📝Release Notes

This section contains the release notes for different versions of the Header Bidding wrapper.

Version 6.75.0 (2026-01-27)

• Console: Update console to v1.3.0 (fix disableClientSideAdapters to disableBiddersClientSide)

• Missing Modules: fix disableClientSideAdapters to disableBiddersClientSide

Version 6.74.0 (2026-01-20)

• Config: remove misspelled properties in config.json : emtpyCreativeFallback and preViewLenght and deprecated disableClientSideAdapters

Version 6.73.0 (2025-12-30)

• Config: Fixed typo in lazyLoading.preViewLenght → preViewLength (missing 'n' in "Length");

• Config: Fixed typo in dfp.emtpyCreativeFallback → emptyCreativeFallback (missing 'p' in "empty");

• Config: Fixed typo in log message porviews → viewports;

• Config: Added config validation - required properties (id, code, globalVar) now throw errors if missing; added default values for required-with-defaults properties;

Version 6.72.0 (2025-12-23)

• Automation: Added bidders that do not support safe frames to disabled bidders when safe frames are enabled: 'adocean','alvads','ogury','programmaticX','topon','uniquestWidget';

• Config: Changed disableClientSideAdapters to disableBiddersClientSide representing better what it does;

Version 6.71.0 (2025-12-16)

• Prebid: Update prebid to 9.53.5

• Prebid: Fast-Forward prebid PR 13775

• Overlay: Remove Bid Won from overlay

Version 6.70.0 (2025-12-09)

• Prebid: Update prebid to 9.53.4

Version 6.69.0 (2025-12-02)

• Prebid: Update prebid to 9.53.3

Version 6.68.0 (2025-11-18)

• Intelligent bidder manager: Remove disableBiddersToStorage, now can use Intelligent bidder manager

• programmaticx : Fast-Forward programmaticx changes to adapter, PRs: 13549

• PatterBlocking: For geo pattern blocking, send the rule as index of the rule, not country code, to be able to report in analytics

Version 6.67.0 (2025-11-11)

• msft: Fast-Forward Microsoft (afk Xandr, Appenxus) Adapter, PRs: 13952 14040 14076

• IAS: Do not display slide if is empty

• IAS: Added maxEmptySlides to stop adding slides if too many empty slides had been displayed

• IAS: Do not display until the ad creative is rendered

• IAS: addSlideThreshold default change from 0.8 to 0.7

• Intelligent bidder manager: Prioritize bidders that do not throw errors, do not timeout and don't have SRA (dynamic and with TTL)

• Auction Count the number of HTTP request for each bidder

• Bid cache Fix issue not setting cache bids to multiple adunits on the page

Version 6.66.0 (2025-11-04)

• BidCaching: Fixed issue where lazyloaded or skipped ad units were incorrectly cached.

• TestBids: Updated visuals with borders and visible size labels.

• Geo PatternBlocking: Added country-level matching index support.

• Amazon Timeout: Introduced configurable and default timeout behavior for Amazon.

• injectAtAuctionInit: Removed feature due to no measurable improvement.

• SafeFrame Protection: Added optional config to disable automatic safeframe protection for unsupported networks.

Version 6.65.0 (2025-10-28)

• Fix hb_cs and hb_bd

• Fast-Forward PR 13808

• splitAdUnitsBySizes do not send bids to filter out bids by sizes

• re-designed testbids

• maxLimit=0 and maxLimit=false is different

• option to add cache bids in auction init

• patten blocking remove the enable option (is enabled per rule)

• patter blocking geo block

• added flexible safe frame signal

Version 6.64.0 (2025-10-21)

• Changed from simple disabling bidders on errors to Intelligent Bidder Error Manager

• Improvements to storage bid cache (Improvement: Adunit-Based Indexing, Auction-Filtered Bid Retrieval, Memory-Cached DOM Queries, Pre-Computed Size Matching, Optimized getBoundingClientRect() Usage, automatic Cleanup System )

• Fast-Forward PR 13572

• Fast-Forward PR 13774

• Added config.wrapper.requestForEachSize

Version 6.63.0 (2025-10-14)

• Update analytics endpoint to clear cache

• Update IAS tracking

Version 6.62.0 (2025-10-07)

• Track load time in pageviews

• Track viewport width/height

• Track script count

• Track connection type

• Track ready State

Version 6.61.0 (2025-09-30)

• Modify and analyze some formatting and check scripts

Version 6.60.0 (2025-09-23)

