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14.0.0 - Error: PlayerCaptchaView not found! #978
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Hard to reproduce, is inconsistent and it only happens on a set of IP addresses for a while, so this seems to be A/B testing.
Failure Logs
[YOUTUBEJS][Parser]: Error: PlayerCaptchaView not found!
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Introspected and JIT generated this class in the meantime:
class PlayerCaptchaView extends YTNode {
static type = 'PlayerCaptchaView';
captcha_loading_message: {
content: string,
style_runs: {
start_index: number,
length: number
}[]
};
challenge_reason: {
content: string,
style_runs: {
start_index: number,
length: number
}[]
};
captcha_successful_message: {
content: string,
style_runs: {
start_index: number,
length: number
}[]
};
captcha_cookie_set_failure_message: {
content: string,
style_runs: {
start_index: number,
length: number
}[]
};
captcha_failed_message: {
content: string,
style_runs: {
start_index: number,
length: number
}[]
};
constructor(data: RawNode) {
super();
this.captcha_loading_message = {
content: data.captchaLoadingMessage.content,
style_runs: data.captchaLoadingMessage.styleRuns.map((item: any) => ({
start_index: item.startIndex,
length: item.length
}))
};
this.challenge_reason = {
content: data.challengeReason.content,
style_runs: data.challengeReason.styleRuns.map((item: any) => ({
start_index: item.startIndex,
length: item.length
}))
};
this.captcha_successful_message = {
content: data.captchaSuccessfulMessage.content,
style_runs: data.captchaSuccessfulMessage.styleRuns.map((item: any) => ({
start_index: item.startIndex,
length: item.length
}))
};
this.captcha_cookie_set_failure_message = {
content: data.captchaCookieSetFailureMessage.content,
style_runs: data.captchaCookieSetFailureMessage.styleRuns.map((item: any) => ({
start_index: item.startIndex,
length: item.length
}))
};
this.captcha_failed_message = {
content: data.captchaFailedMessage.content,
style_runs: data.captchaFailedMessage.styleRuns.map((item: any) => ({
start_index: item.startIndex,
length: item.length
}))
};
}
}
at ERROR_HANDLER (https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/LuanRT/YouTube.js@v14.0.0-deno/deno/src/parser/parser.ts:140:9)
at createRuntimeClass (https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/LuanRT/YouTube.js@v14.0.0-deno/deno/src/parser/generator.ts:412:3)
at generateRuntimeClass (https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/LuanRT/YouTube.js@v14.0.0-deno/deno/src/parser/generator.ts:480:19)
at parseItem (https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/LuanRT/YouTube.js@v14.0.0-deno/deno/src/parser/parser.ts:553:9)
at Module.parseResponse (https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/LuanRT/YouTube.js@v14.0.0-deno/deno/src/parser/parser.ts:392:19)
at new MediaInfo (https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/LuanRT/YouTube.js@v14.0.0-deno/deno/src/core/mixins/MediaInfo.ts:52:25)
at new VideoInfo (https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/LuanRT/YouTube.js@v14.0.0-deno/deno/src/parser/youtube/VideoInfo.ts:55:5)
at youtubePlayerParsing (file:///tmp/deno-compile-invidious_companion/src/lib/helpers/youtubePlayerHandling.ts:84:23)
at eventLoopTick (ext:core/01_core.js:178:7)
at async checkToken (file:///tmp/deno-compile-invidious_companion/src/lib/jobs/potoken.ts:164:47) {
date: 2025-06-12T20:21:21.189Z,
version: "14.0.0",
info: undefined
}Expected behavior
Youtube player response returns OK playabilityStatus.status.
Current behavior
playabilityStatus looks like this, returning a Captcha:
"playabilityStatus": {
"status": "UNPLAYABLE",
"reason": "Video unavailable",
"errorScreen": {
"playerCaptchaViewModel": {
"captchaLoadingMessage": {
"content": "To continue, complete the task below",
"styleRuns": [
{
"startIndex": 0,
"length": 36
}
]
},
"challengeReason": {
"content": "To continue, complete the task below",
"styleRuns": [
{
"startIndex": 0,
"length": 36
}
]
},
"captchaSuccessfulMessage": {
"content": "To continue, complete the task below",
"styleRuns": [
{
"startIndex": 0,
"length": 36
}
]
},
"captchaCookieSetFailureMessage": {
"content": "Please enable cookies and try again",
"styleRuns": [
{
"startIndex": 0,
"length": 35
}
]
},
"captchaFailedMessage": {
"content": "Something went wrong",
"styleRuns": [
{
"startIndex": 0,
"length": 20
}
]
},
"accessibility": {
"accessibilityData": {
"label": "Video playback paused with a verification dialog."
}
}
}
},
"contextParams": "Q0FFU0FnZ0M="
},
Version
Default
Anything else?
Detected while using https://github.com/iv-org/invidious-companion
yt-dlp handled it like this: yt-dlp/yt-dlp#12939
JIT generated class here: Fijxu@a0309bb
Checklist
- I am running the latest version.
- I checked the documentation and found no answer.
- I have searched the existing issues and made sure this is not a duplicate.
- I have provided sufficient information.
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