Add option `--extractor-retries` to retry on known extractor errors

* Currently only used by youtube

Fixes https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/28194
Possibly also fixes: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/28289 (can not confirm since the issue isn't reliably reproducible)

yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py

@@ -381,17 +381,18 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                         Use 'default' as the name for arguments to passed to all PP
 
     The following options are used by the extractors:
-    dynamic_mpd:        Whether to process dynamic DASH manifests (default: True)
+    extractor_retries: Number of times to retry for known errors
+    dynamic_mpd:       Whether to process dynamic DASH manifests (default: True)
     hls_split_discontinuity: Split HLS playlists to different formats at
-                        discontinuities such as ad breaks (default: False)
+                       discontinuities such as ad breaks (default: False)
     youtube_include_dash_manifest: If True (default), DASH manifests and related
-                        data will be downloaded and processed by extractor.
+                       data will be downloaded and processed by extractor.
-                        You can reduce network I/O by disabling it if you don't
+                       You can reduce network I/O by disabling it if you don't
-                        care about DASH. (only for youtube)
+                       care about DASH. (only for youtube)
     youtube_include_hls_manifest: If True (default), HLS manifests and related
-                        data will be downloaded and processed by extractor.
+                       data will be downloaded and processed by extractor.
-                        You can reduce network I/O by disabling it if you don't
+                       You can reduce network I/O by disabling it if you don't
-                        care about HLS. (only for youtube)
+                       care about HLS. (only for youtube)
     """
 
     _NUMERIC_FIELDS = set((

yt_dlp/__init__.py

@@ -181,19 +181,21 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         # --yes-overwrites implies --no-continue
         opts.continue_dl = False
 
-    def parse_retries(retries):
+    def parse_retries(retries, name=''):
         if retries in ('inf', 'infinite'):
             parsed_retries = float('inf')
         else:
             try:
                 parsed_retries = int(retries)
             except (TypeError, ValueError):
-                parser.error('invalid retry count specified')
+                parser.error('invalid %sretry count specified' % name)
         return parsed_retries
     if opts.retries is not None:
         opts.retries = parse_retries(opts.retries)
     if opts.fragment_retries is not None:
-        opts.fragment_retries = parse_retries(opts.fragment_retries)
+        opts.fragment_retries = parse_retries(opts.fragment_retries, 'fragment ')
+    if opts.extractor_retries is not None:
+        opts.extractor_retries = parse_retries(opts.extractor_retries, 'extractor ')
     if opts.buffersize is not None:
         numeric_buffersize = FileDownloader.parse_bytes(opts.buffersize)
         if numeric_buffersize is None:
@@ -458,6 +460,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         'overwrites': opts.overwrites,
         'retries': opts.retries,
         'fragment_retries': opts.fragment_retries,
+        'extractor_retries': opts.extractor_retries,
         'skip_unavailable_fragments': opts.skip_unavailable_fragments,
         'keep_fragments': opts.keep_fragments,
         'buffersize': opts.buffersize,

yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py

@@ -2762,28 +2762,36 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         for page_num in itertools.count(1):
             if not continuation:
                 break
-            count = 0
+            retries = self._downloader.params.get('extractor_retries', 3)
-            retries = 3
+            count = -1
-            while count <= retries:
+            last_error = None
+            while count < retries:
+                count += 1
+                if last_error:
+                    self.report_warning('%s. Retrying ...' % last_error)
                 try:
-                    # Downloading page may result in intermittent 5xx HTTP error
-                    # that is usually worked around with a retry
                     browse = self._download_json(
                         'https://www.youtube.com/browse_ajax', None,
                         'Downloading page %d%s'
                         % (page_num, ' (retry #%d)' % count if count else ''),
                         headers=headers, query=continuation)
-                    break
                 except ExtractorError as e:
-                    if isinstance(e.cause, compat_HTTPError) and e.cause.code in (500, 503):
+                    if isinstance(e.cause, compat_HTTPError) and e.cause.code in (500, 503, 404):
-                        count += 1
+                        # Downloading page may result in intermittent 5xx HTTP error
-                        if count <= retries:
+                        # Sometimes a 404 is also recieved. See: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/28289
+                        last_error = 'HTTP Error %s' % e.cause.code
+                        if count < retries:
                             continue
                     raise
-            if not browse:
+                else:
-                break
+                    response = try_get(browse, lambda x: x[1]['response'], dict)
-            response = try_get(browse, lambda x: x[1]['response'], dict)
+
-            if not response:
+                    # Youtube sometimes sends incomplete data
+                    # See: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/28194
+                    if response.get('continuationContents') or response.get('onResponseReceivedActions'):
+                        break
+                    last_error = 'Incomplete data recieved'
+            if not browse or not response:
                 break
 
             known_continuation_renderers = {
@@ -3004,11 +3012,16 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 return self.url_result(video_id, ie=YoutubeIE.ie_key(), video_id=video_id)
             self.to_screen('Downloading playlist %s - add --no-playlist to just download video %s' % (playlist_id, video_id))
 
-        count = 0
+        retries = self._downloader.params.get('extractor_retries', 3)
-        retries = 3
+        count = -1
         while count < retries:
+            count += 1
             # Sometimes youtube returns a webpage with incomplete ytInitialData
-            webpage = self._download_webpage(url, item_id)
+            # See: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/116
+            if count:
+                self.report_warning('Incomplete yt initial data recieved. Retrying ...')
+            webpage = self._download_webpage(url, item_id,
+                'Downloading webpage%s' % ' (retry #%d)' % count if count else '')
             identity_token = self._extract_identity_token(webpage, item_id)
             data = self._extract_yt_initial_data(item_id, webpage)
             err_msg = None
@@ -3023,9 +3036,6 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 raise ExtractorError('YouTube said: %s' % err_msg, expected=True)
             if data.get('contents') or data.get('currentVideoEndpoint'):
                 break
-            count += 1
-            self.to_screen(
-                'Incomplete yt initial data recieved. Retrying (attempt %d of %d)...' % (count, retries))
 
         tabs = try_get(
             data, lambda x: x['contents']['twoColumnBrowseResultsRenderer']['tabs'], list)

yt_dlp/options.py

@@ -1218,6 +1218,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
 
     extractor = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Extractor Options')
+    extractor.add_option(
+        '--extractor-retries',
+        dest='extractor_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
+        help='Number of retries for known extractor errors (default is %default), or "infinite"')
     extractor.add_option(
         '--allow-dynamic-mpd', '--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd',
         action='store_true', dest='dynamic_mpd', default=True,