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🐞"Show video remaining duration" breaks YouTube's live stream return-to-live button

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Description

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When the "Show video remaining duration" option is enabled in ImprovedTube, YouTube's native behavior for live streams is disrupted. Specifically, after rewinding a live video, the "Live" button (which normally jumps back to the current live moment) no longer functions as expected.

Browser/s

Opera

Other Browser:

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'Steps to reproduce' - Which of our features is required for the bug to happen?

Appearance → Player -> Enable the feature "Show video remaining duration". Go to a live stream on YouTube. Rewind the video using the seek bar. Click the "Live" button to return to the current live moment. Observe that the button no longer functions as expected.

Since when?

Since the latest YouTube update

Does the bug still happen when you log out of YouTube?

Yes

..No? Then please paste your yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS. Twice (With the error & Without)

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Are any errors or related log-messages shown in the Browser-Console? (F12)

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Tested as the only active extension? (incognito mode or another browser users):

None

Expected preferred behavior:

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ImprovedTube Version

4.1350

Your Settings (From the Extension's -Hamburger menu > Settings > Backup & reset > Export settings)

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Your YouTube-Document

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OS / Device:

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