Exception errors during playback, the URL deobfuscation has an issue.

Author: mysyncolocoCreated Sep 14, 2026Updated Sep 14, 2026

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Affected version

0.29.1

Steps to reproduce the bug

The problem is something wrong when happens the http error 403 likely caused by IP ban or URL deobfuscation issues during playback.

Expected behavior

A notification pops up when this happens when you play videos on YouTube.

Actual behavior

Doing background music of songs I literally listen but got a notification caught off.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

No response

Logs

Exception

User Action: play stream
Request: Player error[type=ERROR_CODE_IO_BAD_HTTP_STATUS] occurred while playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae4pjiTPKHU
Content Country: PH
Content Language: en-US
App Language: en_US
Service: YouTube
Timestamp: 2026-09-14T14:49:03.944+08:00
Package: org.schabi.newpipe
Service: YouTube
Version: 0.29.1
OS: Linux Infinix/X6525B-OP/Infinix-X6525B:13/TP1A.220624.014/250906V575:user/release-keys 13 - 33

Crash log

com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: Source error
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleIoException(r8-map-id-3abacb5aa3dfa204b2c73467d7f03c1bf6dbcb58af56a529d66e481a51f043e8:17)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(r8-map-id-3abacb5aa3dfa204b2c73467d7f03c1bf6dbcb58af56a529d66e481a51f043e8:317)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:204)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:291)
	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:67)
Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.HttpDataSource$InvalidResponseCodeException: Response code: 403
	at org.schabi.newpipe.player.datasource.YoutubeHttpDataSource.open(r8-map-id-3abacb5aa3dfa204b2c73467d7f03c1bf6dbcb58af56a529d66e481a51f043e8:293)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.DefaultDataSource.open(r8-map-id-3abacb5aa3dfa204b2c73467d7f03c1bf6dbcb58af56a529d66e481a51f043e8:162)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.TeeDataSource.open(r8-map-id-3abacb5aa3dfa204b2c73467d7f03c1bf6dbcb58af56a529d66e481a51f043e8:3)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.cache.CacheDataSource.openNextSource(r8-map-id-3abacb5aa3dfa204b2c73467d7f03c1bf6dbcb58af56a529d66e481a51f043e8:275)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.cache.CacheDataSource.open(r8-map-id-3abacb5aa3dfa204b2c73467d7f03c1bf6dbcb58af56a529d66e481a51f043e8:132)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.StatsDataSource.open(r8-map-id-3abacb5aa3dfa204b2c73467d7f03c1bf6dbcb58af56a529d66e481a51f043e8:11)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.chunk.ContainerMediaChunk.load(r8-map-id-3abacb5aa3dfa204b2c73467d7f03c1bf6dbcb58af56a529d66e481a51f043e8:71)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.Loader$LoadTask.run(r8-map-id-3abacb5aa3dfa204b2c73467d7f03c1bf6dbcb58af56a529d66e481a51f043e8:35)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1100)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1572)

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 13 Go Edition/XOS 13

Affected device model

Infinix Smart 8 Pro

Additional information

No response

Source: TeamNewPipe/NewPipe

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