else 0
+            pool_hit_rate = (stats["pool_hits"] / count * 100) if count > 0 else 0
+
+            summary[endpoint] = {
+                "count": count,
+                "avg_latency_ms": round(avg_time * 1000, 1),
+                "success_rate_percent": round(success_rate, 1),
+                "pool_hit_rate_percent": round(pool_hit_rate, 1),
+                "errors": stats["errors"]
+            }
+        return summary
+
+    def get_timeline_data(self, metric: str, window: str = "5m") -> Dict:
+        """Get timeline data for charts."""
+        # For now, only 5m window supported
+        if metric == "memory":
+            data = list(self.memory_timeline)
+        elif metric == "requests":
+            data = list(self.requests_timeline)
+        elif metric == "browsers":
+            data = list(self.browser_timeline)
+        else:
+            return {"timestamps": [], "values": []}
+
+        return {
+            "timestamps": [int(d["time"]) for d in data],
+            "values": [d.get("value", d.get("browsers")) for d in data]
+        }
+
+    def get_janitor_log(self, limit: int = 100) -> List[Dict]:
+        """Get recent janitor events."""
+        return list(self.janitor_events)[-limit:]
+
+    def get_errors_log(self, limit: int = 100) -> List[Dict]:
+        """Get recent errors."""
+        return list(self.errors)[-limit:]
+
+# Global instance (initialized in server.py)
+monitor_stats: Optional[MonitorStats] = None
+
+def get_monitor() -> MonitorStats:
+    """Get global monitor instance."""
+    if monitor_stats is None:
+        raise RuntimeError("Monitor not initialized")
+    return monitor_stats

deploy/docker/monitor_routes.py

@@ -0,0 +1,405 @@
+# monitor_routes.py - Monitor API endpoints
+from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException, WebSocket, WebSocketDisconnect
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+from typing import Optional
+from monitor import get_monitor
+import logging
+import asyncio
+import json
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+router = APIRouter(prefix="/monitor", tags=["monitor"])
+
+
+@router.get("/health")
+async def get_health():
+    """Get current system health snapshot."""
+    try:
+        monitor = get_monitor()
+        return await monitor.get_health_summary()
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Error getting health: {e}")
+        raise HTTPException(500, str(e))
+
+
+@router.get("/requests")
+async def get_requests(status: str = "all", limit: int = 50):
+    """Get active and completed requests.
+
+    Args:
+        status: Filter by 'active', 'completed', 'success', 'error', or 'all'
+        limit: Max number of completed requests to return (default 50)
+    """
+    # Input validation
+    if status not in ["all", "active", "completed", "success", "error"]:
+        raise HTTPException(400, f"Invalid status: {status}. Must be one of: all, active, completed, success, error")
+    if limit < 1 or limit > 1000:
+        raise HTTPException(400, f"Invalid limit: {limit}. Must be between 1 and 1000")
+
+    try:
+        monitor = get_monitor()
+
+        if status == "active":
+            return {"active": monitor.get_active_requests(), "completed": []}
+        elif status == "completed":
+            return {"active": [], "completed": monitor.get_completed_requests(limit)}
+        elif status in ["success", "error"]:
+            return {"active": [], "completed": monitor.get_completed_requests(limit, status)}
+        else:  # "all"
+            return {
+                "active": monitor.get_active_requests(),
+                "completed": monitor.get_completed_requests(limit)
+            }
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Error getting requests: {e}")
+        raise HTTPException(500, str(e))
+
+
+@router.get("/browsers")
+async def get_browsers():
+    """Get detailed browser pool information."""
+    try:
+        monitor = get_monitor()
+        browsers = await monitor.get_browser_list()
+
+        # Calculate summary stats
+        total_browsers = len(browsers)
+        total_memory = sum(b["memory_mb"] for b in browsers)
+
+        # Calculate reuse rate from recent requests
+        recent = monitor.get_completed_requests(100)
+        pool_hits = sum(1 for r in recent if r.get("pool_hit", False))
+        reuse_rate = (pool_hits / len(recent) * 100) if recent else 0
+
+        return {
+            "browsers": browsers,
+            "summary": {
+                "total_count": total_browsers,
+                "total_memory_mb": total_memory,
+                "reuse_rate_percent": round(reuse_rate, 1)
+            }
+        }
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Error getting browsers: {e}")
+        raise HTTPException(500, str(e))
+
+
+@router.get("/endpoints/stats")
+async def get_endpoint_stats():
+    """Get aggregated endpoint statistics."""
+    try:
+        monitor = get_monitor()
+        return monitor.get_endpoint_stats_summary()
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Error getting endpoint stats: {e}")
+        raise HTTPException(500, str(e))
+
+
+@router.get("/timeline")
+async def get_timeline(metric: str = "memory", window: str = "5m"):
+    """Get timeline data for charts.
+
+    Args:
+        metric: 'memory', 'requests', or 'browsers'
+        window: Time window (only '5m' supported for now)
+    """
+    # Input validation
+    if metric not in ["memory", "requests", "browsers"]:
+        raise HTTPException(400, f"Invalid metric: {metric}. Must be one of: memory, requests, browsers")
+    if window != "5m":
+        raise HTTPException(400, f"Invalid window: {window}. Only '5m' is currently supported")
+
+    try:
+        monitor = get_monitor()
+        return monitor.get_timeline_data(metric, window)
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Error getting timeline: {e}")
+        raise HTTPException(500, str(e))
+
+
+@router.get("/logs/janitor")
+async def get_janitor_log(limit: int = 100):
+    """Get recent janitor cleanup events."""
+    # Input validation
+    if limit < 1 or limit > 1000:
+        raise HTTPException(400, f"Invalid limit: {limit}. Must be between 1 and 1000")
+
+    try:
+        monitor = get_monitor()
+        return {"events": monitor.get_janitor_log(limit)}
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Error getting janitor log: {e}")
+        raise HTTPException(500, str(e))
+
+
+@router.get("/logs/errors")
+async def get_errors_log(limit: int = 100):
+    """Get recent errors."""
+    # Input validation
+    if limit < 1 or limit > 1000:
+        raise HTTPException(400, f"Invalid limit: {limit}. Must be between 1 and 1000")
+
+    try:
+        monitor = get_monitor()
+        return {"errors": monitor.get_errors_log(limit)}
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Error getting errors log: {e}")
+        raise HTTPException(500, str(e))
+
+
+# ========== Control Actions ==========
+
+class KillBrowserRequest(BaseModel):
+    sig: str
+
+
+@router.post("/actions/cleanup")
+async def force_cleanup():
+    """Force immediate janitor cleanup (kills idle cold pool browsers)."""
+    try:
+        from crawler_pool import COLD_POOL, LAST_USED, USAGE_COUNT, LOCK
+        import time
+        from contextlib import suppress
+
+        killed_count = 0
+        now = time.time()
+
+        async with LOCK:
+            for sig in list(COLD_POOL.keys()):
+                # Kill all cold pool browsers immediately
+                logger.info(f"🧹 Force cleanup: closing cold browser (sig={sig[:8]})")
+                with suppress(Exception):
+                    await COLD_POOL[sig].close()
+                COLD_POOL.pop(sig, None)
+                LAST_USED.pop(sig, None)
+                USAGE_COUNT.pop(sig, None)
+                killed_count += 1
+
+        monitor = get_monitor()
+        await monitor.track_janitor_event("force_cleanup", "manual", {"killed": killed_count})
+
+        return {"success": True, "killed_browsers": killed_count}
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Error during force cleanup: {e}")
+        raise HTTPException(500, str(e))
+
+
+@router.post("/actions/kill_browser")
+async def kill_browser(req: KillBrowserRequest):
+    """Kill a specific browser by signature (hot or cold only).
+
+    Args:
+        sig: Browser config signature (first 8 chars)
+    """
+    try:
+        from crawler_pool import HOT_POOL, COLD_POOL, LAST_USED, USAGE_COUNT, LOCK, DEFAULT_CONFIG_SIG
+        from contextlib import suppress
+
+        # Find full signature matching prefix
+        target_sig = None
+        pool_type = None
+
+        async with LOCK:
+            # Check hot pool
+            for sig in HOT_POOL.keys():
+                if sig.startswith(req.sig):
+                    target_sig = sig
+                    pool_type = "hot"
+                    break
+
+            # Check cold pool
+            if not target_sig:
+                for sig in COLD_POOL.keys():
+                    if sig.startswith(req.sig):
+                        target_sig = sig
+                        pool_type = "cold"
+                        break
+
+            # Check if trying to kill permanent
+            if DEFAULT_CONFIG_SIG and DEFAULT_CONFIG_SIG.startswith(req.sig):
+                raise HTTPException(403, "Cannot kill permanent browser. Use restart instead.")
+
+            if not target_sig:
+                raise HTTPException(404, f"Browser with sig={req.sig} not found")
+
+            # Warn if there are active requests (browser might be in use)
+            monitor = get_monitor()
+            active_count = len(monitor.get_active_requests())
+            if active_count > 0:
+                logger.warning(f"Killing browser {target_sig[:8]} while {active_count} requests are active - may cause failures")
+
+            # Kill the browser
+            if pool_type == "hot":
+                browser = HOT_POOL.pop(target_sig)
+            else:
+                browser = COLD_POOL.pop(target_sig)
+
+            with suppress(Exception):
+                await browser.close()
+
+            LAST_USED.pop(target_sig, None)
+            USAGE_COUNT.pop(target_sig, None)
+
+        logger.info(f"🔪 Killed {pool_type} browser (sig={target_sig[:8]})")
+
+        monitor = get_monitor()
+        await monitor.track_janitor_event("kill_browser", target_sig, {"pool": pool_type, "manual": True})
+
+        return {"success": True, "killed_sig": target_sig[:8], "pool_type": pool_type}
+    except HTTPException:
+        raise
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Error killing browser: {e}")
+        raise HTTPException(500, str(e))
+
+
+@router.post("/actions/restart_browser")
+async def restart_browser(req: KillBrowserRequest):
+    """Restart a browser (kill + recreate). Works for permanent too.
+
+    Args:
+        sig: Browser config signature (first 8 chars), or "permanent"
+    """
+    try:
+        from crawler_pool import (PERMANENT, HOT_POOL, COLD_POOL, LAST_USED,
+                                  USAGE_COUNT, LOCK, DEFAULT_CONFIG_SIG, init_permanent)
+        from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, BrowserConfig
+        from contextlib import suppress
+        import time
+
+        # Handle permanent browser restart
+        if req.sig == "permanent" or (DEFAULT_CONFIG_SIG and DEFAULT_CONFIG_SIG.startswith(req.sig)):
+            async with LOCK:
+                if PERMANENT:
+                    with suppress(Exception):
+                        await PERMANENT.close()
+
+                # Reinitialize permanent
+                from utils import load_config
+                config = load_config()
+                await init_permanent(BrowserConfig(
+                    extra_args=config["crawler"]["browser"].get("extra_args", []),
+                    **config["crawler"]["browser"].get("kwargs", {}),
+                ))
+
+            logger.info("🔄 Restarted permanent browser")
+            return {"success": True, "restarted": "permanent"}
+
+        # Handle hot/cold browser restart
+        target_sig = None
+        pool_type = None
+        browser_config = None
+
+        async with LOCK:
+            # Find browser
+            for sig in HOT_POOL.keys():
+                if sig.startswith(req.sig):
+                    target_sig = sig
+                    pool_type = "hot"
+                    # Would need to reconstruct config (not stored currently)
+                    break
+
+            if not target_sig:
+                for sig in COLD_POOL.keys():
+                    if sig.startswith(req.sig):
+                        target_sig = sig
+                        pool_type = "cold"
+                        break
+
+            if not target_sig:
+                raise HTTPException(404, f"Browser with sig={req.sig} not found")
+
+            # Kill existing
+            if pool_type == "hot":
+                browser = HOT_POOL.pop(target_sig)
+            else:
+                browser = COLD_POOL.pop(target_sig)
+
+            with suppress(Exception):
+                await browser.close()
+
+            # Note: We can't easily recreate with same config without storing it
+            # For now, just kill and let new requests create fresh ones
+            LAST_USED.pop(target_sig, None)
+            USAGE_COUNT.pop(target_sig, None)
+
+        logger.info(f"🔄 Restarted {pool_type} browser (sig={target_sig[:8]})")
+
+        monitor = get_monitor()
+        await monitor.track_janitor_event("restart_browser", target_sig, {"pool": pool_type})
+
+        return {"success": True, "restarted_sig": target_sig[:8], "note": "Browser will be recreated on next request"}
+    except HTTPException:
+        raise
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Error restarting browser: {e}")
+        raise HTTPException(500, str(e))
+
+
+@router.post("/stats/reset")
+async def reset_stats():
+    """Reset today's endpoint counters."""
+    try:
+        monitor = get_monitor()
+        monitor.endpoint_stats.clear()
+        await monitor._persist_endpoint_stats()
+
+        return {"success": True, "message": "Endpoint stats reset"}
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Error resetting stats: {e}")
+        raise HTTPException(500, str(e))
+
+
+@router.websocket("/ws")
+async def websocket_endpoint(websocket: WebSocket):
+    """WebSocket endpoint for real-time monitoring updates.
+
+    Sends updates every 2 seconds with:
+    - Health stats
+    - Active/completed requests
+    - Browser pool status
+    - Timeline data
+    """
+    await websocket.accept()
+    logger.info("WebSocket client connected")
+
+    try:
+        while True:
+            try:
+                # Gather all monitoring data
+                monitor = get_monitor()
+
+                data = {
+                    "timestamp": asyncio.get_event_loop().time(),
+                    "health": await monitor.get_health_summary(),
+                    "requests": {
+                        "active": monitor.get_active_requests(),
+                        "completed": monitor.get_completed_requests(limit=10)
+                    },
+                    "browsers": await monitor.get_browser_list(),
+                    "timeline": {
+                        "memory": monitor.get_timeline_data("memory", "5m"),
+                        "requests": monitor.get_timeline_data("requests", "5m"),
+                        "browsers": monitor.get_timeline_data("browsers", "5m")
+                    },
+                    "janitor": monitor.get_janitor_log(limit=10),
+                    "errors": monitor.get_errors_log(limit=10)
+                }
+
+                # Send update to client
+                await websocket.send_json(data)
+
+                # Wait 2 seconds before next update
+                await asyncio.sleep(2)
+
+            except WebSocketDisconnect:
+                logger.info("WebSocket client disconnected")
+                break
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.error(f"WebSocket error: {e}", exc_info=True)
+                await asyncio.sleep(2)  # Continue trying
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"WebSocket connection error: {e}", exc_info=True)
+    finally:
+        logger.info("WebSocket connection closed")

deploy/docker/server.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from fastapi import Request, Depends
 from fastapi.responses import FileResponse
 import base64
 import re
+import logging
 from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, BrowserConfig, CrawlerRunConfig
 from api import (
     handle_markdown_request, handle_llm_qa,
@@ -78,6 +79,14 @@ __version__ = "0.5.1-d1"
 MAX_PAGES = config["crawler"]["pool"].get("max_pages", 30)
 GLOBAL_SEM = asyncio.Semaphore(MAX_PAGES)
 
+# ── default browser config helper ─────────────────────────────
+def get_default_browser_config() -> BrowserConfig:
+    """Get default BrowserConfig from config.yml."""
+    return BrowserConfig(
+        extra_args=config["crawler"]["browser"].get("extra_args", []),
+        **config["crawler"]["browser"].get("kwargs", {}),
+    )
+
 # import logging
 # page_log = logging.getLogger("page_cap")
 # orig_arun = AsyncWebCrawler.arun
@@ -103,15 +112,52 @@ AsyncWebCrawler.arun = capped_arun
 
 @asynccontextmanager
 async def lifespan(_: FastAPI):
-    await get_crawler(BrowserConfig(
+    from crawler_pool import init_permanent
+    from monitor import MonitorStats
+    import monitor as monitor_module
+
+    # Initialize monitor
+    monitor_module.monitor_stats = MonitorStats(redis)
+    await monitor_module.monitor_stats.load_from_redis()
+    monitor_module.monitor_stats.start_persistence_worker()
+
+    # Initialize browser pool
+    await init_permanent(BrowserConfig(
         extra_args=config["crawler"]["browser"].get("extra_args", []),
         **config["crawler"]["browser"].get("kwargs", {}),
-    ))           # warm‑up
-    app.state.janitor = asyncio.create_task(janitor())        # idle GC
+    ))
+
+    # Start background tasks
+    app.state.janitor = asyncio.create_task(janitor())
+    app.state.timeline_updater = asyncio.create_task(_timeline_updater())
+
     yield
+
+    # Cleanup
     app.state.janitor.cancel()
+    app.state.timeline_updater.cancel()
+
+    # Monitor cleanup (persist stats and stop workers)
+    from monitor import get_monitor
+    try:
+        await get_monitor().cleanup()
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Monitor cleanup failed: {e}")
+
     await close_all()
 
+async def _timeline_updater():
+    """Update timeline data every 5 seconds."""
+    from monitor import get_monitor
+    while True:
+        await asyncio.sleep(5)
+        try:
+            await asyncio.wait_for(get_monitor().update_timeline(), timeout=4.0)
+        except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+            logger.warning("Timeline update timeout after 4s")
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(f"Timeline update error: {e}")
+
 # ───────────────────── FastAPI instance ──────────────────────
 app = FastAPI(
     title=config["app"]["title"],
@@ -129,6 +175,25 @@ app.mount(
     name="play",
 )
 
+# ── static monitor dashboard ────────────────────────────────
+MONITOR_DIR = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / "static" / "monitor"
+if not MONITOR_DIR.exists():
+    raise RuntimeError(f"Monitor assets not found at {MONITOR_DIR}")
+app.mount(
+    "/dashboard",
+    StaticFiles(directory=MONITOR_DIR, html=True),
+    name="monitor_ui",
+)
+
+# ── static assets (logo, etc) ────────────────────────────────
+ASSETS_DIR = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / "static" / "assets"
+if ASSETS_DIR.exists():
+    app.mount(
+        "/static/assets",
+        StaticFiles(directory=ASSETS_DIR),
+        name="assets",
+    )
+
 
 @app.get("/")
 async def root():
@@ -212,6 +277,12 @@ def _safe_eval_config(expr: str) -> dict:
 # ── job router ──────────────────────────────────────────────
 app.include_router(init_job_router(redis, config, token_dep))
 
+# ── monitor router ──────────────────────────────────────────
+from monitor_routes import router as monitor_router
+app.include_router(monitor_router)
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 # ──────────────────────── Endpoints ──────────────────────────
 @app.post("/token")
 async def get_token(req: TokenRequest):
@@ -266,27 +337,20 @@ async def generate_html(
     Crawls the URL, preprocesses the raw HTML for schema extraction, and returns the processed HTML.
     Use when you need sanitized HTML structures for building schemas or further processing.
     """
+    from crawler_pool import get_crawler
     cfg = CrawlerRunConfig()
     try:
-        async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=BrowserConfig()) as crawler:
-            results = await crawler.arun(url=body.url, config=cfg)
-        # Check if the crawl was successful
+        crawler = await get_crawler(get_default_browser_config())
+        results = await crawler.arun(url=body.url, config=cfg)
         if not results[0].success:
-            raise HTTPException(
-                status_code=500,
-                detail=results[0].error_message or "Crawl failed"
-            )
-        
+            raise HTTPException(500, detail=results[0].error_message or "Crawl failed")
+
         raw_html = results[0].html
         from crawl4ai.utils import preprocess_html_for_schema
         processed_html = preprocess_html_for_schema(raw_html)
         return JSONResponse({"html": processed_html, "url": body.url, "success": True})
     except Exception as e:
-        # Log and raise as HTTP 500 for other exceptions
-        raise HTTPException(
-            status_code=500,
-            detail=str(e)
-        )
+        raise HTTPException(500, detail=str(e))
 
 # Screenshot endpoint
 
@@ -304,16 +368,13 @@ async def generate_screenshot(
     Use when you need an image snapshot of the rendered page. Its recommened to provide an output path to save the screenshot.
     Then in result instead of the screenshot you will get a path to the saved file.
     """
+    from crawler_pool import get_crawler
     try:
-        cfg = CrawlerRunConfig(
-            screenshot=True, screenshot_wait_for=body.screenshot_wait_for)
-        async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=BrowserConfig()) as crawler:
-            results = await crawler.arun(url=body.url, config=cfg)
+        cfg = CrawlerRunConfig(screenshot=True, screenshot_wait_for=body.screenshot_wait_for)
+        crawler = await get_crawler(get_default_browser_config())
+        results = await crawler.arun(url=body.url, config=cfg)
         if not results[0].success:
-            raise HTTPException(
-                status_code=500,
-                detail=results[0].error_message or "Crawl failed"
-            )
+            raise HTTPException(500, detail=results[0].error_message or "Crawl failed")
         screenshot_data = results[0].screenshot
         if body.output_path:
             abs_path = os.path.abspath(body.output_path)
@@ -323,10 +384,7 @@ async def generate_screenshot(
             return {"success": True, "path": abs_path}
         return {"success": True, "screenshot": screenshot_data}
     except Exception as e:
-        raise HTTPException(
-            status_code=500,
-            detail=str(e)
-        )
+        raise HTTPException(500, detail=str(e))
 
 # PDF endpoint
 
@@ -344,15 +402,13 @@ async def generate_pdf(
     Use when you need a printable or archivable snapshot of the page. It is recommended to provide an output path to save the PDF.
     Then in result instead of the PDF you will get a path to the saved file.
     """
+    from crawler_pool import get_crawler
     try:
         cfg = CrawlerRunConfig(pdf=True)
-        async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=BrowserConfig()) as crawler:
-            results = await crawler.arun(url=body.url, config=cfg)
+        crawler = await get_crawler(get_default_browser_config())
+        results = await crawler.arun(url=body.url, config=cfg)
         if not results[0].success:
-            raise HTTPException(
-                status_code=500,
-                detail=results[0].error_message or "Crawl failed"
-            )
+            raise HTTPException(500, detail=results[0].error_message or "Crawl failed")
         pdf_data = results[0].pdf
         if body.output_path:
             abs_path = os.path.abspath(body.output_path)
@@ -362,10 +418,7 @@ async def generate_pdf(
             return {"success": True, "path": abs_path}
         return {"success": True, "pdf": base64.b64encode(pdf_data).decode()}
     except Exception as e:
-        raise HTTPException(
-            status_code=500,
-            detail=str(e)
-        )
+        raise HTTPException(500, detail=str(e))
 
 
 @app.post("/execute_js")
@@ -421,23 +474,17 @@ async def execute_js(
         ```
 
     """
+    from crawler_pool import get_crawler
     try:
         cfg = CrawlerRunConfig(js_code=body.scripts)
-        async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=BrowserConfig()) as crawler:
-            results = await crawler.arun(url=body.url, config=cfg)
+        crawler = await get_crawler(get_default_browser_config())
+        results = await crawler.arun(url=body.url, config=cfg)
         if not results[0].success:
-            raise HTTPException(
-                status_code=500,
-                detail=results[0].error_message or "Crawl failed"
-            )
-        # Return JSON-serializable dict of the first CrawlResult
+            raise HTTPException(500, detail=results[0].error_message or "Crawl failed")
         data = results[0].model_dump()
         return JSONResponse(data)
     except Exception as e:
-        raise HTTPException(
-            status_code=500,
-            detail=str(e)
-        )
+        raise HTTPException(500, detail=str(e))
 
 
 @app.get("/llm/{url:path}")

deploy/docker/static/playground/index.html

@@ -167,11 +167,14 @@
             </a>
         </h1>
 
-        <div class="ml-auto flex space-x-2">
-            <button id="play-tab"
-                class="px-3 py-1 rounded-t bg-surface border border-b-0 border-border text-primary">Playground</button>
-            <button id="stress-tab" class="px-3 py-1 rounded-t border border-border hover:bg-surface">Stress
-                Test</button>
+        <div class="ml-auto flex items-center space-x-4">
+            <a href="/dashboard" class="text-xs text-secondary hover:text-primary underline">Monitor</a>
+            <div class="flex space-x-2">
+                <button id="play-tab"
+                    class="px-3 py-1 rounded-t bg-surface border border-b-0 border-border text-primary">Playground</button>
+                <button id="stress-tab" class="px-3 py-1 rounded-t border border-border hover:bg-surface">Stress
+                    Test</button>
+            </div>
         </div>
     </header>
 

deploy/docker/test-websocket.py

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Quick WebSocket test - Connect to monitor WebSocket and print updates
+"""
+import asyncio
+import websockets
+import json
+
+async def test_websocket():
+    uri = "ws://localhost:11235/monitor/ws"
+    print(f"Connecting to {uri}...")
+
+    try:
+        async with websockets.connect(uri) as websocket:
+            print("✅ Connected!")
+
+            # Receive and print 5 updates
+            for i in range(5):
+                message = await websocket.recv()
+                data = json.loads(message)
+                print(f"\n📊 Update #{i+1}:")
+                print(f"  - Health: CPU {data['health']['container']['cpu_percent']}%, Memory {data['health']['container']['memory_percent']}%")
+                print(f"  - Active Requests: {len(data['requests']['active'])}")
+                print(f"  - Browsers: {len(data['browsers'])}")
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"❌ Error: {e}")
+        return 1
+
+    print("\n✅ WebSocket test passed!")
+    return 0
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    exit(asyncio.run(test_websocket()))

deploy/docker/tests/demo_monitor_dashboard.py

@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Monitor Dashboard Demo Script
+Generates varied activity to showcase all monitoring features for video recording.
+"""
+import httpx
+import asyncio
+import time
+from datetime import datetime
+
+BASE_URL = "http://localhost:11235"
+
+async def demo_dashboard():
+    print("🎬 Monitor Dashboard Demo - Starting...\n")
+    print(f"📊 Dashboard: {BASE_URL}/dashboard")
+    print("=" * 60)
+
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=60.0) as client:
+
+        # Phase 1: Simple requests (permanent browser)
+        print("\n🔷 Phase 1: Testing permanent browser pool")
+        print("-" * 60)
+        for i in range(5):
+            print(f"  {i+1}/5 Request to /crawl (default config)...")
+            try:
+                r = await client.post(
+                    f"{BASE_URL}/crawl",
+                    json={"urls": [f"https://httpbin.org/html?req={i}"], "crawler_config": {}}
+                )
+                print(f"     ✅ Status: {r.status_code}, Time: {r.elapsed.total_seconds():.2f}s")
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"     ❌ Error: {e}")
+            await asyncio.sleep(1)  # Small delay between requests
+
+        # Phase 2: Create variant browsers (different configs)
+        print("\n🔶 Phase 2: Testing cold→hot pool promotion")
+        print("-" * 60)
+        viewports = [
+            {"width": 1920, "height": 1080},
+            {"width": 1280, "height": 720},
+            {"width": 800, "height": 600}
+        ]
+
+        for idx, viewport in enumerate(viewports):
+            print(f"  Viewport {viewport['width']}x{viewport['height']}:")
+            for i in range(4):  # 4 requests each to trigger promotion at 3
+                try:
+                    r = await client.post(
+                        f"{BASE_URL}/crawl",
+                        json={
+                            "urls": [f"https://httpbin.org/json?v={idx}&r={i}"],
+                            "browser_config": {"viewport": viewport},
+                            "crawler_config": {}
+                        }
+                    )
+                    print(f"    {i+1}/4 ✅ {r.status_code} - Should see cold→hot after 3 uses")
+                except Exception as e:
+                    print(f"    {i+1}/4 ❌ {e}")
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
+
+        # Phase 3: Concurrent burst (stress pool)
+        print("\n🔷 Phase 3: Concurrent burst (10 parallel)")
+        print("-" * 60)
+        tasks = []
+        for i in range(10):
+            tasks.append(
+                client.post(
+                    f"{BASE_URL}/crawl",
+                    json={"urls": [f"https://httpbin.org/delay/2?burst={i}"], "crawler_config": {}}
+                )
+            )
+
+        print("  Sending 10 concurrent requests...")
+        start = time.time()
+        results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True)
+        elapsed = time.time() - start
+
+        successes = sum(1 for r in results if not isinstance(r, Exception) and r.status_code == 200)
+        print(f"  ✅ {successes}/10 succeeded in {elapsed:.2f}s")
+
+        # Phase 4: Multi-endpoint coverage
+        print("\n🔶 Phase 4: Testing multiple endpoints")
+        print("-" * 60)
+        endpoints = [
+            ("/md", {"url": "https://httpbin.org/html", "f": "fit", "c": "0"}),
+            ("/screenshot", {"url": "https://httpbin.org/html"}),
+            ("/pdf", {"url": "https://httpbin.org/html"}),
+        ]
+
+        for endpoint, payload in endpoints:
+            print(f"  Testing {endpoint}...")
+            try:
+                if endpoint == "/md":
+                    r = await client.post(f"{BASE_URL}{endpoint}", json=payload)
+                else:
+                    r = await client.post(f"{BASE_URL}{endpoint}", json=payload)
+                print(f"    ✅ {r.status_code}")
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"    ❌ {e}")
+            await asyncio.sleep(1)
+
+        # Phase 5: Intentional error (to populate errors tab)
+        print("\n🔷 Phase 5: Generating error examples")
+        print("-" * 60)
+        print("  Triggering invalid URL error...")
+        try:
+            r = await client.post(
+                f"{BASE_URL}/crawl",
+                json={"urls": ["invalid://bad-url"], "crawler_config": {}}
+            )
+            print(f"    Response: {r.status_code}")
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"    ✅ Error captured: {type(e).__name__}")
+
+        # Phase 6: Wait for janitor activity
+        print("\n🔶 Phase 6: Waiting for janitor cleanup...")
+        print("-" * 60)
+        print("  Idle for 40s to allow janitor to clean cold pool browsers...")
+        for i in range(40, 0, -10):
+            print(f"    {i}s remaining... (Check dashboard for cleanup events)")
+            await asyncio.sleep(10)
+
+        # Phase 7: Final stats check
+        print("\n🔷 Phase 7: Final dashboard state")
+        print("-" * 60)
+
+        r = await client.get(f"{BASE_URL}/monitor/health")
+        health = r.json()
+        print(f"  Memory: {health['container']['memory_percent']:.1f}%")
+        print(f"  Browsers: Perm={health['pool']['permanent']['active']}, "
+              f"Hot={health['pool']['hot']['count']}, Cold={health['pool']['cold']['count']}")
+
+        r = await client.get(f"{BASE_URL}/monitor/endpoints/stats")
+        stats = r.json()
+        print(f"\n  Endpoint Stats:")
+        for endpoint, data in stats.items():
+            print(f"    {endpoint}: {data['count']} req, "
+                  f"{data['avg_latency_ms']:.0f}ms avg, "
+                  f"{data['success_rate_percent']:.1f}% success")
+
+        r = await client.get(f"{BASE_URL}/monitor/browsers")
+        browsers = r.json()
+        print(f"\n  Pool Efficiency:")
+        print(f"    Total browsers: {browsers['summary']['total_count']}")
+        print(f"    Memory usage: {browsers['summary']['total_memory_mb']} MB")
+        print(f"    Reuse rate: {browsers['summary']['reuse_rate_percent']:.1f}%")
+
+    print("\n" + "=" * 60)
+    print("✅ Demo complete! Dashboard is now populated with rich data.")
+    print(f"\n📹 Recording tip: Refresh {BASE_URL}/dashboard")
+    print("   You should see:")
+    print("   • Active & completed requests")
+    print("   • Browser pool (permanent + hot/cold)")
+    print("   • Janitor cleanup events")
+    print("   • Endpoint analytics")
+    print("   • Memory timeline")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        asyncio.run(demo_dashboard())
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print("\n\n⚠️  Demo interrupted by user")
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"\n\n❌ Demo failed: {e}")

deploy/docker/tests/requirements.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+httpx>=0.25.0
+docker>=7.0.0

deploy/docker/tests/test_1_basic.py

@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Test 1: Basic Container Health + Single Endpoint
+- Starts container
+- Hits /health endpoint 10 times
+- Reports success rate and basic latency
+"""
+import asyncio
+import time
+import docker
+import httpx
+
+# Config
+IMAGE = "crawl4ai-local:latest"
+CONTAINER_NAME = "crawl4ai-test"
+PORT = 11235
+REQUESTS = 10
+
+async def test_endpoint(url: str, count: int):
+    """Hit endpoint multiple times, return stats."""
+    results = []
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=30.0) as client:
+        for i in range(count):
+            start = time.time()
+            try:
+                resp = await client.get(url)
+                elapsed = (time.time() - start) * 1000  # ms
+                results.append({
+                    "success": resp.status_code == 200,
+                    "latency_ms": elapsed,
+                    "status": resp.status_code
+                })
+                print(f"  [{i+1}/{count}] ✓ {resp.status_code} - {elapsed:.0f}ms")
+            except Exception as e:
+                results.append({
+                    "success": False,
+                    "latency_ms": None,
+                    "error": str(e)
+                })
+                print(f"  [{i+1}/{count}] ✗ Error: {e}")
+    return results
+
+def start_container(client, image: str, name: str, port: int):
+    """Start container, return container object."""
+    # Clean up existing
+    try:
+        old = client.containers.get(name)
+        print(f"🧹 Stopping existing container '{name}'...")
+        old.stop()
+        old.remove()
+    except docker.errors.NotFound:
+        pass
+
+    print(f"🚀 Starting container '{name}' from image '{image}'...")
+    container = client.containers.run(
+        image,
+        name=name,
+        ports={f"{port}/tcp": port},
+        detach=True,
+        shm_size="1g",
+        environment={"PYTHON_ENV": "production"}
+    )
+
+    # Wait for health
+    print(f"⏳ Waiting for container to be healthy...")
+    for _ in range(30):  # 30s timeout
+        time.sleep(1)
+        container.reload()
+        if container.status == "running":
+            try:
+                # Quick health check
+                import requests
+                resp = requests.get(f"http://localhost:{port}/health", timeout=2)
+                if resp.status_code == 200:
+                    print(f"✅ Container healthy!")
+                    return container
+            except:
+                pass
+    raise TimeoutError("Container failed to start")
+
+def stop_container(container):
+    """Stop and remove container."""
+    print(f"🛑 Stopping container...")
+    container.stop()
+    container.remove()
+    print(f"✅ Container removed")
+
+async def main():
+    print("="*60)
+    print("TEST 1: Basic Container Health + Single Endpoint")
+    print("="*60)
+
+    client = docker.from_env()
+    container = None
+
+    try:
+        # Start container
+        container = start_container(client, IMAGE, CONTAINER_NAME, PORT)
+
+        # Test /health endpoint
+        print(f"\n📊 Testing /health endpoint ({REQUESTS} requests)...")
+        url = f"http://localhost:{PORT}/health"
+        results = await test_endpoint(url, REQUESTS)
+
+        # Calculate stats
+        successes = sum(1 for r in results if r["success"])
+        success_rate = (successes / len(results)) * 100
+        latencies = [r["latency_ms"] for r in results if r["latency_ms"] is not None]
+        avg_latency = sum(latencies) / len(latencies) if latencies else 0
+
+        # Print results
+        print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+        print(f"RESULTS:")
+        print(f"  Success Rate: {success_rate:.1f}% ({successes}/{len(results)})")
+        print(f"  Avg Latency:  {avg_latency:.0f}ms")
+        if latencies:
+            print(f"  Min Latency:  {min(latencies):.0f}ms")
+            print(f"  Max Latency:  {max(latencies):.0f}ms")
+        print(f"{'='*60}")
+
+        # Pass/Fail
+        if success_rate >= 100:
+            print(f"✅ TEST PASSED")
+            return 0
+        else:
+            print(f"❌ TEST FAILED (expected 100% success rate)")
+            return 1
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"\n❌ TEST ERROR: {e}")
+        return 1
+    finally:
+        if container:
+            stop_container(container)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    exit_code = asyncio.run(main())
+    exit(exit_code)

deploy/docker/tests/test_2_memory.py

@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Test 2: Docker Stats Monitoring
+- Extends Test 1 with real-time container stats
+- Monitors memory % and CPU during requests
+- Reports baseline, peak, and final memory
+"""
+import asyncio
+import time
+import docker
+import httpx
+from threading import Thread, Event
+
+# Config
+IMAGE = "crawl4ai-local:latest"
+CONTAINER_NAME = "crawl4ai-test"
+PORT = 11235
+REQUESTS = 20  # More requests to see memory usage
+
+# Stats tracking
+stats_history = []
+stop_monitoring = Event()
+
+def monitor_stats(container):
+    """Background thread to collect container stats."""
+    for stat in container.stats(decode=True, stream=True):
+        if stop_monitoring.is_set():
+            break
+
+        try:
+            # Extract memory stats
+            mem_usage = stat['memory_stats'].get('usage', 0) / (1024 * 1024)  # MB
+            mem_limit = stat['memory_stats'].get('limit', 1) / (1024 * 1024)
+            mem_percent = (mem_usage / mem_limit * 100) if mem_limit > 0 else 0
+
+            # Extract CPU stats (handle missing fields on Mac)
+            cpu_percent = 0
+            try:
+                cpu_delta = stat['cpu_stats']['cpu_usage']['total_usage'] - \
+                           stat['precpu_stats']['cpu_usage']['total_usage']
+                system_delta = stat['cpu_stats'].get('system_cpu_usage', 0) - \
+                              stat['precpu_stats'].get('system_cpu_usage', 0)
+                if system_delta > 0:
+                    num_cpus = stat['cpu_stats'].get('online_cpus', 1)
+                    cpu_percent = (cpu_delta / system_delta * num_cpus * 100.0)
+            except (KeyError, ZeroDivisionError):
+                pass
+
+            stats_history.append({
+                'timestamp': time.time(),
+                'memory_mb': mem_usage,
+                'memory_percent': mem_percent,
+                'cpu_percent': cpu_percent
+            })
+        except Exception as e:
+            # Skip malformed stats
+            pass
+
+        time.sleep(0.5)  # Sample every 500ms
+
+async def test_endpoint(url: str, count: int):
+    """Hit endpoint, return stats."""
+    results = []
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=30.0) as client:
+        for i in range(count):
+            start = time.time()
+            try:
+                resp = await client.get(url)
+                elapsed = (time.time() - start) * 1000
+                results.append({
+                    "success": resp.status_code == 200,
+                    "latency_ms": elapsed,
+                })
+                if (i + 1) % 5 == 0:  # Print every 5 requests
+                    print(f"  [{i+1}/{count}] ✓ {resp.status_code} - {elapsed:.0f}ms")
+            except Exception as e:
+                results.append({"success": False, "error": str(e)})
+                print(f"  [{i+1}/{count}] ✗ Error: {e}")
+    return results
+
+def start_container(client, image: str, name: str, port: int):
+    """Start container."""
+    try:
+        old = client.containers.get(name)
+        print(f"🧹 Stopping existing container '{name}'...")
+        old.stop()
+        old.remove()
+    except docker.errors.NotFound:
+        pass
+
+    print(f"🚀 Starting container '{name}'...")
+    container = client.containers.run(
+        image,
+        name=name,
+        ports={f"{port}/tcp": port},
+        detach=True,
+        shm_size="1g",
+        mem_limit="4g",  # Set explicit memory limit
+    )
+
+    print(f"⏳ Waiting for health...")
+    for _ in range(30):
+        time.sleep(1)
+        container.reload()
+        if container.status == "running":
+            try:
+                import requests
+                resp = requests.get(f"http://localhost:{port}/health", timeout=2)
+                if resp.status_code == 200:
+                    print(f"✅ Container healthy!")
+                    return container
+            except:
+                pass
+    raise TimeoutError("Container failed to start")
+
+def stop_container(container):
+    """Stop container."""
+    print(f"🛑 Stopping container...")
+    container.stop()
+    container.remove()
+
+async def main():
+    print("="*60)
+    print("TEST 2: Docker Stats Monitoring")
+    print("="*60)
+
+    client = docker.from_env()
+    container = None
+    monitor_thread = None
+
+    try:
+        # Start container
+        container = start_container(client, IMAGE, CONTAINER_NAME, PORT)
+
+        # Start stats monitoring in background
+        print(f"\n📊 Starting stats monitor...")
+        stop_monitoring.clear()
+        stats_history.clear()
+        monitor_thread = Thread(target=monitor_stats, args=(container,), daemon=True)
+        monitor_thread.start()
+
+        # Wait a bit for baseline
+        await asyncio.sleep(2)
+        baseline_mem = stats_history[-1]['memory_mb'] if stats_history else 0
+        print(f"📏 Baseline memory: {baseline_mem:.1f} MB")
+
+        # Test /health endpoint
+        print(f"\n🔄 Running {REQUESTS} requests to /health...")
+        url = f"http://localhost:{PORT}/health"
+        results = await test_endpoint(url, REQUESTS)
+
+        # Wait a bit to capture peak
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+
+        # Stop monitoring
+        stop_monitoring.set()
+        if monitor_thread:
+            monitor_thread.join(timeout=2)
+
+        # Calculate stats
+        successes = sum(1 for r in results if r.get("success"))
+        success_rate = (successes / len(results)) * 100
+        latencies = [r["latency_ms"] for r in results if "latency_ms" in r]
+        avg_latency = sum(latencies) / len(latencies) if latencies else 0
+
+        # Memory stats
+        memory_samples = [s['memory_mb'] for s in stats_history]
+        peak_mem = max(memory_samples) if memory_samples else 0
+        final_mem = memory_samples[-1] if memory_samples else 0
+        mem_delta = final_mem - baseline_mem
+
+        # Print results
+        print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+        print(f"RESULTS:")
+        print(f"  Success Rate: {success_rate:.1f}% ({successes}/{len(results)})")
+        print(f"  Avg Latency:  {avg_latency:.0f}ms")
+        print(f"\n  Memory Stats:")
+        print(f"    Baseline: {baseline_mem:.1f} MB")
+        print(f"    Peak:     {peak_mem:.1f} MB")
+        print(f"    Final:    {final_mem:.1f} MB")
+        print(f"    Delta:    {mem_delta:+.1f} MB")
+        print(f"{'='*60}")
+
+        # Pass/Fail
+        if success_rate >= 100 and mem_delta < 100:  # No significant memory growth
+            print(f"✅ TEST PASSED")
+            return 0
+        else:
+            if success_rate < 100:
+                print(f"❌ TEST FAILED (success rate < 100%)")
+            if mem_delta >= 100:
+                print(f"⚠️  WARNING: Memory grew by {mem_delta:.1f} MB")
+            return 1
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"\n❌ TEST ERROR: {e}")
+        return 1
+    finally:
+        stop_monitoring.set()
+        if container:
+            stop_container(container)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    exit_code = asyncio.run(main())
+    exit(exit_code)

deploy/docker/tests/test_3_pool.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Test 3: Pool Validation - Permanent Browser Reuse
+- Tests /html endpoint (should use permanent browser)
+- Monitors container logs for pool hit markers
+- Validates browser reuse rate
+- Checks memory after browser creation
+"""
+import asyncio
+import time
+import docker
+import httpx
+from threading import Thread, Event
+
+# Config
+IMAGE = "crawl4ai-local:latest"
+CONTAINER_NAME = "crawl4ai-test"
+PORT = 11235
+REQUESTS = 30
+
+# Stats tracking
+stats_history = []
+stop_monitoring = Event()
+
+def monitor_stats(container):
+    """Background stats collector."""
+    for stat in container.stats(decode=True, stream=True):
+        if stop_monitoring.is_set():
+            break
+        try:
+            mem_usage = stat['memory_stats'].get('usage', 0) / (1024 * 1024)
+            stats_history.append({
+                'timestamp': time.time(),
+                'memory_mb': mem_usage,
+            })
+        except:
+            pass
+        time.sleep(0.5)
+
+def count_log_markers(container):
+    """Extract pool usage markers from logs."""
+    logs = container.logs().decode('utf-8')
+
+    permanent_hits = logs.count("🔥 Using permanent browser")
+    hot_hits = logs.count("♨️  Using hot pool browser")
+    cold_hits = logs.count("❄️  Using cold pool browser")
+    new_created = logs.count("🆕 Creating new browser")
+
+    return {
+        'permanent_hits': permanent_hits,
+        'hot_hits': hot_hits,
+        'cold_hits': cold_hits,
+        'new_created': new_created,
+        'total_hits': permanent_hits + hot_hits + cold_hits
+    }
+
+async def test_endpoint(url: str, count: int):
+    """Hit endpoint multiple times."""
+    results = []
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=60.0) as client:
+        for i in range(count):
+            start = time.time()
+            try:
+                resp = await client.post(url, json={"url": "https://httpbin.org/html"})
+                elapsed = (time.time() - start) * 1000
+                results.append({
+                    "success": resp.status_code == 200,
+                    "latency_ms": elapsed,
+                })
+                if (i + 1) % 10 == 0:
+                    print(f"  [{i+1}/{count}] ✓ {resp.status_code} - {elapsed:.0f}ms")
+            except Exception as e:
+                results.append({"success": False, "error": str(e)})
+                print(f"  [{i+1}/{count}] ✗ Error: {e}")
+    return results
+
+def start_container(client, image: str, name: str, port: int):
+    """Start container."""
+    try:
+        old = client.containers.get(name)
+        print(f"🧹 Stopping existing container...")
+        old.stop()
+        old.remove()
+    except docker.errors.NotFound:
+        pass
+
+    print(f"🚀 Starting container...")
+    container = client.containers.run(
+        image,
+        name=name,
+        ports={f"{port}/tcp": port},
+        detach=True,
+        shm_size="1g",
+        mem_limit="4g",
+    )
+
+    print(f"⏳ Waiting for health...")
+    for _ in range(30):
+        time.sleep(1)
+        container.reload()
+        if container.status == "running":
+            try:
+                import requests
+                resp = requests.get(f"http://localhost:{port}/health", timeout=2)
+                if resp.status_code == 200:
+                    print(f"✅ Container healthy!")
+                    return container
+            except:
+                pass
+    raise TimeoutError("Container failed to start")
+
+def stop_container(container):
+    """Stop container."""
+    print(f"🛑 Stopping container...")
+    container.stop()
+    container.remove()
+
+async def main():
+    print("="*60)
+    print("TEST 3: Pool Validation - Permanent Browser Reuse")
+    print("="*60)
+
+    client = docker.from_env()
+    container = None
+    monitor_thread = None
+
+    try:
+        # Start container
+        container = start_container(client, IMAGE, CONTAINER_NAME, PORT)
+
+        # Wait for permanent browser initialization
+        print(f"\n⏳ Waiting for permanent browser init (3s)...")
+        await asyncio.sleep(3)
+
+        # Start stats monitoring
+        print(f"📊 Starting stats monitor...")
+        stop_monitoring.clear()
+        stats_history.clear()
+        monitor_thread = Thread(target=monitor_stats, args=(container,), daemon=True)
+        monitor_thread.start()
+
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+        baseline_mem = stats_history[-1]['memory_mb'] if stats_history else 0
+        print(f"📏 Baseline (with permanent browser): {baseline_mem:.1f} MB")
+
+        # Test /html endpoint (uses permanent browser for default config)
+        print(f"\n🔄 Running {REQUESTS} requests to /html...")
+        url = f"http://localhost:{PORT}/html"
+        results = await test_endpoint(url, REQUESTS)
+
+        # Wait a bit
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+
+        # Stop monitoring
+        stop_monitoring.set()
+        if monitor_thread:
+            monitor_thread.join(timeout=2)
+
+        # Analyze logs for pool markers
+        print(f"\n📋 Analyzing pool usage...")
+        pool_stats = count_log_markers(container)
+
+        # Calculate request stats
+        successes = sum(1 for r in results if r.get("success"))
+        success_rate = (successes / len(results)) * 100
+        latencies = [r["latency_ms"] for r in results if "latency_ms" in r]
+        avg_latency = sum(latencies) / len(latencies) if latencies else 0
+
+        # Memory stats
+        memory_samples = [s['memory_mb'] for s in stats_history]
+        peak_mem = max(memory_samples) if memory_samples else 0
+        final_mem = memory_samples[-1] if memory_samples else 0
+        mem_delta = final_mem - baseline_mem
+
+        # Calculate reuse rate
+        total_requests = len(results)
+        total_pool_hits = pool_stats['total_hits']
+        reuse_rate = (total_pool_hits / total_requests * 100) if total_requests > 0 else 0
+
+        # Print results
+        print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+        print(f"RESULTS:")
+        print(f"  Success Rate: {success_rate:.1f}% ({successes}/{len(results)})")
+        print(f"  Avg Latency:  {avg_latency:.0f}ms")
+        print(f"\n  Pool Stats:")
+        print(f"    🔥 Permanent Hits: {pool_stats['permanent_hits']}")
+        print(f"    ♨️  Hot Pool Hits:   {pool_stats['hot_hits']}")
+        print(f"    ❄️  Cold Pool Hits:  {pool_stats['cold_hits']}")
+        print(f"    🆕 New Created:    {pool_stats['new_created']}")
+        print(f"    📊 Reuse Rate:     {reuse_rate:.1f}%")
+        print(f"\n  Memory Stats:")
+        print(f"    Baseline: {baseline_mem:.1f} MB")
+        print(f"    Peak:     {peak_mem:.1f} MB")
+        print(f"    Final:    {final_mem:.1f} MB")
+        print(f"    Delta:    {mem_delta:+.1f} MB")
+        print(f"{'='*60}")
+
+        # Pass/Fail
+        passed = True
+        if success_rate < 100:
+            print(f"❌ FAIL: Success rate {success_rate:.1f}% < 100%")
+            passed = False
+        if reuse_rate < 80:
+            print(f"❌ FAIL: Reuse rate {reuse_rate:.1f}% < 80% (expected high permanent browser usage)")
+            passed = False
+        if pool_stats['permanent_hits'] < (total_requests * 0.8):
+            print(f"⚠️  WARNING: Only {pool_stats['permanent_hits']} permanent hits out of {total_requests} requests")
+        if mem_delta > 200:
+            print(f"⚠️  WARNING: Memory grew by {mem_delta:.1f} MB (possible browser leak)")
+
+        if passed:
+            print(f"✅ TEST PASSED")
+            return 0
+        else:
+            return 1
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"\n❌ TEST ERROR: {e}")
+        import traceback
+        traceback.print_exc()
+        return 1
+    finally:
+        stop_monitoring.set()
+        if container:
+            stop_container(container)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    exit_code = asyncio.run(main())
+    exit(exit_code)

deploy/docker/tests/test_4_concurrent.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Test 4: Concurrent Load Testing
+- Tests pool under concurrent load
+- Escalates: 10 → 50 → 100 concurrent requests
+- Validates latency distribution (P50, P95, P99)
+- Monitors memory stability
+"""
+import asyncio
+import time
+import docker
+import httpx
+from threading import Thread, Event
+from collections import defaultdict
+
+# Config
+IMAGE = "crawl4ai-local:latest"
+CONTAINER_NAME = "crawl4ai-test"
+PORT = 11235
+LOAD_LEVELS = [
+    {"name": "Light", "concurrent": 10, "requests": 20},
+    {"name": "Medium", "concurrent": 50, "requests": 100},
+    {"name": "Heavy", "concurrent": 100, "requests": 200},
+]
+
+# Stats
+stats_history = []
+stop_monitoring = Event()
+
+def monitor_stats(container):
+    """Background stats collector."""
+    for stat in container.stats(decode=True, stream=True):
+        if stop_monitoring.is_set():
+            break
+        try:
+            mem_usage = stat['memory_stats'].get('usage', 0) / (1024 * 1024)
+            stats_history.append({'timestamp': time.time(), 'memory_mb': mem_usage})
+        except:
+            pass
+        time.sleep(0.5)
+
+def count_log_markers(container):
+    """Extract pool markers."""
+    logs = container.logs().decode('utf-8')
+    return {
+        'permanent': logs.count("🔥 Using permanent browser"),
+        'hot': logs.count("♨️  Using hot pool browser"),
+        'cold': logs.count("❄️  Using cold pool browser"),
+        'new': logs.count("🆕 Creating new browser"),
+    }
+
+async def hit_endpoint(client, url, payload, semaphore):
+    """Single request with concurrency control."""
+    async with semaphore:
+        start = time.time()
+        try:
+            resp = await client.post(url, json=payload, timeout=60.0)
+            elapsed = (time.time() - start) * 1000
+            return {"success": resp.status_code == 200, "latency_ms": elapsed}
+        except Exception as e:
+            return {"success": False, "error": str(e)}
+
+async def run_concurrent_test(url, payload, concurrent, total_requests):
+    """Run concurrent requests."""
+    semaphore = asyncio.Semaphore(concurrent)
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        tasks = [hit_endpoint(client, url, payload, semaphore) for _ in range(total_requests)]
+        results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
+    return results
+
+def calculate_percentiles(latencies):
+    """Calculate P50, P95, P99."""
+    if not latencies:
+        return 0, 0, 0
+    sorted_lat = sorted(latencies)
+    n = len(sorted_lat)
+    return (
+        sorted_lat[int(n * 0.50)],
+        sorted_lat[int(n * 0.95)],
+        sorted_lat[int(n * 0.99)],
+    )
+
+def start_container(client, image, name, port):
+    """Start container."""
+    try:
+        old = client.containers.get(name)
+        print(f"🧹 Stopping existing container...")
+        old.stop()
+        old.remove()
+    except docker.errors.NotFound:
+        pass
+
+    print(f"🚀 Starting container...")
+    container = client.containers.run(
+        image, name=name, ports={f"{port}/tcp": port},
+        detach=True, shm_size="1g", mem_limit="4g",
+    )
+
+    print(f"⏳ Waiting for health...")
+    for _ in range(30):
+        time.sleep(1)
+        container.reload()
+        if container.status == "running":
+            try:
+                import requests
+                if requests.get(f"http://localhost:{port}/health", timeout=2).status_code == 200:
+                    print(f"✅ Container healthy!")
+                    return container
+            except:
+                pass
+    raise TimeoutError("Container failed to start")
+
+async def main():
+    print("="*60)
+    print("TEST 4: Concurrent Load Testing")
+    print("="*60)
+
+    client = docker.from_env()
+    container = None
+    monitor_thread = None
+
+    try:
+        container = start_container(client, IMAGE, CONTAINER_NAME, PORT)
+
+        print(f"\n⏳ Waiting for permanent browser init (3s)...")
+        await asyncio.sleep(3)
+
+        # Start monitoring
+        stop_monitoring.clear()
+        stats_history.clear()
+        monitor_thread = Thread(target=monitor_stats, args=(container,), daemon=True)
+        monitor_thread.start()
+
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+        baseline_mem = stats_history[-1]['memory_mb'] if stats_history else 0
+        print(f"📏 Baseline: {baseline_mem:.1f} MB\n")
+
+        url = f"http://localhost:{PORT}/html"
+        payload = {"url": "https://httpbin.org/html"}
+
+        all_results = []
+        level_stats = []
+
+        # Run load levels
+        for level in LOAD_LEVELS:
+            print(f"{'='*60}")
+            print(f"🔄 {level['name']} Load: {level['concurrent']} concurrent, {level['requests']} total")
+            print(f"{'='*60}")
+
+            start_time = time.time()
+            results = await run_concurrent_test(url, payload, level['concurrent'], level['requests'])
+            duration = time.time() - start_time
+
+            successes = sum(1 for r in results if r.get("success"))
+            success_rate = (successes / len(results)) * 100
+            latencies = [r["latency_ms"] for r in results if "latency_ms" in r]
+            p50, p95, p99 = calculate_percentiles(latencies)
+            avg_lat = sum(latencies) / len(latencies) if latencies else 0
+
+            print(f"  Duration:     {duration:.1f}s")
+            print(f"  Success:      {success_rate:.1f}% ({successes}/{len(results)})")
+            print(f"  Avg Latency:  {avg_lat:.0f}ms")
+            print(f"  P50/P95/P99:  {p50:.0f}ms / {p95:.0f}ms / {p99:.0f}ms")
+
+            level_stats.append({
+                'name': level['name'],
+                'concurrent': level['concurrent'],
+                'success_rate': success_rate,
+                'avg_latency': avg_lat,
+                'p50': p50, 'p95': p95, 'p99': p99,
+            })
+            all_results.extend(results)
+
+            await asyncio.sleep(2)  # Cool down between levels
+
+        # Stop monitoring
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+        stop_monitoring.set()
+        if monitor_thread:
+            monitor_thread.join(timeout=2)
+
+        # Final stats
+        pool_stats = count_log_markers(container)
+        memory_samples = [s['memory_mb'] for s in stats_history]
+        peak_mem = max(memory_samples) if memory_samples else 0
+        final_mem = memory_samples[-1] if memory_samples else 0
+
+        print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+        print(f"FINAL RESULTS:")
+        print(f"{'='*60}")
+        print(f"  Total Requests: {len(all_results)}")
+        print(f"\n  Pool Utilization:")
+        print(f"    🔥 Permanent: {pool_stats['permanent']}")
+        print(f"    ♨️  Hot:       {pool_stats['hot']}")
+        print(f"    ❄️  Cold:      {pool_stats['cold']}")
+        print(f"    🆕 New:       {pool_stats['new']}")
+        print(f"\n  Memory:")
+        print(f"    Baseline: {baseline_mem:.1f} MB")
+        print(f"    Peak:     {peak_mem:.1f} MB")
+        print(f"    Final:    {final_mem:.1f} MB")
+        print(f"    Delta:    {final_mem - baseline_mem:+.1f} MB")
+        print(f"{'='*60}")
+
+        # Pass/Fail
+        passed = True
+        for ls in level_stats:
+            if ls['success_rate'] < 99:
+                print(f"❌ FAIL: {ls['name']} success rate {ls['success_rate']:.1f}% < 99%")
+                passed = False
+            if ls['p99'] > 10000:  # 10s threshold
+                print(f"⚠️  WARNING: {ls['name']} P99 latency {ls['p99']:.0f}ms very high")
+
+        if final_mem - baseline_mem > 300:
+            print(f"⚠️  WARNING: Memory grew {final_mem - baseline_mem:.1f} MB")
+
+        if passed:
+            print(f"✅ TEST PASSED")
+            return 0
+        else:
+            return 1
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"\n❌ TEST ERROR: {e}")
+        import traceback
+        traceback.print_exc()
+        return 1
+    finally:
+        stop_monitoring.set()
+        if container:
+            print(f"🛑 Stopping container...")
+            container.stop()
+            container.remove()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    exit_code = asyncio.run(main())
+    exit(exit_code)

deploy/docker/tests/test_5_pool_stress.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Test 5: Pool Stress - Mixed Configs
+- Tests hot/cold pool with different browser configs
+- Uses different viewports to create config variants
+- Validates cold → hot promotion after 3 uses
+- Monitors pool tier distribution
+"""
+import asyncio
+import time
+import docker
+import httpx
+from threading import Thread, Event
+import random
+
+# Config
+IMAGE = "crawl4ai-local:latest"
+CONTAINER_NAME = "crawl4ai-test"
+PORT = 11235
+REQUESTS_PER_CONFIG = 5  # 5 requests per config variant
+
+# Different viewport configs to test pool tiers
+VIEWPORT_CONFIGS = [
+    None,  # Default (permanent browser)
+    {"width": 1920, "height": 1080},  # Desktop
+    {"width": 1024, "height": 768},   # Tablet
+    {"width": 375, "height": 667},    # Mobile
+]
+
+# Stats
+stats_history = []
+stop_monitoring = Event()
+
+def monitor_stats(container):
+    """Background stats collector."""
+    for stat in container.stats(decode=True, stream=True):
+        if stop_monitoring.is_set():
+            break
+        try:
+            mem_usage = stat['memory_stats'].get('usage', 0) / (1024 * 1024)
+            stats_history.append({'timestamp': time.time(), 'memory_mb': mem_usage})
+        except:
+            pass
+        time.sleep(0.5)
+
+def analyze_pool_logs(container):
+    """Extract detailed pool stats from logs."""
+    logs = container.logs().decode('utf-8')
+
+    permanent = logs.count("🔥 Using permanent browser")
+    hot = logs.count("♨️  Using hot pool browser")
+    cold = logs.count("❄️  Using cold pool browser")
+    new = logs.count("🆕 Creating new browser")
+    promotions = logs.count("⬆️  Promoting to hot pool")
+
+    return {
+        'permanent': permanent,
+        'hot': hot,
+        'cold': cold,
+        'new': new,
+        'promotions': promotions,
+        'total': permanent + hot + cold
+    }
+
+async def crawl_with_viewport(client, url, viewport):
+    """Single request with specific viewport."""
+    payload = {
+        "urls": ["https://httpbin.org/html"],
+        "browser_config": {},
+        "crawler_config": {}
+    }
+
+    # Add viewport if specified
+    if viewport:
+        payload["browser_config"] = {
+            "type": "BrowserConfig",
+            "params": {
+                "viewport": {"type": "dict", "value": viewport},
+                "headless": True,
+                "text_mode": True,
+                "extra_args": [
+                    "--no-sandbox",
+                    "--disable-dev-shm-usage",
+                    "--disable-gpu",
+                    "--disable-software-rasterizer",
+                    "--disable-web-security",
+                    "--allow-insecure-localhost",
+                    "--ignore-certificate-errors"
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+
+    start = time.time()
+    try:
+        resp = await client.post(url, json=payload, timeout=60.0)
+        elapsed = (time.time() - start) * 1000
+        return {"success": resp.status_code == 200, "latency_ms": elapsed, "viewport": viewport}
+    except Exception as e:
+        return {"success": False, "error": str(e), "viewport": viewport}
+
+def start_container(client, image, name, port):
+    """Start container."""
+    try:
+        old = client.containers.get(name)
+        print(f"🧹 Stopping existing container...")
+        old.stop()
+        old.remove()
+    except docker.errors.NotFound:
+        pass
+
+    print(f"🚀 Starting container...")
+    container = client.containers.run(
+        image, name=name, ports={f"{port}/tcp": port},
+        detach=True, shm_size="1g", mem_limit="4g",
+    )
+
+    print(f"⏳ Waiting for health...")
+    for _ in range(30):
+        time.sleep(1)
+        container.reload()
+        if container.status == "running":
+            try:
+                import requests
+                if requests.get(f"http://localhost:{port}/health", timeout=2).status_code == 200:
+                    print(f"✅ Container healthy!")
+                    return container
+            except:
+                pass
+    raise TimeoutError("Container failed to start")
+
+async def main():
+    print("="*60)
+    print("TEST 5: Pool Stress - Mixed Configs")
+    print("="*60)
+
+    client = docker.from_env()
+    container = None
+    monitor_thread = None
+
+    try:
+        container = start_container(client, IMAGE, CONTAINER_NAME, PORT)
+
+        print(f"\n⏳ Waiting for permanent browser init (3s)...")
+        await asyncio.sleep(3)
+
+        # Start monitoring
+        stop_monitoring.clear()
+        stats_history.clear()
+        monitor_thread = Thread(target=monitor_stats, args=(container,), daemon=True)
+        monitor_thread.start()
+
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+        baseline_mem = stats_history[-1]['memory_mb'] if stats_history else 0
+        print(f"📏 Baseline: {baseline_mem:.1f} MB\n")
+
+        url = f"http://localhost:{PORT}/crawl"
+
+        print(f"Testing {len(VIEWPORT_CONFIGS)} different configs:")
+        for i, vp in enumerate(VIEWPORT_CONFIGS):
+            vp_str = "Default" if vp is None else f"{vp['width']}x{vp['height']}"
+            print(f"  {i+1}. {vp_str}")
+        print()
+
+        # Run requests: repeat each config REQUESTS_PER_CONFIG times
+        all_results = []
+        config_sequence = []
+
+        for _ in range(REQUESTS_PER_CONFIG):
+            for viewport in VIEWPORT_CONFIGS:
+                config_sequence.append(viewport)
+
+        # Shuffle to mix configs
+        random.shuffle(config_sequence)
+
+        print(f"🔄 Running {len(config_sequence)} requests with mixed configs...")
+
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient() as http_client:
+            for i, viewport in enumerate(config_sequence):
+                result = await crawl_with_viewport(http_client, url, viewport)
+                all_results.append(result)
+
+                if (i + 1) % 5 == 0:
+                    vp_str = "default" if result['viewport'] is None else f"{result['viewport']['width']}x{result['viewport']['height']}"
+                    status = "✓" if result.get('success') else "✗"
+                    lat = f"{result.get('latency_ms', 0):.0f}ms" if 'latency_ms' in result else "error"
+                    print(f"  [{i+1}/{len(config_sequence)}] {status} {vp_str} - {lat}")
+
+        # Stop monitoring
+        await asyncio.sleep(2)
+        stop_monitoring.set()
+        if monitor_thread:
+            monitor_thread.join(timeout=2)
+
+        # Analyze results
+        pool_stats = analyze_pool_logs(container)
+
+        successes = sum(1 for r in all_results if r.get("success"))
+        success_rate = (successes / len(all_results)) * 100
+        latencies = [r["latency_ms"] for r in all_results if "latency_ms" in r]
+        avg_lat = sum(latencies) / len(latencies) if latencies else 0
+
+        memory_samples = [s['memory_mb'] for s in stats_history]
+        peak_mem = max(memory_samples) if memory_samples else 0
+        final_mem = memory_samples[-1] if memory_samples else 0
+
+        print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+        print(f"RESULTS:")
+        print(f"{'='*60}")
+        print(f"  Requests:     {len(all_results)}")
+        print(f"  Success Rate: {success_rate:.1f}% ({successes}/{len(all_results)})")
+        print(f"  Avg Latency:  {avg_lat:.0f}ms")
+        print(f"\n  Pool Statistics:")
+        print(f"    🔥 Permanent: {pool_stats['permanent']}")
+        print(f"    ♨️  Hot:       {pool_stats['hot']}")
+        print(f"    ❄️  Cold:      {pool_stats['cold']}")
+        print(f"    🆕 New:       {pool_stats['new']}")
+        print(f"    ⬆️  Promotions: {pool_stats['promotions']}")
+        print(f"    📊 Reuse:     {(pool_stats['total'] / len(all_results) * 100):.1f}%")
+        print(f"\n  Memory:")
+        print(f"    Baseline: {baseline_mem:.1f} MB")
+        print(f"    Peak:     {peak_mem:.1f} MB")
+        print(f"    Final:    {final_mem:.1f} MB")
+        print(f"    Delta:    {final_mem - baseline_mem:+.1f} MB")
+        print(f"{'='*60}")
+
+        # Pass/Fail
+        passed = True
+
+        if success_rate < 99:
+            print(f"❌ FAIL: Success rate {success_rate:.1f}% < 99%")
+            passed = False
+
+        # Should see promotions since we repeat each config 5 times
+        if pool_stats['promotions'] < (len(VIEWPORT_CONFIGS) - 1):  # -1 for default
+            print(f"⚠️  WARNING: Only {pool_stats['promotions']} promotions (expected ~{len(VIEWPORT_CONFIGS)-1})")
+
+        # Should have created some browsers for different configs
+        if pool_stats['new'] == 0:
+            print(f"⚠️  NOTE: No new browsers created (all used default?)")
+
+        if pool_stats['permanent'] == len(all_results):
+            print(f"⚠️  NOTE: All requests used permanent browser (configs not varying enough?)")
+
+        if final_mem - baseline_mem > 500:
+            print(f"⚠️  WARNING: Memory grew {final_mem - baseline_mem:.1f} MB")
+
+        if passed:
+            print(f"✅ TEST PASSED")
+            return 0
+        else:
+            return 1
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"\n❌ TEST ERROR: {e}")
+        import traceback
+        traceback.print_exc()
+        return 1
+    finally:
+        stop_monitoring.set()
+        if container:
+            print(f"🛑 Stopping container...")
+            container.stop()
+            container.remove()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    exit_code = asyncio.run(main())
+    exit(exit_code)

deploy/docker/tests/test_6_multi_endpoint.py

@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Test 6: Multi-Endpoint Testing
+- Tests multiple endpoints together: /html, /screenshot, /pdf, /crawl
+- Validates each endpoint works correctly
+- Monitors success rates per endpoint
+"""
+import asyncio
+import time
+import docker
+import httpx
+from threading import Thread, Event
+
+# Config
+IMAGE = "crawl4ai-local:latest"
+CONTAINER_NAME = "crawl4ai-test"
+PORT = 11235
+REQUESTS_PER_ENDPOINT = 10
+
+# Stats
+stats_history = []
+stop_monitoring = Event()
+
+def monitor_stats(container):
+    """Background stats collector."""
+    for stat in container.stats(decode=True, stream=True):
+        if stop_monitoring.is_set():
+            break
+        try:
+            mem_usage = stat['memory_stats'].get('usage', 0) / (1024 * 1024)
+            stats_history.append({'timestamp': time.time(), 'memory_mb': mem_usage})
+        except:
+            pass
+        time.sleep(0.5)
+
+async def test_html(client, base_url, count):
+    """Test /html endpoint."""
+    url = f"{base_url}/html"
+    results = []
+    for _ in range(count):
+        start = time.time()
+        try:
+            resp = await client.post(url, json={"url": "https://httpbin.org/html"}, timeout=30.0)
+            elapsed = (time.time() - start) * 1000
+            results.append({"success": resp.status_code == 200, "latency_ms": elapsed})
+        except Exception as e:
+            results.append({"success": False, "error": str(e)})
+    return results
+
+async def test_screenshot(client, base_url, count):
+    """Test /screenshot endpoint."""
+    url = f"{base_url}/screenshot"
+    results = []
+    for _ in range(count):
+        start = time.time()
+        try:
+            resp = await client.post(url, json={"url": "https://httpbin.org/html"}, timeout=30.0)
+            elapsed = (time.time() - start) * 1000
+            results.append({"success": resp.status_code == 200, "latency_ms": elapsed})
+        except Exception as e:
+            results.append({"success": False, "error": str(e)})
+    return results
+
+async def test_pdf(client, base_url, count):
+    """Test /pdf endpoint."""
+    url = f"{base_url}/pdf"
+    results = []
+    for _ in range(count):
+        start = time.time()
+        try:
+            resp = await client.post(url, json={"url": "https://httpbin.org/html"}, timeout=30.0)
+            elapsed = (time.time() - start) * 1000
+            results.append({"success": resp.status_code == 200, "latency_ms": elapsed})
+        except Exception as e:
+            results.append({"success": False, "error": str(e)})
+    return results
+
+async def test_crawl(client, base_url, count):
+    """Test /crawl endpoint."""
+    url = f"{base_url}/crawl"
+    results = []
+    payload = {
+        "urls": ["https://httpbin.org/html"],
+        "browser_config": {},
+        "crawler_config": {}
+    }
+    for _ in range(count):
+        start = time.time()
+        try:
+            resp = await client.post(url, json=payload, timeout=30.0)
+            elapsed = (time.time() - start) * 1000
+            results.append({"success": resp.status_code == 200, "latency_ms": elapsed})
+        except Exception as e:
+            results.append({"success": False, "error": str(e)})
+    return results
+
+def start_container(client, image, name, port):
+    """Start container."""
+    try:
+        old = client.containers.get(name)
+        print(f"🧹 Stopping existing container...")
+        old.stop()
+        old.remove()
+    except docker.errors.NotFound:
+        pass
+
+    print(f"🚀 Starting container...")
+    container = client.containers.run(
+        image, name=name, ports={f"{port}/tcp": port},
+        detach=True, shm_size="1g", mem_limit="4g",
+    )
+
+    print(f"⏳ Waiting for health...")
+    for _ in range(30):
+        time.sleep(1)
+        container.reload()
+        if container.status == "running":
+            try:
+                import requests
+                if requests.get(f"http://localhost:{port}/health", timeout=2).status_code == 200:
+                    print(f"✅ Container healthy!")
+                    return container
+            except:
+                pass
+    raise TimeoutError("Container failed to start")
+
+async def main():
+    print("="*60)
+    print("TEST 6: Multi-Endpoint Testing")
+    print("="*60)
+
+    client = docker.from_env()
+    container = None
+    monitor_thread = None
+
+    try:
+        container = start_container(client, IMAGE, CONTAINER_NAME, PORT)
+
+        print(f"\n⏳ Waiting for permanent browser init (3s)...")
+        await asyncio.sleep(3)
+
+        # Start monitoring
+        stop_monitoring.clear()
+        stats_history.clear()
+        monitor_thread = Thread(target=monitor_stats, args=(container,), daemon=True)
+        monitor_thread.start()
+
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+        baseline_mem = stats_history[-1]['memory_mb'] if stats_history else 0
+        print(f"📏 Baseline: {baseline_mem:.1f} MB\n")
+
+        base_url = f"http://localhost:{PORT}"
+
+        # Test each endpoint
+        endpoints = {
+            "/html": test_html,
+            "/screenshot": test_screenshot,
+            "/pdf": test_pdf,
+            "/crawl": test_crawl,
+        }
+
+        all_endpoint_stats = {}
+
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient() as http_client:
+            for endpoint_name, test_func in endpoints.items():
+                print(f"🔄 Testing {endpoint_name} ({REQUESTS_PER_ENDPOINT} requests)...")
+                results = await test_func(http_client, base_url, REQUESTS_PER_ENDPOINT)
+
+                successes = sum(1 for r in results if r.get("success"))
+                success_rate = (successes / len(results)) * 100
+                latencies = [r["latency_ms"] for r in results if "latency_ms" in r]
+                avg_lat = sum(latencies) / len(latencies) if latencies else 0
+
+                all_endpoint_stats[endpoint_name] = {
+                    'success_rate': success_rate,
+                    'avg_latency': avg_lat,
+                    'total': len(results),
+                    'successes': successes
+                }
+
+                print(f"  ✓ Success: {success_rate:.1f}% ({successes}/{len(results)}), Avg: {avg_lat:.0f}ms")
+
+        # Stop monitoring
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+        stop_monitoring.set()
+        if monitor_thread:
+            monitor_thread.join(timeout=2)
+
+        # Final stats
+        memory_samples = [s['memory_mb'] for s in stats_history]
+        peak_mem = max(memory_samples) if memory_samples else 0
+        final_mem = memory_samples[-1] if memory_samples else 0
+
+        print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+        print(f"RESULTS:")
+        print(f"{'='*60}")
+        for endpoint, stats in all_endpoint_stats.items():
+            print(f"  {endpoint:12} Success: {stats['success_rate']:5.1f}%  Avg: {stats['avg_latency']:6.0f}ms")
+
+        print(f"\n  Memory:")
+        print(f"    Baseline: {baseline_mem:.1f} MB")
+        print(f"    Peak:     {peak_mem:.1f} MB")
+        print(f"    Final:    {final_mem:.1f} MB")
+        print(f"    Delta:    {final_mem - baseline_mem:+.1f} MB")
+        print(f"{'='*60}")
+
+        # Pass/Fail
+        passed = True
+        for endpoint, stats in all_endpoint_stats.items():
+            if stats['success_rate'] < 100:
+                print(f"❌ FAIL: {endpoint} success rate {stats['success_rate']:.1f}% < 100%")
+                passed = False
+
+        if passed:
+            print(f"✅ TEST PASSED")
+            return 0
+        else:
+            return 1
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"\n❌ TEST ERROR: {e}")
+        import traceback
+        traceback.print_exc()
+        return 1
+    finally:
+        stop_monitoring.set()
+        if container:
+            print(f"🛑 Stopping container...")
+            container.stop()
+            container.remove()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    exit_code = asyncio.run(main())
+    exit(exit_code)

deploy/docker/tests/test_7_cleanup.py

@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Test 7: Cleanup Verification (Janitor)
+- Creates load spike then goes idle
+- Verifies memory returns to near baseline
+- Tests janitor cleanup of idle browsers
+- Monitors memory recovery time
+"""
+import asyncio
+import time
+import docker
+import httpx
+from threading import Thread, Event
+
+# Config
+IMAGE = "crawl4ai-local:latest"
+CONTAINER_NAME = "crawl4ai-test"
+PORT = 11235
+SPIKE_REQUESTS = 20  # Create some browsers
+IDLE_TIME = 90  # Wait 90s for janitor (runs every 60s)
+
+# Stats
+stats_history = []
+stop_monitoring = Event()
+
+def monitor_stats(container):
+    """Background stats collector."""
+    for stat in container.stats(decode=True, stream=True):
+        if stop_monitoring.is_set():
+            break
+        try:
+            mem_usage = stat['memory_stats'].get('usage', 0) / (1024 * 1024)
+            stats_history.append({'timestamp': time.time(), 'memory_mb': mem_usage})
+        except:
+            pass
+        time.sleep(1)  # Sample every 1s for this test
+
+def start_container(client, image, name, port):
+    """Start container."""
+    try:
+        old = client.containers.get(name)
+        print(f"🧹 Stopping existing container...")
+        old.stop()
+        old.remove()
+    except docker.errors.NotFound:
+        pass
+
+    print(f"🚀 Starting container...")
+    container = client.containers.run(
+        image, name=name, ports={f"{port}/tcp": port},
+        detach=True, shm_size="1g", mem_limit="4g",
+    )
+
+    print(f"⏳ Waiting for health...")
+    for _ in range(30):
+        time.sleep(1)
+        container.reload()
+        if container.status == "running":
+            try:
+                import requests
+                if requests.get(f"http://localhost:{port}/health", timeout=2).status_code == 200:
+                    print(f"✅ Container healthy!")
+                    return container
+            except:
+                pass
+    raise TimeoutError("Container failed to start")
+
+async def main():
+    print("="*60)
+    print("TEST 7: Cleanup Verification (Janitor)")
+    print("="*60)
+
+    client = docker.from_env()
+    container = None
+    monitor_thread = None
+
+    try:
+        container = start_container(client, IMAGE, CONTAINER_NAME, PORT)
+
+        print(f"\n⏳ Waiting for permanent browser init (3s)...")
+        await asyncio.sleep(3)
+
+        # Start monitoring
+        stop_monitoring.clear()
+        stats_history.clear()
+        monitor_thread = Thread(target=monitor_stats, args=(container,), daemon=True)
+        monitor_thread.start()
+
+        await asyncio.sleep(2)
+        baseline_mem = stats_history[-1]['memory_mb'] if stats_history else 0
+        print(f"📏 Baseline: {baseline_mem:.1f} MB\n")
+
+        # Create load spike with different configs to populate pool
+        print(f"🔥 Creating load spike ({SPIKE_REQUESTS} requests with varied configs)...")
+        url = f"http://localhost:{PORT}/crawl"
+
+        viewports = [
+            {"width": 1920, "height": 1080},
+            {"width": 1024, "height": 768},
+            {"width": 375, "height": 667},
+        ]
+
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=60.0) as http_client:
+            tasks = []
+            for i in range(SPIKE_REQUESTS):
+                vp = viewports[i % len(viewports)]
+                payload = {
+                    "urls": ["https://httpbin.org/html"],
+                    "browser_config": {
+                        "type": "BrowserConfig",
+                        "params": {
+                            "viewport": {"type": "dict", "value": vp},
+                            "headless": True,
+                            "text_mode": True,
+                            "extra_args": [
+                                "--no-sandbox", "--disable-dev-shm-usage",
+                                "--disable-gpu", "--disable-software-rasterizer",
+                                "--disable-web-security", "--allow-insecure-localhost",
+                                "--ignore-certificate-errors"
+                            ]
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "crawler_config": {}
+                }
+                tasks.append(http_client.post(url, json=payload))
+
+            results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True)
+            successes = sum(1 for r in results if hasattr(r, 'status_code') and r.status_code == 200)
+            print(f"  ✓ Spike completed: {successes}/{len(results)} successful")
+
+        # Measure peak
+        await asyncio.sleep(2)
+        peak_mem = max([s['memory_mb'] for s in stats_history]) if stats_history else baseline_mem
+        print(f"  📊 Peak memory: {peak_mem:.1f} MB (+{peak_mem - baseline_mem:.1f} MB)")
+
+        # Now go idle and wait for janitor
+        print(f"\n⏸️  Going idle for {IDLE_TIME}s (janitor cleanup)...")
+        print(f"  (Janitor runs every 60s, checking for idle browsers)")
+
+        for elapsed in range(0, IDLE_TIME, 10):
+            await asyncio.sleep(10)
+            current_mem = stats_history[-1]['memory_mb'] if stats_history else 0
+            print(f"  [{elapsed+10:3d}s] Memory: {current_mem:.1f} MB")
+
+        # Stop monitoring
+        stop_monitoring.set()
+        if monitor_thread:
+            monitor_thread.join(timeout=2)
+
+        # Analyze memory recovery
+        final_mem = stats_history[-1]['memory_mb'] if stats_history else 0
+        recovery_mb = peak_mem - final_mem
+        recovery_pct = (recovery_mb / (peak_mem - baseline_mem) * 100) if (peak_mem - baseline_mem) > 0 else 0
+
+        print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+        print(f"RESULTS:")
+        print(f"{'='*60}")
+        print(f"  Memory Journey:")
+        print(f"    Baseline:  {baseline_mem:.1f} MB")
+        print(f"    Peak:      {peak_mem:.1f} MB  (+{peak_mem - baseline_mem:.1f} MB)")
+        print(f"    Final:     {final_mem:.1f} MB  (+{final_mem - baseline_mem:.1f} MB)")
+        print(f"    Recovered: {recovery_mb:.1f} MB  ({recovery_pct:.1f}%)")
+        print(f"{'='*60}")
+
+        # Pass/Fail
+        passed = True
+
+        # Should have created some memory pressure
+        if peak_mem - baseline_mem < 100:
+            print(f"⚠️  WARNING: Peak increase only {peak_mem - baseline_mem:.1f} MB (expected more browsers)")
+
+        # Should recover most memory (within 100MB of baseline)
+        if final_mem - baseline_mem > 100:
+            print(f"⚠️  WARNING: Memory didn't recover well (still +{final_mem - baseline_mem:.1f} MB above baseline)")
+        else:
+            print(f"✅ Good memory recovery!")
+
+        # Baseline + 50MB tolerance
+        if final_mem - baseline_mem < 50:
+            print(f"✅ Excellent cleanup (within 50MB of baseline)")
+
+        print(f"✅ TEST PASSED")
+        return 0
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"\n❌ TEST ERROR: {e}")
+        import traceback
+        traceback.print_exc()
+        return 1
+    finally:
+        stop_monitoring.set()
+        if container:
+            print(f"🛑 Stopping container...")
+            container.stop()
+            container.remove()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    exit_code = asyncio.run(main())
+    exit(exit_code)

deploy/docker/tests/test_monitor_demo.py

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Quick test to generate monitor dashboard activity"""
+import httpx
+import asyncio
+
+async def test_dashboard():
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=30.0) as client:
+        print("📊 Generating dashboard activity...")
+
+        # Test 1: Simple crawl
+        print("\n1️⃣ Running simple crawl...")
+        r1 = await client.post(
+            "http://localhost:11235/crawl",
+            json={"urls": ["https://httpbin.org/html"], "crawler_config": {}}
+        )
+        print(f"   Status: {r1.status_code}")
+
+        # Test 2: Multiple URLs
+        print("\n2️⃣ Running multi-URL crawl...")
+        r2 = await client.post(
+            "http://localhost:11235/crawl",
+            json={
+                "urls": [
+                    "https://httpbin.org/html",
+                    "https://httpbin.org/json"
+                ],
+                "crawler_config": {}
+            }
+        )
+        print(f"   Status: {r2.status_code}")
+
+        # Test 3: Check monitor health
+        print("\n3️⃣ Checking monitor health...")
+        r3 = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/health")
+        health = r3.json()
+        print(f"   Memory: {health['container']['memory_percent']}%")
+        print(f"   Browsers: {health['pool']['permanent']['active']}")
+
+        # Test 4: Check requests
+        print("\n4️⃣ Checking request log...")
+        r4 = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/requests")
+        reqs = r4.json()
+        print(f"   Active: {len(reqs['active'])}")
+        print(f"   Completed: {len(reqs['completed'])}")
+
+        # Test 5: Check endpoint stats
+        print("\n5️⃣ Checking endpoint stats...")
+        r5 = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/endpoints/stats")
+        stats = r5.json()
+        for endpoint, data in stats.items():
+            print(f"   {endpoint}: {data['count']} requests, {data['avg_latency_ms']}ms avg")
+
+        print("\n✅ Dashboard should now show activity!")
+        print(f"\n🌐 Open: http://localhost:11235/dashboard")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(test_dashboard())

deploy/docker/utils.py

@@ -178,4 +178,29 @@ def verify_email_domain(email: str) -> bool:
         records = dns.resolver.resolve(domain, 'MX')
         return True if records else False
     except Exception as e:
-        return False
+        return False
+
+def get_container_memory_percent() -> float:
+    """Get actual container memory usage vs limit (cgroup v1/v2 aware)."""
+    try:
+        # Try cgroup v2 first
+        usage_path = Path("/sys/fs/cgroup/memory.current")
+        limit_path = Path("/sys/fs/cgroup/memory.max")
+        if not usage_path.exists():
+            # Fall back to cgroup v1
+            usage_path = Path("/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.usage_in_bytes")
+            limit_path = Path("/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.limit_in_bytes")
+
+        usage = int(usage_path.read_text())
+        limit = int(limit_path.read_text())
+
+        # Handle unlimited (v2: "max", v1: > 1e18)
+        if limit > 1e18:
+            import psutil
+            limit = psutil.virtual_memory().total
+
+        return (usage / limit) * 100
+    except:
+        # Non-container or unsupported: fallback to host
+        import psutil
+        return psutil.virtual_memory().percent

docker-compose.yml

@@ -6,15 +6,16 @@ x-base-config: &base-config
     - "11235:11235"  # Gunicorn port
   env_file:
     - .llm.env       # API keys (create from .llm.env.example)
-  environment:
-    - OPENAI_API_KEY=${OPENAI_API_KEY:-}
-    - DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=${DEEPSEEK_API_KEY:-}
-    - ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=${ANTHROPIC_API_KEY:-}
-    - GROQ_API_KEY=${GROQ_API_KEY:-}
-    - TOGETHER_API_KEY=${TOGETHER_API_KEY:-}
-    - MISTRAL_API_KEY=${MISTRAL_API_KEY:-}
-    - GEMINI_API_TOKEN=${GEMINI_API_TOKEN:-}
-    - LLM_PROVIDER=${LLM_PROVIDER:-}  # Optional: Override default provider (e.g., "anthropic/claude-3-opus")
+  # Uncomment to set default environment variables (will overwrite .llm.env)
+  # environment:
+  #   - OPENAI_API_KEY=${OPENAI_API_KEY:-}
+  #   - DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=${DEEPSEEK_API_KEY:-}
+  #   - ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=${ANTHROPIC_API_KEY:-}
+  #   - GROQ_API_KEY=${GROQ_API_KEY:-}
+  #   - TOGETHER_API_KEY=${TOGETHER_API_KEY:-}
+  #   - MISTRAL_API_KEY=${MISTRAL_API_KEY:-}
+  #   - GEMINI_API_KEY=${GEMINI_API_KEY:-}
+  #   - LLM_PROVIDER=${LLM_PROVIDER:-}  # Optional: Override default provider (e.g., "anthropic/claude-3-opus")
   volumes:
     - /dev/shm:/dev/shm  # Chromium performance
   deploy:

docs/blog/release-v0.7.7.md

@@ -0,0 +1,626 @@
+# 🚀 Crawl4AI v0.7.7: The Self-Hosting & Monitoring Update
+
+*November 14, 2025 • 10 min read*
+
+---
+
+Today I'm releasing Crawl4AI v0.7.7—the Self-Hosting & Monitoring Update. This release transforms Crawl4AI Docker from a simple containerized crawler into a complete self-hosting platform with enterprise-grade real-time monitoring, full operational transparency, and production-ready observability.
+
+## 🎯 What's New at a Glance
+
+- **📊 Real-time Monitoring Dashboard**: Interactive web UI with live system metrics and browser pool status
+- **🔌 Comprehensive Monitor API**: Complete REST API for programmatic access to all monitoring data
+- **⚡ WebSocket Streaming**: Real-time updates every 2 seconds for custom dashboards
+- **🎮 Control Actions**: Manual browser management (kill, restart, cleanup)
+- **🔥 Smart Browser Pool**: 3-tier architecture (permanent/hot/cold) with automatic promotion
+- **🧹 Janitor Cleanup System**: Automatic resource management with event logging
+- **📈 Production Metrics**: 6 critical metrics for operational excellence
+- **🏭 Integration Ready**: Prometheus, alerting, and log aggregation examples
+- **🐛 Critical Bug Fixes**: Async LLM extraction, DFS crawling, viewport config, and more
+
+## 📊 Real-time Monitoring Dashboard: Complete Visibility
+
+**The Problem:** Running Crawl4AI in Docker was like flying blind. Users had no visibility into what was happening inside the container—memory usage, active requests, browser pools, or errors. Troubleshooting required checking logs, and there was no way to monitor performance or manually intervene when issues occurred.
+
+**My Solution:** I built a complete real-time monitoring system with an interactive dashboard, comprehensive REST API, WebSocket streaming, and manual control actions. Now you have full transparency and control over your crawling infrastructure.
+
+### The Self-Hosting Value Proposition
+
+Before v0.7.7, Docker was just a containerized crawler. After v0.7.7, it's a complete self-hosting platform that gives you:
+
+- **🔒 Data Privacy**: Your data never leaves your infrastructure
+- **💰 Cost Control**: No per-request pricing or rate limits
+- **🎯 Full Customization**: Complete control over configurations and strategies
+- **📊 Complete Transparency**: Real-time visibility into every aspect
+- **⚡ Performance**: Direct access without network overhead
+- **🛡️ Enterprise Security**: Keep workflows behind your firewall
+
+### Interactive Monitoring Dashboard
+
+Access the dashboard at `http://localhost:11235/dashboard` to see:
+
+- **System Health Overview**: CPU, memory, network, and uptime in real-time
+- **Live Request Tracking**: Active and completed requests with full details
+- **Browser Pool Management**: Interactive table with permanent/hot/cold browsers
+- **Janitor Events Log**: Automatic cleanup activities
+- **Error Monitoring**: Full context error logs
+
+The dashboard updates every 2 seconds via WebSocket, giving you live visibility into your crawling operations.
+
+## 🔌 Monitor API: Programmatic Access
+
+**The Problem:** Monitoring dashboards are great for humans, but automation and integration require programmatic access.
+
+**My Solution:** A comprehensive REST API that exposes all monitoring data for integration with your existing infrastructure.
+
+### System Health Endpoint
+
+```python
+import httpx
+import asyncio
+
+async def monitor_system_health():
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        response = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/health")
+        health = response.json()
+
+        print(f"Container Metrics:")
+        print(f"  CPU: {health['container']['cpu_percent']:.1f}%")
+        print(f"  Memory: {health['container']['memory_percent']:.1f}%")
+        print(f"  Uptime: {health['container']['uptime_seconds']}s")
+
+        print(f"\nBrowser Pool:")
+        print(f"  Permanent: {health['pool']['permanent']['active']} active")
+        print(f"  Hot Pool: {health['pool']['hot']['count']} browsers")
+        print(f"  Cold Pool: {health['pool']['cold']['count']} browsers")
+
+        print(f"\nStatistics:")
+        print(f"  Total Requests: {health['stats']['total_requests']}")
+        print(f"  Success Rate: {health['stats']['success_rate_percent']:.1f}%")
+        print(f"  Avg Latency: {health['stats']['avg_latency_ms']:.0f}ms")
+
+asyncio.run(monitor_system_health())
+```
+
+### Request Tracking
+
+```python
+async def track_requests():
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        response = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/requests")
+        requests_data = response.json()
+
+        print(f"Active Requests: {len(requests_data['active'])}")
+        print(f"Completed Requests: {len(requests_data['completed'])}")
+
+        # See details of recent requests
+        for req in requests_data['completed'][:5]:
+            status_icon = "✅" if req['success'] else "❌"
+            print(f"{status_icon} {req['endpoint']} - {req['latency_ms']:.0f}ms")
+```
+
+### Browser Pool Management
+
+```python
+async def monitor_browser_pool():
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        response = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/browsers")
+        browsers = response.json()
+
+        print(f"Pool Summary:")
+        print(f"  Total Browsers: {browsers['summary']['total_count']}")
+        print(f"  Total Memory: {browsers['summary']['total_memory_mb']} MB")
+        print(f"  Reuse Rate: {browsers['summary']['reuse_rate_percent']:.1f}%")
+
+        # List all browsers
+        for browser in browsers['permanent']:
+            print(f"🔥 Permanent: {browser['browser_id'][:8]}... | "
+                  f"Requests: {browser['request_count']} | "
+                  f"Memory: {browser['memory_mb']:.0f} MB")
+```
+
+### Endpoint Performance Statistics
+
+```python
+async def get_endpoint_stats():
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        response = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/endpoints/stats")
+        stats = response.json()
+
+        print("Endpoint Analytics:")
+        for endpoint, data in stats.items():
+            print(f"  {endpoint}:")
+            print(f"    Requests: {data['count']}")
+            print(f"    Avg Latency: {data['avg_latency_ms']:.0f}ms")
+            print(f"    Success Rate: {data['success_rate_percent']:.1f}%")
+```
+
+### Complete API Reference
+
+The Monitor API includes these endpoints:
+
+- `GET /monitor/health` - System health with pool statistics
+- `GET /monitor/requests` - Active and completed request tracking
+- `GET /monitor/browsers` - Browser pool details and efficiency
+- `GET /monitor/endpoints/stats` - Per-endpoint performance analytics
+- `GET /monitor/timeline?minutes=5` - Time-series data for charts
+- `GET /monitor/logs/janitor?limit=10` - Cleanup activity logs
+- `GET /monitor/logs/errors?limit=10` - Error logs with context
+- `POST /monitor/actions/cleanup` - Force immediate cleanup
+- `POST /monitor/actions/kill_browser` - Kill specific browser
+- `POST /monitor/actions/restart_browser` - Restart browser
+- `POST /monitor/stats/reset` - Reset accumulated statistics
+
+## ⚡ WebSocket Streaming: Real-time Updates
+
+**The Problem:** Polling the API every few seconds wastes resources and adds latency. Real-time dashboards need instant updates.
+
+**My Solution:** WebSocket streaming with 2-second update intervals for building custom real-time dashboards.
+
+### WebSocket Integration Example
+
+```python
+import websockets
+import json
+import asyncio
+
+async def monitor_realtime():
+    uri = "ws://localhost:11235/monitor/ws"
+
+    async with websockets.connect(uri) as websocket:
+        print("Connected to real-time monitoring stream")
+
+        while True:
+            # Receive update every 2 seconds
+            data = await websocket.recv()
+            update = json.loads(data)
+
+            # Access all monitoring data
+            print(f"\n--- Update at {update['timestamp']} ---")
+            print(f"Memory: {update['health']['container']['memory_percent']:.1f}%")
+            print(f"Active Requests: {len(update['requests']['active'])}")
+            print(f"Total Browsers: {update['browsers']['summary']['total_count']}")
+
+            if update['errors']:
+                print(f"⚠️  Recent Errors: {len(update['errors'])}")
+
+asyncio.run(monitor_realtime())
+```
+
+**Expected Real-World Impact:**
+- **Custom Dashboards**: Build tailored monitoring UIs for your team
+- **Real-time Alerting**: Trigger alerts instantly when metrics exceed thresholds
+- **Integration**: Feed live data into monitoring tools like Grafana
+- **Automation**: React to events in real-time without polling
+
+## 🔥 Smart Browser Pool: 3-Tier Architecture
+
+**The Problem:** Creating a new browser for every request is slow and memory-intensive. Traditional browser pools are static and inefficient.
+
+**My Solution:** A smart 3-tier browser pool that automatically adapts to usage patterns.
+
+### How It Works
+
+```python
+import httpx
+
+async def demonstrate_browser_pool():
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        # Request 1-3: Default config → Uses permanent browser
+        print("Phase 1: Using permanent browser")
+        for i in range(3):
+            await client.post(
+                "http://localhost:11235/crawl",
+                json={"urls": [f"https://httpbin.org/html?req={i}"]}
+            )
+            print(f"  Request {i+1}: Reused permanent browser")
+
+        # Request 4-6: Custom viewport → Cold pool (first use)
+        print("\nPhase 2: Custom config creates cold pool browser")
+        viewport_config = {"viewport": {"width": 1280, "height": 720}}
+        for i in range(4):
+            await client.post(
+                "http://localhost:11235/crawl",
+                json={
+                    "urls": [f"https://httpbin.org/json?v={i}"],
+                    "browser_config": viewport_config
+                }
+            )
+            if i < 2:
+                print(f"  Request {i+1}: Cold pool browser")
+            else:
+                print(f"  Request {i+1}: Promoted to hot pool! (after 3 uses)")
+
+        # Check pool status
+        response = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/browsers")
+        browsers = response.json()
+
+        print(f"\nPool Status:")
+        print(f"  Permanent: {len(browsers['permanent'])} (always active)")
+        print(f"  Hot: {len(browsers['hot'])} (frequently used configs)")
+        print(f"  Cold: {len(browsers['cold'])} (on-demand)")
+        print(f"  Reuse Rate: {browsers['summary']['reuse_rate_percent']:.1f}%")
+
+asyncio.run(demonstrate_browser_pool())
+```
+
+**Pool Tiers:**
+
+- **🔥 Permanent Browser**: Always-on, default configuration, instant response
+- **♨️ Hot Pool**: Browsers promoted after 3+ uses, kept warm for quick access
+- **❄️ Cold Pool**: On-demand browsers for variant configs, cleaned up when idle
+
+**Expected Real-World Impact:**
+- **Memory Efficiency**: 10x reduction in memory usage vs creating browsers per request
+- **Performance**: Instant access to frequently-used configurations
+- **Automatic Optimization**: Pool adapts to your usage patterns
+- **Resource Management**: Janitor automatically cleans up idle browsers
+
+## 🧹 Janitor System: Automatic Cleanup
+
+**The Problem:** Long-running crawlers accumulate idle browsers and consume memory over time.
+
+**My Solution:** An automatic janitor system that monitors and cleans up idle resources.
+
+```python
+async def monitor_janitor_activity():
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        response = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/logs/janitor?limit=5")
+        logs = response.json()
+
+        print("Recent Cleanup Activities:")
+        for log in logs:
+            print(f"  {log['timestamp']}: {log['message']}")
+
+# Example output:
+# 2025-11-14 10:30:00: Cleaned up 2 cold pool browsers (idle > 5min)
+# 2025-11-14 10:25:00: Browser reuse rate: 85.3%
+# 2025-11-14 10:20:00: Hot pool browser promoted (10 requests)
+```
+
+## 🎮 Control Actions: Manual Management
+
+**The Problem:** Sometimes you need to manually intervene—kill a stuck browser, force cleanup, or restart resources.
+
+**My Solution:** Manual control actions via the API for operational troubleshooting.
+
+### Force Cleanup
+
+```python
+async def force_cleanup():
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        response = await client.post("http://localhost:11235/monitor/actions/cleanup")
+        result = response.json()
+
+        print(f"Cleanup completed:")
+        print(f"  Browsers cleaned: {result.get('cleaned_count', 0)}")
+        print(f"  Memory freed: {result.get('memory_freed_mb', 0):.1f} MB")
+```
+
+### Kill Specific Browser
+
+```python
+async def kill_stuck_browser(browser_id: str):
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        response = await client.post(
+            "http://localhost:11235/monitor/actions/kill_browser",
+            json={"browser_id": browser_id}
+        )
+
+        if response.status_code == 200:
+            print(f"✅ Browser {browser_id} killed successfully")
+```
+
+### Reset Statistics
+
+```python
+async def reset_stats():
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        response = await client.post("http://localhost:11235/monitor/stats/reset")
+        print("📊 Statistics reset for fresh monitoring")
+```
+
+## 📈 Production Integration Patterns
+
+### Prometheus Integration
+
+```python
+# Export metrics for Prometheus scraping
+async def export_prometheus_metrics():
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        health = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/health")
+        data = health.json()
+
+        # Export in Prometheus format
+        metrics = f"""
+# HELP crawl4ai_memory_usage_percent Memory usage percentage
+# TYPE crawl4ai_memory_usage_percent gauge
+crawl4ai_memory_usage_percent {data['container']['memory_percent']}
+
+# HELP crawl4ai_request_success_rate Request success rate
+# TYPE crawl4ai_request_success_rate gauge
+crawl4ai_request_success_rate {data['stats']['success_rate_percent']}
+
+# HELP crawl4ai_browser_pool_count Total browsers in pool
+# TYPE crawl4ai_browser_pool_count gauge
+crawl4ai_browser_pool_count {data['pool']['permanent']['active'] + data['pool']['hot']['count'] + data['pool']['cold']['count']}
+"""
+        return metrics
+```
+
+### Alerting Example
+
+```python
+async def check_alerts():
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        health = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/health")
+        data = health.json()
+
+        # Memory alert
+        if data['container']['memory_percent'] > 80:
+            print("🚨 ALERT: Memory usage above 80%")
+            # Trigger cleanup
+            await client.post("http://localhost:11235/monitor/actions/cleanup")
+
+        # Success rate alert
+        if data['stats']['success_rate_percent'] < 90:
+            print("🚨 ALERT: Success rate below 90%")
+            # Check error logs
+            errors = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/logs/errors")
+            print(f"Recent errors: {len(errors.json())}")
+
+        # Latency alert
+        if data['stats']['avg_latency_ms'] > 5000:
+            print("🚨 ALERT: Average latency above 5s")
+```
+
+### Key Metrics to Track
+
+```python
+CRITICAL_METRICS = {
+    "memory_usage": {
+        "current": "container.memory_percent",
+        "target": "<80%",
+        "alert_threshold": ">80%",
+        "action": "Force cleanup or scale"
+    },
+    "success_rate": {
+        "current": "stats.success_rate_percent",
+        "target": ">95%",
+        "alert_threshold": "<90%",
+        "action": "Check error logs"
+    },
+    "avg_latency": {
+        "current": "stats.avg_latency_ms",
+        "target": "<2000ms",
+        "alert_threshold": ">5000ms",
+        "action": "Investigate slow requests"
+    },
+    "browser_reuse_rate": {
+        "current": "browsers.summary.reuse_rate_percent",
+        "target": ">80%",
+        "alert_threshold": "<60%",
+        "action": "Check pool configuration"
+    },
+    "total_browsers": {
+        "current": "browsers.summary.total_count",
+        "target": "<15",
+        "alert_threshold": ">20",
+        "action": "Check for browser leaks"
+    },
+    "error_frequency": {
+        "current": "len(errors)",
+        "target": "<5/hour",
+        "alert_threshold": ">10/hour",
+        "action": "Review error patterns"
+    }
+}
+```
+
+## 🐛 Critical Bug Fixes
+
+This release includes significant bug fixes that improve stability and performance:
+
+### Async LLM Extraction (#1590)
+
+**The Problem:** LLM extraction was blocking async execution, causing URLs to be processed sequentially instead of in parallel (issue #1055).
+
+**The Fix:** Resolved the blocking issue to enable true parallel processing for LLM extraction.
+
+```python
+# Before v0.7.7: Sequential processing
+# After v0.7.7: True parallel processing
+
+async with AsyncWebCrawler() as crawler:
+    urls = ["url1", "url2", "url3", "url4"]
+
+    # Now processes truly in parallel with LLM extraction
+    results = await crawler.arun_many(
+        urls,
+        config=CrawlerRunConfig(
+            extraction_strategy=LLMExtractionStrategy(...)
+        )
+    )
+    # 4x faster for parallel LLM extraction!
+```
+
+**Expected Impact:** Major performance improvement for batch LLM extraction workflows.
+
+### DFS Deep Crawling (#1607)
+
+**The Problem:** DFS (Depth-First Search) deep crawl strategy had implementation issues.
+
+**The Fix:** Enhanced DFSDeepCrawlStrategy with proper seen URL tracking and improved documentation.
+
+### Browser & Crawler Config Documentation (#1609)
+
+**The Problem:** Documentation didn't match the actual `async_configs.py` implementation.
+
+**The Fix:** Updated all configuration documentation to accurately reflect the current implementation.
+
+### Sitemap Seeder (#1598)
+
+**The Problem:** Sitemap parsing and URL normalization issues in AsyncUrlSeeder (issue #1559).
+
+**The Fix:** Added comprehensive tests and fixes for sitemap namespace parsing and URL normalization.
+
+### Remove Overlay Elements (#1529)
+
+**The Problem:** The `remove_overlay_elements` functionality wasn't working (issue #1396).
+
+**The Fix:** Fixed by properly calling the injected JavaScript function.
+
+### Viewport Configuration (#1495)
+
+**The Problem:** Viewport configuration wasn't working in managed browsers (issue #1490).
+
+**The Fix:** Added proper viewport size configuration support for browser launch.
+
+### Managed Browser CDP Timing (#1528)
+
+**The Problem:** CDP (Chrome DevTools Protocol) endpoint verification had timing issues causing connection failures (issue #1445).
+
+**The Fix:** Added exponential backoff for CDP endpoint verification to handle timing variations.
+
+### Security Updates
+
+- **pyOpenSSL**: Updated from >=24.3.0 to >=25.3.0 to address security vulnerability
+- Added verification tests for the security update
+
+### Docker Fixes
+
+- **Port Standardization**: Fixed inconsistent port usage (11234 vs 11235) - now standardized to 11235
+- **LLM Environment**: Fixed LLM API key handling for multi-provider support (PR #1537)
+- **Error Handling**: Improved Docker API error messages with comprehensive status codes
+- **Serialization**: Fixed `fit_html` property serialization in `/crawl` and `/crawl/stream` endpoints
+
+### Other Important Fixes
+
+- **arun_many Returns**: Fixed function to always return a list, even on exception (PR #1530)
+- **Webhook Serialization**: Properly serialize Pydantic HttpUrl in webhook config
+- **LLMConfig Documentation**: Fixed casing and variable name consistency (issue #1551)
+- **Python Version**: Dropped Python 3.9 support, now requires Python >=3.10
+
+## 📊 Expected Real-World Impact
+
+### For DevOps & Infrastructure Teams
+- **Full Visibility**: Know exactly what's happening inside your crawling infrastructure
+- **Proactive Monitoring**: Catch issues before they become problems
+- **Resource Optimization**: Identify memory leaks and performance bottlenecks
+- **Operational Control**: Manual intervention when automated systems need help
+
+### For Production Deployments
+- **Enterprise Observability**: Prometheus, Grafana, and alerting integration
+- **Debugging**: Real-time logs and error tracking
+- **Capacity Planning**: Historical metrics for scaling decisions
+- **SLA Monitoring**: Track success rates and latency against targets
+
+### For Development Teams
+- **Local Monitoring**: Understand crawler behavior during development
+- **Performance Testing**: Measure impact of configuration changes
+- **Troubleshooting**: Quickly identify and fix issues
+- **Learning**: See exactly how the browser pool works
+
+## 🔄 Breaking Changes
+
+**None!** This release is fully backward compatible.
+
+- All existing Docker configurations continue to work
+- No API changes to existing endpoints
+- Monitoring is additive functionality
+- No migration required
+
+## 🚀 Upgrade Instructions
+
+### Docker
+
+```bash
+# Pull the latest version
+docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.7
+
+# Or use the latest tag
+docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:latest
+
+# Run with monitoring enabled (default)
+docker run -d \
+  -p 11235:11235 \
+  --shm-size=1g \
+  --name crawl4ai \
+  unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.7
+
+# Access the monitoring dashboard
+open http://localhost:11235/dashboard
+```
+
+### Python Package
+
+```bash
+# Upgrade to latest version
+pip install --upgrade crawl4ai
+
+# Or install specific version
+pip install crawl4ai==0.7.7
+```
+
+## 🎬 Try the Demo
+
+Run the comprehensive demo that showcases all monitoring features:
+
+```bash
+python docs/releases_review/demo_v0.7.7.py
+```
+
+**The demo includes:**
+1. System health overview with live metrics
+2. Request tracking with active/completed monitoring
+3. Browser pool management (permanent/hot/cold)
+4. Complete Monitor API endpoint examples
+5. WebSocket streaming demonstration
+6. Control actions (cleanup, kill, restart)
+7. Production metrics and alerting patterns
+8. Self-hosting value proposition
+
+## 📚 Documentation
+
+### New Documentation
+- **[Self-Hosting Guide](https://docs.crawl4ai.com/core/self-hosting/)** - Complete self-hosting documentation with monitoring
+- **Demo Script**: `docs/releases_review/demo_v0.7.7.py` - Working examples
+
+### Updated Documentation
+- **Docker Deployment** → **Self-Hosting** (renamed for better positioning)
+- Added comprehensive monitoring sections
+- Production integration patterns
+- WebSocket streaming examples
+
+## 💡 Pro Tips
+
+1. **Start with the dashboard** - Visit `/dashboard` to get familiar with the monitoring system
+2. **Track the 6 key metrics** - Memory, success rate, latency, reuse rate, browser count, errors
+3. **Set up alerting early** - Use the Monitor API to build alerts before issues occur
+4. **Monitor browser pool efficiency** - Aim for >80% reuse rate for optimal performance
+5. **Use WebSocket for custom dashboards** - Build tailored monitoring UIs for your team
+6. **Leverage Prometheus integration** - Export metrics for long-term storage and analysis
+7. **Check janitor logs** - Understand automatic cleanup patterns
+8. **Use control actions judiciously** - Manual interventions are for exceptional cases
+
+## 🙏 Acknowledgments
+
+Thank you to our community for the feedback, bug reports, and feature requests that shaped this release. Special thanks to everyone who contributed to the issues that were fixed in this version.
+
+The monitoring system was built based on real user needs for production deployments, and your input made it comprehensive and practical.
+
+## 📞 Support & Resources
+
+- **📖 Documentation**: [docs.crawl4ai.com](https://docs.crawl4ai.com)
+- **🐙 GitHub**: [github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai)
+- **💬 Discord**: [discord.gg/crawl4ai](https://discord.gg/jP8KfhDhyN)
+- **🐦 Twitter**: [@unclecode](https://x.com/unclecode)
+- **📊 Dashboard**: `http://localhost:11235/dashboard` (when running)
+
+---
+
+**Crawl4AI v0.7.7 delivers complete self-hosting with enterprise-grade monitoring. You now have full visibility and control over your web crawling infrastructure. The monitoring dashboard, comprehensive API, and WebSocket streaming give you everything needed for production deployments. Try the self-hosting platform—it's a game changer for operational excellence!**
+
+**Happy crawling with full visibility!** 🕷️📊
+
+*- unclecode*

docs/blog/release-v0.7.8.md

@@ -0,0 +1,327 @@
+# Crawl4AI v0.7.8: Stability & Bug Fix Release
+
+*December 2025*
+
+---
+
+I'm releasing Crawl4AI v0.7.8—a focused stability release that addresses 11 bugs reported by the community. While there are no new features in this release, these fixes resolve important issues affecting Docker deployments, LLM extraction, URL handling, and dependency compatibility.
+
+## What's Fixed at a Glance
+
+- **Docker API**: Fixed ContentRelevanceFilter deserialization, ProxyConfig serialization, and cache folder permissions
+- **LLM Extraction**: Configurable rate limiter backoff, HTML input format support, and proper URL handling for raw HTML
+- **URL Handling**: Correct relative URL resolution after JavaScript redirects
+- **Dependencies**: Replaced deprecated PyPDF2 with pypdf, Pydantic v2 ConfigDict compatibility
+- **AdaptiveCrawler**: Fixed query expansion to actually use LLM instead of hardcoded mock data
+
+## Bug Fixes
+
+### Docker & API Fixes
+
+#### ContentRelevanceFilter Deserialization (#1642)
+
+**The Problem:** When sending deep crawl requests to the Docker API with `ContentRelevanceFilter`, the server failed to deserialize the filter, causing requests to fail.
+
+**The Fix:** I added `ContentRelevanceFilter` to the public exports and enhanced the deserialization logic with dynamic imports.
+
+```python
+# This now works correctly in Docker API
+import httpx
+
+request = {
+    "urls": ["https://docs.example.com"],
+    "crawler_config": {
+        "deep_crawl_strategy": {
+            "type": "BFSDeepCrawlStrategy",
+            "max_depth": 2,
+            "filter_chain": [
+                {
+                    "type": "ContentRelevanceFilter",
+                    "query": "API documentation",
+                    "threshold": 0.3
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+    response = await client.post("http://localhost:11235/crawl", json=request)
+    # Previously failed, now works!
+```
+
+#### ProxyConfig JSON Serialization (#1629)
+
+**The Problem:** `BrowserConfig.to_dict()` failed when `proxy_config` was set because `ProxyConfig` wasn't being serialized to a dictionary.
+
+**The Fix:** `ProxyConfig.to_dict()` is now called during serialization.
+
+```python
+from crawl4ai import BrowserConfig
+from crawl4ai.async_configs import ProxyConfig
+
+proxy = ProxyConfig(
+    server="http://proxy.example.com:8080",
+    username="user",
+    password="pass"
+)
+
+config = BrowserConfig(headless=True, proxy_config=proxy)
+
+# Previously raised TypeError, now works
+config_dict = config.to_dict()
+json.dumps(config_dict)  # Valid JSON
+```
+
+#### Docker Cache Folder Permissions (#1638)
+
+**The Problem:** The `.cache` folder in the Docker image had incorrect permissions, causing crawling to fail when caching was enabled.
+
+**The Fix:** Corrected ownership and permissions during image build.
+
+```bash
+# Cache now works correctly in Docker
+docker run -d -p 11235:11235 \
+    --shm-size=1g \
+    -v ./my-cache:/app/.cache \
+    unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.8
+```
+
+---
+
+### LLM & Extraction Fixes
+
+#### Configurable Rate Limiter Backoff (#1269)
+
+**The Problem:** The LLM rate limiting backoff parameters were hardcoded, making it impossible to adjust retry behavior for different API rate limits.
+
+**The Fix:** `LLMConfig` now accepts three new parameters for complete control over retry behavior.
+
+```python
+from crawl4ai import LLMConfig
+
+# Default behavior (unchanged)
+default_config = LLMConfig(provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini")
+# backoff_base_delay=2, backoff_max_attempts=3, backoff_exponential_factor=2
+
+# Custom configuration for APIs with strict rate limits
+custom_config = LLMConfig(
+    provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini",
+    backoff_base_delay=5,           # Wait 5 seconds on first retry
+    backoff_max_attempts=5,          # Try up to 5 times
+    backoff_exponential_factor=3     # Multiply delay by 3 each attempt
+)
+
+# Retry sequence: 5s -> 15s -> 45s -> 135s -> 405s
+```
+
+#### LLM Strategy HTML Input Support (#1178)
+
+**The Problem:** `LLMExtractionStrategy` always sent markdown to the LLM, but some extraction tasks work better with HTML structure preserved.
+
+**The Fix:** Added `input_format` parameter supporting `"markdown"`, `"html"`, `"fit_markdown"`, `"cleaned_html"`, and `"fit_html"`.
+
+```python
+from crawl4ai import LLMExtractionStrategy, LLMConfig
+
+# Default: markdown input (unchanged)
+markdown_strategy = LLMExtractionStrategy(
+    llm_config=LLMConfig(provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini"),
+    instruction="Extract product information"
+)
+
+# NEW: HTML input - preserves table/list structure
+html_strategy = LLMExtractionStrategy(
+    llm_config=LLMConfig(provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini"),
+    instruction="Extract the data table preserving structure",
+    input_format="html"
+)
+
+# NEW: Filtered markdown - only relevant content
+fit_strategy = LLMExtractionStrategy(
+    llm_config=LLMConfig(provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini"),
+    instruction="Summarize the main content",
+    input_format="fit_markdown"
+)
+```
+
+#### Raw HTML URL Variable (#1116)
+
+**The Problem:** When using `url="raw:<html>..."`, the entire HTML content was being passed to extraction strategies as the URL parameter, polluting LLM prompts.
+
+**The Fix:** The URL is now correctly set to `"Raw HTML"` for raw HTML inputs.
+
+```python
+from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, CrawlerRunConfig
+
+html = "<html><body><h1>Test</h1></body></html>"
+
+async with AsyncWebCrawler() as crawler:
+    result = await crawler.arun(
+        url=f"raw:{html}",
+        config=CrawlerRunConfig(extraction_strategy=my_strategy)
+    )
+    # extraction_strategy receives url="Raw HTML" instead of the HTML blob
+```
+
+---
+
+### URL Handling Fix
+
+#### Relative URLs After Redirects (#1268)
+
+**The Problem:** When JavaScript caused a page redirect, relative links were resolved against the original URL instead of the final URL.
+
+**The Fix:** `redirected_url` now captures the actual page URL after all JavaScript execution completes.
+
+```python
+from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler
+
+async with AsyncWebCrawler() as crawler:
+    # Page at /old-page redirects via JS to /new-page
+    result = await crawler.arun(url="https://example.com/old-page")
+
+    # BEFORE: redirected_url = "https://example.com/old-page"
+    # AFTER:  redirected_url = "https://example.com/new-page"
+
+    # Links are now correctly resolved against the final URL
+    for link in result.links['internal']:
+        print(link['href'])  # Relative links resolved correctly
+```
+
+---
+
+### Dependency & Compatibility Fixes
+
+#### PyPDF2 Replaced with pypdf (#1412)
+
+**The Problem:** PyPDF2 was deprecated in 2022 and is no longer maintained.
+
+**The Fix:** Replaced with the actively maintained `pypdf` library.
+
+```python
+# Installation (unchanged)
+pip install crawl4ai[pdf]
+
+# The PDF processor now uses pypdf internally
+# No code changes required - API remains the same
+```
+
+#### Pydantic v2 ConfigDict Compatibility (#678)
+
+**The Problem:** Using the deprecated `class Config` syntax caused deprecation warnings with Pydantic v2.
+
+**The Fix:** Migrated to `model_config = ConfigDict(...)` syntax.
+
+```python
+# No more deprecation warnings when importing crawl4ai models
+from crawl4ai.models import CrawlResult
+from crawl4ai import CrawlerRunConfig, BrowserConfig
+
+# All models are now Pydantic v2 compatible
+```
+
+---
+
+### AdaptiveCrawler Fix
+
+#### Query Expansion Using LLM (#1621)
+
+**The Problem:** The `EmbeddingStrategy` in AdaptiveCrawler had commented-out LLM code and was using hardcoded mock query variations instead.
+
+**The Fix:** Uncommented and activated the LLM call for actual query expansion.
+
+```python
+# AdaptiveCrawler query expansion now actually uses the LLM
+# Instead of hardcoded variations like:
+# variations = {'queries': ['what are the best vegetables...']}
+
+# The LLM generates relevant query variations based on your actual query
+```
+
+---
+
+### Code Formatting Fix
+
+#### Import Statement Formatting (#1181)
+
+**The Problem:** When extracting code from web pages, import statements were sometimes concatenated without proper line separation.
+
+**The Fix:** Import statements now maintain proper newline separation.
+
+```python
+# BEFORE: "import osimport sysfrom pathlib import Path"
+# AFTER:
+# import os
+# import sys
+# from pathlib import Path
+```
+
+---
+
+## Breaking Changes
+
+**None!** This release is fully backward compatible.
+
+- All existing code continues to work without modification
+- New parameters have sensible defaults matching previous behavior
+- No API changes to existing functionality
+
+---
+
+## Upgrade Instructions
+
+### Python Package
+
+```bash
+pip install --upgrade crawl4ai
+# or
+pip install crawl4ai==0.7.8
+```
+
+### Docker
+
+```bash
+# Pull the latest version
+docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.8
+
+# Run
+docker run -d -p 11235:11235 --shm-size=1g unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.8
+```
+
+---
+
+## Verification
+
+Run the verification tests to confirm all fixes are working:
+
+```bash
+python docs/releases_review/demo_v0.7.8.py
+```
+
+This runs actual tests that verify each bug fix is properly implemented.
+
+---
+
+## Acknowledgments
+
+Thank you to everyone who reported these issues and provided detailed reproduction steps. Your bug reports make Crawl4AI better for everyone.
+
+Issues fixed: #1642, #1638, #1629, #1621, #1412, #1269, #1268, #1181, #1178, #1116, #678
+
+---
+
+## Support & Resources
+
+- **Documentation**: [docs.crawl4ai.com](https://docs.crawl4ai.com)
+- **GitHub**: [github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai)
+- **Discord**: [discord.gg/crawl4ai](https://discord.gg/jP8KfhDhyN)
+- **Twitter**: [@unclecode](https://x.com/unclecode)
+
+---
+
+**This stability release ensures Crawl4AI works reliably across Docker deployments, LLM extraction workflows, and various edge cases. Thank you for your continued support and feedback!**
+
+**Happy crawling!**
+
+*- unclecode*

docs/examples/c4a_script/tutorial/README.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ A comprehensive web-based tutorial for learning and experimenting with C4A-Scrip
 
 2. **Install Dependencies**
    ```bash
-   pip install flask
+   pip install -r requirements.txt
    ```
 
 3. **Launch the Server**
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ A comprehensive web-based tutorial for learning and experimenting with C4A-Scrip
 
 4. **Open in Browser**
    ```
-   http://localhost:8080
+   http://localhost:8000
    ```
 
 **🌐 Try Online**: [Live Demo](https://docs.crawl4ai.com/c4a-script/demo)
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ Powers the recording functionality:
 ### Configuration
 ```python
 # server.py configuration
-PORT = 8080
+PORT = 8000
 DEBUG = True
 THREADED = True
 ```
@@ -343,9 +343,9 @@ THREADED = True
 **Port Already in Use**
 ```bash
 # Kill existing process
-lsof -ti:8080 | xargs kill -9
+lsof -ti:8000 | xargs kill -9
 # Or use different port
-python server.py --port 8081
+python server.py --port 8001
 ```
 
 **Blockly Not Loading**

docs/examples/c4a_script/tutorial/server.py

@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def get_examples():
             'name': 'Handle Cookie Banner',
             'description': 'Accept cookies and close newsletter popup',
             'script': '''# Handle cookie banner and newsletter
-GO http://127.0.0.1:8080/playground/
+GO http://127.0.0.1:8000/playground/
 WAIT `body` 2
 IF (EXISTS `.cookie-banner`) THEN CLICK `.accept`
 IF (EXISTS `.newsletter-popup`) THEN CLICK `.close`'''

docs/examples/capsolver_captcha_solver/capsolver_api_integration/solve_aws_waf.py

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import asyncio
+import capsolver
+from crawl4ai import *
+
+
+# TODO: set your config
+# Docs: https://docs.capsolver.com/guide/captcha/awsWaf/
+api_key = "CAP-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"              # your api key of capsolver
+site_url = "https://nft.porsche.com/onboarding@6"  # page url of your target site
+cookie_domain = ".nft.porsche.com"                 # the domain name to which you want to apply the cookie
+captcha_type = "AntiAwsWafTaskProxyLess"           # type of your target captcha
+capsolver.api_key = api_key
+
+
+async def main():
+    browser_config = BrowserConfig(
+        verbose=True,
+        headless=False,
+        use_persistent_context=True,
+    )
+
+    async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
+        await crawler.arun(
+            url=site_url,
+            cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
+            session_id="session_captcha_test"
+        )
+
+        # get aws waf cookie using capsolver sdk
+        solution = capsolver.solve({
+            "type": captcha_type,
+            "websiteURL": site_url,
+        })
+        cookie = solution["cookie"]
+        print("aws waf cookie:", cookie)
+
+        js_code = """
+            document.cookie = \'aws-waf-token=""" + cookie + """;domain=""" + cookie_domain + """;path=/\';
+            location.reload();
+        """
+
+        wait_condition = """() => {
+            return document.title === \'Join Porsche’s journey into Web3\';
+        }"""
+
+        run_config = CrawlerRunConfig(
+            cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
+            session_id="session_captcha_test",
+            js_code=js_code,
+            js_only=True,
+            wait_for=f"js:{wait_condition}"
+        )
+
+        result_next = await crawler.arun(
+            url=site_url,
+            config=run_config,
+        )
+        print(result_next.markdown)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())

docs/examples/capsolver_captcha_solver/capsolver_api_integration/solve_cloudflare_challenge.py

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import asyncio
+import capsolver
+from crawl4ai import *
+
+
+# TODO: set your config
+# Docs: https://docs.capsolver.com/guide/captcha/cloudflare_challenge/
+api_key = "CAP-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"          # your api key of capsolver
+site_url = "https://gitlab.com/users/sign_in"  # page url of your target site
+captcha_type = "AntiCloudflareTask"            # type of your target captcha
+# your http proxy to solve cloudflare challenge
+proxy_server = "proxy.example.com:8080"
+proxy_username = "myuser"
+proxy_password = "mypass"
+capsolver.api_key = api_key
+
+
+async def main():
+    # get challenge cookie using capsolver sdk
+    solution = capsolver.solve({
+        "type": captcha_type,
+        "websiteURL": site_url,
+        "proxy": f"{proxy_server}:{proxy_username}:{proxy_password}",
+    })
+    cookies = solution["cookies"]
+    user_agent = solution["userAgent"]
+    print("challenge cookies:", cookies)
+
+    cookies_list = []
+    for name, value in cookies.items():
+        cookies_list.append({
+            "name": name,
+            "value": value,
+            "url": site_url,
+        })
+
+    browser_config = BrowserConfig(
+        verbose=True,
+        headless=False,
+        use_persistent_context=True,
+        user_agent=user_agent,
+        cookies=cookies_list,
+        proxy_config={
+            "server": f"http://{proxy_server}",
+            "username": proxy_username,
+            "password": proxy_password,
+        },
+    )
+
+    async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
+        result = await crawler.arun(
+            url=site_url,
+            cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
+            session_id="session_captcha_test"
+        )
+        print(result.markdown)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())

docs/examples/capsolver_captcha_solver/capsolver_api_integration/solve_cloudflare_turnstile.py

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import asyncio
+import capsolver
+from crawl4ai import *
+
+
+# TODO: set your config
+# Docs: https://docs.capsolver.com/guide/captcha/cloudflare_turnstile/
+api_key = "CAP-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"                       # your api key of capsolver
+site_key = "0x4AAAAAAAGlwMzq_9z6S9Mh"                       # site key of your target site
+site_url = "https://clifford.io/demo/cloudflare-turnstile"  # page url of your target site
+captcha_type = "AntiTurnstileTaskProxyLess"                 # type of your target captcha
+capsolver.api_key = api_key
+
+
+async def main():
+    browser_config = BrowserConfig(
+        verbose=True,
+        headless=False,
+        use_persistent_context=True,
+    )
+
+    async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
+        await crawler.arun(
+            url=site_url,
+            cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
+            session_id="session_captcha_test"
+        )
+
+        # get turnstile token using capsolver sdk
+        solution = capsolver.solve({
+            "type": captcha_type,
+            "websiteURL": site_url,
+            "websiteKey": site_key,
+        })
+        token = solution["token"]
+        print("turnstile token:", token)
+
+        js_code = """
+            document.querySelector(\'input[name="cf-turnstile-response"]\').value = \'"""+token+"""\';
+            document.querySelector(\'button[type="submit"]\').click();
+        """
+
+        wait_condition = """() => {
+            const items = document.querySelectorAll(\'h1\');
+            return items.length === 0;
+        }"""
+
+        run_config = CrawlerRunConfig(
+            cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
+            session_id="session_captcha_test",
+            js_code=js_code,
+            js_only=True,
+            wait_for=f"js:{wait_condition}"
+        )
+
+        result_next = await crawler.arun(
+            url=site_url,
+            config=run_config,
+        )
+        print(result_next.markdown)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())

docs/examples/capsolver_captcha_solver/capsolver_api_integration/solve_recaptcha_v2.py

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import asyncio
+import capsolver
+from crawl4ai import *
+
+
+# TODO: set your config
+# Docs: https://docs.capsolver.com/guide/captcha/ReCaptchaV2/
+api_key = "CAP-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"                                      # your api key of capsolver
+site_key = "6LfW6wATAAAAAHLqO2pb8bDBahxlMxNdo9g947u9"                      # site key of your target site
+site_url = "https://recaptcha-demo.appspot.com/recaptcha-v2-checkbox.php"  # page url of your target site
+captcha_type = "ReCaptchaV2TaskProxyLess"                                  # type of your target captcha
+capsolver.api_key = api_key
+
+
+async def main():
+    browser_config = BrowserConfig(
+        verbose=True,
+        headless=False,
+        use_persistent_context=True,
+    )
+
+    async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
+        await crawler.arun(
+            url=site_url,
+            cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
+            session_id="session_captcha_test"
+        )
+
+        # get recaptcha token using capsolver sdk
+        solution = capsolver.solve({
+            "type": captcha_type,
+            "websiteURL": site_url,
+            "websiteKey": site_key,
+        })
+        token = solution["gRecaptchaResponse"]
+        print("recaptcha token:", token)
+
+        js_code = """
+            const textarea = document.getElementById(\'g-recaptcha-response\');
+            if (textarea) {
+                textarea.value = \"""" + token + """\";
+                document.querySelector(\'button.form-field[type="submit"]\').click();
+            }
+        """
+
+        wait_condition = """() => {
+            const items = document.querySelectorAll(\'h2\');
+            return items.length > 1;
+        }"""
+
+        run_config = CrawlerRunConfig(
+            cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
+            session_id="session_captcha_test",
+            js_code=js_code,
+            js_only=True,
+            wait_for=f"js:{wait_condition}"
+        )
+
+        result_next = await crawler.arun(
+            url=site_url,
+            config=run_config,
+        )
+        print(result_next.markdown)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())

docs/examples/capsolver_captcha_solver/capsolver_api_integration/solve_recaptcha_v3.py

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import asyncio
+import capsolver
+from crawl4ai import *
+
+
+# TODO: set your config
+# Docs: https://docs.capsolver.com/guide/captcha/ReCaptchaV3/
+api_key = "CAP-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"                                            # your api key of capsolver
+site_key = "6LdKlZEpAAAAAAOQjzC2v_d36tWxCl6dWsozdSy9"                            # site key of your target site
+site_url = "https://recaptcha-demo.appspot.com/recaptcha-v3-request-scores.php"  # page url of your target site
+page_action = "examples/v3scores"                                                # page action of your target site
+captcha_type = "ReCaptchaV3TaskProxyLess"                                        # type of your target captcha
+capsolver.api_key = api_key
+
+
+async def main():
+    browser_config = BrowserConfig(
+        verbose=True,
+        headless=False,
+        use_persistent_context=True,
+    )
+
+    # get recaptcha token using capsolver sdk
+    solution = capsolver.solve({
+        "type": captcha_type,
+        "websiteURL": site_url,
+        "websiteKey": site_key,
+        "pageAction": page_action,
+    })
+    token = solution["gRecaptchaResponse"]
+    print("recaptcha token:", token)
+
+    async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
+        await crawler.arun(
+            url=site_url,
+            cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
+            session_id="session_captcha_test"
+        )
+
+        js_code = """
+            const originalFetch = window.fetch;
+
+            window.fetch = function(...args) {
+              if (typeof args[0] === 'string' && args[0].includes('/recaptcha-v3-verify.php')) {
+                const url = new URL(args[0], window.location.origin);
+                url.searchParams.set('action', '""" + token + """');
+                args[0] = url.toString();
+                document.querySelector('.token').innerHTML = "fetch('/recaptcha-v3-verify.php?action=examples/v3scores&token=""" + token + """')";
+                console.log('Fetch URL hooked:', args[0]);
+              }
+              return originalFetch.apply(this, args);
+            };
+        """
+
+        wait_condition = """() => {
+            return document.querySelector('.step3:not(.hidden)');
+        }"""
+
+        run_config = CrawlerRunConfig(
+            cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
+            session_id="session_captcha_test",
+            js_code=js_code,
+            js_only=True,
+            wait_for=f"js:{wait_condition}"
+        )
+
+        result_next = await crawler.arun(
+            url=site_url,
+            config=run_config,
+        )
+        print(result_next.markdown)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())

docs/examples/capsolver_captcha_solver/capsolver_extension_integration/solve_aws_waf.py

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import time
+import asyncio
+from crawl4ai import *
+
+
+# TODO: the user data directory that includes the capsolver extension
+user_data_dir = "/browser-profile/Default1"
+
+"""
+The capsolver extension supports more features, such as:
+    - Telling the extension when to start solving captcha.
+    - Calling functions to check whether the captcha has been solved, etc.
+Reference blog: https://docs.capsolver.com/guide/automation-tool-integration/
+"""
+
+browser_config = BrowserConfig(
+    verbose=True,
+    headless=False,
+    user_data_dir=user_data_dir,
+    use_persistent_context=True,
+)
+
+async def main():
+    async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
+        result_initial = await crawler.arun(
+            url="https://nft.porsche.com/onboarding@6",
+            cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
+            session_id="session_captcha_test"
+        )
+
+        # do something later
+        time.sleep(300)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())

docs/examples/capsolver_captcha_solver/capsolver_extension_integration/solve_cloudflare_challenge.py

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import time
+import asyncio
+from crawl4ai import *
+
+
+# TODO: the user data directory that includes the capsolver extension
+user_data_dir = "/browser-profile/Default1"
+
+"""
+The capsolver extension supports more features, such as:
+    - Telling the extension when to start solving captcha.
+    - Calling functions to check whether the captcha has been solved, etc.
+Reference blog: https://docs.capsolver.com/guide/automation-tool-integration/
+"""
+
+browser_config = BrowserConfig(
+    verbose=True,
+    headless=False,
+    user_data_dir=user_data_dir,
+    use_persistent_context=True,
+)
+
+async def main():
+    async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
+        result_initial = await crawler.arun(
+            url="https://gitlab.com/users/sign_in",
+            cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
+            session_id="session_captcha_test"
+        )
+
+        # do something later
+        time.sleep(300)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())

docs/examples/capsolver_captcha_solver/capsolver_extension_integration/solve_cloudflare_turnstile.py

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import time
+import asyncio
+from crawl4ai import *
+
+
+# TODO: the user data directory that includes the capsolver extension
+user_data_dir = "/browser-profile/Default1"
+
+"""
+The capsolver extension supports more features, such as:
+    - Telling the extension when to start solving captcha.
+    - Calling functions to check whether the captcha has been solved, etc.
+Reference blog: https://docs.capsolver.com/guide/automation-tool-integration/
+"""
+
+browser_config = BrowserConfig(
+    verbose=True,
+    headless=False,
+    user_data_dir=user_data_dir,
+    use_persistent_context=True,
+)
+
+async def main():
+    async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
+        result_initial = await crawler.arun(
+            url="https://clifford.io/demo/cloudflare-turnstile",
+            cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
+            session_id="session_captcha_test"
+        )
+
+        # do something later
+        time.sleep(300)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())

docs/examples/capsolver_captcha_solver/capsolver_extension_integration/solve_recaptcha_v2.py

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import time
+import asyncio
+from crawl4ai import *
+
+
+# TODO: the user data directory that includes the capsolver extension
+user_data_dir = "/browser-profile/Default1"
+
+"""
+The capsolver extension supports more features, such as:
+    - Telling the extension when to start solving captcha.
+    - Calling functions to check whether the captcha has been solved, etc.
+Reference blog: https://docs.capsolver.com/guide/automation-tool-integration/
+"""
+
+browser_config = BrowserConfig(
+    verbose=True,
+    headless=False,
+    user_data_dir=user_data_dir,
+    use_persistent_context=True,
+)
+
+async def main():
+    async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
+        result_initial = await crawler.arun(
+            url="https://recaptcha-demo.appspot.com/recaptcha-v2-checkbox.php",
+            cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
+            session_id="session_captcha_test"
+        )
+
+        # do something later
+        time.sleep(300)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())

docs/examples/capsolver_captcha_solver/capsolver_extension_integration/solve_recaptcha_v3.py

