diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index e9232a475a..d6d8dabdb1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -197,12 +197,12 @@ jobs:
       UPDATE_TO: yt-dlp/yt-dlp@2025.09.05
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8  # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0  # Needed for changelog
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548  # v6.1.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405  # v6.2.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
 
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ jobs:
       SKIP_ONEFILE_BUILD: ${{ (!matrix.onefile && '1') || '' }}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8  # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ jobs:
       UPDATE_TO: yt-dlp/yt-dlp@2025.09.05
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8  # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -435,11 +435,11 @@ jobs:
       PYI_WHEEL: pyinstaller-${{ matrix.pyi_version }}-py3-none-${{ matrix.platform_tag }}.whl
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8  # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548  # v6.1.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405  # v6.2.0
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python_version }}
           architecture: ${{ matrix.arch }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/challenge-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/challenge-tests.yml
index 8a98545750..11e52040f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/challenge-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/challenge-tests.yml
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ jobs:
     env:
       QJS_VERSION: '2025-04-26'  # Earliest version with rope strings
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8  # v6.0.1
+    - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548  # v6.1.0
+      uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405  # v6.2.0
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install Deno
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ jobs:
       with:
         deno-version: '2.0.0'  # minimum supported version
     - name: Install Bun
-      uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@735343b667d3e6f658f44d0eca948eb6282f2b76  # v2.0.2
+      uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@3d267786b128fe76c2f16a390aa2448b815359f3  # v2.1.2
       with:
         # minimum supported version is 1.0.31 but earliest available Windows version is 1.1.0
         bun-version: ${{ (matrix.os == 'windows-latest' && '1.1.0') || '1.0.31' }}
         no-cache: true
     - name: Install Node
-      uses: actions/setup-node@395ad3262231945c25e8478fd5baf05154b1d79f  # v6.1.0
+      uses: actions/setup-node@6044e13b5dc448c55e2357c09f80417699197238  # v6.2.0
       with:
         node-version: '20.0'  # minimum supported version
     - name: Install QuickJS (Linux)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index c9eb40df41..dbd643f69c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8  # v6.0.1
+      uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/core.yml b/.github/workflows/core.yml
index 2d0dfae8a0..677ade52c7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/core.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   tests:
     name: Core Tests
-    if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'ci skip')"
+    if: ${{ !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'ci skip') }}
     permissions:
       contents: read
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ jobs:
         - os: windows-latest
           python-version: pypy-3.11
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8  # v6.0.1
+    - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
         persist-credentials: false
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548  # v6.1.0
+      uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405  # v6.2.0
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install test requirements
diff --git a/.github/workflows/quick-test.yml b/.github/workflows/quick-test.yml
index 7584790d7f..d807be1955 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quick-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quick-test.yml
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   tests:
     name: Core Test
-    if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'ci skip all')"
+    if: ${{ !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'ci skip all') }}
     permissions:
       contents: read
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8  # v6.0.1
+    - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - name: Set up Python 3.10
-      uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548  # v6.1.0
+      uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405  # v6.2.0
       with:
         python-version: '3.10'
     - name: Install test requirements
@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ jobs:
         python3 ./devscripts/run_tests.py --pytest-args '--reruns 2 --reruns-delay 3.0' core
   check:
     name: Code check
-    if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'ci skip all')"
+    if: ${{ !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'ci skip all') }}
     permissions:
       contents: read
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8  # v6.0.1
+    - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
-    - uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548  # v6.1.0
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405  # v6.2.0
       with:
         python-version: '3.10'
     - name: Install dev dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml
index 17b0eaf0a8..bc48e75b68 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       commit: ${{ steps.check_for_new_commits.outputs.commit }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8  # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: false
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "head=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" | tee -a "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
 
       - name: Cache nightly commit hash
-        uses: actions/cache@9255dc7a253b0ccc959486e2bca901246202afeb  # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/cache@8b402f58fbc84540c8b491a91e594a4576fec3d7  # v5.0.2
         env:
           SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS: 1
         with:
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
   release:
     name: Publish Github release
     needs: [check_nightly]
-    if: ${{ needs.check_nightly.outputs.commit }}
+    if: needs.check_nightly.outputs.commit
     permissions:
       contents: write  # May be needed to publish release
       id-token: write  # Needed for trusted publishing
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1ef565723d..992e80a0fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ jobs:
       head_sha: ${{ steps.get_target.outputs.head_sha }}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8  # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: true  # Needed to git-push the release commit
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548  # v6.1.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405  # v6.2.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"  # Keep this in sync with test-workflows.yml
 
