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Is YouTube starting to protect channel RSS feeds?

36 points by renegat0x0 ↗ HN
I have noticed Google today started displaying me a page, when I access RSS feed, like:

https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UClOGLGPOqlAiLmOvXW5lKbw

The text displayed:

""" We're sorry...

... but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now. See Google Help for more information. """

Disclaimer: I have a automated RSS reader enabled in my network: https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive

13 comments

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johnsbrayton
I am seeing 404s for YouTube’s RSS feeds. I hope this is a temporary bug.
renegat0x0
Either it is a bug, or start of a cat-and-mouse play.

I can switch to rss hub app, as suggested in a other comment, but I do not know how long this workaround will work.

Eventually every solution will stop working, if that is the desire of our corporate overlords.

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vclouder
I am also trying to sub using RSS and I get no response. Odd times for sure.
mortallywounded
Can you can use an Invidious instance's RSS feed or are they tied to Youtube's?
EvanAnderson
Seeing the same thing here. I'm also hoping this is a temporary bug. If not, I guess I'm done w/ Youtube.
DIYgod
I can still use RSSHub to subscribe: https://rsshub.app/youtube/channel/UClOGLGPOqlAiLmOvXW5lKbw

It also supports more features: https://docs.rsshub.app/routes/social-media#youtube

JamesNay
... and you need an api key, if you want to run that service yourself
renegat0x0
In some other threads people write that invidious also may have problems. Eventually any bot can have problems when reading RSS feeds. Maybe the ones with API key will not have problems. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/rss/comments/1aduw8j/did_youtube_ki...

Google issue tracker: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/322736318?pli=1

Status: Won't Fix (Infeasible)

Unfortunately, there's nothing we could do here if it's the anti abuse mechanism that prevented the call to happen.

Also, this tracker isn't meant for that RSS issues. This issue tracker is mainly for Youtube APIs described in the link below:

bertman
Seems to have been temporary, everything's working again now.