Linked Helper 2 Changelog

• 2.11.X
  • 2.11.14
  • 2.11.9
  • 2.11.7
  • 2.11.3
  • 2.11.0
• 2.10.X
  • 2.10.10
  • 2.10.9
  • 2.10.5
  • 2.10.3
  • 2.10.2
  • 2.10.0
• 2.9.X
• 2.8.X
• 2.7.X
• 2.6.X
• 2.5.X
• 2.4.X
• 2.3.X
• 2.2.X
• 2.0.X
• 1.15.X
• 1.14.X
• 1.13.X
• 1.12.X
• 1.11.X
• 1.10.x
• 1.9.X
• 1.8.X
• 1.7.X
• 1.6.X

 

2.11.X

2.11.14

Fix: InMails and messages to 1st connections	InMails to 2nd and 3rd contacts as well as Messages to 1st connections actions failed with Failed to load profiles languages Element not found errors.
Feature: Filter contacts out of my network is now integrated with PAS	In case there is no enough LinkedIn IDs, Linked Helper could miss the profile when checking his connection status via Filter contacts out of my network action. Previously, a solution was to add Visit & Extract profiles before Filter action. Now Linked Helper can get extra profile's ID from PAS service and define the status of a connection without the need of visiting a profile first.

2.11.9

Fix: Check for replies

Linked Helper incorrectly defined whether the profile has accepted the incoming message request via Event or a Group and could trigger the follow-up to those who haven't despite the "Keep in queue permanently if request is not accepted" is enabled.

2.11.7

Fix: invite 2nd and 3rd connectiions

Linked Helper could not properly define whether the navigation was successful during inviting as profileGraphQLRawData was absent due to changes from LinkedIn side.

2.11.3

Fix: network error

Recently, Linked Helper could not reach its server due to certain issues and showed "Network error".

Fix: Message event attendees action postponed

If Linked Helper receives several errors in a row from LinkedIn, it postpones the activity for several hours to avoid suspicion from LinkedIn. When Linked Helper cannot find an event attendees in LinkedIn search (for example, he or she left the event or there is not enough data to find the lead). We corrected the behaviour so that it is possible to continue attempts to send an InMail to the other profiles in the Queue.

2.11.0

Feature: Message to 1st connections | group members is divided into two actions.	Now there are to separate actions for sending messages to group members and sending messages to your 1st-degree connections: Message to group members Message to 1st connections Do not worry if you have a campaign for group members messaging with Message to 1st connections | group members action - Message to group members action still have the ability to send messages to group members in such cases.
Fix: Connect action not found in person profile actions	Linked Helper could not send invitation to 2nd and 3rd-degree connections due to update of Connect button on LinkedIn page
Fix: Send InMail to 2nd and 3rd contacts action postponed	If Linked Helper receives several errors in a row from LinkedIn, it postpones the activity for several hours to avoid suspicion from LinkedIn. When user tries to send InMails to Open Link profiles and but there are non Open link profiles in the Queue and LinkedIn shows too many 'You're out of InMails credits' warning, Linked Helper postpones the action even though there is no error and the InMail can be sent to Open link profiles. We corrected the behaviour so that it is possible to continue attempts to send an InMail to the other profiles in the Queue.
Fix: "Action Failed. Out of Inmail credits"	Linked Helper could not send InMails to 2nd or 3rd-degree connections who had Open Link status as it considered them as non Open Link profiles.

2.10.X

2.10.10

Feature: Check for replies algorithm improved	We improved the algorithm that was used to search for responses to the messages sent via Linked Helper. Now it takes considerably less time to process a bunch of people in the Queue of Check for replies action.
Fix: database degradation	The previous algorithm of Check for replies action caused Linked Helper database degradation which led to slow performance. We updated the algorithm and migrated databases to fix the issue.

2.10.9

Fix: "Conversation (existing chat) response timed out"	Linked Helper got internal proxy error randomly when sending messages to 1st connections
Fix: industry scraping in Sales Navigator	LinkedIn moved industry from a profile page in Sales Navigator platform and placed it into company page description.
Fix: UI freeze on Ubuntu	When running a campaign on Ubuntu with Wayland, it was not possible to click any button as they all became inactive. To solve the issue, user needs to add LH_CW_BLOCK_WINDOW_IS_NOT_MODAL=1 system variable and reboot the machine.

2.10.5

Fix: cannot open chat for profile error

Invitations and messages sent via Sales Navigator platform failed due to update on LinkedIn platform

2.10.3

Fix: Cannot send request after scrolling when checking for replies in SN

Check for replies action failed profiles when working in Sales Navigator platform because it could not detect correct answer from LinkedIn server.

2.10.2

Fix: override platform

Linked Helper failed to open a profile if it was collected from the regular LinkedIn platform and then the Override platform setting was changed to Sales Navigator.

2.10.0

Feature: skip reason

Almost every case when profiles are being skipped during the collecting process or when no profile is collected at all is not a Linked Helper bug, but a standard predefined behavior to protect Linked Helper users from sending duplicates or collecting profiles who cannot be processed. Linked Helper now tells you why certain profiles have been skipped during collecting.

2.9.X

2.9.33

Fix: Failed to navigate to profile page during inviting

Update from LinkedIn side, invitations weren't going out as Linked Helper couldn't navigate properly.

2.9.32

Fix: collecting from the Who's viewed your page

Who's viewed your page layout was changed for some LinkedIn accounts and there was no way for Linked Helper to collect profiles from that pages.

2.9.31

Fix: Failed to load profile languages

When inviting 2nd and 3rd-degree connections, Linked Helper could not load profile languages due to an update from LinkedIn.

2.9.30

Fix: cannot find add note button when inviting

There was no option to add custom message to a new variant of invitation popup when inviting 3rd-degree connections. Recently, the "Add button" button was returned but some changes were added hence Linked Helper could not locate the button.

2.9.29

Fix: message to 1st connections

Update from LinkedIn. Messages to 1st connections could not be sent via Talent solutions.

2.9.28

Fix: send person to snov.io list

When extracting emails of 2nd and 3rd-degree connections, Linked Helper should also send their URLs into snov.io which was not happenning due to incorrect API key format used.

