yt-dlp, branch master

[ie/niconico:channel] Support channels (#17398)

2026-08-20T22:26:03Z

Closes #9421 Authored by: doe1080

[update] Remove bad advice (#17492)

2026-08-20T22:20:28Z

Authored by: bashonly

[test] Fix handshake error matching for OpenSSL 4.x (#17491)

2026-08-20T22:04:50Z

Closes #17490 Authored by: mikelolasagasti

Release 2026.08.19

2026-08-19T23:31:25Z

Created by: bashonly :ci skip all

[cleanup] Misc (#17446)

2026-08-19T23:27:56Z

Thanks to @chloricacid Authored by: bashonly

[ie/youtube:tab] Always extract channel metadata (#17386)

2026-08-19T23:26:11Z

Closes #13155 Authored by: bbilly1, bashonly Co-authored-by: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>

[ie/whyp] Fix extractor (#17467)

2026-08-19T23:23:07Z

Closes #17466 Authored by: bashonly

[ie/bandcamp] Support browser impersonation (#17422)

2026-08-19T23:22:30Z

Closes #17356 Authored by: InvalidUsernameException

[ie/twitter:broadcast] Fix events handling (#17323)

2026-08-19T23:20:13Z

Authored by: doe1080

[ie/BFMTV] Fix extractor (#16905)

2026-08-19T23:19:30Z

Closes #16864 Authored by: 0xvd

[ie/vimeo] Remove broken `macos_basic` client (#17481)

2026-08-19T23:10:36Z

Partially revert fdcc954df4955267ec1627cbeb347b661a110e7c Authored by: bashonly

[ie/tiktok] Re-implement impersonation support (#17480)

2026-08-19T22:56:04Z

Fix b375e1d85c8f32c1499bb6ea25f0f200fca25c33 Authored by: bashonly

[build] Update 11 dependencies (#17479)

2026-08-19T22:28:04Z

* Add tomlkit 0.15.1 * Bump charset-normalizer 3.4.9 => 3.5.0 * Bump hatchling 1.31.0 => 1.32.0 * Bump platformdirs 4.11.1 => 4.11.2 * Bump pre-commit 4.6.1 => 4.6.2 * Bump pyinstaller 6.22.1 => 6.22.0 * Bump pyinstaller[win32] 6.22.1 => 6.22.0 * Bump pyinstaller[win_amd64] 6.22.1 => 6.22.0 * Bump pyinstaller[win_arm64] 6.22.1 => 6.22.0 * Bump python-discovery 1.5.1 => 1.5.2 * Bump virtualenv 21.7.3 => 21.7.4 Authored by: dlp-bot

[build] Temporarily pin PyInstaller to v6.22.0 (#17478)

2026-08-19T22:11:45Z

Authored by: bashonly

[utils] Deprecate `random_uuidv4` (#17301)

2026-08-19T06:42:14Z

Authored by: doe1080

[utils] Deprecate `number_of_digits` (#17300)

2026-08-19T03:55:26Z

Authored by: doe1080

[utils] `float_or_none`: Catch `OverflowError` (#17299)

2026-08-19T02:48:42Z

Authored by: doe1080

[ie/youtube] Add `web_embedded` client fallbacks (#17462)

2026-08-18T12:10:10Z

Authored by: bashonly

[ie/tiktok] Support share URLs (#17459)

2026-08-18T11:49:08Z

Authored by: bashonly

[ie/tiktok] Fix formats extraction (#17460)

2026-08-18T11:41:47Z

Closes #16622, Closes #17293, Closes #17372 Authored by: bashonly

[ie/youtube] Remove `android_vr` from default clients (#17461)

2026-08-18T11:38:11Z

Closes #17456 Authored by: bashonly

[ie/tiktok] Fix extractor (#17452)

2026-08-18T10:17:12Z

Closes #17403, Closes #17437 Authored by: bashonly

[build] Trigger nightly on requirement changes (#17450)

