🟥 ALL YouTube issues: D-O-N-'T COMMENT without reading the 1st post🟥 #20586

stephenhawk8054 · 2023-11-10T15:43:02Z

⚠️ P-L-E-A-S-E, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE read and follow all of the instructions first ⚠️

Note: After each step, close your current tabs and open new tab to test again or it won't work.

I have created a new browser profile with only uBO and its default settings, and confirmed the issue still occurs in that new profile
I updated uBO to the latest versions (1.62.0+)

video tutorial

1-update-uBO.mp4

I removed custom config / reset to defaults. <== This means removing your custom filters (or disabling My filters) and disabling ALL additional lists you have enabled MANUALLY, including the ones listed by uBO. DO NOT disable DEFAULT filter lists. It might be quicker to make a backup of your config and restore to defaults instead.

video tutorials

2-disabling-custom-filter-config.mp4

2-2-reset-to-defaults.mp4

My filter lists are up to date.

click this link then load Youtube in a new tab.

I completely disabled ALL other extensions AND browser's built-in blockers. <== They might interfere with our solutions. However, DO NOT disable "Firefox Multi-Account Containers" add-on.

Some browsers with built-in blockers

Opera, Vivaldi, Brave
Edge: Click on "lock" icon at the left of URL bar -> Turn off Tracking Prevention

video tutorial

4-disabling-extensions.mp4

I did not remove any of the default filter lists, or I have verified that the issue was not caused by removing any of the default lists.
I verified the issue does not exist if I turn off uBO.

🟥 When reporting, A-L-W-A-Y-S provide your `Troubleshooting Information`! ALWAYS!! 🟥

On YouTube page that has issue: click 🛡️ uBO's icon > 💬 Report > Click "Troubleshooting information" > Select all > Copy > Share it.

video tutorial

5-copying-troubleshooting-info.mp4

Then share the EXACT links / URLs that you see the issue.
Describe the steps to reproduce in the most details as possible.
Provide video recordings of how to reproduce the issue.

If you suffer slow loading, test

www.youtube.com##+js(nano-stb, resolve(1), *, 0.001)
www.youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS.web_enable_ab_rsp_cl, false)
www.youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS.ab_pl_man, false)
||googlevideo.com/videoplayback$xhr,3p,method=get,domain=www.youtube.com

at your own risk.

Old youtube threads

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stephenhawk8054 · 2023-11-10T15:44:12Z

June 2024 - YouTube SSAP ads issue: PLEASE UPDATE QUICK FIX LIST by clicking this link

When reporting, please tell exactly which BROWSER you are using, which METHOD you are testing and DESCRIBE the steps to reproduce the issue in details, including the URLs where you see the issue.

iam-py-test · 2023-11-10T22:56:48Z

Disable everything other than uBlock Origin and see if it does away.
Then, enable them one-by-one and see which one caused it.
Thanks

stephenhawk8054 · 2023-11-11T04:34:15Z

@FrostedNiips Please follow the instructions in the top post

stephenhawk8054 · 2023-11-12T12:14:39Z

@somebody0278 Can you do these steps (follow strictly the step order, don't mix the steps orders, or skip any steps):

Click on uBO icon > ▤ "The logger" icon, it will open a logger window
Open new tab and reproduce the issue
Switch to the logger window that was opened in step 1, click on search bar, choose blocked
Copy the logger via 📋 export/copy button at the top right
Paste the logs here

mathieu-aubin · 2025-02-07T02:55:43Z

Confirm issue is gone with new FF beta 136.0b1 release. Thanks and keep it up, this is an amazing extension.

chrome://geckoview/content/config.xhtml

Yes, it will work on non-beta, but you'll need to type it manually.

That is great news, i wasn't aware. Thanks

aphedges · 2025-02-13T04:35:29Z

I encountered a problem today where, while using uBlock Origin, YouTube would show a loading spinner upon clicking play but never actually displaying the video. I was able to reproduce this in a fresh browser profile with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u75qyNJyEHg.

Weirdly, it seems to be related to my account in some way. uBlock Origin seems to work properly when I'm not logged in, and logging in breaks it. Additionally, if I disable uBlock Origin and play the pre-run ad in the fresh profile, I can then view the video in my main profile with uBlock Origin enabled. However, I was unable to get this happening consistently. Some videos that I have problems with in my main profile, like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S01D-J1AQyo, play without issue in the fresh profile.