@@ -130,8 +130,7 @@ jobs:
           VERSION: ${{ steps.setup_variables.outputs.version }}
           GITHUB_EVENT_SENDER_LOGIN: ${{ github.event.sender.login }}
           GITHUB_EVENT_REF: ${{ github.event.ref }}
-        if: |
-          !inputs.prerelease && steps.setup_variables.outputs.target_repo == github.repository
+        if: steps.setup_variables.outputs.target_repo == github.repository && !inputs.prerelease
         run: |
           git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config --global user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
@@ -148,8 +147,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Update master
         env:
           GITHUB_EVENT_REF: ${{ github.event.ref }}
-        if: |
-          vars.PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT && !inputs.prerelease && steps.setup_variables.outputs.target_repo == github.repository
+        if: vars.PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT && !inputs.prerelease && steps.setup_variables.outputs.target_repo == github.repository
         run: git push origin "${GITHUB_EVENT_REF}"
 
   build:
@@ -169,18 +167,18 @@ jobs:
   publish_pypi:
     name: Publish to PyPI
     needs: [prepare, build]
-    if: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.pypi_project }}
+    if: needs.prepare.outputs.pypi_project
     permissions:
       contents: read
       id-token: write  # Needed for trusted publishing
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8  # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0  # Needed for changelog
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548  # v6.1.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405  # v6.2.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
 
@@ -241,7 +239,7 @@ jobs:
       VERSION: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}
       HEAD_SHA: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.head_sha }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8  # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: false
@@ -250,7 +248,7 @@ jobs:
           path: artifact
           pattern: build-*
           merge-multiple: true
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548  # v6.1.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405  # v6.2.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
 
@@ -295,8 +293,7 @@ jobs:
           GH_REPO: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.target_repo }}
           TITLE_PREFIX: ${{ startswith(env.TARGET_REPO, 'yt-dlp/') && 'yt-dlp ' || '' }}
           TITLE: ${{ inputs.target != env.TARGET_REPO && inputs.target || needs.prepare.outputs.channel }}
-        if: |
-          inputs.prerelease && env.GH_TOKEN && env.GH_REPO && env.GH_REPO != github.repository
+        if: inputs.prerelease && env.GH_TOKEN && env.GH_REPO && env.GH_REPO != github.repository
         run: |
           gh release create \
             --notes-file ARCHIVE_NOTES \
@@ -307,8 +304,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Prune old release
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-        if: |
-          env.TARGET_REPO == github.repository && env.TARGET_TAG != env.VERSION
+        if: env.TARGET_REPO == github.repository && env.TARGET_TAG != env.VERSION
         run: |
           gh release delete --yes --cleanup-tag "${TARGET_TAG}" || true
           git tag --delete "${TARGET_TAG}" || true
@@ -321,8 +317,7 @@ jobs:
           TITLE_PREFIX: ${{ github.repository == 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp' && 'yt-dlp ' || '' }}
           TITLE: ${{ env.TARGET_TAG != env.VERSION && format('{0} ', env.TARGET_TAG) || '' }}
           PRERELEASE: ${{ inputs.prerelease && '1' || '0' }}
-        if: |
-          env.TARGET_REPO == github.repository
+        if: env.TARGET_REPO == github.repository
         run: |
           gh_options=(
             --notes-file "${NOTES_FILE}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-workflows.yml b/.github/workflows/test-workflows.yml
index 8e0eba5ddd..21aa7744e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-workflows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-workflows.yml
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8  # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548  # v6.1.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405  # v6.2.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"  # Keep this in sync with release.yml's prepare job
       - name: Install requirements
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ jobs:
       actions: read  # Needed by zizmorcore/zizmor-action if repository is private
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8  # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Run zizmor
-        uses: zizmorcore/zizmor-action@e639db99335bc9038abc0e066dfcd72e23d26fb4  # v0.3.0
+        uses: zizmorcore/zizmor-action@135698455da5c3b3e55f73f4419e481ab68cdd95  # v0.4.1
         with:
           advanced-security: false
           persona: pedantic
-          version: v1.19.0
+          version: v1.22.0
diff --git a/Maintainers.md b/Maintainers.md
index 43271e06d0..95feb306c0 100644
--- a/Maintainers.md
+++ b/Maintainers.md
@@ -41,14 +41,6 @@ Core Maintainers are responsible for reviewing and merging contributions, publis
 * Improved/fixed/added Bundestag, crunchyroll, pr0gramm, Twitter, WrestleUniverse etc
 
