downloads failed with yt-dlp

[applesoff]

2026-07-19T16:02:53.887ZERRORdownloads.failed{"videoId":"XzU5H-boVfQ","code":1,"error":"ERROR: [youtube] XzU5H-boVfQ: Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot. Use --cookies-from-browser or --cookies for the authentication. See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-yt-dlp for how to manually pass cookies. Also see https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Extractors#exporting-youtube-cookies for tips on effectively exporting YouTube cookies"}

Can a section under yt-dlp be added to insert a cookie or login to make this work?

[Pelski]

Hi, sure, great catch, I'll add it in the next version 🙂

[Pelski]

Could you please test and let me know if the cookie is already working properly? 🙂

[applesoff]

i tried multiple times with adding the cookie as text and as a file but it declines the format it asks for netscape whatever. i used two different cookie extractors and followed yt-dlp's instructions.

[Pelski]

Should work now, wrong regex 🙂