Core changes

• Add new option --progress-delta (#9082) by Grub4K
• Add new options --impersonate and --list-impersonate-targets by bashonly, coletdjnz, Grub4K, pukkandan
• Add option --no-break-on-existing (#9610) by bashonly
• Fix filesize_approx calculation (#9560) by pukkandan, seproDev
• Infer acodec for single-codec containers by pukkandan
• Prevent RCE when using --exec with %q (CVE-2024-22423) by Grub4K
• cookies: Add --cookies-from-browser support for Firefox Flatpak (#9619) by un-def
• utils
  • traverse_obj
    • Allow unbranching using all and any (#9571) by Grub4K
    • Convenience improvements (#9577) by Grub4K

Extractor changes

• Add extractor impersonate API (#9474) by bashonly, Grub4K, pukkandan
• afreecatv
  • Overhaul extractor (#9566) by bashonly, Tomoka1
  • live: Fix extractor (#9348) by hui1601
• asobistage: Add extractor (#8735) by pzhlkj6612
• box: Support URLs without file IDs (#9504) by shreyasminocha
• cbc.ca: player: Support new URL format (#9561) by trainman261
• crunchyroll
  • Extract vo_adaptive_hls formats by default (#9447) by bashonly
  • Fix extractor (#9615) by bytedream
• dropbox: Fix formats extraction (#9627) by bashonly
• fathom: Add extractor (#9495) by src-tinkerer
• gofile: Fix extractor (#9446) by jazz1611
• imgur: Fix extraction (#9471) by trwstin
• jiosaavn
  • Extract artists (#9612) by bashonly
  • Fix format extensions (#9609) by bashonly
  • Support playlists (#9622) by bashonly
• joqrag: Fix live status detection (#9624) by pzhlkj6612
• kick: Support browser impersonation (#9611) by bashonly
• loom: Add extractors (#8686) by bashonly, hruzgar
• medici: Fix extractor (#9518) by Offert4324
• mixch
  • Fix extractor (#9608) by bashonly, nipotan
  • archive: Fix extractor (#8761) by pzhlkj6612
• nhk: Fix NHK World extractors (#9623) by bashonly
• patreon: Do not extract dead embed URLs (#9613) by johnvictorfs
• radio1be: Add extractor (#9122) by HobbyistDev
• sharepoint: Add extractor (#6531) by bashonly, C0D3D3V
• sonylivseries: Fix season extraction (#9423) by bashonly
• soundcloud
  • Adjust format sorting (#9584) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly...

Core changes

• Add --compat-options 2023 (#9084) by Grub4K (With fixes in ffff1bc by pukkandan)
• Create ydl._request_director when needed by pukkandan (With fixes in dbd8b1b by Grub4k)
• Don't select storyboard formats as fallback by bashonly
• Handle --load-info-json format selection errors (#9392) by bashonly
• Warn user when not launching through shell on Windows (#9250) by Grub4K, seproDev
• cookies
  • Fix --cookies-from-browser for snap Firefox (#9016) by Grub4K
  • Fix --cookies-from-browser with macOS Firefox profiles (#8909) by RalphORama
  • Improve error message for Windows --cookies-from-browser chrome issue (#9080) by Grub4K
• plugins: Handle PermissionError (#9229) by pukkandan, syntaxsurge
• utils
  • Improve repr of DateRange, match_filter_func by pukkandan
  • traverse_obj: Support xml.etree.ElementTree.Element (#8911) by Grub4K
• webvtt: Don't parse single fragment files (#9034) by seproDev