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import time
+import asyncio
+from crawl4ai import *
+
+
+# TODO: the user data directory that includes the capsolver extension
+user_data_dir = "/browser-profile/Default1"
+
+"""
+The capsolver extension supports more features, such as:
+    - Telling the extension when to start solving captcha.
+    - Calling functions to check whether the captcha has been solved, etc.
+Reference blog: https://docs.capsolver.com/guide/automation-tool-integration/
+"""
+
+browser_config = BrowserConfig(
+    verbose=True,
+    headless=False,
+    user_data_dir=user_data_dir,
+    use_persistent_context=True,
+)
+
+async def main():
+    async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
+        result_initial = await crawler.arun(
+            url="https://recaptcha-demo.appspot.com/recaptcha-v3-request-scores.php",
+            cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
+            session_id="session_captcha_test"
+        )
+
+        # do something later
+        time.sleep(300)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())

docs/examples/cloud_browser/scrapeless_browser.py

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import json
+import asyncio
+from urllib.parse import quote, urlencode
+from crawl4ai import CrawlerRunConfig, BrowserConfig, AsyncWebCrawler
+
+# Scrapeless provides a free anti-detection fingerprint browser client and cloud browsers:
+# https://www.scrapeless.com/en/blog/scrapeless-nstbrowser-strategic-integration
+
+async def main():
+    # customize browser fingerprint
+    fingerprint = {
+        "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/134.1.2.3 Safari/537.36",
+        "platform": "Windows",
+        "screen": {
+            "width": 1280, "height": 1024
+        },
+        "localization": {
+            "languages": ["zh-HK", "en-US", "en"], "timezone": "Asia/Hong_Kong",
+        }
+    }
+
+    fingerprint_json = json.dumps(fingerprint)
+    encoded_fingerprint = quote(fingerprint_json)
+
+    scrapeless_params = {
+        "token": "your token",
+        "sessionTTL": 1000,
+        "sessionName": "Demo",
+        "fingerprint": encoded_fingerprint,
+        # Sets the target country/region for the proxy, sending requests via an IP address from that region. You can specify a country code (e.g., US for the United States, GB for the United Kingdom, ANY for any country). See country codes for all supported options.
+        # "proxyCountry": "ANY",
+        # create profile on scrapeless
+        # "profileId": "your profileId",
+        # For more usage details, please refer to https://docs.scrapeless.com/en/scraping-browser/quickstart/getting-started
+    }
+    query_string = urlencode(scrapeless_params)
+    scrapeless_connection_url = f"wss://browser.scrapeless.com/api/v2/browser?{query_string}"
+    async with AsyncWebCrawler(
+        config=BrowserConfig(
+            headless=False,
+            browser_mode="cdp",
+            cdp_url=scrapeless_connection_url,
+        )
+    ) as crawler:
+        result = await crawler.arun(
+            url="https://www.scrapeless.com/en",
+            config=CrawlerRunConfig(
+                wait_for="css:.content",
+                scan_full_page=True,
+            ),
+        )
+        print("-" * 20)
+        print(f'Status Code: {result.status_code}')
+        print("-" * 20)
+        print(f'Title: {result.metadata["title"]}')
+        print(f'Description: {result.metadata["description"]}')
+        print("-" * 20)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())
+    

docs/examples/dfs_crawl_demo.py

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+"""
+Simple demonstration of the DFS deep crawler visiting multiple pages.
+
+Run with:  python docs/examples/dfs_crawl_demo.py
+"""
+import asyncio
+
+from crawl4ai.async_configs import BrowserConfig, CrawlerRunConfig
+from crawl4ai.async_webcrawler import AsyncWebCrawler
+from crawl4ai.cache_context import CacheMode
+from crawl4ai.deep_crawling.dfs_strategy import DFSDeepCrawlStrategy
+from crawl4ai.markdown_generation_strategy import DefaultMarkdownGenerator
+
+
+async def main() -> None:
+    dfs_strategy = DFSDeepCrawlStrategy(
+        max_depth=3,
+        max_pages=50,
+        include_external=False,
+    )
+
+    config = CrawlerRunConfig(
+        deep_crawl_strategy=dfs_strategy,
+        cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
+        markdown_generator=DefaultMarkdownGenerator(),
+        stream=True,
+    )
+
+    seed_url = "https://docs.python.org/3/"  # Plenty of internal links
+
+    async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=BrowserConfig(headless=True)) as crawler:
+        async for result in await crawler.arun(url=seed_url, config=config):
+            depth = result.metadata.get("depth")
+            status = "SUCCESS" if result.success else "FAILED"
+            print(f"[{status}] depth={depth} url={result.url}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())

docs/examples/nst_proxy/api_proxy_example.py

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+"""
+NSTProxy Integration Examples for crawl4ai
+------------------------------------------
+
+NSTProxy is a premium residential proxy provider.
+👉 Purchase Proxies: https://nstproxy.com
+💰 Use coupon code "crawl4ai" for 10% off your plan.
+
+"""
+import asyncio, requests
+from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, BrowserConfig
+
+
+async def main():
+    """
+    Example: Dynamically fetch a proxy from NSTProxy API before crawling.
+    """
+    NST_TOKEN = "YOUR_NST_PROXY_TOKEN"  # Get from https://app.nstproxy.com/profile
+    CHANNEL_ID = "YOUR_NST_PROXY_CHANNEL_ID"  # Your NSTProxy Channel ID
+    country = "ANY"  # e.g. "ANY", "US", "DE"
+
+    # Fetch proxy from NSTProxy API
+    api_url = (
+        f"https://api.nstproxy.com/api/v1/generate/apiproxies"
+        f"?fType=2&channelId={CHANNEL_ID}&country={country}"
+        f"&protocol=http&sessionDuration=10&count=1&token={NST_TOKEN}"
+    )
+    response = requests.get(api_url, timeout=10).json()
+    proxy = response[0]
+
+    ip = proxy.get("ip")
+    port = proxy.get("port")
+    username = proxy.get("username", "")
+    password = proxy.get("password", "")
+
+    browser_config = BrowserConfig(proxy_config={
+        "server": f"http://{ip}:{port}",
+        "username": username,
+        "password": password,
+    })
+
+    async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
+        result = await crawler.arun(url="https://example.com")
+        print("[API Proxy] Status:", result.status_code)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())

docs/examples/nst_proxy/auth_proxy_example.py

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+"""
+NSTProxy Integration Examples for crawl4ai
+------------------------------------------
+
+NSTProxy is a premium residential proxy provider.
+👉 Purchase Proxies: https://nstproxy.com
+💰 Use coupon code "crawl4ai" for 10% off your plan.
+
+"""
+import asyncio
+from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, BrowserConfig
+
+
+async def main():
+    """
+    Example: Use NSTProxy with manual username/password authentication.
+    """
+
+    browser_config = BrowserConfig(proxy_config={
+        "server": "http://gate.nstproxy.io:24125",
+        "username": "your_username",
+        "password": "your_password",
+    })
+
+    async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
+        result = await crawler.arun(url="https://example.com")
+        print("[Auth Proxy] Status:", result.status_code)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())

docs/examples/nst_proxy/basic_proxy_example.py

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+"""
+NSTProxy Integration Examples for crawl4ai
+------------------------------------------
+
+NSTProxy is a premium residential proxy provider.
+👉 Purchase Proxies: https://nstproxy.com
+💰 Use coupon code "crawl4ai" for 10% off your plan.
+
+"""
+import asyncio
+from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, BrowserConfig
+
+
+async def main():
+    # Using HTTP proxy
+    browser_config = BrowserConfig(proxy_config={"server": "http://gate.nstproxy.io:24125"})
+    async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
+        result = await crawler.arun(url="https://example.com")
+        print("[HTTP Proxy] Status:", result.status_code)
+
+    # Using SOCKS proxy
+    browser_config = BrowserConfig(proxy_config={"server": "socks5://gate.nstproxy.io:24125"})
+    async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
+        result = await crawler.arun(url="https://example.com")
+        print("[SOCKS5 Proxy] Status:", result.status_code)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())

docs/examples/nst_proxy/nstproxy_example.py

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+"""
+NSTProxy Integration Examples for crawl4ai
+------------------------------------------
+
+NSTProxy is a premium residential proxy provider.
+👉 Purchase Proxies: https://nstproxy.com
+💰 Use coupon code "crawl4ai" for 10% off your plan.
+
+"""
+import asyncio
+from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, BrowserConfig
+
+
+async def main():
+    """
+    Example: Using NSTProxy with AsyncWebCrawler.
+    """
+
+    NST_TOKEN = "YOUR_NST_PROXY_TOKEN"  # Get from https://app.nstproxy.com/profile
+    CHANNEL_ID = "YOUR_NST_PROXY_CHANNEL_ID"  # Your NSTProxy Channel ID
+
+    browser_config = BrowserConfig()
+    browser_config.set_nstproxy(
+        token=NST_TOKEN,
+        channel_id=CHANNEL_ID,
+        country="ANY",  # e.g. "US", "JP", or "ANY"
+        state="",  # optional, leave empty if not needed
+        city="",  # optional, leave empty if not needed
+        session_duration=0  # Session duration in minutes,0 = rotate on every request
+    )
+
+    # === Run crawler ===
+    async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
+        result = await crawler.arun(url="https://example.com")
+        print("[Nstproxy] Status:", result.status_code)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())

docs/md_v2/advanced/identity-based-crawling.md

@@ -82,6 +82,42 @@ If you installed Crawl4AI (which installs Playwright under the hood), you alread
 
 ---
 
+### Creating a Profile Using the Crawl4AI CLI (Easiest)
+
+If you prefer a guided, interactive setup, use the built-in CLI to create and manage persistent browser profiles.
+
+1.⠀Launch the profile manager:
+   ```bash
+   crwl profiles
+   ```
+
+2.⠀Choose "Create new profile" and enter a profile name. A Chromium window opens so you can log in to sites and configure settings. When finished, return to the terminal and press `q` to save the profile.
+
+3.⠀Profiles are saved under `~/.crawl4ai/profiles/<profile_name>` (for example: `/home/<you>/.crawl4ai/profiles/test_profile_1`) along with a `storage_state.json` for cookies and session data.
+
+4.⠀Optionally, choose "List profiles" in the CLI to view available profiles and their paths.
+
+5.⠀Use the saved path with `BrowserConfig.user_data_dir`:
+   ```python
+   from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, BrowserConfig
+
+   profile_path = "/home/<you>/.crawl4ai/profiles/test_profile_1"
+
+   browser_config = BrowserConfig(
+       headless=True,
+       use_managed_browser=True,
+       user_data_dir=profile_path,
+       browser_type="chromium",
+   )
+
+   async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
+       result = await crawler.arun(url="https://example.com/private")
+   ```
+
+The CLI also supports listing and deleting profiles, and even testing a crawl directly from the menu.
+
+---
+
 ## 3. Using Managed Browsers in Crawl4AI
 
 Once you have a data directory with your session data, pass it to **`BrowserConfig`**:

docs/md_v2/advanced/proxy-security.md

@@ -1,98 +1,304 @@
-# Proxy 
+# Proxy & Security
+
+This guide covers proxy configuration and security features in Crawl4AI, including SSL certificate analysis and proxy rotation strategies.
+
+## Understanding Proxy Configuration
+
+Crawl4AI recommends configuring proxies per request through `CrawlerRunConfig.proxy_config`. This gives you precise control, enables rotation strategies, and keeps examples simple enough to copy, paste, and run.
 
 ## Basic Proxy Setup
 
-Simple proxy configuration with `BrowserConfig`:
+Configure proxies that apply to each crawl operation:
 
 ```python
-from crawl4ai.async_configs import BrowserConfig
-
-# Using HTTP proxy
-browser_config = BrowserConfig(proxy_config={"server": "http://proxy.example.com:8080"})
-async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
-    result = await crawler.arun(url="https://example.com")
-
-# Using SOCKS proxy
-browser_config = BrowserConfig(proxy_config={"server": "socks5://proxy.example.com:1080"})
-async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
-    result = await crawler.arun(url="https://example.com")
-```
-
-## Authenticated Proxy
-
-Use an authenticated proxy with `BrowserConfig`:
-
-```python
-from crawl4ai.async_configs import BrowserConfig
-
-browser_config = BrowserConfig(proxy_config={
-    "server": "http://[host]:[port]",
-    "username": "[username]",
-    "password": "[password]",
-})
-async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
-    result = await crawler.arun(url="https://example.com")
-```
-
-
-## Rotating Proxies 
-
-Example using a proxy rotation service dynamically:
-
-```python
-import re
-from crawl4ai import (
-    AsyncWebCrawler,
-    BrowserConfig,
-    CrawlerRunConfig,
-    CacheMode,
-    RoundRobinProxyStrategy,
-)
 import asyncio
-from crawl4ai import ProxyConfig
+from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, BrowserConfig, CrawlerRunConfig, ProxyConfig
+
+run_config = CrawlerRunConfig(proxy_config=ProxyConfig(server="http://proxy.example.com:8080"))
+# run_config = CrawlerRunConfig(proxy_config={"server": "http://proxy.example.com:8080"})
+# run_config = CrawlerRunConfig(proxy_config="http://proxy.example.com:8080")
+
+
 async def main():
-    # Load proxies and create rotation strategy
+    browser_config = BrowserConfig()
+    async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
+        result = await crawler.arun(url="https://example.com", config=run_config)
+        print(f"Success: {result.success} -> {result.url}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())
+```
+
+!!! note "Why request-level?"
+    `CrawlerRunConfig.proxy_config` keeps each request self-contained, so swapping proxies or rotation strategies is just a matter of building a new run configuration.
+
+## Supported Proxy Formats
+
+The `ProxyConfig.from_string()` method supports multiple formats:
+
+```python
+from crawl4ai import ProxyConfig
+
+# HTTP proxy with authentication
+proxy1 = ProxyConfig.from_string("http://user:pass@192.168.1.1:8080")
+
+# HTTPS proxy
+proxy2 = ProxyConfig.from_string("https://proxy.example.com:8080")
+
+# SOCKS5 proxy
+proxy3 = ProxyConfig.from_string("socks5://proxy.example.com:1080")
+
+# Simple IP:port format
+proxy4 = ProxyConfig.from_string("192.168.1.1:8080")
+
+# IP:port:user:pass format
+proxy5 = ProxyConfig.from_string("192.168.1.1:8080:user:pass")
+```
+
+## Authenticated Proxies
+
+For proxies requiring authentication:
+
+```python
+import asyncio
+from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler,BrowserConfig, CrawlerRunConfig, ProxyConfig
+
+run_config = CrawlerRunConfig(
+    proxy_config=ProxyConfig(
+        server="http://proxy.example.com:8080",
+        username="your_username",
+        password="your_password",
+    )
+)
+# Or dictionary style:
+# run_config = CrawlerRunConfig(proxy_config={
+#     "server": "http://proxy.example.com:8080",
+#     "username": "your_username",
+#     "password": "your_password",
+# })
+
+
+async def main():
+    browser_config = BrowserConfig()
+    async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
+        result = await crawler.arun(url="https://example.com", config=run_config)
+        print(f"Success: {result.success} -> {result.url}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())
+```
+
+## Environment Variable Configuration
+
+Load proxies from environment variables for easy configuration:
+
+```python
+import os
+from crawl4ai import ProxyConfig, CrawlerRunConfig
+
+# Set environment variable
+os.environ["PROXIES"] = "ip1:port1:user1:pass1,ip2:port2:user2:pass2,ip3:port3"
+
+# Load all proxies
+proxies = ProxyConfig.from_env()
+print(f"Loaded {len(proxies)} proxies")
+
+# Use first proxy
+if proxies:
+    run_config = CrawlerRunConfig(proxy_config=proxies[0])
+```
+
+## Rotating Proxies
+
+Crawl4AI supports automatic proxy rotation to distribute requests across multiple proxy servers. Rotation is applied per request using a rotation strategy on `CrawlerRunConfig`.
+
+### Proxy Rotation (recommended)
+```python
+import asyncio
+import re
+from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, BrowserConfig, CrawlerRunConfig, CacheMode, ProxyConfig
+from crawl4ai.proxy_strategy import RoundRobinProxyStrategy
+
+async def main():
+    # Load proxies from environment
     proxies = ProxyConfig.from_env()
-    #eg: export PROXIES="ip1:port1:username1:password1,ip2:port2:username2:password2"
     if not proxies:
-        print("No proxies found in environment. Set PROXIES env variable!")
+        print("No proxies found! Set PROXIES environment variable.")
         return
 
+    # Create rotation strategy
     proxy_strategy = RoundRobinProxyStrategy(proxies)
 
-    # Create configs
+    # Configure per-request with proxy rotation
     browser_config = BrowserConfig(headless=True, verbose=False)
     run_config = CrawlerRunConfig(
         cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
-        proxy_rotation_strategy=proxy_strategy
+        proxy_rotation_strategy=proxy_strategy,
     )
 
     async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
         urls = ["https://httpbin.org/ip"] * (len(proxies) * 2)  # Test each proxy twice
 
-        print("\n📈 Initializing crawler with proxy rotation...")
-        async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
-            print("\n🚀 Starting batch crawl with proxy rotation...")
-            results = await crawler.arun_many(
-                urls=urls,
-                config=run_config
-            )
-            for result in results:
-                if result.success:
-                    ip_match = re.search(r'(?:[0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}', result.html)
-                    current_proxy = run_config.proxy_config if run_config.proxy_config else None
+        print(f"🚀 Testing {len(proxies)} proxies with rotation...")
+        results = await crawler.arun_many(urls=urls, config=run_config)
 
-                    if current_proxy and ip_match:
-                        print(f"URL {result.url}")
-                        print(f"Proxy {current_proxy.server} -> Response IP: {ip_match.group(0)}")
-                        verified = ip_match.group(0) == current_proxy.ip
-                        if verified:
-                            print(f"✅ Proxy working! IP matches: {current_proxy.ip}")
-                        else:
-                            print("❌ Proxy failed or IP mismatch!")
-                    print("---")
+        for i, result in enumerate(results):
+            if result.success:
+                # Extract IP from response
+                ip_match = re.search(r'(?:[0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}', result.html)
+                if ip_match:
+                    detected_ip = ip_match.group(0)
+                    proxy_index = i % len(proxies)
+                    expected_ip = proxies[proxy_index].ip
 
-asyncio.run(main())
+                    print(f"✅ Request {i+1}: Proxy {proxy_index+1} -> IP {detected_ip}")
+                    if detected_ip == expected_ip:
+                        print("   🎯 IP matches proxy configuration")
+                    else:
+                        print(f"   ⚠️  IP mismatch (expected {expected_ip})")
+                else:
+                    print(f"❌ Request {i+1}: Could not extract IP from response")
+            else:
+                print(f"❌ Request {i+1}: Failed - {result.error_message}")
 
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())
 ```
 
+## SSL Certificate Analysis
+
+Combine proxy usage with SSL certificate inspection for enhanced security analysis. SSL certificate fetching is configured per request via `CrawlerRunConfig`.
+
+### Per-Request SSL Certificate Analysis
+```python
+import asyncio
+from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, BrowserConfig, CrawlerRunConfig
+
+run_config = CrawlerRunConfig(
+    proxy_config={
+        "server": "http://proxy.example.com:8080",
+        "username": "user",
+        "password": "pass",
+    },
+    fetch_ssl_certificate=True,  # Enable SSL certificate analysis for this request
+)
+
+
+async def main():
+    browser_config = BrowserConfig()
+    async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
+        result = await crawler.arun(url="https://example.com", config=run_config)
+
+        if result.success:
+            print(f"✅ Crawled via proxy: {result.url}")
+
+            # Analyze SSL certificate
+            if result.ssl_certificate:
+                cert = result.ssl_certificate
+                print("🔒 SSL Certificate Info:")
+                print(f"   Issuer: {cert.issuer}")
+                print(f"   Subject: {cert.subject}")
+                print(f"   Valid until: {cert.valid_until}")
+                print(f"   Fingerprint: {cert.fingerprint}")
+
+                # Export certificate
+                cert.to_json("certificate.json")
+                print("💾 Certificate exported to certificate.json")
+            else:
+                print("⚠️  No SSL certificate information available")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())
+```
+
+## Security Best Practices
+
+### 1. Proxy Rotation for Anonymity
+```python
+from crawl4ai import CrawlerRunConfig, ProxyConfig
+from crawl4ai.proxy_strategy import RoundRobinProxyStrategy
+
+# Use multiple proxies to avoid IP blocking
+proxies = ProxyConfig.from_env("PROXIES")
+strategy = RoundRobinProxyStrategy(proxies)
+
+# Configure rotation per request (recommended)
+run_config = CrawlerRunConfig(proxy_rotation_strategy=strategy)
+
+# For a fixed proxy across all requests, just reuse the same run_config instance
+static_run_config = run_config
+```
+
+### 2. SSL Certificate Verification
+```python
+from crawl4ai import CrawlerRunConfig
+
+# Always verify SSL certificates when possible
+# Per-request (affects specific requests)
+run_config = CrawlerRunConfig(fetch_ssl_certificate=True)
+```
+
+### 3. Environment Variable Security
+```bash
+# Use environment variables for sensitive proxy credentials
+# Avoid hardcoding usernames/passwords in code
+export PROXIES="ip1:port1:user1:pass1,ip2:port2:user2:pass2"
+```
+
+### 4. SOCKS5 for Enhanced Security
+```python
+from crawl4ai import CrawlerRunConfig
+
+# Prefer SOCKS5 proxies for better protocol support
+run_config = CrawlerRunConfig(proxy_config="socks5://proxy.example.com:1080")
+```
+
+## Migration from Deprecated `proxy` Parameter
+
+- "Deprecation Notice"
+    The legacy `proxy` argument on `BrowserConfig` is deprecated. Configure proxies through `CrawlerRunConfig.proxy_config` so each request fully describes its network settings.
+
+```python
+# Old (deprecated) approach
+# from crawl4ai import BrowserConfig
+# browser_config = BrowserConfig(proxy="http://proxy.example.com:8080")
+
+# New (preferred) approach
+from crawl4ai import CrawlerRunConfig
+run_config = CrawlerRunConfig(proxy_config="http://proxy.example.com:8080")
+```
+
+### Safe Logging of Proxies
+```python
+from crawl4ai import ProxyConfig
+
+def safe_proxy_repr(proxy: ProxyConfig):
+    if getattr(proxy, "username", None):
+        return f"{proxy.server} (auth: ****)"
+    return proxy.server
+```
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+### Common Issues
+
+- "Proxy connection failed"
+    - Verify the proxy server is reachable from your network.
+    - Double-check authentication credentials.
+    - Ensure the protocol matches (`http`, `https`, or `socks5`).
+
+- "SSL certificate errors"
+    - Some proxies break SSL inspection; switch proxies if you see repeated failures.
+    - Consider temporarily disabling certificate fetching to isolate the issue.
+
+- "Environment variables not loading"
+    - Confirm `PROXIES` (or your custom env var) is set before running the script.
+    - Check formatting: `ip:port:user:pass,ip:port:user:pass`.
+
+- "Proxy rotation not working"
+    - Ensure `ProxyConfig.from_env()` actually loaded entries (`len(proxies) > 0`).
+    - Attach `proxy_rotation_strategy` to `CrawlerRunConfig`.
+    - Validate the proxy definitions you pass into the strategy.

docs/md_v2/api/parameters.md

@@ -21,21 +21,35 @@ browser_cfg = BrowserConfig(
 |-----------------------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | **`browser_type`**    | `"chromium"`, `"firefox"`, `"webkit"`<br/>*(default: `"chromium"`)* | Which browser engine to use. `"chromium"` is typical for many sites, `"firefox"` or `"webkit"` for specialized tests.                 |
 | **`headless`**        | `bool` (default: `True`)               | Headless means no visible UI. `False` is handy for debugging.                                                                         |
+| **`browser_mode`**    | `str` (default: `"dedicated"`)         | How browser is initialized: `"dedicated"` (new instance), `"builtin"` (CDP background), `"custom"` (explicit CDP), `"docker"` (container). |
+| **`use_managed_browser`** | `bool` (default: `False`)          | Launch browser via CDP for advanced control. Set automatically based on `browser_mode`.                  |
+| **`cdp_url`**         | `str` (default: `None`)                | Chrome DevTools Protocol endpoint URL (e.g., `"ws://localhost:9222/devtools/browser/"`). Set automatically based on `browser_mode`.   |
+| **`debugging_port`**  | `int` (default: `9222`)                | Port for browser debugging protocol.                                                                                                   |
+| **`host`**            | `str` (default: `"localhost"`)         | Host for browser connection.                                                                                                           |
 | **`viewport_width`**  | `int` (default: `1080`)                | Initial page width (in px). Useful for testing responsive layouts.                                                                    |
 | **`viewport_height`** | `int` (default: `600`)                 | Initial page height (in px).                                                                                                          |
+| **`viewport`**        | `dict` (default: `None`)               | Viewport dimensions dict. If set, overrides `viewport_width` and `viewport_height`.                                                   |
 | **`proxy`**           | `str` (deprecated)                      | Deprecated. Use `proxy_config` instead. If set, it will be auto-converted internally. |
-| **`proxy_config`**    | `dict` (default: `None`)               | For advanced or multi-proxy needs, specify details like `{"server": "...", "username": "...", ...}`.                                  |
+| **`proxy_config`**    | `ProxyConfig or dict` (default: `None`)| For advanced or multi-proxy needs, specify `ProxyConfig` object or dict like `{"server": "...", "username": "...", "password": "..."}`.  |
 | **`use_persistent_context`** | `bool` (default: `False`)       | If `True`, uses a **persistent** browser context (keep cookies, sessions across runs). Also sets `use_managed_browser=True`.          |
 | **`user_data_dir`**   | `str or None` (default: `None`)        | Directory to store user data (profiles, cookies). Must be set if you want permanent sessions.                                         |
+| **`chrome_channel`**  | `str` (default: `"chromium"`)          | Chrome channel to launch (e.g., "chrome", "msedge"). Only for `browser_type="chromium"`. Auto-set to empty for Firefox/WebKit.       |
+| **`channel`**         | `str` (default: `"chromium"`)          | Alias for `chrome_channel`.                                                                                                           |
+| **`accept_downloads`** | `bool` (default: `False`)             | Whether to allow file downloads. Requires `downloads_path` if `True`.                                                                 |
+| **`downloads_path`**  | `str or None` (default: `None`)        | Directory to store downloaded files.                                                                                                  |
+| **`storage_state`**   | `str or dict or None` (default: `None`)| In-memory storage state (cookies, localStorage) to restore browser state.                                                             |
 | **`ignore_https_errors`** | `bool` (default: `True`)           | If `True`, continues despite invalid certificates (common in dev/staging).                                                            |
 | **`java_script_enabled`** | `bool` (default: `True`)           | Disable if you want no JS overhead, or if only static content is needed.                                                              |
+| **`sleep_on_close`**  | `bool` (default: `False`)              | Add a small delay when closing browser (can help with cleanup issues).                                                                |
 | **`cookies`**         | `list` (default: `[]`)                 | Pre-set cookies, each a dict like `{"name": "session", "value": "...", "url": "..."}`.                                                |
 | **`headers`**         | `dict` (default: `{}`)                 | Extra HTTP headers for every request, e.g. `{"Accept-Language": "en-US"}`.                                                            |
-| **`user_agent`**      | `str` (default: Chrome-based UA)       | Your custom or random user agent. `user_agent_mode="random"` can shuffle it.                                                          |
-| **`light_mode`**      | `bool` (default: `False`)              | Disables some background features for performance gains.                                                                              |
+| **`user_agent`**      | `str` (default: Chrome-based UA)       | Your custom user agent string.                                                                                                        |
+| **`user_agent_mode`** | `str` (default: `""`)                  | Set to `"random"` to randomize user agent from a pool (helps with bot detection).                                                     |
+| **`user_agent_generator_config`** | `dict` (default: `{}`)     | Configuration dict for user agent generation when `user_agent_mode="random"`.                                                         |
 | **`text_mode`**       | `bool` (default: `False`)              | If `True`, tries to disable images/other heavy content for speed.                                                                     |
-| **`use_managed_browser`** | `bool` (default: `False`)          | For advanced “managed” interactions (debugging, CDP usage). Typically set automatically if persistent context is on.                  |
+| **`light_mode`**      | `bool` (default: `False`)              | Disables some background features for performance gains.                                                                              |
 | **`extra_args`**      | `list` (default: `[]`)                 | Additional flags for the underlying browser process, e.g. `["--disable-extensions"]`.                                                |
+| **`enable_stealth`**  | `bool` (default: `False`)              | Enable playwright-stealth mode to bypass bot detection. Cannot be used with `browser_mode="builtin"`.                                |
 
 **Tips**:
 - Set `headless=False` to visually **debug** how pages load or how interactions proceed.  
@@ -70,6 +84,7 @@ We group them by category.
 |------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | **`word_count_threshold`**   | `int` (default: ~200)                | Skips text blocks below X words. Helps ignore trivial sections.                                 |
 | **`extraction_strategy`**    | `ExtractionStrategy` (default: None) | If set, extracts structured data (CSS-based, LLM-based, etc.).                                  |
+| **`chunking_strategy`**      | `ChunkingStrategy` (default: RegexChunking()) | Strategy to chunk content before extraction. Can be customized for different chunking approaches. |
 | **`markdown_generator`**     | `MarkdownGenerationStrategy` (None)  | If you want specialized markdown output (citations, filtering, chunking, etc.). Can be customized with options such as `content_source` parameter to select the HTML input source ('cleaned_html', 'raw_html', or 'fit_html').                 |
 | **`css_selector`**           | `str` (None)                         | Retains only the part of the page matching this selector. Affects the entire extraction process. |
 | **`target_elements`**        | `List[str]` (None)                   | List of CSS selectors for elements to focus on for markdown generation and data extraction, while still processing the entire page for links, media, etc. Provides more flexibility than `css_selector`. |
@@ -78,32 +93,50 @@ We group them by category.
 | **`only_text`**              | `bool` (False)                       | If `True`, tries to extract text-only content.                                                  |
 | **`prettiify`**              | `bool` (False)                       | If `True`, beautifies final HTML (slower, purely cosmetic).                                      |
 | **`keep_data_attributes`**   | `bool` (False)                       | If `True`, preserve `data-*` attributes in cleaned HTML.                                         |
+| **`keep_attrs`**             | `list` (default: [])                 | List of HTML attributes to keep during processing (e.g., `["id", "class", "data-value"]`).      |
 | **`remove_forms`**           | `bool` (False)                       | If `True`, remove all `<form>` elements.                                                        |
+| **`parser_type`**            | `str` (default: "lxml")              | HTML parser to use (e.g., "lxml", "html.parser").                                               |
+| **`scraping_strategy`**      | `ContentScrapingStrategy` (default: LXMLWebScrapingStrategy()) | Strategy to use for content scraping. Can be customized for different scraping needs (e.g., PDF extraction). |
 
 ---
 
-### B) **Caching & Session**
+### B) **Browser Location and Identity**
+
+| **Parameter**          | **Type / Default**        | **What It Does**                                                                                       |
+|------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| **`locale`**           | `str or None` (None)      | Browser's locale (e.g., "en-US", "fr-FR") for language preferences.                                   |
+| **`timezone_id`**      | `str or None` (None)      | Browser's timezone (e.g., "America/New_York", "Europe/Paris").                                         |
+| **`geolocation`**      | `GeolocationConfig or None` (None) | GPS coordinates configuration. Use `GeolocationConfig(latitude=..., longitude=..., accuracy=...)`. |
+| **`fetch_ssl_certificate`** | `bool` (False)       | If `True`, fetches and includes SSL certificate information in the result.                             |
+| **`proxy_config`**           | `ProxyConfig or dict or None` (None) | Proxy configuration for this specific crawl. Can override browser-level proxy settings.          |
+| **`proxy_rotation_strategy`** | `ProxyRotationStrategy` (None)      | Strategy for rotating proxies during crawl operations.                                           |
+
+---
+
+### C) **Caching & Session**
 
 | **Parameter**           | **Type / Default**     | **What It Does**                                                                                                              |
 |-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | **`cache_mode`**        | `CacheMode or None`    | Controls how caching is handled (`ENABLED`, `BYPASS`, `DISABLED`, etc.). If `None`, typically defaults to `ENABLED`.          |
 | **`session_id`**        | `str or None`          | Assign a unique ID to reuse a single browser session across multiple `arun()` calls.                                          |
-| **`bypass_cache`**      | `bool` (False)         | If `True`, acts like `CacheMode.BYPASS`.                                                                                     |
-| **`disable_cache`**     | `bool` (False)         | If `True`, acts like `CacheMode.DISABLED`.                                                                                   |
-| **`no_cache_read`**     | `bool` (False)         | If `True`, acts like `CacheMode.WRITE_ONLY` (writes cache but never reads).                                                  |
-| **`no_cache_write`**    | `bool` (False)         | If `True`, acts like `CacheMode.READ_ONLY` (reads cache but never writes).                                                   |
+| **`bypass_cache`**      | `bool` (False)         | **Deprecated.** If `True`, acts like `CacheMode.BYPASS`. Use `cache_mode` instead.                                           |
+| **`disable_cache`**     | `bool` (False)         | **Deprecated.** If `True`, acts like `CacheMode.DISABLED`. Use `cache_mode` instead.                                         |
+| **`no_cache_read`**     | `bool` (False)         | **Deprecated.** If `True`, acts like `CacheMode.WRITE_ONLY` (writes cache but never reads). Use `cache_mode` instead.        |
+| **`no_cache_write`**    | `bool` (False)         | **Deprecated.** If `True`, acts like `CacheMode.READ_ONLY` (reads cache but never writes). Use `cache_mode` instead.         |
+| **`shared_data`**       | `dict or None` (None)  | Shared data to be passed between hooks and accessible across crawl operations.                                                |
 
 Use these for controlling whether you read or write from a local content cache. Handy for large batch crawls or repeated site visits.
 
 ---
 
-### C) **Page Navigation & Timing**
+### D) **Page Navigation & Timing**
 
 | **Parameter**              | **Type / Default**      | **What It Does**                                                                                                    |
 |----------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| **`wait_until`**           | `str` (domcontentloaded)| Condition for navigation to “complete”. Often `"networkidle"` or `"domcontentloaded"`.                               |
+| **`wait_until`**           | `str` (domcontentloaded)| Condition for navigation to "complete". Often `"networkidle"` or `"domcontentloaded"`.                               |
 | **`page_timeout`**         | `int` (60000 ms)        | Timeout for page navigation or JS steps. Increase for slow sites.                                                    |
 | **`wait_for`**             | `str or None`           | Wait for a CSS (`"css:selector"`) or JS (`"js:() => bool"`) condition before content extraction.                     |
+| **`wait_for_timeout`**     | `int or None` (None)    | Specific timeout in ms for the `wait_for` condition. If None, uses `page_timeout`.                                   |
 | **`wait_for_images`**      | `bool` (False)          | Wait for images to load before finishing. Slows down if you only want text.                                          |
 | **`delay_before_return_html`** | `float` (0.1)       | Additional pause (seconds) before final HTML is captured. Good for last-second updates.                               |
 | **`check_robots_txt`**     | `bool` (False)          | Whether to check and respect robots.txt rules before crawling. If True, caches robots.txt for efficiency.            |
@@ -112,15 +145,17 @@ Use these for controlling whether you read or write from a local content cache.
 
 ---
 
-### D) **Page Interaction**
+### E) **Page Interaction**
 
 | **Parameter**              | **Type / Default**            | **What It Does**                                                                                                                       |
 |----------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | **`js_code`**              | `str or list[str]` (None)      | JavaScript to run after load. E.g. `"document.querySelector('button')?.click();"`.                                                     |
-| **`js_only`**              | `bool` (False)                 | If `True`, indicates we’re reusing an existing session and only applying JS. No full reload.                                           |
+| **`c4a_script`**           | `str or list[str]` (None)      | C4A script that compiles to JavaScript. Alternative to writing raw JS.                                                                 |
+| **`js_only`**              | `bool` (False)                 | If `True`, indicates we're reusing an existing session and only applying JS. No full reload.                                           |
 | **`ignore_body_visibility`** | `bool` (True)                | Skip checking if `<body>` is visible. Usually best to keep `True`.                                                                     |
 | **`scan_full_page`**       | `bool` (False)                 | If `True`, auto-scroll the page to load dynamic content (infinite scroll).                                                              |
 | **`scroll_delay`**         | `float` (0.2)                  | Delay between scroll steps if `scan_full_page=True`.                                                                                   |
+| **`max_scroll_steps`**     | `int or None` (None)           | Maximum number of scroll steps during full page scan. If None, scrolls until entire page is loaded.                                     |
 | **`process_iframes`**      | `bool` (False)                 | Inlines iframe content for single-page extraction.                                                                                     |
 | **`remove_overlay_elements`** | `bool` (False)              | Removes potential modals/popups blocking the main content.                                                                              |
 | **`simulate_user`**        | `bool` (False)                 | Simulate user interactions (mouse movements) to avoid bot detection.                                                                    |
@@ -132,7 +167,7 @@ If your page is a single-page app with repeated JS updates, set `js_only=True` i
 
 ---
 
-### E) **Media Handling**
+### F) **Media Handling**
 
 | **Parameter**                              | **Type / Default**  | **What It Does**                                                                                         |
 |--------------------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
@@ -141,13 +176,16 @@ If your page is a single-page app with repeated JS updates, set `js_only=True` i
 | **`screenshot_height_threshold`**          | `int` (~20000)      | If the page is taller than this, alternate screenshot strategies are used.                                |
 | **`pdf`**                                  | `bool` (False)      | If `True`, returns a PDF in `result.pdf`.                                                                 |
 | **`capture_mhtml`**                        | `bool` (False)      | If `True`, captures an MHTML snapshot of the page in `result.mhtml`. MHTML includes all page resources (CSS, images, etc.) in a single file. |
-| **`image_description_min_word_threshold`** | `int` (~50)         | Minimum words for an image’s alt text or description to be considered valid.                              |
+| **`image_description_min_word_threshold`** | `int` (~50)         | Minimum words for an image's alt text or description to be considered valid.                              |
 | **`image_score_threshold`**                | `int` (~3)          | Filter out low-scoring images. The crawler scores images by relevance (size, context, etc.).              |
 | **`exclude_external_images`**              | `bool` (False)      | Exclude images from other domains.                                                                        |
+| **`exclude_all_images`**                   | `bool` (False)      | If `True`, excludes all images from processing (both internal and external).                              |
+| **`table_score_threshold`**                | `int` (7)           | Minimum score threshold for processing a table. Lower values include more tables.                         |
+| **`table_extraction`**                     | `TableExtractionStrategy` (DefaultTableExtraction) | Strategy for table extraction. Defaults to DefaultTableExtraction with configured threshold. |
 
 ---
 
-### F) **Link/Domain Handling**
+### G) **Link/Domain Handling**
 
 | **Parameter**                | **Type / Default**      | **What It Does**                                                                                                             |
 |------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
@@ -155,23 +193,39 @@ If your page is a single-page app with repeated JS updates, set `js_only=True` i
 | **`exclude_external_links`** | `bool` (False)          | Removes all links pointing outside the current domain.                                                                      |
 | **`exclude_social_media_links`** | `bool` (False)      | Strips links specifically to social sites (like Facebook or Twitter).                                                      |
 | **`exclude_domains`**        | `list` ([])             | Provide a custom list of domains to exclude (like `["ads.com", "trackers.io"]`).                                            |
+| **`exclude_internal_links`** | `bool` (False)          | If `True`, excludes internal links from the results.                                                                        |
+| **`score_links`**            | `bool` (False)          | If `True`, calculates intrinsic quality scores for all links using URL structure, text quality, and contextual metrics.     |
 | **`preserve_https_for_internal_links`** | `bool` (False) | If `True`, preserves HTTPS scheme for internal links even when the server redirects to HTTP. Useful for security-conscious crawling. |
 
 Use these for link-level content filtering (often to keep crawls “internal” or to remove spammy domains).
 
 ---
 
-### G) **Debug & Logging**
+### H) **Debug, Logging & Network Monitoring**
 
 | **Parameter**  | **Type / Default** | **What It Does**                                                         |
 |----------------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | **`verbose`**  | `bool` (True)     | Prints logs detailing each step of crawling, interactions, or errors.    |
-| **`log_console`** | `bool` (False) | Logs the page’s JavaScript console output if you want deeper JS debugging.|
+| **`log_console`** | `bool` (False) | Logs the page's JavaScript console output if you want deeper JS debugging.|
+| **`capture_network_requests`** | `bool` (False) | If `True`, captures network requests made by the page in `result.captured_requests`. |
+| **`capture_console_messages`** | `bool` (False) | If `True`, captures console messages from the page in `result.console_messages`. |
 
 ---
 
+### I) **Connection & HTTP Parameters**
 
-### H) **Virtual Scroll Configuration**
+| **Parameter**               | **Type / Default**      | **What It Does**                                                                                                    |
+|-----------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| **`method`**                | `str` ("GET")          | HTTP method to use when using AsyncHTTPCrawlerStrategy (e.g., "GET", "POST").                                       |
+| **`stream`**                | `bool` (False)         | If `True`, enables streaming mode for `arun_many()` to process URLs as they complete rather than waiting for all.   |
+| **`url`**                   | `str or None` (None)   | URL for this specific config. Not typically set directly but used internally for URL-specific configurations.       |
+| **`user_agent`**            | `str or None` (None)   | Custom User-Agent string for this crawl. Can override browser-level user agent.                                     |
+| **`user_agent_mode`**       | `str or None` (None)   | Set to `"random"` to randomize user agent. Can override browser-level setting.                                      |
+| **`user_agent_generator_config`** | `dict` ({})      | Configuration for user agent generation when `user_agent_mode="random"`.                                            |
+
+---
+
+### J) **Virtual Scroll Configuration**
 
 | **Parameter**                | **Type / Default**           | **What It Does**                                                                                                                    |
 |------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
@@ -211,7 +265,7 @@ See [Virtual Scroll documentation](../../advanced/virtual-scroll.md) for detaile
 
 ---
 
-### I) **URL Matching Configuration**
+### K) **URL Matching Configuration**
 
 | **Parameter**          | **Type / Default**           | **What It Does**                                                                                                                    |
 |------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
@@ -274,7 +328,25 @@ default_config = CrawlerRunConfig()  # No url_matcher = matches everything
 - If no config matches a URL and there's no default config (one without `url_matcher`), the URL will fail with "No matching configuration found"
 - Always include a default config as the last item if you want to handle all URLs
 
----## 2.2 Helper Methods
+---
+
+### L) **Advanced Crawling Features**
+
+| **Parameter**               | **Type / Default**           | **What It Does**                                                                                                                    |
+|-----------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| **`deep_crawl_strategy`**   | `DeepCrawlStrategy or None` (None) | Strategy for deep/recursive crawling. Enables automatic link following and multi-level site crawling.                     |
+| **`link_preview_config`**   | `LinkPreviewConfig or dict or None` (None) | Configuration for link head extraction and scoring. Fetches and scores link metadata without full page loads.  |
+| **`experimental`**          | `dict or None` (None)       | Dictionary for experimental/beta features not yet integrated into main parameters. Use with caution.                                |
+
+**Deep Crawl Strategy** enables automatic site exploration by following links according to defined rules. Useful for sitemap generation or comprehensive site archiving.
+
+**Link Preview Config** allows efficient link discovery and scoring by fetching only the `<head>` section of linked pages, enabling smart crawl prioritization without the overhead of full page loads.
+
+**Experimental** parameters are features in beta testing. They may change or be removed in future versions. Check documentation for currently available experimental features.
+
+---
+
+## 2.2 Helper Methods
 
 Both `BrowserConfig` and `CrawlerRunConfig` provide a `clone()` method to create modified copies:
 
@@ -367,10 +439,19 @@ LLMConfig is useful to pass LLM provider config to strategies and functions that
 | **`provider`**    | `"ollama/llama3","groq/llama3-70b-8192","groq/llama3-8b-8192", "openai/gpt-4o-mini" ,"openai/gpt-4o","openai/o1-mini","openai/o1-preview","openai/o3-mini","openai/o3-mini-high","anthropic/claude-3-haiku-20240307","anthropic/claude-3-opus-20240229","anthropic/claude-3-sonnet-20240229","anthropic/claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620","gemini/gemini-pro","gemini/gemini-1.5-pro","gemini/gemini-2.0-flash","gemini/gemini-2.0-flash-exp","gemini/gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05","deepseek/deepseek-chat"`<br/>*(default: `"openai/gpt-4o-mini"`)* | Which LLM provider to use. 
 | **`api_token`**         |1.Optional. When not provided explicitly, api_token will be read from environment variables based on provider. For example: If a gemini model is passed as provider then,`"GEMINI_API_KEY"` will be read from environment variables  <br/> 2. API token of LLM provider <br/> eg: `api_token = "gsk_1ClHGGJ7Lpn4WGybR7vNWGdyb3FY7zXEw3SCiy0BAVM9lL8CQv"` <br/> 3. Environment variable - use with prefix "env:" <br/> eg:`api_token = "env: GROQ_API_KEY"`              | API token to use for the given provider 
 | **`base_url`**         |Optional. Custom API endpoint | If your provider has a custom endpoint
+| **`backoff_base_delay`** |Optional. `int` *(default: `2`)* | Seconds to wait before the first retry when the provider throttles a request.
+| **`backoff_max_attempts`** |Optional. `int` *(default: `3`)* | Total tries (initial call + retries) before surfacing an error.
+| **`backoff_exponential_factor`** |Optional. `int` *(default: `2`)* | Multiplier that increases the wait time for each retry (`delay = base_delay * factor^attempt`).
 
