2026.03.03

swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings2026.03.03Mar 3, 2026by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

This release focuses on maintaining and improving extraction capabilities for various video hosting platforms, specifically fixing bugs in A&E Networks, Patreon, and The Chosen, while also updating YouTube player handling to skip the webpage response by default.

Key Highlights

Fixed extraction for A&E Networks and Patreon
Reworked extractor for The Chosen
Updated YouTube player handling (forced player update, skip webpage response)
Improved extraction for Zapiks

Full Release Notes

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#### A description of the various files is in the [README](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#release-files)

The zipimport Unix executable contains code licensed under ISC and MIT. The PyInstaller-bundled executables are subject to these and other licenses, all of which are compiled in [THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.txt](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/b8058cdf378cbbf60669b665dea146fb7dc90117/THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.txt)

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#### Extractor changes
- **aenetworks**: [Fix extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/338dbebdb8627a95bd8f72ed86fdc2d50c8e2d14) ([#16036](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16036)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
- **patreon**: [Fix extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/bf4dfffe0164385c29a2dcb0367110babe4d4f27) ([#16112](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16112)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
- **thechosen**: [Rework extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e3118604aa99a5514342d6a002c9b4a3fe1235b4) ([#16021](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16021)) by [0xvd](https://github.com/0xvd)
- **youtube**
    - [Force player `9f4cc5e4`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/d3165e83ffc0088eef5e594927ea9ac99a6e2ce6) ([#16123](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16123)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
    - [Skip webpage player response by default](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/2ecc4c3bc300701d85e2cbaeb2b28a921a68f0f0) ([#16126](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16126)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
- **zapiks**: [Improve extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/6f796a2bff332f72c3f250207cdf10db852f6016) ([#16030](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/16030)) by [doe1080](https://github.com/doe1080)

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