Update YouTube Changes (August 2026) - #140
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| let innertubeClients: [InnerTube.ClientType] = [.androidVR, .webSafari, .web] | ||
| let innertubeClients: [InnerTube.ClientType] = [.visionOS, .web] |
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The VISIONOS client returns no streamingData for made-for-kids videos, while the remaining WEB client's media URLs require a GVS PO token that this library never obtains. Removing the Safari client therefore leaves local extraction for these videos either without streaming data or with URLs that return HTTP 403; this includes the existing testSampleVideoMadeForKids case.
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Not a regression from this PR: the same made-for-kids test fails with zero streams on the freshly fetched origin/main, where webSafari is still enabled. The underlying issue is real, but retaining webSafari no longer provides a usable extraction path.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe package now requires Swift tools version 5.9. InnerTube clients include device metadata, updated defaults, Reddit embed URLs, and a new visionOS client. Video extraction uses web-embed fallback data, visionOS video-info requests, and embed-specific configuration. Tests update progressive-stream expectations, add remote age-restricted validation, and accept Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The updated YouTube extraction path can associate stream data with the wrong video metadata when one client response lacks streaming data, causing incorrect or failed playback-format extraction. This bounded correctness issue should be fixed before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@Sources/YouTubeKit/YouTube.swift`:
- Line 364: Update the streams assembly around innertubeClients, streamingData,
and videoInfos so VideoInfo remains paired with its originating StreamingData
after entries lacking streamingData are removed. Iterate over the paired
video-info results and skip missing streamingData entries, or otherwise return
and consume paired values; do not zip a compacted streamingData array with the
full videoInfos array.
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Keep VideoInfo and StreamingData paired.
At Line 318, streamingData removes responses that have no streamingData. At Line 276, streams zips the compacted array with the full videoInfos array. If VisionOS returns video details without streamingData and Web returns streams, the Web manifest is processed with the VisionOS VideoInfo.
Iterate over videoInfos and skip entries without streamingData, or return paired values from streamingData.
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In `@Sources/YouTubeKit/YouTube.swift` at line 364, Update the streams assembly
around innertubeClients, streamingData, and videoInfos so VideoInfo remains
paired with its originating StreamingData after entries lacking streamingData
are removed. Iterate over the paired video-info results and skip missing
streamingData entries, or otherwise return and consume paired values; do not zip
a compacted streamingData array with the full videoInfos array.
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Not fixing this in PR #140: the same compactMap/zip behavior exists on current origin/main, and applySignature currently does not use the mismatched VideoInfo, so there is no behavioral regression. The pairing should be cleaned up separately if that metadata becomes relevant.
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@alexeichhorn, understood. The current compactMap/zip behavior predates this PR, and Extraction.applySignature does not currently consume the mismatched InnerTube.VideoInfo.
This is not a regression from PR #140. The pairing cleanup can be handled separately if VideoInfo metadata becomes relevant to stream processing.
Would you like me to open a follow-up GitHub issue for the pairing cleanup?
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Repo: alexeichhorn/YouTubeKit PR: 140
File: Sources/YouTubeKit/YouTube.swift:364-364
Timestamp: 2026-08-18T15:42:19.062Z
Learning: In `Sources/YouTubeKit/YouTube.swift`, `streamingData` compacts missing `InnerTube.StreamingData` values before `streams` zips it with `videoInfos`. This behavior exists on `origin/main`. `Extraction.applySignature(streamManifest:videoInfo:js:)` does not currently use the supplied `InnerTube.VideoInfo`, so the potential mismatch does not currently affect behavior. Clean up the pairing separately if stream processing starts to use `VideoInfo` metadata.
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## Summary
Keep each `InnerTube.VideoInfo` paired with its originating `InnerTube.StreamingData` during local stream extraction.
## Rationale
In `Sources/YouTubeKit/YouTube.swift`, `streamingData` removes `VideoInfo` responses that do not contain `StreamingData`. The `streams` implementation then uses `zip(allStreamingData, videoInfos)`. If an earlier response has no streaming data, this can pair a later stream manifest with the wrong `VideoInfo`.
`Extraction.applySignature(streamManifest:videoInfo:js:)` does not currently use the supplied `VideoInfo`, so this does not cause a known behavior change. The code should be corrected before stream processing depends on `VideoInfo` metadata.
## Affected area
- `Sources/YouTubeKit/YouTube.swift`
- `YouTube.streamingData`
- Local extraction in `YouTube.streams`
## Required changes
Use a representation that preserves the `VideoInfo` and `StreamingData` relationship. For example, iterate over `videoInfos` and skip responses without `streamingData`, or return and consume paired values.
## Acceptance criteria
- Each processed `StreamingData` uses its source `VideoInfo`.
- Responses without `streamingData` do not change the pairing of later responses.
- The change does not alter the intended fallback behavior.
## Backlinks
- PR `#140`: https://github.com/alexeichhorn/YouTubeKit/pull/140
- Review comment: https://github.com/alexeichhorn/YouTubeKit/pull/140#discussion_r3805570439
- Requested by: `@alexeichhorn`
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@alexeichhorn, created follow-up issue #141: Preserve VideoInfo and StreamingData pairing during local extraction.
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Overview
InnerTube clients. Refreshes the web, embedded web, and creator client versions, adds a visionOS client, and expands client context with
deviceMake,deviceModel,osName, andosVersion.Stream extraction. Switches remote retrieval to visionOS and web clients, then adds an embedded-player fallback before age-gate handling. Embedded requests now derive
ytcfgfrom the embed page and use Reddit embed context with the matchingReferer.Package compatibility. Raises the Swift tools requirement to 5.9 and aligns expected stream and thumbnail responses with current YouTube behavior.