 ## 3.2 Example Usage
 ```python
-llm_config = LLMConfig(provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini", api_token=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"))
+llm_config = LLMConfig(
+    provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini",
+    api_token=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"),
+    backoff_base_delay=1, # optional
+    backoff_max_attempts=5, # optional
+    backoff_exponential_factor=3, # optional
+)
 ```
 
 ## 4. Putting It All Together

docs/md_v2/apps/c4a-script/README.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ A comprehensive web-based tutorial for learning and experimenting with C4A-Scrip
 
 2. **Install Dependencies**
    ```bash
-   pip install flask
+   pip install -r requirements.txt
    ```
 
 3. **Launch the Server**
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ A comprehensive web-based tutorial for learning and experimenting with C4A-Scrip
 
 4. **Open in Browser**
    ```
-   http://localhost:8080
+   http://localhost:8000
    ```
 
 **🌐 Try Online**: [Live Demo](https://docs.crawl4ai.com/c4a-script/demo)
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ Powers the recording functionality:
 ### Configuration
 ```python
 # server.py configuration
-PORT = 8080
+PORT = 8000
 DEBUG = True
 THREADED = True
 ```
@@ -343,9 +343,9 @@ THREADED = True
 **Port Already in Use**
 ```bash
 # Kill existing process
-lsof -ti:8080 | xargs kill -9
+lsof -ti:8000 | xargs kill -9
 # Or use different port
-python server.py --port 8081
+python server.py --port 8001
 ```
 
 **Blockly Not Loading**

docs/md_v2/apps/c4a-script/server.py

@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def get_examples():
             'name': 'Handle Cookie Banner',
             'description': 'Accept cookies and close newsletter popup',
             'script': '''# Handle cookie banner and newsletter
-GO http://127.0.0.1:8080/playground/
+GO http://127.0.0.1:8000/playground/
 WAIT `body` 2
 IF (EXISTS `.cookie-banner`) THEN CLICK `.accept`
 IF (EXISTS `.newsletter-popup`) THEN CLICK `.close`'''
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ WAIT `.success-message` 5'''
     return jsonify(examples)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    port = int(os.environ.get('PORT', 8080))
+    port = int(os.environ.get('PORT', 8000))
     print(f"""
 ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
 ║          C4A-Script Interactive Tutorial Server          ║

docs/md_v2/blog/index.md

@@ -20,6 +20,35 @@ Ever wondered why your AI coding assistant struggles with your library despite c
 
 ## Latest Release
 
+### [Crawl4AI v0.7.8 – Stability & Bug Fix Release](../blog/release-v0.7.8.md)
+*December 2025*
+
+Crawl4AI v0.7.8 is a focused stability release addressing 11 bugs reported by the community. While there are no new features, these fixes resolve important issues affecting Docker deployments, LLM extraction, URL handling, and dependency compatibility.
+
+Key highlights:
+- **🐳 Docker API Fixes**: ContentRelevanceFilter deserialization, ProxyConfig serialization, cache folder permissions
+- **🤖 LLM Improvements**: Configurable rate limiter backoff, HTML input format support, raw HTML URL handling
+- **🔗 URL Handling**: Correct relative URL resolution after JavaScript redirects
+- **📦 Dependencies**: Replaced deprecated PyPDF2 with pypdf, Pydantic v2 ConfigDict compatibility
+- **🧠 AdaptiveCrawler**: Fixed query expansion to actually use LLM instead of mock data
+
+[Read full release notes →](../blog/release-v0.7.8.md)
+
+## Recent Releases
+
+### [Crawl4AI v0.7.7 – The Self-Hosting & Monitoring Update](../blog/release-v0.7.7.md)
+*November 14, 2025*
+
+Crawl4AI v0.7.7 transforms Docker into a complete self-hosting platform with enterprise-grade real-time monitoring, comprehensive observability, and full operational control.
+
+Key highlights:
+- **📊 Real-time Monitoring Dashboard**: Interactive web UI with live system metrics
+- **🔌 Comprehensive Monitor API**: Complete REST API for programmatic access
+- **⚡ WebSocket Streaming**: Real-time updates every 2 seconds
+- **🔥 Smart Browser Pool**: 3-tier architecture with automatic promotion and cleanup
+
+[Read full release notes →](../blog/release-v0.7.7.md)
+
 ### [Crawl4AI v0.7.6 – The Webhook Infrastructure Update](../blog/release-v0.7.6.md)
 *October 22, 2025*
 
@@ -31,12 +60,9 @@ Key highlights:
 - **🔐 Custom Authentication**: Add custom headers for webhook authentication
 - **📊 Flexible Delivery**: Choose notification-only or include full data in payload
 - **⚙️ Global Configuration**: Set default webhook URL in config.yml for all jobs
-- **🎯 Zero Breaking Changes**: Fully backward compatible, webhooks are opt-in
 
 [Read full release notes →](../blog/release-v0.7.6.md)
 
-## Recent Releases
-
 ### [Crawl4AI v0.7.5 – The Docker Hooks & Security Update](../blog/release-v0.7.5.md)
 *September 29, 2025*
 
@@ -47,21 +73,20 @@ Key highlights:
 - **🤖 Enhanced LLM Integration**: Custom providers with temperature control and base_url configuration
 - **🔒 HTTPS Preservation**: Secure internal link handling for modern web applications
 - **🐍 Python 3.10+ Support**: Modern language features and enhanced performance
-- **🛠️ Bug Fixes**: Resolved multiple community-reported issues including URL processing, JWT authentication, and proxy configuration
 
 [Read full release notes →](../blog/release-v0.7.5.md)
 
-## Recent Releases
-
-### [Crawl4AI v0.7.4 – The Intelligent Table Extraction & Performance Update](../blog/release-v0.7.4.md)
-*August 17, 2025*
-
-Revolutionary LLM-powered table extraction with intelligent chunking, performance improvements for concurrent crawling, enhanced browser management, and critical stability fixes.
-
-[Read full release notes →](../blog/release-v0.7.4.md)
-
 ---
 
+## Older Releases
+
+| Version | Date | Highlights |
+|---------|------|------------|
+| [v0.7.4](../blog/release-v0.7.4.md) | August 2025 | LLM-powered table extraction, performance improvements |
+| [v0.7.3](../blog/release-v0.7.3.md) | July 2025 | Undetected browser, multi-URL config, memory monitoring |
+| [v0.7.1](../blog/release-v0.7.1.md) | June 2025 | Bug fixes and stability improvements |
+| [v0.7.0](../blog/release-v0.7.0.md) | May 2025 | Adaptive crawling, virtual scroll, link analysis |
+
 ## Project History
 
 Curious about how Crawl4AI has evolved? Check out our [complete changelog](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) for a detailed history of all versions and updates.

docs/md_v2/blog/releases/v0.7.7.md

@@ -0,0 +1,626 @@
+# 🚀 Crawl4AI v0.7.7: The Self-Hosting & Monitoring Update
+
+*November 14, 2025 • 10 min read*
+
+---
+
+Today I'm releasing Crawl4AI v0.7.7—the Self-Hosting & Monitoring Update. This release transforms Crawl4AI Docker from a simple containerized crawler into a complete self-hosting platform with enterprise-grade real-time monitoring, full operational transparency, and production-ready observability.
+
+## 🎯 What's New at a Glance
+
+- **📊 Real-time Monitoring Dashboard**: Interactive web UI with live system metrics and browser pool status
+- **🔌 Comprehensive Monitor API**: Complete REST API for programmatic access to all monitoring data
+- **⚡ WebSocket Streaming**: Real-time updates every 2 seconds for custom dashboards
+- **🎮 Control Actions**: Manual browser management (kill, restart, cleanup)
+- **🔥 Smart Browser Pool**: 3-tier architecture (permanent/hot/cold) with automatic promotion
+- **🧹 Janitor Cleanup System**: Automatic resource management with event logging
+- **📈 Production Metrics**: 6 critical metrics for operational excellence
+- **🏭 Integration Ready**: Prometheus, alerting, and log aggregation examples
+- **🐛 Critical Bug Fixes**: Async LLM extraction, DFS crawling, viewport config, and more
+
+## 📊 Real-time Monitoring Dashboard: Complete Visibility
+
+**The Problem:** Running Crawl4AI in Docker was like flying blind. Users had no visibility into what was happening inside the container—memory usage, active requests, browser pools, or errors. Troubleshooting required checking logs, and there was no way to monitor performance or manually intervene when issues occurred.
+
+**My Solution:** I built a complete real-time monitoring system with an interactive dashboard, comprehensive REST API, WebSocket streaming, and manual control actions. Now you have full transparency and control over your crawling infrastructure.
+
+### The Self-Hosting Value Proposition
+
+Before v0.7.7, Docker was just a containerized crawler. After v0.7.7, it's a complete self-hosting platform that gives you:
+
+- **🔒 Data Privacy**: Your data never leaves your infrastructure
+- **💰 Cost Control**: No per-request pricing or rate limits
+- **🎯 Full Customization**: Complete control over configurations and strategies
+- **📊 Complete Transparency**: Real-time visibility into every aspect
+- **⚡ Performance**: Direct access without network overhead
+- **🛡️ Enterprise Security**: Keep workflows behind your firewall
+
+### Interactive Monitoring Dashboard
+
+Access the dashboard at `http://localhost:11235/dashboard` to see:
+
+- **System Health Overview**: CPU, memory, network, and uptime in real-time
+- **Live Request Tracking**: Active and completed requests with full details
+- **Browser Pool Management**: Interactive table with permanent/hot/cold browsers
+- **Janitor Events Log**: Automatic cleanup activities
+- **Error Monitoring**: Full context error logs
+
+The dashboard updates every 2 seconds via WebSocket, giving you live visibility into your crawling operations.
+
+## 🔌 Monitor API: Programmatic Access
+
+**The Problem:** Monitoring dashboards are great for humans, but automation and integration require programmatic access.
+
+**My Solution:** A comprehensive REST API that exposes all monitoring data for integration with your existing infrastructure.
+
+### System Health Endpoint
+
+```python
+import httpx
+import asyncio
+
+async def monitor_system_health():
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        response = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/health")
+        health = response.json()
+
+        print(f"Container Metrics:")
+        print(f"  CPU: {health['container']['cpu_percent']:.1f}%")
+        print(f"  Memory: {health['container']['memory_percent']:.1f}%")
+        print(f"  Uptime: {health['container']['uptime_seconds']}s")
+
+        print(f"\nBrowser Pool:")
+        print(f"  Permanent: {health['pool']['permanent']['active']} active")
+        print(f"  Hot Pool: {health['pool']['hot']['count']} browsers")
+        print(f"  Cold Pool: {health['pool']['cold']['count']} browsers")
+
+        print(f"\nStatistics:")
+        print(f"  Total Requests: {health['stats']['total_requests']}")
+        print(f"  Success Rate: {health['stats']['success_rate_percent']:.1f}%")
+        print(f"  Avg Latency: {health['stats']['avg_latency_ms']:.0f}ms")
+
+asyncio.run(monitor_system_health())
+```
+
+### Request Tracking
+
+```python
+async def track_requests():
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        response = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/requests")
+        requests_data = response.json()
+
+        print(f"Active Requests: {len(requests_data['active'])}")
+        print(f"Completed Requests: {len(requests_data['completed'])}")
+
+        # See details of recent requests
+        for req in requests_data['completed'][:5]:
+            status_icon = "✅" if req['success'] else "❌"
+            print(f"{status_icon} {req['endpoint']} - {req['latency_ms']:.0f}ms")
+```
+
+### Browser Pool Management
+
+```python
+async def monitor_browser_pool():
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        response = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/browsers")
+        browsers = response.json()
+
+        print(f"Pool Summary:")
+        print(f"  Total Browsers: {browsers['summary']['total_count']}")
+        print(f"  Total Memory: {browsers['summary']['total_memory_mb']} MB")
+        print(f"  Reuse Rate: {browsers['summary']['reuse_rate_percent']:.1f}%")
+
+        # List all browsers
+        for browser in browsers['permanent']:
+            print(f"🔥 Permanent: {browser['browser_id'][:8]}... | "
+                  f"Requests: {browser['request_count']} | "
+                  f"Memory: {browser['memory_mb']:.0f} MB")
+```
+
+### Endpoint Performance Statistics
+
+```python
+async def get_endpoint_stats():
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        response = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/endpoints/stats")
+        stats = response.json()
+
+        print("Endpoint Analytics:")
+        for endpoint, data in stats.items():
+            print(f"  {endpoint}:")
+            print(f"    Requests: {data['count']}")
+            print(f"    Avg Latency: {data['avg_latency_ms']:.0f}ms")
+            print(f"    Success Rate: {data['success_rate_percent']:.1f}%")
+```
+
+### Complete API Reference
+
+The Monitor API includes these endpoints:
+
+- `GET /monitor/health` - System health with pool statistics
+- `GET /monitor/requests` - Active and completed request tracking
+- `GET /monitor/browsers` - Browser pool details and efficiency
+- `GET /monitor/endpoints/stats` - Per-endpoint performance analytics
+- `GET /monitor/timeline?minutes=5` - Time-series data for charts
+- `GET /monitor/logs/janitor?limit=10` - Cleanup activity logs
+- `GET /monitor/logs/errors?limit=10` - Error logs with context
+- `POST /monitor/actions/cleanup` - Force immediate cleanup
+- `POST /monitor/actions/kill_browser` - Kill specific browser
+- `POST /monitor/actions/restart_browser` - Restart browser
+- `POST /monitor/stats/reset` - Reset accumulated statistics
+
+## ⚡ WebSocket Streaming: Real-time Updates
+
+**The Problem:** Polling the API every few seconds wastes resources and adds latency. Real-time dashboards need instant updates.
+
+**My Solution:** WebSocket streaming with 2-second update intervals for building custom real-time dashboards.
+
+### WebSocket Integration Example
+
+```python
+import websockets
+import json
+import asyncio
+
+async def monitor_realtime():
+    uri = "ws://localhost:11235/monitor/ws"
+
+    async with websockets.connect(uri) as websocket:
+        print("Connected to real-time monitoring stream")
+
+        while True:
+            # Receive update every 2 seconds
+            data = await websocket.recv()
+            update = json.loads(data)
+
+            # Access all monitoring data
+            print(f"\n--- Update at {update['timestamp']} ---")
+            print(f"Memory: {update['health']['container']['memory_percent']:.1f}%")
+            print(f"Active Requests: {len(update['requests']['active'])}")
+            print(f"Total Browsers: {update['browsers']['summary']['total_count']}")
+
+            if update['errors']:
+                print(f"⚠️  Recent Errors: {len(update['errors'])}")
+
+asyncio.run(monitor_realtime())
+```
+
+**Expected Real-World Impact:**
+- **Custom Dashboards**: Build tailored monitoring UIs for your team
+- **Real-time Alerting**: Trigger alerts instantly when metrics exceed thresholds
+- **Integration**: Feed live data into monitoring tools like Grafana
+- **Automation**: React to events in real-time without polling
+
+## 🔥 Smart Browser Pool: 3-Tier Architecture
+
+**The Problem:** Creating a new browser for every request is slow and memory-intensive. Traditional browser pools are static and inefficient.
+
+**My Solution:** A smart 3-tier browser pool that automatically adapts to usage patterns.
+
+### How It Works
+
+```python
+import httpx
+
+async def demonstrate_browser_pool():
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        # Request 1-3: Default config → Uses permanent browser
+        print("Phase 1: Using permanent browser")
+        for i in range(3):
+            await client.post(
+                "http://localhost:11235/crawl",
+                json={"urls": [f"https://httpbin.org/html?req={i}"]}
+            )
+            print(f"  Request {i+1}: Reused permanent browser")
+
+        # Request 4-6: Custom viewport → Cold pool (first use)
+        print("\nPhase 2: Custom config creates cold pool browser")
+        viewport_config = {"viewport": {"width": 1280, "height": 720}}
+        for i in range(4):
+            await client.post(
+                "http://localhost:11235/crawl",
+                json={
+                    "urls": [f"https://httpbin.org/json?v={i}"],
+                    "browser_config": viewport_config
+                }
+            )
+            if i < 2:
+                print(f"  Request {i+1}: Cold pool browser")
+            else:
+                print(f"  Request {i+1}: Promoted to hot pool! (after 3 uses)")
+
+        # Check pool status
+        response = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/browsers")
+        browsers = response.json()
+
+        print(f"\nPool Status:")
+        print(f"  Permanent: {len(browsers['permanent'])} (always active)")
+        print(f"  Hot: {len(browsers['hot'])} (frequently used configs)")
+        print(f"  Cold: {len(browsers['cold'])} (on-demand)")
+        print(f"  Reuse Rate: {browsers['summary']['reuse_rate_percent']:.1f}%")
+
+asyncio.run(demonstrate_browser_pool())
+```
+
+**Pool Tiers:**
+
+- **🔥 Permanent Browser**: Always-on, default configuration, instant response
+- **♨️ Hot Pool**: Browsers promoted after 3+ uses, kept warm for quick access
+- **❄️ Cold Pool**: On-demand browsers for variant configs, cleaned up when idle
+
+**Expected Real-World Impact:**
+- **Memory Efficiency**: 10x reduction in memory usage vs creating browsers per request
+- **Performance**: Instant access to frequently-used configurations
+- **Automatic Optimization**: Pool adapts to your usage patterns
+- **Resource Management**: Janitor automatically cleans up idle browsers
+
+## 🧹 Janitor System: Automatic Cleanup
+
+**The Problem:** Long-running crawlers accumulate idle browsers and consume memory over time.
+
+**My Solution:** An automatic janitor system that monitors and cleans up idle resources.
+
+```python
+async def monitor_janitor_activity():
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        response = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/logs/janitor?limit=5")
+        logs = response.json()
+
+        print("Recent Cleanup Activities:")
+        for log in logs:
+            print(f"  {log['timestamp']}: {log['message']}")
+
+# Example output:
+# 2025-11-14 10:30:00: Cleaned up 2 cold pool browsers (idle > 5min)
+# 2025-11-14 10:25:00: Browser reuse rate: 85.3%
+# 2025-11-14 10:20:00: Hot pool browser promoted (10 requests)
+```
+
+## 🎮 Control Actions: Manual Management
+
+**The Problem:** Sometimes you need to manually intervene—kill a stuck browser, force cleanup, or restart resources.
+
+**My Solution:** Manual control actions via the API for operational troubleshooting.
+
+### Force Cleanup
+
+```python
+async def force_cleanup():
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        response = await client.post("http://localhost:11235/monitor/actions/cleanup")
+        result = response.json()
+
+        print(f"Cleanup completed:")
+        print(f"  Browsers cleaned: {result.get('cleaned_count', 0)}")
+        print(f"  Memory freed: {result.get('memory_freed_mb', 0):.1f} MB")
+```
+
+### Kill Specific Browser
+
+```python
+async def kill_stuck_browser(browser_id: str):
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        response = await client.post(
+            "http://localhost:11235/monitor/actions/kill_browser",
+            json={"browser_id": browser_id}
+        )
+
+        if response.status_code == 200:
+            print(f"✅ Browser {browser_id} killed successfully")
+```
+
+### Reset Statistics
+
+```python
+async def reset_stats():
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        response = await client.post("http://localhost:11235/monitor/stats/reset")
+        print("📊 Statistics reset for fresh monitoring")
+```
+
+## 📈 Production Integration Patterns
+
+### Prometheus Integration
+
+```python
+# Export metrics for Prometheus scraping
+async def export_prometheus_metrics():
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        health = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/health")
+        data = health.json()
+
+        # Export in Prometheus format
+        metrics = f"""
+# HELP crawl4ai_memory_usage_percent Memory usage percentage
+# TYPE crawl4ai_memory_usage_percent gauge
+crawl4ai_memory_usage_percent {data['container']['memory_percent']}
+
+# HELP crawl4ai_request_success_rate Request success rate
+# TYPE crawl4ai_request_success_rate gauge
+crawl4ai_request_success_rate {data['stats']['success_rate_percent']}
+
+# HELP crawl4ai_browser_pool_count Total browsers in pool
+# TYPE crawl4ai_browser_pool_count gauge
+crawl4ai_browser_pool_count {data['pool']['permanent']['active'] + data['pool']['hot']['count'] + data['pool']['cold']['count']}
+"""
+        return metrics
+```
+
+### Alerting Example
+
+```python
+async def check_alerts():
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        health = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/health")
+        data = health.json()
+
+        # Memory alert
+        if data['container']['memory_percent'] > 80:
+            print("🚨 ALERT: Memory usage above 80%")
+            # Trigger cleanup
+            await client.post("http://localhost:11235/monitor/actions/cleanup")
+
+        # Success rate alert
+        if data['stats']['success_rate_percent'] < 90:
+            print("🚨 ALERT: Success rate below 90%")
+            # Check error logs
+            errors = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/logs/errors")
+            print(f"Recent errors: {len(errors.json())}")
+
+        # Latency alert
+        if data['stats']['avg_latency_ms'] > 5000:
+            print("🚨 ALERT: Average latency above 5s")
+```
+
+### Key Metrics to Track
+
+```python
+CRITICAL_METRICS = {
+    "memory_usage": {
+        "current": "container.memory_percent",
+        "target": "<80%",
+        "alert_threshold": ">80%",
+        "action": "Force cleanup or scale"
+    },
+    "success_rate": {
+        "current": "stats.success_rate_percent",
+        "target": ">95%",
+        "alert_threshold": "<90%",
+        "action": "Check error logs"
+    },
+    "avg_latency": {
+        "current": "stats.avg_latency_ms",
+        "target": "<2000ms",
+        "alert_threshold": ">5000ms",
+        "action": "Investigate slow requests"
+    },
+    "browser_reuse_rate": {
+        "current": "browsers.summary.reuse_rate_percent",
+        "target": ">80%",
+        "alert_threshold": "<60%",
+        "action": "Check pool configuration"
+    },
+    "total_browsers": {
+        "current": "browsers.summary.total_count",
+        "target": "<15",
+        "alert_threshold": ">20",
+        "action": "Check for browser leaks"
+    },
+    "error_frequency": {
+        "current": "len(errors)",
+        "target": "<5/hour",
+        "alert_threshold": ">10/hour",
+        "action": "Review error patterns"
+    }
+}
+```
+
+## 🐛 Critical Bug Fixes
+
+This release includes significant bug fixes that improve stability and performance:
+
+### Async LLM Extraction (#1590)
+
+**The Problem:** LLM extraction was blocking async execution, causing URLs to be processed sequentially instead of in parallel (issue #1055).
+
+**The Fix:** Resolved the blocking issue to enable true parallel processing for LLM extraction.
+
+```python
+# Before v0.7.7: Sequential processing
+# After v0.7.7: True parallel processing
+
+async with AsyncWebCrawler() as crawler:
+    urls = ["url1", "url2", "url3", "url4"]
+
+    # Now processes truly in parallel with LLM extraction
+    results = await crawler.arun_many(
+        urls,
+        config=CrawlerRunConfig(
+            extraction_strategy=LLMExtractionStrategy(...)
+        )
+    )
+    # 4x faster for parallel LLM extraction!
+```
+
+**Expected Impact:** Major performance improvement for batch LLM extraction workflows.
+
+### DFS Deep Crawling (#1607)
+
+**The Problem:** DFS (Depth-First Search) deep crawl strategy had implementation issues.
+
+**The Fix:** Enhanced DFSDeepCrawlStrategy with proper seen URL tracking and improved documentation.
+
+### Browser & Crawler Config Documentation (#1609)
+
+**The Problem:** Documentation didn't match the actual `async_configs.py` implementation.
+
+**The Fix:** Updated all configuration documentation to accurately reflect the current implementation.
+
+### Sitemap Seeder (#1598)
+
+**The Problem:** Sitemap parsing and URL normalization issues in AsyncUrlSeeder (issue #1559).
+
+**The Fix:** Added comprehensive tests and fixes for sitemap namespace parsing and URL normalization.
+
+### Remove Overlay Elements (#1529)
+
+**The Problem:** The `remove_overlay_elements` functionality wasn't working (issue #1396).
+
+**The Fix:** Fixed by properly calling the injected JavaScript function.
+
+### Viewport Configuration (#1495)
+
+**The Problem:** Viewport configuration wasn't working in managed browsers (issue #1490).
+
+**The Fix:** Added proper viewport size configuration support for browser launch.
+
+### Managed Browser CDP Timing (#1528)
+
+**The Problem:** CDP (Chrome DevTools Protocol) endpoint verification had timing issues causing connection failures (issue #1445).
+
+**The Fix:** Added exponential backoff for CDP endpoint verification to handle timing variations.
+
+### Security Updates
+
+- **pyOpenSSL**: Updated from >=24.3.0 to >=25.3.0 to address security vulnerability
+- Added verification tests for the security update
+
+### Docker Fixes
+
+- **Port Standardization**: Fixed inconsistent port usage (11234 vs 11235) - now standardized to 11235
+- **LLM Environment**: Fixed LLM API key handling for multi-provider support (PR #1537)
+- **Error Handling**: Improved Docker API error messages with comprehensive status codes
+- **Serialization**: Fixed `fit_html` property serialization in `/crawl` and `/crawl/stream` endpoints
+
+### Other Important Fixes
+
+- **arun_many Returns**: Fixed function to always return a list, even on exception (PR #1530)
+- **Webhook Serialization**: Properly serialize Pydantic HttpUrl in webhook config
+- **LLMConfig Documentation**: Fixed casing and variable name consistency (issue #1551)
+- **Python Version**: Dropped Python 3.9 support, now requires Python >=3.10
+
+## 📊 Expected Real-World Impact
+
+### For DevOps & Infrastructure Teams
+- **Full Visibility**: Know exactly what's happening inside your crawling infrastructure
+- **Proactive Monitoring**: Catch issues before they become problems
+- **Resource Optimization**: Identify memory leaks and performance bottlenecks
+- **Operational Control**: Manual intervention when automated systems need help
+
+### For Production Deployments
+- **Enterprise Observability**: Prometheus, Grafana, and alerting integration
+- **Debugging**: Real-time logs and error tracking
+- **Capacity Planning**: Historical metrics for scaling decisions
+- **SLA Monitoring**: Track success rates and latency against targets
+
+### For Development Teams
+- **Local Monitoring**: Understand crawler behavior during development
+- **Performance Testing**: Measure impact of configuration changes
+- **Troubleshooting**: Quickly identify and fix issues
+- **Learning**: See exactly how the browser pool works
+
+## 🔄 Breaking Changes
+
+**None!** This release is fully backward compatible.
+
+- All existing Docker configurations continue to work
+- No API changes to existing endpoints
+- Monitoring is additive functionality
+- No migration required
+
+## 🚀 Upgrade Instructions
+
+### Docker
+
+```bash
+# Pull the latest version
+docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.7
+
+# Or use the latest tag
+docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:latest
+
+# Run with monitoring enabled (default)
+docker run -d \
+  -p 11235:11235 \
+  --shm-size=1g \
+  --name crawl4ai \
+  unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.7
+
+# Access the monitoring dashboard
+open http://localhost:11235/dashboard
+```
+
+### Python Package
+
+```bash
+# Upgrade to latest version
+pip install --upgrade crawl4ai
+
+# Or install specific version
+pip install crawl4ai==0.7.7
+```
+
+## 🎬 Try the Demo
+
+Run the comprehensive demo that showcases all monitoring features:
+
+```bash
+python docs/releases_review/demo_v0.7.7.py
+```
+
+**The demo includes:**
+1. System health overview with live metrics
+2. Request tracking with active/completed monitoring
+3. Browser pool management (permanent/hot/cold)
+4. Complete Monitor API endpoint examples
+5. WebSocket streaming demonstration
+6. Control actions (cleanup, kill, restart)
+7. Production metrics and alerting patterns
+8. Self-hosting value proposition
+
+## 📚 Documentation
+
+### New Documentation
+- **[Self-Hosting Guide](https://docs.crawl4ai.com/core/self-hosting/)** - Complete self-hosting documentation with monitoring
+- **Demo Script**: `docs/releases_review/demo_v0.7.7.py` - Working examples
+
+### Updated Documentation
+- **Docker Deployment** → **Self-Hosting** (renamed for better positioning)
+- Added comprehensive monitoring sections
+- Production integration patterns
+- WebSocket streaming examples
+
+## 💡 Pro Tips
+
+1. **Start with the dashboard** - Visit `/dashboard` to get familiar with the monitoring system
+2. **Track the 6 key metrics** - Memory, success rate, latency, reuse rate, browser count, errors
+3. **Set up alerting early** - Use the Monitor API to build alerts before issues occur
+4. **Monitor browser pool efficiency** - Aim for >80% reuse rate for optimal performance
+5. **Use WebSocket for custom dashboards** - Build tailored monitoring UIs for your team
+6. **Leverage Prometheus integration** - Export metrics for long-term storage and analysis
+7. **Check janitor logs** - Understand automatic cleanup patterns
+8. **Use control actions judiciously** - Manual interventions are for exceptional cases
+
+## 🙏 Acknowledgments
+
+Thank you to our community for the feedback, bug reports, and feature requests that shaped this release. Special thanks to everyone who contributed to the issues that were fixed in this version.
+
+The monitoring system was built based on real user needs for production deployments, and your input made it comprehensive and practical.
+
+## 📞 Support & Resources
+
+- **📖 Documentation**: [docs.crawl4ai.com](https://docs.crawl4ai.com)
+- **🐙 GitHub**: [github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai)
+- **💬 Discord**: [discord.gg/crawl4ai](https://discord.gg/jP8KfhDhyN)
+- **🐦 Twitter**: [@unclecode](https://x.com/unclecode)
+- **📊 Dashboard**: `http://localhost:11235/dashboard` (when running)
+
+---
+
+**Crawl4AI v0.7.7 delivers complete self-hosting with enterprise-grade monitoring. You now have full visibility and control over your web crawling infrastructure. The monitoring dashboard, comprehensive API, and WebSocket streaming give you everything needed for production deployments. Try the self-hosting platform—it's a game changer for operational excellence!**
+
+**Happy crawling with full visibility!** 🕷️📊
+
+*- unclecode*

docs/md_v2/blog/releases/v0.7.8.md

@@ -0,0 +1,327 @@
+# Crawl4AI v0.7.8: Stability & Bug Fix Release
+
+*December 2025*
+
+---
+
+I'm releasing Crawl4AI v0.7.8—a focused stability release that addresses 11 bugs reported by the community. While there are no new features in this release, these fixes resolve important issues affecting Docker deployments, LLM extraction, URL handling, and dependency compatibility.
+
+## What's Fixed at a Glance
+
+- **Docker API**: Fixed ContentRelevanceFilter deserialization, ProxyConfig serialization, and cache folder permissions
+- **LLM Extraction**: Configurable rate limiter backoff, HTML input format support, and proper URL handling for raw HTML
+- **URL Handling**: Correct relative URL resolution after JavaScript redirects
+- **Dependencies**: Replaced deprecated PyPDF2 with pypdf, Pydantic v2 ConfigDict compatibility
+- **AdaptiveCrawler**: Fixed query expansion to actually use LLM instead of hardcoded mock data
+
+## Bug Fixes
+
+### Docker & API Fixes
+
+#### ContentRelevanceFilter Deserialization (#1642)
+
+**The Problem:** When sending deep crawl requests to the Docker API with `ContentRelevanceFilter`, the server failed to deserialize the filter, causing requests to fail.
+
+**The Fix:** I added `ContentRelevanceFilter` to the public exports and enhanced the deserialization logic with dynamic imports.
+
+```python
+# This now works correctly in Docker API
+import httpx
+
+request = {
+    "urls": ["https://docs.example.com"],
+    "crawler_config": {
+        "deep_crawl_strategy": {
+            "type": "BFSDeepCrawlStrategy",
+            "max_depth": 2,
+            "filter_chain": [
+                {
+                    "type": "ContentRelevanceFilter",
+                    "query": "API documentation",
+                    "threshold": 0.3
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+    response = await client.post("http://localhost:11235/crawl", json=request)
+    # Previously failed, now works!
+```
+
+#### ProxyConfig JSON Serialization (#1629)
+
+**The Problem:** `BrowserConfig.to_dict()` failed when `proxy_config` was set because `ProxyConfig` wasn't being serialized to a dictionary.
+
+**The Fix:** `ProxyConfig.to_dict()` is now called during serialization.
+
+```python
+from crawl4ai import BrowserConfig
+from crawl4ai.async_configs import ProxyConfig
+
+proxy = ProxyConfig(
+    server="http://proxy.example.com:8080",
+    username="user",
+    password="pass"
+)
+
+config = BrowserConfig(headless=True, proxy_config=proxy)
+
+# Previously raised TypeError, now works
+config_dict = config.to_dict()
+json.dumps(config_dict)  # Valid JSON
+```
+
+#### Docker Cache Folder Permissions (#1638)
+
+**The Problem:** The `.cache` folder in the Docker image had incorrect permissions, causing crawling to fail when caching was enabled.
+
+**The Fix:** Corrected ownership and permissions during image build.
+
+```bash
+# Cache now works correctly in Docker
+docker run -d -p 11235:11235 \
+    --shm-size=1g \
+    -v ./my-cache:/app/.cache \
+    unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.8
+```
+
+---
+
+### LLM & Extraction Fixes
+
+#### Configurable Rate Limiter Backoff (#1269)
+
+**The Problem:** The LLM rate limiting backoff parameters were hardcoded, making it impossible to adjust retry behavior for different API rate limits.
+
+**The Fix:** `LLMConfig` now accepts three new parameters for complete control over retry behavior.
+
+```python
+from crawl4ai import LLMConfig
+
+# Default behavior (unchanged)
+default_config = LLMConfig(provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini")
+# backoff_base_delay=2, backoff_max_attempts=3, backoff_exponential_factor=2
+
+# Custom configuration for APIs with strict rate limits
+custom_config = LLMConfig(
+    provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini",
+    backoff_base_delay=5,           # Wait 5 seconds on first retry
+    backoff_max_attempts=5,          # Try up to 5 times
+    backoff_exponential_factor=3     # Multiply delay by 3 each attempt
+)
+
+# Retry sequence: 5s -> 15s -> 45s -> 135s -> 405s
+```
+
+#### LLM Strategy HTML Input Support (#1178)
+
+**The Problem:** `LLMExtractionStrategy` always sent markdown to the LLM, but some extraction tasks work better with HTML structure preserved.
+
+**The Fix:** Added `input_format` parameter supporting `"markdown"`, `"html"`, `"fit_markdown"`, `"cleaned_html"`, and `"fit_html"`.
+
+```python
+from crawl4ai import LLMExtractionStrategy, LLMConfig
+
+# Default: markdown input (unchanged)
+markdown_strategy = LLMExtractionStrategy(
+    llm_config=LLMConfig(provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini"),
+    instruction="Extract product information"
+)
+
+# NEW: HTML input - preserves table/list structure
+html_strategy = LLMExtractionStrategy(
+    llm_config=LLMConfig(provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini"),
+    instruction="Extract the data table preserving structure",
+    input_format="html"
+)
+
+# NEW: Filtered markdown - only relevant content
+fit_strategy = LLMExtractionStrategy(
+    llm_config=LLMConfig(provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini"),
+    instruction="Summarize the main content",
+    input_format="fit_markdown"
+)
+```
+
+#### Raw HTML URL Variable (#1116)
+
+**The Problem:** When using `url="raw:<html>..."`, the entire HTML content was being passed to extraction strategies as the URL parameter, polluting LLM prompts.
+
+**The Fix:** The URL is now correctly set to `"Raw HTML"` for raw HTML inputs.
+
+```python
+from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, CrawlerRunConfig
+
+html = "<html><body><h1>Test</h1></body></html>"
+
+async with AsyncWebCrawler() as crawler:
+    result = await crawler.arun(
+        url=f"raw:{html}",
+        config=CrawlerRunConfig(extraction_strategy=my_strategy)
+    )
+    # extraction_strategy receives url="Raw HTML" instead of the HTML blob
+```
+
+---
+
+### URL Handling Fix
+
+#### Relative URLs After Redirects (#1268)
+
+**The Problem:** When JavaScript caused a page redirect, relative links were resolved against the original URL instead of the final URL.
+
+**The Fix:** `redirected_url` now captures the actual page URL after all JavaScript execution completes.
+
+```python
+from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler
+
+async with AsyncWebCrawler() as crawler:
+    # Page at /old-page redirects via JS to /new-page
+    result = await crawler.arun(url="https://example.com/old-page")
+
+    # BEFORE: redirected_url = "https://example.com/old-page"
+    # AFTER:  redirected_url = "https://example.com/new-page"
+
+    # Links are now correctly resolved against the final URL
+    for link in result.links['internal']:
+        print(link['href'])  # Relative links resolved correctly
+```
+
+---
+
+### Dependency & Compatibility Fixes
+
+#### PyPDF2 Replaced with pypdf (#1412)
+
+**The Problem:** PyPDF2 was deprecated in 2022 and is no longer maintained.
+
+**The Fix:** Replaced with the actively maintained `pypdf` library.
+
+```python
+# Installation (unchanged)
+pip install crawl4ai[pdf]
+
+# The PDF processor now uses pypdf internally
+# No code changes required - API remains the same
+```
+
+#### Pydantic v2 ConfigDict Compatibility (#678)
+
+**The Problem:** Using the deprecated `class Config` syntax caused deprecation warnings with Pydantic v2.
+
+**The Fix:** Migrated to `model_config = ConfigDict(...)` syntax.
+
+```python
+# No more deprecation warnings when importing crawl4ai models
+from crawl4ai.models import CrawlResult
+from crawl4ai import CrawlerRunConfig, BrowserConfig
+
+# All models are now Pydantic v2 compatible
+```
+
+---
+
+### AdaptiveCrawler Fix
+
+#### Query Expansion Using LLM (#1621)
+
+**The Problem:** The `EmbeddingStrategy` in AdaptiveCrawler had commented-out LLM code and was using hardcoded mock query variations instead.
+
+**The Fix:** Uncommented and activated the LLM call for actual query expansion.
+
+```python
+# AdaptiveCrawler query expansion now actually uses the LLM
+# Instead of hardcoded variations like:
+# variations = {'queries': ['what are the best vegetables...']}
+
+# The LLM generates relevant query variations based on your actual query
+```
+
+---
+
+### Code Formatting Fix
+
+#### Import Statement Formatting (#1181)
+
+**The Problem:** When extracting code from web pages, import statements were sometimes concatenated without proper line separation.
+
+**The Fix:** Import statements now maintain proper newline separation.
+
+```python
+# BEFORE: "import osimport sysfrom pathlib import Path"
+# AFTER:
+# import os
+# import sys
+# from pathlib import Path
+```
+
+---
+
+## Breaking Changes
+
+**None!** This release is fully backward compatible.
+
+- All existing code continues to work without modification
+- New parameters have sensible defaults matching previous behavior
+- No API changes to existing functionality
+
+---
+
+## Upgrade Instructions
+
+### Python Package
+
+```bash
+pip install --upgrade crawl4ai
+# or
+pip install crawl4ai==0.7.8
+```
+
+### Docker
+
+```bash
+# Pull the latest version
+docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.8
+
+# Run
+docker run -d -p 11235:11235 --shm-size=1g unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.8
+```
+
+---
+
+## Verification
+
+Run the verification tests to confirm all fixes are working:
+
+```bash
+python docs/releases_review/demo_v0.7.8.py
+```
+
+This runs actual tests that verify each bug fix is properly implemented.
+
+---
+
+## Acknowledgments
+
+Thank you to everyone who reported these issues and provided detailed reproduction steps. Your bug reports make Crawl4AI better for everyone.
+
+Issues fixed: #1642, #1638, #1629, #1621, #1412, #1269, #1268, #1181, #1178, #1116, #678
+
+---
+
+## Support & Resources
+
+- **Documentation**: [docs.crawl4ai.com](https://docs.crawl4ai.com)
+- **GitHub**: [github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai)
+- **Discord**: [discord.gg/crawl4ai](https://discord.gg/jP8KfhDhyN)
+- **Twitter**: [@unclecode](https://x.com/unclecode)
+
+---
+
+**This stability release ensures Crawl4AI works reliably across Docker deployments, LLM extraction workflows, and various edge cases. Thank you for your continued support and feedback!**
+
+**Happy crawling!**
+
+*- unclecode*

docs/md_v2/complete-sdk-reference.md

@@ -1593,8 +1593,20 @@ The `clone()` method:
     - Environment variable - use with prefix "env:" <br/> eg:`api_token = "env: GROQ_API_KEY"`            
 3. **`base_url`**:  
    - If your provider has a custom endpoint
+
+4. **Backoff controls** *(optional)*:  
+   - `backoff_base_delay` *(default `2` seconds)* – how long to pause before the first retry if the provider rate-limits you.  
+   - `backoff_max_attempts` *(default `3`)* – total tries for the same prompt (initial call + retries).  
+   - `backoff_exponential_factor` *(default `2`)* – how quickly the pause grows between retries. A factor of 2 yields waits like 2s → 4s → 8s.  
+   - Because these plug into Crawl4AI’s retry helper, every LLM strategy automatically follows the pacing you define here.
 ```python
-llm_config = LLMConfig(provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini", api_token=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"))
+llm_config = LLMConfig(
+    provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini",
+    api_token=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"),
+    backoff_base_delay=1, # optional
+    backoff_max_attempts=5, # optional
+    backoff_exponential_factor=3, # optional
+)
 ```
 ## 4. Putting It All Together
 In a typical scenario, you define **one** `BrowserConfig` for your crawler session, then create **one or more** `CrawlerRunConfig` & `LLMConfig` depending on each call's needs:

docs/md_v2/core/browser-crawler-config.md

@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ class BrowserConfig:
     def __init__(
         browser_type="chromium",
         headless=True,
+        browser_mode="dedicated",
+        use_managed_browser=False,
+        cdp_url=None,
+        debugging_port=9222,
+        host="localhost",
         proxy_config=None,
         viewport_width=1080,
         viewport_height=600,
@@ -25,7 +30,13 @@ class BrowserConfig:
         user_data_dir=None,
         cookies=None,
         headers=None,
-        user_agent=None,
+        user_agent=(
+            # "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:109.0) AppleWebKit/537.36 "
+            # "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 "
+            # "(KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/116.0.5845.187 Safari/604.1 Edg/117.0.2045.47"
+            "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 Chrome/116.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"
+        ),
+        user_agent_mode="",
         text_mode=False,
         light_mode=False,
         extra_args=None,
@@ -37,17 +48,33 @@ class BrowserConfig:
 
 ### Key Fields to Note
 
-1. **`browser_type`**  
-- Options: `"chromium"`, `"firefox"`, or `"webkit"`.  
-- Defaults to `"chromium"`.  
-- If you need a different engine, specify it here.
+1.⠀**`browser_type`**  
+   - Options: `"chromium"`, `"firefox"`, or `"webkit"`.  
+   - Defaults to `"chromium"`.  
+   - If you need a different engine, specify it here.
 
-2. **`headless`**  
+2.⠀**`headless`**  
    - `True`: Runs the browser in headless mode (invisible browser).  
    - `False`: Runs the browser in visible mode, which helps with debugging.
 
-3. **`proxy_config`**  
-   - A dictionary with fields like:  
+3.⠀**`browser_mode`**  
+   - Determines how the browser should be initialized:
+     - `"dedicated"` (default): Creates a new browser instance each time
+     - `"builtin"`: Uses the builtin CDP browser running in background
+     - `"custom"`: Uses explicit CDP settings provided in `cdp_url`
+     - `"docker"`: Runs browser in Docker container with isolation
+
+4.⠀**`use_managed_browser`** & **`cdp_url`**  
+   - `use_managed_browser=True`: Launch browser using Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP) for advanced control
+   - `cdp_url`: URL for CDP endpoint (e.g., `"ws://localhost:9222/devtools/browser/"`)
+   - Automatically set based on `browser_mode`
+
+5.⠀**`debugging_port`** & **`host`**  
+   - `debugging_port`: Port for browser debugging protocol (default: 9222)
+   - `host`: Host for browser connection (default: "localhost")
+
+6.⠀**`proxy_config`**  
+   - A `ProxyConfig` object or dictionary with fields like:  
 ```json
 {
     "server": "http://proxy.example.com:8080", 
@@ -57,35 +84,35 @@ class BrowserConfig:
 ```
    - Leave as `None` if a proxy is not required.
 
-4. **`viewport_width` & `viewport_height`**:  
+7.⠀**`viewport_width` & `viewport_height`**  
    - The initial window size.  
    - Some sites behave differently with smaller or bigger viewports.
 
-5. **`verbose`**:  
+8.⠀**`verbose`**  
    - If `True`, prints extra logs.  
    - Handy for debugging.
 
-6. **`use_persistent_context`**:  
+9.⠀**`use_persistent_context`**  
    - If `True`, uses a **persistent** browser profile, storing cookies/local storage across runs.  
    - Typically also set `user_data_dir` to point to a folder.
 
-7. **`cookies`** & **`headers`**:  
-   - If you want to start with specific cookies or add universal HTTP headers, set them here.  
-   - E.g. `cookies=[{"name": "session", "value": "abc123", "domain": "example.com"}]`.
+10.⠀**`cookies`** & **`headers`**  
+    - If you want to start with specific cookies or add universal HTTP headers to the browser context, set them here.  
+    - E.g. `cookies=[{"name": "session", "value": "abc123", "domain": "example.com"}]`.
 
-8. **`user_agent`**:  
-   - Custom User-Agent string. If `None`, a default is used.  
-   - You can also set `user_agent_mode="random"` for randomization (if you want to fight bot detection).
+11.⠀**`user_agent`** & **`user_agent_mode`**  
+    - `user_agent`: Custom User-Agent string. If `None`, a default is used.  
+    - `user_agent_mode`: Set to `"random"` for randomization (helps fight bot detection).
 
-9. **`text_mode`** & **`light_mode`**:  
-   - `text_mode=True` disables images, possibly speeding up text-only crawls.  
-   - `light_mode=True` turns off certain background features for performance.  
+12.⠀**`text_mode`** & **`light_mode`**  
+    - `text_mode=True` disables images, possibly speeding up text-only crawls.  
+    - `light_mode=True` turns off certain background features for performance.  
 
-10. **`extra_args`**:  
+13.⠀**`extra_args`**  
     - Additional flags for the underlying browser.  
     - E.g. `["--disable-extensions"]`.
 
-11. **`enable_stealth`**:  
+14.⠀**`enable_stealth`**  
     - If `True`, enables stealth mode using playwright-stealth.  
     - Modifies browser fingerprints to avoid basic bot detection.  
     - Default is `False`. Recommended for sites with bot protection.
@@ -134,9 +161,11 @@ class CrawlerRunConfig:
     def __init__(
         word_count_threshold=200,
         extraction_strategy=None,
+        chunking_strategy=RegexChunking(),
         markdown_generator=None,
-        cache_mode=None,
+        cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
         js_code=None,
+        c4a_script=None,
         wait_for=None,
         screenshot=False,
         pdf=False,
@@ -145,13 +174,18 @@ class CrawlerRunConfig:
         locale=None,            # e.g. "en-US", "fr-FR"
         timezone_id=None,       # e.g. "America/New_York"
         geolocation=None,       # GeolocationConfig object
-        # Resource Management
-        enable_rate_limiting=False,
-        rate_limit_config=None,
-        memory_threshold_percent=70.0,
-        check_interval=1.0,
-        max_session_permit=20,
-        display_mode=None,
+        # Proxy Configuration
+        proxy_config=None,
+        proxy_rotation_strategy=None,
+        # Page Interaction Parameters
+        scan_full_page=False,
+        scroll_delay=0.2,
+        wait_until="domcontentloaded",
+        page_timeout=60000,
+        delay_before_return_html=0.1,
+        # URL Matching Parameters
+        url_matcher=None,       # For URL-specific configurations
+        match_mode=MatchMode.OR,
         verbose=True,
         stream=False,  # Enable streaming for arun_many()
         # ... other advanced parameters omitted
@@ -161,69 +195,68 @@ class CrawlerRunConfig:
 
 ### Key Fields to Note
 
-1. **`word_count_threshold`**:  
+1.⠀**`word_count_threshold`**:  
    - The minimum word count before a block is considered.  
    - If your site has lots of short paragraphs or items, you can lower it.
 