2.9.27

Fix: Organizations extractor

Linked Helper could not finilize web page state when loading organization URL.

2.9.25

Fix: invite to follow organization	Updates from LinkedIn side. Linked Helper could not define whether the organizational page was corretly loaded.
Fix:navigating to profile page	Visit and extract action could not navigate to the profile page in Talent solutions.

2.9.22

Fix: messaging issue

Linked Hepler failed profiles with failed to switch send message error. It turned out the error occured when messaging historty was not properly loaded.

2.9.21

Fix: invitations failed due to new popup

LinkedIn introduced new variant of invitation popup with extra question you need to answer before inviting:

2.9.20

Fix: collecting from the Alumni page

On some accounts, Linked Helper could not find the filtered profiles on the School Alumni page and showed error message after collecting.

2.9.19

Fix: messaging group members

If profiles were collected from different groups, Linked Helper tried to send a message only via one group of the profile who was processed first.

2.9.17

Fix: invitations to events and organizations	Linked Helper couldn't receive a response from LinkedIn when inviting profiles to event of follow a company page in LinkedIn.
Fix: invitations failed on a new Sales Navigator interface.	LinkedIn updates Sales Navigator web page UI hence Linked Helper could not find the Connect button when inviting.
Fix: InMail action got stuck on "subaction count.element"	With the updated interface, LinkedIn updates some selectors and Linked Helper could not process InMails correctly.

2.9.14

Fix: collecting organizations

An error was shown when Linked Helper tried to collect organizations from a Sales Navigator search.

2.9.13

Fix: internal database speed improvements

If the database was too big, Linked Helper worked too slow when collecting profiles to a campaign or when importing a list of URLs from a CSV file.

2.9.12

Fix: "Navigation to organization page via `url` failed" error

Linked Helper opened organization page but couldn't  finalize the page state and moved the page to the failed list.

2.9.11

Fix: connection degree assignment

When collecting profiles from a Sales Navigator list, Linked Helper didn't scrape their level of connection and marked all profiles as out of network ones.

2.9.10

Feature: ignore replies

Previously, if reply detection was enabled in the messaging actions or there is a Check for replies action afterwards, a person was always moved to replied list and out of the workflow no matter whether the reply is relevant or not and it was impossible to return it back for messaging. In some cases, 'Thanks for inviting' or similar messages should be ignored and person should receive message anyway. The new feature allows you to select those in Replied list who should receive a follow-up and retry them or move to the next messaging action.

2.9.8

Fix: collecting from the List who viewed your profile	LinkedIn updated this page for a part of its users and they are now redirected to a different URL.
Fix: invite 2nd and 3rd level contacts	Invitation failed with waited for send invitation request timed out   error due to a new update from LinkedIn.
Fix: navigating to profiles	Linked Helper got in a loop on Experience section of a profile and couldn't finish the action.

2.9.6

Feature: inviting campaign generator.	Creating invite and follow-up campaign is much easier as the program guides you through the process. You need to follow the tips and set up messaging templates and adjust a couple of settings:
Feature: Linked Helper explains why the campaign is sleeping	When the 'Sleeping' status of a campaign is clicked, Linked Helper will analyze the reasons why the campaign is sleeping and show you what is the reason for that:

2.8.X

2.8.30

Fix: AsyncHandlerError: Request failed with status code 404	The error occurred randomly on sone Linked Helper accounts.
Fix: Action failed. InMailViaSN .WriteSubjectIntoInputError	Subject could not be correctly saved due to its value was represented as 'subject' instead of 'array'. Message must be resaved for the fix to be applied correctly.

2.8.27

Fix: processing profiles failed when Turkish language was used

Linked Helper couldn't correctly save a person processed into a database when Turkish language was used.

2.8.26

Fix: Invite 2nd and 3rd level contacts and Message to 1st connections failed

Navigation to profile page got stuck due to update from LinkedIn.

2.8.23

Fix: InMails via Sales Navigator

Linked Helper got stuck at the typing step when sending InMails via Sales Navigator.

2.8.21

Misc: detailed error description for messaging to group members activity

In some cases finding a person in a list of group members is not possible because LinkedIn cannot find any result. As a consequence, Linked Helper showed an error, but without any detailed description hence it was unclear what the issue was. Now it's possible to define what was the reason behind failure.

2.8.19

Fix: education degree parcing	Previously, LinkedIn submitted education degree and education field of strudy in separate fields, but now those are included in the same field. At the moment Linked Helper defines what is what based on a comma that separates them.
Fix: collecting of organizations	If there were too many filters in company search, then the search request became bigger than Linked Helper expected the the collecting failed.
Fix: collecting from Leads list	Linked Helper showed 'Failed to prepare collecting' when the process was initiated from Leads List in Sales Navigator.

2.8.15

Fix: Filter by content

'Message to event attendees' action didn't filter messages by their content hence it was impossible to detect whether there was a conversation with the profile previously.

2.8.5

Fix: collecting from LinkedIn Recruiter

All profiles collected from the 2nd and consecutive search result pages were skipped due to updates from LinkedIn.

2.8.3

Fix: Invite using LinkedIn undocumented feature

Previous Linked Helper version 2.8.0 was released with a bug that caused all invitations sent via LinkedIn undocumented feature to fail.

2.8.1

Feature: new workflow design

Action settings were moved to the right rail part of the Workflow where they can now be easily accessed:

2.7.X

2.7.6

Fix: Endorse skills

Linked Helper couldn't load all skills on certain LinkedIn accounts, hence profile endorsing failed after the first skill was endorsed.

2.7.5

Fix: invite person by email

LinkedIn failed invitation sent by email in case Linked Helper entered duplicated email.

2.7.4

Fix: follow button not found error when following profiles	If a profile is consequently processed in Like posts and articles and then in the Follow profiles actions, then Linked Helper will not find 'Follow' button as it will be at the 'Activity' page of the profile.
Feature: messaging inbox	Linked Helper now allows you to see the messages sent or received within the tool campaigns:

2.7.2

Fix: organization URL scraping

In some cases, Linked Helper did not scrape organization URLs of the profiles in basic LinkedIn.

