[PR #1599] [CLOSED] fix(workers): improve video download reliability #1866

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep/pull/1599
Author: @irobot
Created: 6/12/2025
Status: ❌ Closed

Base: main ← Head: fix/video-dl-reliability

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a1214d3 fix(workers): improve video download reliability

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2 files changed (+11 additions, -2 deletions)

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📝 apps/workers/workers/videoWorker.ts (+7 -1)
📝 docker/Dockerfile (+4 -1)

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In some cases video downloads fail due to TLS challenge. In the log we can see that the download failed, but not why it failed. In a test environment yt-dlp outputs the error to stderr, but that doesn't get logged.

ERROR: [generic] Got HTTP Error 403 caused by Cloudflare anti-bot challenge; try again with  --extractor-args "generic:impersonate"

Adding the extractor arguments fails differently, indicating that the installed version of yt-dl is missing a dependency. Per https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp?tab=readme-ov-file#impersonation the suggested dependency is curl-cffi.

Fix

Replace the binary version of yt-dlp with a version that includes curl-cffi.
Include the actual yt-dlp error in the log. That detail is logged at the debug level.

Note: for the fix to take effect, manually including the extractor arguments in CRAWLER_YTDLP_ARGS is still required.

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep/pull/1599 **Author:** [@irobot](https://github.com/irobot) **Created:** 6/12/2025 **Status:** ❌ Closed **Base:** `main` ← **Head:** `fix/video-dl-reliability` --- ### 📝 Commits (1) - [`a1214d3`](https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep/commit/a1214d35bfa2b9a1ed5332524a5c2266ca0af4ba) fix(workers): improve video download reliability ### 📊 Changes **2 files changed** (+11 additions, -2 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `apps/workers/workers/videoWorker.ts` (+7 -1) 📝 `docker/Dockerfile` (+4 -1) </details> ### 📄 Description #### Context In some cases video downloads fail due to TLS challenge. In the log we can see that the download failed, but not why it failed. In a test environment yt-dlp outputs the error to stderr, but that doesn't get logged. ``` ERROR: [generic] Got HTTP Error 403 caused by Cloudflare anti-bot challenge; try again with --extractor-args "generic:impersonate" ``` Adding the extractor arguments fails differently, indicating that the installed version of yt-dl is missing a dependency. Per https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp?tab=readme-ov-file#impersonation the suggested dependency is curl-cffi. #### Fix * Replace the binary version of yt-dlp with a version that includes curl-cffi. * Include the actual yt-dlp error in the log. That detail is logged at the debug level. **Note:** for the fix to take effect, manually including the extractor arguments in CRAWLER_YTDLP_ARGS is still required. --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>

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[PR #1866] [MERGED] Update french translation.json #1913

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