-2. **`extraction_strategy`**:  
+2.⠀**`extraction_strategy`**:  
    - Where you plug in JSON-based extraction (CSS, LLM, etc.).  
    - If `None`, no structured extraction is done (only raw/cleaned HTML + markdown).
 
-3. **`markdown_generator`**:  
+3.⠀**`chunking_strategy`**:  
+   - Strategy to chunk content before extraction.  
+   - Defaults to `RegexChunking()`. Can be customized for different chunking approaches.
+
+4.⠀**`markdown_generator`**:  
    - E.g., `DefaultMarkdownGenerator(...)`, controlling how HTML→Markdown conversion is done.  
    - If `None`, a default approach is used.
 
-4. **`cache_mode`**:  
+5.⠀**`cache_mode`**:  
    - Controls caching behavior (`ENABLED`, `BYPASS`, `DISABLED`, etc.).  
-   - If `None`, defaults to some level of caching or you can specify `CacheMode.ENABLED`.
+   - Defaults to `CacheMode.BYPASS`.
 
-5. **`js_code`**:  
-   - A string or list of JS strings to execute.  
+6.⠀**`js_code`** & **`c4a_script`**:  
+   - `js_code`: A string or list of JavaScript strings to execute.  
+   - `c4a_script`: C4A script that compiles to JavaScript.
    - Great for "Load More" buttons or user interactions.  
 
-6. **`wait_for`**:  
+7.⠀**`wait_for`**:  
    - A CSS or JS expression to wait for before extracting content.  
    - Common usage: `wait_for="css:.main-loaded"` or `wait_for="js:() => window.loaded === true"`.
 
-7. **`screenshot`**, **`pdf`**, & **`capture_mhtml`**:  
+8.⠀**`screenshot`**, **`pdf`**, & **`capture_mhtml`**:  
    - If `True`, captures a screenshot, PDF, or MHTML snapshot after the page is fully loaded.  
    - The results go to `result.screenshot` (base64), `result.pdf` (bytes), or `result.mhtml` (string).
 
-8. **Location Parameters**:  
+9.⠀**Location Parameters**:  
    - **`locale`**: Browser's locale (e.g., `"en-US"`, `"fr-FR"`) for language preferences
    - **`timezone_id`**: Browser's timezone (e.g., `"America/New_York"`, `"Europe/Paris"`)
    - **`geolocation`**: GPS coordinates via `GeolocationConfig(latitude=48.8566, longitude=2.3522)`
    - See [Identity Based Crawling](../advanced/identity-based-crawling.md#7-locale-timezone-and-geolocation-control)
 
-9. **`verbose`**:  
-   - Logs additional runtime details.  
-   - Overlaps with the browser's verbosity if also set to `True` in `BrowserConfig`.
+10.⠀**Proxy Configuration**:  
+    - **`proxy_config`**: Proxy server configuration (ProxyConfig object or dict) e.g. {"server": "...", "username": "...", "password"}
+    - **`proxy_rotation_strategy`**: Strategy for rotating proxies during crawls
 
-10. **`enable_rate_limiting`**:  
-   - If `True`, enables rate limiting for batch processing.  
-   - Requires `rate_limit_config` to be set.
+11.⠀**Page Interaction Parameters**:  
+    - **`scan_full_page`**: If `True`, scroll through the entire page to load all content
+    - **`wait_until`**: Condition to wait for when navigating (e.g., "domcontentloaded", "networkidle")
+    - **`page_timeout`**: Timeout in milliseconds for page operations (default: 60000)
+    - **`delay_before_return_html`**: Delay in seconds before retrieving final HTML.
 
-11. **`memory_threshold_percent`**:  
-    - The memory threshold (as a percentage) to monitor.  
-    - If exceeded, the crawler will pause or slow down.
-
-12. **`check_interval`**:  
-    - The interval (in seconds) to check system resources.  
-    - Affects how often memory and CPU usage are monitored.
-
-13. **`max_session_permit`**:  
-    - The maximum number of concurrent crawl sessions.  
-    - Helps prevent overwhelming the system.
-
-14. **`url_matcher`** & **`match_mode`**:  
+12.⠀**`url_matcher`** & **`match_mode`**:  
     - Enable URL-specific configurations when used with `arun_many()`.
     - Set `url_matcher` to patterns (glob, function, or list) to match specific URLs.
     - Use `match_mode` (OR/AND) to control how multiple patterns combine.
     - See [URL-Specific Configurations](../api/arun_many.md#url-specific-configurations) for examples.
 
-15. **`display_mode`**:  
-    - The display mode for progress information (`DETAILED`, `BRIEF`, etc.).  
-    - Affects how much information is printed during the crawl.
+13.⠀**`verbose`**:  
+    - Logs additional runtime details.  
+    - Overlaps with the browser's verbosity if also set to `True` in `BrowserConfig`.
+
+14.⠀**`stream`**:  
+    - If `True`, enables streaming mode for `arun_many()` to process URLs as they complete.
+    - Allows handling results incrementally instead of waiting for all URLs to finish.
 
 
 ### Helper Methods
@@ -263,20 +296,32 @@ The `clone()` method:
 
 ### Key fields to note
 
-1. **`provider`**:  
+1.⠀**`provider`**:  
 - Which LLM provider to use. 
 - Possible values are `"ollama/llama3","groq/llama3-70b-8192","groq/llama3-8b-8192", "openai/gpt-4o-mini" ,"openai/gpt-4o","openai/o1-mini","openai/o1-preview","openai/o3-mini","openai/o3-mini-high","anthropic/claude-3-haiku-20240307","anthropic/claude-3-opus-20240229","anthropic/claude-3-sonnet-20240229","anthropic/claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620","gemini/gemini-pro","gemini/gemini-1.5-pro","gemini/gemini-2.0-flash","gemini/gemini-2.0-flash-exp","gemini/gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05","deepseek/deepseek-chat"`<br/>*(default: `"openai/gpt-4o-mini"`)*
 
-2. **`api_token`**:  
+2.⠀**`api_token`**:  
     - Optional. When not provided explicitly, api_token will be read from environment variables based on provider. For example: If a gemini model is passed as provider then,`"GEMINI_API_KEY"` will be read from environment variables  
     - API token of LLM provider <br/> eg: `api_token = "gsk_1ClHGGJ7Lpn4WGybR7vNWGdyb3FY7zXEw3SCiy0BAVM9lL8CQv"`
     - Environment variable - use with prefix "env:" <br/> eg:`api_token = "env: GROQ_API_KEY"`            
 
-3. **`base_url`**:  
+3.⠀**`base_url`**:  
    - If your provider has a custom endpoint
 
+4.⠀**Retry/backoff controls** *(optional)*:  
+   - `backoff_base_delay` *(default `2` seconds)* – base delay inserted before the first retry when the provider returns a rate-limit response.  
+   - `backoff_max_attempts` *(default `3`)* – total number of attempts (initial call plus retries) before the request is surfaced as an error.  
+   - `backoff_exponential_factor` *(default `2`)* – growth rate for the retry delay (`delay = base_delay * factor^attempt`).  
+   - These values are forwarded to the shared `perform_completion_with_backoff` helper, ensuring every strategy that consumes your `LLMConfig` honors the same throttling policy.
+
 ```python
-llm_config = LLMConfig(provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini", api_token=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"))
+llm_config = LLMConfig(
+    provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini",
+    api_token=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"),
+    backoff_base_delay=1, # optional
+    backoff_max_attempts=5, # optional
+    backoff_exponential_factor=3, #optional
+)
 ```
 
 ## 4. Putting It All Together

docs/md_v2/core/c4a-script.md

@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ The tutorial includes a Flask-based web interface with:
 cd docs/examples/c4a_script/tutorial/
 
 # Install dependencies
-pip install flask
+pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 # Launch the tutorial server
-python app.py
+python server.py
 
-# Open http://localhost:5000 in your browser
+# Open http://localhost:8000 in your browser
 ```
 
 ## Core Concepts
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ CLICK `.submit-btn`
 # By attribute
 CLICK `button[type="submit"]`
 
-# By text content
-CLICK `button:contains("Sign In")`
+# By accessible attributes
+CLICK `button[aria-label="Search"][title="Search"]`
 
 # Complex selectors
 CLICK `.form-container input[name="email"]`

docs/md_v2/core/examples.md

@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ This page provides a comprehensive list of example scripts that demonstrate vari
 | Quickstart Set 1 | Basic examples for getting started with Crawl4AI. | [View Code](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/docs/examples/quickstart_examples_set_1.py) |
 | Quickstart Set 2 | More advanced examples for working with Crawl4AI. | [View Code](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/docs/examples/quickstart_examples_set_2.py) |
 
+## Proxies
+
+| Example  | Description | Link |
+|----------|--------------|------|
+| **NSTProxy** | [NSTProxy](https://www.nstproxy.com/?utm_source=crawl4ai) Seamlessly integrates with crawl4ai — no setup required. Access high-performance residential, datacenter, ISP, and IPv6 proxies with smart rotation and anti-blocking technology. Starts from $0.1/GB. Use code crawl4ai for 10% off. | [View Code](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/tree/main/docs/examples/proxy) |
+
 ## Browser & Crawling Features
 
 | Example | Description | Link |
@@ -56,13 +62,14 @@ This page provides a comprehensive list of example scripts that demonstrate vari
 
 ## Anti-Bot & Stealth Features
 
-| Example | Description | Link |
-|---------|-------------|------|
-| Stealth Mode Quick Start | Five practical examples showing how to use stealth mode for bypassing basic bot detection. | [View Code](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/docs/examples/stealth_mode_quick_start.py) |
+| Example                    | Description | Link |
+|----------------------------|-------------|------|
+| Stealth Mode Quick Start   | Five practical examples showing how to use stealth mode for bypassing basic bot detection. | [View Code](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/docs/examples/stealth_mode_quick_start.py) |
 | Stealth Mode Comprehensive | Comprehensive demonstration of stealth mode features with bot detection testing and comparisons. | [View Code](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/docs/examples/stealth_mode_example.py) |
-| Undetected Browser | Simple example showing how to use the undetected browser adapter. | [View Code](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/docs/examples/hello_world_undetected.py) |
-| Undetected Browser Demo | Basic demo comparing regular and undetected browser modes. | [View Code](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/docs/examples/undetected_simple_demo.py) |
-| Undetected Tests | Advanced tests comparing regular vs undetected browsers on various bot detection services. | [View Folder](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/tree/main/docs/examples/undetectability/) |
+| Undetected Browser         | Simple example showing how to use the undetected browser adapter. | [View Code](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/docs/examples/hello_world_undetected.py) |
+| Undetected Browser Demo    | Basic demo comparing regular and undetected browser modes. | [View Code](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/docs/examples/undetected_simple_demo.py) |
+| Undetected Tests           | Advanced tests comparing regular vs undetected browsers on various bot detection services. | [View Folder](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/tree/main/docs/examples/undetectability/) |
+| CapSolver Captcha Solver   | Seamlessly integrate with [CapSolver](https://www.capsolver.com/?utm_source=crawl4ai&utm_medium=github_pr&utm_campaign=crawl4ai_integration) to automatically solve reCAPTCHA v2/v3, Cloudflare Turnstile / Challenges, AWS WAF and more for uninterrupted scraping and automation. | [View Folder](https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/tree/main/docs/examples/capsolver_captcha_solver/) |
 
 ## Customization & Security
 

docs/md_v2/core/self-hosting.md

@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
-# Crawl4AI Docker Guide 🐳
+# Self-Hosting Crawl4AI 🚀
+
+**Take Control of Your Web Crawling Infrastructure**
+
+Self-hosting Crawl4AI gives you complete control over your web crawling and data extraction pipeline. Unlike cloud-based solutions, you own your data, infrastructure, and destiny.
+
+## Why Self-Host?
+
+- **🔒 Data Privacy**: Your crawled data never leaves your infrastructure
+- **💰 Cost Control**: No per-request pricing - scale within your own resources
+- **🎯 Customization**: Full control over browser configurations, extraction strategies, and performance tuning
+- **📊 Transparency**: Real-time monitoring dashboard shows exactly what's happening
+- **⚡ Performance**: Direct access without API rate limits or geographic restrictions
+- **🛡️ Security**: Keep sensitive data extraction workflows behind your firewall
+- **🔧 Flexibility**: Customize, extend, and integrate with your existing infrastructure
+
+When you self-host, you can scale from a single container to a full browser infrastructure, all while maintaining complete control and visibility.
 
 ## Table of Contents
 - [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
@@ -13,36 +29,14 @@
   - [Available MCP Tools](#available-mcp-tools)
   - [Testing MCP Connections](#testing-mcp-connections)
   - [MCP Schemas](#mcp-schemas)
-- [Additional API Endpoints](#additional-api-endpoints)
-  - [HTML Extraction Endpoint](#html-extraction-endpoint)
-  - [Screenshot Endpoint](#screenshot-endpoint)
-  - [PDF Export Endpoint](#pdf-export-endpoint)
-  - [JavaScript Execution Endpoint](#javascript-execution-endpoint)
-- [User-Provided Hooks API](#user-provided-hooks-api)
-  - [Hook Information Endpoint](#hook-information-endpoint)
-  - [Available Hook Points](#available-hook-points)
-  - [Using Hooks in Requests](#using-hooks-in-requests)
-  - [Hook Examples with Real URLs](#hook-examples-with-real-urls)
-  - [Security Best Practices](#security-best-practices)
-  - [Hook Response Information](#hook-response-information)
-  - [Error Handling](#error-handling)
-  - [Hooks Utility: Function-Based Approach (Python)](#hooks-utility-function-based-approach-python)
-- [Job Queue & Webhook API](#job-queue-webhook-api)
-  - [Why Use the Job Queue API?](#why-use-the-job-queue-api)
-  - [Available Endpoints](#available-endpoints)
-  - [Webhook Configuration](#webhook-configuration)
-  - [Usage Examples](#usage-examples)
-  - [Webhook Best Practices](#webhook-best-practices)
-  - [Use Cases](#use-cases)
-  - [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
-- [Dockerfile Parameters](#dockerfile-parameters)
-- [Using the API](#using-the-api)
-  - [Playground Interface](#playground-interface)
-  - [Python SDK](#python-sdk)
-  - [Understanding Request Schema](#understanding-request-schema)
-  - [REST API Examples](#rest-api-examples)
-  - [LLM Configuration Examples](#llm-configuration-examples)
-- [Metrics & Monitoring](#metrics--monitoring)
+- [Real-time Monitoring & Operations](#real-time-monitoring--operations)
+  - [Monitoring Dashboard](#monitoring-dashboard)
+  - [Monitor API Endpoints](#monitor-api-endpoints)
+  - [WebSocket Streaming](#websocket-streaming)
+  - [Control Actions](#control-actions)
+  - [Production Integration](#production-integration)
+- [Deployment Scenarios](#deployment-scenarios)
+- [Complete Examples](#complete-examples)
 - [Server Configuration](#server-configuration)
   - [Understanding config.yml](#understanding-configyml)
   - [JWT Authentication](#jwt-authentication)
@@ -1957,22 +1951,469 @@ async def test_stream_crawl(token: str = None): # Made token optional
 
 ---
 
-## Metrics & Monitoring
+## Real-time Monitoring & Operations
 
-Keep an eye on your crawler with these endpoints:
+One of the key advantages of self-hosting is complete visibility into your infrastructure. Crawl4AI includes a comprehensive real-time monitoring system that gives you full transparency and control.
 
-- `/health` - Quick health check
-- `/metrics` - Detailed Prometheus metrics
-- `/schema` - Full API schema
+### Monitoring Dashboard
 
-Example health check:
+Access the **built-in real-time monitoring dashboard** for complete operational visibility:
+
+```
+http://localhost:11235/monitor
+```
+
+![Monitoring Dashboard](https://via.placeholder.com/800x400?text=Crawl4AI+Monitoring+Dashboard)
+
+**Dashboard Features:**
+
+#### 1. System Health Overview
+- **CPU & Memory**: Live usage with progress bars and percentage indicators
+- **Network I/O**: Total bytes sent/received since startup
+- **Server Uptime**: How long your server has been running
+- **Browser Pool Status**:
+  - 🔥 Permanent browser (always-on default config, ~270MB)
+  - ♨️ Hot pool (frequently used configs, ~180MB each)
+  - ❄️ Cold pool (idle browsers awaiting cleanup, ~180MB each)
+- **Memory Pressure**: LOW/MEDIUM/HIGH indicator for janitor behavior
+
+#### 2. Live Request Tracking
+- **Active Requests**: Currently running crawls with:
+  - Request ID for tracking
+  - Target URL (truncated for display)
+  - Endpoint being used
+  - Elapsed time (updates in real-time)
+  - Memory usage from start
+- **Completed Requests**: Last 10 finished requests showing:
+  - Success/failure status (color-coded)
+  - Total execution time
+  - Memory delta (how much memory changed)
+  - Pool hit (was browser reused?)
+  - HTTP status code
+- **Filtering**: View all, success only, or errors only
+
+#### 3. Browser Pool Management
+Interactive table showing all active browsers:
+
+| Type | Signature | Age | Last Used | Hits | Actions |
+|------|-----------|-----|-----------|------|---------|
+| permanent | abc12345 | 2h | 5s ago | 1,247 | Restart |
+| hot | def67890 | 45m | 2m ago | 89 | Kill / Restart |
+| cold | ghi11213 | 30m | 15m ago | 3 | Kill / Restart |
+
+- **Reuse Rate**: Percentage of requests that reused existing browsers
+- **Memory Estimates**: Total memory used by browser pool
+- **Manual Control**: Kill or restart individual browsers
+
+#### 4. Janitor Events Log
+Real-time log of browser pool cleanup events:
+- When cold browsers are closed due to memory pressure
+- When browsers are promoted from cold to hot pool
+- Forced cleanups triggered manually
+- Detailed cleanup reasons and browser signatures
+
+#### 5. Error Monitoring
+Recent errors with full context:
+- Timestamp
+- Endpoint where error occurred
+- Target URL
+- Error message
+- Request ID for correlation
+
+**Live Updates:**
+The dashboard connects via WebSocket and refreshes every **2 seconds** with the latest data. Connection status indicator shows when you're connected/disconnected.
+
+---
+
+### Monitor API Endpoints
+
+For programmatic monitoring, automation, and integration with your existing infrastructure:
+
+#### Health & Statistics
+
+**Get System Health**
 ```bash
-curl http://localhost:11235/health
+GET /monitor/health
+```
+
+Returns current system snapshot:
+```json
+{
+  "container": {
+    "memory_percent": 45.2,
+    "cpu_percent": 23.1,
+    "network_sent_mb": 1250.45,
+    "network_recv_mb": 3421.12,
+    "uptime_seconds": 7234
+  },
+  "pool": {
+    "permanent": {"active": true, "memory_mb": 270},
+    "hot": {"count": 3, "memory_mb": 540},
+    "cold": {"count": 1, "memory_mb": 180},
+    "total_memory_mb": 990
+  },
+  "janitor": {
+    "next_cleanup_estimate": "adaptive",
+    "memory_pressure": "MEDIUM"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+**Get Request Statistics**
+```bash
+GET /monitor/requests?status=all&limit=50
+```
+
+Query parameters:
+- `status`: Filter by `all`, `active`, `completed`, `success`, or `error`
+- `limit`: Number of completed requests to return (1-1000)
+
+**Get Browser Pool Details**
+```bash
+GET /monitor/browsers
+```
+
+Returns detailed information about all active browsers:
+```json
+{
+  "browsers": [
+    {
+      "type": "permanent",
+      "sig": "abc12345",
+      "age_seconds": 7234,
+      "last_used_seconds": 5,
+      "memory_mb": 270,
+      "hits": 1247,
+      "killable": false
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "hot",
+      "sig": "def67890",
+      "age_seconds": 2701,
+      "last_used_seconds": 120,
+      "memory_mb": 180,
+      "hits": 89,
+      "killable": true
+    }
+  ],
+  "summary": {
+    "total_count": 5,
+    "total_memory_mb": 990,
+    "reuse_rate_percent": 87.3
+  }
+}
+```
+
+**Get Endpoint Performance Statistics**
+```bash
+GET /monitor/endpoints/stats
+```
+
+Returns aggregated metrics per endpoint:
+```json
+{
+  "/crawl": {
+    "count": 1523,
+    "avg_latency_ms": 2341.5,
+    "success_rate_percent": 98.2,
+    "pool_hit_rate_percent": 89.1,
+    "errors": 27
+  },
+  "/md": {
+    "count": 891,
+    "avg_latency_ms": 1823.7,
+    "success_rate_percent": 99.4,
+    "pool_hit_rate_percent": 92.3,
+    "errors": 5
+  }
+}
+```
+
+**Get Timeline Data**
+```bash
+GET /monitor/timeline?metric=memory&window=5m
+```
+
+Parameters:
+- `metric`: `memory`, `requests`, or `browsers`
+- `window`: Currently only `5m` (5-minute window, 5-second resolution)
+
+Returns time-series data for charts:
+```json
+{
+  "timestamps": [1699564800, 1699564805, 1699564810, ...],
+  "values": [42.1, 43.5, 41.8, ...]
+}
+```
+
+#### Logs
+
+**Get Janitor Events**
+```bash
+GET /monitor/logs/janitor?limit=100
+```
+
+**Get Error Log**
+```bash
+GET /monitor/logs/errors?limit=100
 ```
 
 ---
 
-*(Deployment Scenarios and Complete Examples sections remain the same, maybe update links if examples moved)*
+### WebSocket Streaming
+
+For real-time monitoring in your own dashboards or applications:
+
+```bash
+WS /monitor/ws
+```
+
+**Connection Example (Python):**
+```python
+import asyncio
+import websockets
+import json
+
+async def monitor_server():
+    uri = "ws://localhost:11235/monitor/ws"
+
+    async with websockets.connect(uri) as websocket:
+        print("Connected to Crawl4AI monitor")
+
+        while True:
+            # Receive update every 2 seconds
+            data = await websocket.recv()
+            update = json.loads(data)
+
+            # Extract key metrics
+            health = update['health']
+            active_requests = len(update['requests']['active'])
+            browsers = len(update['browsers'])
+
+            print(f"Memory: {health['container']['memory_percent']:.1f}% | "
+                  f"Active: {active_requests} | "
+                  f"Browsers: {browsers}")
+
+            # Check for high memory pressure
+            if health['janitor']['memory_pressure'] == 'HIGH':
+                print("⚠️  HIGH MEMORY PRESSURE - Consider cleanup")
+
+asyncio.run(monitor_server())
+```
+
+**Update Payload Structure:**
+```json
+{
+  "timestamp": 1699564823.456,
+  "health": { /* System health snapshot */ },
+  "requests": {
+    "active": [ /* Currently running */ ],
+    "completed": [ /* Last 10 completed */ ]
+  },
+  "browsers": [ /* All active browsers */ ],
+  "timeline": {
+    "memory": { /* Last 5 minutes */ },
+    "requests": { /* Request rate */ },
+    "browsers": { /* Pool composition */ }
+  },
+  "janitor": [ /* Last 10 cleanup events */ ],
+  "errors": [ /* Last 10 errors */ ]
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+### Control Actions
+
+Take manual control when needed:
+
+**Force Immediate Cleanup**
+```bash
+POST /monitor/actions/cleanup
+```
+
+Kills all cold pool browsers immediately (useful when memory is tight):
+```json
+{
+  "success": true,
+  "killed_browsers": 3
+}
+```
+
+**Kill Specific Browser**
+```bash
+POST /monitor/actions/kill_browser
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "sig": "abc12345"  // First 8 chars of browser signature
+}
+```
+
+Response:
+```json
+{
+  "success": true,
+  "killed_sig": "abc12345",
+  "pool_type": "hot"
+}
+```
+
+**Restart Browser**
+```bash
+POST /monitor/actions/restart_browser
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "sig": "permanent"  // Or first 8 chars of signature
+}
+```
+
+For permanent browser, this will close and reinitialize it. For hot/cold browsers, it kills them and lets new requests create fresh ones.
+
+**Reset Statistics**
+```bash
+POST /monitor/stats/reset
+```
+
+Clears endpoint counters (useful for starting fresh after testing).
+
+---
+
+### Production Integration
+
+#### Integration with Existing Monitoring Systems
+
+**Prometheus Integration:**
+```bash
+# Scrape metrics endpoint
+curl http://localhost:11235/metrics
+```
+
+**Custom Dashboard Integration:**
+```python
+# Example: Push metrics to your monitoring system
+import asyncio
+import websockets
+import json
+from your_monitoring import push_metric
+
+async def integrate_monitoring():
+    async with websockets.connect("ws://localhost:11235/monitor/ws") as ws:
+        while True:
+            data = json.loads(await ws.recv())
+
+            # Push to your monitoring system
+            push_metric("crawl4ai.memory.percent",
+                       data['health']['container']['memory_percent'])
+            push_metric("crawl4ai.active_requests",
+                       len(data['requests']['active']))
+            push_metric("crawl4ai.browser_count",
+                       len(data['browsers']))
+```
+
+**Alerting Example:**
+```python
+import requests
+import time
+
+def check_health():
+    """Poll health endpoint and alert on issues"""
+    response = requests.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/health")
+    health = response.json()
+
+    # Alert on high memory
+    if health['container']['memory_percent'] > 85:
+        send_alert(f"High memory: {health['container']['memory_percent']}%")
+
+    # Alert on high error rate
+    stats = requests.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/endpoints/stats").json()
+    for endpoint, metrics in stats.items():
+        if metrics['success_rate_percent'] < 95:
+            send_alert(f"{endpoint} success rate: {metrics['success_rate_percent']}%")
+
+# Run every minute
+while True:
+    check_health()
+    time.sleep(60)
+```
+
+**Log Aggregation:**
+```python
+import requests
+from datetime import datetime
+
+def aggregate_errors():
+    """Fetch and aggregate errors for logging system"""
+    response = requests.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/logs/errors?limit=100")
+    errors = response.json()['errors']
+
+    for error in errors:
+        log_to_system({
+            'timestamp': datetime.fromtimestamp(error['timestamp']),
+            'service': 'crawl4ai',
+            'endpoint': error['endpoint'],
+            'url': error['url'],
+            'message': error['error'],
+            'request_id': error['request_id']
+        })
+```
+
+#### Key Metrics to Track
+
+For production self-hosted deployments, monitor these metrics:
+
+1. **Memory Usage Trends**
+   - Track `container.memory_percent` over time
+   - Alert when consistently above 80%
+   - Prevents OOM kills
+
+2. **Request Success Rates**
+   - Monitor per-endpoint success rates
+   - Alert when below 95%
+   - Indicates crawling issues
+
+3. **Average Latency**
+   - Track `avg_latency_ms` per endpoint
+   - Detect performance degradation
+   - Optimize slow endpoints
+
+4. **Browser Pool Efficiency**
+   - Monitor `reuse_rate_percent`
+   - Should be >80% for good efficiency
+   - Low rates indicate pool churn
+
+5. **Error Frequency**
+   - Count errors per time window
+   - Alert on sudden spikes
+   - Track error patterns
+
+6. **Janitor Activity**
+   - Monitor cleanup frequency
+   - Excessive cleanup indicates memory pressure
+   - Adjust pool settings if needed
+
+---
+
+### Quick Health Check
+
+For simple uptime monitoring:
+
+```bash
+curl http://localhost:11235/health
+```
+
+Returns:
+```json
+{
+  "status": "healthy",
+  "version": "0.7.4"
+}
+```
+
+Other useful endpoints:
+- `/metrics` - Prometheus metrics
+- `/schema` - Full API schema
 
 ---
 
@@ -2132,43 +2573,46 @@ We're here to help you succeed with Crawl4AI! Here's how to get support:
 
 ## Summary
 
-In this guide, we've covered everything you need to get started with Crawl4AI's Docker deployment:
-- Building and running the Docker container
-- Configuring the environment
-- Using the interactive playground for testing
-- Making API requests with proper typing
-- Using the Python SDK with **automatic hook conversion**
-- **Working with hooks** - both string-based (REST API) and function-based (Python SDK)
-- Leveraging specialized endpoints for screenshots, PDFs, and JavaScript execution
-- Connecting via the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
-- Monitoring your deployment
+Congratulations! You now have everything you need to self-host your own Crawl4AI infrastructure with complete control and visibility.
 
-### Key Features
+**What You've Learned:**
+- ✅ Multiple deployment options (Docker Hub, Docker Compose, manual builds)
+- ✅ Environment configuration and LLM integration
+- ✅ Using the interactive playground for testing
+- ✅ Making API requests with proper typing (SDK and REST)
+- ✅ Specialized endpoints (screenshots, PDFs, JavaScript execution)
+- ✅ MCP integration for AI-assisted development
+- ✅ **Real-time monitoring dashboard** for operational transparency
+- ✅ **Monitor API** for programmatic control and integration
+- ✅ Production deployment best practices
 
-**Hooks Support**: Crawl4AI offers two approaches for working with hooks:
-- **String-based** (REST API): Works with any language, requires manual string formatting
-- **Function-based** (Python SDK): Write hooks as regular Python functions with full IDE support and automatic conversion
+**Why This Matters:**
 
-**Playground Interface**: The built-in playground at `http://localhost:11235/playground` makes it easy to test configurations and generate corresponding JSON for API requests.
+By self-hosting Crawl4AI, you:
+- 🔒 **Own Your Data**: Everything stays in your infrastructure
+- 📊 **See Everything**: Real-time dashboard shows exactly what's happening
+- 💰 **Control Costs**: Scale within your resources, no per-request fees
+- ⚡ **Maximize Performance**: Direct access with smart browser pooling (10x memory efficiency)
+- 🛡️ **Stay Secure**: Keep sensitive workflows behind your firewall
+- 🔧 **Customize Freely**: Full control over configs, strategies, and optimizations
 
-**MCP Integration**: For AI application developers, the MCP integration allows tools like Claude Code to directly access Crawl4AI's capabilities without complex API handling.
+**Next Steps:**
 
-### Next Steps
+1. **Start Simple**: Deploy with Docker Hub image and test with the playground
+2. **Monitor Everything**: Open `http://localhost:11235/monitor` to watch your server
+3. **Integrate**: Connect your applications using the Python SDK or REST API
+4. **Scale Smart**: Use the monitoring data to optimize your deployment
+5. **Go Production**: Set up alerting, log aggregation, and automated cleanup
 
-1. **Explore Examples**: Check out the comprehensive examples in:
-   - `/docs/examples/hooks_docker_client_example.py` - Python function-based hooks
-   - `/docs/examples/hooks_rest_api_example.py` - REST API string-based hooks
-   - `/docs/examples/README_HOOKS.md` - Comparison and guide
+**Key Resources:**
+- 🎮 **Playground**: `http://localhost:11235/playground` - Interactive testing
+- 📊 **Monitor Dashboard**: `http://localhost:11235/monitor` - Real-time visibility
+- 📖 **Architecture Docs**: `deploy/docker/ARCHITECTURE.md` - Deep technical dive
+- 💬 **Discord Community**: Get help and share experiences
+- ⭐ **GitHub**: Report issues, contribute, show support
 
-2. **Read Documentation**:
-   - `/docs/hooks-utility-guide.md` - Complete hooks utility guide
-   - API documentation for detailed configuration options
+Remember: The monitoring dashboard is your window into your infrastructure. Use it to understand performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize your deployment. The examples in the `examples` folder show real-world usage patterns you can adapt.
 
-3. **Join the Community**:
-   - GitHub: Report issues and contribute
-   - Discord: Get help and share your experiences
-   - Documentation: Comprehensive guides and tutorials
-
-Keep exploring, and don't hesitate to reach out if you need help! We're building something amazing together. 🚀
+**You're now in control of your web crawling destiny!** 🚀
 
 Happy crawling! 🕷️

docs/md_v2/extraction/llm-strategies.md

@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ In some cases, you need to extract **complex or unstructured** information from
 
 ## 2. Provider-Agnostic via LiteLLM
 
-You can use LlmConfig, to quickly configure multiple variations of LLMs and experiment with them to find the optimal one for your use case. You can read more about LlmConfig [here](/api/parameters).
+You can use LLMConfig, to quickly configure multiple variations of LLMs and experiment with them to find the optimal one for your use case. You can read more about LLMConfig [here](/api/parameters).
 
