🟥 ALL YouTube issues: D-O-N-'T COMMENT without reading the 1st post🟥

[stephenhawk8054]

⚠️ P-L-E-A-S-E, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE read and follow all of the instructions first ⚠️

Note: After each step, close your current tabs and open new tab to test again or it won't work.

• I have created a new browser profile with only uBO and its default settings, and confirmed the issue still occurs in that new profile

• I updated uBO to the latest versions (1.62.0+)

video tutorial

1-update-uBO.mp4

• I removed custom config / reset to defaults. <== This means removing your custom filters (or disabling My filters) and disabling ALL additional lists you have enabled MANUALLY, including the ones listed by uBO. DO NOT disable DEFAULT filter lists. It might be quicker to make a backup of your config and restore to defaults instead.

video tutorials

2-disabling-custom-filter-config.mp4

2-2-reset-to-defaults.mp4

• My filter lists are up to date.

click this link then load Youtube in a new tab.

• I completely disabled ALL other extensions AND browser's built-in blockers. <== They might interfere with our solutions. However, DO NOT disable "Firefox Multi-Account Containers" add-on.

Some browsers with built-in blockers

• Opera, Vivaldi, Brave
• Edge: Click on "lock" icon at the left of URL bar -> Turn off Tracking Prevention

video tutorial

4-disabling-extensions.mp4

• I did not remove any of the default filter lists, or I have verified that the issue was not caused by removing any of the default lists.

• I verified the issue does not exist if I turn off uBO.

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🟥 When reporting, A-L-W-A-Y-S provide your Troubleshooting Information! ALWAYS!! 🟥

• On YouTube page that has issue: click 🛡️ uBO's icon > 💬 Report > Click "Troubleshooting information" > Select all > Copy > Share it.

video tutorial

5-copying-troubleshooting-info.mp4

• Then share the EXACT links / URLs that you see the issue.
• Describe the steps to reproduce in the most details as possible.
• Provide video recordings of how to reproduce the issue.

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If you suffer slow loading, test

www.youtube.com##+js(nano-stb, resolve(1), *, 0.001)
www.youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS.web_enable_ab_rsp_cl, false)
www.youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS.ab_pl_man, false)
||googlevideo.com/videoplayback$xhr,3p,method=get,domain=www.youtube.com

at your own risk.

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Old youtube threads

[stephenhawk8054]

June 2024 - YouTube SSAP ads issue: PLEASE UPDATE QUICK FIX LIST by clicking this link

When reporting, please tell exactly which BROWSER you are using, which METHOD you are testing and DESCRIBE the steps to reproduce the issue in details, including the URLs where you see the issue.

[iam-py-test]

Disable everything other than uBlock Origin and see if it does away.
Then, enable them one-by-one and see which one caused it.
Thanks

[stephenhawk8054]

@FrostedNiips Please follow the instructions in the top post

[stephenhawk8054]

@somebody0278 Can you do these steps (follow strictly the step order, don't mix the steps orders, or skip any steps):

1. Click on uBO icon > ▤ "The logger" icon, it will open a logger window
2. Open new tab and reproduce the issue
3. Switch to the logger window that was opened in step 1, click on search bar, choose blocked
4. Copy the logger via 📋 export/copy button at the top right
5. Paste the logs here

[mathieu-aubin]

i believe that if anyone could find a way to bypass that YT snippet that checks network, no matter what, it would help everyone. I mean, my browser is smart enough to let me know i'm offline, right?

I do, STRONGLY believe now, after so many days (3-4, close to 5 now) that they have found a way to use it to annoy people which brings me to
.

To your last question about refreshing...

After the no connection appears, even after 10 refreshes (no leyboard, just android app), nothing changes... it's either TIME that does the trick or the force stop and cache clearing i mentionned.

[mathieu-aubin]

i can also predict (almost accurately) when it's going to happen... when i'm watching a video, which comes from another server, playback is fine and if, while watching, i scroll to comments, they will fail to load and also, suggested icons will also not appear. As a perpetuity loading. Then, i know my ANY other move, either a comment if the comment box was already loaded OR a change of video will result in nil nil nil, nana, nietch

i've lost comments this way too (not a big loss to the universe but hey).

EDIT: by icons i mean suggested video thumbnaisl

[stephenhawk8054]

Yeah. From now on, please just focus on how to debug and solve the issue, and please don't mention anything out of topic please. We don't care if you or anyone is "believing" youtube is doing something or not, these talks won't solve anything and it just distracts volunteers from trying to help and debug the issue. I'm starting to get tired of these off-topic talks, and I might drop out of the debugging process myself if this continues. Thank you.

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After the no connection appears, even after 10 refreshes (no leyboard, just android app), nothing changes...

So, in the page that is having issue, if you click on uBO icon -> Click on the blue power button to disable uBO and refresh the page, does the issue disappear?

