# v1.4.4: PDF and image sub-link extraction

Extraction now reads PDF and image sub-links with Gemini, scrape validates actions and wait times, and new Gemini crawler and TrendFinder examples ship.

- Published: February 14, 2025

![v1.4.4 Release](/images/changelog/feb14.webp)

### Features & Enhancements

* Scrape API: Added action & wait time validation ([#1146](https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/pull/1146))
* Extraction Improvements:
  * Added detection of PDF/image sub-links & extracted text via Gemini ([#1173](https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/pull/1173))
  * Multi-entity prompt enhancements for extraction ([#1181](https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/pull/1181))
  * Show sources out of \_\_experimental in extraction ([#1180](https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/pull/1180))
* Environment Setup: Added Serper & Search API env vars to docker-compose ([#1147](https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/pull/1147))
* Credit System Update: Now displays "tokens" instead of "credits" when out of tokens ([#1178](https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/pull/1178))

### Examples

* Gemini 2.0 Crawler: Implemented new crawling example ([#1161](https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/pull/1161))
* Gemini TrendFinder: [https://github.com/firecrawl/gemini-trendfinder](https://github.com/firecrawl/gemini-trendfinder)
* Normal Search to Open Deep Research: [https://github.com/nickscamara/open-deep-research](https://github.com/nickscamara/open-deep-research)

### Fixes

* HTML Transformer: Updated free\_string function parameter type ([#1163](https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/pull/1163))
* Gemini Crawler: Updated library & improved PDF link extraction ([#1175](https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/pull/1175))
* Crawl Queue Worker: Only reports successful page count in num\_docs ([#1179](https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/pull/1179))
* Scraping & URLs:
  * Fixed relative URL conversion ([#584](https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/pull/584))
  * Enforced scrape rate limit in batch scraping ([#1182](https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/pull/1182))

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