2 description: Report broken or misfunctioning site
3 labels: [triage, site-bug]
10 Carefully read and work through this check list in order to prevent the most common mistakes and misuse of yt-dlp:
12 - label: I'm reporting a broken site
14 - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **%(version)s** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
16 - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
18 - label: I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are [properly quoted or escaped](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#video-url-contains-an-ampersand-and-im-getting-some-strange-output-1-2839-or-v-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command)
20 - label: I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues including closed ones. DO NOT post duplicates
22 - label: I've read the [guidelines for opening an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#opening-an-issue)
24 - label: I've read about [sharing account credentials](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#are-you-willing-to-share-account-details-if-needed) and I'm willing to share it if required
29 description: "Enter the region the site is accessible from"
36 Provide an explanation of your issue in an arbitrary form.
37 Provide any additional information, any suggested solutions, and as much context and examples as possible
38 placeholder: WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE
46 Provide the complete verbose output of yt-dlp **that clearly demonstrates the problem**.
47 Add the `-vU` flag to your command line you run yt-dlp with (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`), copy the WHOLE output and insert it below.
48 It should look similar to this:
50 [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc']
51 [debug] Portable config file: yt-dlp.conf
52 [debug] Portable config: ['-i']
53 [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, stdout utf-8, stderr utf-8, pref cp1252
54 [debug] yt-dlp version %(version)s (exe)
55 [debug] Python version 3.8.8 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
56 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
57 [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, keyring, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
59 yt-dlp is up to date (%(version)s)