From e8c2bf798b6707d27fecde66161172da69c7cd72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: c-basalt <117849907+c-basalt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 14:02:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 01/13] [ie/neteasemusic] Support XFF (#11044)

Closes #11043
Authored by: c-basalt
---
 yt_dlp/extractor/neteasemusic.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/neteasemusic.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/neteasemusic.py
index 900b8b2a3..6c47086b9 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/neteasemusic.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/neteasemusic.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ class NetEaseMusicBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
         'sky',       # SVIP tier; 沉浸环绕声 (Surround Audio); flac
     )
     _API_BASE = 'http://music.163.com/api/'
-    _GEO_BYPASS = False
 
     def _create_eapi_cipher(self, api_path, query_body, cookies):
         request_text = json.dumps({**query_body, 'header': cookies}, separators=(',', ':'))
@@ -64,6 +63,8 @@ def _download_eapi_json(self, path, video_id, query_body, headers={}, **kwargs):
                 'MUSIC_U': ('MUSIC_U', {lambda i: i.value}),
             }),
         }
+        if self._x_forwarded_for_ip:
+            headers.setdefault('X-Real-IP', self._x_forwarded_for_ip)
         return self._download_json(
             urljoin('https://interface3.music.163.com/', f'/eapi{path}'), video_id,
             data=self._create_eapi_cipher(f'/api{path}', query_body, cookies), headers={

From daa1859be1b0e7d123da8b4e0988f2eb7bd47d15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CasperMcFadden95 <145611964+CasperMcFadden95@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 18:11:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 02/13] [ie/FaulioLive] Support Bahry TV (#13850)

Authored by: CasperMcFadden95
---
 yt_dlp/extractor/faulio.py | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/faulio.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/faulio.py
index 393023503..a5d5c750b 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/faulio.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/faulio.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 class FaulioLiveIE(InfoExtractor):
     _DOMAINS = (
         'aloula.sba.sa',
+        'bahry.com',
         'maraya.sba.net.ae',
         'sat7plus.org',
     )
@@ -25,6 +26,18 @@ class FaulioLiveIE(InfoExtractor):
         'params': {
             'skip_download': 'Livestream',
         },
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://bahry.com/live/1',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'bahry.faulio.com_1',
+            'title': str,
+            'description': str,
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'live_status': 'is_live',
+        },
+        'params': {
+            'skip_download': 'Livestream',
+        },
     }, {
         'url': 'https://maraya.sba.net.ae/live/1',
         'info_dict': {

From 57186f958f164daa50203adcbf7ec74d541151cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Hebb <tommyhebb@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 14:43:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 03/13] [fd/hls] Fix `--hls-split-continuity` support (#13321)

Authored by: tchebb
---
 yt_dlp/downloader/hls.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/downloader/hls.py b/yt_dlp/downloader/hls.py
index 225630578..58cfbbf16 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/hls.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/hls.py
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ def is_ad_fragment_end(s):
             line = line.strip()
             if line:
                 if not line.startswith('#'):
-                    if format_index and discontinuity_count != format_index:
+                    if format_index is not None and discontinuity_count != format_index:
                         continue
                     if ad_frag_next:
                         continue
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def is_ad_fragment_end(s):
                         byte_range = {}
 
                 elif line.startswith('#EXT-X-MAP'):
-                    if format_index and discontinuity_count != format_index:
+                    if format_index is not None and discontinuity_count != format_index:
                         continue
                     if frag_index > 0:
                         self.report_error(

From 66aa21dc5a3b79059c38f3ad1d05dc9b29187701 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 14:39:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 04/13] [build] Use `macos-14` runner for `macos` builds
 (#13814)

Ref: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-07-11-upcoming-changes-to-macos-hosted-runners-macos-latest-migration-and-xcode-support-policy-updates/#macos-13-is-closing-down

