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[Bug] 403 Forbidden #753

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Describe the bug

With the latest update being installed, I just want to test out some features but apparently, when trying to generate PO token and tried to download a video, this error got me

Downloading:
Title: 
URL: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BqSTp7Xq3-c
Type: audio
Command:
--extractor-args "youtube:player_client=mweb,web_music;po_token=mweb.gvs+MnRx2V_BoKloxXHhg1ukh1ZQfGlHer3-zcg2x4G0bwlC1hEuok1J9FRFONU9KlDrpxjMeTIqGmRylnQkJ5hY9AiLsVV2vt_0iy_i15pz7kzFz8WhDuLKxz98YW9j0QvVQqfHuz8yKC3-JF7SiEonnPAsAaQ2vA==,mweb.player+MokBvl5x2-w_rQS-Zq1B6BGTkbPuaWDxaAgJ-UCvriOfhxfeqYxXBWKRhPdSEzAcfWLZA_4cMFbyt1e7owmCFGLNSn7SceMwpakqgMt8a_SEsFMbUzbFMkpipJRNESwRs0RZgt44147UXUZxg8x7gdQXyaQNdCaUZlVZ3hCxV2npHrUNsSYzeY5ExLc=,web_music.gvs+MnRx2V_BoKloxXHhg1ukh1ZQfGlHer3-zcg2x4G0bwlC1hEuok1J9FRFONU9KlDrpxjMeTIqGmRylnQkJ5hY9AiLsVV2vt_0iy_i15pz7kzFz8WhDuLKxz98YW9j0QvVQqfHuz8yKC3-JF7SiEonnPAsAaQ2vA==,web_music.player+MokBvl5x2-w_rQS-Zq1B6BGTkbPuaWDxaAgJ-UCvriOfhxfeqYxXBWKRhPdSEzAcfWLZA_4cMFbyt1e7owmCFGLNSn7SceMwpakqgMt8a_SEsFMbUzbFMkpipJRNESwRs0RZgt44147UXUZxg8x7gdQXyaQNdCaUZlVZ3hCxV2npHrUNsSYzeY5ExLc=;lang=en" --newline -N "3" --trim-filenames "183" --no-mtime --sponsorblock-remove "music_offtopic" -f "ba/b" -x --audio-format "mp3" -S "acodec:aac,aext:mp3" -P "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.deniscerri.ytdl/files/downloads/19" --ppa "ThumbnailsConvertor:-qmin 1 -q:v 1" -o "%(title).200B.%(ext)s" --parse-metadata "%(artists,artist,uploader,channel,creator|null)l:^(?P<uploader>.*?)(?:(?= - Topic)|$)" --embed-metadata --parse-metadata "%(playlist_uploader,artist,uploader|)s:^(?P<first_artist>.*?)(?:(?=,\s+)|$)" --parse-metadata "%(album,playlist_title,playlist|)s:%(meta_album)s" --parse-metadata "%(album_artist,first_artist|)s:%(album_artist)s" --parse-metadata "description:(?:.+?Released\ on\s*:\s*(?P<dscrptn_year>\d{4}))?" --parse-metadata "%(dscrptn_year,release_year,release_date>%Y,upload_date>%Y)s:(?P<meta_date>\d+)" --embed-thumbnail --convert-thumbnails "jpg" "https://youtube.com/watch?v=BqSTp7Xq3-c" 

[youtube] Extracting URL: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BqSTp7Xq3-c
[youtube] BqSTp7Xq3-c: Downloading webpage
[youtube] BqSTp7Xq3-c: Downloading mweb player API JSON
[youtube] BqSTp7Xq3-c: Downloading web music client config
[youtube] BqSTp7Xq3-c: Downloading player 69f581a5
[youtube] BqSTp7Xq3-c: Downloading web music player API JSON
[MetadataParser] Parsed uploader from '%(artists,artist,uploader,channel,creator|null)l': 'RAWI BEAT'
[MetadataParser] Parsed first_artist from '%(playlist_uploader,artist,uploader|)s': 'RAWI BEAT'
[MetadataParser] Could not interpret '%(album,playlist_title,playlist|)s' as '%(meta_album)s'
[MetadataParser] Parsed album_artist from '%(album_artist,first_artist|)s': 'RAWI BEAT'
[MetadataParser] Parsed meta_date from '%(dscrptn_year,release_year,release_date>%Y,upload_date>%Y)s': '2025'
[SponsorBlock] Fetching SponsorBlock segments
[SponsorBlock] No matching segments were found in the SponsorBlock database
[info] BqSTp7Xq3-c: Downloading 1 format(s): 140
[info] Downloading video thumbnail 50 ...
[info] Writing video thumbnail 50 to: /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.deniscerri.ytdl/files/downloads/19/Rawi Beat - Echo - ( New Remix ).webp
[ThumbnailsConvertor] Converting thumbnail "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.deniscerri.ytdl/files/downloads/19/Rawi Beat - Echo - ( New Remix ).webp" to jpg
Deleting original file /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.deniscerri.ytdl/files/downloads/19/Rawi Beat - Echo - ( New Remix ).webp (pass -k to keep)
ERROR: unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

Any solution to this??

Expected behavior

it outputs error 403 Forbidden

Steps to reproduce

Try to generate PO Token

Without anything else, try to find a video and download it

Error 403 Forbidden got hit

Device information

Samsung Galaxy A03
Android 13 (OneUI Core 5.1)
YTDLnis 1.8.3

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