 
-### [sepro](https://github.com/seproDev)
-
-* UX improvements: Warn when ffmpeg is missing, warn when double-clicking exe
-* Helped in implementing support for external JavaScript runtimes/engines
-* Code cleanup: Remove dead extractors, mark extractors as broken, enable/apply ruff rules
-* Improved/fixed/added ArdMediathek, DRTV, Floatplane, MagentaMusik, Naver, Nebula, OnDemandKorea, Vbox7 etc
-
-
 ## Inactive Core Maintainers
 
 ### [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
@@ -77,6 +69,15 @@ Core Maintainers are responsible for reviewing and merging contributions, publis
 * Added playlist/series downloads for Hotstar, ParamountPlus, Rumble, SonyLIV, Trovo, TubiTv, Voot etc
 * Improved/fixed support for HiDive, HotStar, Hungama, LBRY, LinkedInLearning, Mxplayer, SonyLiv, TV2, Vimeo, VLive etc
 
+
+### [sepro](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
+* UX improvements: Warn when ffmpeg is missing, warn when double-clicking exe
+* Helped in implementing support for external JavaScript runtimes/engines
+* Code cleanup: Remove dead extractors, mark extractors as broken, enable/apply ruff rules
+* Improved/fixed/added ArdMediathek, DRTV, Floatplane, MagentaMusik, Naver, Nebula, OnDemandKorea, Vbox7 etc
+
+
 ## Triage Maintainers
 
 Triage Maintainers are frequent contributors who can manage issues and pull requests.
diff --git a/bundle/docker/linux/build.sh b/bundle/docker/linux/build.sh
index 00dedaca75..e819776e19 100755
--- a/bundle/docker/linux/build.sh
+++ b/bundle/docker/linux/build.sh
@@ -6,14 +6,6 @@ if [[ -z "${PYTHON_VERSION:-}" ]]; then
     echo "Defaulting to using Python ${PYTHON_VERSION}"
 fi
 
-function runpy {
-    "/opt/shared-cpython-${PYTHON_VERSION}/bin/python${PYTHON_VERSION}" "$@"
-}
-
-function venvpy {
-    "python${PYTHON_VERSION}" "$@"
-}
-
 INCLUDES=(
     --include-extra pyinstaller
     --include-extra secretstorage
@@ -23,26 +15,26 @@ if [[ -z "${EXCLUDE_CURL_CFFI:-}" ]]; then
     INCLUDES+=(--include-extra build-curl-cffi)
 fi
 
-runpy -m venv /yt-dlp-build-venv
+py"${PYTHON_VERSION}" -m venv /yt-dlp-build-venv
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
 source /yt-dlp-build-venv/bin/activate
-# Inside the venv we use venvpy instead of runpy
-venvpy -m ensurepip --upgrade --default-pip
-venvpy -m devscripts.install_deps --omit-default --include-extra build
-venvpy -m devscripts.install_deps "${INCLUDES[@]}"
-venvpy -m devscripts.make_lazy_extractors
-venvpy devscripts/update-version.py -c "${CHANNEL}" -r "${ORIGIN}" "${VERSION}"
+# Inside the venv we can use python instead of py3.13 or py3.14 etc
+python -m devscripts.install_deps "${INCLUDES[@]}"
+python -m devscripts.make_lazy_extractors
+python devscripts/update-version.py -c "${CHANNEL}" -r "${ORIGIN}" "${VERSION}"
 
 if [[ -z "${SKIP_ONEDIR_BUILD:-}" ]]; then
     mkdir -p /build
-    venvpy -m bundle.pyinstaller --onedir --distpath=/build
+    python -m bundle.pyinstaller --onedir --distpath=/build
     pushd "/build/${EXE_NAME}"
     chmod +x "${EXE_NAME}"
-    venvpy -m zipfile -c "/yt-dlp/dist/${EXE_NAME}.zip" ./
+    python -m zipfile -c "/yt-dlp/dist/${EXE_NAME}.zip" ./
     popd
 fi
 
