Media Stuck Downloading

[waxill]

I have been seeing issues with my tubesync install for a while now which I put down to the large sqlite DB.
So I finally made the switch to a postgreSQL set up and rebuilt my entire set up and began to add the sources back in 1 by 1.

But, nothing will download.
It indexes everything, but when a download starts they just get stuck "downloading" and I see these errors in the logs;

tubesync | 2025-09-26 09:57:27,752 [tubesync/INFO] waiting for errors: 429 (00:00:00): KHH2344TDwfeY
tubesync | 2025-09-26 09:57:36,341 [tubesync/WARNING] [youtube] KH34H24TDwfeY: Signature extraction failed: Some formats may be missing
tubesync | player = https://www.youtube.com/s/player/a61444a1/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js
tubesync | 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
tubesync | 2025-09-26 09:57:37,264 [tubesync/WARNING] [youtube] KHH3424TDwfeY: Some web client https formats have been skipped as they are missing a url. YouTube is forcing SABR streaming for this client. See yt-dlp/yt-dlp#12482 for more details
[download] Got error: HTTP Error 403: ForbiddenRROR] ERROR:
[download] Got error: HTTP Error 403: ForbiddenRROR] ERROR:
[download] Got error: HTTP Error 403: ForbiddenRROR] ERROR:
[download] Got error: HTTP Error 403: ForbiddenRROR] ERROR:
[download] Got error: HTTP Error 403: ForbiddenRROR] ERROR:
[download] Got error: HTTP Error 403: ForbiddenRROR] ERROR:
[download] Got error: HTTP Error 403: ForbiddenRROR] ERROR:
[download] Got error: HTTP Error 403: ForbiddenRROR] ERROR:
[download] Got error: HTTP Error 403: ForbiddenRROR] ERROR:
[download] Got error: HTTP Error 403: ForbiddenRROR] ERROR:
[download] Got error: HTTP Error 403: ForbiddenRROR] ERROR:
[download] Got error: HTTP Error 403: ForbiddenRROR] ERROR:
[download] Got error: HTTP Error 403: ForbiddenRROR] ERROR:
[download] Got error: HTTP Error 403: ForbiddenRROR] ERROR:
[download] Got error: HTTP Error 403: ForbiddenRROR] ERROR:
[download] Got error: HTTP Error 403: ForbiddenRROR] ERROR:
[download] Got error: HTTP Error 403: ForbiddenRROR] ERROR:

tubesync | 2025-09-26 09:58:58,659 [tubesync/INFO] waiting for errors: 429 (00:00:00): KH34H24TDwfeY

