Improvements to JavaScript rendering crawls to reduce high memory consumption.

The primary driver for the 18.4 release was to fix breaking changes introduced in the . For SEO professionals who rely on the Screaming Frog SEO Spider to pull Core Web Vitals and speed metrics directly into their crawls, this patch is essential for maintaining accurate data flows from Google’s services. Other refinements in this version include:

Various fixes for Linux users, specifically those using tiling window managers like i3 and Sway. Strategic Audit Features in the 18.x Series

Fixes for the PageSpeed Insights Integration to prevent connection failures when set to "Local".

Building on the 18.0 foundation, version 18.4 allows users to perform high-level technical audits including: Screaming Frog SEO Spider Website Crawler

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