2.6.X

2.6.11

Fix: Invite 2nd and 3rd contacts action

On some profile pages 'Connect' button is hidden in under the 'More' drop-down list, hence Linked Helper could not find it.

2.6.10

Fix: collecting from companies Saved search	LinkedIn released an update for part of its users and collecting process from Saved search page failed in Sales Navigator.
Feature: Send person to Snov.io campaign action added	Now it is possible to send a lead to snov.io campaign in order to send a sequence of follow-up emails to that person.

2.6.9

Fix: collecting from company search page

LinkedIn released an update for part of its users and collecting process from company search page failed.

2.6.7

Fix: Message to 1st connections action failed

Message to 1st connections action failed with Message template contains `firstName` or `lastName`, but same `values` is undefined" error

2.6.6

Fix: collecting from Group page

LinkedIn released an update for part of its users and collecting process from Group page failed at the very beginning.

2.6.4

Feature: Send person to snov.io campaign

The action allows you to add a profile to any Snov.io campaign for further processing via snov.io service, for example, you can send a sequence of emails to those who never responded to your messages via LinkedIn.

2.6.0

Feature: Message to event attendees action added

It is now possible to send messages to 2nd and 3rd-degree connections who attend the same event. Check this article for detailed instructions - How to send a message to event attendees even if they are your 2nd or 3rd-degree connections

 

2.5.X

2.5.7

Fix: Navigation to profile failed

Linked Helper showed "Saving person to DB failed - Invalid time value" error when profile page is opened. That was due to incorrectly parsed end date of work from person's positions section.

2.5.6

Fix: inviting 2nd and 3rd connections fails with Cannot enter state `li-profile-page error

LinkedIn updated Skills section of the accounts hence Linked Helper thought the page was not fully loaded.

2.5.5

Feature: deeper Snov.io integration

It is possible now to choose a list in your snov.io account to which the found emails will be saved:

2.5.4

Fix: Skills scraping

LinkedIn release an update for some of its users who now receive web pages with different data structure which made it impossible to scrape certain data like Education, Skills, etc.

2.5.3

Fix: Can't navigate to profile\n Saving person to DB failed

The error occured because of incorrect member ID from PAS system was saved into local database. Saving member IDs from PAS was temporarily disabled.

 

2.4.X

2.4.18

Fix: Education scraping

LinkedIn release an update for some of its users who now receive web pages with different data structure which made it impossible to scrape certain data like Education, Skills, etc.

2.4.13

Feature: Find Profile Emails

Find Profile Emails action can LH email finder or snov.io functionality in order to search for emails of your 2nd/3rd connections. The main advantage of this action is that it doesn't necessarily need to visit a profile to find its email address. It will start visiting the profile only if there is not enough data for email search in the LH Email Finder database.

2.4.10

Fix: navigation to profile

For certain accounts, Linkedin removed the box with 'Experience' information. Linked Helper couldn't parse the page and considered navigation as failed.

2.4.9

Fix: failed to extract messaging history

Linked Helper could not make a scroll in LinkedIn chats in order to extract messaging history prior to sending messages to 1st-degree connections and the profiles failed with the error failed to extract messaging history

2.4.5

Feature: LH Email Finder

LH Email Finder allows you to search for information about LinkedIn connections in the LH Email Finder Database without accessing LinkedIn. The amount of accessible information is defined by your Linked Helper license or subscription. Check this link to learn more about this feature: Linked Helper Email Finder. You can enable LH Email Finder in the general tab of Invite person by email action.

2.4.4

Feature: Invite 2nd and 3rd level contacts can invite by email

Previously, in order to use the invite by email functionality of Linkedin to overcome the weekly invitation limit, one should use a separate action called Invite person by email as Invite 2nd and 3rd level contacts was not adapted to use that functionality, hence two different campaigns were required for these two different methods. Now Invite 2nd and 3rd level contacts action can invite profiles by email the same way Invite person by email does that. As a result, you can have one campaign for both methods.

2.4.1

Feature: license activation	License is now activated when the first campaign is created and started, while previously activation was at the moment of starting the LinkedIn account instance.
Fix: Go over LinkedIn weekly invitations limit	On some LinkedIn accounts, it was not possible to invite more than 100 profiles per week even with the "Go over LinkedIn weekly invitations limit" enabled as they failed with the Incorrect server response\n 429 error. The issue was on our side, and is now successfully fixed. Failed profiles can be returned back to the Queue.

 

2.3.X

2.3.11

Fix: Like and comment posts and articles

Like and comment posts and articles failed to navigate to the profile's Activity section.

2.3.10

Fix: in-page navigation

Navigation to a profile failed with the following error: Failed to load profile positions\n Element not found\n

2.3.9

Fix: sending InMails

When Linked Helper tried to send an InMail, Something went wrong Refresh the page error was shown by LinkedIn. After the page is refreshed, it was possible to send InMail manually.

2.3.8

Fix: LinkedIn request for email

In rare cases, LinkedIn may ask you to provide the profile's email address in order to send the invitation, but that request is not visible, hence it looks like Linked Helper failed to process the profile while it fact the issue is on the LinkedIn side.

2.3.7

Fix: incorrect connect response from the LinkedIn server

When inviting in Sales Navigator, the LinkedIn server returned an incorrect response while in fact invitations were successfully sent out. Since Linked Helper could not know those invitations were successfully sent, it moved them to Failed list and kept inviting till the Invite 2nd and 3rd contacts limit was over. We added a workaround for this case as the error is on the LinkedIn side.

2.3.6

Fix: navigation via URLs	On free LinkedIn accounts, Linked Helper failed to navigate to the Basic LinkedIn profile page if the URL was of the Sales Navigator platform.
Fix: video Event support	LinkedIn introduced video Events that differ from the usual ones. Linked Helper now can invite your connections to video events as well.
Fix: collecting organizations	Linked Helper could not open the second search results page in Sales Navigator and collecting failed.

2.3.1

Fix: Failed to parse connect response

Invitations sent via Sales Navigator failed with Failed to parse connect response error due to updates on the LinkedIn side.

2.3.0

Feature: smile picker	You can now add smiles to your Linked Helper message templates to make them look more human 😉  and less robotic 🤖
Fix: move contacts to the next action	Linked Helper showed an error when a profile was moved from the Failed list to the next action

 

2.2.X

2.2.16

Fix: data scraping

Linked Helper couldn't scrape email available on the profiles page if the profile is not the 1st-degree connection.

