HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests

[jbshirk]

Checklist

• [ x] I'm reporting a broken site support
• [ na] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2019.11.28
• [ x] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• [ x] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
• [ x] I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones
  All closed without resolution :
  https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue+error+429

Verbose log

Does not pertain to web services enduser

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Description

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Fetching https://youtu.be/O5L1OJ2xvgY ...
[1] ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug .
[2] Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

Have been getting this for days for "controversial" YouTube videos. Countermeasures?

Separate matter:
Part [2] of error message doesn't pertains to web apps like snarfed.ord ; should be supressed in such cases.