tubesync | WARNING: [youtube] KHH24TDwfeY: Signature extraction failed: Some formats may be missing
tubesync | player = https://www.youtube.com/s/player/a61444a1/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js
tubesync | 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
tubesync | WARNING: [youtube] KHH24TDwfeY: Some web client https formats have been skipped as they are missing a url. YouTube is forcing SABR streaming for this client. See yt-dlp/yt-dlp#12482 for more details
tubesync | 192.168.0.10 - - [26/Sep/2025:10:01:01 +0100] "GET /tasks HTTP/1.1" 200 3023 "http://192.168.99.20:4848/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/140.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"
tubesync | ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
tubesync | [2025-09-26 10:04:58,999] ERROR:huey:189:Unhandled exception in task fb684597-9b8f-4745-b4a1-43bf814563ca.
tubesync | Traceback (most recent call last):
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 3516, in process_info
tubesync | partial_success, real_download = self.dl(fname, new_info)
tubesync | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 3254, in dl
tubesync | return fd.download(name, new_info, subtitle)
tubesync | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/yt_dlp/downloader/common.py", line 480, in download
tubesync | ret = self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
tubesync | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/yt_dlp/downloader/http.py", line 371, in real_download
tubesync | establish_connection()
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/yt_dlp/downloader/http.py", line 122, in establish_connection
tubesync | ctx.data = self.ydl.urlopen(request)
tubesync | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 4239, in urlopen
tubesync | return self._request_director.send(req)
tubesync | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/yt_dlp/networking/common.py", line 117, in send
tubesync | response = handler.send(request)
tubesync | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/yt_dlp/networking/_helper.py", line 194, in wrapper
tubesync | return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
tubesync | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/yt_dlp/networking/common.py", line 359, in send
tubesync | return self._send(request)
tubesync | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/yt_dlp/networking/_requests.py", line 357, in _send
tubesync | raise HTTPError(res, redirect_loop=max_redirects_exceeded)
tubesync | yt_dlp.networking.exceptions.HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
tubesync |
tubesync | During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
tubesync |
tubesync | Traceback (most recent call last):
tubesync | File "/app/sync/youtube.py", line 458, in download_media
tubesync | return y.download([url])
tubesync | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 3660, in download
tubesync | self.__download_wrapper(self.extract_info)(
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 3633, in wrapper
tubesync | res = func(*args, **kwargs)
tubesync | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1657, in extract_info
tubesync | return self.__extract_info(url, self.get_info_extractor(key), download, extra_info, process)
tubesync | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1668, in wrapper
tubesync | return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
tubesync | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1824, in __extract_info
tubesync | return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
tubesync | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1883, in process_ie_result
tubesync | ie_result = self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
tubesync | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 3065, in process_video_result
tubesync | self.process_info(new_info)
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 187, in wrapper
tubesync | return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
tubesync | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 3543, in process_info
tubesync | self.report_error(f'unable to download video data: {err}')
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1126, in report_error
tubesync | self.trouble(f'{self._format_err("ERROR:", self.Styles.ERROR)} {message}', *args, **kwargs)
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1065, in trouble
tubesync | raise DownloadError(message, exc_info)
tubesync | yt_dlp.utils.DownloadError: ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
tubesync |
tubesync | The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
tubesync |
tubesync | Traceback (most recent call last):
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/huey/api.py", line 394, in _execute
tubesync | task_value = task.execute()
tubesync | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/huey/api.py", line 834, in execute
tubesync | return func(*args, **kwargs)
tubesync | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
tubesync | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/django_huey/init.py", line 23, in inner
tubesync | return fn(*args, **kwargs)
tubesync | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
tubesync | File "/app/sync/tasks.py", line 1014, in download_media_file
tubesync | format_str, container = media.download_media()
tubesync | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
tubesync | File "/app/sync/models/media.py", line 1026, in download_media
tubesync | download_youtube_media(self.url, format_str, self.source.extension,
tubesync | File "/app/sync/youtube.py", line 466, in download_media
tubesync | raise YouTubeError(f'Failed to download for "{url}": {e}') from e
tubesync | sync.youtube.YouTubeError: Failed to download for "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxx": ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

[tcely]

You picked an unfortunate time. YouTube very recently made changes to make downloading more difficult.

Pull the latest image.

[davidancalagon]

I have the latest image, and I'm also having this issue. 403 forbidden on most if not all downloads.

[necromancyr]

Same issue for me. Guessing it's YouTube making it hard to download and another sync/update of yt-dlp is needed.

[tcely]

Tip

You can test that theory using the upgrade script.

Command

TUBESYNC_DEBUG=True /app/upgrade_yt-dlp.sh

Example output

root@9d47030f5673:/app# TUBESYNC_DEBUG=True /app/upgrade_yt-dlp.sh
Please report any issues that you have encountered before updating yt-dlp.

This is a tool to assist developers with debugging YouTube issues.
It should not be used as an alternative to updating container images!
Requirement already satisfied: yt-dlp in /usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages (2025.9.23)
Collecting yt-dlp
  Using cached yt_dlp-2025.9.26-py3-none-any.whl (3.2 MB)
Installing collected packages: yt-dlp
  Attempting uninstall: yt-dlp
    Found existing installation: yt-dlp 2025.9.23
    Uninstalling yt-dlp-2025.9.23:
      Successfully uninstalled yt-dlp-2025.9.23
Successfully installed yt-dlp-2025.9.26

[necromancyr]

Seems to be working now (at least, SOMETHING downloaded while nothing would previously).

