Youtube music stop working

[Idaho947]

What version of Music Assistant has the issue?

2.6.0

How is the MA server installed?

Home Assistant OS Addon

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• I have examined the logs and tried to resolve this issue
• I have fixed any errors in the logs that relate to tags
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• I have tried restarting MA and rebooting the host

Have you reviewed the Open and Closed Issues and Discussions to resolve this yourself?

• Yes

The problem

Since this morning, I no longer have any YouTube Music items displayed in my music assistant. I tried restarting the server, recreating a cookie... When I try to validate, I get this message:
ERROR: [youtube] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx: Requested format is not available. Use --list-formats for a list of available formats.

[youtube] Extracting URL: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
[youtube] dQw4w9WgXcQ: Downloading initial data API JSON
[youtube] dQw4w9WgXcQ: Downloading web music client config
[youtube] dQw4w9WgXcQ: Downloading web music player API JSON
[youtube] dQw4w9WgXcQ: Downloading player 27422632-main
WARNING: [youtube] dQw4w9WgXcQ: Signature extraction failed: Some formats may be missing
         player = https://www.youtube.com/s/player/27422632/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js
         Please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
2025-10-23 13:31:05.830 WARNING (MainThread) [asyncio] Executing <Handle HomeAssistantClient.subscribe_entities.<locals>.handle_message({'event': {'c': {'automation.awtrix_weather': {'+': {'a': {'current': 0}, 'lu': 1761219065.189438}}}}, 'id': 12, 'type': 'event'}) at /app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/hass_client/client.py:152 created at /app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/hass_client/client.py:389> took 0.281 seconds
2025-10-23 13:31:06.111 WARNING (MainThread) [asyncio] Executing <Task pending name='Task-57' coro=<PlayerController._poll_players() running at /app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/music_assistant/controllers/players.py:1649> wait_for=<Future pending cb=[Task.task_wakeup()] created at /usr/local/lib/python3.13/asyncio/base_events.py:459> cb=[MusicAssistant.create_task.<locals>.task_done_callback() at /app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/music_assistant/mass.py:385] created at /app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/music_assistant/mass.py:376> took 0.107 seconds
WARNING: Only images are available for download. use --list-formats to see them
ERROR: [youtube] dQw4w9WgXcQ: Requested format is not available. Use --list-formats for a list of available formats
2025-10-23 13:31:06.189 ERROR (MainThread) [music_assistant.webserver] Error handling message: CommandMessage(message_id=14, command='config/providers/save', args={'provider_domain': 'ytmusic', 'values': {'username': 'xxxxxxxx@gmail.com', 'po_token_server_url': 'http://127.0.0.1:4416', 'log_level': 'GLOBAL', 'enabled': True, 'name': None}, 'instance_id': 'ytmusic--Pg6YAfmX'})
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1645, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1801, in __extract_info
    return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1860, in process_ie_result
    ie_result = self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 3000, in process_video_result
    raise ExtractorError(
        'Requested format is not available. Use --list-formats for a list of available formats',
        expected=True, video_id=info_dict['id'], ie=info_dict['extractor'])
yt_dlp.utils.ExtractorError: [youtube] dQw4w9WgXcQ: Requested format is not available. Use --list-formats for a list of available formats
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/music_assistant/providers/ytmusic/__init__.py", line 950, in _extract_best_stream_url_format
    info = ydl.extract_info(url, download=False)
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1634, in extract_info
    return self.__extract_info(url, self.get_info_extractor(key), download, extra_info, process)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1663, in wrapper
    self.report_error(str(e), e.format_traceback())
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1103, in report_error
    self.trouble(f'{self._format_err("ERROR:", self.Styles.ERROR)} {message}', *args, **kwargs)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1042, in trouble
    raise DownloadError(message, exc_info)
yt_dlp.utils.DownloadError: ERROR: [youtube] dQw4w9WgXcQ: Requested format is not available. Use --list-formats for a list of available formats
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/music_assistant/controllers/webserver.py", line 394, in _run_handler
    result = await result
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/music_assistant/controllers/config.py", line 300, in save_provider_config
    config = await self._update_provider_config(instance_id, values)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/music_assistant/controllers/config.py", line 995, in _update_provider_config
    await self.mass.load_provider_config(config)
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/music_assistant/mass.py", line 495, in load_provider_config
    await self._load_provider(prov_conf)
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/music_assistant/mass.py", line 680, in _load_provider
    await provider.handle_async_init()
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/music_assistant/providers/ytmusic/__init__.py", line 226, in handle_async_init
    if not await self._user_has_ytm_premium():
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/music_assistant/providers/ytmusic/__init__.py", line 987, in _user_has_ytm_premium
    stream_format = await self._get_stream_format(YTM_PREMIUM_CHECK_TRACK_ID)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

How to reproduce

Juste try to sync youtube music

Music Providers

Youtube music only one provideur is set

Player Providers

Google cast

Full log output

d5369777_music_assistant_2025-10-23T11-34-12.161Z.log

Additional information

I'm not the only one as I see.
The cookie format seems to have change too

What version of Home Assistant Core (if used) are your running

2025.10.3

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

On what type of hardware are you running?

Generic x86-64 (e.g. Intel NUC)

Have you included ALL of the information specified in the Troubleshooting FAQ or explained why you cannot

• Yes

[collateral87]

I can confirm this issue. Same on my instance with 2.6.0b21

ERROR: [youtube] xxx: Requested format is not available. Use --list-formats for a list of available formats

[SolusCado]

Yeah; same problem here.

[OzGav]

This is an upstream problem which we are waiting for the ytdlp people to fix.

[MarvinSchenkel]

I am gonna close this issue as a duplicate of #4348. Please follow along there for the actual status.

[Idaho947]

@MarvinSchenkel The new version of ytdlp is out. I try to reload the provider but same error.

[ThomasRobertFr]

It's because this new version with the fix requires a JS runtime like Deno which is not currently installed in the docker image of music-assistant server. A PR is open for this: music-assistant/server#2636

[Idaho947]

Ok will wait the new version of MA. Thanks

[johannwilken]

Installed new MA and still same error

[Idaho947]

What version have you ? The fix is not in stable version yet

Edit : dont see the 2.6.3...