2.2.14

Fix: invite 2nd and 3rd profiles

LinkedIn updated inviting popup and the action failed with "Cannot click "Add note" button" error.

2.2.13

Fix: selection

When profiles are filtered by a tag, selection does not work and the Show in chat button is not active.

2.2.11

UI minor fixes

Postal code is now not mandatory for every country except the USA. Unfilled mandatory fields are now highlighted.

2.2.9

Fix: profile list loading issue

Campaign profile lists loading took more than 10 seconds due to the Projected platform populating issue.

2.2.7

Fix: Unable to open dialog form for send invite	Linked Helper couldn't open messaging popup in Sales Navigator when sending invites to 2nd and 3rd connections.
Fix: auto-update bug	There was an issue on the auto-update server that causes problems on the clients' side as well and as a result, Linked Helper couldn't download the latest update. However, the manual installation of the latest version from our website (here) fixes the issue.

2.2.5

Fix: auto-restart issue

After the automatic update is applied, Linked Helper Launcher restarted but instances and campaigns were not restored to their previous running state.

2.2.3

Fix: performance issue on macOS

Linked Helper causes freezes and lags when few instances were running at the same time which did not happen previously on the same hardware.

2.2.2

Fix: webhook issue

Webhooks could not be sent due to the root certificate of IdenTrust (DST Root CA X3) got expired, which caused the issue for services that use cross-signed certificates.

2.2.1

Fix: InMails in Sales Navigator

InMails in Sales Navigator could not be sent when the interface language was not English.

 

2.0.X

2.0.10

Fix: URL uploading

Linked Helper could not upload base64 encoded URLs like this one: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-kulk-al%C2%AE-csp%C2%AE-cspo%C2%AE-657b4a103/

2.0.7

Fix: LinkedIn can't load T page for this profile	LinkedIn has updated the Recruiter page and Linked Helper could not open profiles if they were collected from the Recruiter search.
Fix: instance crashes	On certain systems, instances got crashed when minimized.

2.0.6

Fix: opacity issues

LinkedIn content window on Ubuntu and macOS became completely black instead of semi-transparent.

2.0.4

Fix: small freezes on macOS

Linked Helper showed loading animation when a small list of profiles was scrolled.

2.0.3

MIsc.: components updates

Certain core parts of Linked Helper Instance and Launcher got updated from one major version to another.

 

1.15.X

1.15.3

Feature: Action postpone reason

It happens sometimes that an Action is not processing profiles and the campaign is sleeping because the Action was postponed. That's not a bug since almost every case happens due to objective reasons. Now it is possible to see why the Action is not doing anything - the postpone reason is mentioned below the Start at time in the General tab of each Action:

1.15.2

Fix: Filter contacts out of my network action executed with error	LinkedIn updated the endpoint which was read by Linked Helper when getting a list of first connections from My Network page.
Fix: collecting from My Network page	Due to the endpoint change mentioned above Linked Helper couldn't collect profiles from My Network page.

1.15.1

Fix: Failed to fetch campaigns error

The error occurred when a campaign is opened where there is no valid postpone reason data provided.

1.14.X

1.14.20

Fix: collecting from Pipeline

Collecting option disappeared when the source for profiles is set to a tagged group in the Recruiter Pipeline.

1.14.19

Fix: Hyperise custom domain

For some images, Hyperise generates a domain different from img.hyperise.io which is marked as invalid when pasted into Linked Helper integration settings. The update fixes the issue and integration accepts custom domains as well.

1.14.16

Fix: "Reject if you messaged after" setting detected invitation note.

If the setting was enabled after the Invite 2nd and 3rd contacts action, then the invitation message was detected as if it was sent after the invite was accepted.

1.14.15

Fix: countdown timer	The time before the next action slot is available was not shown when the Campaigns runner was active.
Fix: There's an issue with our servers. Try refreshing the page.	Profile pages that were collected from the Talent search could not be opened in the same platform.

1.14.14

Fix: messaging via Talent platform

Update from the LinkedIn side broke the navigation mechanism, the action failed when Linked Helper was on the profile's page.

1.14.13

Fix: incorrect profiles names in notification popups	When profile processing is finished, Linked Helper showed the name of the previous profile in the notification popup.
Fix: in-page navigation for organizations	Linked Helper couldn't perform in-page navigation for organizations as the search was carried out in Groups category.

1.14.12

Fix: "something went wrong" error when profile card in CRM is opened

If a profile was processed in the old version of Linke post and articles action, then navigation to such profile caused an error.

1.14.11

Fix: in-page navigation

Linked Helper couldn't perform in-page navigation if profiles were collected from Sales Navigator and were uploaded from the Linked Helper CSV file.

1.14.10

Fix: FailedToGetSearchResponse FromState

Linked Helper showed an error when the collecting process was initiated from the Collect menu and Talent was chosen as a source for leads.

1.14.9

Fix: collecting from "Who viewed your profile"

When collecting from the "Who viewed your profile" page Linked Helper didn't scroll down till the end of the page and as a result, not all profiles were collected.

1.14.8

Fix: "Cannot choose conversation"	Check for replies could not find the replies to the InMail messages.
Fix: incorrect "can resume at" value	"can resume at" value was incorrectly calculated (24 hours period was mistakenly added)

1.14.7

Fix: Cannot Open Chat From Messaging Widget error

LinkedIn has changed selectors in the messaging widget hence a messaging popup got closed as soon as it was opened

1.14.6

Fix: Failed to save data to backend:  401 has been received

There was an issue with logging in to the Linked Helper 2 account after the password has been changed.

1.14.4

Feature: shortcut to the article on weekly invitations limit	Linkedin's weekly invitation limit is a serious problem for many customers, but not everyone knows that we already provided our users with several solutions and workarounds. The link in the Need Help menu leads to the article which mentions all of them in one place.
Feature: loader during long operations	When it takes too long to complete the operation, a loader appears to show that Linked Helper 2 is not frozen or gets stuck.