2026-08-17T07:37:52Z

Authored by: bashonly

[build] Bump Windows PyInstaller requirements (#17449)

2026-08-17T07:25:02Z

Closes #17448 Authored by: bashonly

[ci] Update 7 actions in 10 workflows (#17345)

2026-08-16T01:54:39Z

* Bump actions/checkout v7.0.0 => v7.0.1 * Bump actions/setup-node v6.4.0 => v7.0.0 * Bump actions/setup-python v6.3.0 => v7.0.0 * Bump denoland/setup-deno v2.0.4 => v2.0.5 * Bump github/codeql-action v4.36.3 => v4.37.7 * Bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish v1.14.0 => v1.14.2 * Bump zizmorcore/zizmor-action v0.5.7 => v0.6.2 Authored by: dlp-bot

[build] Update 27 dependencies (#17346)

2026-08-16T01:48:25Z

* Bump certifi 2026.6.17 => 2026.7.22 * Bump cffi 2.0.0 => 2.1.1 * Bump charset-normalizer 3.4.7 => 3.4.9 * Bump cryptography 49.0.0 => 50.0.0 * Bump curl-cffi 0.15.0 => 0.16.0 * Bump deno 2.8.3 => 2.9.5 * Bump filelock 3.29.4 => 3.32.2 * Bump hatchling 1.30.1 => 1.31.0 * Bump packaging 26.2 => 26.3 * Bump pip 26.1.2 => 26.2.1 * Bump platformdirs 4.10.0 => 4.11.1 * Bump pre-commit 4.6.0 => 4.6.1 * Bump pyinstaller 6.21.0 => 6.22.1 * Bump pyinstaller[win32] 6.21.0 => 6.22.1 * Bump pyinstaller[win_amd64] 6.21.0 => 6.22.1 * Bump pyinstaller[win_arm64] 6.21.0 => 6.22.1 * Bump pytest-rerunfailures 16.3 => 16.4 * Bump python-discovery 1.4.2 => 1.5.1 * Bump ruff 0.15.19 => 0.16.2 * Bump setuptools 82.0.1 => 84.0.0 * Bump typing-extensions 4.15.0 => 4.16.0 * Bump uv 0.11.24 => 0.12.3 * Bump virtualenv 21.5.1 => 21.7.3 * Bump websockets 16.0 => 17.0.1 * Remove markdown-it-py 4.2.0 * Remove mdurl 0.1.2 * Remove rich 15.0.0 Authored by: bashonly, dlp-bot Co-authored-by: bashonly

[build] Fix curl-cffi 0.16.x support on Python 3.10 (#17441)

2026-08-16T01:15:32Z

Fix 4dc054d51c243c99ec1fe36d580bac9ccf7126d0 Ref: https://github.com/lexiforest/curl_cffi/issues/834 Authored by: bashonly

[cleanup] Misc (#17159)

2026-08-15T23:53:52Z

Closes #17196, Closes #17385 Authored by: bashonly, dialmaster, gamer191, BOplaid Co-authored-by: Christopher Dial Co-authored-by: BOplaid <146466352+BOplaid@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: gamer191 <83270075+gamer191@users.noreply.github.com>

[rh:curl_cffi] Support `curl_cffi` 0.16.x (#17439)

2026-08-15T23:50:51Z

Closes #17341 Authored by: bashonly, coletdjnz Co-authored-by: coletdjnz

[build] Support release tags that shadow branch names (#17409)

2026-08-15T20:54:24Z

Authored by: InvalidUsernameException

[test:socks] Fix compatibility with `websockets>=17` (#17433)

2026-08-15T20:34:51Z

Closes #17383 Authored by: doe1080

[test:networking] Fix logging handler removal test (#17379)

2026-08-15T19:52:26Z

Ref: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/79366 Authored by: doe1080

[ie/youtube] Extract `channel_follower_count` for collaborators (#17363)