 if [[ -z "${SKIP_ONEFILE_BUILD:-}" ]]; then
-    venvpy -m bundle.pyinstaller
+    python -m bundle.pyinstaller
     chmod +x "./dist/${EXE_NAME}"
 fi
+
+deactivate
diff --git a/devscripts/changelog_override.json b/devscripts/changelog_override.json
index ae4c1ade38..69aa5889f3 100644
--- a/devscripts/changelog_override.json
+++ b/devscripts/changelog_override.json
@@ -325,5 +325,17 @@
         "when": "c63b4e2a2b81cc78397c8709ef53ffd29bada213",
         "short": "[cleanup] Misc (#14767)",
         "authors": ["bashonly", "seproDev", "matyb08"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "abf29e3e72e8a4dcae61e2ceaf37ce8405af61ab",
+        "short": "[ie/youtube] Fix `player_skip=js` extractor-arg (#15428)",
+        "authors": ["bashonly"]
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "e2ea6bd6ab639f910b99e55add18856974ff4c3a",
+        "short": "[ie] Fix prioritization of Youtube URL matching (#15596)",
+        "authors": ["Grub4K"]
     }
 ]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 96c69bf8e1..f29b3cba81 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ authors = [
 ]
 maintainers = [
     {email = "maintainers@yt-dlp.org"},
-    {name = "Grub4K", email = "contact@grub4k.xyz"},
+    {name = "Grub4K", email = "contact@grub4k.dev"},
     {name = "bashonly", email = "bashonly@protonmail.com"},
     {name = "coletdjnz", email = "coletdjnz@protonmail.com"},
-    {name = "sepro", email = "sepro@sepr0.com"},
 ]
 description = "A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ secretstorage = [
     "secretstorage",
 ]
 deno = [
-    "deno>=2.6.5",  # v2.6.5 fixes installation of incompatible binaries
+    "deno>=2.6.6",  # v2.6.5 fixes compatibility, v2.6.6 adds integrity check
 ]
 build = [
     "build",
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/tarangplus.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/tarangplus.py
index 62f254dd6f..92aa6acc8d 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/tarangplus.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/tarangplus.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from ..utils import (
     OnDemandPagedList,
     clean_html,
     extract_attributes,
+    url_or_none,
     urljoin,
 )
 from ..utils.traversal import (
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ class TarangPlusVideoIE(TarangPlusBaseIE):
             **traverse_obj(metadata, {
                 'id': ('content_id', {str}),
                 'title': ('title', {str}),
-                'thumbnail': ('image', {str}),
+                'thumbnail': ('image', {url_or_none}),
             }),
             **traverse_obj(hidden_inputs_data, {
                 'id': ('content_id', {str}),
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_video.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_video.py
index f994b662fb..6372911b66 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_video.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_video.py
@@ -1690,7 +1690,8 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             'playable_in_embed': True,
             'availability': 'public',
             'live_status': 'not_live',
-            'comment_count': 15,  # XXX: minimum
+            'comment_count': 15,  # XXX: minimum, but investigate if this changes
+            'comments': 'count:15',
         },
         'params': {
             'skip_download': True,
@@ -1723,7 +1724,12 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             'playable_in_embed': True,
             'availability': 'unlisted',
             'live_status': 'not_live',
-            'comment_count': 9,  # XXX: minimum
+            'comment_count': 9,  # XXX: minimum, but investigate if this changes
+            'comments': 'count:9',
+        },
+        'params': {
+            'skip_download': True,
+            'getcomments': True,
         },
     }]
     _WEBPAGE_TESTS = [{
@@ -1884,7 +1890,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         'tv': 'tv-player-ias.vflset/tv-player-ias.js',
         'tv_es6': 'tv-player-es6.vflset/tv-player-es6.js',
         'phone': 'player-plasma-ias-phone-en_US.vflset/base.js',
-        'tablet': 'player-plasma-ias-tablet-en_US.vflset/base.js',
+        'tablet': 'player-plasma-ias-tablet-en_US.vflset/base.js',  # Dead since 19712d96 (2025.11.06)
     }
     _INVERSE_PLAYER_JS_VARIANT_MAP = {v: k for k, v in _PLAYER_JS_VARIANT_MAP.items()}