1.14.2

Fix: A JavaScript error occured in the main process

A JavaScript error occured in the main process error occurred during any LinkedIn instance launch. The error occurred on Ubuntu systems only.

1.14.1

Fix: got stuck with "locate at" status

Linked Helper got stuck when navigating to a profile page with a "locate at" status.

 

1.13.X

1.13.6

Fix: navigation to profile	Linked Helper's Invite 2nd and 3rd connections action got stuck on a profile page with Failed to load profile positions error when trying to navigate to the next one.
Fix: choose Sales Navigator Team	When you're a participant of several Sales Navigator Teams, LinkedIn offers you to choose one when proceeding work in the Sales Navigator platform. Linked Helper now correctly goes via this page:

1.13.3

Feature: Hyperise integration	Now native Hyperise integration is available and you can send deeply personalized imaged from Hyperise to your leads as attachments, not as simple URLs:
Feature: ability to comment posts	You're now not limited to only liking profiles' posts! Comment them to get more attention and increase engagement:
Feature: navigation via My Network page.	Now Linked Helper uses the search on My Network page in order to navigate to the 1st-degree connection profile.
Feature: "Message request accepted" can be counted as a reply	Linked Helper now can treat "Message request accepted" sent by LinkedIn system as replies: You can enable this setting in the Advanced settings tab of the Check for replies action:     This setting can be helpful if you want to message group members and send a follow-up to only those who accepted your message request.

 

1.12.X

1.12.19

Feature: new select option

It is now possible to select profiles on the current page only:

1.12.18

Fix: CSV downloading	It may take several hours to download a list of profiles via CSV if the database had more than 80K profile records. The work with database was optimized so now it takes several minutes only.
Fix: move to the next action	When filtered by the "Relationship" filter profiles were moved to the next action manually, the rest of the unfiltered profiles were moved to the next action as well.

1.12.16

Feature: compare messages before sending

It may happen that Linked Helper sent a message already, but due to the network or your PC issues results were not written in the database, hence the profile may stay in the Queue and receive a duplicate message despite the fact that it was already sent. Since now it won't happen anymore as Linked Helper compares the message that's going to be sent to the last message sent by you to the recipient, and if there is a match then no message will be sent.

1.12.14

Fix: scraping phone numbers and emails

Phone numbers and emails were not scraped via the LinkedIn Talent platform even though they were on the page.

1.12.13

Feature: search for profiles in chat by name only

There is a bug on the LinkedIn side when a profile cannot be found in chat if searched by full name, yet it can be found if searched by name only.

1.12.12

Fix: "out of memory" error

After initializing the main process used a heap with a size of more than 2GB which led to random instance crashes due to "out of memory" error.

1.12.10

Fix: "Message template contains `firstName` or `lastName`, but same `values` is undefined" error

Recruiter URLs that were uploaded into Linked Helper "InMail to 2nd and 3rd contacts" cannot be visited and "Message template contains `firstName` or `lastName`, but same `values` is undefined" error was shown.

1.12.9

Fix: emails scraping

1st-degree connections' emails were not scrapped after the profile visit.

1.12.5

Fix: inpage navigation

In page navigation didn't work for certain accounts as Linked Helper couldn't recognize the profile from the options provided.

1.12.4

Fix: input method is not changed

Linked Helper typed message even if the action setting was switched to inserting.

1.12.1

Fix: check for replies

If there was an error in processing a profile in the Check for replies action, then some of the profiles got such and were not moved any further even if their time in the Queue was over.

1.12.0

Fix: in-page navigation

LinkedIn made a small update of its search to part of its users and Linked Helper 2 got redirected to an incorrect webpage instead of the profile's page, hence Linked Helper 2 had to navigate to the profile directly via its URL.

Feature: LinkedIn 100 invites limit hack

Linked Helper 2 can now overcome LinkedIn's weekly invitation limit! Using it, you can invite more than 100 profiles a week! WARNING: getting past the LinkedIn invitation limit is done by using an undocumented LinkedIn feature, which cannot be reproduced manually. You must understand the risk of being detected by LinkedIn when deciding to use it. All Linked Helper 2 features just reproduce real human actions by clicking buttons, scrolling, typing, or inserting texts to provide maximum security for your LinkedIn account, BUT not this one!

1.11.X

1.11.25

Fix: Failed to wait for new attachment widget

This error message occurred during sending images in attachments. The reason was LinkedIn stopped uncovering attachments after uploading.

1.11.23

Fix: Failed to attach image

An image was successfully uploaded and sent a couple of times before the action started to fail with the error due to the operation being timed out.

1.11.22

Fix: Failed to select found person

Invite profile to follow organization failed when Linked Helper tried to choose a profile for the invitation.

1.11.21

Feature: new payment option	Licenses now can be bought via FastSpring - a full-service eCommerce partner that can accept payments via Credit / Debit cards, Amazon Pay, Wire Transfer.
Fix: InMail to 2nd and 3rd connections	In Basic LinkedIn, Linked Helper couldn't fill the Subject field of the InMail action while it worked well in Sales Navigator and Recruiter.

1.11.20

Fix: Cannot save messages in source PersonExternalId with not found

Messaging scraping failed when a former group chat, which is now a private chat, was being scrapped as it missed persons who participated in the conversation.

1.11.19

Feature: scraping optimizations

Loading data models, such as Positions, Skills, Contact information (email, phones, websites, Twitter, etc.), is switched off in most actions in order to optimize Linked Helper work as well as to reduce the number of activities that LinkedIn can use as a pattern against Linked Helper. Visit & Extract still loads all data models but they are cached now and updated rarely: positions are updated in 14 days since the last scraping, skills and emails - in 21 days since the last scraping. Do not worry, about emails: if your 1st-degree connection doesn't have an email in the Linked Helper CRM, then Linked Helper tries to scrape them each time during profile visiting.

1.11.13

Fix: Invite by email

Linked Helper failed to send an invitation via email when the profile language was not English.

1.11.8

Fix: navigation to Sales Navigator	Linked Helper couldn't open profiles Sales Navigator web page via the Basic LinkedIn one due to the "No person identifier" error.
Fix: Message to 1st connections | group members	Sales Navigator was updated and messages were failing with MessageToPersonViaSN.FailedToOpenChatForProfile error.

