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Lightweight tool to automate downloading and metadata generation with yt-dlp

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2026.05.10.post1 Bugfix

Fixed output sanitization type checking when the return type isn't a class.

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[BUGFIX] Fix output sanitization type checking (#1467)

In the inspection output, we check function's return types via issubclass to see if an optimization can be made. Guard against this check in case the return type isn't a class -- it could be a Union[..., ...] from a conditional.

2026.04.13.post1 New feature

New `inspect` subcommand displays subscription preset format and variable resolution.

2026.03.19 Maintenance

Updated yt-dlp dependency to include latest upstream improvements.

2026.03.09.post3 Maintenance

Update pytest requirement from =7.2 to >=7.2, Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot]

2026.01.30 Maintenance

Updated yt-dlp dependency to version 2026.1.29, incorporating upstream improvements and bug fixes from the latest release.

2026.01.27.post1 Maintenance

[BACKEND] Less string casting behind the scenes (#1425) Simplifies internal scripts by not casting things to String when unnecessary.

2026.01.27 Bugfix

[HOTFIX] Fix StringFormattingException regarding keep_max_files (#1427) Closes this issue from last release: https://github.com/jmbannon/ytdl-sub/issues/1426

2026.01.24.post1 Bug fix

Reverted a formatter post_process change that introduced a breaking change to ytdl_options, restoring previous behavior.

2026.01.24 Maintenance

[BACKEND] More flexible formatter post_process (#1421) Makes the underlying formatting process better handle native (non-string) types in a more flexible way.

2026.01.23.post1 Maintenance

[BACKEND] Cache cycle checks (#1420) Small speedup to make cycle validation faster.

2026.01.23 Bugfix

[BUGFIX] Fix soundcloud not downloading tracks (#1419) The /tracks URL is currently broken in yt-dlp. Now uses the input URL which will download the entire artists' page instead to get non-album tracks.

2026.01.16.post1 Maintenance

[BACKEND] Preserve dict formatter value (#1416) Do not modify the original definition of dict validators.

2026.01.16 Maintenance

[BACKEND] Sorted video tags (#1417) For reproducibility in tests.

2026.01.13 New feature
Notable features
  • Partial script resolution mechanism
  • Inspect sub-command preparation
2026.01.11 Maintenance

[BACKEND] Remove cast and legacy_bracket_safety usage (#1414) Removes unused casts and calls to the legacy_bracket_safety function.

2026.01.06 Maintenance

[BACKEND] Simplify script quote generation (#1409) Internal script -> string generation used triple-quotes redundantly. Try to use them less to make it more human-readable.

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