Here is the requested troubleshooting information:

uBlock Origin: 1.62.0
Firefox: 135
filterset (summary):
 network: 140415
 cosmetic: 41452
 scriptlet: 21712
 html: 2248
listset (total-discarded, last-updated):
 default:
  user-filters: 0-0, never
  ublock-filters: 40334-293, 6m
  ublock-badware: 11911-6, now Δ
  ublock-privacy: 2239-41, 6m
  ublock-unbreak: 2614-31, 6m
  ublock-quick-fixes: 205-23, 4m
  easylist: 71266-54, now Δ
  easyprivacy: 53331-2, now Δ
  urlhaus-1: 21970-0, 6m
  plowe-0: 3541-994, 6m
filterset (user): [empty]
userSettings: [none]
hiddenSettings: [none]
supportStats:
 allReadyAfter: 172 ms (selfie)
 maxAssetCacheWait: 53 ms
 cacheBackend: indexedDB
popupPanel:
 blocked: 20
 network:
  youtube.com: 7
  doubleclick.net: 3
  google.com: 10
 extended:
  ##.ytp-featured-product
  ###player-ads
  ##.ytp-suggested-action > button.ytp-suggested-action-badge
  ##+js(trusted-replace-node-text, script, (function serverContrac…
  ##+js(adjust-setTimeout, [native code], 17000, 0.001)
  ##+js(json-prune-fetch-response, playerAds adPlacements adSlots …
  ##+js(json-prune-xhr-response, playerAds adPlacements adSlots no…
  ##+js(trusted-prevent-dom-bypass, Node.prototype.appendChild, fe…
  ##+js(set-constant, ytInitialPlayerResponse.playerAds, undefined…
  ##+js(set-constant, ytInitialPlayerResponse.adPlacements, undefi…
  ##+js(set-constant, ytInitialPlayerResponse.adSlots, undefined)
  ##+js(set-constant, playerResponse.adPlacements, undefined)
  ##+js(json-prune-fetch-response, reelWatchSequenceResponse.entri…

stephenhawk8054 · 2025-02-13T04:38:02Z

Can you screenshot the whole screen with the issue?

aphedges · 2025-02-13T04:48:39Z

I was able to get the failure with the second video but not the first this time:

Note the spinner in the center of the video, behind the "Play" button.

stephenhawk8054 · 2025-02-13T05:03:17Z

@aphedges Can you allow the site to autoplay in Firefox and test again?

aphedges · 2025-02-13T05:20:34Z

@aphedges Can you allow the site to autoplay in Firefox and test again?

What do you mean by that? Are you saying I should disable the "Block Audio and Video" option for "Autoplay"?

I can't reproduce the problem at the moment on either video, so I'll try again later and see if that helps.

stephenhawk8054 · 2025-02-13T05:28:43Z

Are you saying I should disable the "Block Audio and Video" option for "Autoplay"?

Yeah, switch from "Block Audio and Video" to "Allow Audio and Video" and test again

gwarser · 2025-02-13T12:57:43Z

I have this issue very often with autoplay blocked. The play button in the middle never works, the one on the bottom left works only sometimes. What always work for me is the k keyboard shortcut.

RA-Kooi · 2025-02-13T17:34:48Z

I got a similar issue as the poster above. Youtube videos play for about 19 seconds and then stop loading. After a while I get the error "Something went wrong. Refresh or try again later.". This only happens when I'm logged in, in an incognito window, or fresh profile without logging in, it works fine. Tested in a fresh profile of ungoogled chromium (manifest v2), happens on both Linux and Windows.

