[FIXED] [YouTube side issue which affected official clients too] Mandatory reCAPTCHA challenge opens an HTTP 405 error page

[delthas]

MOD EDIT: The issue was from YouTube's side and has been fixed, see https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/159624032/known-issue-4-12-2022-issues-across-youtube-services

Checklist

• I am able to reproduce the bug with the latest version.
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• This issue contains only one bug.
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Affected version

0.22.1

Steps to reproduce the bug

• Open the app.
• The reCAPTCHA challenge appears and prevents watching any video.
• Click on solve

Expected behavior

I am redirect to some kind of reCAPTCHA page that where I can solve a reCAPTCHA and press Done.

Actual behavior

I am redirected to a page with an HTTP error 405.

The page reads:

Google
405. That's an error
The request method GET is inappropriate for the URL /youtubei/v1/guide. That's all we know.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

Logs

No response

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 11

Affected device model

Google Pixel 4a

Additional information

Two other users on IRC and one friend of mine also have the issue.

For all the users, NewPipe worked fine yesterday. It is highly likely that something broke after a change from Google, since yesterday.

[Skywolf285]

On my device NewPipe crashes with an UI error. Already posted this on another issue report (that was made 2 minutes before this one yet was the only one showing up for me) but for completion sake I will put it here as well. Unsureif unrelated issue though.

Exception

• User Action: ui error
• Request: ACRA report
• Content Country: US
• Content Language: en-US
• App Language: en_US
• Service: none
• Version: 0.22.1
• OS: Linux Android 7.1.2 - 25

Crash log

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: reasonPhrase can't be empty.
	at android.webkit.WebResourceResponse.setStatusCodeAndReasonPhrase(WebResourceResponse.java:138)
	at android.webkit.WebResourceResponse.<init>(WebResourceResponse.java:76)
	at com.android.webview.chromium.WebViewContentsClientAdapter.onReceivedHttpError(WebViewContentsClientAdapter.java:641)
	at org.chromium.android_webview.AwContentsClientCallbackHelper$MyHandler.handleMessage(AwContentsClientCallbackHelper.java:218)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6186)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:889)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:779)

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[AudricV]

For everyone: please test the APK of TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor#780 and let me know if you can reproduce the issue. Thanks!

[Skywolf285]

For everyone: please test the APK of TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor#780 and let me know if you can reproduce the issue. Thanks!

This build solves is for me! Don't even have to enter a reCAPTCHA, video just plays.

[MichaelFedora]

@TiA4f8R

For everyone: please test the APK of TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor#780 and let me know if you can reproduce the issue. Thanks!

reCAPTCHA requirement is gone, didn't even have to solve it. Thank you for your work!

[AudricV]

If you want to know, here is what YouTube returns right now to the app:

This issue also affects official YouTube clients, so there is nothing we can do until it's solved by YouTube.

[AudricV]

The issue has been solved by YouTube, so I am closing this issue.