diff --git a/test/test_YoutubeDL.py b/test/test_YoutubeDL.py
index ab1250848b8..3cfb61fb26d 100644
--- a/test/test_YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/test/test_YoutubeDL.py
@@ -831,6 +831,7 @@ def expect_same_infodict(out):
         test('%(id&hi {:>10} {}|)s', 'hi       1234 1234')
         test(R'%(id&{0} {}|)s', 'NA')
         test(R'%(id&{0.1}|)s', 'NA')
+        test('%(height&{:,d})S', '1,080')
 
         # Laziness
         def gen():
diff --git a/test/test_networking.py b/test/test_networking.py
index 684bf5f9651..9c33b0d4c64 100644
--- a/test/test_networking.py
+++ b/test/test_networking.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 from http.cookiejar import CookieJar
 
 from test.helper import FakeYDL, http_server_port
+from yt_dlp.cookies import YoutubeDLCookieJar
 from yt_dlp.dependencies import brotli
 from yt_dlp.networking import (
     HEADRequest,
@@ -478,7 +479,7 @@ def test_request_cookie_header(self, handler):
             assert 'Cookie: test=test' not in res
 
         # Specified Cookie header should override global cookiejar for that request
-        cookiejar = http.cookiejar.CookieJar()
+        cookiejar = YoutubeDLCookieJar()
         cookiejar.set_cookie(http.cookiejar.Cookie(
             version=0, name='test', value='ytdlp', port=None, port_specified=False,
             domain='127.0.0.1', domain_specified=True, domain_initial_dot=False, path='/',
@@ -505,7 +506,7 @@ def test_incompleteread(self, handler):
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib'], indirect=True)
     def test_cookies(self, handler):
-        cookiejar = http.cookiejar.CookieJar()
+        cookiejar = YoutubeDLCookieJar()
         cookiejar.set_cookie(http.cookiejar.Cookie(
             0, 'test', 'ytdlp', None, False, '127.0.0.1', True,
             False, '/headers', True, False, None, False, None, None, {}))
@@ -903,7 +904,8 @@ class HTTPSupportedRH(ValidationRH):
     EXTENSION_TESTS = [
         ('Urllib', [
             ({'cookiejar': 'notacookiejar'}, AssertionError),
-            ({'cookiejar': CookieJar()}, False),
+            ({'cookiejar': YoutubeDLCookieJar()}, False),
+            ({'cookiejar': CookieJar()}, AssertionError),
             ({'timeout': 1}, False),
             ({'timeout': 'notatimeout'}, AssertionError),
             ({'unsupported': 'value'}, UnsupportedRequest),
diff --git a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
index 6e8be40ba2d..db5932c4438 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -256,8 +256,6 @@ class YoutubeDL:
     overwrites:        Overwrite all video and metadata files if True,
                        overwrite only non-video files if None
                        and don't overwrite any file if False
-                       For compatibility with youtube-dl,
-                       "nooverwrites" may also be used instead
     playlist_items:    Specific indices of playlist to download.
     playlistrandom:    Download playlist items in random order.
     lazy_playlist:     Process playlist entries as they are received.
@@ -553,6 +551,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
                        You can reduce network I/O by disabling it if you don't
                        care about HLS. (only for youtube)
     no_color:          Same as `color='no_color'`
+    no_overwrites:     Same as `overwrites=False`
     """
 
     _NUMERIC_FIELDS = {
@@ -604,6 +603,7 @@ def __init__(self, params=None, auto_init=True):
         self._playlist_level = 0
         self._playlist_urls = set()
         self.cache = Cache(self)
+        self.__header_cookies = []
 
         stdout = sys.stderr if self.params.get('logtostderr') else sys.stdout
         self._out_files = Namespace(
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ def process_color_policy(stream):
             policy = traverse_obj(self.params, ('color', (stream_name, None), {str}), get_all=False)
             if policy in ('auto', None):
                 return term_allow_color and supports_terminal_sequences(stream)
-            assert policy in ('always', 'never', 'no_color')
+            assert policy in ('always', 'never', 'no_color'), policy
             return {'always': True, 'never': False}.get(policy, policy)
 
         self._allow_colors = Namespace(**{
@@ -681,12 +681,10 @@ def process_color_policy(stream):
 
         self.params['compat_opts'] = set(self.params.get('compat_opts', ()))
         self.params['http_headers'] = HTTPHeaderDict(std_headers, self.params.get('http_headers'))
-        self.__header_cookies = []
         self._load_cookies(self.params['http_headers'].get('Cookie'))  # compat
         self.params['http_headers'].pop('Cookie', None)
+        self._request_director = self.build_request_director(_REQUEST_HANDLERS.values())
 
-        self._request_director = self.build_request_director(
-            sorted(_REQUEST_HANDLERS.values(), key=lambda rh: rh.RH_NAME.lower()))
         if auto_init and auto_init != 'no_verbose_header':
             self.print_debug_header()
 