Authored by: bashonly
---
 .github/workflows/build.yml |  4 +++-
 bundle/pyinstaller.py       | 12 +++++++++---
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index e2411ecfa..b3db8fec1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       actions: write  # For cleaning up cache
-    runs-on: macos-13
+    runs-on: macos-14
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Requirements
         run: |
           brew install coreutils
+          # We need to use system Python in order to roll our own universal2 curl_cffi wheel
+          brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies python3
           python3 -m venv ~/yt-dlp-build-venv
           source ~/yt-dlp-build-venv/bin/activate
           python3 devscripts/install_deps.py -o --include build
diff --git a/bundle/pyinstaller.py b/bundle/pyinstaller.py
index c2f651121..0597f602d 100755
--- a/bundle/pyinstaller.py
+++ b/bundle/pyinstaller.py
@@ -62,16 +62,22 @@ def parse_options():
 
 def exe(onedir):
     """@returns (name, path)"""
+    platform_name, machine, extension = {
+        'win32': (None, MACHINE, '.exe'),
+        'darwin': ('macos', None, None),
+    }.get(OS_NAME, (OS_NAME, MACHINE, None))
+
     name = '_'.join(filter(None, (
         'yt-dlp',
-        {'win32': '', 'darwin': 'macos'}.get(OS_NAME, OS_NAME),
-        MACHINE,
+        platform_name,
+        machine,
     )))
+
     return name, ''.join(filter(None, (
         'dist/',
         onedir and f'{name}/',
         name,
-        OS_NAME == 'win32' and '.exe',
+        extension,
     )))
 
 

From cc5a5caac5fbc0d605b52bde0778d6fd5f97b5ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 17:12:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 05/13] Deprecate `darwin_legacy_exe` support (#13857)

Ref: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13856

Authored by: bashonly
---
 yt_dlp/update.py | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/update.py b/yt_dlp/update.py
index de289cb78..f85be2d08 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/update.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/update.py
@@ -141,6 +141,17 @@ def _get_binary_name():
 def _get_system_deprecation():
     MIN_SUPPORTED, MIN_RECOMMENDED = (3, 9), (3, 9)
 
+    EXE_MSG_TMPL = ('Support for {} has been deprecated. '
+                    'See  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/{}  for details.\n{}')
+    STOP_MSG = 'You may stop receiving updates on this version at any time!'
+    variant = detect_variant()
+
+    # Temporary until macos_legacy executable builds are discontinued
+    if variant == 'darwin_legacy_exe':
+        return EXE_MSG_TMPL.format(
+            f'{variant} (the PyInstaller-bundled executable for macOS versions older than 10.15)',
+            'issues/13856', STOP_MSG)
+
     if sys.version_info > MIN_RECOMMENDED:
         return None
 

From 23c658b9cbe34a151f8f921ab1320bb5d4e40a4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 17:59:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 06/13] Raise minimum recommended Python version to 3.10
 (#13859)

Ref: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13858

Authored by: bashonly
---
 yt_dlp/update.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/update.py b/yt_dlp/update.py
index f85be2d08..30cbf538e 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/update.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/update.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def _get_binary_name():
 
 
 def _get_system_deprecation():
-    MIN_SUPPORTED, MIN_RECOMMENDED = (3, 9), (3, 9)
+    MIN_SUPPORTED, MIN_RECOMMENDED = (3, 9), (3, 10)
 
     EXE_MSG_TMPL = ('Support for {} has been deprecated. '
                     'See  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/{}  for details.\n{}')
@@ -161,6 +161,13 @@ def _get_system_deprecation():
     if sys.version_info < MIN_SUPPORTED:
         return f'Python version {major}.{minor} is no longer supported! {PYTHON_MSG}'
 
+    # Temporary until aarch64/armv7l build flow is bumped to Ubuntu 22.04 and Python 3.10
+    if variant in ('linux_aarch64_exe', 'linux_armv7l_exe'):
+        libc_ver = version_tuple(os.confstr('CS_GNU_LIBC_VERSION').partition(' ')[2])
+        if libc_ver < (2, 35):
+            return EXE_MSG_TMPL.format('system glibc version < 2.35', 'issues/13858', STOP_MSG)
+        return None
+
     return f'Support for Python version {major}.{minor} has been deprecated. {PYTHON_MSG}'
 
 

From b831406a1d3be34c159835079d12bae624c43610 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florentin Le Moal <florentin.lemoal@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 21:52:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 07/13] [ie/rtve.es:program] Add extractor

