Downloads of some Youtube videos consistently fail part way through

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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '-f', 'best', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3bbWuHPXeY']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.01.10
[debug] Python version 3.7.2 (CPython) - Darwin-17.7.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.1, ffprobe 4.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] D3bbWuHPXeY: Downloading webpage
[youtube] D3bbWuHPXeY: Downloading video info webpage
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r1---sn-u5a3u5a3-cgnd.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?mime=video%2Fmp4&requiressl=yes&fvip=1&expire=1547486786&lmt=1547369056012609&ratebypass=yes&signature=BD34AC3980531D2CE6CE9002909FD91898068335.5A031EF2F4CE1380502CE32CA0BDF4DFC5A9F607&gcr=gb&source=youtube&key=yt6&c=WEB&txp=5535432&ei=4nE8XJawHILSxwLQ6bPgCA&pl=23&mn=sn-u5a3u5a3-cgnd%2Csn-aigzrn7k&ipbits=0&ip=195.149.50.61&mm=31%2C29&id=o-AE3FZK79L874XdBB5UnnWulxCRUhXr9YW1hpLSwKeRSo&sparams=dur%2Cei%2Cgcr%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cexpire&itag=22&ms=au%2Crdu&initcwndbps=742500&mv=m&dur=8196.899&mt=1547465112'
[download] Destination: LIVE Tyrrells Premier 15s _ Saracens Women v Harlequins Ladies-D3bbWuHPXeY.mp4
[download]   0.4% of 908.27MiB at 462.34KiB/s ETA 33:24[download] Got server HTTP error: Downloaded 3575464 bytes, expected 952386427 bytes. Retrying (attempt 1 of 10)...


ERROR: Did not get any data blocks
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/3.7.2_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", mod_spec)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/3.7.2_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 19, in <module>
    youtube_dl.main()
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 472, in main
    _real_main(argv)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 462, in _real_main
    retcode = ydl.download(all_urls)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2002, in download
    url, force_generic_extractor=self.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False))
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 804, in extract_info
    return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 858, in process_ie_result
    return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1636, in process_video_result
    self.process_info(new_info)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1909, in process_info
    success = dl(filename, info_dict)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1848, in dl
    return fd.download(name, info)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 364, in download
    return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 342, in real_download
    return download()
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 312, in download
    self.report_error('Did not get any data blocks')
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 165, in report_error
    self.ydl.report_error(*args, **kargs)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 621, in report_error
    self.trouble(error_message, tb)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 583, in trouble
    tb_data = traceback.format_list(traceback.extract_stack())

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

On some videos, but not all, the download fails part way through. In the example given it leaves a partial download in place, a file called "LIVE Tyrrells Premier 15s _ Saracens Women v Harlequins Ladies-D3bbWuHPXeY.mp4.part" of about 3.5MB. Deleting that file and trying again fails similarly, although the exact size of the resulting file can differ although it's still roughly 3.5MB. If I don't delete the file and try again, then ...

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '-f', 'best', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3bbWuHPXeY']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.01.10
[debug] Python version 3.7.2 (CPython) - Darwin-17.7.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.1, ffprobe 4.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] D3bbWuHPXeY: Downloading webpage
[youtube] D3bbWuHPXeY: Downloading video info webpage
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r1---sn-u5a3u5a3-cgnd.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1547486946&dur=8196.899&lmt=1547369056012609&ip=195.149.50.61&key=yt6&fvip=1&initcwndbps=708750&source=youtube&id=o-AFAs-VibscLGicAkNn28lryTwVuDaj8pOTPVic9R2jsl&ratebypass=yes&mn=sn-u5a3u5a3-cgnd%2Csn-aigzrn7k&mm=31%2C29&ms=au%2Crdu&ei=gnI8XMaTEM6tVevqscAE&mv=m&mt=1547465293&requiressl=yes&mime=video%2Fmp4&gcr=gb&itag=22&pl=23&txp=5535432&pcm2cms=yes&c=WEB&ipbits=0&sparams=dur%2Cei%2Cgcr%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpcm2cms%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cexpire&signature=22467EF1BCCFB35CA31627676198BB4F54ED7585.4E1DDBE56275BA6CAE55A14B75DE2DFC07B7D50C'
[download] Resuming download at byte 3575464


ERROR: Did not get any data blocks
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/3.7.2_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", mod_spec)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/3.7.2_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 19, in <module>
    youtube_dl.main()
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 472, in main
    _real_main(argv)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 462, in _real_main
    retcode = ydl.download(all_urls)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2002, in download
    url, force_generic_extractor=self.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False))
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 804, in extract_info
    return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 858, in process_ie_result
    return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1636, in process_video_result
    self.process_info(new_info)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1909, in process_info
    success = dl(filename, info_dict)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1848, in dl
    return fd.download(name, info)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 364, in download
    return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 342, in real_download
    return download()
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py", line 312, in download
    self.report_error('Did not get any data blocks')
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 165, in report_error
    self.ydl.report_error(*args, **kargs)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 621, in report_error
    self.trouble(error_message, tb)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 583, in trouble
    tb_data = traceback.format_list(traceback.extract_stack())

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Server side youtube failure.