[Bandcamp] Can't load artist pages

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Affected version

0.28.3

Steps to reproduce the bug

Open any Bandcamp artist page

Expected behavior

It doesn't load

Actual behavior

It should load

Screenshots/Screen recordings

No response

Logs

Trying to open an artist page

Exception

• User Action: requested channel
• Request: https://jamiepaige.bandcamp.com
• Content Country: US
• Content Language: en-US
• App Language: en_US
• Service: Bandcamp
• Timestamp: 2026-02-14T21:28:53.274+01:00
• Package: org.schabi.newpipe
• Service: Bandcamp
• Version: 0.28.3
• OS: Linux Android 13 - 33

Crash log

org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException: Could not download band details
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.bandcamp.extractors.BandcampExtractorHelper.getArtistDetails(BandcampExtractorHelper.java:130)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.bandcamp.linkHandler.BandcampChannelLinkHandlerFactory.getUrl(BandcampChannelLinkHandlerFactory.java:56)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.linkhandler.ListLinkHandlerFactory.getUrl(ListLinkHandlerFactory.java:24)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.linkhandler.ListLinkHandlerFactory.getUrl(ListLinkHandlerFactory.java:82)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.linkhandler.LinkHandlerFactory.fromUrl(LinkHandlerFactory.java:84)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.linkhandler.ListLinkHandlerFactory.fromUrl(ListLinkHandlerFactory.java:41)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.linkhandler.ListLinkHandlerFactory.fromUrl(ListLinkHandlerFactory.java:35)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.StreamingService.getChannelExtractor(StreamingService.java:280)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.channel.ChannelInfo.getInfo(ChannelInfo.java:51)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.$r8$lambda$bfeU0LHJSxzIBHEG4SMNZnFnlaE(ExtractorHelper.java:126)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper$$ExternalSyntheticLambda7.call(R8$$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$ElementAtSubscriber.onSubscribe(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:66)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray.subscribeActual(MaybeConcatArray.java:42)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Flowable.subscribe(Flowable.java:16149)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe.subscribeActual(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:36)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:5377)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeToSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeToSingle.java:46)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4855)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleSubscribeOn$SubscribeOnObserver.run(SingleSubscribeOn.java:89)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Scheduler$DisposeTask.run(Scheduler.java:644)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.run(ScheduledRunnable.java:80)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.call(ScheduledRunnable.java:71)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
	at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:307)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1137)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:637)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1012)
Caused by: com.grack.nanojson.JsonParserException: Unexpected character: < on line 1, char 1
	at com.grack.nanojson.JsonTokener.createParseException(Unknown Source:0)
	at com.grack.nanojson.JsonTokener.advanceToToken(Unknown Source:0)
	at com.grack.nanojson.JsonParser.advanceToken(Unknown Source:0)
	at com.grack.nanojson.JsonParser.parse(Unknown Source:0)
	at com.grack.nanojson.JsonParser$JsonParserContext.from(Unknown Source:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.bandcamp.extractors.BandcampExtractorHelper.getArtistDetails(BandcampExtractorHelper.java:120)
	... 34 more

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Updating the feed

Exception

• User Action: requested feed
• Request:
• Content Country: US
• Content Language: en-US
• App Language: en_US
• Service: <unknown_service>
• Timestamp: 2026-02-14T21:36:20.537+01:00
• Package: org.schabi.newpipe
• Service: <unknown_service>
• Version: 0.28.3
• OS: Linux Android 13 - 33

Crash log

org.schabi.newpipe.local.feed.service.FeedLoadService$RequestException: 4:https://jamiepaige.bandcamp.com
	at org.schabi.newpipe.local.feed.service.FeedLoadManager.loadStreams(FeedLoadManager.kt:247)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.local.feed.service.FeedLoadManager.access$loadStreams(FeedLoadManager.kt:35)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.local.feed.service.FeedLoadManager$startLoading$8.apply(FeedLoadManager.kt:129)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.local.feed.service.FeedLoadManager$startLoading$8.apply(FeedLoadManager.kt:128)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.parallel.ParallelMap$ParallelMapSubscriber.onNext(ParallelMap.java:116)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.parallel.ParallelFilter$ParallelFilterSubscriber.tryOnNext(ParallelFilter.java:132)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.parallel.ParallelRunOn$RunOnConditionalSubscriber.run(ParallelRunOn.java:399)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.run(ScheduledRunnable.java:80)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.call(ScheduledRunnable.java:71)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
	at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:307)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1137)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:637)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1012)
Caused by: org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException: Could not download band details
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.bandcamp.extractors.BandcampExtractorHelper.getArtistDetails(BandcampExtractorHelper.java:130)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.bandcamp.linkHandler.BandcampChannelLinkHandlerFactory.getUrl(BandcampChannelLinkHandlerFactory.java:56)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.linkhandler.ListLinkHandlerFactory.getUrl(ListLinkHandlerFactory.java:24)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.linkhandler.ListLinkHandlerFactory.getUrl(ListLinkHandlerFactory.java:82)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.linkhandler.LinkHandlerFactory.fromUrl(LinkHandlerFactory.java:84)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.linkhandler.ListLinkHandlerFactory.fromUrl(ListLinkHandlerFactory.java:41)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.linkhandler.ListLinkHandlerFactory.fromUrl(ListLinkHandlerFactory.java:35)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.StreamingService.getChannelExtractor(StreamingService.java:280)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.channel.ChannelInfo.getInfo(ChannelInfo.java:51)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.$r8$lambda$bfeU0LHJSxzIBHEG4SMNZnFnlaE(ExtractorHelper.java:126)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper$$ExternalSyntheticLambda7.call(R8$$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.single.SingleOnErrorReturn.subscribeActual(SingleOnErrorReturn.java:38)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4855)
	at io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.blockingGet(Single.java:3644)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.local.feed.service.FeedLoadManager.loadStreams(FeedLoadManager.kt:196)
	... 13 more
Caused by: com.grack.nanojson.JsonParserException: Unexpected character: < on line 1, char 1
	at com.grack.nanojson.JsonTokener.createParseException(Unknown Source:0)
	at com.grack.nanojson.JsonTokener.advanceToToken(Unknown Source:0)
	at com.grack.nanojson.JsonParser.advanceToken(Unknown Source:0)
	at com.grack.nanojson.JsonParser.parse(Unknown Source:0)
	at com.grack.nanojson.JsonParser$JsonParserContext.from(Unknown Source:0)
	at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.bandcamp.extractors.BandcampExtractorHelper.getArtistDetails(BandcampExtractorHelper.java:120)
	... 31 more

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

LineageOS 20 GSI

Affected device model

Unihertz Jelly Star

Additional information

It was working a few days ago.
After a feed update rotating the screen shows the bottom error bar.

weird, it's working again today

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Maybe a temporary glitch from Bandcamp side. Please open a new issue if it occurs again or comment here we would reopen it. Thank you.