Authored by: meGAmeS1, seproDev

Co-authored-by: sepro <sepro@sepr0.com>
---
 yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py |  1 +
 yt_dlp/extractor/rtve.py        | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
index 617c2c5ce..944527085 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
@@ -1781,6 +1781,7 @@
     RTVEALaCartaIE,
     RTVEAudioIE,
     RTVELiveIE,
+    RTVEProgramIE,
     RTVETelevisionIE,
 )
 from .rtvs import RTVSIE
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/rtve.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/rtve.py
index 2812d9305..c2ccf73dd 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/rtve.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/rtve.py
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
+    InAdvancePagedList,
     clean_html,
     determine_ext,
     float_or_none,
+    int_or_none,
     make_archive_id,
     parse_iso8601,
     qualities,
@@ -371,3 +373,62 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
             raise ExtractorError('The webpage doesn\'t contain any video', expected=True)
 
         return self.url_result(play_url, ie=RTVEALaCartaIE.ie_key())
+
+
+class RTVEProgramIE(RTVEBaseIE):
+    IE_NAME = 'rtve.es:program'
+    IE_DESC = 'RTVE.es programs'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?rtve\.es/play/videos/(?P<id>[\w-]+)/?(?:[?#]|$)'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/saber-vivir/',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '111570',
+            'title': 'Saber vivir - Programa de ciencia y futuro en RTVE Play',
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 400,
+    }]
+    _PAGE_SIZE = 60
+
+    def _fetch_page(self, program_id, page_num):
+        return self._download_json(
+            f'https://www.rtve.es/api/programas/{program_id}/videos',
+            program_id, note=f'Downloading page {page_num}',
+            query={
+                'type': 39816,
+                'page': page_num,
+                'size': 60,
+            })
+
+    def _entries(self, page_data):
+        for video in traverse_obj(page_data, ('page', 'items', lambda _, v: url_or_none(v['htmlUrl']))):
+            yield self.url_result(
+                video['htmlUrl'], RTVEALaCartaIE, url_transparent=True,
+                **traverse_obj(video, {
+                    'id': ('id', {str}),
+                    'title': ('longTitle', {str}),
+                    'description': ('shortDescription', {str}),
+                    'duration': ('duration', {float_or_none(scale=1000)}),
+                    'series': (('programInfo', 'title'), {str}, any),
+                    'season_number': ('temporadaOrden', {int_or_none}),
+                    'season_id': ('temporadaId', {str}),
+                    'season': ('temporada', {str}),
+                    'episode_number': ('episode', {int_or_none}),
+                    'episode': ('title', {str}),
+                    'thumbnail': ('thumbnail', {url_or_none}),
+                }),
+            )
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        program_slug = self._match_id(url)
+        program_page = self._download_webpage(url, program_slug)
+
+        program_id = self._html_search_meta('DC.identifier', program_page, 'Program ID', fatal=True)
+
+        first_page = self._fetch_page(program_id, 1)
+        page_count = traverse_obj(first_page, ('page', 'totalPages', {int})) or 1
+
+        entries = InAdvancePagedList(
+            lambda idx: self._entries(self._fetch_page(program_id, idx + 1) if idx else first_page),
+            page_count, self._PAGE_SIZE)
+
+        return self.playlist_result(entries, program_id, self._html_extract_title(program_page))

From 682334e4b35112f7a5798decdcb5cb12230ef948 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: fries1234 <fries12420@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 13:26:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 08/13] [ie/tvw:news] Add extractor (#12907)

Authored by: fries1234
---
 yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py |  1 +
 yt_dlp/extractor/tvw.py         | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
index 944527085..3eea0cdf6 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
@@ -2235,6 +2235,7 @@
 from .tvplayer import TVPlayerIE
 from .tvw import (
     TvwIE,
+    TvwNewsIE,
     TvwTvChannelsIE,
 )
 from .tweakers import TweakersIE
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/tvw.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/tvw.py
index 0ab926dbd..74d9b6424 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/tvw.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/tvw.py
@@ -10,12 +10,15 @@
     unified_timestamp,
     url_or_none,
 )
-from ..utils.traversal import find_element, traverse_obj
+from ..utils.traversal import find_element, find_elements, traverse_obj
 
