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Correct timing and region wording to match what was observed
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‎data/errors.yaml‎

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base: CouldNotRetrieveTranscript
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message: "Failed to automatically give consent to saving cookies"
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trigger: "YouTube returned its cookie consent page (`consent.youtube.com`), the library could not extract the consent token, or the page still showed consent after the cookie was set."
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meaning: "Requests from some regions, notably the EU and UK, first get a consent screen."
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meaning: "In some regions YouTube shows a cookie consent screen before serving the page."
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kind: environment
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text: "Depends on the region of the requesting IP."

‎data/status.json‎

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"env": "home network, India (residential)",
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"lib_version": "1.2.4",
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"result": "reproduced",
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"observed": "IpBlocked raised for two videos after about a day of repeated test requests from the same IP. yt-dlp still fetched subtitles from that IP at the same time. The block had lifted a few hours later."
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"observed": "IpBlocked raised for two videos after many test requests from the same IP that day. yt-dlp fetched subtitles from that IP a few minutes later, and the library worked again after roughly 25 minutes."
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‎errors/failedtocreateconsentcookie.md‎

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## What it means
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Requests from some regions, notably the EU and UK, first get a consent screen.
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In some regions YouTube shows a cookie consent screen before serving the page.
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## What triggers it
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‎errors/ipblocked.md‎

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| Date | Environment | Library | Result | What was observed |
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| 2026-10-17 | home network, India (residential) | 1.2.4 | Reproduced | IpBlocked raised for two videos after about a day of repeated test requests from the same IP. yt-dlp still fetched subtitles from that IP at the same time. The block had lifted a few hours later. |
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| 2026-10-17 | home network, India (residential) | 1.2.4 | Reproduced | IpBlocked raised for two videos after many test requests from the same IP that day. yt-dlp fetched subtitles from that IP a few minutes later, and the library worked again after roughly 25 minutes. |
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