• Change pattern blocking to return the matching rule

• Check browser for integrity checks

Version 6.59.0 (2025-09-16)

• DFP to GAM transition plan

Version 6.58.0 (2025-09-09)

• Update bidder list that does not support SafeFrames

• Amazon Schain new config instead of global schain

Version 6.57.0 (2025-09-02)

• Clean fallback renderers that already delivered

• IAS Format - inherit device, sizes, additional sizes, targeting

• Check if device should be skipped before richmedia

• Check lazyloading before container

• Move analytics functionality to a different file so it can be imported

• Shuffle sizes and send key value fsize to see if there is any impact

• Fast-Forward Sevio Bid Adapter: 13529, 13633, 13729

• Remove hard-coded aliases

• Remove disable bidders query string

• Disable fast click protection

• Refactor Native Functionality

• Disable Native Functionality

• IAS - stored bids work on sequential slides

• IAS - disable for richmedia formats

• Added pattern blocking

Version 6.56.0 (2025-08-26)

• Make sure KueezRTB S2S doesn't have pId

• Remove unnecessary variables in functions

• Refresh Count and Accelerate Refresh tracking on elemenet instead of GAM adunit

• Improve Amazon refresh declaration

• Faster checks for targeting flags

• Added PageNavigationType Targeting

• Upgrade console to v.1.2.0 (Added Schain Tab)

Version 6.55.0 (2025-08-19)

• Updated to Prebid 9.53.2.

• Remove preloading of GPT and Amazon

• UserID A/B testing - throw each user ID test into a random bucket

• Infinite Ad Slider Format

Version 6.54.0 (2025-08-12)

• Own wrapper viewability provider for refresh

Version 6.53.0 (2025-08-05)

• Updated to Prebid 9.53.1.

• Bid Timeout Troubleshoot message updated to include Prebid Server timeout

• Candent fix aliases issue, fast forward a fix from 13647

• Do not show on page notification if document body is not ready

Version 6.52.0 (2025-07-29)

• Updated to Prebid 9.52.0.

• Change the size validation to eliminate any entries if the sizes have more than 2 entries

• Updated to console 1.1.0

• Send Troubleshooting messages to console (No Ads, No GPT response, GPT not loaded, Targeting prefix enabled so SafeFrame and S2S disabled, SafeFrames enabled and A9 disabled, Rendering Ad with Fallback Renderer, Cannot render ad with Fallback Renderer due to being a richmedia format, An ad having both timed and viewable refresh, called processing ads without an ad element on page, cannot find a div id for the ad, the div id is not handled by the wrapper, too many adunits into one single call, bidders that timeout, Ad render fail, ad render stale, ad render expired, any auction debug - including bidder failing to reach endpoints or modules not being included)

• Remove hard-coded test pages

Version 6.51.0 (2025-07-22)

• Updated to Prebid 9.51.0.

• Fast-forwarded Rumble PR: 13543.

• Added hb_rpb (Ranged Price Bucket) key-value.

Version 6.50.0 (2025-07-15)

• Updated to Prebid 9.50.0.

• Removed Chrome facilitating testing.

• Topics API is no longer enabled by default, but can still be configured.

Version 6.49.0 (2025-07-08)

• Updated to Prebid 9.49.1.

Version 6.48.0 (2025-07-01)

• Updated to Prebid 9.48.0.

• Fixed Gulp version incompatibility.

• Fixed fancyLog migration.

• Fixed PluginError migration.

• Added utility function to show page notifications.

• Implemented page notifications for tracked bids.

• Implemented page notifications for test bids.

• Updated wrapper console version to 1.0.0.

• Console is now specific to the global variable.

• Modified console log styling.

• Removed TopicsAPI A/B Test to Publisher Provided Signals.

Version 6.47.0 (2025-06-24)

• Updated to Prebid 9.46.0.

• Introduced userSync.triggerAction and userSync.triggerDelay configurations.

Version 6.46.0 (2025-06-17)

• Updated to Prebid 9.45.0.

• Updated babel/eslint-parser to version 7.27.5 to fix eslint ^9.x.x incompatibility.

• Fixed polyfill inclusion.

• Disabled babel-caching for webpack.

• Fixed debugging mode due to Prebid 9.45.0 issues; reverted commit [5a85f82].

Version 6.45.0 (2025-06-10)

• Updated to Prebid 9.44.1.

• Updated the list of bidders that do not support Safe Frames.

Version 6.44.0 (2025-06-03)

• Added ACAT to whitelist key values.