 
 class TvwIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = 'tvw'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?tvw\.org/video/(?P<id>[^/?#]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = [
+        r'https?://(?:www\.)?tvw\.org/video/(?P<id>[^/?#]+)',
+        r'https?://(?:www\.)?tvw\.org/watch/?\?(?:[^#]+&)?eventID=(?P<id>\d+)',
+    ]
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'https://tvw.org/video/billy-frank-jr-statue-maquette-unveiling-ceremony-2024011211/',
         'md5': '9ceb94fe2bb7fd726f74f16356825703',
@@ -75,6 +78,20 @@ class TvwIE(InfoExtractor):
             'display_id': 'washington-to-washington-a-new-space-race-2022041111',
             'categories': ['Washington to Washington', 'General Interest'],
         },
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://tvw.org/watch?eventID=2025041235',
+        'md5': '7d697c02f110b37d6a47622ea608ca90',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '2025041235',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Legislative Review - Medicaid Postpartum Bill Sparks Debate & Senate Approves Automatic Voter Registration',
+            'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.(?:jpe?g|png)$',
+            'description': 'md5:37d0f3a9187ae520aac261b3959eaee6',
+            'timestamp': 1745006400,
+            'upload_date': '20250418',
+            'location': 'Hayner Media Center',
+            'categories': ['Legislative Review'],
+        },
     }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
@@ -125,6 +142,41 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
         }
 
 
+class TvwNewsIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'tvw:news'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?tvw\.org/\d{4}/\d{2}/(?P<id>[^/?#]+)'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://tvw.org/2024/01/the-impact-issues-to-watch-in-the-2024-legislative-session/',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'the-impact-issues-to-watch-in-the-2024-legislative-session',
+            'title': 'The Impact - Issues to Watch in the 2024 Legislative Session',
+            'description': 'md5:65f0b33ec8f18ff1cd401c5547aa5441',
+        },
+        'playlist_count': 6,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://tvw.org/2024/06/the-impact-water-rights-and-the-skookumchuck-dam-debate/',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'the-impact-water-rights-and-the-skookumchuck-dam-debate',
+            'title': 'The Impact - Water Rights and the Skookumchuck Dam Debate',
+            'description': 'md5:185f3a2350ef81e3fa159ac3e040a94b',
+        },
+        'playlist_count': 1,
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        playlist_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, playlist_id)
+
+        video_ids = traverse_obj(webpage, (
+            {find_elements(cls='invintus-player', html=True)}, ..., {extract_attributes}, 'data-eventid'))
+
+        return self.playlist_from_matches(
+            video_ids, playlist_id,
+            playlist_title=remove_end(self._og_search_title(webpage, default=None), ' - TVW'),
+            playlist_description=self._og_search_description(webpage, default=None),
+            getter=lambda x: f'https://tvw.org/watch?eventID={x}', ie=TvwIE)
+
+
 class TvwTvChannelsIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = 'tvw:tvchannels'
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?tvw\.org/tvchannels/(?P<id>[^/?#]+)'

From 28b68f687561468e0c664dcb430707458970019f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:47:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 09/13] [cookies] Load cookies with float `expires` timestamps
 (#13873)

Authored by: bashonly
---
 yt_dlp/cookies.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/cookies.py b/yt_dlp/cookies.py
index 5675445ac..459a4b7de 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/cookies.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/cookies.py
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ def prepare_line(line):
             if len(cookie_list) != self._ENTRY_LEN:
                 raise http.cookiejar.LoadError(f'invalid length {len(cookie_list)}')
             cookie = self._CookieFileEntry(*cookie_list)
-            if cookie.expires_at and not cookie.expires_at.isdigit():
+            if cookie.expires_at and not re.fullmatch(r'[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?', cookie.expires_at):
                 raise http.cookiejar.LoadError(f'invalid expires at {cookie.expires_at}')
             return line
 

From 62e2a9c0d55306906f18da2927e05e1cbc31473c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:31:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 10/13] [ci] Bump supported PyPy version to 3.11 (#13877)