Extractor changes

• Migrate commonly plural fields to lists (#8917) by llistochek, pukkandan (With fixes in b136e2a by bashonly)
• Support multi-period MPD streams (#6654) by alard, pukkandan
• abematv
  • Fix extraction with cache (#8895) by sefidel
  • Support login for playlists (#8901) by sefidel
• adn
  • Add support for German site (#8708) by infanf
  • Improve auth error handling (#9068) by infanf
• aenetworks: Rating should be optional for AP extraction (#9005) by agibson-fl
• altcensored: channel: Fix playlist extraction (#9297) by marcdumais
• amadeustv: Add extractor (#8744) by ArnauvGilotra
• ant1newsgrembed: Fix extractor (#9191) by seproDev
• archiveorg: Fix format URL encoding (#9279) by bashonly
• ard
  • mediathek
    • Revert to using old id (#8916) by Grub4K
    • Support cookies to verify age (#9037) by StefanLobbenmeier
• art19: Add extractors (#9099) by seproDev
• artetv: Separate closed captions (#8231) by Nicals, seproDev
• asobichannel: Add extractors (#8700) by Snack-X
• bigo: Fix JSON extraction (#8893) by DmitryScaletta
• bilibili
  • Add referer header and fix metadata extraction (#8832) by SirElderling (With fixes in f1570ab by TobiX)
  • Support --no-playlist (#9139) by c-basalt
• bilibilisearch: Set cookie to fix extraction (#9119) by c-basalt
• biliintl: Fix and improve subtitles extraction (#7077) by dirkf, HobbyistDev, itachi-19, seproDev
• boosty: Add extractor (#9144) by un-def
• ccma: [Extract 1080p DASH formats](4253e3b7f483127bd812b...

Core changes

• Fix format selection parse error for CPython 3.12 (#8797) by Grub4K
• Let read_stdin obey --quiet by pukkandan
• Merged with youtube-dl be008e6 by bashonly, dirkf, Grub4K
• Parse release_year from release_date (#8524) by seproDev
• Release workflow and Updater cleanup (#8640) by bashonly
• Remove Python 3.7 support (#8361) by bashonly
• Support NO_COLOR environment variable (#8385) by Grub4K, prettykool
• outtmpl: Support multiplication by pukkandan
• utils: traverse_obj: Move is_user_input into output template (#8673) by Grub4K
• webvtt: Allow spaces before newlines for CueBlock (#7681) by TSRBerry (With fixes in 298230e by pukkandan)

Extractor changes

• Add media_type field by trainman261
• Extract from media elements in SMIL manifests (#8504) by seproDev
• abematv: Fix season metadata (#8607) by middlingphys
• allstar: Add extractors (#8274) by S-Aarab
• altcensored: Add extractor (#8291) by drzraf
• ard: Overhaul extractors (#8878) by seproDev
• ardbetamediathek: Fix series extraction (#8687) by lstrojny
• bbc
  • Extract more formats (#8321) by barsnick, dirkf
  • Fix JSON parsing bug by bashonly
• bfmtv: Fix extractors (#8651) by bashonly
• bilibili: Support courses and interactive videos (#8343) by c-basalt
• bitchute: Fix and improve metadata extraction (#8507) by SirElderling
• box: Fix formats extraction (#8649) by bashonly
• bundestag: Add extractor (#8783) by Grub4K
• drtv: Set default ext for m3u8 formats (#8590) by seproDev
• duoplay: Add extractor (#8542) by glensc
• eplus: Add login support and DRM detection (#8661) by pzhlkj6612
• facebook
  • Fix Memories extraction (#8681) by kclauhk
  • Improve subtitles extraction (#8296) by kclauhk
• floatplane: Add extractors (#8639) by seproDev
• francetv: Improve metadata extraction (#8409) by Fymyte
• instagram: Fix stories extraction (#8843) by bashonly
• joqrag: Add extractor (#8384) by pzhlkj6612
• litv: Fix premium content extraction (#8842) by bashonly
• maariv: Add extractor (#8331) by amir16yp
• mediastream: Fix authenticated format extraction (#8657) by NickCis
• nebula: Overhaul extractors ([#8566](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issue...