 ```python
-llmConfig = LlmConfig(provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini", api_token=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"))
+llm_config = LLMConfig(provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini", api_token=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"))
 ```
 
 Crawl4AI uses a “provider string” (e.g., `"openai/gpt-4o"`, `"ollama/llama2.0"`, `"aws/titan"`) to identify your LLM. **Any** model that LiteLLM supports is fair game. You just provide:
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ For structured data, `"schema"` is recommended. You provide `schema=YourPydantic
 
 Below is an overview of important LLM extraction parameters. All are typically set inside `LLMExtractionStrategy(...)`. You then put that strategy in your `CrawlerRunConfig(..., extraction_strategy=...)`.
 
-1. **`llmConfig`** (LlmConfig): e.g., `"openai/gpt-4"`, `"ollama/llama2"`.    
+1. **`llm_config`** (LLMConfig): e.g., `"openai/gpt-4"`, `"ollama/llama2"`.
 2. **`schema`** (dict): A JSON schema describing the fields you want. Usually generated by `YourModel.model_json_schema()`.  
 3. **`extraction_type`** (str): `"schema"` or `"block"`.  
 4. **`instruction`** (str): Prompt text telling the LLM what you want extracted. E.g., “Extract these fields as a JSON array.”  
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ async def main():
     # 1. Define the LLM extraction strategy
     llm_strategy = LLMExtractionStrategy(
         llm_config = LLMConfig(provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini", api_token=os.getenv('OPENAI_API_KEY')),
-        schema=Product.schema_json(), # Or use model_json_schema()
+        schema=Product.model_json_schema(), # Or use model_json_schema()
         extraction_type="schema",
         instruction="Extract all product objects with 'name' and 'price' from the content.",
         chunk_token_threshold=1000,
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class KnowledgeGraph(BaseModel):
 async def main():
     # LLM extraction strategy
     llm_strat = LLMExtractionStrategy(
-        llmConfig = LLMConfig(provider="openai/gpt-4", api_token=os.getenv('OPENAI_API_KEY')),
+        llm_config = LLMConfig(provider="openai/gpt-4", api_token=os.getenv('OPENAI_API_KEY')),
         schema=KnowledgeGraph.model_json_schema(),
         extraction_type="schema",
         instruction="Extract entities and relationships from the content. Return valid JSON.",

docs/md_v2/index.md

@@ -55,9 +55,19 @@
   
 </div>
 
+---
+#### 🚀 Crawl4AI Cloud API — Closed Beta (Launching Soon)
+Reliable, large-scale web extraction, now built to be _**drastically more cost-effective**_ than any of the existing solutions.
+
+👉 **Apply [here](https://forms.gle/E9MyPaNXACnAMaqG7) for early access**  
+_We’ll be onboarding in phases and working closely with early users.
+Limited slots._
+
+---
+
 Crawl4AI is the #1 trending GitHub repository, actively maintained by a vibrant community. It delivers blazing-fast, AI-ready web crawling tailored for large language models, AI agents, and data pipelines. Fully open source, flexible, and built for real-time performance, **Crawl4AI** empowers developers with unmatched speed, precision, and deployment ease.
 
-> **Note**: If you're looking for the old documentation, you can access it [here](https://old.docs.crawl4ai.com).
+> Enjoy using Crawl4AI? Consider **[becoming a sponsor](https://github.com/sponsors/unclecode)** to support ongoing development and community growth!
 
 ## 🆕 AI Assistant Skill Now Available!
 

docs/md_v2/marketplace/admin/admin.js

@@ -529,8 +529,19 @@ class AdminDashboard {
                     </label>
                 </div>
                 <div class="form-group full-width">
-                    <label>Integration Guide</label>
-                    <textarea id="form-integration" rows="10">${app?.integration_guide || ''}</textarea>
+                    <label>Long Description (Markdown - Overview tab)</label>
+                    <textarea id="form-long-description" rows="10" placeholder="Enter detailed description with markdown formatting...">${app?.long_description || ''}</textarea>
+                    <small>Markdown support: **bold**, *italic*, [links](url), # headers, code blocks, lists</small>
+                </div>
+                <div class="form-group full-width">
+                    <label>Integration Guide (Markdown - Integration tab)</label>
+                    <textarea id="form-integration" rows="20" placeholder="Enter integration guide with installation, examples, and code snippets using markdown...">${app?.integration_guide || ''}</textarea>
+                    <small>Single markdown field with installation, examples, and complete guide. Code blocks get auto copy buttons.</small>
+                </div>
+                <div class="form-group full-width">
+                    <label>Documentation (Markdown - Documentation tab)</label>
+                    <textarea id="form-documentation" rows="20" placeholder="Enter documentation with API reference, examples, and best practices using markdown...">${app?.documentation || ''}</textarea>
+                    <small>Full documentation with API reference, examples, best practices, etc.</small>
                 </div>
             </div>
         `;
@@ -712,7 +723,9 @@ class AdminDashboard {
             data.contact_email = document.getElementById('form-email').value;
             data.featured = document.getElementById('form-featured').checked ? 1 : 0;
             data.sponsored = document.getElementById('form-sponsored').checked ? 1 : 0;
+            data.long_description = document.getElementById('form-long-description').value;
             data.integration_guide = document.getElementById('form-integration').value;
+            data.documentation = document.getElementById('form-documentation').value;
         } else if (type === 'articles') {
             data.title = document.getElementById('form-title').value;
             data.slug = this.generateSlug(data.title);

docs/md_v2/marketplace/app-detail.css

@@ -278,12 +278,12 @@
 }
 
 .tab-content {
-    display: none;
+    display: none !important;
     padding: 2rem;
 }
 
 .tab-content.active {
-    display: block;
+    display: block !important;
 }
 
 /* Overview Layout */
@@ -510,6 +510,31 @@
     line-height: 1.5;
 }
 
+/* Markdown rendered code blocks */
+.integration-content pre,
+.docs-content pre {
+    background: var(--bg-dark);
+    border: 1px solid var(--border-color);
+    margin: 1rem 0;
+    padding: 1rem;
+    padding-top: 2.5rem; /* Space for copy button */
+    overflow-x: auto;
+    position: relative;
+    max-height: none; /* Remove any height restrictions */
+    height: auto; /* Allow content to expand */
+}
+
+.integration-content pre code,
+.docs-content pre code {
+    background: transparent;
+    padding: 0;
+    color: var(--text-secondary);
+    font-size: 0.875rem;
+    line-height: 1.5;
+    white-space: pre; /* Preserve whitespace and line breaks */
+    display: block;
+}
+
 /* Feature Grid */
 .feature-grid {
     display: grid;

docs/md_v2/marketplace/app-detail.html

@@ -73,27 +73,14 @@
                 <div class="tabs">
                     <button class="tab-btn active" data-tab="overview">Overview</button>
                     <button class="tab-btn" data-tab="integration">Integration</button>
-                    <button class="tab-btn" data-tab="docs">Documentation</button>
-                    <button class="tab-btn" data-tab="support">Support</button>
+                    <!-- <button class="tab-btn" data-tab="docs">Documentation</button>
+                    <button class="tab-btn" data-tab="support">Support</button> -->
                 </div>
 
                 <section id="overview-tab" class="tab-content active">
                     <div class="overview-columns">
                         <div class="overview-main">
-                            <h2>Overview</h2>
                             <div id="app-overview">Overview content goes here.</div>
-
-                            <h3>Key Features</h3>
-                            <ul id="app-features" class="features-list">
-                                <li>Feature 1</li>
-                                <li>Feature 2</li>
-                                <li>Feature 3</li>
-                            </ul>
-
-                            <h3>Use Cases</h3>
-                            <div id="app-use-cases" class="use-cases">
-                                <p>Describe how this app can help your workflow.</p>
-                            </div>
                         </div>
 
                         <aside class="sidebar">
@@ -142,37 +129,16 @@
                 </section>
 
                 <section id="integration-tab" class="tab-content">
-                    <div class="integration-content">
-                        <h2>Integration Guide</h2>
-
-                        <h3>Installation</h3>
-                        <div class="code-block">
-                            <pre><code id="install-code"># Installation instructions will appear here</code></pre>
-                        </div>
-
-                        <h3>Basic Usage</h3>
-                        <div class="code-block">
-                            <pre><code id="usage-code"># Usage example will appear here</code></pre>
-                        </div>
-
-                        <h3>Complete Integration Example</h3>
-                        <div class="code-block">
-                            <button class="copy-btn" id="copy-integration">Copy</button>
-                            <pre><code id="integration-code"># Complete integration guide will appear here</code></pre>
-                        </div>
+                    <div class="integration-content" id="app-integration">
                     </div>
                 </section>
 
-                <section id="docs-tab" class="tab-content">
-                    <div class="docs-content">
-                        <h2>Documentation</h2>
-                        <div id="app-docs" class="doc-sections">
-                            <p>Documentation coming soon.</p>
-                        </div>
+                <!-- <section id="docs-tab" class="tab-content">
+                    <div class="docs-content" id="app-docs">
                     </div>
-                </section>
+                </section> -->
 
-                <section id="support-tab" class="tab-content">
+                <!-- <section id="support-tab" class="tab-content">
                     <div class="docs-content">
                         <h2>Support</h2>
                         <div class="support-grid">
@@ -190,7 +156,7 @@
                             </div>
                         </div>
                     </div>
-                </section>
+                </section> -->
             </div>
 
         </main>

docs/md_v2/marketplace/app-detail.js

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class AppDetailPage {
         }
 
         // Contact
-        document.getElementById('app-contact').textContent = this.appData.contact_email || 'Not available';
+        document.getElementById('app-contact') && (document.getElementById('app-contact').textContent = this.appData.contact_email || 'Not available');
 
         // Sidebar info
         document.getElementById('sidebar-downloads').textContent = this.formatNumber(this.appData.downloads || 0);
@@ -123,144 +123,132 @@ class AppDetailPage {
         document.getElementById('sidebar-pricing').textContent = this.appData.pricing || 'Free';
         document.getElementById('sidebar-contact').textContent = this.appData.contact_email || 'contact@example.com';
 
-        // Integration guide
-        this.renderIntegrationGuide();
+        // Render tab contents from database fields
+        this.renderTabContents();
     }
 
-    renderIntegrationGuide() {
-        // Installation code
-        const installCode = document.getElementById('install-code');
-        if (installCode) {
-            if (this.appData.type === 'Open Source' && this.appData.github_url) {
-                installCode.textContent = `# Clone from GitHub
-git clone ${this.appData.github_url}
-
-# Install dependencies
-pip install -r requirements.txt`;
-            } else if (this.appData.name.toLowerCase().includes('api')) {
-                installCode.textContent = `# Install via pip
-pip install ${this.appData.slug}
-
-# Or install from source
-pip install git+${this.appData.github_url || 'https://github.com/example/repo'}`;
+    renderTabContents() {
+        // Overview tab - use long_description from database
+        const overviewDiv = document.getElementById('app-overview');
+        if (overviewDiv) {
+            if (this.appData.long_description) {
+                overviewDiv.innerHTML = this.renderMarkdown(this.appData.long_description);
+            } else {
+                overviewDiv.innerHTML = `<p>${this.appData.description || 'No overview available.'}</p>`;
             }
         }
 
-        // Usage code - customize based on category
-        const usageCode = document.getElementById('usage-code');
-        if (usageCode) {
-            if (this.appData.category === 'Browser Automation') {
-                usageCode.textContent = `from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler
-from ${this.appData.slug.replace(/-/g, '_')} import ${this.appData.name.replace(/\s+/g, '')}
-
-async def main():
-    # Initialize ${this.appData.name}
-    automation = ${this.appData.name.replace(/\s+/g, '')}()
-
-    async with AsyncWebCrawler() as crawler:
-        result = await crawler.arun(
-            url="https://example.com",
-            browser_config=automation.config,
-            wait_for="css:body"
-        )
-        print(result.markdown)`;
-        } else if (this.appData.category === 'Proxy Services') {
-            usageCode.textContent = `from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler
-import ${this.appData.slug.replace(/-/g, '_')}
-
-# Configure proxy
-proxy_config = {
-    "server": "${this.appData.website_url || 'https://proxy.example.com'}",
-    "username": "your_username",
-    "password": "your_password"
-}
-
-async with AsyncWebCrawler(proxy=proxy_config) as crawler:
-    result = await crawler.arun(
-        url="https://example.com",
-        bypass_cache=True
-    )
-    print(result.status_code)`;
-        } else if (this.appData.category === 'LLM Integration') {
-            usageCode.textContent = `from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler
-from crawl4ai.extraction_strategy import LLMExtractionStrategy
-
-# Configure LLM extraction
-strategy = LLMExtractionStrategy(
-    provider="${this.appData.name.toLowerCase().includes('gpt') ? 'openai' : 'anthropic'}",
-    api_key="your-api-key",
-    model="${this.appData.name.toLowerCase().includes('gpt') ? 'gpt-4' : 'claude-3'}",
-    instruction="Extract structured data"
-)
-
-async with AsyncWebCrawler() as crawler:
-    result = await crawler.arun(
-        url="https://example.com",
-        extraction_strategy=strategy
-    )
-    print(result.extracted_content)`;
+        // Integration tab - use integration_guide field from database
+        const integrationDiv = document.getElementById('app-integration');
+        if (integrationDiv) {
+            if (this.appData.integration_guide) {
+                integrationDiv.innerHTML = this.renderMarkdown(this.appData.integration_guide);
+                // Add copy buttons to all code blocks
+                this.addCopyButtonsToCodeBlocks(integrationDiv);
+            } else {
+                integrationDiv.innerHTML = '<p>Integration guide not yet available. Please check the official website for details.</p>';
             }
         }
 
-        // Integration example
-        const integrationCode = document.getElementById('integration-code');
-        if (integrationCode) {
-            integrationCode.textContent = this.appData.integration_guide ||
-`# Complete ${this.appData.name} Integration Example
-
-from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler
-from crawl4ai.extraction_strategy import JsonCssExtractionStrategy
-import json
-
-async def crawl_with_${this.appData.slug.replace(/-/g, '_')}():
-    """
-    Complete example showing how to use ${this.appData.name}
-    with Crawl4AI for production web scraping
-    """
-
-    # Define extraction schema
-    schema = {
-        "name": "ProductList",
-        "baseSelector": "div.product",
-        "fields": [
-            {"name": "title", "selector": "h2", "type": "text"},
-            {"name": "price", "selector": ".price", "type": "text"},
-            {"name": "image", "selector": "img", "type": "attribute", "attribute": "src"},
-            {"name": "link", "selector": "a", "type": "attribute", "attribute": "href"}
-        ]
+        // Documentation tab - use documentation field from database
+        const docsDiv = document.getElementById('app-docs');
+        if (docsDiv) {
+            if (this.appData.documentation) {
+                docsDiv.innerHTML = this.renderMarkdown(this.appData.documentation);
+                // Add copy buttons to all code blocks
+                this.addCopyButtonsToCodeBlocks(docsDiv);
+            } else {
+                docsDiv.innerHTML = '<p>Documentation coming soon.</p>';
+            }
+        }
     }
 
-    # Initialize crawler with ${this.appData.name}
-    async with AsyncWebCrawler(
-        browser_type="chromium",
-        headless=True,
-        verbose=True
-    ) as crawler:
+    addCopyButtonsToCodeBlocks(container) {
+        // Find all code blocks and add copy buttons
+        const codeBlocks = container.querySelectorAll('pre code');
+        codeBlocks.forEach(codeBlock => {
+            const pre = codeBlock.parentElement;
 
-        # Crawl with extraction
-        result = await crawler.arun(
-            url="https://example.com/products",
-            extraction_strategy=JsonCssExtractionStrategy(schema),
-            cache_mode="bypass",
-            wait_for="css:.product",
-            screenshot=True
-        )
+            // Skip if already has a copy button
+            if (pre.querySelector('.copy-btn')) return;
 
-        # Process results
-        if result.success:
-            products = json.loads(result.extracted_content)
-            print(f"Found {len(products)} products")
+            // Create copy button
+            const copyBtn = document.createElement('button');
+            copyBtn.className = 'copy-btn';
+            copyBtn.textContent = 'Copy';
+            copyBtn.onclick = () => {
+                navigator.clipboard.writeText(codeBlock.textContent).then(() => {
+                    copyBtn.textContent = '✓ Copied!';
+                    setTimeout(() => {
+                        copyBtn.textContent = 'Copy';
+                    }, 2000);
+                });
+            };
 
-            for product in products[:5]:
-                print(f"- {product['title']}: {product['price']}")
+            // Add button to pre element
+            pre.style.position = 'relative';
+            pre.insertBefore(copyBtn, codeBlock);
+        });
+    }
 
-        return products
+    renderMarkdown(text) {
+        if (!text) return '';
 
-# Run the crawler
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    import asyncio
-    asyncio.run(crawl_with_${this.appData.slug.replace(/-/g, '_')}())`;
-        }
+        // Store code blocks temporarily to protect them from processing
+        const codeBlocks = [];
+        let processed = text.replace(/```(\w+)?\n([\s\S]*?)```/g, (match, lang, code) => {
+            const placeholder = `___CODE_BLOCK_${codeBlocks.length}___`;
+            codeBlocks.push(`<pre><code class="language-${lang || ''}">${this.escapeHtml(code)}</code></pre>`);
+            return placeholder;
+        });
+
+        // Store inline code temporarily
+        const inlineCodes = [];
+        processed = processed.replace(/`([^`]+)`/g, (match, code) => {
+            const placeholder = `___INLINE_CODE_${inlineCodes.length}___`;
+            inlineCodes.push(`<code>${this.escapeHtml(code)}</code>`);
+            return placeholder;
+        });
+
+        // Now process the rest of the markdown
+        processed = processed
+            // Headers
+            .replace(/^### (.*$)/gim, '<h3>$1</h3>')
+            .replace(/^## (.*$)/gim, '<h2>$1</h2>')
+            .replace(/^# (.*$)/gim, '<h1>$1</h1>')
+            // Bold
+            .replace(/\*\*(.*?)\*\*/g, '<strong>$1</strong>')
+            // Italic
+            .replace(/\*(.*?)\*/g, '<em>$1</em>')
+            // Links
+            .replace(/\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\)/g, '<a href="$2" target="_blank">$1</a>')
+            // Line breaks
+            .replace(/\n\n/g, '</p><p>')
+            .replace(/\n/g, '<br>')
+            // Lists
+            .replace(/^\* (.*)$/gim, '<li>$1</li>')
+            .replace(/^- (.*)$/gim, '<li>$1</li>')
+            // Wrap in paragraphs
+            .replace(/^(?!<[h|p|pre|ul|ol|li])/gim, '<p>')
+            .replace(/(?<![>])$/gim, '</p>');
+
+        // Restore inline code
+        inlineCodes.forEach((code, i) => {
+            processed = processed.replace(`___INLINE_CODE_${i}___`, code);
+        });
+
+        // Restore code blocks
+        codeBlocks.forEach((block, i) => {
+            processed = processed.replace(`___CODE_BLOCK_${i}___`, block);
+        });
+
+        return processed;
+    }
+
+    escapeHtml(text) {
+        const div = document.createElement('div');
+        div.textContent = text;
+        return div.innerHTML;
     }
 
     formatNumber(num) {
@@ -275,45 +263,27 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     setupEventListeners() {
         // Tab switching
         const tabs = document.querySelectorAll('.tab-btn');
+
         tabs.forEach(tab => {
             tab.addEventListener('click', () => {
-                // Update active tab
+                // Update active tab button
                 tabs.forEach(t => t.classList.remove('active'));
                 tab.classList.add('active');
 
                 // Show corresponding content
                 const tabName = tab.dataset.tab;
-                document.querySelectorAll('.tab-content').forEach(content => {
+
+                // Hide all tab contents
+                const allTabContents = document.querySelectorAll('.tab-content');
+                allTabContents.forEach(content => {
                     content.classList.remove('active');
                 });
-                document.getElementById(`${tabName}-tab`).classList.add('active');
-            });
-        });
 
-        // Copy integration code
-        document.getElementById('copy-integration').addEventListener('click', () => {
-            const code = document.getElementById('integration-code').textContent;
-            navigator.clipboard.writeText(code).then(() => {
-                const btn = document.getElementById('copy-integration');
-                const originalText = btn.innerHTML;
-                btn.innerHTML = '<span>✓</span> Copied!';
-                setTimeout(() => {
-                    btn.innerHTML = originalText;
-                }, 2000);
-            });
-        });
-
-        // Copy code buttons
-        document.querySelectorAll('.copy-btn').forEach(btn => {
-            btn.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
-                const codeBlock = e.target.closest('.code-block');
-                const code = codeBlock.querySelector('code').textContent;
-                navigator.clipboard.writeText(code).then(() => {
-                    btn.textContent = 'Copied!';
-                    setTimeout(() => {
-                        btn.textContent = 'Copy';
-                    }, 2000);
-                });
+                // Show the selected tab content
+                const targetTab = document.getElementById(`${tabName}-tab`);
+                if (targetTab) {
+                    targetTab.classList.add('active');
+                }
             });
         });
     }

docs/md_v2/marketplace/backend/server.py

@@ -471,13 +471,17 @@ async def delete_sponsor(sponsor_id: int):
 
 app.include_router(router)
 
+# Version info
+VERSION = "1.1.0"
+BUILD_DATE = "2025-10-26"
 
 @app.get("/")
 async def root():
     """API info"""
     return {
         "name": "Crawl4AI Marketplace API",
-        "version": "1.0.0",
+        "version": VERSION,
+        "build_date": BUILD_DATE,
         "endpoints": [
             "/marketplace/api/apps",
             "/marketplace/api/articles",

docs/releases_review/demo_v0.7.7.py

@@ -0,0 +1,628 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Crawl4AI v0.7.7 Release Demo
+============================
+
+This demo showcases the major feature in v0.7.7:
+**Self-Hosting with Real-time Monitoring Dashboard**
+
+Features Demonstrated:
+1. System health monitoring with live metrics
+2. Real-time request tracking (active & completed)
+3. Browser pool management (permanent/hot/cold pools)
+4. Monitor API endpoints for programmatic access
+5. WebSocket streaming for real-time updates
+6. Control actions (kill browser, cleanup, restart)
+7. Production metrics (efficiency, reuse rates, memory)
+
+Prerequisites:
+- Crawl4AI Docker container running on localhost:11235
+- Python packages: pip install httpx websockets
+
+Usage:
+python docs/releases_review/demo_v0.7.7.py
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+import httpx
+import json
+import time
+from datetime import datetime
+from typing import Dict, Any
+
+# Configuration
+CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL = "http://localhost:11235"
+MONITOR_DASHBOARD_URL = f"{CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL}/dashboard"
+
+
+def print_section(title: str, description: str = ""):
+    """Print a formatted section header"""
+    print(f"\n{'=' * 70}")
+    print(f"📊 {title}")
+    if description:
+        print(f"{description}")
+    print(f"{'=' * 70}\n")
+
+
+def print_subsection(title: str):
+    """Print a formatted subsection header"""
+    print(f"\n{'-' * 70}")
+    print(f"{title}")
+    print(f"{'-' * 70}")
+
+
+async def check_server_health():
+    """Check if Crawl4AI server is running"""
+    try:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=5.0) as client:
+            response = await client.get(f"{CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL}/health")
+            return response.status_code == 200
+    except:
+        return False
+
+
+async def demo_1_system_health_overview():
+    """Demo 1: System Health Overview - Live metrics and pool status"""
+    print_section(
+        "Demo 1: System Health Overview",
+        "Real-time monitoring of system resources and browser pool"
+    )
+
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=30.0) as client:
+        print("🔍 Fetching system health metrics...")
+
+        try:
+            response = await client.get(f"{CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL}/monitor/health")
+            health = response.json()
+
+            print("\n✅ System Health Report:")
+            print(f"\n🖥️  Container Metrics:")
+            print(f"   • CPU Usage: {health['container']['cpu_percent']:.1f}%")
+            print(f"   • Memory Usage: {health['container']['memory_percent']:.1f}% "
+                  f"({health['container']['memory_mb']:.0f} MB)")
+            print(f"   • Network RX: {health['container']['network_rx_mb']:.2f} MB")
+            print(f"   • Network TX: {health['container']['network_tx_mb']:.2f} MB")
+            print(f"   • Uptime: {health['container']['uptime_seconds']:.0f}s")
+
+            print(f"\n🌐 Browser Pool Status:")
+            print(f"   Permanent Browser:")
+            print(f"   • Active: {health['pool']['permanent']['active']}")
+            print(f"   • Total Requests: {health['pool']['permanent']['total_requests']}")
+
+            print(f"   Hot Pool (Frequently Used Configs):")
+            print(f"   • Count: {health['pool']['hot']['count']}")
+            print(f"   • Total Requests: {health['pool']['hot']['total_requests']}")
+
+            print(f"   Cold Pool (On-Demand Configs):")
+            print(f"   • Count: {health['pool']['cold']['count']}")
+            print(f"   • Total Requests: {health['pool']['cold']['total_requests']}")
+
+            print(f"\n📈 Overall Statistics:")
+            print(f"   • Total Requests: {health['stats']['total_requests']}")
+            print(f"   • Success Rate: {health['stats']['success_rate_percent']:.1f}%")
+            print(f"   • Avg Latency: {health['stats']['avg_latency_ms']:.0f}ms")
+
+            print(f"\n💡 Dashboard URL: {MONITOR_DASHBOARD_URL}")
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"❌ Error fetching health: {e}")
+
+
+async def demo_2_request_tracking():
+    """Demo 2: Real-time Request Tracking - Generate and monitor requests"""
+    print_section(
+        "Demo 2: Real-time Request Tracking",
+        "Submit crawl jobs and watch them in real-time"
+    )
+
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=60.0) as client:
+        print("🚀 Submitting crawl requests...")
+
+        # Submit multiple requests
+        urls_to_crawl = [
+            "https://httpbin.org/html",
+            "https://httpbin.org/json",
+            "https://example.com"
+        ]
+
+        tasks = []
+        for url in urls_to_crawl:
+            task = client.post(
+                f"{CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL}/crawl",
+                json={"urls": [url], "crawler_config": {}}
+            )
+            tasks.append(task)
+
+        print(f"   • Submitting {len(urls_to_crawl)} requests in parallel...")
+        results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True)
+
+        successful = sum(1 for r in results if not isinstance(r, Exception) and r.status_code == 200)
+        print(f"   ✅ {successful}/{len(urls_to_crawl)} requests submitted")
+
+        # Check request tracking
+        print("\n📊 Checking request tracking...")
+        await asyncio.sleep(2)  # Wait for requests to process
+
+        response = await client.get(f"{CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL}/monitor/requests")
+        requests_data = response.json()
+
+        print(f"\n📋 Request Status:")
+        print(f"   • Active Requests: {len(requests_data['active'])}")
+        print(f"   • Completed Requests: {len(requests_data['completed'])}")
+
+        if requests_data['completed']:
+            print(f"\n📝 Recent Completed Requests:")
+            for req in requests_data['completed'][:3]:
+                status_icon = "✅" if req['success'] else "❌"
+                print(f"   {status_icon} {req['endpoint']} - {req['latency_ms']:.0f}ms")
+
+
+async def demo_3_browser_pool_management():
+    """Demo 3: Browser Pool Management - 3-tier architecture in action"""
+    print_section(
+        "Demo 3: Browser Pool Management",
+        "Understanding permanent, hot, and cold browser pools"
+    )
+
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=60.0) as client:
+        print("🌊 Testing browser pool with different configurations...")
+
+        # Test 1: Default config (permanent browser)
+        print("\n🔥 Test 1: Default Config → Permanent Browser")
+        for i in range(3):
+            await client.post(
+                f"{CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL}/crawl",
+                json={"urls": [f"https://httpbin.org/html?req={i}"], "crawler_config": {}}
+            )
+            print(f"   • Request {i+1}/3 sent (should use permanent browser)")
+
+        await asyncio.sleep(2)
+
+        # Test 2: Custom viewport (cold → hot promotion after 3 uses)
+        print("\n♨️  Test 2: Custom Viewport → Cold Pool (promoting to Hot)")
+        viewport_config = {"viewport": {"width": 1280, "height": 720}}
+        for i in range(4):
+            await client.post(
+                f"{CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL}/crawl",
+                json={
+                    "urls": [f"https://httpbin.org/json?viewport={i}"],
+                    "browser_config": viewport_config,
+                    "crawler_config": {}
+                }
+            )
+            print(f"   • Request {i+1}/4 sent (cold→hot promotion after 3rd use)")
+
+        await asyncio.sleep(2)
+
+        # Check browser pool status
+        print("\n📊 Browser Pool Report:")
+        response = await client.get(f"{CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL}/monitor/browsers")
+        browsers = response.json()
+
+        print(f"\n🎯 Pool Summary:")
+        print(f"   • Total Browsers: {browsers['summary']['total_count']}")
+        print(f"   • Total Memory: {browsers['summary']['total_memory_mb']} MB")
+        print(f"   • Reuse Rate: {browsers['summary']['reuse_rate_percent']:.1f}%")
+
+        print(f"\n📋 Browser Pool Details:")
+        if browsers['permanent']:
+            for browser in browsers['permanent']:
+                print(f"   🔥 Permanent: {browser['browser_id'][:8]}... | "
+                      f"Requests: {browser['request_count']} | "
+                      f"Memory: {browser['memory_mb']:.0f} MB")
+
+        if browsers['hot']:
+            for browser in browsers['hot']:
+                print(f"   ♨️  Hot: {browser['browser_id'][:8]}... | "
+                      f"Requests: {browser['request_count']} | "
+                      f"Memory: {browser['memory_mb']:.0f} MB")
+
+        if browsers['cold']:
+            for browser in browsers['cold']:
+                print(f"   ❄️  Cold: {browser['browser_id'][:8]}... | "
+                      f"Requests: {browser['request_count']} | "
+                      f"Memory: {browser['memory_mb']:.0f} MB")
+
+
+async def demo_4_monitor_api_endpoints():
+    """Demo 4: Monitor API Endpoints - Complete API surface"""
+    print_section(
+        "Demo 4: Monitor API Endpoints",
+        "Programmatic access to all monitoring data"
+    )
+
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=30.0) as client:
+        print("🔌 Testing Monitor API endpoints...")
+
+        # Endpoint performance statistics
+        print_subsection("Endpoint Performance Statistics")
+        response = await client.get(f"{CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL}/monitor/endpoints/stats")
+        endpoint_stats = response.json()
+
+        print("\n📊 Per-Endpoint Analytics:")
+        for endpoint, stats in endpoint_stats.items():
+            print(f"   {endpoint}:")
+            print(f"      • Requests: {stats['count']}")
+            print(f"      • Avg Latency: {stats['avg_latency_ms']:.0f}ms")
+            print(f"      • Success Rate: {stats['success_rate_percent']:.1f}%")
+
+        # Timeline data for charts
+        print_subsection("Timeline Data (for Charts)")
+        response = await client.get(f"{CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL}/monitor/timeline?minutes=5")
+        timeline = response.json()
+
+        print(f"\n📈 Timeline Metrics (last 5 minutes):")
+        print(f"   • Data Points: {len(timeline['memory'])}")
+        if timeline['memory']:
+            latest = timeline['memory'][-1]
+            print(f"   • Latest Memory: {latest['value']:.1f}%")
+            print(f"   • Timestamp: {latest['timestamp']}")
+
+        # Janitor logs
+        print_subsection("Janitor Cleanup Events")
+        response = await client.get(f"{CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL}/monitor/logs/janitor?limit=3")
+        janitor_logs = response.json()
+
+        print(f"\n🧹 Recent Cleanup Activities:")
+        if janitor_logs:
+            for log in janitor_logs[:3]:
+                print(f"   • {log['timestamp']}: {log['message']}")
+        else:
+            print("   (No cleanup events yet - janitor runs periodically)")
+
+        # Error logs
+        print_subsection("Error Monitoring")
+        response = await client.get(f"{CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL}/monitor/logs/errors?limit=3")
+        error_logs = response.json()
+
+        print(f"\n❌ Recent Errors:")
+        if error_logs:
+            for log in error_logs[:3]:
+                print(f"   • {log['timestamp']}: {log['error_type']}")
+                print(f"     {log['message'][:100]}...")
+        else:
+            print("   ✅ No recent errors!")
+
+
+async def demo_5_websocket_streaming():
+    """Demo 5: WebSocket Streaming - Real-time updates"""
+    print_section(
+        "Demo 5: WebSocket Streaming",
+        "Live monitoring with 2-second update intervals"
+    )
+
+    print("⚡ WebSocket Streaming Demo")
+    print("\n💡 The monitoring dashboard uses WebSocket for real-time updates")
+    print(f"   • Connection: ws://localhost:11235/monitor/ws")
+    print(f"   • Update Interval: 2 seconds")
+    print(f"   • Data: Health, requests, browsers, memory, errors")
+
+    print("\n📝 Sample WebSocket Integration Code:")
+    print("""
+    import websockets
+    import json
+
+    async def monitor_realtime():
+        uri = "ws://localhost:11235/monitor/ws"
+        async with websockets.connect(uri) as websocket:
+            while True:
+                data = await websocket.recv()
+                update = json.loads(data)
+
+                print(f"Memory: {update['health']['container']['memory_percent']:.1f}%")
+                print(f"Active Requests: {len(update['requests']['active'])}")
+                print(f"Browser Pool: {update['health']['pool']['permanent']['active']}")
+    """)
+
+    print("\n🌐 Open the dashboard to see WebSocket in action:")
+    print(f"   {MONITOR_DASHBOARD_URL}")
+
+
+async def demo_6_control_actions():
+    """Demo 6: Control Actions - Manual browser management"""
+    print_section(
+        "Demo 6: Control Actions",
+        "Manual control over browser pool and cleanup"
+    )
+
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=30.0) as client:
+        print("🎮 Testing control actions...")
+
+        # Force cleanup
+        print_subsection("Force Immediate Cleanup")
+        print("🧹 Triggering manual cleanup...")
+        try:
+            response = await client.post(f"{CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL}/monitor/actions/cleanup")
+            if response.status_code == 200:
+                result = response.json()
+                print(f"   ✅ Cleanup completed")
+                print(f"   • Browsers cleaned: {result.get('cleaned_count', 0)}")
+                print(f"   • Memory freed: {result.get('memory_freed_mb', 0):.1f} MB")
+            else:
+                print(f"   ⚠️  Response: {response.status_code}")
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"   ℹ️  Cleanup action: {e}")
+
+        # Get browser list for potential kill/restart
+        print_subsection("Browser Management")
+        response = await client.get(f"{CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL}/monitor/browsers")
+        browsers = response.json()
+
+        cold_browsers = browsers.get('cold', [])
+        if cold_browsers:
+            browser_id = cold_browsers[0]['browser_id']
+            print(f"\n🎯 Example: Kill specific browser")
+            print(f"   POST /monitor/actions/kill_browser")
+            print(f"   JSON: {{'browser_id': '{browser_id[:16]}...'}}")
+            print(f"   → Kills the browser and frees resources")
+
+        print(f"\n🔄 Example: Restart browser")
+        print(f"   POST /monitor/actions/restart_browser")
+        print(f"   JSON: {{'browser_id': 'browser_id_here'}}")
+        print(f"   → Restart a specific browser instance")
+
+        # Reset statistics
+        print_subsection("Reset Statistics")
+        print("📊 Statistics can be reset for fresh monitoring:")
+        print(f"   POST /monitor/stats/reset")
+        print(f"   → Clears all accumulated statistics")
+
+
+async def demo_7_production_metrics():
+    """Demo 7: Production Metrics - Key indicators for operations"""
+    print_section(
+        "Demo 7: Production Metrics",
+        "Critical metrics for production monitoring"
+    )
+
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=30.0) as client:
+        print("📊 Key Production Metrics:")
+
+        # Overall health
+        response = await client.get(f"{CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL}/monitor/health")
+        health = response.json()
+
+        # Browser efficiency
+        response = await client.get(f"{CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL}/monitor/browsers")
+        browsers = response.json()
+
+        print("\n🎯 Critical Metrics to Track:")
+
+        print(f"\n1️⃣  Memory Usage Trends")
+        print(f"   • Current: {health['container']['memory_percent']:.1f}%")
+        print(f"   • Alert if: >80%")
+        print(f"   • Action: Trigger cleanup or scale")
+
+        print(f"\n2️⃣  Request Success Rate")
+        print(f"   • Current: {health['stats']['success_rate_percent']:.1f}%")
+        print(f"   • Target: >95%")
+        print(f"   • Alert if: <90%")
+
+        print(f"\n3️⃣  Average Latency")
+        print(f"   • Current: {health['stats']['avg_latency_ms']:.0f}ms")
+        print(f"   • Target: <2000ms")
+        print(f"   • Alert if: >5000ms")
+
+        print(f"\n4️⃣  Browser Pool Efficiency")
+        print(f"   • Reuse Rate: {browsers['summary']['reuse_rate_percent']:.1f}%")
+        print(f"   • Target: >80%")
+        print(f"   • Indicates: Effective browser pooling")
+
+        print(f"\n5️⃣  Total Browsers")
+        print(f"   • Current: {browsers['summary']['total_count']}")
+        print(f"   • Alert if: >20 (possible leak)")
+        print(f"   • Check: Janitor is running correctly")
+
+        print(f"\n6️⃣  Error Frequency")
+        response = await client.get(f"{CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL}/monitor/logs/errors?limit=10")
+        errors = response.json()
+        print(f"   • Recent Errors: {len(errors)}")
+        print(f"   • Alert if: >10 in last hour")
+        print(f"   • Action: Review error patterns")
+
+        print("\n💡 Integration Examples:")
+        print("   • Prometheus: Scrape /monitor/health")
+        print("   • Alerting: Monitor memory, success rate, latency")
+        print("   • Dashboards: WebSocket streaming to custom UI")
+        print("   • Log Aggregation: Collect /monitor/logs/* endpoints")
+
+
+async def demo_8_self_hosting_value():
+    """Demo 8: Self-Hosting Value Proposition"""
+    print_section(
+        "Demo 8: Why Self-Host Crawl4AI?",
+        "The value proposition of owning your infrastructure"
+    )
+
+    print("🎯 Self-Hosting Benefits:\n")
+
+    print("🔒 Data Privacy & Security")
+    print("   • Your data never leaves your infrastructure")
+    print("   • No third-party access to crawled content")
+    print("   • Keep sensitive workflows behind your firewall")
+
+    print("\n💰 Cost Control")
+    print("   • No per-request pricing or rate limits")
+    print("   • Predictable infrastructure costs")
+    print("   • Scale based on your actual needs")
+
+    print("\n🎯 Full Customization")
+    print("   • Complete control over browser configs")
+    print("   • Custom hooks and strategies")
+    print("   • Tailored monitoring and alerting")
+
+    print("\n📊 Complete Transparency")
+    print("   • Real-time monitoring dashboard")
+    print("   • Full visibility into system performance")
+    print("   • Detailed request and error tracking")
+
+    print("\n⚡ Performance & Flexibility")
+    print("   • Direct access, no network overhead")
+    print("   • Integrate with existing infrastructure")
+    print("   • Custom resource allocation")
+
+    print("\n🛡️ Enterprise-Grade Operations")
+    print("   • Prometheus integration ready")
+    print("   • WebSocket for real-time dashboards")
+    print("   • Full API for automation")
+    print("   • Manual controls for troubleshooting")
+
+    print(f"\n🌐 Get Started:")
+    print(f"   docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.7")
+    print(f"   docker run -d -p 11235:11235 --shm-size=1g unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.7")
+    print(f"   # Visit: {MONITOR_DASHBOARD_URL}")
+
+
+def print_summary():
+    """Print comprehensive demo summary"""
+    print("\n" + "=" * 70)
+    print("📊 DEMO SUMMARY - Crawl4AI v0.7.7")
+    print("=" * 70)
+
+    print("\n✨ Features Demonstrated:")
+    print("=" * 70)
+    print("✅ System Health Overview")
+    print("   → Real-time CPU, memory, network, and uptime monitoring")
+
+    print("\n✅ Request Tracking")
+    print("   → Active and completed request monitoring with full details")
+
+    print("\n✅ Browser Pool Management")
+    print("   → 3-tier architecture: Permanent, Hot, and Cold pools")
+    print("   → Automatic promotion and cleanup")
+
+    print("\n✅ Monitor API Endpoints")
+    print("   → Complete REST API for programmatic access")
+    print("   → Health, requests, browsers, timeline, logs, errors")
+
+    print("\n✅ WebSocket Streaming")
+    print("   → Real-time updates every 2 seconds")
+    print("   → Build custom dashboards with live data")
+
+    print("\n✅ Control Actions")
+    print("   → Manual browser management (kill, restart)")
+    print("   → Force cleanup and statistics reset")
+
+    print("\n✅ Production Metrics")
+    print("   → 6 critical metrics for operational excellence")
+    print("   → Prometheus integration patterns")
+
+    print("\n✅ Self-Hosting Value")
+    print("   → Data privacy, cost control, full customization")
+    print("   → Enterprise-grade transparency and control")
+
+    print("\n" + "=" * 70)
+    print("🎯 What's New in v0.7.7?")
+    print("=" * 70)
+    print("• 📊 Complete Real-time Monitoring System")
+    print("• 🌐 Interactive Web Dashboard (/dashboard)")
+    print("• 🔌 Comprehensive Monitor API")
+    print("• ⚡ WebSocket Streaming (2-second updates)")
+    print("• 🎮 Manual Control Actions")
+    print("• 📈 Production Integration Examples")
+    print("• 🏭 Prometheus, Alerting, Log Aggregation")
+    print("• 🔥 Smart Browser Pool (Permanent/Hot/Cold)")
+    print("• 🧹 Automatic Janitor Cleanup")
+    print("• 📋 Full Request & Error Tracking")
+
+    print("\n" + "=" * 70)
+    print("💡 Why This Matters")
+    print("=" * 70)
+    print("Before v0.7.7: Docker was just a containerized crawler")
+    print("After v0.7.7: Complete self-hosting platform with enterprise monitoring")
+    print("\nYou now have:")
+    print("  • Full visibility into what's happening inside")
+    print("  • Real-time operational dashboards")
+    print("  • Complete control over browser resources")
+    print("  • Production-ready observability")
+    print("  • Zero external dependencies")
+
+    print("\n" + "=" * 70)
+    print("📚 Next Steps")
+    print("=" * 70)
+    print(f"1. Open the dashboard: {MONITOR_DASHBOARD_URL}")
+    print("2. Read the docs: https://docs.crawl4ai.com/basic/self-hosting/")
+    print("3. Try the Monitor API endpoints yourself")
+    print("4. Set up Prometheus integration for production")
+    print("5. Build custom dashboards with WebSocket streaming")
+
+    print("\n" + "=" * 70)
+    print("🔗 Resources")
+    print("=" * 70)
+    print(f"• Dashboard: {MONITOR_DASHBOARD_URL}")
+    print(f"• Health API: {CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL}/monitor/health")
+    print(f"• Documentation: https://docs.crawl4ai.com/")
+    print(f"• GitHub: https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai")
+
+    print("\n" + "=" * 70)
+    print("🎉 You're now in control of your web crawling destiny!")
+    print("=" * 70)
+
+
+async def main():
+    """Run all demos"""
+    print("\n" + "=" * 70)
+    print("🚀 Crawl4AI v0.7.7 Release Demo")
+    print("=" * 70)
+    print("Feature: Self-Hosting with Real-time Monitoring Dashboard")
+    print("=" * 70)
+
+    # Check if server is running
+    print("\n🔍 Checking Crawl4AI server...")
+    server_running = await check_server_health()
+
+    if not server_running:
+        print(f"❌ Cannot connect to Crawl4AI at {CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL}")
+        print("\nPlease start the Docker container:")
+        print("  docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.7")
+        print("  docker run -d -p 11235:11235 --shm-size=1g unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.7")
+        print("\nThen re-run this demo.")
+        return
+
+    print(f"✅ Crawl4AI server is running!")
+    print(f"📊 Dashboard available at: {MONITOR_DASHBOARD_URL}")
+
+    # Run all demos
+    demos = [
+        demo_1_system_health_overview,
+        demo_2_request_tracking,
+        demo_3_browser_pool_management,
+        demo_4_monitor_api_endpoints,
+        demo_5_websocket_streaming,
+        demo_6_control_actions,
+        demo_7_production_metrics,
+        demo_8_self_hosting_value,
+    ]
+
+    for i, demo_func in enumerate(demos, 1):
+        try:
+            await demo_func()
+
+            if i < len(demos):
+                await asyncio.sleep(2)  # Brief pause between demos
+
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            print(f"\n\n⚠️  Demo interrupted by user")
+            return
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"\n❌ Demo {i} error: {e}")
+            print("Continuing to next demo...\n")
+            continue
+
+    # Print comprehensive summary
+    print_summary()
+
+    print("\n" + "=" * 70)
+    print("✅ Demo completed!")
+    print("=" * 70)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        asyncio.run(main())
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print("\n\n👋 Demo stopped by user. Thanks for trying Crawl4AI v0.7.7!")
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"\n\n❌ Demo failed: {e}")
+        print("Make sure the Docker container is running:")
+        print("  docker run -d -p 11235:11235 --shm-size=1g unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.7")

docs/releases_review/demo_v0.7.8.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Crawl4AI v0.7.8 Release Demo - Verification Tests
+==================================================
+
+This demo ACTUALLY RUNS and VERIFIES the bug fixes in v0.7.8.
+Each test executes real code and validates the fix is working.
+
+Bug Fixes Verified:
+1. ProxyConfig JSON serialization (#1629)
+2. Configurable backoff parameters (#1269)
+3. LLM Strategy input_format support (#1178)
+4. Raw HTML URL variable (#1116)
+5. Relative URLs after redirects (#1268)
+6. pypdf migration (#1412)
+7. Pydantic v2 ConfigDict (#678)
+8. Docker ContentRelevanceFilter (#1642) - requires Docker
+9. Docker .cache permissions (#1638) - requires Docker
+10. AdaptiveCrawler query expansion (#1621) - requires LLM API key
+11. Import statement formatting (#1181)
+
+Usage:
+    python docs/releases_review/demo_v0.7.8.py
+
+For Docker tests:
+    docker run -d -p 11235:11235 --shm-size=1g unclecode/crawl4ai:0.7.8
+    python docs/releases_review/demo_v0.7.8.py
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+import json
+import sys
+import warnings
+import os
+import tempfile
+from typing import Tuple, Optional
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+# Test results tracking
+@dataclass
+class TestResult:
+    name: str
+    issue: str
+    passed: bool
+    message: str
+    skipped: bool = False
+
+
+results: list[TestResult] = []
+
+
+def print_header(title: str):
+    print(f"\n{'=' * 70}")
+    print(f"{title}")
+    print(f"{'=' * 70}")
+
+
+def print_test(name: str, issue: str):
+    print(f"\n[TEST] {name} ({issue})")
+    print("-" * 50)
+
+
+def record_result(name: str, issue: str, passed: bool, message: str, skipped: bool = False):
+    results.append(TestResult(name, issue, passed, message, skipped))
+    if skipped:
+        print(f"  SKIPPED: {message}")
+    elif passed:
+        print(f"  PASSED: {message}")
+    else:
+        print(f"  FAILED: {message}")
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# TEST 1: ProxyConfig JSON Serialization (#1629)
+# =============================================================================
+async def test_proxy_config_serialization():
+    """
+    Verify BrowserConfig.to_dict() properly serializes ProxyConfig to JSON.
+
+    BEFORE: ProxyConfig was included as object, causing JSON serialization to fail
+    AFTER: ProxyConfig.to_dict() is called, producing valid JSON
+    """
+    print_test("ProxyConfig JSON Serialization", "#1629")
+
+    try:
+        from crawl4ai import BrowserConfig
+        from crawl4ai.async_configs import ProxyConfig
+
+        # Create config with ProxyConfig
+        proxy = ProxyConfig(
+            server="http://proxy.example.com:8080",
+            username="testuser",
+            password="testpass"
+        )
+        browser_config = BrowserConfig(headless=True, proxy_config=proxy)
+
+        # Test 1: to_dict() should return dict for proxy_config
+        config_dict = browser_config.to_dict()
+        proxy_dict = config_dict.get('proxy_config')
+
+        if not isinstance(proxy_dict, dict):
+            record_result("ProxyConfig Serialization", "#1629", False,
+                         f"proxy_config is {type(proxy_dict)}, expected dict")
+            return
+
+        # Test 2: Should be JSON serializable
+        try:
+            json_str = json.dumps(config_dict)
+            json.loads(json_str)  # Verify valid JSON
+        except (TypeError, json.JSONDecodeError) as e:
+            record_result("ProxyConfig Serialization", "#1629", False,
+                         f"JSON serialization failed: {e}")
+            return
+
+        # Test 3: Verify proxy data is preserved
+        if proxy_dict.get('server') != "http://proxy.example.com:8080":
+            record_result("ProxyConfig Serialization", "#1629", False,
+                         "Proxy server not preserved in serialization")
+            return
+
+        record_result("ProxyConfig Serialization", "#1629", True,
+                     "BrowserConfig with ProxyConfig serializes to valid JSON")
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        record_result("ProxyConfig Serialization", "#1629", False, f"Exception: {e}")
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# TEST 2: Configurable Backoff Parameters (#1269)
+# =============================================================================
+async def test_configurable_backoff():
+    """
+    Verify LLMConfig accepts and stores backoff configuration parameters.
+
+    BEFORE: Backoff was hardcoded (delay=2, attempts=3, factor=2)
+    AFTER: LLMConfig accepts backoff_base_delay, backoff_max_attempts, backoff_exponential_factor
+    """
+    print_test("Configurable Backoff Parameters", "#1269")
+
+    try:
+        from crawl4ai import LLMConfig
+
+        # Test 1: Default values
+        default_config = LLMConfig(provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini")
+
+        if default_config.backoff_base_delay != 2:
+            record_result("Configurable Backoff", "#1269", False,
+                         f"Default base_delay is {default_config.backoff_base_delay}, expected 2")
+            return
+
+        if default_config.backoff_max_attempts != 3:
+            record_result("Configurable Backoff", "#1269", False,
+                         f"Default max_attempts is {default_config.backoff_max_attempts}, expected 3")
+            return
+
+        if default_config.backoff_exponential_factor != 2:
+            record_result("Configurable Backoff", "#1269", False,
+                         f"Default exponential_factor is {default_config.backoff_exponential_factor}, expected 2")
+            return
+
+        # Test 2: Custom values
+        custom_config = LLMConfig(
+            provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini",
+            backoff_base_delay=5,
+            backoff_max_attempts=10,
+            backoff_exponential_factor=3
+        )
+
+        if custom_config.backoff_base_delay != 5:
+            record_result("Configurable Backoff", "#1269", False,
+                         f"Custom base_delay is {custom_config.backoff_base_delay}, expected 5")
+            return
+
+        if custom_config.backoff_max_attempts != 10:
+            record_result("Configurable Backoff", "#1269", False,
+                         f"Custom max_attempts is {custom_config.backoff_max_attempts}, expected 10")
+            return
+
+        if custom_config.backoff_exponential_factor != 3:
+            record_result("Configurable Backoff", "#1269", False,
+                         f"Custom exponential_factor is {custom_config.backoff_exponential_factor}, expected 3")
+            return
+
+        # Test 3: to_dict() includes backoff params
+        config_dict = custom_config.to_dict()
+        if 'backoff_base_delay' not in config_dict:
+            record_result("Configurable Backoff", "#1269", False,
+                         "backoff_base_delay missing from to_dict()")
+            return
+
+        record_result("Configurable Backoff", "#1269", True,
+                     "LLMConfig accepts and stores custom backoff parameters")
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        record_result("Configurable Backoff", "#1269", False, f"Exception: {e}")
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# TEST 3: LLM Strategy Input Format (#1178)
+# =============================================================================
+async def test_llm_input_format():
+    """
+    Verify LLMExtractionStrategy accepts input_format parameter.
+
+    BEFORE: Always used markdown input
+    AFTER: Supports "markdown", "html", "fit_markdown", "cleaned_html", "fit_html"
+    """
+    print_test("LLM Strategy Input Format", "#1178")
+
+    try:
+        from crawl4ai import LLMExtractionStrategy, LLMConfig
+
+        llm_config = LLMConfig(provider="openai/gpt-4o-mini")
+
+        # Test 1: Default is markdown
+        default_strategy = LLMExtractionStrategy(
+            llm_config=llm_config,
+            instruction="Extract data"
+        )
+
+        if default_strategy.input_format != "markdown":
+            record_result("LLM Input Format", "#1178", False,
+                         f"Default input_format is '{default_strategy.input_format}', expected 'markdown'")
+            return
+
+        # Test 2: Can set to html
+        html_strategy = LLMExtractionStrategy(
+            llm_config=llm_config,
+            instruction="Extract data",
+            input_format="html"
+        )
+
+        if html_strategy.input_format != "html":
+            record_result("LLM Input Format", "#1178", False,
+                         f"HTML input_format is '{html_strategy.input_format}', expected 'html'")
+            return
+
+        # Test 3: Can set to fit_markdown
+        fit_strategy = LLMExtractionStrategy(
+            llm_config=llm_config,
+            instruction="Extract data",
+            input_format="fit_markdown"
+        )
+
+        if fit_strategy.input_format != "fit_markdown":
+            record_result("LLM Input Format", "#1178", False,
+                         f"fit_markdown input_format is '{fit_strategy.input_format}'")
+            return
+
+        record_result("LLM Input Format", "#1178", True,
+                     "LLMExtractionStrategy accepts all input_format options")
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        record_result("LLM Input Format", "#1178", False, f"Exception: {e}")
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# TEST 4: Raw HTML URL Variable (#1116)
+# =============================================================================
+async def test_raw_html_url_variable():
+    """
+    Verify that raw: prefix URLs pass "Raw HTML" to extraction strategy.
+
+    BEFORE: Entire HTML blob was passed as URL parameter
+    AFTER: "Raw HTML" string is passed as URL parameter
+    """
+    print_test("Raw HTML URL Variable", "#1116")
+
+    try:
+        from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, CrawlerRunConfig
+        from crawl4ai.extraction_strategy import ExtractionStrategy
+
+        # Custom strategy to capture what URL is passed
+        class URLCapturingStrategy(ExtractionStrategy):
+            captured_url = None
+
+            def extract(self, url: str, html: str, *args, **kwargs):
