[cleanup] Misc

[yt-dlp.git] / yt_dlp / extractor / youtube.py

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
index e184cc6a6ea3e3832cad6ca5b7e37326df3c881c..65a6c043e0e19814f996a09a9be328f97b9096c3 100644 (file)
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ def _extract_response(self, item_id, query, note='Downloading API JSON', headers
                     # We also want to catch all other network exceptions since errors in later pages can be troublesome
                     # See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/507#issuecomment-880188210
                     if not isinstance(e.cause, compat_HTTPError) or e.cause.code not in (403, 429):
-                        last_error = error_to_compat_str(e.cause or e)
+                        last_error = error_to_compat_str(e.cause or e.msg)
                         if count < retries:
                             continue
                 if fatal: