405 Error on reCaptcha page / errors after reloading feed

[wesleymg]

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Affected version

0.27.2

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Get to a point where a reCaptcha is required
2. Tap Solve

Expected behavior

Video should work normally, or reCaptcha should appear and be solved.

Actual behavior

Google reports a 405 error, no reCaptcha appears, and ergo cannot be solved, videos are unwatchable.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

Logs

No response

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

OxygenOS 14.0

Affected device model

OnePlus 12R

Additional information

I can intermittently watch a video, especially if I disconnect from my wifi, but after one or two, I can no longer use the app successfully.

[BaconCondensate]

Can also confirm the issue, also happens with trending tabs and not just videos. Switching networks (eg. VPN) temporarily solves the issue

My uneducated assumption is that google is doing some A/B testing in specific regions/connection

[LucaWight]

It also carries over to the regular YouTube app which also refuses to work now.

[AsyrafFile]

It also occurs bug #11139 after I restarted the the router.

[vorsn]

This is maybe not an actual recaptcha error. When you try to use YT on a browser in the same network you get 429 errors

We're sorry... ... but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now.

You can play sporadic videos. Updating feeds only adds 2-3 videos every x minutes. So this seems to be some kind of burst limiting. I hope you can find a workaround, looks bad.

As an user you should not update your feed anymore to avoid blocking youtube page in general.

[junelac]

It seems that YouTube started to ban IP of Newpipe users. The ban is not complete, I'm still able to watch videos on YouTube with a browser, but there are are errors message and I can't connect to my account. When using a VPN it works for a while, then I'm banned again

[aufuss]

I encountered the same Problem, first time yesterday 29.10. Switching to Browser works (Vanadium). Rebooting the phone helps (for a while).
Pixel 7a with GrapheneOS and no Google apps.

[BaconCondensate]

Seems like every alt youtube platform gets the issue. newpipe, freetube, invidious. Although the error seems different

Likely something changed in the backend

[rjdg14]

It seems that YouTube started to ban IP of Newpipe users. The ban is not complete, I'm still able to watch videos on YouTube with a browser, but there are are errors message and I can't connect to my account. When using a VPN it works for a while, then I'm banned again

It sounds to me a little like a rate limiting related error, especially since other clients are getting a 429 (too many requests) error.

Are the IP blocks others are experiencing temporary and going away after a few minutes to hours of requests from the app stopping? Also, how many requests has it taken others here within a certain period for the issue to occur?

I think YouTube has used a form of rate limiting for a while so what has likely changed?

[BaconCondensate]

It seems that YouTube started to ban IP of Newpipe users. The ban is not complete, I'm still able to watch videos on YouTube with a browser, but there are are errors message and I can't connect to my account. When using a VPN it works for a while, then I'm banned again

It sounds to me a little like a rate limiting related error, especially since other clients are getting a 429 (too many requests) error.

Are the IP blocks others are experiencing temporary and going away after a few minutes to hours of requests from the app stopping? Also, how many requests has it taken others here within a certain period for the issue to occur?

I think YouTube has used a form of rate limiting for a while so what has likely changed?

Considering accessing through the browser still works, I don't think it's rate limiting. Unless they have different limit for embeds, even the trending tab (not video) could get the error too though

[rjdg14]

Could this have anything to do with the problem perhaps (YouTube releasing a new layout)?

https://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1gev7jz/anyone_getting_429_cant_do_anything_in_android_app/lujkzxn/

I'm not sure if any of the users in that thread use third party clients, but if not then it could be a more general glitch with a new YouTube API that is causing it to trigger its rate limit block.

These are some related Reddit threads from the past day:

https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1gf4a3y/youtube_says_im_offline_but_im_not_affecting/

https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1gffluo/does_anyone_know_how_to_fix_error_429/

https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1gfkqgn/what_the_actual_hell_is_going_on/