[YouTube] HTTP error 403 around 1 minute mark

[HelpWithWritingAnEssay]

Please also see About YouTube playback errors - YouTube changed some things to get working streams

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Affected version

0.27.0

Steps to reproduce the bug

When I click play, the video loads and the message "Network error" appears and nothing happens

Expected behavior

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Actual behavior

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Screenshots/Screen recordings

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Logs

Exception

• User Action: play stream
• Request: Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_IO_BAD_HTTP_STATUS] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnUCGS0KRqM
• Content Country: RU
• Content Language: ru-RU
• App Language: ru_RU
• Service: YouTube
• Version: 0.27.0
• OS: Linux Android 5.1 - 22

Crash log

com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: Source error
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleIoException(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:644)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:616)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:194)
at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:61)
Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.HttpDataSource$InvalidResponseCodeException: Response code: 403
at org.schabi.newpipe.player.datasource.YoutubeHttpDataSource.open(YoutubeHttpDataSource.java:422)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.DefaultDataSource.open(DefaultDataSource.java:263)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.TeeDataSource.open(TeeDataSource.java:52)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.cache.CacheDataSource.openNextSource(CacheDataSource.java:796)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.cache.CacheDataSource.open(CacheDataSource.java:609)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.StatsDataSource.open(StatsDataSource.java:84)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.chunk.InitializationChunk.load(InitializationChunk.java:99)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.Loader$LoadTask.run(Loader.java:412)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1112)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:587)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

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Affected device model

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Additional information

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[MDP43140]

Did you try different video, on different device or network? I got this problem too where it stuck buffering no matter what quality or video/audio playback, it persists in Firefox, yt-dlp (i use Seal) and many other 3rd party apps, I can only watch said content on YouTube mobile or Chromium-based browsers

[Baltazar500]

The same story. Android 5.1, 0.27.0, error 403 - forbidden. This problem occurs on ALL YouTube links.

Exception

• User Action: play stream
• Request: Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_IO_BAD_HTTP_STATUS] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/embed/s1f7-slwbeo
• Content Country: RU
• Content Language: ru-RU
• App Language: ru_RU
• Service: YouTube
• Version: 0.27.0
• OS: Linux Android 5.1 - 22

Crash log

com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: Source error
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleIoException(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:644)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:616)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:194)
	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:61)
Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.HttpDataSource$InvalidResponseCodeException: Response code: 403
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.datasource.YoutubeHttpDataSource.open(YoutubeHttpDataSource.java:422)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.DefaultDataSource.open(DefaultDataSource.java:263)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.TeeDataSource.open(TeeDataSource.java:52)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.cache.CacheDataSource.openNextSource(CacheDataSource.java:796)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.cache.CacheDataSource.open(CacheDataSource.java:609)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.StatsDataSource.open(StatsDataSource.java:84)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.chunk.InitializationChunk.load(InitializationChunk.java:99)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.Loader$LoadTask.run(Loader.java:412)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1112)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:587)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)

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I passed the NewPipe request through the debug proxy and repeated the request to 'https://www.youtube.com/youtubei/v1/player?prettyPrint=false' with all headers via curl. The resulting 'itag' streams (mp4/webm/etc) return "403 forbidden".

HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
Last-Modified: Wed, 02 May 2007 10:26:10 GMT
Content-Type: text/plain
Content-Length: 0
Connection: close
Vary: Origin
Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy: cross-origin
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 19:56:26 GMT
Server: gvs 1.0

yt-dlp algorithms receive working links to streams

[MingMing0000]

I have the same issue, also android 5.1. SoundCloud works fine it's just youtube that suddenly doesn't work

[iiD4x]

Same issue, android 5.1

[RadenAmzar]

Is there any solution for this issue?

[Baltazar500]

The problem is gone 0_o Videos are playing again

[nash268]

same problem. Android 10, newpipe version 0.27.0

How to reproduce

• play video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM_rvWwQoqU
• At 00:59 video stops and returns error message
• error only occurs sometimes with some videos, and resolves spontaneously after a while.

Exception

• User Action: play stream
• Request: Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_IO_BAD_HTTP_STATUS] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM_rvWwQoqU
• Content Country: US
• Content Language: en-US
• App Language: en_US
• Service: YouTube
• Version: 0.27.0
• OS: Linux Realme/RMX1821/RMX1821:10/QP1A.190711.020/1624873154:user/release-keys 10 - 29

Crash log

com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: Source error
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleIoException(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:644)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:616)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:103)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:227)
	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:67)
Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.HttpDataSource$InvalidResponseCodeException: Response code: 403
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.datasource.YoutubeHttpDataSource.open(YoutubeHttpDataSource.java:422)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.DefaultDataSource.open(DefaultDataSource.java:263)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.TeeDataSource.open(TeeDataSource.java:52)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.cache.CacheDataSource.openNextSource(CacheDataSource.java:796)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.cache.CacheDataSource.open(CacheDataSource.java:609)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.StatsDataSource.open(StatsDataSource.java:84)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.chunk.ContainerMediaChunk.load(ContainerMediaChunk.java:124)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.Loader$LoadTask.run(Loader.java:412)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:919)

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[tag27]

The strangest thing in my case is that, at first, I didn't have this problem, but from about two~three days ago until now it appears from time to time. But I notice that it's more frequent in case I use pip mode or when I put the video in the background.

OS: Android 12, One UI 4.1
Device: Samsung Galaxy A11 (SM-A115M/DS)

[Baltazar500]

@tag27, Maybe YouTube is reconfiguring its servers? After the 22nd format was removed yt-dlp/yt-dlp#10206 NewPipe worked fine. There are no problems at the moment. Perhaps you have a "forbidden/403" format in pip at the moment? Try changing the quality

[techno156]

Maybe YouTube is reconfiguring its servers? After the 22nd format was removed yt-dlp/yt-dlp#10206 NewPipe worked fine. There are no problems at the moment. Perhaps you have a "forbidden/403" format in pip at the moment? Try changing the quality

This looks to be be part of it, since I've also run into something similar, but only encounter the issue with background play (haven't tested with picture-in-picture). Regular video playback works fine.

Quick guess and a poke around the error NewPipe brings up, along with it working fine if the video is loaded through other formats, would suggest that it's an issue with it being able to load the DASH segments properly for the background/PIP format. It can grab the first segment fine, but nothing else past that, hence playback being relatively early on in a video.

[A-Nicoladie]

Hi ! I have the same issue on some videos (YT). Videos depends on the day...

Exception

• User Action: play stream
• Request: Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_IO_BAD_HTTP_STATUS] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8hibUNfENA
• Content Country: FR
• Content Language: fr-FR
• App Language: fr_FR
• Service: YouTube
• Version: 0.27.0
• OS: Linux Android 12 - 32

Crash log

com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: Source error
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleIoException(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:644)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:616)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:201)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:288)
	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:67)
Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.HttpDataSource$InvalidResponseCodeException: Response code: 403
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.datasource.YoutubeHttpDataSource.open(YoutubeHttpDataSource.java:422)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.DefaultDataSource.open(DefaultDataSource.java:263)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.TeeDataSource.open(TeeDataSource.java:52)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.cache.CacheDataSource.openNextSource(CacheDataSource.java:796)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.cache.CacheDataSource.open(CacheDataSource.java:609)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.StatsDataSource.open(StatsDataSource.java:84)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.chunk.ContainerMediaChunk.load(ContainerMediaChunk.java:124)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.Loader$LoadTask.run(Loader.java:412)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:920)

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