yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds 2026.08.16.020253

yt-dlp nightly 2026.08.16.020253

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Core changes

• utils: random_user_agent: Bump version range 144-150 => 145-151 (#17344) by dlp-bot

Extractor changes

• americastestkitchen: Fix season/series extraction (#17151) by bm1549
• apple: Rework extractors (#17277) by bashonly
• ard: Remove dead extractor (#17158) by InvalidUsernameException
• instagram: Fix logged-in extraction (#17278) by bashonly
• showroom: Rework extractors (#17142) by doe1080
• vimeo
  • Add macos_basic client (#17292) by bashonly
  • Remove ios and macos clients (#17290) by bashonly
• youtube
  • Add visionos player client (#17184) by bashonly
  • Extract channel_follower_count for collaborators (#17363) by bashonly
  • Fix live adaptive fragments generation (#17262) by bashonly
  • Player client maintenance (#17261) by bashonly
  • Update player client versions (#17185) by bashonly

Downloader changes

• hls: Fix crash on empty fragment lists in tests (#17218) by doe1080

Networking changes

• Request Handler: curl_cffi: Support curl_cffi 0.16.x (#17439) by bashonly, coletdjnz (With fixes in 5f22baf by bashonly)

Misc. changes

• Fix third party license information (#17150) by bashonly, seproDev
• build
  • Support release tags that shadow branch names (#17409) by InvalidUsernameException
  • Update 27 dependencies (#17346) by bashonly, dlp-bot
• ci
  • Fix broken Windows PyPy tests (#17347) by bashonly
  • Update 7 actions in 10 workflows (#17345) by dlp-bot
• cleanup: Miscellaneous: 4e969d3 by bashonly, BOplaid, dialmaster, gamer191
• test
  • networking: Fix logging handler removal test (#17379) by doe1080
  • socks: Fix compatibility with websockets>=17 (#17433) by doe1080