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Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

#401
post #295

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, they do. Pretty clever idea, I think.

Yes I agree, encrypting the stack trace enable them to share sensitive server side error codes to the client which in return can be easily reported back without having to explain anything or try to decode cryptic custom error messages. This is fantastic!

I actually thought it was a bit jarring. Mostly because I don't know what personal information it might be collecting and having me send them.

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

#402

Interestingly, my youtube-dl archiving script is still chugging along with only a handful of elevated retry rates. So whatever the problem is, it's probably not at the API or CDN layers.

SMTube (aka http://tonvid.com/) failed[0] due to "(500) Backend Error"...

[0] http://i.imgur.com/PRNMtwY.png

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

#406

Some analysts predict YouTube to bring in $15 billion in ad revenue in 2018. If so, they are losing around $28,000 for every minute they are down.

I think you meant $280,000?

Nah, $28k - https://duckduckgo.com/?q=15%2C000%2C000%2C000+divided+by+52...

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

#407
post #117

Interestingly, my youtube-dl archiving script is still chugging along with only a handful of elevated retry rates. So whatever the problem is, it's probably not at the API or CDN layers.

Both m.youtube.com & the mobile app are down.

Along with their live TV product, tv.youtube.com

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

#409

Interestingly, my youtube-dl archiving script is still chugging along with only a handful of elevated retry rates. So whatever the problem is, it's probably not at the API or CDN layers.

I was able to finish watching a video on my phone, and it definitely hadn't buffered all of it yet, so some servers must still be able to handle requests for videos.

YT generates resource links with ~couple of hours expiry dates, once generated page/app will keep reusing that link.

Re: Ask HN: YouTube down?

#410
post #348

Woke up randomly at 3am (utc+2). Opened HN. saw this ask HN Think I felt a great disturbance on the net and woke up, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly presented with a black screen on their YouTubes. I fear something terrible has happened

This exact same thing happened with me. I woke up at unusual time.

Its working now though.

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