bug(YouTube): Swiping thru Shorts with higher video quality shows old video overlay

[satyasaipandey29-oss]

Bug description

Dear Devs,

In YouTube Shorts feed, changing the video quality (e.g., from Auto/1080p to 4K or any other option) causes severe metadata desync issues:

• The next Short plays automatically (as expected in swipe feed), but the title, description, channel name, likes/comments overlay, etc., remain stuck on the previous Short.
• When I swipe/change again to another Short, the correct video eventually plays, but before it finishes (or mid-playback), the next Short starts loading/swiping automatically, again without updating the title/description/channel metadata.
• This creates a chain: metadata lags behind by 1-2 Shorts, making it impossible to read the correct description/title while swiping normally.
• The issue is worse/triggered specifically when quality is changed mid-Short or on entry. Without changing quality, swiping sometimes works normally, but any quality adjustment breaks sync completely.

Details

Record_2026-03-01-15-10-53_b50abca68101f9ac06900ab663f0038c.mp4

Setup

• Morphe patches version: 1.16.0‑dev.5
• YouTube base version: [20.40.45]
• Spoof client tried: [Android VR, Android Reel,
  visionOS — same issue across]
• Other relevant settings: Prioritize video quality OFF, advanced quality OFF, remember last quality OFF (or whatever your config is)
• Device: One Plus Nord CE 3 Lite Android 15
• Network: Wi-Fi (strong/stable)

Additional info

• This seems related to quality change triggering some UI/refresh desync in Shorts player.
• Happens consistently when forcing higher quality (related to my ongoing quality drop bug, but separate).
• No crash, just persistent metadata lag/stuck state.
• Can provide screenshots (before/after swipe) or debug logs if needed (enable debug logging in Morphe > Miscellaneous > Debugging).

Thanks for the great patches—love the ad-free + premium quality when it works smoothly! Hope this helps nail down the Shorts player refresh bug.
I have used Grok to help me describe the issue

Error logs

Acknowledgements

• I have checked all open and closed bug reports and this is not a duplicate.
• All requested information has been provided properly.

[satyasaipandey29-oss]

Record_2026-03-01-15-15-25_b50abca68101f9ac06900ab663f0038c.mp4

Ig this might take a while. I am now encountering this new issue. Black screen, short not getting played and morphe getting closed automatically (as shown in previous video). I am sorry for the inconvenience. I won't cause a lot of trouble as I have to prepare for my class 12th ISC board Maths exam. Kindly fix these issues ASAP. U might find the video blurred because I had to compress it by 92%

[ILoveOpenSourceApplications]

@satyasaipandey29-oss, if the app is crashing, as you said in the first issue, try capturing the crash logs. That would be really helpful.

[ILoveOpenSourceApplications]

This looks like a stock YouTube problem from back then. Will re-open once more info is provided. Closing as not planned until then.