Change history

Change history records every change to the site's settings: manual edits, algorithm runs and scheduled rules that fired. It is where you go when something changed and you do not know who changed it or when.

Active schedules#

The site's live schedules are listed at the top, each with its state, its cadence and when the next run is due:

Search Visibility scan
The auto-tests. Includes a link to Manage schedule.
Auto-optimization
The auto-optimization schedule. Includes a link to Manage auto-optimization.

If a schedule is paused, the panel says so, along with the instruction to resume it in order to schedule the next run.

Filters#

FilterWhat it shows
AllEvery entry.
ManualChanges a person made from the dashboard.
SystemChanges the system itself made: crawl results, file detection, status updates.
ScheduledRuns triggered by a recurring rule.

Anatomy of an entry#

Each entry shows the date and time, a source label, a summary of the change and — once you expand Show details — the Before and After values.

The bottom line identifies the author:

  • User: [name] — a person made the change.
  • System: [process] — an internal process made it.
  • System: scheduled rule — [process] — a schedule triggered it, with the date of the rule that applied.

Usage for the action#

Entries that spent balance show the usage for this action: how many optimizations, how many tokens, or both. It is the most precise way to audit where the month's balance went.

Tip

If the token balance dropped more than expected, filter by Scheduled and review the usage of each run. It is usually a daily schedule over too many queries.

What gets recorded#

The history covers changes to three kinds of object:

ObjectExamples of recorded fields
SiteStatus, crawled pages, last crawl, domain verification, Cloudflare Worker and zone, llms.txt / robots.txt / sitemap mode, custom optimization rules, page limit, crawl warnings.
PageStatus, title, original URL, page type, optimized content, llms.txt summary, meta description, JSON-LD data, exclusion from optimization, scrape and optimization dates.
Search queryQuery text, category, intent, status, testing status, favorite flag, last test, sort order.

The panel states how many entries are being shown and offers Load more until you reach the End of history. On a new site you get No changes yet. with a note that manual edits, algorithm runs and scheduled rules will appear here.