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Affected version

Exception * User Action: requested stream * Request: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLpSHhsl1HI * Content Country: US * Content Language: en-US * App Language: en_US_#u-fw-mon-mu-fahrenhe * Service: YouTube * Timestamp: 2025-08-31T19:40:25.089-07:00 * Package: org.schabi.newpipe * Service: YouTube * Version: 0.28.0 * OS: Linux Android 16 - 36

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:904) at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.throwExceptionIfPlayerResponseNotValid(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:948) at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.fetchHtml5Client(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:917) at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.onFetchPage(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:823) 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$DisposeTask.run(Scheduler.java:644) at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.run(ScheduledRunnable.java:65) at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.call(ScheduledRunnable.java:56) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:317) at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:348) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1156) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:651) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1119)

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Steps to reproduce the bug

1. go to any video on newpipe
2. Click it as you would to play any other videos before.
3. NO DICE. "CONTENT UNAVAILABLE."

Expected behavior

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