Extractor changes

• abc.net.au: iview, showseries: Fix extraction (#8586) by bashonly
• beatbump: Update _VALID_URL (#8576) by seproDev
• dailymotion: Improve _VALID_URL (#7692) by TravisDupes
• drtv: Fix extractor (#8484) by almx, seproDev
• eltrecetv: Add extractor (#8216) by elivinsky
• jiosaavn: Add extractors (#8307) by awalgarg
• njpwworld: Remove (#8570) by aarubui
• tv5mondeplus: Extract subtitles (#4209) by FrankZ85
• twitcasting: Fix livestream detection (#8574) by JC-Chung
• zenyandex: Fix extraction (#8454) by starius

Misc. changes

• build: Make secretstorage an optional dependency (#8585) by bashonly

Core changes

• Add --compat-option manifest-filesize-approx (#8356) by bashonly
• Fix format sorting with --load-info-json (#8521) by bashonly
• Include build origin in verbose output by bashonly, Grub4K
• Only ensure playlist thumbnail dir if writing thumbs (#8373) by bashonly
• update: Overhaul self-updater by bashonly, Grub4K

Extractor changes

• Do not smuggle http_headers by coletdjnz
• Do not test truth value of xml.etree.ElementTree.Element (#8582) by bashonly
• brilliantpala: Fix cookies support (#8352) by pzhlkj6612
• generic: Improve direct video link ext detection (#8340) by bashonly
• laxarxames: Add extractor (#8412) by aniolpages
• n-tv.de: Fix extractor (#8414) by 1100101
• neteasemusic: Improve metadata extraction (#8531) by LoserFox
• nhk: Improve metadata extraction (#8388) by garret1317
• novaembed: Improve _VALID_URL (#8368) by peci1
• npo: Send POST request to streams API endpoint (#8413) by bartbroere
• ondemandkorea: Overhaul extractor (#8386) by seproDev
• orf: podcast: Add extractor (#8486) by Esokrates
• polskieradio: audition: Fix playlist extraction (#8459) by shubhexists
• qdance: Update _VALID_URL (#8426) by bashonly
• radiocomercial: Add extractors (#8508) by SirElderling
• sbs.co.kr: Add extractors (#8326) by seproDev
• theatercomplextown: Add extractors (#8560) by bashonly
• thisav: Remove (#8346) by bashonly
• thisoldhouse: Add login support (#8561) by bashonly
• twitcasting: Fix livestream extraction (#8427) by JC-Chung, saintliao
• twitter
  • broadcast
    • Improve metadata extraction (#8383) by HitomaruKonpaku
    • Support --wait-for-video (#8475) by bashonly
• weibo: Fix extraction (#8463) by c-basalt
• weverse: Fix login error handling (#8458) by seproDev
• youtube: Check newly uploaded iOS HLS formats (#8336) by bashonly
• zoom: Extract combined view formats (#7847) by Mipsters

Downloader changes

• aria2c: Remove duplicate --file-allocation=none (#8332) by CrendKing
• dash: Force native downloader for --live-from-start (#8339) by bashonly

Networking changes

• Request Handler: requests: Add handler for requests HTTP library (#3668) by bashonly, coletdjnz, Grub4K (With ...

Core changes

• Ensure thumbnail output directory exists (#7985) by Riteo
• utils
  • js_to_json: Fix Date constructor parsing (#8295) by awalgarg, Grub4K
  • write_xattr: Use os.setxattr if available (#8205) by bashonly, Grub4K

Extractor changes

• artetv: Support age-restricted content (#8301) by StefanLobbenmeier
• jtbc: Add extractors (#8314) by seproDev
• mbn: Add extractor (#8312) by seproDev
• nhk: Fix Japanese-language VOD extraction (#8309) by garret1317
• radiko: Fix bug with downloader_options by bashonly
• tenplay: Add support for seasons (#7939) by midnightveil
• youku: Improve tudou.com support (#8160) by naginatana
• youtube: Fix bug with --extractor-retries inf (#8328) by Grub4K