[mathieu-aubin]

i've tried that, honestly, it takes a couple refreshes to clear out. I wished it did clear instantly as it would help 'my case' but i can't lie, it sticks as if it was a timed cookie of sorts

[mathieu-aubin]

i get your point. You do ask the right questions and i commend you for that. I've given lots of brain power to causes that don't deserve 'my energy'. I've tried to be as clear as i can and believe me, or not, i generally i'm great at debugging and finding/solving issues.

As long as what i experience isn't on a global scale, i'm okay with doing the work and force stopping + clearing cache but if it can help others have a better experience, that's my end goal

[stephenhawk8054]

i've tried that, honestly, it takes a couple refreshes to clear out.

So when you enable uBO back (by clicking on the power button again), and refreshing the page, does the issue re-appears after just refreshing multiple times or you'll need to browse the site for a while to see it again this time?

[mathieu-aubin]

That's the thing, once the 'no network' thing happens, there is no more "browsing the site". Nothing shows up for a long time, just a black screen with text sometimes and not even the purple astraunaut dude. On and Off UB, it seems like it's a timed thing until i do the trick (force stop + cache clear) OR let it be for X amount of time, then a refresh works.

edit:
and that is all while refreshing, just nothing, no 'browsing allowed' for sure.

also, network is fine for everything else browser related or whatever else.

[stephenhawk8054]

I mean when you said

i've tried that, honestly, it takes a couple refreshes to clear out.

you mean the page appeared normal again, is it correct?

[mathieu-aubin]

No, even after i deactivate UB, it takes a bunch of refreshes before i am even allowed to see anything ressembling a website (yt) - i get the purple astraunaut the same way and the text saying 'no network'. Sometimes, even the picture (astraudude) doesn't even load and its only black with 'no network' thing

[mathieu-aubin]

it really feels like a timer, in my opinion. easiy c’eared out with the force stop and refresh but other than, again, TIME, enabling or disabling the extension doesn't solve anything after the 'no network' appears.

[stephenhawk8054]

So after you deactivate uBO and the page still doesn't appear normal, if you open new tab and load the home page again, does it still show "no network" error?

[mathieu-aubin]

Yes, even after opening a new tab... i hate to say this but have to be honest, 'most of the time' it stays the same. I know it doesnt help for debugging but again, if it is a timer thing, it would make sense that i 'randomly' get back into browsing or back to 'no network'.

[mathieu-aubin]

deactivating does not instantaneously solve the problem is what i need to say, either in a new tab or after several refreshes. But again, it appears to be somewhat random, as if there was an expiration date on the blockade via cookie (sorry, i do linux and c and a bunch other stuff but i don't play html and browser stuff usially yet, i am familiar with their behaviors)

[mathieu-aubin]

So after you deactivate uBO and the page still doesn't appear normal, if you open new tab and load the home page again, does it still show "no network" error?

yes, it does, 95% of the times. I wish it was 100%, that would be more helpful i know but i have to be fair with what I experience for the last 3-45 days

[mapx-]

"If you can't access the Internet on your Android device, either through an app or a website, try these troubleshooting steps."

see bellow:

https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/2651367?hl=en#:~:text=Restart%20your%20device.&text=Open%20your%20Settings%20app%20and,Fi%20on%20and%20check%20again.

[mapx-]

I get the "no network issue" on various apps (even without using uBO), I usually close then reopen such app to get a normal behaviour. For example I get it on FB app.

[mathieu-aubin]

"If you can't access the Internet on your Android device, either through an app or a website, try these troubleshooting steps."

see bellow:

https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/2651367?hl=en#:~:text=Restart%20your%20device.&text=Open%20your%20Settings%20app%20and,Fi%20on%20and%20check%20again.

i write before i clicked on the link but... to be precise, whenever i have that YT no network thing, EVERYTHING ELSE works fine network related. I can browse other websites, ftp, ssh... just YT. That's the reason why i wanted to bring this to your attention. I will read the link you provided now.

[mathieu-aubin]

i have never had issues before with a 'no network' thing on any other app, i do not have a FB account and basically only use this one phone for Firefox and SSH

as long as this is on the radar, i believe i can't help much more than this. I will continue doing the force stop + cache clearing until maybe a fix is available. I wish i could contribute more with a keyboard and a computer but there i am. Thanks for taking the time.

I will be back if i see any changes or to reply to any questions other than 'how to use my phone'.

THANK YOU stephenHAWK!

[mathieu-aubin]

just in case this could have been a geographical roll out, i'm in Qc, Canada

[mathieu-aubin]

and again, that's not an APP issue, it comes strsight from a snippet in YT, let it be clear... i don't even lose SSH connections while this happens

EDIT: and this is when it happens the first time, if i refresh, i loose all graphics most of the time and then only text is visible. Funny how that happens, you would think all them small images would be in cache already yet something prevents the site from loading at all.

