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🐞 Views, like and dislike count disappearing on videos uploaded <24 hours ago.
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Description
Bug Report:
- Description: Youtube has a feature, where it updates like and view count if video is new enough, and these updates are broken with this extension.
- Steps to reproduce this: 1. Turn this extension on.
- Go to video uploaded <24 hours ago (i don't really remember on which videos this feature works, so it's better to find something like 3 hours ago).
- Wait for count update (for me it's about 30 seconds, but maybe it's differs depending on video's hype).
- Since when?: idk, I'm using this extension for about a week, and it's always been there
- Browser: Zen Browser
- Are any errors shown in the Browser-Console?: I found no errors
- Does the bug not happen when you log out of YouTube? Yes, it happens.
yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS: https://pastebin.com/CrvcnP63
OPTIONAL (usually):
- ImprovedTube Version: 4.1400
- Tested as only active extension or in incognito mode?: Incognito mode, where I have no other extensions.
- Your Settings: improvedtube.json
- OS / Device: Arch Linux, Hyprland
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the disappearing like and view counts on a YouTube video uploaded within the last 24 hours, using the reported Zen Browser setup and yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS data. Compare behavior with the extension disabled or while logged out, then use the browser console and the extension's YouTube video-page entry points to locate the conflict. Done means counts continue updating normally with the extension enabled.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 28/100