I also setup POT, which wouldn't work last night - but now appears to be also given no error re: 502 being thrown in the below.
127.0.0.1 - - [27/Sep/2025:10:09:49 -0400] "GET /ping HTTP/1.1" 200 77 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/137.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"
127.0.0.1 - - [27/Sep/2025:10:09:49 -0400] "POST /get_pot HTTP/1.1" 200 291 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/137.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"

Also, just because I'm paranoid - does setting TUBESYNC_DEBUG that way (via console) persist over container restarts? I didn't think it would but...just want to be sure.

[tcely]

Also, just because I'm paranoid - does setting TUBESYNC_DEBUG that way (via console) persist over container restarts? I didn't think it would but...just want to be sure.

Setting an environment variable before a command in bash doesn't even persist to the next command.

You will need to set that variable from docker for it to persist across restarts or for newly created containers.

[necromancyr]

Thanks - both for the way to update yt-dlp and for the info (always learning!

And seems to be working well right now - wasn't just a one time thing. Multiple videos downloading over time.

[davidancalagon]

No dice for me here. Did the update to yt-dlp-2025.9.26 and still getting 403 forbidden on video downloads.

[KalyaSc]

No luck for me either :/ Just updated to the new version and I also get the same error: yt_dlp.utils.DownloadError: ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden.

Maybe not related (IDK) but the media it's stuck at has a weird video format proposition (TV-S?):

ID: 278 , 144p, TV-S (256x144), fps:25, video:VP9 @63.213k
ID: 394 , 144p, TV-S (256x144), fps:25, video:AV1 @37.626k
ID: 133 , 240p, TV-S (426x240), fps:25, video:AVC1 @84.278k
ID: 242 , 240p, TV-S (426x240), fps:25, video:VP9 @76.863k
ID: 395 , 240p, TV-S (426x240), fps:25, video:AV1 @69.746k
ID: 134 , 360p, TV-S (640x360), fps:25, video:AVC1 @167.069k
ID: 18 , 360p, TV-S (640x360), fps:25, video:AVC1 @474.535k , audio:MP4A 44,100Hz [fr]
ID: 243 , 360p, TV-S (640x360), fps:25, video:VP9 @158.184k
ID: 396 , 360p, TV-S (640x360), fps:25, video:AV1 @133.351k
ID: 135 , 480p, TV-S (854x480), fps:25, video:AVC1 @275.748k
ID: 244 , 480p, TV-S (854x480), fps:25, video:VP9 @237.342k
ID: 397 , 480p, TV-S (854x480), fps:25, video:AV1 @222.48k
ID: 136 , 720p, TV-S (1280x720), fps:25, video:AVC1 @461.13k
ID: 247 , 720p, TV-S (1280x720), fps:25, video:VP9 @434.181k
ID: 398 , 720p, TV-S (1280x720), fps:25, video:AV1 @393.066k
ID: 137 , 1080p, TV-S (1920x1080), fps:25, video:AVC1 @1601.623k
ID: 248 , 1080p, TV-S (1920x1080), fps:25, video:VP9 @801.341k
ID: 399 , 1080p, TV-S (1920x1080), fps:25, video:AV1 @639.727k (matched) 

[necromancyr]

So, I also added Proof-Of-Origin Token setup with bgutil-ytdlp-pot-provider - I'm guessing it's a combo of the two, because it was NOT working last night when I was trying to get things going.

Basically, run that in another container, and just set the env variables TUBESYNC_POT_PORT and TUBESYNC_POT_IPADDR to it.

[meeb]

I also experienced this issue and updating yt-dlp (by 3 days) fixed it for me for a while. I've triggered a rebuild of the last commit which should update yt-dlp in the container. This is probably going to need more upstream fixes to resolve properly as it's not a tubesync issue directly. yt-dlp will be updated in the container as and when an updated release is available.

[tcely]

Maybe not related (IDK) but the media it's stuck at has a weird video format proposition (TV-S?):

It's unlikely to be related, but I can't rule it out.

TV-S should be referring to the client (tv_simply) being used by yt-dlp for anyone who was wondering.