Bug 2390971

Summary:	yt-dlp fails to download youtube video, requires newer version
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Anakin Spud <campbell>
Component:	yt-dlp	Assignee:	Maxwell G <maxwell>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	42	CC:	maxwell, mikel
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Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2025.08.22
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Fixed In Version:	yt-dlp-2025.08.22-1.fc43 yt-dlp-2025.08.22-1.fc44 yt-dlp-2025.08.22-1.fc42	Doc Type:	---
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Description Anakin Spud 2025-08-26 02:38:21 UTC

When a youtube video (for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faFuaYA-daw) is attempted download, yt-dlp fails either with "Got error: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden if cookies are not supplied" and "The following content is not available on this app.. Watch on the latest version of YouTube." if cookies are supplied.

There are newer version of yt-dlp 2025.08.22 which supposedly have a fix for this bug merged in so an update of the package version might suffice.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download a youtube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faFuaYA-daw) using yt-dlp either with --cookies flag
Actual Results:
[youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faFuaYA-daw
[youtube] faFuaYA-daw: Downloading webpage
[youtube] faFuaYA-daw: Downloading tv client config
[youtube] faFuaYA-daw: Downloading tv player API JSON
ERROR: [youtube] faFuaYA-daw: The following content is not available on this app.. Watch on the latest version of YouTube.

Expected Results:
Video downloaded successfully

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2025-08-26 11:57:26 UTC

FEDORA-2025-c5656e1149 (yt-dlp-2025.08.22-1.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-c5656e1149

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2025-08-26 11:59:35 UTC

FEDORA-2025-d6bf8232a9 (yt-dlp-2025.08.22-1.fc44) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-d6bf8232a9

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2025-08-26 12:02:53 UTC

FEDORA-2025-010dbb5440 (yt-dlp-2025.08.22-1.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-010dbb5440

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2025-08-26 13:20:04 UTC

FEDORA-2025-c5656e1149 (yt-dlp-2025.08.22-1.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2025-08-26 13:20:09 UTC

FEDORA-2025-d6bf8232a9 (yt-dlp-2025.08.22-1.fc44) has been pushed to the Fedora 44 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2025-08-27 02:08:21 UTC

FEDORA-2025-010dbb5440 has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-010dbb5440`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-010dbb5440

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2025-08-28 00:51:30 UTC

FEDORA-2025-010dbb5440 (yt-dlp-2025.08.22-1.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.