brightdata-upgrade-migration

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Analyze, plan, and execute Bright Data SDK upgrades with breaking change detection. Use when upgrading Bright Data SDK versions, detecting deprecations, or migrating to new API versions. Trigger with phrases like "upgrade brightdata", "brightdata migration", "brightdata breaking changes", "update brightdata SDK", "analyze brightdata version".

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Bright Data Upgrade & Migration

Overview

Guide for migrating between Bright Data products, API versions, and zone configurations. Since Bright Data uses proxy protocols and REST APIs (not versioned SDKs), migrations typically involve changing zone types, proxy endpoints, or API payload formats.

Prerequisites

Current Bright Data zone credentials
Git for version control
Staging environment for testing

Instructions

Step 1: Identify Migration Type

Migration	From	To	Effort
Zone upgrade	Web Unlocker v1	Web Unlocker v2	Low
Product switch	Residential Proxy	Web Unlocker	Medium
Browser migration	Puppeteer direct	Scraping Browser	Medium
API migration	Datasets v2	Datasets v3	Medium
Full platform	Competitor	Bright Data	High

Step 2: Migrate from Direct Proxies to Web Unlocker

// BEFORE: Raw residential proxy (manual CAPTCHA handling)
const oldProxy = {
  host: 'brd.superproxy.io',
  port: 22225,  // Old residential port
  auth: {
    username: `brd-customer-${CID}-zone-residential_zone`,
    password: OLD_PASSWORD,
  },
};

// AFTER: Web Unlocker (automatic CAPTCHA, fingerprinting)
const newProxy = {
  host: 'brd.superproxy.io',
  port: 33335,  // Web Unlocker port
  auth: {
    username: `brd-customer-${CID}-zone-web_unlocker1`,
    password: NEW_PASSWORD,
  },
};
// Changes: port 22225 → 33335, zone name, password
// Web Unlocker handles CAPTCHAs automatically — remove manual solving code

Step 3: Migrate to Scraping Browser from Puppeteer

// BEFORE: Self-hosted Puppeteer with proxy
import puppeteer from 'puppeteer';
const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: [`--proxy-server=http://brd.superproxy.io:22225`],
});

// AFTER: Bright Data Scraping Browser (managed browser)
import puppeteer from 'puppeteer-core';
const AUTH = `brd-customer-${CID}-zone-scraping_browser1:${PASSWORD}`;
const browser = await puppeteer.connect({
  browserWSEndpoint: `wss://${AUTH}@brd.superproxy.io:9222`,
});
// Changes: launch → connect, local browser → remote WebSocket
// Remove: browser install, proxy args, CAPTCHA solving libraries

Step 4: Migrate Datasets API v2 to v3

// BEFORE: Datasets API v2
const v2Response = await fetch(
  `https://api.brightdata.com/dca/trigger?collector=${collectorId}`,
  { method: 'POST', headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${TOKEN}` }, body: JSON.stringify(input) }
);

// AFTER: Datasets API v3 (current)
const v3Response = await fetch(
  `https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/trigger?dataset_id=${datasetId}&format=json`,
  { method: 'POST', headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${TOKEN}`, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, body: JSON.stringify(input) }
);
// Changes: /dca/trigger → /datasets/v3/trigger, collector → dataset_id
// v3 adds: format parameter, webhook delivery, snapshot status polling

Step 5: Migration Checklist

# Create migration branch
git checkout -b migrate/brightdata-zone-upgrade

# Update environment variables
# OLD
BRIGHTDATA_ZONE=residential1
# NEW
BRIGHTDATA_ZONE=web_unlocker1
BRIGHTDATA_ZONE_PASSWORD=new_password

# Test against staging
BRIGHTDATA_ZONE=web_unlocker1_staging npm test

# Verify scraping still works
npm run scrape -- --url https://example.com --dry-run

Rollback Procedure

# Keep old zone active during migration window
# Rollback = switch BRIGHTDATA_ZONE back to old zone name
export BRIGHTDATA_ZONE=old_zone_name
export BRIGHTDATA_ZONE_PASSWORD=old_password

Output

Updated zone configuration
Migrated proxy code to new endpoints
Passing test suite against new zone
Old zone kept active for rollback

Error Handling

Issue	Cause	Solution
407 after migration	New zone password not set	Update BRIGHTDATA_ZONE_PASSWORD
Different response format	Zone type changed	Update response parsing
Higher latency	Web Unlocker overhead	Expected; CAPTCHA solving takes time
Missing data fields	API v3 schema change	Update TypeScript interfaces

Resources

Web Unlocker Migration
Datasets API v3
Scraping Browser Setup

Next Steps

For CI integration during upgrades, see brightdata-ci-integration.