Ref: https://pypy.org/posts/2025/07/pypy-v7320-release.html

Authored by: bashonly
---
 .github/workflows/core.yml            | 4 ++--
 .github/workflows/download.yml        | 4 ++--
 .github/workflows/signature-tests.yml | 2 +-
 CONTRIBUTING.md                       | 2 +-
 README.md                             | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/core.yml b/.github/workflows/core.yml
index dd2c6f481..86036989c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/core.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
         # CPython 3.9 is in quick-test
-        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', pypy-3.10]
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', pypy-3.11]
         include:
         # atleast one of each CPython/PyPy tests must be in windows
         - os: windows-latest
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
         - os: windows-latest
           python-version: '3.13'
         - os: windows-latest
-          python-version: pypy-3.10
+          python-version: pypy-3.11
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/download.yml b/.github/workflows/download.yml
index 6849fba9b..594a664c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/download.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/download.yml
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', pypy-3.10]
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', pypy-3.11]
         include:
         # atleast one of each CPython/PyPy tests must be in windows
         - os: windows-latest
           python-version: '3.9'
         - os: windows-latest
-          python-version: pypy-3.10
+          python-version: pypy-3.11
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/signature-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/signature-tests.yml
index 203172e0b..42c65db35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/signature-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/signature-tests.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', pypy-3.10, pypy-3.11]
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', pypy-3.11]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 2c58cdfc9..8822907b7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ ## Adding support for a new site
 
     You can use `hatch fmt` to automatically fix problems. Rules that the linter/formatter enforces should not be disabled with `# noqa` unless a maintainer requests it. The only exception allowed is for old/printf-style string formatting in GraphQL query templates (use `# noqa: UP031`).
 
-1. Make sure your code works under all [Python](https://www.python.org/) versions supported by yt-dlp, namely CPython >=3.9 and PyPy >=3.10. Backward compatibility is not required for even older versions of Python.
+1. Make sure your code works under all [Python](https://www.python.org/) versions supported by yt-dlp, namely CPython >=3.9 and PyPy >=3.11. Backward compatibility is not required for even older versions of Python.
 1. When the tests pass, [add](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-add) the new files, [commit](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit) them and [push](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-push) the result, like this:
 