@@ -3977,7 +3975,7 @@ def get_encoding(stream):
         })) or 'none'))
 
         write_debug(f'Proxy map: {self.proxies}')
-        # write_debug(f'Request Handlers: {", ".join(rh.RH_NAME for rh in self._request_director.handlers)}')
+        # write_debug(f'Request Handlers: {", ".join(rh.RH_NAME for rh in self._request_director.handlers.values())}')
         for plugin_type, plugins in {'Extractor': plugin_ies, 'Post-Processor': plugin_pps}.items():
             display_list = ['%s%s' % (
                 klass.__name__, '' if klass.__name__ == name else f' as {name}')
@@ -4080,7 +4078,7 @@ def urlopen(self, req):
 
     def build_request_director(self, handlers):
         logger = _YDLLogger(self)
-        headers = self.params.get('http_headers').copy()
+        headers = self.params['http_headers'].copy()
         proxies = self.proxies.copy()
         clean_headers(headers)
         clean_proxies(proxies, headers)
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index b69ac1d653e..7deab995c4b 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ def extract(self, url):
         except UnsupportedError:
             raise
         except ExtractorError as e:
-            e.video_id = e.video_id or self.get_temp_id(url),
+            e.video_id = e.video_id or self.get_temp_id(url)
             e.ie = e.ie or self.IE_NAME,
             e.traceback = e.traceback or sys.exc_info()[2]
             raise
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/lbry.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/lbry.py
index 7dd3a486130..9a9f9256fed 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/lbry.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/lbry.py
@@ -248,9 +248,9 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
 
             # GET request to v3 API returns original video/audio file if available
             direct_url = re.sub(r'/api/v\d+/', '/api/v3/', streaming_url)
-            ext = urlhandle_detect_ext(self._request_webpage(
-                direct_url, display_id, 'Checking for original quality', headers=headers))
-            if ext != 'm3u8':
+            urlh = self._request_webpage(
+                direct_url, display_id, 'Checking for original quality', headers=headers, fatal=False)
+            if urlh and urlhandle_detect_ext(urlh) != 'm3u8':
                 formats.append({
                     'url': direct_url,
                     'format_id': 'original',
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/netverse.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/netverse.py
index 398198a1b04..ef53e15da6b 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/netverse.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/netverse.py
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class NetverseIE(NetverseBaseIE):
             'uploader': 'Net Prime',
             'comment_count': int,
         },
-        'params':{
+        'params': {
             'getcomments': True
         }
     }, {
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class NetverseIE(NetverseBaseIE):
             'season': 'Season 1',
             'comment_count': int,
         },
-        'params':{
+        'params': {
             'getcomments': True
         }
     }]
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/ninenow.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/ninenow.py
index b970f8ccb56..c655b75f469 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/ninenow.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/ninenow.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class NineNowIE(InfoExtractor):
             'upload_date': '20210421',
         },
         'expected_warnings': ['Ignoring subtitle tracks'],
-        'params':{
+        'params': {
             'skip_download': True,
         }
     }]
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/vk.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/vk.py
index 6b7379d46c1..915422817a5 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/vk.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/vk.py
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ def _extract_common_meta(self, stream_info):
 
 
 class VKPlayIE(VKPlayBaseIE):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://vkplay\.live/(?P<username>[^/]+)/record/(?P<id>[a-f0-9\-]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://vkplay\.live/(?P<username>[^/#?]+)/record/(?P<id>[a-f0-9-]+)'
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'https://vkplay.live/zitsmann/record/f5e6e3b5-dc52-4d14-965d-0680dd2882da',
         'info_dict': {
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
 
 
 class VKPlayLiveIE(VKPlayBaseIE):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://vkplay\.live/(?P<id>[^/]+)/?(?:[#?]|$)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://vkplay\.live/(?P<id>[^/#?]+)/?(?:[#?]|$)'
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'https://vkplay.live/bayda',
         'info_dict': {
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/wimbledon.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/wimbledon.py
index ee4872e88b3..0223e54f1d5 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/wimbledon.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/wimbledon.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 
 class WimbledonIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?wimbledon\.com/\w+/video/media/(?P<id>\d+).html'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?wimbledon\.com/\w+/video/media/(?P<id>\d+)\.html'
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/video/media/6330247525112.html',
         'info_dict': {
diff --git a/yt_dlp/networking/common.py b/yt_dlp/networking/common.py
index 792e062fdfe..8fba8c1c5ae 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/networking/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/networking/common.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 from collections.abc import Iterable, Mapping
 from email.message import Message
 from http import HTTPStatus
-from http.cookiejar import CookieJar
 
 from ._helper import make_ssl_context, wrap_request_errors
 from .exceptions import (
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@
     UnsupportedRequest,
 )
 from ..compat.types import NoneType
+from ..cookies import YoutubeDLCookieJar
 from ..utils import (
     bug_reports_message,
     classproperty,
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def __init__(
         self, *,
         logger,  # TODO(Grub4k): default logger
         headers: HTTPHeaderDict = None,
-        cookiejar: CookieJar = None,
+        cookiejar: YoutubeDLCookieJar = None,
         timeout: float | int | None = None,
         proxies: dict = None,
         source_address: str = None,
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         self._logger = logger
         self.headers = headers or {}
-        self.cookiejar = cookiejar if cookiejar is not None else CookieJar()
+        self.cookiejar = cookiejar if cookiejar is not None else YoutubeDLCookieJar()
         self.timeout = float(timeout or 20)
         self.proxies = proxies or {}
         self.source_address = source_address
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ def _check_proxies(self, proxies):
 
     def _check_extensions(self, extensions):
         """Check extensions for unsupported extensions. Subclasses should extend this."""
-        assert isinstance(extensions.get('cookiejar'), (CookieJar, NoneType))
+        assert isinstance(extensions.get('cookiejar'), (YoutubeDLCookieJar, NoneType))
         assert isinstance(extensions.get('timeout'), (float, int, NoneType))
 
     def _validate(self, request):
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ def send(self, request: Request) -> Response:
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def _send(self, request: Request):
         """Handle a request from start to finish. Redefine in subclasses."""
+        pass
 
     def close(self):
         pass