2026.03.13

nats-io/nats-server2026.03.13Mar 13, 2026by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

A maintenance release fixing multiple player clients for YouTube and TikTok, along with improvements to album and description extraction.

Key Highlights

Fixed TikTok challenge solving logic
Fixed YouTube player clients: `android_vr`, `web_embedded`, `web_safari`, and `web_creator`
Fixed `use_ad_playback_context` extractor-arg
Updated ejs to version 0.7.0
Fixed album extraction and improved description parsing

Full Release Notes

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#### Extractor changes
- **tiktok**: [Fix challenge solving](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/db62e438a15743b156ca5ebfc6dbe160e9bc1662) ([#16223](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16223)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
- **youtube**
    - [Fix `android_vr` player client](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ff459e5fc04b1a061212672626b7bfa23ff3cdcd) ([#16168](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16168)) by [gamer191](https://github.com/gamer191)
    - [Fix `use_ad_playback_context` extractor-arg](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/7e145ac1cae8f891e18c9375fa23097f1dfa0b19) ([#16196](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16196)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
    - [Fix `web_embedded` player client](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f2bd3202c0ffa3f0c0069c44ca53b625dca568bc) ([#16177](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16177)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [SparseOrnament15](https://github.com/SparseOrnament15)
    - [Request `web_safari` & `web_creator` client configs](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/48a61d0f38b156785d24df628d42892441e008c4) ([#16198](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16198)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
    - [Update ejs to 0.7.0](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/92f1d99dbe1e10d942ef0963f625dbc5bc0768aa) ([#16231](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16231)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
    - tab
        - [Fix album extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ae025da02364f4d085953f41fd0d32ade3c4afb9) ([#16041](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16041)) by [FriederHannenheim](https://github.com/FriederHannenheim)
        - [Improve description extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/3e36cf9cdb12ef566416c5620a1a95b5a0221017) ([#16057](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16057)) by [Peter-Devine](https://github.com/Peter-Devine)

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