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gustavobretas opened this issue Jun 17, 2025 · 4 comments · May be fixed by #16451
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YouTube Node: Playlist Creation privacyStatus Always Defaults to Private #16442

gustavobretas opened this issue Jun 17, 2025 · 4 comments · May be fixed by #16451
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Bug Description

When using the YouTube Node in n8n to create a new playlist, the privacyStatus of the created playlist always defaults to private, regardless of the value selected in the node's configuration.

To Reproduce

  1. Add a YouTube Node to an n8n workflow.
  2. Configure the node to perform the "Playlist: Create" operation.
  3. Set the "Privacy Status" option to anything other than 'private' (e.g., 'public' or 'unlisted').
  4. Execute the workflow.
  5. Observe the newly created playlist on YouTube.

Expected behavior

The privacyStatus of the created YouTube playlist should reflect the value configured in the n8n YouTube Node (e.g., 'public', 'unlisted', or 'private').

Operating System

Alpine, Docker Image: n8nio/n8n:1.98.1

n8n Version

1.98.1

Node.js Version

22.16.0

Database

SQLite (default)

Execution mode

main (default)
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Joffcom commented Jun 17, 2025

Hey @gustavobretas,

We have created an internal ticket to look into this which we will be tracking as "GHC-2607"

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It seems the issue stems from an incorrect path for the privacyStatus parameter within the request body.
In the file n8n/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/YouTube/YouTube.node.ts, line 515 currently sets the parameter as:

body.snippet.privacyStatus = options.privacyStatus as string;

However, according to the official YouTube Data API v3 documentation for playlist insertion (specifically, the status resource property), the correct path should be: body.status.privacyStatus

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Joffcom commented Jun 17, 2025

Sounds like you have a fix as well, If you want to add some tests to it feel free to open a PR with it.

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Fix(Youtube Node) fix(Youtube Node) Align playlist creation test with privacyStatus fix n8n-io#16442
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Hey @Joffcom,

Thanks for the encouragement! I've gone ahead and adjusted the tests for this, and they're all passing now:

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If you could take a look at the PR whenever you have a moment, I'd really appreciate it!

Thanks again!

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