uBlock Origin: 1.62.0
Chromium: 130
filterset (summary):
 network: 139967
 cosmetic: 41455
 scriptlet: 23585
 html: 0
listset (total-discarded, last-updated):
 default:
  user-filters: 0-0, never
  ublock-filters: 40068-113, now
  ublock-badware: 11909-6, now
  ublock-privacy: 2253-34, now
  ublock-unbreak: 2557-1, now
  ublock-quick-fixes: 195-12, now
  easylist: 70982-606, now
  easyprivacy: 53332-718, now
  urlhaus-1: 21800-0, now
  plowe-0: 3541-0, now
filterset (user): [empty]
userSettings: [none]
hiddenSettings: [none]
supportStats:
 allReadyAfter: 293 ms (selfie)
 maxAssetCacheWait: 124 ms
 cacheBackend: indexedDB
popupPanel:
 blocked: 17
 network:
  youtube.com: 9
  doubleclick.net: 3
  google.com: 5
 extended:
  ##.ytp-featured-product
  ###player-ads
  ##.ytp-suggested-action > button.ytp-suggested-action-badge
  ##+js(trusted-replace-xhr-response, '/"adPlacements.*?([A-Z]"\}|…
  ##+js(trusted-replace-xhr-response, /"adPlacements.*?("adSlots"|…
  ##+js(trusted-replace-fetch-response, '"adPlacements"', '"no_ads…
  ##+js(trusted-replace-fetch-response, '"adSlots"', '"no_ads"', p…
  ##+js(set-constant, ytInitialPlayerResponse.playerAds, undefined…
  ##+js(set-constant, ytInitialPlayerResponse.adPlacements, undefi…
  ##+js(set-constant, ytInitialPlayerResponse.adSlots, undefined)
  ##+js(set-constant, playerResponse.adPlacements, undefined)
  ##+js(json-prune-fetch-response, reelWatchSequenceResponse.entri…
  ##+js(trusted-replace-node-text, script, (function serverContrac…
  ##+js(adjust-setTimeout, [native code], 17000, 0.001)
  ##+js(json-prune-fetch-response, playerAds adPlacements adSlots …
  ##+js(json-prune-xhr-response, playerAds adPlacements adSlots no…
  ##+js(trusted-prevent-dom-bypass, Node.prototype.appendChild, fe…

Interestingly enough, I still can't watch a video while being logged in after disabling uBlock. I also tried to use Cloudflare DNS instead of an adblocking DNS to make sure Youtube isn't detecting that. It also doesn't seem to be serving ads anywhere on YT if I disable uBlock while being logged in. This feels like a shadow ban.

EDIT: I did get an ad to play, but I still can't watch videos on my account.

stephenhawk8054 · 2025-02-13T23:40:00Z

happens on both Linux and Windows.

Is it from different devices?

RA-Kooi · 2025-02-13T23:45:23Z

That's a kind of hard question to answer, since the Windows "machine" is a VM with passed through hardware. So I guess the answer is yes?

stephenhawk8054 · 2025-02-13T23:47:15Z

Can you test in another real device with different network?

RA-Kooi · 2025-02-14T00:28:12Z

I logged in on Vanadium on my phone over 5G. YouTube works, and continues to work over WiFi.
Not sure what this means, not going to speculate.

EDIT: Just tried on firefox, works fine there. Tried updating to the latest version of ungoogled chromium on Windows, issues persists there.

stephenhawk8054 · 2025-02-14T01:22:53Z

I suspect this is more related to browsers and youtube than uBO: https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1iol6pg/youtube_megathread_ads_detection_or_breakages/mckejnx/ so I won't investigate into this more. Btw, if you only see the issue when logging in, it usually means that they are A/B testing something and making conflicts to browsers' network configs.

RA-Kooi · 2025-02-14T01:29:16Z

I suspect you're right, I hope I can disable this through an experiment flag.

aphedges · 2025-02-14T01:46:58Z

It's been a day, and I still can't reproduce the problem I reported around 22 hours ago. If it comes back, I'll try enabling autoplay and see if it works.

stephenhawk8054 · 2025-02-20T12:49:01Z

@Rudxain Does it happen in a new Firefox profile?

stephenhawk8054 · 2025-02-20T21:32:31Z

@Rudxain In the new profile, if you log in, does the issue occur?

stephenhawk8054 · 2025-02-22T00:25:16Z

@Rudxain Please share troubleshooting information in your old profile like instructions in post 1.

stephenhawk8054 · 2025-02-22T23:51:41Z

@Rudxain Can you go to about:addons page (type in URL bar) and screenshot it here?

stephenhawk8054 · 2025-02-23T17:05:37Z

If you cannot reproduce the issue in new profile then we can't investigate further. You might need to investigate in your old profile yourself.

stephenhawk8054 · 2025-02-24T01:26:24Z

PLEASE

FOLLOW POST 1 PLEASE

## 🟥 ALL YouTube issues: D-O-N-'T COMMENT without reading the 1st post🟥

I removed custom config / reset to defaults. <== This means removing your custom filters (or disabling My filters) and disabling ALL additional lists you have enabled MANUALLY, including the ones listed by uBO. DO NOT disable DEFAULT filter lists. It might be quicker to make a backup of your config and restore to defaults instead.

We cannot support EVERY SINGLE USER with their OWN custom configurations. We write all of the things what users need to debug themselves. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS PLEASE.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FREE TIME. PLEASE.

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Note: After each step, close your current tabs and open new tab to test again or it won't work.

🟥 When reporting, A-L-W-A-Y-S provide your Troubleshooting Information! ALWAYS!! 🟥

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