code-charity / code-charity/youtube
🐞Playlist Reverse Feature Not Working
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Description
Concise Description
When I toggle on reverse, the playlist does not reverse order nor does it play in reverse.
Latest Firefox and Addon.
Browser/s
Firefox
Other Browser:
No response
'Steps to reproduce' - Which of our features is required for the bug to happen?
Be on a playlist page on youtube and toggle on reverse for playlist option through extension
Since when?
6/15/2026 is when I tried and noticed it
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)
No response
Are any errors or related log-messages shown in the Browser-Console? (F12)
No response
Tested as the only active extension? (incognito mode or another browser users):
None
Expected preferred behavior:
No response
ImprovedTube Version
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Your Settings (From the Extension's ⋮-Hamburger menu > Settings > Backup & reset > Export settings)
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Your YouTube-Document
No response
OS / Device:
No response
Contributor guide
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 issue on a YouTube playlist in Firefox with the extension's reverse playlist option enabled. Trace the playlist reverse handling from that feature entry point and verify that the playlist order and playback direction both change as expected.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100