code-charity / code-charity/youtube

🐞"Undo the new sidebar!" does not undo the new sidebar when logged in to youtube.

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Bug Feature request good first issue help wanted up-for-grabs
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Description

Bug Report:

  • Freshly installed the extension and the option to "Undo the new sidebar!" does nothing. New sidebar design remains unchanged whilst logged in. When logged out the option works as expected.
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  • Since when?: Now, fresh install of Windows, Firefox and this extension
  • Browser: Firefox 145.0
  • Are any errors shown in the Browser-Console?: NO
  • Does the bug not happen when you log out of YouTube? Then please copy your experiment flags list twice (with & without the error to compare). Enter: yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS into the Browser console on youtube (F12-Key - Or find it in the html source(ctrl+U)
    I don't understand this. When I try enter that into the browser console it just hides everything. Bug does NOT occur when logged out but DOES when logged in.

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue in Firefox with YouTube logged in and logged out, then compare the sidebar behavior and the yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS value from the browser console. Trace the extension's sidebar handling from the relevant YouTube integration entry point; done means "Undo the new sidebar!" removes the new sidebar while logged in as well as when logged out.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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