[RumbleEmbed] ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (rumble)

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On Rumble I always have to use list formats first, since every video since long get a new code for a given resolution.

So today this 403 error suddenly, worked fine 3 days ago. Something changed on Rumble.

Here is verbose listing [debug] Command-line config: ['-F', '-a', 'd:\dload\\url.txt', '--verbose'] [debug] Batch file urls: ['https://rumble.com/embed/v7c94e8/?pub=4'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, pref cp1252, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8 [debug] yt-dlp version [email protected] from yt-dlp/yt-dlp [594bd50c2] (win_exe) [debug] Python 3.10.11 (CPython AMD64 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0 (OpenSSL 1.1.1t 7 Feb 2023) [debug] exe versions: none [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.23.0, brotli-1.2.0, certifi-2026.07.22, curl_cffi-0.16.0, mutagen-1.48.1, requests-2.34.2, sqlite3-3.40.1, urllib3-2.7.0, websockets-16.1.1, yt_dlp_ejs-0.8.0 [debug] JS runtimes: deno-2.5.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets, curl_cffi [debug] Plugin directories: none [debug] Loaded 1744 extractors [RumbleEmbed] Extracting URL: https://rumble.com/embed/v7c94e8/?pub=4 [RumbleEmbed] v7c94e8: Downloading JSON metadata ERROR: [RumbleEmbed] v7c94e8: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by <HTTPError 403: Forbidden>) File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 765, in extract File "yt_dlp\extractor\rumble.py", line 168, in _real_extract File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 1148, in download_content File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 1106, in download_handle File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 971, in _download_webpage_handle File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 920, in _request_webpage

File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 907, in _request_webpage File "yt_dlp\YoutubeDL.py", line 4304, in urlopen File "yt_dlp\networking\common.py", line 117, in send File "yt_dlp\networking_helper.py", line 194, in wrapper File "yt_dlp\networking\common.py", line 359, in send File "yt_dlp\networking_requests.py", line 361, in _send yt_dlp.networking.exceptions.HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem

• Run your yt-dlp command with -vU flag added (yt-dlp -vU <your command line>)
• If using API, add 'verbose': True to YoutubeDL params instead
• Copy the WHOLE output (starting with [debug] Command-line config) and insert it below

Complete Verbose Output

d:\AVC\Youtube>d:\dload\yt-dlp.exe -vU -F -a "d:\dload\\\url.txt" --verbose
[debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', '-F', '-a', 'd:\\dload\\\\url.txt', '--verbose']
[debug] Batch file urls: ['https://rumble.com/embed/v7c94e8/?pub=4']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, pref cp1252, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
[debug] yt-dlp version [email protected] from yt-dlp/yt-dlp [594bd50c2] (win_exe)
[debug] Python 3.10.11 (CPython AMD64 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0 (OpenSSL 1.1.1t  7 Feb 2023)
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.23.0, brotli-1.2.0, certifi-2026.07.22, curl_cffi-0.16.0, mutagen-1.48.1, requests-2.34.2, sqlite3-3.40.1, urllib3-2.7.0, websockets-16.1.1, yt_dlp_ejs-0.8.0
[debug] JS runtimes: deno-2.5.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets, curl_cffi
[debug] Plugin directories: none
[debug] Loaded 1744 extractors
[debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
Latest version: [email protected] from yt-dlp/yt-dlp
yt-dlp is up to date ([email protected] from yt-dlp/yt-dlp)
[RumbleEmbed] Extracting URL: https://rumble.com/embed/v7c94e8/?pub=4
[RumbleEmbed] v7c94e8: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: [RumbleEmbed] v7c94e8: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by <HTTPError 403: Forbidden>)
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 765, in extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\rumble.py", line 168, in _real_extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 1148, in download_content
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 1106, in download_handle
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 971, in _download_webpage_handle
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 920, in _request_webpage

  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 907, in _request_webpage
  File "yt_dlp\YoutubeDL.py", line 4304, in urlopen
  File "yt_dlp\networking\common.py", line 117, in send
  File "yt_dlp\networking\_helper.py", line 194, in wrapper
  File "yt_dlp\networking\common.py", line 359, in send
  File "yt_dlp\networking\_requests.py", line 361, in _send
yt_dlp.networking.exceptions.HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden