[Fixed in 4.7.8] [UPDATE FIRST] Fails to play videos with "Page needs to be reloaded" error

[SGR21gtb]

Developer edit:
UPDATE!!!! before you post anything in this thread. F-Droid need 7 DAYS to release a new version and it DOESN'T PROVIDE THE LATEST VERSION

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Checklist

• I make sure that the issue is NOT a duplicate of pinned issues
• I make sure I am using the LATEST version - check here
• I understand that issues with limited impact, such as those occurring on specific devices or under specific network conditions, will not be fixed
• I have attached the error report in the issue

Describe the bug

I am not sure why but often on other videos it asks me to reload the Page. I turned off and on the Network many times, force stopped and even reloaded the entire app and video page. Sometimes it works but sometimes it doesn't.

Exception

• User Action: requested stream
• Request: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItWV3GRMW_8
• Content Country: RO
• Content Language: en-US
• App Language: en_US
• Service: YouTube (Anonymous)
• Version: 4.7.7
• OS: Linux samsung/pa3qxeea/pa3q:15/AP3A.240905.015.A2/S938BXXU3AYE7_OXM3AYE7:user/release-keys 15 - 35

Crash log

org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ContentNotAvailableException: The page needs to be reloaded.
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.checkPlayabilityStatus(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:1069)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.YoutubeParsingHelper$1.onSuccess(YoutubeParsingHelper.java:1480)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.DownloaderImpl$1.onResponse(DownloaderImpl.java:370)
	at okhttp3.internal.connection.RealCall$AsyncCall.run(RealCall.kt:519)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:644)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1012)

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Frequency

Often (80-90% of the time)

Device

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, Android 15 (One UI 7)

Steps to reproduce the bug

This often happens when any kind of video or live stream on YouTube side is tapped

Additional context

Please see this to fix it.

[pawlosck]

Is it fixed in 4.7.8?
In Changelog there is info, that this bug was fixed, but I found video which produce this error again?

[InfinityLoop1308]

@pawlosck link?

[pawlosck]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EouJSNQhKbk

strange. I wanted to verify is it correct link and it was played correctly.
Currently works correctly, but previously, bug happened, when I was playing playlist.
Maybe problem related to config from Newpipe? Because I imported config from my Newpipe.

[pawlosck]

If you want, I can send you bug report.

I found next video, so it is not permanent for specified video. Its randomly.

Its next video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40qa9XoFFv4

Ps. Could you tell me is your backup import export is compatible with Newpipe?

[dogtopus]

It still triggers randomly as of 4.7.8, but seems to be less frequent.

YouTube is AB testing something again?

[InfinityLoop1308]

Yes, it can still happen, but it's rare and can be fixed by retrying. YouTube made some changes, and that's the best we can do at this time.