• Captures linked-page network responses identified as image/*.
• Records captured image URLs and response content lengths.
• Adds captured CDN images only when their normalized URL matches an image associated with the requested Instagram post's article.
• Supplements structured-data and central-image extraction without blindly downloading avatars, interface assets, or recommendation images.
• Reports the number of matched and observed image responses in diagnostics.

• Increased the delay before each Instagram post or reel to 8–12 minutes.
• Removed the separate periodic rest after every 10 posts.
• When Instagram returns HTTP 429 or displays a rate-limit page, Slow Mode now waits 6–12 hours and retries the same post instead of terminating the job.
• Repeated rate-limit responses start another cooldown, and the job remains cancellable during the wait.
• Retains the 2–4 minute genuine render retry and 3–8 second carousel delay.

• Disables the download subfolder field and status-file picker while a job is active.
• Disables image, thumbnail, video, and Slow Mode options until the job stops.
• Re-enables all controls after completion, cancellation, or failure.
• Removes the duplicated Slow Mode label from periodic status messages.

• Requires positive owner verification before accepting a post discovered during an Instagram profile scan.
• Skips posts owned by an account other than the source profile.
• Skips posts whose owner cannot be verified instead of treating them as potentially slow renders.
• Prevents unrelated Instagram recommendations from being downloaded or receiving a render retry.
• Records the loaded location, canonical URL, and Open Graph URL when ownership cannot be verified.

This fixes cases where a valid reel from another account, such as a recommendation inserted into a profile page, was incorrectly reported as “failed to render.”

• Validates each Instagram post owner's username against the source profile.
• Skips valid posts and reels owned by unrelated accounts when Instagram inserts recommendations into a profile page.
• Uses profile-prefixed metadata, Open Graph URLs, and structured post data to identify the owner.
• Records owner mismatches in diagnostics without downloading or retrying the unrelated post.

• Prevents resumed jobs from reopening linked pages already marked inspected or skipped.
• Limits resumed-job progress totals to pending, failed, and newly discovered links.
• Keeps linked pages that yield no media marked failed so a later resume can retry them.
• Reduces unnecessary Instagram requests that could contribute to rate limiting.

• Adds a Status summary showing completed downloads, failed downloads, and downloads started during the current run.
• Advises waiting a few hours after a failure and resuming with the newly saved GalleryFetch-status-…json file.
• Records the failure reason and job ending time in the JSON status file.

• Detects when Instagram displays a profile, feed, recommendation, or other unrelated content instead of the requested post.
• Records unrelated or redirected links as skipped without scheduling a render retry.
• Adds the loaded location, canonical URL, and Open Graph URL to diagnostics when post identity validation fails.

• Enabled Slow Mode by default for new installations and profiles while retaining an existing saved preference.
• Increased the frequency of the 5–10 minute scheduled rest from every 20 posts to every 10 posts.
• Reduced genuine failed-render retry delays from 5–10 minutes to 2–4 minutes.

• Changed the Download button label to Download (will open new window) so the rendering-window behavior is clear before a job starts.

• Added structured-data extraction for Instagram posts, reels, and carousels, with rendered-page inspection as a fallback.
• Improved carousel completeness and selection of the highest-resolution image and video candidates.
• Detects redirects to an unrelated Instagram post and skips them instead of downloading the wrong profile's media.
• Reuses an active tab in a separate 1200×900 rendering window so Instagram can continue rendering while the GalleryFetch controls remain visible.
• Improved profile scrolling and collection of lazy-loaded posts.

• Waits 60–90 seconds before opening each Instagram post or reel.
• Takes a 5–10 minute rest after every 20 inspected Instagram posts.
• Waits 5–10 minutes before retrying a post that did not render.
• Waits 3–8 seconds between carousel slides.
• Avoids a second long delay before downloading media already obtained through a delayed Instagram inspection.

• Reduced the GalleryFetch controls window width and improved its responsive two-column layout.
• Displays countdowns as MM:SS.
• Keeps the destination folder synchronized when GalleryFetch is opened from a new Instagram profile.
• Expanded status and diagnostic details for Instagram inspection, retries, structured media, and skipped redirects.

• Resume files now start scanning automatically after validation while retaining source-page restoration, completed-download skipping, and retry handling.
• Added a visible source-page panel that shows which URL a normal or resumed job will scan.
• Added the extension version beside the GalleryFetch title.
• Added resume-selection details to diagnostic logs.

• GalleryFetch now opens as a reusable, persistent window instead of a temporary toolbar popup.
• Source pages are scanned in temporary copies inside the GalleryFetch window, leaving the user's original tab and scroll position untouched.
• Linked pages open in inactive tabs inside the GalleryFetch window and close after inspection.
• Clicking the toolbar icon again focuses the existing GalleryFetch window and updates the selected source page.
• Closing the GalleryFetch window during an active job now cancels the job; the interface displays a warning while a job is running.
• Widened and reformatted the interface for clearer source URLs, options, progress, and status information.
• Website access is requested from the toolbar-icon action so Firefox permits resumed scans selected through the file picker.
• Removed obsolete instructions about keeping the mouse away from the page during scrolling.

New
- Added machine-readable status files for every download job.
- Added the ability to resume a job by selecting a previous GalleryFetch-status-*.json file.
- Resume mode restores the original source page, destination directory, and download options.
- Resumed scans skip completed files, retry failed or unfinished downloads, and detect newly added gallery entries.
- Added download-completion tracking to distinguish completed and interrupted transfers accurately.
Changed
- Slow Mode now waits a random 3–8 minutes before each download. It no longer increases scrolling, page-loading, gallery, or inspection delays.
- Diagnostics logs are now created automatically for every job.
- Removed the Create diagnostics log checkbox.
- Diagnostics now use the .log extension and explicitly record the destination directory.
- Human-readable diagnostics and machine-readable resume status remain separate.

Slow Mode now remains selected when reopening the GalleryFetch window or restarting Firefox.
The Status area now clearly indicates when Slow Mode is enabled.
Fixed Slow Mode incorrectly extending the DOM and network quiet check from 15 seconds to 150 seconds.

Added an optional Slow mode setting.
When enabled, download delays, linked-page inspection waits, gallery advancement, quiet periods, and batch pauses are increased by 10×.
Page-scrolling speed and pauses remain unchanged in Slow mode.
Updated countdown messages to accurately show extended wait times.
Added Slow mode status to diagnostic logs.

Release notes — GalleryFetch 1.2.4
- Added automatic 15–30 second pauses after every 50 downloads to improve reliability during large download jobs.
- Added clearer status guidance while GalleryFetch scrolls and scans a page.
- Added a reminder to keep the mouse off the page during scanning, since hovering over page content can reset the stability wait.
- Added the official Firefox extension ID for consistent future updates.