[Yuki2718]

yes, 'no network connection' or similar verbage, i can screenshot the exact html snippet i see but i'm sure.you have seen it before.

That's a bug in Firefox itself that will be fixed in v126 v136. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1943787 You'll see the same with uBO turned off.

[stephenhawk8054]

That's a bug in Firefox itself that will be fixed in v126.

I think you mean v136?

[Yuki2718]

Ah, right.

[mathieu-aubin]

Great then. The amount of coincidences is a bit odd to me. Not getingt the no network when i disable UB was also concerning. I'm hopeful this will be resolved in a near future, mind you i didn't check for FF updates since so it might be out already.

Also, i don't remember this appearing after an update of FF so i figured it was a change in YT base code, most likely in response to using a blocker (again, i do NOT get the issue when UB is disabled, that is, after disabling, force stopping and clearing the cache, which is contrary to what other say)

i used to see the no network thing every three-four days, once maybe, when switching from wifi to LTE in a weird spot. Then a refresh or even clicking their 'retry' button used to clear things up in an instant.

I might try downgrading FF to see if there's a change but that would only prove the issue had always been in FF and a codebase change triggered it after nearly every video watch. It may be annoying to force stop and clear cache but alot less than viewing ads when disabling UB so (again, i do not get the issue with UB disabled)

Thanks for your time, will come back soon and offer my input if i see changes in behaviors

[stephenhawk8054]

For reference, another user is having the same issue even without uBO: https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1ihx7at/youtube_not_loading_firefox_developer_edition/

Note that the change might not be Firefox' change. YouTube updates their code all the times and it could cause issues to Firefox even when Firefox doesn't have any changes, so downgrading might not be the right decision.

You are using an old Firefox version, so try updating it to newest one (v134), then you can try this in about:config: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1943722#c4 . Since you are on android, you can

• Access chrome://geckoview/content/config.xhtml (type it manually to the URL bar, don't copy paste it, or it won't work)
• Search network.trr.mode and change it to value 3

Restart the browser and test again.

I can't assure it would work, but you can try.

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This is the most we can help right now. Since this is most likely not related to uBO, we won't discuss this issue more, and it's better to reach out to Firefox community instead.

[mathieu-aubin]

this is the version i was using this whole time, there was no update from my initial 'report' and now. That is the latest version.

135.0b9 (Build #2016069743), hg-ba6ac90166c5+
GV: 135.0-20250124091819
AS: 135.0

From what i said before, you seem to say the same thing, in a different way. IF this this a FF bug, downgrading won't help and no one can control YT codebase. Maybe you made it clearer in your words, which is fine.

More details... it seems that i also had success with using airplane mode for about 5-10 seconds, which disables everything network related (wifi included unless reactivated). It would appear that, most of the time, the error vanishes and i get a green bar saying network connected under the previsouly shown picture. With running SSH in the background almost constantly (i know i can use screens and tmux and others), i always avoid using such drastic measure of airplane mode but i was in a position to test and it worked about 85% of the time, without having to clear cache and force stop.

I'm more and more convinced this is an outstanding issue between FF and whatever YT code base change they could have made, as previously stated. I would close but it seems you guys work VERY differently than any other places with issues. I guess i didn't start it so i can't close it. But i also couldn't officially start an issue without goign around in a circle by clicking links to other issues.

No need to explain. All is well. At the very least i don't have to suffer the terrible, terrible ads on YT.

If maybe you thought i was on an older version of FF, it could have been because i have changed, as stated before, my UA and pixel size ratio in about/config so as to always be presented a browser version. I also depend on that UA for SSH port knocking on some networks i work with.

thanks. Should you make it clear, i will not post anymore, otherwise, i will further post any meaningful developments.

also, btw, the non beta version of FF doesnt allow about/config anymore since about at least 6 months, maybe even more, hence why i use the beta (on android anyways)

EDIT: chrome://geckoview/content/config.xhtml -> does this also work on non beta? If so, then thats great. I switched to 3 for network.trr.mode, it was 0, i did really do it blindly without any research but hey, it's worth a try.

EDIT 2 (for.completeness): mode 3 had no effect to the issue and in fact, after research, mode 2 would have been best overall but 3 would diagnose faster.

[stephenhawk8054]

chrome://geckoview/content/config.xhtml

Yes, it will work on non-beta, but you'll need to type it manually.

The value 3 of network.trr.mode is equivalent to DNS Max protection on Firefox desktop.

[mathieu-aubin]

Confirm issue is gone with new FF beta 136.0b1 release. Thanks and keep it up, this is an amazing extension.

chrome://geckoview/content/config.xhtml

Yes, it will work on non-beta, but you'll need to type it manually.

That is great news, i wasn't aware. Thanks