Release yt-dlp 2026.08.19 · yt-dlp/yt-dlp

yt-dlp 2026.08.19

A description of the various files is in the README

The zipimport Unix executable and release tarball contain code licensed under ISC and MIT. The PyInstaller-bundled executables are subject to these and other licenses, all of which are compiled in THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.txt

Changelog

Core changes

• utils
  • Deprecate number_of_digits (#17300) by doe1080
  • Deprecate random_uuidv4 (#17301) by doe1080
  • float_or_none: Catch OverflowError (#17299) by doe1080
  • random_user_agent: Bump version range 144-150 => 145-151 (#17344) by dlp-bot

Extractor changes

• americastestkitchen: Fix season/series extraction (#17151) by bm1549
• apple: Rework extractors (#17277) by bashonly
• ard: Remove dead extractor (#17158) by InvalidUsernameException
• bandcamp: Support browser impersonation (#17422) by InvalidUsernameException
• bfmtv: Fix extractor (#16905) by 0xvd
• instagram: Fix logged-in extraction (#17278) by bashonly
• showroom: Rework extractors (#17142) by doe1080
• tiktok
  • Fix extractor (#17452) by bashonly (With fixes in 2c0bf96)
  • Fix formats extraction (#17460) by bashonly
  • Support share URLs (#17459) by bashonly
• twitter: broadcast: Fix events handling (#17323) by doe1080
• vimeo: Remove ios and macos clients (#17290) by bashonly
• whyp: Fix extractor (#17467) by bashonly
• youtube
  • Add visionos player client (#17184) by bashonly
  • Add web_embedded client fallbacks (#17462) by bashonly
  • Extract channel_follower_count for collaborators (#17363) by bashonly
  • Fix live adaptive fragments generation (#17262) by bashonly
  • Player client maintenance (#17261) by bashonly
  • Remove android_vr from default clients (#17461) by bashonly
  • Update player client versions (#17185) by bashonly
  • tab: Always extract channel metadata (#17386) by bashonly, bbilly1

Downloader changes

• hls: Fix crash on empty fragment lists in tests (#17218) by doe1080

Networking changes

• Request Handler: curl_cffi: Support curl_cffi 0.16.x (#17439) by bashonly, coletdjnz (With fixes in 5f22baf by bashonly)

Misc. changes

• Fix third party license information (#17150) by bashonly, seproDev
• build
  • Support release tags that shadow branch names (#17409) by InvalidUsernameException
  • Temporarily pin PyInstaller to v6.22.0 (#17478) by bashonly
  • Trigger nightly on requirement changes (#17450) by bashonly
  • Update 11 dependencies (#17479) by dlp-bot
  • Update 27 dependencies (#17346) by bashonly, dlp-bot
• ci
  • Fix broken Windows PyPy tests (#17347) by bashonly
  • Update 7 actions in 10 workflows (#17345) by dlp-bot
• cleanup
  • Miscellaneous
    • 4e969d3 by bashonly, BOplaid, dialmaster, gamer191
    • 594bd50 by bashonly
• test
  • networking: Fix logging handler removal test (#17379) by doe1080
  • socks: Fix compatibility with websockets>=17 (#17433) by doe1080