• Fixed ACAT handling when an array is returned by bidders (https://github.com/prebid/Prebid.js/pull/13218).

Version 6.43.0 (2025-05-27)

• Updated to Prebid 9.43.0.

• Removed UUID, CACHE_ID, and CACHE_HOST values from targeting to prevent S2S bids from being considered in AMP or in-app.

Version 6.42.0 (2025-05-20)

• Updated to Prebid 9.42.0.

• Ensured UUID starts with a letter to avoid CSS selector problems.

• Implemented tracking for staleRender, expiredRender, and adRenderFailed events.

• Improved bot detection by removing cookie checks and adding invalid/spoof checks.

• Removed deprecated pbadslot; deprecation warning for pbadslot use; prefer gpid (https://github.com/prebid/Prebid.js/pull/11660).

Version 6.41.0 (2025-05-13)

• Updated to Prebid 9.41.0.

• Removed pre-connect bidders and analytics.

• Removed dfp.adExpansion as Inventory Rules in GAM now handle this.

• Modified UserSync firing mechanism; now configurable on click, scroll, idle, or timed events.

• Updated CoreWebVitals tracking to v5, addressing breaking changes.

• Prepared for deprecation of ortb2Imp.ext.data.pbadslot.

Version 6.40.0 (2025-05-06)

• Updated to Prebid 9.40.0.

• Improved bot detection by removing screen, webdriver, headless, and touch checks.

• Fixed ua_bot in bot detection.

Version 6.39.0 (2025-04-29)

• Updated to Prebid 9.39.0.

• Prioritized GDPR: if GDPR is set, GPP will not be sent.

• Improved basic bot detection.

• Processed data-aa-targeting as string for boolean and number values.

Version 6.38.0 (2025-04-22)

• Updated to Prebid 9.38.0.

Version 6.37.0 (2025-04-15)

• Updated to Prebid 9.37.0.

Version 6.36.0 (2025-04-08)

• Updated to Prebid 9.36.0.

Version 6.35.0 (2025-04-01)

• Updated to Prebid 9.35.0.

• Improved GPP tracking; removed MspaOptOutOptionMode and MspaServiceProviderMode.

• Implemented tracking for session winning bids via URL query string.

Version 6.34.0 (2025-03-25)

• Updated to Prebid 9.34.0.

• Set userSync.auctionDelay to 50ms; any value greater than 0 will initialize User IDs before auction, reducing delay impact.

• Increased CMP timeout to 90 seconds.

Version 6.33.0 (2025-03-18)

• Updated to Prebid 9.33.0.

• Froze PenPal version used in console to fix incompatibility issues.

Version 6.32.0 (2025-03-11)

• Updated to Prebid 9.32.0.

• Added prst key-value.

Version 6.31.0 (2025-03-05)

• Updated to Prebid 9.31.0.

• Implemented CWV data ingest for A/B test data.

Version 6.30.0 (2025-02-25)

• Updated to Prebid 9.30.0.

• Implemented analytics tracking for bidder errors.

• Implemented analytics tracking for excessive ads on page.

Version 6.29.0 (2025-02-18)

• Updated to Prebid 9.29.0.

• Initial release of bot detection and blocking.

• Analytics improvements.

Version 6.28.0 (2025-02-11)

• Updated to Prebid 9.28.0.

• Changed cache storage for bids from session to local.

Version 6.27.0 (2025-02-04)

• Updated to Prebid 9.27.0.

Version 6.26.0 (2025-01-28)

• Updated to Prebid 9.26.0.

Version 6.25.0 (2025-01-14)

• Updated to Prebid 9.25.0.

• Converted Criteo networkId to string for S2S validation.

Version 6.24.0 (2025-01-07)

• Updated to Prebid 9.24.0.

Version 6.23.0 (2024-12-31)

• Updated to Prebid 9.23.0.

• Fixed Storage bids.

Version 6.22.0 (2024-12-24)

• Limited S2S user syncs to 20.

• Added console USP API deprecation notice.

Version 6.21.0 (2024-12-17)

• Updated to Prebid 9.22.0.

• Ensured cookiesEnable does not throw errors for non-stringified JSON messages.

• Ensured key-value mapping uses string values, not arrays.

• Added new CMP console messages.

• Fixed Config page on Console.

Version 6.20.0 (2024-12-10)

• Updated to Prebid 9.21.0.

• Updated the list of bidders that do not support safe frames.