2026-08-04T22:58:34Z

To clarify the somewhat misleading subject line: this patch only extracts the 1st collaborator's channel_follower_count for videos with multiple collaborators. Closes #17360 Authored by: bashonly

[utils] `random_user_agent`: Bump version range 144-150 => 145-151 (#17344)

2026-08-04T14:28:47Z

Authored by: dlp-bot

[ci] Fix broken Windows PyPy tests (#17347)

2026-08-04T05:01:09Z

Workaround for https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/1348 Authored by: bashonly

[ie/vimeo] Add `macos_basic` client (#17292)

2026-07-23T16:54:48Z

Authored by: bashonly

[ie/vimeo] Remove `ios` and `macos` clients (#17290)

2026-07-23T10:59:57Z

Closes #17271, Closes #17286 Authored by: bashonly

[ie/apple] Rework extractors (#17277)

2026-07-21T23:09:21Z

* Add API fallback for ApplePodcastsIE * Fix AppleConnectIE token extraction * Refactor and add AppleBaseIE Closes #17266 Authored by: bashonly

[ie/instagram] Fix logged-in extraction (#17278)

2026-07-21T23:02:13Z

Closes #17275 Authored by: bashonly

[ie/vimeo] Client maintenance (#17272)

2026-07-20T23:41:12Z

Closes #17271 Authored by: bashonly

[ie/youtube] Player client maintenance (#17261)

2026-07-20T23:36:39Z

* Add visionos to logged-out default clients * Add POT policy for android_vr * Use tv_downgraded for VR fallback client * Move back to web from web_safari in defaults Closes #14997 Closes #15583 Closes #15756 Closes #15798 Closes #16064 Closes #17143 Closes #17232 Closes #17252 Authored by: bashonly

[ie/youtube] Fix live adaptive fragments generation (#17262)

2026-07-20T23:24:23Z

Fix bug in 8c1f07d813175cbcf84651f27a827bad84fd8184 Closes #17208 Authored by: bashonly

[fd/hls] Fix crash on empty fragment lists in tests (#17218)

2026-07-14T14:14:20Z

Authored by: doe1080

[ie/americastestkitchen] Fix season/series extraction (#17151)

2026-07-12T19:39:51Z

Authored by: bm1549

[ie/showroom] Rework extractors (#17142)

2026-07-12T00:48:16Z

Closes #2072, Closes #7297 Authored by: doe1080

[ie/youtube] Update player client versions (#17185)

2026-07-09T23:11:00Z

Authored by: bashonly

[ie/youtube] Add `visionos` player client (#17184)

2026-07-09T21:42:39Z

Authored by: bashonly

[misc] Fix third party license information (#17150)

2026-07-06T21:46:30Z

Authored by: bashonly, seproDev Co-authored-by: sepro

[ie/ard] Remove dead extractor (#17158)

2026-07-06T21:44:28Z

Closes #2630 Authored by: InvalidUsernameException

Release 2026.07.04

2026-07-04T22:23:07Z

Created by: bashonly :ci skip all

[cleanup] Misc (#17031)

2026-07-04T22:14:51Z

Closes #17104 Authored by: seproDev, bashonly Co-authored-by: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>

Validate and escape values in `--write-link` output

2026-07-04T22:04:14Z

See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-6v4j-43gg-vj32 Authored by: bashonly

[cleanup] Remove RTSP and MMS support (#17030)

2026-07-04T21:59:16Z

Authored by: seproDev

[ie/youtube] Support live adaptive formats (#16771)

2026-07-04T21:43:19Z

* Add proper support for downloading live adaptive formats * Migrate --live-from-start support from DASH to adaptive * Migrate post-live stream support from DASH to adaptive Closes #15274, Closes #15367 Authored by: dreammu

[ie/bilibili] Fix API extraction (#13730)

2026-07-03T23:36:55Z

Closes #12887, Closes #16962 Authored by: grqz

[ci] Add label handler workflow (#17128)

