From f6dc7d5279bcb7f29839c700d54ac148b332d208 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?0x=E2=88=85?= <m.naiemahemad@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:12:50 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Accept float values for `--sleep-subtitles` (#15282)

Closes #15269
Authored by: 0xvd
---
 yt_dlp/options.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/options.py b/yt_dlp/options.py
index 6b669d7cc0..14b582fc42 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/options.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/options.py
@@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ def create_parser():
         help='Maximum number of seconds to sleep. Can only be used along with --min-sleep-interval')
     workarounds.add_option(
         '--sleep-subtitles', metavar='SECONDS',
-        dest='sleep_interval_subtitles', default=0, type=int,
+        dest='sleep_interval_subtitles', default=0, type=float,
         help='Number of seconds to sleep before each subtitle download')
 
     verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity and Simulation Options')