     ```shell
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e5bd21b9c..12f68e98d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ # To install nightly with pip:
 ```
 
 ## DEPENDENCIES
-Python versions 3.9+ (CPython) and 3.10+ (PyPy) are supported. Other versions and implementations may or may not work correctly.
+Python versions 3.9+ (CPython) and 3.11+ (PyPy) are supported. Other versions and implementations may or may not work correctly.
 
 <!-- Python 3.5+ uses VC++14 and it is already embedded in the binary created
 <!x-- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26999 --x>

From 42ca3d601ee10cef89d698f72e2b5d44fab4f013 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 01:11:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 11/13] [ie/archive.org] Fix metadata extraction (#13880)

Closes #13881
Authored by: bashonly
---
 yt_dlp/extractor/archiveorg.py | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/archiveorg.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/archiveorg.py
index 572bd6bfe..1864ddbfd 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/archiveorg.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/archiveorg.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
     unified_timestamp,
     url_or_none,
     urlhandle_detect_ext,
-    variadic,
 )
 
 
@@ -232,6 +231,23 @@ class ArchiveOrgIE(InfoExtractor):
             'release_date': '19950402',
             'timestamp': 1084927901,
         },
+    }, {
+        # metadata['metadata']['description'] is a list of strings instead of str
+        'url': 'https://archive.org/details/pra-KZ1908.02',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'pra-KZ1908.02',
+            'ext': 'mp3',
+            'display_id': 'KZ1908.02_01.wav',
+            'title': 'Crips and Bloods speak about gang life',
+            'description': 'md5:2b56b35ff021311e3554b47a285e70b3',
+            'uploader': 'jake@archive.org',
+            'duration': 1733.74,
+            'track': 'KZ1908.02 01',
+            'track_number': 1,
+            'timestamp': 1336026026,
+            'upload_date': '20120503',
+            'release_year': 1992,
+        },
     }]
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -274,34 +290,40 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
         m = metadata['metadata']
         identifier = m['identifier']
 
-        info = {
+        info = traverse_obj(m, {
+            'title': ('title', {str}),
+            'description': ('description', ({str}, (..., all, {' '.join})), {clean_html}, filter, any),
+            'uploader': (('uploader', 'adder'), {str}, any),
+            'creators': ('creator', (None, ...), {str}, filter, all, filter),
+            'license': ('licenseurl', {url_or_none}),
+            'release_date': ('date', {unified_strdate}),
+            'timestamp': (('publicdate', 'addeddate'), {unified_timestamp}, any),
+            'location': ('venue', {str}),
+            'release_year': ('year', {int_or_none}),
+        })
+        info.update({
             'id': identifier,
-            'title': m['title'],
-            'description': clean_html(m.get('description')),
-            'uploader': dict_get(m, ['uploader', 'adder']),
-            'creators': traverse_obj(m, ('creator', {variadic}, {lambda x: x[0] and list(x)})),
-            'license': m.get('licenseurl'),
-            'release_date': unified_strdate(m.get('date')),
-            'timestamp': unified_timestamp(dict_get(m, ['publicdate', 'addeddate'])),
             'webpage_url': f'https://archive.org/details/{identifier}',
-            'location': m.get('venue'),
-            'release_year': int_or_none(m.get('year'))}
+        })
 
         for f in metadata['files']:
             if f['name'] in entries:
                 entries[f['name']] = merge_dicts(entries[f['name']], {
                     'id': identifier + '/' + f['name'],
-                    'title': f.get('title') or f['name'],
-                    'display_id': f['name'],
-                    'description': clean_html(f.get('description')),
-                    'creators': traverse_obj(f, ('creator', {variadic}, {lambda x: x[0] and list(x)})),
-                    'duration': parse_duration(f.get('length')),
-                    'track_number': int_or_none(f.get('track')),
-                    'album': f.get('album'),
-                    'discnumber': int_or_none(f.get('disc')),
-                    'release_year': int_or_none(f.get('year'))})
+                    **traverse_obj(f, {
+                        'title': (('title', 'name'), {str}, any),
+                        'display_id': ('name', {str}),
+                        'description': ('description', ({str}, (..., all, {' '.join})), {clean_html}, filter, any),
+                        'creators': ('creator', (None, ...), {str}, filter, all, filter),
+                        'duration': ('length', {parse_duration}),
+                        'track_number': ('track', {int_or_none}),
+                        'album': ('album', {str}),
+                        'discnumber': ('disc', {int_or_none}),
+                        'release_year': ('year', {int_or_none}),
+                    }),
+                })
                 entry = entries[f['name']]
-            elif traverse_obj(f, 'original', expected_type=str) in entries:
+            elif traverse_obj(f, ('original', {str})) in entries:
                 entry = entries[f['original']]
             else:
                 continue

From 70d7687487252a08dbf8b2831743e7833472ba05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:15:59 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 12/13] [ie/TVer] Extract Streaks API info (#13885)

Closes #13874
Authored by: bashonly
---
 yt_dlp/extractor/streaks.py | 16 ++++++++++------
 yt_dlp/extractor/tver.py    | 13 ++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/streaks.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/streaks.py
index 1b3718473..60123d67b 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/streaks.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/streaks.py
