youtube: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED #12587

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opened 2026-02-21 06:42:13 -05:00 by deekerman · 0 comments

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2026-02-21 06:42:13 -05:00

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Originally created by @Scrxtchy on GitHub (Jan 16, 2018).

I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2018.01.14

Before submitting an issue make sure you have:

At least skimmed through the README, most notably the FAQ and BUGS sections
Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

What is the purpose of your issue?

Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)
Site support request (request for adding support for a new site)
Feature request (request for a new functionality)
Question
Other

If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

D:\Scratch\Desktop\Temp>youtube-dl -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-F', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw', '-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.01.14
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17074
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-82721-g89092fa, ffprobe N-82721-g89092fa
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] jNQXAC9IVRw: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:600)> (caused by URLError(SSLError(1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:600)'),))
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpo17hktrm\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 517, in _request_webpage
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpo17hktrm\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2198, in urlopen
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 464, in open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 482, in _open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpo17hktrm\build\youtube_dl\utils.py", line 1089, in https_open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 1185, in do_open
...
<end of log>

if it's anything I also tried with disabling Real-Time Protection on windows defender, which didn't help

Originally created by @Scrxtchy on GitHub (Jan 16, 2018). - [x] I've **verified** and **I assure** that I'm running youtube-dl **2018.01.14** ### Before submitting an *issue* make sure you have: - [x] At least skimmed through the [README](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md), **most notably** the [FAQ](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#faq) and [BUGS](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#bugs) sections - [x] [Searched](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/search?type=Issues) the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones ### What is the purpose of your *issue*? - [x] Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl) - [ ] Site support request (request for adding support for a new site) - [ ] Feature request (request for a new functionality) - [ ] Question - [ ] Other ### If the purpose of this *issue* is a *bug report*, *site support request* or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows: ``` D:\Scratch\Desktop\Temp>youtube-dl -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw -v [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-F', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw', '-v'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2018.01.14 [debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17074 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-82721-g89092fa, ffprobe N-82721-g89092fa [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] jNQXAC9IVRw: Downloading webpage ERROR: Unable to download webpage: <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:600)> (caused by URLError(SSLError(1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:600)'),)) File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpo17hktrm\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 517, in _request_webpage File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpo17hktrm\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2198, in urlopen File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 464, in open File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 482, in _open File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpo17hktrm\build\youtube_dl\utils.py", line 1089, in https_open File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 1185, in do_open ... <end of log> ``` if it's anything I also tried with disabling Real-Time Protection on windows defender, which didn't help

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