2026-07-03T23:27:24Z

Authored by: bashonly

[ie/openrec] Change `_NETRC_MACHINE` to `mellowfan` (#17130)

2026-07-03T23:00:59Z

Fix 5aa335ecd9d12251b63b5afb23e166ea63cd7271 Authored by: doe1080

[ie/omnyfm] Add extractors (#15942)

2026-07-03T22:36:01Z

Closes #10201, Closes #11035 Authored by: doe1080

[ie/openrec] Rework extractors (#16857)

2026-07-03T18:55:36Z

Closes #12740, Closes #13698 Authored by: doe1080

[ie/streaks] Fix extractor (#16413)

2026-07-03T18:49:39Z

* Add `api_key` extractor-arg * Fix SSAI detection * Add hooks for custom Streaks playback API requests Authored by: doe1080

[ie/instagram] Avoid unnecessary API call (#17127)

2026-07-03T18:28:53Z

Fix 8b8e3e3cb4d3ba0dedf7b1fd00ce68f07da7e588 Authored by: bashonly

[ie/instagram] Detect when cookies are invalidated (#17126)

2026-07-03T18:16:37Z

Thanks to @0xvd and @gamer191 for their research/testing Closes #17124 Authored by: bashonly

[ie/zan] Add extractor (#16086)

2026-07-02T18:35:25Z

Closes #7961, Closes #16967 Authored by: doe1080

[ci] Update 5 actions in 8 workflows (#17024)

2026-07-02T18:18:59Z

* Bump actions/cache v5.0.5 => v6.1.0 * Bump actions/setup-python v6.2.0 => v6.3.0 * Bump docker/setup-qemu-action v4.1.0 => v4.2.0 * Bump github/codeql-action v4.36.2 => v4.36.3 * Bump zizmorcore/zizmor-action v0.5.6 => v0.5.7 Authored by: dlp-bot

[utils] `random_user_agent`: Bump version range 143-149 => 144-150 (#17117)

2026-07-02T18:16:54Z

Authored by: dlp-bot, bashonly Co-authored-by: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>

[build] Update 6 dependencies (#17086)

2026-07-02T16:44:42Z

* Bump certifi 2026.5.20 => 2026.6.17 * Bump mutagen 1.47.0 => 1.48.1 * Bump pytest 9.1.0 => 9.1.1 * Bump ruff 0.15.17 => 0.15.19 * Bump uv 0.11.21 => 0.11.24 * Bump virtualenv 21.5.0 => 21.5.1 Authored by: dlp-bot

[ie/wrestleuniverse:vod] Fix extractor (#16685)

2026-07-02T04:55:14Z

Closes #13818 Authored by: Sec-Wayne, tewhalen, 0xvd, bashonly Co-authored-by: tewhalen <6964120+tewhalen@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>

[ie/arte] Fix playlist support (#13191)

2026-07-01T22:12:50Z

Closes #2945 Authored by: 1100101

[ie/instagram] Add fallback for when impersonation is unavailable (#17113)

2026-07-01T21:46:52Z

Fix f49b551a0c4c25358d2afaeda4ee63989d2d56ab Authored by: bashonly

[docs] Make "No AI / No LLM Policy" abundantly clear (#16285)

2026-07-01T18:27:40Z

Acknowledgements: - The simpler policy is heavily inspired by the Zig project's policy. See https://codeberg.org/ziglang/zig - The `.NO_AI` idea is taken from https://github.com/nothings/stb Authored by: bashonly

[ie/soundcloud] Improve metadata extraction (#17088)

2026-07-01T04:46:54Z

Closes #7351 Authored by: noseb13eds

[ie/trovo] Remove dead extractors (#16353)

2026-07-01T04:41:25Z

Authored by: doe1080

[utils] `parse_duration`: Return `int` when appropriate (#13899)

2026-06-30T03:28:49Z

Authored by: doe1080

[ie/svt] Fix extractor (#16288)

