First time this happens to me. With a German protonvpn server.

Have you tried if yt-dlp works? Cuz if that also doesnt, then maybe they actually temporarily blocked your IP?

I have never gotten this message on yt so cant test it.

Here’s the log from yt-dlp:

[youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR1buRTIKhk

[youtube] kR1buRTIKhk: Downloading webpage

[youtube] kR1buRTIKhk: Downloading ios player API JSON

[youtube] kR1buRTIKhk: Downloading mweb player API JSON

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Are you on a commercial VPN connection?

No, it’s when I connect with my ISP at home. If I use Mullvad VPN or if I actually login into YouTube web app, everything works fine.

That is so odd. Can you manually reroll your home networks external IP address? Maybe reconnect your router. I dont know how they would be able to reidentify you otherwise.

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