For the last 10 days or so, I am unable to download anything in TubeSync.
I checked the issues here, and I tried placing the cookies.txt file, and also switched from a single TubeSync container to one with docker compose to include the bgutil-pot. However, the problem still persists.
When I try to download some content, it errors out saying it's forbidden.
Below are some of the log files to show the problem. Is there anything I can do to get this unblocked? Or is this just Google playing difficult?
sync.youtube.YouTubeError: Failed to download for "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOa1E3efdYM": ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
2026-08-19 14:38:26,708 [tubesync/INFO] waiting for errors: 429 (00:00:00): 466I6FGwPi8
2026-08-19 14:38:26,801 [tubesync/INFO] Downloading media: 466I6FGwPi8 (UUID: 88617069-b556-4241-bcc3-f0437eabe03f) to: "/downloads/video/matth/blancolirio [UCphqjYZxxzjNbONVmY-0J7Q]/2026-08-14_blancolirio_cirrus-sr20-flying-california-to-hawaii-live_466I6FGwPi8_1080p-av1-mp4a.mkv"
2026-08-19 14:38:26,912 [tubesync/INFO] [youtube-dl] using cookies.txt from: /config/cookies.txt
2026-08-19 14:38:31,091 [tubesync/INFO] [SponsorBlock] started for: 466I6FGwPi8: Cirrus SR20 Flying California to Hawaii LIVE!
2026-08-19 14:38:31,099 [tubesync/INFO] [SponsorBlock] started for: 466I6FGwPi8: Cirrus SR20 Flying California to Hawaii LIVE!
2026-08-19 14:38:31,631 [tubesync/INFO] [SponsorBlock] finished for: 466I6FGwPi8: Cirrus SR20 Flying California to Hawaii LIVE!
2026-08-19 14:38:31,644 [tubesync/INFO] [SponsorBlock] finished for: 466I6FGwPi8: Cirrus SR20 Flying California to Hawaii LIVE!
ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[2026-08-19 14:43:23,548] ERROR:huey:355:MainThread:Unhandled exception in task 9c59a2c8-3887-4c4d-ab57-bd2e4164b156.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 3571, in process_info
partial_success, real_download = self.dl(fname, new_info)
~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 3324, in dl
return fd.download(name, new_info, subtitle)
~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/yt_dlp/downloader/common.py", line 480, in download
ret = self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/yt_dlp/downloader/http.py", line 362, in real_download
establish_connection()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/yt_dlp/downloader/http.py", line 119, in establish_connection
ctx.data = self.ydl.urlopen(request)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 4305, in urlopen
return self._request_director.send(req)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/yt_dlp/networking/common.py", line 117, in send
response = handler.send(request)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/yt_dlp/networking/_helper.py", line 194, in wrapper
return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/yt_dlp/networking/common.py", line 359, in send
return self._send(request)
~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/yt_dlp/networking/_requests.py", line 361, in _send
raise HTTPError(res, redirect_loop=max_redirects_exceeded)
yt_dlp.networking.exceptions.HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/app/sync/youtube.py", line 458, in download_media
return y.download([url])
~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 3715, in download
self.__download_wrapper(self.extract_info)(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
url, force_generic_extractor=self.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 3688, in wrapper
res = func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1721, in extract_info
return self.__extract_info(url, self.get_info_extractor(key), download, extra_info, process)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1732, in wrapper
return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1888, in __extract_info
return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1947, in process_ie_result
ie_result = self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 3135, in process_video_result
self.process_info(new_info)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 195, in wrapper
return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 3598, in process_info
self.report_error(f'unable to download video data: {err}')
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1166, in report_error
self.trouble(f'{self._format_err("ERROR:", self.Styles.ERROR)} {message}', *args, **kwargs)
~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1104, in trouble
raise DownloadError(message, exc_info)
yt_dlp.utils.DownloadError: ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/huey/api.py", line 462, in _execute
task_value = task.execute()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/huey/api.py", line 997, in execute
return func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages/django_huey/__init__.py", line 23, in inner
return fn(*args, **kwargs)
File "/app/sync/tasks.py", line 1066, in download_media_file
format_str, container = media.download_media()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/app/sync/models/media.py", line 1052, in download_media
download_youtube_media(self.url, format_str, self.source.extension,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
str(self.filepath), self.source.write_json,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
self.source.sponsorblock_categories.expand_choices, self.source.embed_thumbnail,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
self.source.embed_metadata, self.source.enable_sponsorblock,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
self.source.write_subtitles, self.source.auto_subtitles,self.source.sub_langs )
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/app/sync/youtube.py", line 466, in download_media
raise YouTubeError(f'Failed to download for "{url}": {e}') from e
sync.youtube.YouTubeError: Failed to download for "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=466I6FGwPi8": ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
2026-08-19 14:43:23,774 [tubesync/INFO] waiting for errors: 429 (00:00:00): J1WoNuemKOg
2026-08-19 14:43:23,843 [tubesync/INFO] Downloading media: J1WoNuemKOg (UUID: 69140bc5-8831-40ce-b957-5c8bb19ded1a) to: "/downloads/video/matth/Veritasium/Veritasium [UCHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA]/20260817 Total Solar Eclipse From Space [J1WoNuemKOg].mkv"
2026-08-19 14:43:23,979 [tubesync/INFO] [youtube-dl] using cookies.txt from: /config/cookies.txt
2026-08-19 14:43:27,932 [tubesync/INFO] [SponsorBlock] started for: J1WoNuemKOg: Total Solar Eclipse from 92,000 Feet
2026-08-19 14:43:27,948 [tubesync/INFO] [SponsorBlock] started for: J1WoNuemKOg: Total Solar Eclipse from 92,000 Feet
2026-08-19 14:43:28,214 [tubesync/INFO] [SponsorBlock] finished for: J1WoNuemKOg: Total Solar Eclipse from 92,000 Feet
2026-08-19 14:43:28,227 [tubesync/INFO] [SponsorBlock] finished for: J1WoNuemKOg: Total Solar Eclipse from 92,000 Feet
networks:
tubesync-net:
driver: bridge
ipam:
config:
- subnet: 172.20.15.0/24
services:
bgutil-ytdlp-pot-service:
image: brainicism/bgutil-ytdlp-pot-provider:1.3.1
container_name: ts-bgutil-pot
ports:
- "4416:4416"
networks:
tubesync-net:
ipv4_address: 172.20.15.100
restart: unless-stopped
tubesync:
image: ghcr.io/meeb/tubesync:latest
container_name: ts-tubesync
environment:
- TUBESYNC_POT_IPADDR=172.20.15.100
- TUBESYNC_POT_PORT=4416
- PUID=1026
- GUID=100
- DATABASE_CONNECTION=mysql://TubeSync:password@vs03.local.domain:3306/TubeSync
- TZ=Asia/Hong_Kong
- TUBESYNC_RESET_DOWNLOAD_DIR=False
volumes:
- type: bind
source: /home/matth/docker/tubesync/TubeSync-config
target: /config
- type: bind
source: /mnt/media/YouTube
target: /downloads
ports:
- 4848:4848
networks:
- tubesync-net
For the last 10 days or so, I am unable to download anything in TubeSync.
I checked the issues here, and I tried placing the cookies.txt file, and also switched from a single TubeSync container to one with docker compose to include the bgutil-pot. However, the problem still persists.
When I try to download some content, it errors out saying it's forbidden.
Below are some of the log files to show the problem. Is there anything I can do to get this unblocked? Or is this just Google playing difficult?
And this is my docker-compose.yml