Checklist
Affected version
0.28.0
Steps to reproduce the bug
1.open newpipe
2.select a video or look up a video
3.press play on the video
4.bug appears
Expected behavior
Video to play when engaging the play button
Actual behavior
Screen saying "content unavailable"
Screenshots/Screen recordings
Logs
Exception
- User Action: requested stream
- Request: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63_r7_KxDds
- Content Country: US
- Content Language: en-US
- App Language: en_US
- Service: YouTube
- Timestamp: 2025-09-07T08:47:51.998-07:00
- Package: org.schabi.newpipe
- Service: YouTube
- Version: 0.28.0
- OS: Linux samsung/a15ub/a15:15/AP3A.240905.015.A2/A155MUBU6CYE3:user/release-keys 15 - 35
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)
Affected Android/Custom ROM version
No response
Affected device model
Samsung Galaxy A15
Additional information
No response
Checklist
Affected version
0.28.0
Steps to reproduce the bug
1.open newpipe
2.select a video or look up a video
3.press play on the video
4.bug appears
Expected behavior
Video to play when engaging the play button
Actual behavior
Screen saying "content unavailable"
Screenshots/Screen recordings
Logs
Exception
Crash log
Affected Android/Custom ROM version
No response
Affected device model
Samsung Galaxy A15
Additional information
No response