Bug report

[SteelWarrior20]

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• I am able to reproduce the bug with the latest version.
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Affected version

0.28.2

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Play a YouTube playlist by sharing from YouTube app.
2. Minimize and listen to the playlist in the background.
3. Stop the playlist and close tubular app.
4. After some hours, playing the previous playlist again won't work.

Expected behavior

No response

Actual behavior

No response

Screenshots/Recordings

No response

Logs

{"user_action":"play stream","request":"Loading failed for [Reyanna Maria - So Pretty ft. Tyga (Lyric Video)]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j_AY3pd-GE","content_language":"en-US","content_country":"US","app_language":"en_US","service":"YouTube","package":"org.polymorphicshade.tubular","version":"0.28.2","os":"Linux Android 15 - 35","time":"2026-02-20T20:09:13.061+05:45","exceptions":["org.schabi.newpipe.player.mediasource.FailedMediaSource$StreamInfoLoadException: org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.SignInConfirmNotBotException: YouTube probably temporarily blocked anonymous watch access with this IP , got error LOGIN_REQUIRED: "Sign in to confirm that you're not a bot"\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.player.playback.MediaSourceManager.$r8$lambda$o9pPAAzp1URPxayOlD1n6iDJBCc(MediaSourceManager.java:454)\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.player.playback.MediaSourceManager$$ExternalSyntheticLambda6.apply(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleOnErrorReturn$OnErrorReturn.onError(SingleOnErrorReturn.java:55)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleMap$MapSingleObserver.onError(SingleMap.java:70)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleDoOnError$DoOnError.onError(SingleDoOnError.java:63)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleSubscribeOn$SubscribeOnObserver.onError(SingleSubscribeOn.java:73)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeToSingle$ToSingleMaybeSubscriber.onError(MaybeToSingle.java:89)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe$ElementAtSubscriber.onError(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:94)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$ConcatMaybeObserver.onError(MaybeConcatArray.java:100)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeFromSingle$FromSingleObserver.onError(MaybeFromSingle.java:82)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleDoOnSuccess$DoOnSuccess.onError(SingleDoOnSuccess.java:65)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleFromCallable.subscribeActual(SingleFromCallable.java:47)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4855)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleDoOnSuccess.subscribeActual(SingleDoOnSuccess.java:35)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4855)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeFromSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeFromSingle.java:41)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:5377)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$ConcatMaybeObserver.drain(MaybeConcatArray.java:153)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray$ConcatMaybeObserver.request(MaybeConcatArray.java:78)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe$ElementAtSubscriber.onSubscribe(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:66)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeConcatArray.subscribeActual(MaybeConcatArray.java:42)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Flowable.subscribe(Flowable.java:16149)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.flowable.FlowableElementAtMaybe.subscribeActual(FlowableElementAtMaybe.java:36)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe.subscribe(Maybe.java:5377)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.maybe.MaybeToSingle.subscribeActual(MaybeToSingle.java:46)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Single.subscribe(Single.java:4855)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleSubscribeOn$SubscribeOnObserver.run(SingleSubscribeOn.java:89)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Scheduler$DisposeTask.run(Scheduler.java:644)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.run(ScheduledRunnable.java:80)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.schedulers.ScheduledRunnable.call(ScheduledRunnable.java:71)\n\tat java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)\n\tat java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:347)\n\tat java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)\n\tat java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:644)\n\tat java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1117)\nCaused by: org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.SignInConfirmNotBotException: YouTube probably temporarily blocked anonymous watch access with this IP , got error LOGIN_REQUIRED: "Sign in to confirm that you're not a bot"\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.checkPlayabilityStatus(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:904)\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.fetchAndroidClient(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:950)\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStreamExtractor.onFetchPage(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:861)\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.Extractor.fetchPage(Extractor.java:60)\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.java:97)\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.java:89)\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper.$r8$lambda$2dkAz4sF5JerlwklOcqxZdlMoBU(ExtractorHelper.java:123)\n\tat org.schabi.newpipe.util.ExtractorHelper$$ExternalSyntheticLambda7.call(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)\n\tat io.reactivex.rxjava3.internal.operators.single.SingleFromCallable.subscribeActual(SingleFromCallable.java:43)\n\t... 23 more\n"],"user_comment":""}

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Lineage OS 22.1

Affected device model

MI A3

Additional information

No response

[dftf-stu]

@SteelWarrior20 : you got the following error:

YouTube probably temporarily blocked anonymous watch access with this IP
got error LOGIN_REQUIRED: "Sign in to confirm that you're not a bot

This means you've watched a lot of videos recently in Tubular, and it's triggered a block on your IP.
(If you use a shared Wi-Fi, then everyone using Tubular will also count towards it, not just your device).

There's nothing the team here can do to solve the issue, but you have a few workarounds:

• If you use mobile-data (SIM): put your phone in ✈Flight Mode for a few minutes, then turn it off and you may get a new IP
• If you use Wi-Fi: turn the router off, perhaps overnight, and you may get a new IP
• Watch about an hour or two of videos in the official YouTube app, and the block might then get lifted
• Look into a VPN app, such as Proton VPN, which will hide your IP when connected

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