BugCapturer v1.2.0: Screen Recording & Excel Export Now Available
We're excited to announce BugCapturer v1.2.0 β a major update that brings two powerful new features to your bug reporting workflow: screen recording with trimming and frame extraction, and one-click Excel/TSV export. Plus, we've enhanced the diagnostic data collection with network request monitoring and automatic URL redaction.
What's New in v1.2.0
Screen Recording
Sometimes a screenshot isn't enough β especially for animated bugs, hover states, or complex multi-step interactions. BugCapturer v1.2.0 lets you record the current browser tab directly from the extension.
Key capabilities:
- One-click recording: Start and stop recording from the BugCapturer popup β no screen recording software needed.
- In-browser trimming: After recording, trim the clip to remove unnecessary footage before and after the bug occurs.
- Frame extraction: Extract key frames from the recording as PNG images to highlight critical moments.
- WebM format: Recordings are saved as WebM files β widely supported in modern browsers and issue trackers.
- No uploads: Everything stays local. The recording is processed entirely in your browser memory.
Excel/TSV Export
Bug reports shouldn't live in isolation. v1.2.0 introduces a one-click export feature that copies a structured 12-column bug report row to your clipboard, ready to paste into Excel, Google Sheets, or Numbers.
The 12 columns include:
This makes it easy to aggregate multiple bug reports in a spreadsheet for team-level tracking and reporting.
Enhanced Network Diagnostics
v1.2.0 also improves the diagnostic data collection:
- Network request monitoring: Captures failed HTTP requests (status β₯ 400) from the current page, including the request URL, status code, and error type.
- Automatic URL redaction: Sensitive parameters like tokens, passwords, and API keys are automatically replaced with before being included in the report. For example:
https://api.example.com/data?token=abc123becomeshttps://api.example.com/data?token=. - Increased limits: Console errors now capture up to 30 entries (up from 10), and network errors up to 20 entries (up from 5).
How to Get Started
BugCapturer v1.2.0 is available now on the Chrome Web Store. If you already have BugCapturer installed, it will update automatically.
What's Next
We're already working on the next release. If you have feature requests or feedback, reach out to us at bugcapturer@gmail.com. Your input helps shape the future of BugCapturer.
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BugCapturer is a free Chrome extension for bug reporting and web feedback. All data processing happens locally in your browser β no servers, no accounts, no tracking.