1.11.7

Fix: ERR_IPC_CHANNEL_CLOSED error	The error occurred only on Linux Ubuntu during the execution of Like posts and articles.
Fix: last 24-hour actions limits	Last 24-hour action limit didn't stop the activity of Linked Helper.

1.11.5

Feature: messaging history to CSV	Messaging history can now be downloaded into CSV file. You can download either full or campaign messaging history, or both at the same time:
Feature: reject message depending on previous message content	It is now possible not to send a message if the messaging history contains certain phrase(s) that were sent by you, by profile, or by any of you:

1.11.4

Fix: Failed to send an image

Sending images failed due to different widgets of uploaded attachments.

1.11.1

Feature: Messaging history in Linked Helper

Now Linked Helper can scrape messaging history when sending messages or checking for replies. You can see sent or replied messages near the profile's name in the corresponding list (Successful or Replied list of the action): Or full messaging history in the CRM profile's card:

1.10.X

1.10.5

Fix: when inviting by email, Linked Helper now submits only unique email addresses

When inviting by email, Linked Helper provides several email addresses if available in order to increase the chances of an invitation being accepted. However, if submitted emails are the same (for example, an email from the custom field is the same as an email fetched from snov.io), then LinkedIn shows an error:

1.10.2

Fix: Failed to send request after scrolling list of likers

When collecting post likers, Linked Helper got stuck at the first 10 profiles and then threw the error message.

1.10.1

Fix: Check for replies

Check for replies action didn't move profiles to the next action when their time in the Queue is over.

1.10.0

Ability to attach personalized image to your 1st level message in LinkedIn

Now it's possible not only to send a text message, but also to attach an image to it. You can add image links to each profile via custom variables Or you can add Uclic template URL to generate images automatically. Uclic is a personalized image generator. Note: at this moment this feature doesn't work for Sales Navigator or Recruiter (including Talent) platforms. You can use the override platform feature if you collected profiles not from LinkedIn in order to send messages via LinkedIn

 

1.9.X

1.9.17

Fix: Message action not found in person profile actions	Some LinkedIn profiles with a new interface (action buttons moved under profile's name) failed in Message to 1st connections | Group members action.
Fix: Like posts and articles "Wait required response failed"	Linked Helper failed all profiles processed in Like posts and articles action with  "Wait required response failed". Failed profiles can be moved back to the Queue - Managing profiles in Linked Helper 2
Fix: Campaigns runner could not be stopped	When Stop campaigns runner button is pressed, the status changed to "stopping" but the campaigns continued to be executed.
Fix: Mutual total number is not scraped	Linked Helper failed to get the total number of mutual connections, hence the standard {mutualTotal} variable was always empty.

1.9.13

Fix: campaign in the Basic UI got frozen and did not execute	Linked Helper's global time checker caused the issue and hang the instance, UI did not react to user actions.
FIx: some parts of UI failed to render	When Zapier webhook (deprecated, use Send person to webhook instead) was assigned to a LinkedIn account, part of the User Interface got broken.

1.9.11

Fix: Navigation to profile page failed

LinkedIn updated the user interface for a part of its users, Linked Helper could not navigate to the profile page

1.9.8

Invite person by email and Visit and Extract now get more chances to get emails from Snov.io

1) Now Linked Helper asks Snov.io to find emails not only by name and domains, but by public profile URLs as well. This increases the chances to find emails. 2) If Snov.io is searching for emails for more than 3 minutes, Linked Helper moves such persons to the end of an action Queue to try again later instead of mark the person as failed for that action.

1.9.7

Fix: InMail limits

InMail action could continue to work even if InMail limits are exceeded

1.9.6

Fix: Invite cannot be sent due to new dialog	During invitation process, LinkedIn shows a popup for some profiles stating that a person prefers to be followed, hence Connect button could not be clicked.
Fix: data correction	Due to update from LinkedIn side, some profile URLs were saved with additional parameters after '?' sign, e.g. jesfen-young-42b85730?miniProfileUrn=urn:fs_miniProfile:ACoAAaIZq instead of just jesfen-young-42b85730. The update fixes the URLs so they are cut when exported.

1.9.4

New action: Invite person by Email	LinkedIn has limited the number of weekly invitations you can send per week to 100 for a lot of LinkedIn users. The whole internet is overloaded with posts about this disaster, but we found a workaround: Even if you reached the 100 weekly invitations limit you can still invite people by importing their emails. Unfortunately, such invitations cannot be personalized. We developed the action Invite person by Email to automate this routine
Fix Invite cannot be sent due to new dialog	For some accounts LinkedIn tries to force send InMail or follow profile once you click "Connect" button. This interrupted "Invite 2nd and 3rd level contacts" action work.
Fix incorrect public identifiers scrapping	For some LinkedIn accounts Linked Helper scrapped public identifiers with uncleared suffixes. Because of this issue Linked Helper couldn't navigate to a profile page.

1.9.3

Fix: Navigate Error

LinkedIn released an update and Linked Helper could not scrape Sales Navigator IDs when visiting LinkedIn profile, hence havigation to SN profile page was not possible.

1.9.2

Feature: local time synchronization reminder	There could be some issues if there is a difference in local time and time on your PC, for example, if you're in London, and your local time is 09:00 AM (GMT+01), but the PC where Linked Helper is running shows 9:05 AM (GMT+01). In this case, in order to avoid any possible issues, the Campaign runner is stopped and you're asked to synchronize the time.
Fix: navigation issue when sending InMails via Recruiter	If a profile was collected from a Basic LinkedIn search but Recruiter ID was not scraped, Linked Helper showed the error.

1.9.1

Fix: Cannot send request to `snov.io`	In the free subscription of snov.io, you're allowed to make up to 200 calls per second, once the rate is exceeded Linked Helper cannot fetch the email when visiting the profile. Now Linked Helper makes a 10 minutes pause when the limit is reached.
Fix: upload profiles from Linked Helper's CSV	When a CSV file with a modified cell is uploaded via the "Upload profiles from Linked Helper's CSV" method, several extra lines failed to be uploaded as well even though they were not modified.

