[Bug]: No video, no metadata, no comments, nothing (TypeError: Failed to fetch, Error: Status code 500)

[incrediblyimpressiveusername]

Guidelines

• I have encountered this bug in the latest release of FreeTube.
• I have encountered this bug in the official downloads of FreeTube.
• I have searched the issue tracker for open and closed issues that are similar to the bug report I want to file, with success at finding similar/related issues but without success at finding solutions/workarounds.
• I have searched the documentation for information that matches the description of the bug I want to file, without success at finding solutions/workarounds.
• This issue contains only one bug.

Describe the bug

Going to any video whatsoever, will bring up an unplayable "video" 0:00 in length, with 0 views and 0 likes, without description or comments, supposedly published on Jan 1, 1970.

Sometimes after entering a video URL or clicking to view comments, an error message will pop-up saying either TypeError: Failed to fetch (most often) or Error: Status code 500 (less frequently).

This happens regardless of installation method (appimage, flatpak, zip or 7z), regardless of preferred API backend, and regardless of whether or not videos are proxied through Invidious.

Expected Behavior

I would imagine the expected behavior is that I can watch a video, read the description and comments*, see the upload date, views and likes.

*Though perhaps it is unreasonable to expect that comments be visible, since they have also not shown on any instance of invidious.io for more than nine months at this point.

Issue Labels

content not loading, API issue, usability issue

FreeTube Version

v0.23.1 beta (appimage, 7z and zip) and v0.23.0 beta (flatpak)

Operating System Version

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish

Installation Method

.AppImage, .zip / .7z, Portable, Flathub

Primary API used

Local API, Invidious API

Last Known Working FreeTube Version (If Any)

Not applicable

Additional Information

Issue occurs for:

• Appimage v0.23.1 Beta
• linux-x64-portable.7z v0.23.1 Beta
• linux-x64-portable.zip v0.23.1 Beta
• Flatpak v0.23.0 Beta

Issue occurs for:

• Local API
• Invidious API

Issue occurs for:

• Proxy Videos Through Invidious off
• Proxy Videos Through Invidious on

Nightly Build

• I have encountered this bug in the latest nightly build.

[absidue]

Going to close this in favour of #6713 and we will use that issue to track the problem.

[incrediblyimpressiveusername]

I'm not sure that's the same issue, because I've never gotten Error invoking remote method 'generate-po-token' and I'm not using a Pi-Hole. But if you think it's related, I can add my bug report to that issue Oops, no I can't, it's locked and limited to collaborators 😅