Version 6.19.0 (2024-12-03)

• Updated to Prebid 9.20.0.

• Modified and made configurable how Disabled Bidders to Storage works.

• Made disableBiddersToStorage configurable.

• Implemented analytics track sampling.

• Implemented tracking for pageviews with no ads.

• Implemented CWV tracking.

• Added Topics API A/B test key values.

Version 6.18.0 (2024-11-26)

• Updated to Prebid 9.19.0.

• Prevented adding bidders on bidderError if it's an S2S request.

Version 6.17.0 (2024-11-19)

• Updated to Prebid 9.18.0.

Version 6.16.0 (2024-11-12)

• Updated to Prebid 9.17.0.

• Implemented pauseOutOfView at the adunit level.

Version 6.15.0 (2024-11-05)

• Updated to Prebid 9.16.0.

• Fast-forwarded NextMillennium PR: 12304.

• Fixed hb_bd and hb_cs after targeting update.

• Added failsafe to prevent multiple observations of elements in view.

Version 6.14.0 (2024-10-29)

• Added new S2S networks.

Version 6.13.0 (2024-10-22)

• Removed KueezRTB from disabled bidders when safe frame is enabled.

• Added dfp.houseFallback configuration.

• Added targeting.domain configuration.

• Added destroy(null,false) second parameter to prevent element removal.

• Added targeting.id configuration.

• Added targeting.code configuration.

Version 6.12.0 (2024-10-15)

• Updated to Prebid 9.15.0.

• Added config.refresh.pauseOutOfView.

• Implemented element removal on destroy.

Version 6.11.0 (2024-10-08)

• Updated to Prebid 9.14.0.

• Added Refreshed Accelerate Seconds Key Value Targeting.

• Implemented Wrapper Version tracking.

Version 6.10.0 (2024-10-01)

• Updated to Prebid 9.13.0.

Version 6.9.0 (2024-09-24)

• Updated to Prebid 9.12.0.

• Added new S2S default bidders: "adyoulike", "ix", "iqzone", "mediafuse", "minutemedia", "oms", "richaudience", "rise", "sharethrough", "unruly", "rubicon".

Version 6.8.0 (2024-09-17)

• Implemented sending IP to bidders as ortb2.

• Implemented tracking for FallbackImpressions with distinct events for failedToFetchFallback and emtpyCreativeFallback.

• Refactored fallback renderer.

• Refactored refresh queue to prepare for view-only refresh availability.

Version 6.7.1 (2024-09-11)

• Fixed issue with 3rd party cookie iframe insertion when no body is available.

Version 6.7.0 (2024-09-10)

• Updated to Prebid 9.11.0.

• Changed targeting.cookieEnabled to test cookies from 3rd party domains.

• Added refresh.continueOnEmpty.

Version 6.6.0 (2024-09-03)

• Updated to Prebid 9.10.0.

• Removed get domain helper function.

Version 6.5.0 (2024-08-27)

• Updated to Prebid 9.9.0.

• Added targeting.cookieEnabled.

• Removed targeting.tcf.

Version 6.4.0 (2024-08-20)

• Updated to Prebid 9.8.0.

• Added targeting.refreshedInventory key-value to track if inventory is refreshed.

Version 6.3.0 (2024-08-13)

• Updated to Prebid 9.7.0.

• Fast-forwarded PR Fix: PR 12093.

Version 6.2.0 (2024-08-06)

• Updated to Prebid 9.6.0.

• Changed consent timeout to 1000ms.

• Changed GPP notifications to console.

Version 6.1.0 (2024-07-30)

• Updated to Prebid 9.5.0.

• Removed S2S timeout from config.

Version 6.0.0 (2024-07-23)

• Updated to Prebid 9.4.1.

• Updated GPP tracking.

• Remade GeoFilter User ID.

• Increased maxEntryPoints for webpack.

• Updated consentModule TCF.

• Removed useless comments from final build.

• Implemented Script Src URL tracking.

• Implemented Conditional Timeout.

• Changed Prebid server config timeout to maxTimeout.

Version 5.50.0 (2024-07-16)

• PB9: Hard-coded Topics API Iframes as they will no longer be available (PR 11579).

• PB9: Prebid Server timeout changed to maxTimeout (PR 11609).

• Changed timeout to maxTimeout, picking up values from config.json.

• PB9: Removed enrichmentFpdModule (PR 11401).

• PB9: Node.js 20+ is now required (PR 11528); recommending using 20.15.1 LTS.

