Got error : "sign-in to confirm you are not a robot"

[jerohnimaux]

Steps to reproduce

• Log in a Piped instance (tried kavin.rocks, lunar.icu)
• Click on any video
• The message "Got error : "sign-in to confirm you are not a robot"" appears and the video doesn't play

Expected behavior

The video should play

Actual behavior

An error is displayed : Got error : "sign-in to confirm you are not a robot"

LibreTube version

0.23.2

Android version

GrapheneOS Android 14 build 2024060500

Other details

Same issue happened for many different projects that get YouTube videos.
The issue was fixed by implementing support for OAuth2 tokens for YouTube : imputnet/cobalt#551

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[kiss2u]

same issue here, guessing it is a typical youtube problem rather than a tech bug.

[TheSystemGuy1337]

YouTube has been going on a crusade against downloader utilities recently. See this comment I made on this issue involving yt-dlp for additional details. In short, DON'T PASS COOKIES.

[gloriouspuffy]

Same issue but for me it only happens on projectsegfau.lt

[Sarvesh-N]

Same issue for me, This error occurs to me whenever I try to watch the video

[em3250n]

Same issue for me, This error occurs to me whenever I try to watch the video

Same issue here

[P00RY]

So is there a fix or...?

[ImMALWARE]

Same for me, when i try to watch any video

[P00RY]

So is there a fix or...?

NVM I just had to change the instance, if that doesn't work for someone I dunno what will.

[ImMALWARE]

So is there a fix or...?

NVM I just had to change the instance, if that doesn't work for someone I dunno what will.

what instance is working for you?

[AverySalsedo21]

Newpipe doesnt have this issue maybe the piped team should ask them what they did? I use libre tube mostly but newpipe is just my backup youtube client and it has basically no problem with playing videos . just trying to help out . i love libretube and prefer it

[kubo6472]

@AverySalsedo21 can confirm by using newpipe all the time, that it definitely does have this issue. However it's mostly in the form of a crash and error http_bad_statuscode 403