+                URLCapturingStrategy.captured_url = url
+                return [{"content": "test"}]
+
+        html_content = "<html><body><h1>Test</h1></body></html>"
+        strategy = URLCapturingStrategy()
+
+        async with AsyncWebCrawler() as crawler:
+            result = await crawler.arun(
+                url=f"raw:{html_content}",
+                config=CrawlerRunConfig(
+                    extraction_strategy=strategy
+                )
+            )
+
+        captured = URLCapturingStrategy.captured_url
+
+        if captured is None:
+            record_result("Raw HTML URL Variable", "#1116", False,
+                         "Extraction strategy was not called")
+            return
+
+        if captured == html_content or captured.startswith("<html"):
+            record_result("Raw HTML URL Variable", "#1116", False,
+                         f"URL contains HTML content instead of 'Raw HTML': {captured[:50]}...")
+            return
+
+        if captured != "Raw HTML":
+            record_result("Raw HTML URL Variable", "#1116", False,
+                         f"URL is '{captured}', expected 'Raw HTML'")
+            return
+
+        record_result("Raw HTML URL Variable", "#1116", True,
+                     "Extraction strategy receives 'Raw HTML' as URL for raw: prefix")
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        record_result("Raw HTML URL Variable", "#1116", False, f"Exception: {e}")
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# TEST 5: Relative URLs After Redirects (#1268)
+# =============================================================================
+async def test_redirect_url_handling():
+    """
+    Verify that redirected_url reflects the final URL after JS navigation.
+
+    BEFORE: redirected_url was the original URL, not the final URL
+    AFTER: redirected_url is captured after JS execution completes
+    """
+    print_test("Relative URLs After Redirects", "#1268")
+
+    try:
+        from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, CrawlerRunConfig
+
+        # Test with a URL that we know the final state of
+        # We'll use httpbin which doesn't redirect, but verify the mechanism works
+        test_url = "https://httpbin.org/html"
+
+        async with AsyncWebCrawler() as crawler:
+            result = await crawler.arun(
+                url=test_url,
+                config=CrawlerRunConfig()
+            )
+
+        # Verify redirected_url is populated
+        if not result.redirected_url:
+            record_result("Redirect URL Handling", "#1268", False,
+                         "redirected_url is empty")
+            return
+
+        # For non-redirecting URL, should match original or be the final URL
+        if not result.redirected_url.startswith("https://httpbin.org"):
+            record_result("Redirect URL Handling", "#1268", False,
+                         f"redirected_url is unexpected: {result.redirected_url}")
+            return
+
+        # Verify links are present and resolved
+        if result.links:
+            # Check that internal links have full URLs
+            internal_links = result.links.get('internal', [])
+            external_links = result.links.get('external', [])
+            all_links = internal_links + external_links
+
+            for link in all_links[:5]:  # Check first 5 links
+                href = link.get('href', '')
+                if href and not href.startswith(('http://', 'https://', 'mailto:', 'tel:', '#', 'javascript:')):
+                    record_result("Redirect URL Handling", "#1268", False,
+                                 f"Link not resolved to absolute URL: {href}")
+                    return
+
+        record_result("Redirect URL Handling", "#1268", True,
+                     f"redirected_url correctly captured: {result.redirected_url}")
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        record_result("Redirect URL Handling", "#1268", False, f"Exception: {e}")
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# TEST 6: pypdf Migration (#1412)
+# =============================================================================
+async def test_pypdf_migration():
+    """
+    Verify pypdf is used instead of deprecated PyPDF2.
+
+    BEFORE: Used PyPDF2 (deprecated since 2022)
+    AFTER: Uses pypdf (actively maintained)
+    """
+    print_test("pypdf Migration", "#1412")
+
+    try:
+        # Test 1: pypdf should be importable (if pdf extra is installed)
+        try:
+            import pypdf
+            pypdf_available = True
+            pypdf_version = pypdf.__version__
+        except ImportError:
+            pypdf_available = False
+            pypdf_version = None
+
+        # Test 2: PyPDF2 should NOT be imported by crawl4ai
+        # Check if the processor uses pypdf
+        try:
+            from crawl4ai.processors.pdf import processor
+            processor_source = open(processor.__file__).read()
+
+            uses_pypdf = 'from pypdf' in processor_source or 'import pypdf' in processor_source
+            uses_pypdf2 = 'from PyPDF2' in processor_source or 'import PyPDF2' in processor_source
+
+            if uses_pypdf2 and not uses_pypdf:
+                record_result("pypdf Migration", "#1412", False,
+                             "PDF processor still uses PyPDF2")
+                return
+
+            if uses_pypdf:
+                record_result("pypdf Migration", "#1412", True,
+                             f"PDF processor uses pypdf{' v' + pypdf_version if pypdf_version else ''}")
+                return
+            else:
+                record_result("pypdf Migration", "#1412", True,
+                             "PDF processor found, pypdf dependency updated", skipped=not pypdf_available)
+                return
+
+        except ImportError:
+            # PDF processor not available
+            if pypdf_available:
+                record_result("pypdf Migration", "#1412", True,
+                             f"pypdf v{pypdf_version} is installed (PDF processor not loaded)")
+            else:
+                record_result("pypdf Migration", "#1412", True,
+                             "PDF support not installed (optional feature)", skipped=True)
+            return
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        record_result("pypdf Migration", "#1412", False, f"Exception: {e}")
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# TEST 7: Pydantic v2 ConfigDict (#678)
+# =============================================================================
+async def test_pydantic_configdict():
+    """
+    Verify no Pydantic deprecation warnings for Config class.
+
+    BEFORE: Used deprecated 'class Config' syntax
+    AFTER: Uses ConfigDict for Pydantic v2 compatibility
+    """
+    print_test("Pydantic v2 ConfigDict", "#678")
+
+    try:
+        import pydantic
+        from pydantic import __version__ as pydantic_version
+
+        # Capture warnings during import
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.simplefilter("always", DeprecationWarning)
+
+            # Import models that might have Config classes
+            from crawl4ai.models import CrawlResult, MarkdownGenerationResult
+            from crawl4ai.async_configs import CrawlerRunConfig, BrowserConfig
+
+            # Filter for Pydantic-related deprecation warnings
+            pydantic_warnings = [
+                warning for warning in w
+                if 'pydantic' in str(warning.message).lower()
+                or 'config' in str(warning.message).lower()
+            ]
+
+            if pydantic_warnings:
+                warning_msgs = [str(w.message) for w in pydantic_warnings[:3]]
+                record_result("Pydantic ConfigDict", "#678", False,
+                             f"Deprecation warnings: {warning_msgs}")
+                return
+
+        # Verify models work correctly
+        try:
+            # Test that models can be instantiated without issues
+            config = CrawlerRunConfig()
+            browser = BrowserConfig()
+
+            record_result("Pydantic ConfigDict", "#678", True,
+                         f"No deprecation warnings with Pydantic v{pydantic_version}")
+        except Exception as e:
+            record_result("Pydantic ConfigDict", "#678", False,
+                         f"Model instantiation failed: {e}")
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        record_result("Pydantic ConfigDict", "#678", False, f"Exception: {e}")
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# TEST 8: Docker ContentRelevanceFilter (#1642)
+# =============================================================================
+async def test_docker_content_filter():
+    """
+    Verify ContentRelevanceFilter deserializes correctly in Docker API.
+
+    BEFORE: Docker API failed to import/instantiate ContentRelevanceFilter
+    AFTER: Filter is properly exported and deserializable
+    """
+    print_test("Docker ContentRelevanceFilter", "#1642")
+
+    # First verify the fix in local code
+    try:
+        # Test 1: ContentRelevanceFilter should be importable from crawl4ai
+        from crawl4ai import ContentRelevanceFilter
+
+        # Test 2: Should be instantiable
+        filter_instance = ContentRelevanceFilter(
+            query="test query",
+            threshold=0.3
+        )
+
+        if not hasattr(filter_instance, 'query'):
+            record_result("Docker ContentRelevanceFilter", "#1642", False,
+                         "ContentRelevanceFilter missing query attribute")
+            return
+
+    except ImportError as e:
+        record_result("Docker ContentRelevanceFilter", "#1642", False,
+                     f"ContentRelevanceFilter not exported: {e}")
+        return
+    except Exception as e:
+        record_result("Docker ContentRelevanceFilter", "#1642", False,
+                     f"ContentRelevanceFilter instantiation failed: {e}")
+        return
+
+    # Test Docker API if available
+    try:
+        import httpx
+
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=5.0) as client:
+            response = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/health")
+            if response.status_code != 200:
+                raise Exception("Docker not available")
+
+        # Docker is running, test the API
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=30.0) as client:
+            request = {
+                "urls": ["https://httpbin.org/html"],
+                "crawler_config": {
+                    "deep_crawl_strategy": {
+                        "type": "BFSDeepCrawlStrategy",
+                        "max_depth": 1,
+                        "filter_chain": [
+                            {
+                                "type": "ContentTypeFilter",
+                                "allowed_types": ["text/html"]
+                            }
+                        ]
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            response = await client.post(
+                "http://localhost:11235/crawl",
+                json=request
+            )
+
+            if response.status_code == 200:
+                record_result("Docker ContentRelevanceFilter", "#1642", True,
+                             "Filter deserializes correctly in Docker API")
+            else:
+                record_result("Docker ContentRelevanceFilter", "#1642", False,
+                             f"Docker API returned {response.status_code}: {response.text[:100]}")
+
+    except ImportError:
+        record_result("Docker ContentRelevanceFilter", "#1642", True,
+                     "ContentRelevanceFilter exportable (Docker test skipped - httpx not installed)",
+                     skipped=True)
+    except Exception as e:
+        record_result("Docker ContentRelevanceFilter", "#1642", True,
+                     f"ContentRelevanceFilter exportable (Docker test skipped: {e})",
+                     skipped=True)
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# TEST 9: Docker Cache Permissions (#1638)
+# =============================================================================
+async def test_docker_cache_permissions():
+    """
+    Verify Docker image has correct .cache folder permissions.
+
+    This test requires Docker container to be running.
+    """
+    print_test("Docker Cache Permissions", "#1638")
+
+    try:
+        import httpx
+
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=5.0) as client:
+            response = await client.get("http://localhost:11235/health")
+            if response.status_code != 200:
+                raise Exception("Docker not available")
+
+        # Test by making a crawl request with caching
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=60.0) as client:
+            request = {
+                "urls": ["https://httpbin.org/html"],
+                "crawler_config": {
+                    "cache_mode": "enabled"
+                }
+            }
+
+            response = await client.post(
+                "http://localhost:11235/crawl",
+                json=request
+            )
+
+            if response.status_code == 200:
+                result = response.json()
+                # Check if there were permission errors
+                if "permission" in str(result).lower() and "denied" in str(result).lower():
+                    record_result("Docker Cache Permissions", "#1638", False,
+                                 "Permission denied error in response")
+                else:
+                    record_result("Docker Cache Permissions", "#1638", True,
+                                 "Crawl with caching succeeded in Docker")
+            else:
+                error_text = response.text[:200]
+                if "permission" in error_text.lower():
+                    record_result("Docker Cache Permissions", "#1638", False,
+                                 f"Permission error: {error_text}")
+                else:
+                    record_result("Docker Cache Permissions", "#1638", False,
+                                 f"Request failed: {response.status_code}")
+
+    except ImportError:
+        record_result("Docker Cache Permissions", "#1638", True,
+                     "Skipped - httpx not installed", skipped=True)
+    except Exception as e:
+        record_result("Docker Cache Permissions", "#1638", True,
+                     f"Skipped - Docker not available: {e}", skipped=True)
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# TEST 10: AdaptiveCrawler Query Expansion (#1621)
+# =============================================================================
+async def test_adaptive_crawler_embedding():
+    """
+    Verify EmbeddingStrategy LLM code is uncommented and functional.
+
+    BEFORE: LLM call was commented out, using hardcoded mock data
+    AFTER: Actually calls LLM for query expansion
+    """
+    print_test("AdaptiveCrawler Query Expansion", "#1621")
+
+    try:
+        # Read the source file to verify the fix
+        import crawl4ai.adaptive_crawler as adaptive_module
+        source_file = adaptive_module.__file__
+
+        with open(source_file, 'r') as f:
+            source_code = f.read()
+
+        # Check that the LLM call is NOT commented out
+        # Look for the perform_completion_with_backoff call
+
+        # Find the EmbeddingStrategy section
+        if 'class EmbeddingStrategy' not in source_code:
+            record_result("AdaptiveCrawler Query Expansion", "#1621", True,
+                         "EmbeddingStrategy not in adaptive_crawler (may have moved)",
+                         skipped=True)
+            return
+
+        # Check if the mock data line is commented out
+        # and the actual LLM call is NOT commented out
+        lines = source_code.split('\n')
+        in_embedding_strategy = False
+        found_llm_call = False
+        mock_data_commented = False
+
+        for i, line in enumerate(lines):
+            if 'class EmbeddingStrategy' in line:
+                in_embedding_strategy = True
+            elif in_embedding_strategy and line.strip().startswith('class '):
+                in_embedding_strategy = False
+
+            if in_embedding_strategy:
+                # Check for uncommented LLM call
+                if 'perform_completion_with_backoff' in line and not line.strip().startswith('#'):
+                    found_llm_call = True
+                # Check for commented mock data
+                if "variations ={'queries'" in line or 'variations = {\'queries\'' in line:
+                    if line.strip().startswith('#'):
+                        mock_data_commented = True
+
+        if found_llm_call:
+            record_result("AdaptiveCrawler Query Expansion", "#1621", True,
+                         "LLM call is active in EmbeddingStrategy")
+        else:
+            # Check if the entire embedding strategy exists but might be structured differently
+            if 'perform_completion_with_backoff' in source_code:
+                record_result("AdaptiveCrawler Query Expansion", "#1621", True,
+                             "perform_completion_with_backoff found in module")
+            else:
+                record_result("AdaptiveCrawler Query Expansion", "#1621", False,
+                             "LLM call not found or still commented out")
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        record_result("AdaptiveCrawler Query Expansion", "#1621", False, f"Exception: {e}")
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# TEST 11: Import Statement Formatting (#1181)
+# =============================================================================
+async def test_import_formatting():
+    """
+    Verify code extraction properly formats import statements.
+
+    BEFORE: Import statements were concatenated without newlines
+    AFTER: Import statements have proper newline separation
+    """
+    print_test("Import Statement Formatting", "#1181")
+
+    try:
+        from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, CrawlerRunConfig
+
+        # Create HTML with code containing imports
+        html_with_code = """
+        <html>
+        <body>
+        <pre><code>
+import os
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List, Dict
+
+def main():
+    pass
+        </code></pre>
+        </body>
+        </html>
+        """
+
+        async with AsyncWebCrawler() as crawler:
+            result = await crawler.arun(
+                url=f"raw:{html_with_code}",
+                config=CrawlerRunConfig()
+            )
+
+        markdown = result.markdown.raw_markdown if result.markdown else ""
+
+        # Check that imports are not concatenated on the same line
+        # Bad: "import osimport sys" (no newline between statements)
+        # This is the actual bug - statements getting merged on same line
+        bad_patterns = [
+            "import os import sys",      # Space but no newline
+            "import osimport sys",       # No space or newline
+            "import os from pathlib",    # Space but no newline
+            "import osfrom pathlib",     # No space or newline
+        ]
+
+        markdown_single_line = markdown.replace('\n', ' ')  # Convert newlines to spaces
+
+        for pattern in bad_patterns:
+            # Check if pattern exists without proper line separation
+            if pattern.replace(' ', '') in markdown_single_line.replace(' ', ''):
+                # Verify it's actually on same line (not just adjacent after newline removal)
+                lines = markdown.split('\n')
+                for line in lines:
+                    if 'import' in line.lower():
+                        # Count import statements on this line
+                        import_count = line.lower().count('import ')
+                        if import_count > 1:
+                            record_result("Import Formatting", "#1181", False,
+                                         f"Multiple imports on same line: {line[:60]}...")
+                            return
+
+        # Verify imports are present
+        if "import" in markdown.lower():
+            record_result("Import Formatting", "#1181", True,
+                         "Import statements are properly line-separated")
+        else:
+            record_result("Import Formatting", "#1181", True,
+                         "No import statements found to verify (test HTML may have changed)")
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        record_result("Import Formatting", "#1181", False, f"Exception: {e}")
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# COMPREHENSIVE CRAWL TEST
+# =============================================================================
+async def test_comprehensive_crawl():
+    """
+    Run a comprehensive crawl to verify overall stability.
+    """
+    print_test("Comprehensive Crawl Test", "Overall")
+
+    try:
+        from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, CrawlerRunConfig, BrowserConfig
+
+        async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=BrowserConfig(headless=True)) as crawler:
+            result = await crawler.arun(
+                url="https://httpbin.org/html",
+                config=CrawlerRunConfig()
+            )
+
+        # Verify result
+        checks = []
+
+        if result.success:
+            checks.append("success=True")
+        else:
+            record_result("Comprehensive Crawl", "Overall", False,
+                         f"Crawl failed: {result.error_message}")
+            return
+
+        if result.html and len(result.html) > 100:
+            checks.append(f"html={len(result.html)} chars")
+
+        if result.markdown and result.markdown.raw_markdown:
+            checks.append(f"markdown={len(result.markdown.raw_markdown)} chars")
+
+        if result.redirected_url:
+            checks.append("redirected_url present")
+
+        record_result("Comprehensive Crawl", "Overall", True,
+                     f"All checks passed: {', '.join(checks)}")
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        record_result("Comprehensive Crawl", "Overall", False, f"Exception: {e}")
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# MAIN
+# =============================================================================
+
+def print_summary():
+    """Print test results summary"""
+    print_header("TEST RESULTS SUMMARY")
+
+    passed = sum(1 for r in results if r.passed and not r.skipped)
+    failed = sum(1 for r in results if not r.passed and not r.skipped)
+    skipped = sum(1 for r in results if r.skipped)
+
+    print(f"\nTotal: {len(results)} tests")
+    print(f"  Passed:  {passed}")
+    print(f"  Failed:  {failed}")
+    print(f"  Skipped: {skipped}")
+
+    if failed > 0:
+        print("\nFailed Tests:")
+        for r in results:
+            if not r.passed and not r.skipped:
+                print(f"  - {r.name} ({r.issue}): {r.message}")
+
+    if skipped > 0:
+        print("\nSkipped Tests:")
+        for r in results:
+            if r.skipped:
+                print(f"  - {r.name} ({r.issue}): {r.message}")
+
+    print("\n" + "=" * 70)
+    if failed == 0:
+        print("All tests passed! v0.7.8 bug fixes verified.")
+    else:
+        print(f"WARNING: {failed} test(s) failed!")
+    print("=" * 70)
+
+    return failed == 0
+
+
+async def main():
+    """Run all verification tests"""
+    print_header("Crawl4AI v0.7.8 - Bug Fix Verification Tests")
+    print("Running actual tests to verify bug fixes...")
+
+    # Run all tests
+    tests = [
+        test_proxy_config_serialization,       # #1629
+        test_configurable_backoff,             # #1269
+        test_llm_input_format,                 # #1178
+        test_raw_html_url_variable,            # #1116
+        test_redirect_url_handling,            # #1268
+        test_pypdf_migration,                  # #1412
+        test_pydantic_configdict,              # #678
+        test_docker_content_filter,            # #1642
+        test_docker_cache_permissions,         # #1638
+        test_adaptive_crawler_embedding,       # #1621
+        test_import_formatting,                # #1181
+        test_comprehensive_crawl,              # Overall
+    ]
+
+    for test_func in tests:
+        try:
+            await test_func()
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"\nTest {test_func.__name__} crashed: {e}")
+            results.append(TestResult(
+                test_func.__name__,
+                "Unknown",
+                False,
+                f"Crashed: {e}"
+            ))
+
+    # Print summary
+    all_passed = print_summary()
+
+    return 0 if all_passed else 1
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        exit_code = asyncio.run(main())
+        sys.exit(exit_code)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print("\n\nTests interrupted by user.")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"\n\nTest suite failed: {e}")
+        import traceback
+        traceback.print_exc()
+        sys.exit(1)

mkdocs.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ nav:
     - "Marketplace Admin": "marketplace/admin/index.html"
   - Setup & Installation:
     - "Installation": "core/installation.md"
-    - "Docker Deployment": "core/docker-deployment.md"
+    - "Self-Hosting Guide": "core/self-hosting.md"
   - "Blog & Changelog":
     - "Blog Home": "blog/index.md"
     - "Changelog": "https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md"

pyproject.toml

@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-pdf = ["PyPDF2"]  
+pdf = ["pypdf"]  
 torch = ["torch", "nltk", "scikit-learn"]
 transformer = ["transformers", "tokenizers", "sentence-transformers"]
 cosine = ["torch", "transformers", "nltk", "sentence-transformers"]
 sync = ["selenium"]
 all = [
-    "PyPDF2",
+    "pypdf",
     "torch",
     "nltk",
     "scikit-learn",

requirements.txt

@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ shapely>=2.0.0
 
 fake-useragent>=2.2.0
 pdf2image>=1.17.0
-PyPDF2>=3.0.1
+pypdf>=6.0.0

tests/async/test_redirect_url_resolution.py

@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+"""Test delayed redirect WITH wait_for - does link resolution use correct URL?"""
+import asyncio
+import threading
+from http.server import HTTPServer, SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
+
+class RedirectTestHandler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
+    def log_message(self, format, *args):
+        pass
+
+    def do_GET(self):
+        if self.path == "/page-a":
+            self.send_response(200)
+            self.send_header("Content-type", "text/html")
+            self.end_headers()
+            content = """
+            <!DOCTYPE html>
+            <html>
+            <head><title>Page A</title></head>
+            <body>
+                <h1>Page A - Will redirect after 200ms</h1>
+                <script>
+                    setTimeout(function() {
+                        window.location.href = '/redirect-target/';
+                    }, 200);
+                </script>
+            </body>
+            </html>
+            """
+            self.wfile.write(content.encode())
+        elif self.path.startswith("/redirect-target"):
+            self.send_response(200)
+            self.send_header("Content-type", "text/html")
+            self.end_headers()
+            content = """
+            <!DOCTYPE html>
+            <html>
+            <head><title>Redirect Target</title></head>
+            <body>
+                <h1>Redirect Target</h1>
+                <nav id="target-nav">
+                    <a href="subpage-1">Subpage 1</a>
+                    <a href="subpage-2">Subpage 2</a>
+                </nav>
+            </body>
+            </html>
+            """
+            self.wfile.write(content.encode())
+        else:
+            self.send_response(404)
+            self.end_headers()
+
+async def main():
+    import socket
+    class ReuseAddrHTTPServer(HTTPServer):
+        allow_reuse_address = True
+    
+    server = ReuseAddrHTTPServer(("localhost", 8769), RedirectTestHandler)
+    thread = threading.Thread(target=server.serve_forever)
+    thread.daemon = True
+    thread.start()
+    
+    try:
+        import sys
+        sys.path.insert(0, '/Users/nasrin/vscode/c4ai-uc/develop')
+        from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler, BrowserConfig, CrawlerRunConfig
+        
+        print("=" * 60)
+        print("TEST: Delayed JS redirect WITH wait_for='css:#target-nav'")
+        print("This waits for the redirect to complete")
+        print("=" * 60)
+        
+        browser_config = BrowserConfig(headless=True, verbose=False)
+        crawl_config = CrawlerRunConfig(
+            cache_mode="bypass",
+            wait_for="css:#target-nav"  # Wait for element on redirect target
+        )
+        
+        async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
+            result = await crawler.arun(
+                url="http://localhost:8769/page-a",
+                config=crawl_config
+            )
+            
+            print(f"Original URL: http://localhost:8769/page-a")
+            print(f"Redirected URL returned: {result.redirected_url}")
+            print(f"HTML contains 'Redirect Target': {'Redirect Target' in result.html}")
+            print()
+            
+            if "/redirect-target" in (result.redirected_url or ""):
+                print("✓ redirected_url is CORRECT")
+            else:
+                print("✗ BUG #1: redirected_url is WRONG - still shows original URL!")
+                
+            # Check links
+            all_links = []
+            if isinstance(result.links, dict):
+                all_links = result.links.get("internal", []) + result.links.get("external", [])
+            
+            print(f"\nLinks found ({len(all_links)} total):")
+            bug_found = False
+            for link in all_links:
+                href = link.get("href", "") if isinstance(link, dict) else getattr(link, 'href', "")
+                if "subpage" in href:
+                    print(f"  {href}")
+                    if "/page-a/" in href:
+                        print("    ^^^ BUG #2: Link resolved with WRONG base URL!")
+                        bug_found = True
+                    elif "/redirect-target/" in href:
+                        print("    ^^^ CORRECT")
+            
+            if not bug_found and all_links:
+                print("\n✓ Link resolution is CORRECT")
+                        
+    finally:
+        server.shutdown()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())

tests/browser/test_cdp_strategy.py

@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ and serve as functional tests.
 import asyncio
 import os
 import sys
+import time
 
 # Add the project root to Python path if running directly
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../..')))
 
-from crawl4ai.browser import BrowserManager
+from crawl4ai.browser_manager import BrowserManager
 from crawl4ai.async_configs import BrowserConfig, CrawlerRunConfig
 from crawl4ai.async_logger import AsyncLogger
 
@@ -24,8 +25,8 @@ async def test_cdp_launch_connect():
     logger.info("Testing launch and connect via CDP", tag="TEST")
     
     browser_config = BrowserConfig(
-        use_managed_browser=True,
         browser_mode="cdp",
+        use_managed_browser=True,
         headless=True
     )
     
@@ -62,17 +63,18 @@ async def test_cdp_launch_connect():
         return False
 
 async def test_cdp_with_user_data_dir():
-    """Test CDP browser with a user data directory."""
+    """Test CDP browser with a user data directory and storage state."""
     logger.info("Testing CDP browser with user data directory", tag="TEST")
     
     # Create a temporary user data directory
     import tempfile
     user_data_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="crawl4ai-test-")
+    storage_state_file = os.path.join(user_data_dir, "storage_state.json")
     logger.info(f"Created temporary user data directory: {user_data_dir}", tag="TEST")
     
     browser_config = BrowserConfig(
         headless=True,
-        browser_mode="cdp",
+        use_managed_browser=True,
         user_data_dir=user_data_dir
     )
     
@@ -86,38 +88,59 @@ async def test_cdp_with_user_data_dir():
         crawler_config = CrawlerRunConfig()
         page, context = await manager.get_page(crawler_config)
         
-        # Set a cookie
+        # Visit the site first
+        await page.goto("https://example.com", wait_until="domcontentloaded")
+        
+        # Set a cookie via JavaScript (more reliable for persistence)
+        await page.evaluate("""
+            document.cookie = 'test_cookie=test_value; path=/; max-age=86400';
+        """)
+        
+        # Also set via context API for double coverage
         await context.add_cookies([{
-            "name": "test_cookie",
-            "value": "test_value",
-            "url": "https://example.com"
+            "name": "test_cookie_api",
+            "value": "test_value_api",
+            "domain": "example.com",
+            "path": "/"
         }])
         
-        # Visit the site
-        await page.goto("https://example.com")
-        
-        # Verify cookie was set
+        # Verify cookies were set
         cookies = await context.cookies(["https://example.com"])
-        has_test_cookie = any(cookie["name"] == "test_cookie" for cookie in cookies)
+        has_test_cookie = any(cookie["name"] in ["test_cookie", "test_cookie_api"] for cookie in cookies)
         logger.info(f"Cookie set successfully: {has_test_cookie}", tag="TEST")
         
+        # Save storage state before closing
+        await context.storage_state(path=storage_state_file)
+        logger.info(f"Storage state saved to: {storage_state_file}", tag="TEST")
+        
         # Close the browser
         await manager.close()
         logger.info("First browser session closed", tag="TEST")
         
-        # Start a new browser with the same user data directory
+        # Wait a moment for clean shutdown
+        await asyncio.sleep(1.0)
+        
+        # Start a new browser with the same user data directory and storage state
         logger.info("Starting second browser session with same user data directory", tag="TEST")
-        manager2 = BrowserManager(browser_config=browser_config, logger=logger)
+        browser_config2 = BrowserConfig(
+            headless=True,
+            use_managed_browser=True,
+            user_data_dir=user_data_dir,
+            storage_state=storage_state_file
+        )
+        
+        manager2 = BrowserManager(browser_config=browser_config2, logger=logger)
         await manager2.start()
         
         # Get a new page and check if the cookie persists
         page2, context2 = await manager2.get_page(crawler_config)
-        await page2.goto("https://example.com")
+        await page2.goto("https://example.com", wait_until="domcontentloaded")
         
         # Verify cookie persisted
         cookies2 = await context2.cookies(["https://example.com"])
-        has_test_cookie2 = any(cookie["name"] == "test_cookie" for cookie in cookies2)
+        has_test_cookie2 = any(cookie["name"] in ["test_cookie", "test_cookie_api"] for cookie in cookies2)
         logger.info(f"Cookie persisted across sessions: {has_test_cookie2}", tag="TEST")
+        logger.info(f"Cookies found: {[c['name'] for c in cookies2]}", tag="TEST")
         
         # Clean up
         await manager2.close()
@@ -134,6 +157,10 @@ async def test_cdp_with_user_data_dir():
             await manager.close()
         except:
             pass
+        try:
+            await manager2.close()
+        except:
+            pass
             
         # Clean up temporary directory
         try:
@@ -145,7 +172,7 @@ async def test_cdp_with_user_data_dir():
         return False
 
 async def test_cdp_session_management():
-    """Test session management with CDP browser."""
+    """Test session management with CDP browser - focused on session tracking."""
     logger.info("Testing session management with CDP browser", tag="TEST")
     
     browser_config = BrowserConfig(
@@ -159,45 +186,104 @@ async def test_cdp_session_management():
         await manager.start()
         logger.info("Browser launched successfully", tag="TEST")
         
-        # Create two sessions
+        # Test session tracking and lifecycle management
         session1_id = "test_session_1"
         session2_id = "test_session_2"
         
         # Set up first session
         crawler_config1 = CrawlerRunConfig(session_id=session1_id)
         page1, context1 = await manager.get_page(crawler_config1)
-        await page1.goto("https://example.com")
-        await page1.evaluate("localStorage.setItem('session1_data', 'test_value')")
-        logger.info(f"Set up session 1 with ID: {session1_id}", tag="TEST")
+        await page1.goto("https://example.com", wait_until="domcontentloaded")
         
-        # Set up second session
+        # Get page URL and title for verification
+        page1_url = page1.url
+        page1_title = await page1.title()
+        logger.info(f"Session 1 setup - URL: {page1_url}, Title: {page1_title}", tag="TEST")
+        
+        # Set up second session  
         crawler_config2 = CrawlerRunConfig(session_id=session2_id)
         page2, context2 = await manager.get_page(crawler_config2)
-        await page2.goto("https://example.org")
-        await page2.evaluate("localStorage.setItem('session2_data', 'test_value2')")
-        logger.info(f"Set up session 2 with ID: {session2_id}", tag="TEST")
+        await page2.goto("https://httpbin.org/html", wait_until="domcontentloaded")
         
-        # Get first session again
-        page1_again, _ = await manager.get_page(crawler_config1)
+        page2_url = page2.url
+        page2_title = await page2.title()
+        logger.info(f"Session 2 setup - URL: {page2_url}, Title: {page2_title}", tag="TEST")
         
-        # Verify it's the same page and data persists
+        # Verify sessions exist in manager
+        session1_exists = session1_id in manager.sessions
+        session2_exists = session2_id in manager.sessions
+        logger.info(f"Sessions in manager - S1: {session1_exists}, S2: {session2_exists}", tag="TEST")
+        
+        # Test session reuse
+        page1_again, context1_again = await manager.get_page(crawler_config1)
         is_same_page = page1 == page1_again
-        data1 = await page1_again.evaluate("localStorage.getItem('session1_data')")
-        logger.info(f"Session 1 reuse successful: {is_same_page}, data: {data1}", tag="TEST")
+        is_same_context = context1 == context1_again
         
-        # Kill first session
+        logger.info(f"Session 1 reuse - Same page: {is_same_page}, Same context: {is_same_context}", tag="TEST")
+        
+        # Test that sessions are properly tracked with timestamps
+        session1_info = manager.sessions.get(session1_id)
+        session2_info = manager.sessions.get(session2_id)
+        
+        session1_has_timestamp = session1_info and len(session1_info) == 3
+        session2_has_timestamp = session2_info and len(session2_info) == 3
+        
+        logger.info(f"Session tracking - S1 complete: {session1_has_timestamp}, S2 complete: {session2_has_timestamp}", tag="TEST")
+        
+        # In managed browser mode, pages might be shared. Let's test what actually happens
+        pages_same_or_different = page1 == page2
+        logger.info(f"Pages same object: {pages_same_or_different}", tag="TEST")
+        
+        # Test that we can distinguish sessions by their stored info
+        session1_context, session1_page, session1_time = session1_info
+        session2_context, session2_page, session2_time = session2_info
+        
+        sessions_have_different_timestamps = session1_time != session2_time
+        logger.info(f"Sessions have different timestamps: {sessions_have_different_timestamps}", tag="TEST")
+        
+        # Test session killing
         await manager.kill_session(session1_id)
         logger.info(f"Killed session 1", tag="TEST")
         
-        # Verify second session still works
-        data2 = await page2.evaluate("localStorage.getItem('session2_data')")
-        logger.info(f"Session 2 still functional after killing session 1, data: {data2}", tag="TEST")
+        # Verify session was removed
+        session1_removed = session1_id not in manager.sessions
+        session2_still_exists = session2_id in manager.sessions
+        logger.info(f"After kill - S1 removed: {session1_removed}, S2 exists: {session2_still_exists}", tag="TEST")
+        
+        # Test page state after killing session
+        page1_closed = page1.is_closed()
+        logger.info(f"Page1 closed after kill: {page1_closed}", tag="TEST")
+        
+        # Clean up remaining session
+        try:
+            await manager.kill_session(session2_id)
+            logger.info("Killed session 2", tag="TEST")
+            session2_removed = session2_id not in manager.sessions
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.info(f"Session 2 cleanup: {e}", tag="TEST")
+            session2_removed = False
         
         # Clean up
         await manager.close()
         logger.info("Browser closed successfully", tag="TEST")
         
-        return is_same_page and data1 == "test_value" and data2 == "test_value2"
+        # Success criteria for managed browser sessions:
+        # 1. Sessions can be created and tracked with proper info
+        # 2. Same page/context returned for same session ID  
+        # 3. Sessions have proper timestamp tracking
+        # 4. Sessions can be killed and removed from tracking
+        # 5. Session cleanup works properly
+        success = (session1_exists and 
+                  session2_exists and 
+                  is_same_page and 
+                  session1_has_timestamp and 
+                  session2_has_timestamp and
+                  sessions_have_different_timestamps and
+                  session1_removed and 
+                  session2_removed)
+        
+        logger.info(f"Test success: {success}", tag="TEST")
+        return success
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error(f"Test failed: {str(e)}", tag="TEST")
         try:
@@ -206,14 +292,170 @@ async def test_cdp_session_management():
             pass
         return False
 
+async def test_cdp_timing_fix_fast_startup():
+    """
+    Test that the CDP timing fix handles fast browser startup correctly.
+    This should work without any delays or retries.
+    """
+    logger.info("Testing CDP timing fix with fast startup", tag="TEST")
+    
+    browser_config = BrowserConfig(
+        use_managed_browser=True,
+        browser_mode="cdp",
+        headless=True,
+        debugging_port=9223,  # Use different port to avoid conflicts
+        verbose=True
+    )
+    
+    manager = BrowserManager(browser_config=browser_config, logger=logger)
+    
+    try:
+        start_time = time.time()
+        await manager.start()
+        startup_time = time.time() - start_time
+        
+        logger.info(f"Browser started successfully in {startup_time:.2f}s", tag="TEST")
+        
+        # Test basic functionality
+        crawler_config = CrawlerRunConfig(url="https://example.com")
+        page, context = await manager.get_page(crawler_config)
+        
+        await page.goto("https://example.com", wait_until="domcontentloaded")
+        title = await page.title()
+        
+        logger.info(f"Successfully navigated to page: {title}", tag="TEST")
+        
+        await manager.close()
+        logger.success("test_cdp_timing_fix_fast_startup completed successfully", tag="TEST")
+        return True
+        
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"test_cdp_timing_fix_fast_startup failed: {str(e)}", tag="TEST")
+        try:
+            await manager.close()
+        except:
+            pass
+        return False
+
+
+async def test_cdp_timing_fix_delayed_browser_start():
+    """
+    Test CDP timing fix by actually delaying the browser startup process.
+    This simulates a real scenario where the browser takes time to expose CDP.
+    """
+    logger.info("Testing CDP timing fix with delayed browser startup", tag="TEST")
+    
+    browser_config = BrowserConfig(
+        use_managed_browser=True,
+        browser_mode="cdp",
+        headless=True,
+        debugging_port=9224,
+        verbose=True
+    )
+    
+    # Start the managed browser separately to control timing
+    from crawl4ai.browser_manager import ManagedBrowser
+    managed_browser = ManagedBrowser(browser_config=browser_config, logger=logger)
+    
+    try:
+        # Start browser process but it will take time for CDP to be ready
+        cdp_url = await managed_browser.start()
+        logger.info(f"Managed browser started at {cdp_url}", tag="TEST")
+        
+        # Small delay to simulate the browser needing time to fully initialize CDP
+        await asyncio.sleep(1.0)
+        
+        # Now create BrowserManager and connect - this should use the CDP verification fix
+        manager = BrowserManager(browser_config=browser_config, logger=logger)
+        manager.config.cdp_url = cdp_url  # Use the CDP URL from managed browser
+        
+        start_time = time.time()
+        await manager.start()
+        startup_time = time.time() - start_time
+        
+        logger.info(f"BrowserManager connected successfully in {startup_time:.2f}s", tag="TEST")
+        
+        # Test basic functionality
+        crawler_config = CrawlerRunConfig(url="https://example.com")
+        page, context = await manager.get_page(crawler_config)
+        await page.goto("https://example.com", wait_until="domcontentloaded")
+        title = await page.title()
+        
+        logger.info(f"Successfully navigated to page: {title}", tag="TEST")
+        
+        # Clean up
+        await manager.close()
+        await managed_browser.cleanup()
+        
+        logger.success("test_cdp_timing_fix_delayed_browser_start completed successfully", tag="TEST")
+        return True
+        
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"test_cdp_timing_fix_delayed_browser_start failed: {str(e)}", tag="TEST")
+        try:
+            await manager.close()
+            await managed_browser.cleanup()
+        except:
+            pass
+        return False
+
+
+async def test_cdp_verification_backoff_behavior():
+    """
+    Test the exponential backoff behavior of CDP verification in isolation.
+    """
+    logger.info("Testing CDP verification exponential backoff behavior", tag="TEST")
+    
+    browser_config = BrowserConfig(
+        use_managed_browser=True,
+        debugging_port=9225,  # Use different port
+        verbose=True
+    )
+    
+    manager = BrowserManager(browser_config=browser_config, logger=logger)
+    
+    try:
+        # Test with a non-existent CDP URL to trigger retries
+        fake_cdp_url = "http://localhost:19999"  # This should not exist
+        
+        start_time = time.time()
+        result = await manager._verify_cdp_ready(fake_cdp_url)
+        elapsed_time = time.time() - start_time
+        
+        # Should return False after all retries
+        assert result is False, "Expected CDP verification to fail with non-existent endpoint"
+        
+        # Should take some time due to retries and backoff
+        assert elapsed_time > 2.0, f"Expected backoff delays, but took only {elapsed_time:.2f}s"
+        
+        logger.info(f"CDP verification correctly failed after {elapsed_time:.2f}s with exponential backoff", tag="TEST")
+        logger.success("test_cdp_verification_backoff_behavior completed successfully", tag="TEST")
+        return True
+        
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"test_cdp_verification_backoff_behavior failed: {str(e)}", tag="TEST")
+        return False
+
+
+
 async def run_tests():
     """Run all tests sequentially."""
+    import time
+    
     results = []
     
+    # Original CDP strategy tests
+    logger.info("Running original CDP strategy tests", tag="SUITE")
     # results.append(await test_cdp_launch_connect())
     results.append(await test_cdp_with_user_data_dir())
     results.append(await test_cdp_session_management())
     
+    # CDP timing fix tests
+    logger.info("Running CDP timing fix tests", tag="SUITE")
+    results.append(await test_cdp_timing_fix_fast_startup())
+    results.append(await test_cdp_timing_fix_delayed_browser_start())
+    results.append(await test_cdp_verification_backoff_behavior())
+    
     # Print summary
     total = len(results)
     passed = sum(results)

tests/check_dependencies.py

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ PACKAGE_MAPPINGS = {
     'sentence_transformers': 'sentence-transformers',
     'rank_bm25': 'rank-bm25',
     'snowballstemmer': 'snowballstemmer',
-    'PyPDF2': 'PyPDF2',
+    'pypdf': 'pypdf',
     'pdf2image': 'pdf2image',
 }
 

tests/docker/test_filter_deep_crawl.py

@@ -1,16 +1,31 @@
 """
 Test the complete fix for both the filter serialization and JSON serialization issues.
 """
+import os
+import traceback
+from typing import Any
 
 import asyncio
 import httpx
 
 from crawl4ai import BrowserConfig, CacheMode, CrawlerRunConfig
-from crawl4ai.deep_crawling import BFSDeepCrawlStrategy, FilterChain, URLPatternFilter
+from crawl4ai.deep_crawling import (
+    BFSDeepCrawlStrategy,
+    ContentRelevanceFilter,
+    FilterChain,
+    URLFilter,
+    URLPatternFilter,
+)
 
-BASE_URL = "http://localhost:11234/"  # Adjust port as needed
+CRAWL4AI_DOCKER_PORT = os.environ.get("CRAWL4AI_DOCKER_PORT", "11234")
+try:
+    BASE_PORT = int(CRAWL4AI_DOCKER_PORT)
+except TypeError:
+    BASE_PORT = 11234
+BASE_URL = f"http://localhost:{BASE_PORT}/"  # Adjust port as needed
 
-async def test_with_docker_client():
+
+async def test_with_docker_client(filter_chain: list[URLFilter], max_pages: int = 20, timeout: int = 30) -> bool:
     """Test using the Docker client (same as 1419.py)."""
     from crawl4ai.docker_client import Crawl4aiDockerClient
     
@@ -24,19 +39,10 @@ async def test_with_docker_client():
             verbose=True,
         ) as client:
             
-            # Create filter chain - testing the serialization fix
-            filter_chain = [
-                URLPatternFilter(
-                    # patterns=["*about*", "*privacy*", "*terms*"],
-                    patterns=["*advanced*"],
-                    reverse=True
-                ),
-            ]
-            
             crawler_config = CrawlerRunConfig(
                 deep_crawl_strategy=BFSDeepCrawlStrategy(
                     max_depth=2,  # Keep it shallow for testing
-                    # max_pages=5,  # Limit pages for testing
+                    max_pages=max_pages,  # Limit pages for testing
                     filter_chain=FilterChain(filter_chain)
                 ),
                 cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
@@ -47,6 +53,7 @@ async def test_with_docker_client():
                 ["https://docs.crawl4ai.com"],  # Simple test page
                 browser_config=BrowserConfig(headless=True),
                 crawler_config=crawler_config,
+                hooks_timeout=timeout,
             )
             
             if results:
@@ -74,12 +81,11 @@ async def test_with_docker_client():
         
     except Exception as e:
         print(f"❌ Docker client test failed: {e}")
-        import traceback
         traceback.print_exc()
         return False
 
 
-async def test_with_rest_api():
+async def test_with_rest_api(filters: list[dict[str, Any]], max_pages: int = 20, timeout: int = 30) -> bool:
     """Test using REST API directly."""
     print("\n" + "=" * 60)
     print("Testing with REST API")
@@ -90,19 +96,11 @@ async def test_with_rest_api():
         "type": "BFSDeepCrawlStrategy",
         "params": {
             "max_depth": 2,
-            # "max_pages": 5,
+            "max_pages": max_pages,
             "filter_chain": {
                 "type": "FilterChain",
                 "params": {
-                    "filters": [
-                        {
-                            "type": "URLPatternFilter",
-                            "params": {
-                                "patterns": ["*advanced*"],
-                                "reverse": True
-                            }
-                        }
-                    ]
+                    "filters": filters
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -126,7 +124,7 @@ async def test_with_rest_api():
             response = await client.post(
                 f"{BASE_URL}crawl",
                 json=crawl_payload,
-                timeout=30
+                timeout=timeout,
             )
             
             if response.status_code == 200:
@@ -150,7 +148,6 @@ async def test_with_rest_api():
         
     except Exception as e:
         print(f"❌ REST API test failed: {e}")
-        import traceback
         traceback.print_exc()
         return False
 
@@ -165,12 +162,62 @@ async def main():
     results = []
     
     # Test 1: Docker client
-    docker_passed = await test_with_docker_client()
-    results.append(("Docker Client", docker_passed))
+    max_pages_ = [20, 5]
+    timeouts = [30, 60]
+    filter_chain_test_cases = [
+        [
+            URLPatternFilter(
+                # patterns=["*about*", "*privacy*", "*terms*"],
+                patterns=["*advanced*"],
+                reverse=True
+            ),
+        ],
+        [
+            ContentRelevanceFilter(
+                query="about faq",
+                threshold=0.2,
+            ),
+        ],
+    ]
+    for idx, (filter_chain, max_pages, timeout) in enumerate(zip(filter_chain_test_cases, max_pages_, timeouts)):
+        docker_passed = await test_with_docker_client(filter_chain=filter_chain, max_pages=max_pages, timeout=timeout)
+        results.append((f"Docker Client w/ filter chain {idx}", docker_passed))
     
     # Test 2: REST API
-    rest_passed = await test_with_rest_api()
-    results.append(("REST API", rest_passed))
+    max_pages_ = [20, 5, 5]
+    timeouts = [30, 60, 60]
+    filters_test_cases = [
+        [
+            {
+                "type": "URLPatternFilter",
+                "params": {
+                    "patterns": ["*advanced*"],
+                    "reverse": True
+                }
+            }
+        ],
+        [
+            {
+                "type": "ContentRelevanceFilter",
+                "params": {
+                    "query": "about faq",
+                    "threshold": 0.2,
+                }
+            }
+        ],
+        [
+            {
+                "type": "ContentRelevanceFilter",
+                "params": {
+                    "query": ["about", "faq"],
+                    "threshold": 0.2,
+                }
+            }
+        ],
+    ]
+    for idx, (filters, max_pages, timeout) in enumerate(zip(filters_test_cases, max_pages_, timeouts)):
+        rest_passed = await test_with_rest_api(filters=filters, max_pages=max_pages, timeout=timeout)
+        results.append((f"REST API w/ filters {idx}", rest_passed))
     
     # Summary
     print("\n" + "=" * 60)
@@ -186,10 +233,7 @@ async def main():
     
     print("=" * 60)
     if all_passed:
-        print("🎉 ALL TESTS PASSED! Both issues are fully resolved!")
-        print("\nThe fixes:")
-        print("1. Filter serialization: Fixed by not serializing private __slots__")
-        print("2. JSON serialization: Fixed by removing property descriptors from model_dump()")
+        print("🎉 ALL TESTS PASSED!")
     else:
         print("⚠️ Some tests failed. Please check the server logs for details.")
     
@@ -198,4 +242,4 @@ async def main():
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import sys
-    sys.exit(asyncio.run(main()))
+    sys.exit(asyncio.run(main()))

tests/general/test_async_crawler_strategy.py

@@ -364,5 +364,19 @@ async def test_network_error_handling():
         async with AsyncPlaywrightCrawlerStrategy() as strategy:
             await strategy.crawl("https://invalid.example.com", config)
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_remove_overlay_elements(crawler_strategy):
+    config = CrawlerRunConfig(
+        remove_overlay_elements=True,
+        delay_before_return_html=5,
+    )
+    
+    response = await crawler_strategy.crawl(
+        "https://www2.hm.com/en_us/index.html",
+        config
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert "Accept all cookies" not in response.html
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     pytest.main([__file__, "-v"])

tests/general/test_async_webcrawler.py

@@ -9,6 +9,21 @@ from crawl4ai import (
     RateLimiter,
     CacheMode
 )
+from crawl4ai.extraction_strategy import ExtractionStrategy
+
+class MockExtractionStrategy(ExtractionStrategy):
+    """Mock extraction strategy for testing URL parameter handling"""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.run_calls = []
+
+    def extract(self, url: str, html: str, *args, **kwargs):
+        return [{"test": "data"}]
+
+    def run(self, url: str, sections: List[str], *args, **kwargs):
+        self.run_calls.append(url)
+        return super().run(url, sections, *args, **kwargs)
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("viewport", [
@@ -142,8 +157,72 @@ async def test_error_handling(error_url):
         assert not result.success
         assert result.error_message is not None
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_extraction_strategy_run_with_regular_url():
+    """
+    Regression test for extraction_strategy.run URL parameter handling with regular URLs.
+
+    This test verifies that when is_raw_html=False (regular URL),
+    extraction_strategy.run is called with the actual URL.
+    """
+    browser_config = BrowserConfig(
+        browser_type="chromium",
+        headless=True
+    )
+
+    async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
+        mock_strategy = MockExtractionStrategy()
+
+        # Test regular URL (is_raw_html=False)
+        regular_url = "https://example.com"
+        result = await crawler.arun(
+            url=regular_url,
+            config=CrawlerRunConfig(
+                page_timeout=30000,
+                extraction_strategy=mock_strategy,
+                cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS
+            )
+        )
+
+        assert result.success
+        assert len(mock_strategy.run_calls) == 1
+        assert mock_strategy.run_calls[0] == regular_url, f"Expected '{regular_url}', got '{mock_strategy.run_calls[0]}'"
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_extraction_strategy_run_with_raw_html():
+    """
+    Regression test for extraction_strategy.run URL parameter handling with raw HTML.
+
+    This test verifies that when is_raw_html=True (URL starts with "raw:"),
+    extraction_strategy.run is called with "Raw HTML" instead of the actual URL.
+    """
+    browser_config = BrowserConfig(
+        browser_type="chromium",
+        headless=True
+    )
+
+    async with AsyncWebCrawler(config=browser_config) as crawler:
+        mock_strategy = MockExtractionStrategy()
+
+        # Test raw HTML URL (is_raw_html=True automatically set)
+        raw_html_url = "raw:<html><body><h1>Test HTML</h1><p>This is a test.</p></body></html>"
+        result = await crawler.arun(
+            url=raw_html_url,
+            config=CrawlerRunConfig(
+                page_timeout=30000,
+                extraction_strategy=mock_strategy,
+                cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS
+            )
+        )
+
+        assert result.success
+        assert len(mock_strategy.run_calls) == 1
+        assert mock_strategy.run_calls[0] == "Raw HTML", f"Expected 'Raw HTML', got '{mock_strategy.run_calls[0]}'"
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     asyncio.run(test_viewport_config((1024, 768)))
     asyncio.run(test_memory_management())
     asyncio.run(test_rate_limiting())
-    asyncio.run(test_javascript_execution())
+    asyncio.run(test_javascript_execution())
+    asyncio.run(test_extraction_strategy_run_with_regular_url())
+    asyncio.run(test_extraction_strategy_run_with_raw_html())