@@ -33,16 +33,20 @@ def _extract_from_streaks_api(self, project_id, media_id, headers=None, query=No
                     **(headers or {}),
                 })
         except ExtractorError as e:
-            if isinstance(e.cause, HTTPError) and e.cause.status in {403, 404}:
+            if isinstance(e.cause, HTTPError) and e.cause.status in (403, 404):
                 error = self._parse_json(e.cause.response.read().decode(), media_id, fatal=False)
                 message = traverse_obj(error, ('message', {str}))
                 code = traverse_obj(error, ('code', {str}))
+                error_id = traverse_obj(error, ('id', {int}))
                 if code == 'REQUEST_FAILED':
-                    self.raise_geo_restricted(message, countries=self._GEO_COUNTRIES)
-                elif code == 'MEDIA_NOT_FOUND':
-                    raise ExtractorError(message, expected=True)
-                elif code or message:
-                    raise ExtractorError(join_nonempty(code, message, delim=': '))
+                    if error_id == 124:
+                        self.raise_geo_restricted(countries=self._GEO_COUNTRIES)
+                    elif error_id == 126:
+                        raise ExtractorError('Access is denied (possibly due to invalid/missing API key)')
+                if code == 'MEDIA_NOT_FOUND':
+                    raise ExtractorError(join_nonempty(code, message, delim=': '), expected=True)
+                if code or message:
+                    raise ExtractorError(join_nonempty(code, error_id, message, delim=': '))
             raise
 
         streaks_id = response['id']
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/tver.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/tver.py
index 805150db4..3b6a0390a 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/tver.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/tver.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import datetime as dt
+
 from .streaks import StreaksBaseIE
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
@@ -7,6 +9,7 @@
     smuggle_url,
     str_or_none,
     strip_or_none,
+    time_seconds,
     update_url_query,
 )
 from ..utils.traversal import require, traverse_obj
@@ -96,6 +99,7 @@ class TVerIE(StreaksBaseIE):
         'Referer': 'https://tver.jp/',
     }
     _PLATFORM_QUERY = {}
+    _STREAKS_API_INFO = {}
 
     def _real_initialize(self):
         session_info = self._download_json(
@@ -105,6 +109,9 @@ def _real_initialize(self):
             'platform_uid': 'platform_uid',
             'platform_token': 'platform_token',
         }))
+        self._STREAKS_API_INFO = self._download_json(
+            'https://player.tver.jp/player/streaks_info_v2.json', None,
+            'Downloading STREAKS API info', 'Unable to download STREAKS API info')
 
     def _call_platform_api(self, path, video_id, note=None, fatal=True, query=None):
         return self._download_json(
@@ -223,10 +230,14 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
                 'ie_key': 'BrightcoveNew',
             }
 
+        project_id = video_info['streaks']['projectID']
+        key_idx = dt.datetime.fromtimestamp(time_seconds(hours=9), dt.timezone.utc).month % 6 or 6
+
         return {
-            **self._extract_from_streaks_api(video_info['streaks']['projectID'], streaks_id, {
+            **self._extract_from_streaks_api(project_id, streaks_id, {
                 'Origin': 'https://tver.jp',
                 'Referer': 'https://tver.jp/',
+                'X-Streaks-Api-Key': self._STREAKS_API_INFO[project_id]['api_key'][f'key0{key_idx}'],
             }),
             **metadata,
             'id': video_id,

From 121647705a2fc6b968278723fe61801007e228a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abdulmohsen <1621552+arabcoders@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 02:23:06 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 13/13] [ie/TVer] Support --ignore-no-formats-error when
 geo-blocked (#13598)

Authored by: arabcoders
---
 yt_dlp/extractor/tver.py | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/tver.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/tver.py
index 3b6a0390a..a3dbabfd1 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/tver.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/tver.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from .streaks import StreaksBaseIE
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
+    GeoRestrictedError,
     int_or_none,
     join_nonempty,
     make_archive_id,
@@ -226,19 +227,26 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
                 '_type': 'url_transparent',
                 'url': smuggle_url(
                     self.BRIGHTCOVE_URL_TEMPLATE % (account_id, brightcove_id),
-                    {'geo_countries': ['JP']}),
+                    {'geo_countries': self._GEO_COUNTRIES}),
                 'ie_key': 'BrightcoveNew',
             }
 
         project_id = video_info['streaks']['projectID']
         key_idx = dt.datetime.fromtimestamp(time_seconds(hours=9), dt.timezone.utc).month % 6 or 6
 
-        return {
-            **self._extract_from_streaks_api(project_id, streaks_id, {
+        try:
+            streaks_info = self._extract_from_streaks_api(project_id, streaks_id, {
                 'Origin': 'https://tver.jp',
                 'Referer': 'https://tver.jp/',
                 'X-Streaks-Api-Key': self._STREAKS_API_INFO[project_id]['api_key'][f'key0{key_idx}'],
-            }),
+            })
+        except GeoRestrictedError as e:
+            # Catch and re-raise with metadata_available to support --ignore-no-formats-error
+            self.raise_geo_restricted(e.orig_msg, countries=self._GEO_COUNTRIES, metadata_available=True)
+            streaks_info = {}
+
+        return {
+            **streaks_info,
             **metadata,
             'id': video_id,
             '_old_archive_ids': [make_archive_id('BrightcoveNew', brightcove_id)] if brightcove_id else None,