Youtube videos occasionally not loading from some channels

[Musakkaf]

Description

Terminal:

2025/12/21 11:51:33 Starting server on :8080 (base-url: "", assets-path: "")
2025/12/21 11:52:17 ERROR Failed to fetch youtube feed channel=UCXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw error="unexpected status code 404 for https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?playlist_id=UULFXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw, response: \n\n \n <meta name=viewport content="initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, width=device-width">\n <title>Error 404 (Not Found)!!1</title>\n <style>\n *{margin:0;padding:0}html,code{font:15px/22px arial,sans-ser"
2025/12/21 11:52:17 ERROR Failed to fetch youtube feed channel=UCR-DXc1voovS8nhAvccRZhg error="unexpected status code 404 for https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?playlist_id=UULFR-DXc1voovS8nhAvccRZhg, response: \n\n \n <meta name=viewport content="initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, width=device-width">\n <title>Error 404 (Not Found)!!1</title>\n <style>\n *{margin:0;padding:0}html,code{font:15px/22px arial,sans-ser"
2025/12/21 11:52:17 ERROR Failed to fetch youtube feed channel=UCsBjURrPoezykLs9EqgamOA error="unexpected status code 404 for https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?playlist_id=UULFsBjURrPoezykLs9EqgamOA, response: \n\n \n <meta name=viewport content="initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, width=device-width">\n <title>Error 404 (Not Found)!!1</title>\n <style>\n *{margin:0;padding:0}html,code{font:15px/22px arial,sans-ser"
2025/12/21 11:52:17 ERROR Failed to fetch youtube feed channel=UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ error="unexpected status code 404 for https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?playlist_id=UULFBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ, response: \n\n \n <meta name=viewport content="initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, width=device-width">\n <title>Error 404 (Not Found)!!1</title>\n <style>\n *{margin:0;padding:0}html,code{font:15px/22px arial,sans-ser"
2025/12/21 11:52:17 ERROR Failed to fetch youtube feed channel=UCHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA error="unexpected status code 404 for https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?playlist_id=UULFHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA, response: \n\n \n <meta name=viewport content="initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, width=device-width">\n <title>Error 404 (Not Found)!!1</title>\n <style>\n *{margin:0;padding:0}html,code{font:15px/22px arial,sans-ser"

Config snippet:

  - size: full
    widgets:
      - type: group
        widgets:
          - type: hacker-news
          - type: lobsters
      - type: videos
        channels:
          - UCXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw
          - UCR-DXc1voovS8nhAvccRZhg
          - UCsBjURrPoezykLs9EqgamOA
          - UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ
          - UCHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA

[svilenmarkov]

Appears to be a temporary issue with the endpoint which should resolve on its own.

[lentscode]

Still an issue, but the error is different in my case:

2025/12/30 16:22:50 ERROR Failed to fetch youtube feed channel=UCBOtZaVafz_5OmUrqJAVStQ error="Get \"https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?playlist_id=UULFBOtZaVafz_5OmUrqJAVStQ\": EOF"
2025/12/30 16:22:50 ERROR Failed to fetch youtube feed channel=UCbRP3c757lWg9M-U7TyEkXA error="Get \"https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?playlist_id=UULFbRP3c757lWg9M-U7TyEkXA\": EOF"
2025/12/30 16:22:50 ERROR Failed to fetch youtube feed channel=UCDDG9vOcmgwlslJJpCWjqOg error="Get \"https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?playlist_id=UULFDDG9vOcmgwlslJJpCWjqOg\": EOF"
2025/12/30 16:22:50 ERROR Failed to fetch youtube feed channel=UCdBXOyqr8cDshsp7kcKDAkg error="Get \"https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?playlist_id=UULFdBXOyqr8cDshsp7kcKDAkg\": EOF"

Opening one of the links in a browser gives an XML file that seems fine IMO.

[pdsalvador]

Got this one as well but got resolved on it's own, as @svilenmarkov mentioned.