1.8.X

1.8.23

Feature: upload profiles data from CSV

Currently, when you upload profiles from CSV, Linked Helper can get only URLs from that file, even if other data is presented. A new method called "Upload profiles from Linked Helper's CSV" allows you to upload to Linked Helper other data that is presented in CSV but only if that CSV was downloaded from Linked Helper version 1.8.23 or above:

1.8.22

Fix: Like posts and articles

LinkedIn updated web page and Linked Helper did not like posts or articles but simply went through those tabs and move profiles to the Successful list. The issue is fixed.

1.8.21

Feature: Invite 2nd and 3rd level contacts	LinkedIn is placing a limit of 100 invitations per week on some LinkedIn accounts and shows a "You've reached the weekly invitation limit" popup when the weekly credits are over. Previously, Linked Helper tried to continue inviting even if the limit was reached, now it postpones the Invite 2nd and 3rd level contacts action if the popup is shown.
Fix: failed to autologin	Linked Helper tried to autologin even if the LinkedIn account was already logged in.

1.8.20

Fix: failed to collect	The collecting process failed when the search request was carried out in Sales Navigator with a certain combination of filters.
Fix: failed to load profile positions	Navigation to certain profiles via Sales Navigator failed due to some parts of the webpage were not loaded properly.

1.8.19

Fix: inviting to Event failed

Linked Helper failed to send invitations to Event when the LinkedIn window was too small and the invite button was obstructed by a message popup.

1.8.17

Fix: Check for replies didn't move profiles to replied list

Processing peculiarities lead to a situation when the profile's reply time was written in the database as if it was sent before the message to which the profile replied hence the reply was not detected.

1.8.16

Fix: LinkedIn updated profile actions	LinkedIn released an update for some part of its users where profile actions buttons (Message, Connect, etc.) were relocated, hence Linked Helper couldn't perform any related action:
Fix: out of network profiles processed too long	It took more than 10 minutes to process out of network profile and move it into Failed sub-list in case it couldn't be processed. The issue is fixed and profiles are processed faster.

1.8.15

Feature: a possibility to choose Linked Helper default user data folder

It is now possible to choose/move the default folder where Linked Helper stores its user data - How to change Linked Helper user data folder

1.8.12

Fix: Message to 1st connections | Group members

When Linked Helper messaged profiles, LinkedIn sent Failed status as a response while in fact the message was sent, hence Linked Helper moved the profiles into the Failed list instead of the Successful one.

1.8.11

Fix: fail to navigate to the profile

When the LinkedIn account is not logged in Recruiter, and Linked Helper is about to extract profiles from Recruiter, then in such case the navigation to the first profile in Queue failed.

1.8.9

New filter for profile lists: Has modified name	Linked Helper tries to normalize first and last names: fixes register, removes smiles and middle names, and even tries to delete other unrelated information. Now you can easily find all contacts those contacts for whom LH did that in order to check how properly it did so.
Fixed "Check for replies" for Sales Navigator	Some users got a small technical update of their Sales Navigator interfaces, so Check for replies couldn't work properly. This update solves the issue.
New functionality: Launch auto accept invites	Filter contacts out of my network (keep 1st level only) Action has a new setting Launch "Accept invites" before Filter contacts out of my network that initiates accepting incoming invitations:

1.8.8

Invite 2nd and 3rd level contacts can get emails from snov.io

If email is required to invite a profile, Linked Helper can now fetch it from snov.io directly. Please, check the Invite 2nd and 3rd level contacts article, p. C. Fetch the email of the profile for inviting from snov.io for detailed instructions:

1.8.7

Fix: error 404	Request failed with status code 404 error that occurred during start was fixed.
Fix: extract email via snov.io	In some cases, during profile extraction via Visit & Extract profiles and snov.io, Linked Helper submitted the organization's URL instead of the domain.

1.8.5

Fix: InMail to 2nd & 3rd contacts

The Action failed right after the InMail Subject was added.

1.8.3

Fix: Export for support option	When the Export for support option is clicked, Linked Helper gets stuck in a loop.
Fix: TypeMessageIntoInputError	Linked Helper could not click Connect button when Invite 2nd and 3rd level contacts action was being executed because LinkedIn changed the Connect button selector.
Fix: collecting	The first page of filtered search results was not collected.

1.8.1

Visit & Extract profiles action now can get emails even for people outside of your network

We made integration with Snov.io so now you can add your Snov.io API credentials to Visit & Extract profiles action Advanced settings and get emails even for contacts out of your 1st level network. Extracted emails can be saved to CSV or sent via Webhook

 

1.7.X

1.7.11

Fix: update from LinkedIn

Message to 1st connections | Group members could not find the person in messaging widget during reply check if messages were filtered by Unread, Archived status, etc.

1.7.10

Fix: Authorization problem	Authorization problem 401 error is shown during the first start after the update.
New feature: auto-extract profile's current company	Visit & Extract profiles can now automatically extract profile's current company:
Minor improvements	When Filter contacts out of my network (keep 1st level only) action is added, it is automatically named as "Check who already accepted invitations" and other minor improvements

1.7.8

Adding Send person to Zapier action is disabled

Linked Helper being an unpromoted app has reached its limits and now allowed to do only 100 calls per minute (i.e. you can send to Zapier only 100 profiles per minute), which results in the profiles being stuck in Zapier and not being transferred to another app: As an alternative to avoid such a limit, profiles can be sent to Zapier via Send person to webhook Action. Please, check the following article for instructions: How to send profiles to Google Sheets or any other CRM / webapp via Zapier Webhook Already integrated Send person to Zapier actions were not disabled and still working even if the limit is reached, so you should consider replacing them with Send person to webhook Action.

1.7.7

Fix: Collect menu freeze

Collect menu froze during the collecting process from Sent invites page.

1.7.6

Fix: LinkedIn cannot open Invite Popup

There is a glitch on the LinkedIn side when the invitation popup cannot be opened even manually unless you open Home page, navigate back to the profile, and try again. Now Linked Helper retries such profiles and tries to visit Home page in case the popup cannot be opened for the first time.

1.7.5

Organization extractor changes	Linked Helper now tries to extract organization profiles by visiting in-page if it already knows an organization name. This is more human behavior.
Fix: Invite 2nd and 3rd level contacts	Sometimes invitation popup cannot be opened when you or LH click "Connect" button due to the recent LinkedIn glitch. Now Linked Helper will try to repeat the action a few times before mark a person as failed
Follow / unfollow profiles	The action name depends on the mode you selected
Send person to Zapier	Action Send person to Zapier now sends custom fields of action level as well

1.7.3

Fix: Advanced limits		Advanced limits cannot be edited while a campaign is running
Feature added		Accepts invites action now sets profiles' relationship to 1st
Fix: Check For Replies		Some profiles in the action may be shown as part of a campaign Queue list instead of an InProgress list

1.7.2

Fix: backup cannot be imported	In some rare cases you could see:
Fix: upload organization URLs	Organization URLs with apostrophes couldn't be uploaded properly https://www.linkedin.com/company/starlight-children's-foundation-australia/, https://www.linkedin.com/company/o'melveny-&-myers-llp/

1.7.0

Check For Replies action behavior changed

Previously Check For Replies action scrolled down the list of your recent conversation until it reached the exact conversation with each person from the Queue. In case you thousands of messages sent after the first message from the campaign Check For Replies scrolled down the list of your conversations so deep that the whole page became unresponsible due to many HTML elements on it. Since this version Check For Replies will scroll down the conversation list only up to 200 recent conversations. Conversations below of these 200 conversations will be checked by inserting a person name into the "Search messages" input: Check For Replies will check only up to 40 conversations this way within a single iteration. That's why we decreased the default timeout between checks from 12 hours to 3 hours

1.6.X

1.6.18

Fix: cannot finalize profile state	When navigating to some profile pages, Linked Helper could not finalize the profile state and failed such profiles.
Other minor fixes

1.6.16

Fix: slow list load in case custom variables were used

If you use custom variables you may notice that it takes time to show people lists in your campaign. This fix increases speed 3x. We will additional performance improvements in some future releases.

1.6.15

Fix: Collecting failed error on LinkedIn

LinkedIn has changed the search page a bit, Linked Helper could not collect profiles and navigate to the next search results page, and showed the error. There were two updates from the LinkedIn side, the second one was noticed after the first fix was released.

1.6.13

Fixes: All actions performed from LinkedIn profiles pages are failed

LinkedIn has changed its data format for profile badges, so we had to update Linked Helper 2 accordingly

1.6.12

Fix: Advanced limit Invite 2nd and 3rd level contacts couldn't be deleted

Since we introduced a default advanced limit for Invite 2nd and 3rd level contacts some users decided to delete this limit instead of increasing it. In that case Linked Helper 2 restored the limit to default after the app restart. This release fixes the issue

 

1.6.11

Advanced limit reached	Now you will see a notification in case any advanced limit exhausted at the top left corner of a Linked Helper 2 instance:
Other minor fixes

1.6.10

Increase in-page navigation speed

Improve in-page navigation when profiles were collected from the Talent platform, increase the speed of in-page navigation

1.6.9

Store person in CRM fix

In some very very rare cases a person couldn't be saved into LH CRM. This fix resolves the issue.

1.6.8

In-page navigation improvements	Now LH2 also compares by avatars
Fix Load LinkedIn profile via URL not counted	New advanced limit Load LinkedIn profile via URL introduced in 1.6.5 wasn't counted properly. This version fixes the issue

 

1.6.5

Fixing all actions for the normal LinkedIn profile page	LinkedIn has made some changes on Linkedin profile page, so actions like Message, InMail, Follow, Invite 2nd and 3rd level contacts, etc stopped working. This update is fixing all these issues.
Invite 2nd and 3rd level contacts action limit is now set to 50 per 24 hours by default	We suggest that you start with sending 50 invites per day and spend other 100 daily actions on different activities. You can easily raise the default limit if you want. Please, keep in mind that LinkedIn can restrict your ability to invite new people if a lot of people dismiss your connection requests in a short period of time.
New Advanced limits added	Load LinkedIn profile via URL (with 45 per 24 hours by default) Load Sales Navigator profile via UR Load LinkedIn Recruiter via URL
Advanced Load LinkedIn profile via URL set to 45 per 24 hours	If you open manually too many (>= 50) Linkedin profiles in a new browser tab in Chrome or any other browser or if you open profile by copying and pasting profile URLs LinkedIn may think that you are using an automation tool. This is true not for all LinkedIn accounts, but for many of them. That's why If Linked Helper knows the name of a contact, it will always search it by putting the name in the search field (check the in-page navigation). When it can’t find the person through a name search, it will try to load profiles via URL.
In-page navigation improvements	Now LH2 also tries to find a person by the original name (not only cleared name). This may improve the successful search hits rate in case a person has a middle name.
Other minor fixes and improvements

1.6.3

Fix dashboard performance issue

Dashboard statistics precision improvements made in LH2 1.6.2 significantly increased render time for the dashboard. This issue was fixed by adding additional indexes.

 

≤ 1.6.1

Accept Invites	"Accept Invites" is one of the Linked Helper functions that allows you to automatically accept invitations on LinkedIn.
Custom field setting to provide LinkedIn with profile's email	Sometimes LinkedIn asks you to provide an email when you trying to connect with somebody. With Linked Helper it is now possible to invite such profiles if you know their email addresses.
Clone campaign	Ability to duplicate a campaign including its workflow, action settings, Exclude list.
Check for replies	"Check for replies" is the Action for monitoring replies to the messages sent via any Action of the campaign. If no reply from the profile is found within the indicated time period, then the profile is moved to the next Action in the Workflow.
Invite person to event	The LinkedIn Events feature provides members with an easy way to create and join professional Events that interest them, such as meetups, online workshops, seminars, and more. Linked Helper 2 can help you to automatically invite your connections via this native LinkedIn functionality to attend a LinkedIn event.
Fixes and improvements	RAM usage optimization, enhanced duplicates detection.
Override platform	It is possible to change the platform for profiles in the Action's Queue if you want to collect profiles via Sales Navigator or Recruiter but send messages via Basic LinkedIn or vice versa.
Advanced limits	Allows you to limit certain activity type, for example, inviting, across all campaigns without disturbing other activity types like messaging or endorsing.