Downloader changes

• fragment: Improve progress calculation (#8241) by Grub4K

Misc. changes

• cleanup: Miscellaneous: b634ba7 by bashonly, gamer191

Extractor changes

• abc.net.au: iview: Improve episode extraction (#8201) by xofe
• erocast: Add extractor (#8264) by madewokherd
• gofile: Fix token cookie bug by bashonly
• iq.com: Fix extraction and subtitles (#8260) by AS6939
• lbry
  • Add playlist support (#8213) by bashonly, drzraf, Grub4K
  • Extract uploader_id (#8244) by drzraf
• litv: Fix extractor (#7785) by jiru
• neteasemusic: Fix extractors (#8181) by c-basalt
• nhk: Fix VOD extraction (#8249) by garret1317
• radiko: Improve extraction (#8221) by garret1317
• substack
  • Fix download cookies bug (#8219) by handlerug
  • Fix embed extraction (#8218) by handlerug
• theta: Remove extractors (#8251) by alerikaisattera
• wrestleuniversevod: Call API with device ID (#8272) by bashonly
• xhamster: user: Support creator urls (#8232) by Grub4K
• youtube
  • Fix heatmap extraction (#8299) by bashonly
  • Raise a warning for Incomplete Data instead of an error (#8238) by coletdjnz

Misc. changes

• cleanup
  • Update extractor tests (#7718) by trainman261
  • Miscellaneous: 377e85a by dirkf, gamer191, Grub4K

Core changes

• Fix HTTP headers and cookie handling by bashonly, pukkandan
• Fix --check-formats by pukkandan
• Fix support for upcoming Python 3.12 (#8130) by Grub4K
• Merged with youtube-dl 66ab08 by coletdjnz
• Prevent RCE when using --exec with %q (CVE-2023-40581) by Grub4K
• Raise minimum recommended Python version to 3.8 (#8183) by Grub4K
• FFmpegFixupM3u8PP may need to run with ffmpeg by pukkandan
• compat
  • Add types.NoneType by pukkandan (With fixes in 25b6e8f)
  • Deprecate old functions (#2861) by coletdjnz, pukkandan
  • Ensure submodules are imported correctly by pukkandan
• cookies: Containers JSON should be opened as utf-8 (#7800) by bashonly
• dependencies: Handle deprecation of sqlite3.version (#8167) by bashonly
• outtmpl: Fix replacement for playlist_index by pukkandan
• utils
  • Add temporary shim for logging by pukkandan
  • Improve parse_duration by bashonly
  • HTTPHeaderDict: Handle byte values by pukkandan
  • clean_podcast_url: Handle more trackers (#7556) by bashonly, mabdelfattah
  • js_to_json: Handle Array objects by Grub4K, std-move

Extractor changes

• Extract subtitles from SMIL manifests (#7667) by bashonly, pukkandan
• Fix --load-pages by pukkandan
• Make _search_nuxt_data more lenient by std-move
• abematv
  • Fix proxy handling (#8046) by SevenLives
  • Temporary fix for protocol handler by pukkandan
• amazonminitv: Fix extractors by bashonly, GautamMKGarg
• antenna: Support antenna.gr (#7584) by stdedos
• artetv: Fix HLS formats extraction by bashonly
• axs: Add extractor (#8094) by barsnick
• banbye: Support video ids containing a hyphen (#8059) by kshitiz305
• bbc: Extract tracklist as chapters (#7788) by garret1317
• bild.de: Extract HLS formats (#8032) by barsnick
• bilibili
  • Add support for series, favorites and watch later (#7518) by c-basalt
  • Extract Dolby audio formats (#8142) by ClosedPort22
  • Extract format_id (#7555) by c-basalt
• bilibilibangumi: Fix extractors (#7337) by GD-Slime
• bpb: Overhaul extractor (#8119) by Grub4K
• brilliantpala: Add extractors (#6680) by pzhlkj6612
• canal1, caracoltvplay: Add extractors (#7151) by elyse0
• cbc: Ignore any 426 from API (#7689) by makew0rld
• cbcplayer: Extract HLS formats and subtitles (#7484) by trainman261
• cbcplayerplaylist: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-...