2026-06-30T03:20:11Z

Closes #16255 Authored by: billauer, dirkf Co-authored-by: dirkf <1222880+dirkf@users.noreply.github.com>

[ie/truth] Support share URLs (#16096)

2026-06-30T03:17:35Z

Closes #16089 Authored by: InvalidUsernameException

[cleanup] Fix minor mistakes (#17083)

2026-06-29T23:08:40Z

Authored by: doe1080

[fd/external] Fix resuming downloads with aria2c (#11698)

2026-06-29T22:00:03Z

Closes #15151 Authored by: tcely

[ie/unsupported] Update unsupported sites (#17085)

2026-06-28T22:29:02Z

Closes #10045 Closes #10368 Closes #16117 Authored by: bashonly

[ie/mxplayer] Rework extractors (#17018)

2026-06-28T19:51:40Z

Closes #3705 Closes #6115 Closes #7428 Closes #15371 Closes #15382 Closes #15968 Authored by: doe1080

[ie/instagram] Rework extractor (#17075)

2026-06-28T17:35:50Z

Closes #7165 Closes #8408 Closes #17074 Authored by: bashonly

[utils] `parse_resolution`: Support fps suffixes (#17073)

2026-06-28T17:17:38Z

Authored by: doe1080

[cookies] Use `'` instead of `"` for SQL string quoting (#17078)

2026-06-28T17:10:34Z

Closes #17064 Authored by: Grub4K

[utils] `qualities`: Avoid repeated index lookups (#17025)

2026-06-28T17:09:39Z

Authored by: doe1080

[ie] Fix request logging (#17072)

2026-06-27T23:31:07Z

Authored by: bashonly

[ie] Always include `id` in request error output (#17068)

2026-06-27T22:56:10Z

Authored by: bashonly, HybridDog Co-authored-by: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>

[ie/soundcloud] Extract comments (#16938)

2026-06-27T22:13:07Z

Closes #16717 Authored by: 0xvd

[ie/youtube] Fix `extract_relative_time` for abbreviated units (#16687)

2026-06-27T21:32:42Z

Authored by: dialmaster

Always include warnings in debug output (#17059)

2026-06-26T23:04:05Z

Authored by: bashonly

[ie/zoom:clips] Add extractor (#17005)

2026-06-26T23:03:15Z

Authored by: Bnyro

[ie/mgtv] Fix VIP stream extraction (#16982)

2026-06-26T22:55:42Z

Authored by: longcharmroeun

[ie/soundcloud] Extract `uploader_url` for playlists (#16842)

2026-06-26T22:53:55Z

Authored by: noseb13eds

[cleanup] Replace dead example/test URL (#17061)

2026-06-26T22:36:35Z

* Replace dead example URL in documentation * Replace primary Youtube test URL * Remove obsolete `test_youtube_lists` module Closes #12263 Authored by: bashonly

[ie/youtube] Fix minor issues (#17060)

2026-06-26T22:33:21Z

Authored by: doe1080

[utils] `pkcs1pad`: Fix invalid PKCS#1 v1.5 padding bytes (#17035)

2026-06-26T22:28:58Z

Ref: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8017/#section-7.2.1 Authored by: doe1080

[ie/reddit] Remove broken login support (#17038)

2026-06-26T22:25:15Z

Authored by: 0xvd

[ie/linkedin] Remove broken login support (#17039)

2026-06-26T22:24:22Z

Authored by: 0xvd

[ie/youtube] Fix detection of forced preroll wait time (#17062)

2026-06-26T16:52:12Z

Authored by: bashonly

Raise minimum recommended Python version to 3.11 (#17034)

2026-06-24T14:31:45Z

Ref: - https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16916 - https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16917 Authored by: bashonly

[ie/youtube:tab] Fix flat extraction of collaborators (#17045)

2026-06-24T14:27:38Z

Closes #17044 Authored by: bashonly

[ie/youtube:tab] Fix metadata extraction (#16976)

2026-06-21T22:49:35Z

Authored by: bashonly