• PB9: Updated Babel Core to 7.24.6 (PR 11729).

• Removed deprecated USP (US CMP API) (IAB USPrivacy).

• PB9: USP consent is no longer sent to bidders (PR 11407).

Version 5.49.0 (2024-07-09)

• Cleaned up code.

Version 5.48.0 (2024-07-02)

• Prepared for Prebid 9.

Version 5.47.0 (2024-06-25)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.52.0.

• Added lazyloadfetchportview to setWrapperConfig.

• Disabled bidders that are not Safe Frame compatible when Safe Frames are enabled.

Version 5.46.0 (2024-06-18)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.51.0.

• Fixed automatic disabling of SafeFrames and S2S if a custom prefix is set.

• In PubProvidedID module, if no IDs are returned, undefined is returned to set correct targeting.

• PubProvidedID module now accepts eidsFunction as a string in config to execute the window function with that name.

Version 5.45.0 (2024-06-11)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.50.0.

Version 5.44.0 (2024-06-04)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.49.0.

• Updated webpack to prevent splitting into core-chunk.

Version 5.43.0 (2024-05-28)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.48.0.

• Updated console to 0.6.3 version (fixed CWV deleting navigation Types).

• Removed IDWard RTD.

• Removed AdRizer Analytics.

Version 5.43.0 (2024-05-21)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.47.0.

• Updated console to 0.6.2 version (added refresh to console, fixed CWV).

• Fixed standalone debugging; reverted hard-coded fix.

Version 5.42.0 (2024-05-14)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.46.0.

• Suppressed webpack entrypoint size errors/warnings.

• Added cat3 analytics.

Version 5.41.1 (2024-05-02)

• Fixed constants for targetingPrefix.

Version 5.41.0 (2024-04-30)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.45.0 (skipped 8.44.0 due to PR 11356, which affected Safe Frames creatives).

Version 5.40.0 (2024-04-23)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.43.0.

• Implemented impression tracking for fallback renderer.

• Enabled suppression of stale renders.

• Disabled safe frames if targetingPrefix is set.

• Disabled Amazon if forceSafeFramesUnderFloor applies.

• Implemented temporary fix for Issue 11365.

Version 5.39.0 (2024-04-16)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.42.0.

• Disabled S2S when a custom targeting prefix is set.

Version 5.38.0 (2024-04-09)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.41.0.

Version 5.37.0 (2024-04-02)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.40.0.

• Ad Expansion: UI settings are now preserved if not explicitly set.

• Added Taboola endpoint to Topics API.

Version 5.36.0 (2024-03-26)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.39.0.

• Added config.dfp.adExpansion to configure googletag.config.PageSettingsConfig_adExpansion.

Version 5.35.0 (2024-03-19)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.38.0.

Version 5.34.0 (2024-03-12)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.37.0.

• Added Topics API OpenX Endpoint.

• Added Topics API Onetag Endpoint.

• Updated analytics endpoints.

Version 5.33.0 (2024-03-05)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.36.0.

• Disabled creative building for local testing.

• Fast-forwarded PR 11122 for Conversant fix.

• Enabled user-agent-client-hints for enrichmentFpdModule.

• Fast-forwarded Gulpfile fix PR 11098.

Version 5.32.0 (2024-02-27)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.35.0.

• Fast-forwarded PR 11128 for Insticator fix.

• Added ImproveDigital caller for Topics API.

Version 5.31.0 (2024-02-20)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.34.0.

• Changed UTM targeting from cookies to localStorage.

• Removed cookie helper functions; now using storageManager functions.

• Changed __gads cookie and targeting to use storageManager.

• Removed Liveramp ATS.

Version 5.30.0 (2024-02-13)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.33.0.

Version 5.29.0 (2024-02-06)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.32.0.

• Added config.dfp.forceSafeFramesForAdunits.

• Improved console log parameters for clarity.

• Analytics: tracking referrer for cross-domain iframes as urlTop.

Version 5.28.0 (2024-01-30)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.31.0.

• Made topicsapi key-value configurable.

Version 5.27.0 (2024-01-23)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.30.0.

• Sends topicsapi GAM key-value based on picked-up Topics API.

• Removed Save Ads functionality (to be rebuilt later).

• Added URL parameter to enable overlays: $$PREBID_GLOBAL$$Overlay.

• Removed dependency on cookies for console; now uses localStorage without storing user input.

Version 5.26.0 (2024-01-16)

• Upgraded to Prebid 8.29.0.

• Enabled Topics API Module.