Error

[MvPGEO]

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Affected version

Newpipe version 0.27.6

Steps to reproduce the bug

Leave app run in background

Expected behavior

Network error

Actual behavior

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Screenshots/Screen recordings

No response

Logs

{"user_action":"play stream","request":"Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_IO_UNSPECIFIED] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD8jcNGAZhw","content_language":"en-US","content_country":"US","app_language":"en_US","service":"YouTube","package":"org.schabi.newpipe","version":"0.27.6","os":"Linux Redmi/ruby_eea/ruby:14/UP1A.231005.007/V816.0.11.0.UMOEUXM:user/release-keys 14 - 34","time":"2025-03-01T05:29:46.036+01:00","exceptions":["com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: Source error\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleIoException(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:644)\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:620)\n\tat android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)\n\tat android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:222)\n\tat android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:314)\n\tat android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:67)\nCaused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.hls.playlist.HlsPlaylistTracker$PlaylistStuckException\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.hls.playlist.DefaultHlsPlaylistTracker$MediaPlaylistBundle.processLoadedPlaylist(DefaultHlsPlaylistTracker.java:739)\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.hls.playlist.DefaultHlsPlaylistTracker$MediaPlaylistBundle.onLoadCompleted(DefaultHlsPlaylistTracker.java:584)\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.hls.playlist.DefaultHlsPlaylistTracker$MediaPlaylistBundle.onLoadCompleted(DefaultHlsPlaylistTracker.java:512)\n\tat com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.Loader$LoadTask.handleMessage(Loader.java:478)\n\tat android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)\n\t... 3 more\n"],"user_comment":""}

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Linux Redmi/ruby_eea/ruby:14/UP1A.231005.007/V816.0.11.0.UMOEUXM:user/release-keys 14-34

Affected device model

Redmi note 12 pro 5G

Additional information

Play stream
Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_IO_UNSPECIFIED] occured while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDMGh3KTbdw

[fx-hamidparsa]

Exception

• User Action: requested stream
• Request: Loading stream info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izCT7AXqTqw
• Content Country: US
• Content Language: en-US
• App Language: en
• Service: YouTube
• Timestamp: 2025-03-11T00:54:21.188+03:30
• Package: org.schabi.newpipe
• Service: YouTube
• Version: 0.27.6
• OS: Linux Android 13 - 33

Crash log

org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ContentNotAvailableException: Got error: "Sign in to confirm that you're not a bot"
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.checkPlayabilityStatus(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:901)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.throwExceptionIfPlayerResponseNotValid(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:995)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.fetchHtml5Client(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:960)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.onFetchPage(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:819)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.Extractor.fetchPage(Extractor.java:60)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.java:77)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.java:72)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.lambda$getStreamInfo$3(ExtractorHelper.java:118)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.$r8$lambda$bVfA-5gb6gDc8jcAgcGWG5oH0FE(ExtractorHelper.java:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper$$ExternalSyntheticLambda3.call(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleFromCallable.subscribeActual(SingleFromCallable.java:43)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4855)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleDoOnSuccess.subscribeActual(SingleDoOnSuccess.java:35)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4855)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeFromSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeFromSingle.java:41)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:5377)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$ConcatMaybeObserver.drain(MaybeConcatArray.java:153)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$ConcatMaybeObserver.request(MaybeConcatArray.java:78)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe$ElementAtSubscriber.onSubscribe(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:66)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray.subscribeActual(MaybeConcatArray.java:42)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Flowable.subscribe(Flowable.java:16144)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe.subscribeActual(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:36)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:5377)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeToSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeToSingle.java:46)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4855)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleSubscribeOn$SubscribeOnObserver.run(SingleSubscribeOn.java:89)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Scheduler$DisposeTask.run(Scheduler.java:644)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.run(ScheduledRunnable.java:65)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.call(ScheduledRunnable.java:56)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
	at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:307)
	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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[bunk3m]

Looks like I'm also getting this error. Here is my report:

`Left the app open overnight. When I went to restart the video, it crashed with this error.

Exception

• User Action: play stream
• Request: Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_IO_BAD_HTTP_STATUS] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkbqzmUiEpA
• Content Country: CA
• Content Language: en-CA
• App Language: en_CA
• Service: YouTube
• Timestamp: 2025-08-06T10:52:31.562-04:00
• Package: org.schabi.newpipe
• Service: YouTube
• Version: 0.28.0
• OS: Linux samsung/gts7fewifixx/gts7fewifi:14/UP1A.231005.007/T733XXU6DXE1:user/release-keys 14 - 34

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:230)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:319)
	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:67)
Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.HttpDataSource$InvalidResponseCodeException: Response code: 403
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.datasource.YoutubeHttpDataSource.open(YoutubeHttpDataSource.java:425)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.DefaultDataSource.open(DefaultDataSource.java:263)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.TeeDataSource.open(TeeDataSource.java:52)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.cache.CacheDataSource.openNextSource(CacheDataSource.java:796)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.cache.CacheDataSource.open(CacheDataSource.java:609)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.StatsDataSource.open(StatsDataSource.java:84)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.chunk.ContainerMediaChunk.load(ContainerMediaChunk.java:124)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.Loader$LoadTask.run(Loader.java:412)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:644)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1012)

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Please read this comment to know the reason behind this problem. Closing as it will be clubbed with #11102.