Core changes

• Allow extractors to mark formats as potentially DRM (#7396) by pukkandan
• Bugfix for b4e0d75848e9447cee2cd3646ce54d4744a7ff56 by pukkandan
• Change how Cookie headers are handled by Grub4K
• Prevent Cookie leaks on HTTP redirect by coletdjnz
• formats: Fix best fallback for storyboards by pukkandan
• outtmpl: Pad playlist_index etc even when with internal formatting by pukkandan
• utils: clean_podcast_url: Handle protocol in redirect URL by pukkandan

Extractor changes

• abc: Fix extraction (#7434) by meliber
• AdultSwim: Extract subtitles from m3u8 (#7421) by nnoboa
• crunchyroll: music: Fix _VALID_URL (#7439) by AmanSal1, rdamas
• Douyin: Fix extraction from webpage by bashonly
• googledrive: Fix source format extraction (#7395) by RfadnjdExt
• kick: Fix _VALID_URL by bashonly
• qdance: Add extractor (#7420) by bashonly
• sbs: Python 3.7 compat by pukkandan
• stacommu: Add extractors (#7432) by urectanc
• twitter
  • Fix unauthenticated extraction (#7476) by bashonly
  • spaces: Fix extraction (#7512) by bashonly
• vidlii: Handle relative URLs by pukkandan
• vk: VKPlay, VKPlayLive: Add extractors (#7358) by c-basalt
• youtube
  • Add extractor-arg formats by pukkandan
  • Avoid false DRM detection (#7396) by pukkandan
  • Fix comments' is_favorited (#7390) by bbilly1
  • Ignore incomplete data for comment threads by default (#7475) by coletdjnz
  • Process post_live over 2 hours by pukkandan
  • stories: Remove (#7459) by pukkandan
  • tab: Support shorts-only playlists (#7425) by coletdjnz

Downloader changes

• aria2c: Add --no-conf by pukkandan
• external: Scope cookies by bashonly, coletdjnz
• http: Avoid infinite loop when no data is received by pukkandan

Misc. changes

• Add CodeQL workflow (#7497) by pukkandan
• cleanup: Miscellaneous: 337734d by pukkandan
• docs: Minor fixes by pukkandan
• make_changelog: Skip reverted commits by pukkandan

Core changes

• Fix bug in db3ad8a67661d7b234a6954d9c6a4a9b1749f5eb by pukkandan
• Improve --download-sections by pukkandan
  • Support negative time-ranges
  • Add *from-url to obey time-ranges in URL
• Indicate filesize approximated from tbr better by pukkandan

Extractor changes

• Support multiple _VALID_URLs (#5812) by nixxo
• dplay: GlobalCyclingNetworkPlus: Add extractor (#7360) by bashonly
• dropout: Fix season extraction (#7304) by OverlordQ
• motherless: Add gallery support, fix groups (#7211) by rexlambert22, Ti4eeT4e
• nebula: Fix extractor (#7156) by Lamieur, rohieb
• rheinmaintv: Add extractor (#7311) by barthelmannk
• youtube
  • Add ios to default clients used by pukkandan
    • IOS is affected neither by 403 nor by nsig so helps mitigate them preemptively
    • IOS also has higher bit-rate 'premium' formats though they are not labeled as such
  • Improve description parsing performance (#7315) by berkanteber, pukkandan
  • Improve nsig function name extraction by pukkandan
  • Workaround 403 for android formats by pukkandan

Misc. changes

• Revert "Add automatic duplicate issue detection" by pukkandan
• cleanup
  • Miscellaneous
    • 7f9c6a6 by bashonly
    • 812cdfa by pukkandan