[TikTok] Failure to extract webpage data

[SeBunderthesea]

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Looks like TikTok changed something, and now yt-dlp isn't working properly anymore. FWIW, gallery-dl seems to be having the same issues.
General site support seems broken, but some things still work. Pagination seems fine, post IDs are found during simulation, but no data is being extracted.
I think it broke some around 10:15 CET, and then again around 15:35 CET.

Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem

• Run your yt-dlp command with -vU flag added (yt-dlp -vU <your command line>)
• If using API, add 'verbose': True to YoutubeDL params instead
• Copy the WHOLE output (starting with [debug] Command-line config) and insert it below

Complete Verbose Output

[debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', '-s', 'https://www.tiktok.com/@eminem']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, pref cp1252, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
[debug] yt-dlp version master@2026.01.06.054443 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds [27afb31ed] (win_exe)
[debug] Python 3.10.11 (CPython AMD64 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.26100-SP0 (OpenSSL 1.1.1t  7 Feb 2023)
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-118081-g7b0bd6c4a7-20241217 (setts), ffprobe N-118081-g7b0bd6c4a7-20241217
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.23.0, brotli-1.2.0, certifi-2026.01.04, curl_cffi-0.13.0, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.5, sqlite3-3.40.1, urllib3-2.6.2, websockets-15.0.1, yt_dlp_ejs-0.3.2
[debug] JS runtimes: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets, curl_cffi
[debug] Plugin directories: none
[debug] Loaded 1853 extractors
[debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds/releases/latest
Latest version: master@2026.01.06.054443 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds
yt-dlp is up to date (master@2026.01.06.054443 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds)
[tiktok:user] Extracting URL: https://www.tiktok.com/@eminem
[tiktok:user] eminem: Downloading user webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: eminem
[tiktok:user] eminem: Downloading page 1
[tiktok:user] Playlist eminem: Downloading 11 items of 11
[download] Downloading item 1 of 11
[TikTok] Extracting URL: https://www.tiktok.com/@eminem/video/7578920770814954766
[TikTok] 7578920770814954766: Downloading webpage
ERROR: [TikTok] 7578920770814954766: Unable to extract webpage video data; please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 763, in extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\tiktok.py", line 913, in _real_extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\tiktok.py", line 251, in _extract_web_data_and_status

[download] Downloading item 2 of 11
[TikTok] Extracting URL: https://www.tiktok.com/@eminem/video/7549219439288323359
[TikTok] 7549219439288323359: Downloading webpage
ERROR: [TikTok] 7549219439288323359: Unable to extract webpage video data; please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 763, in extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\tiktok.py", line 913, in _real_extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\tiktok.py", line 251, in _extract_web_data_and_status

[download] Downloading item 3 of 11
[TikTok] Extracting URL: https://www.tiktok.com/@eminem/video/7543344360230898975
[TikTok] 7543344360230898975: Downloading webpage
ERROR: [TikTok] 7543344360230898975: Unable to extract webpage video data; please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 763, in extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\tiktok.py", line 913, in _real_extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\tiktok.py", line 251, in _extract_web_data_and_status

[download] Downloading item 4 of 11
[TikTok] Extracting URL: https://www.tiktok.com/@eminem/video/7542913644275748110
[TikTok] 7542913644275748110: Downloading webpage
ERROR: [TikTok] 7542913644275748110: Unable to extract webpage video data; please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 763, in extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\tiktok.py", line 913, in _real_extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\tiktok.py", line 251, in _extract_web_data_and_status

[download] Downloading item 5 of 11
[TikTok] Extracting URL: https://www.tiktok.com/@eminem/video/7542750204399848735
[TikTok] 7542750204399848735: Downloading webpage
ERROR: [TikTok] 7542750204399848735: Unable to extract webpage video data; please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 763, in extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\tiktok.py", line 913, in _real_extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\tiktok.py", line 251, in _extract_web_data_and_status

[download] Downloading item 6 of 11
[TikTok] Extracting URL: https://www.tiktok.com/@eminem/video/7538115709583232311
[TikTok] 7538115709583232311: Downloading webpage
ERROR: [TikTok] 7538115709583232311: Unable to extract webpage video data; please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 763, in extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\tiktok.py", line 913, in _real_extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\tiktok.py", line 251, in _extract_web_data_and_status

[download] Downloading item 7 of 11
[TikTok] Extracting URL: https://www.tiktok.com/@eminem/video/7390598425370234155
[TikTok] 7390598425370234155: Downloading webpage
ERROR: [TikTok] 7390598425370234155: Unable to extract webpage video data; please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 763, in extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\tiktok.py", line 913, in _real_extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\tiktok.py", line 251, in _extract_web_data_and_status

[download] Downloading item 8 of 11
[TikTok] Extracting URL: https://www.tiktok.com/@eminem/video/7390578270565092651
[TikTok] 7390578270565092651: Downloading webpage
ERROR: [TikTok] 7390578270565092651: Unable to extract webpage video data; please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 763, in extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\tiktok.py", line 913, in _real_extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\tiktok.py", line 251, in _extract_web_data_and_status

[download] Downloading item 9 of 11
[TikTok] Extracting URL: https://www.tiktok.com/@eminem/video/7389457103645363502
[TikTok] 7389457103645363502: Downloading webpage
ERROR: [TikTok] 7389457103645363502: Unable to extract webpage video data; please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 763, in extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\tiktok.py", line 913, in _real_extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\tiktok.py", line 251, in _extract_web_data_and_status

[download] Downloading item 10 of 11
[TikTok] Extracting URL: https://www.tiktok.com/@eminem/video/7371250678079016235
[TikTok] 7371250678079016235: Downloading webpage
ERROR: [TikTok] 7371250678079016235: Unable to extract webpage video data; please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 763, in extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\tiktok.py", line 913, in _real_extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\tiktok.py", line 251, in _extract_web_data_and_status

[download] Downloading item 11 of 11
[TikTok] Extracting URL: https://www.tiktok.com/@eminem/video/7362303121831349547
[TikTok] 7362303121831349547: Downloading webpage
ERROR: [TikTok] 7362303121831349547: Unable to extract webpage video data; please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 763, in extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\tiktok.py", line 913, in _real_extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\tiktok.py", line 251, in _extract_web_data_and_status

[download] Finished downloading playlist: eminem

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