YouTube Downloads Fail With HTTP Error 429 Too Many Requests #18683

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opened 2026-02-21 08:46:38 -05:00 by deekerman · 4 comments
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Originally created by @RCcola1987 on GitHub (Nov 27, 2019).

Checklist

  • [X ] I'm reporting a broken site support
  • [X ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2019.11.22
  • [X ] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
  • [ X] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
  • [X ] I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

Verbose log

PASTE VERBOSE LOG HERE

Z:\Movies\Online Shows\YT\Markiplier>youtube-dl --verbose -wif bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/mp4 https://www.youtube.com/user/markiplierGAME
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '-wif', 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/mp4', 'https://www.youtube.com/user/markiplierGAME']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.11.22
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg git-2019-11-22-89aa134, ffprobe git-2019-11-22-89aa134, phantomjs 2.1.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:user] markiplierGAME: Downloading channel page
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: Uploads from Markiplier
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #1
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #2
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #3
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #4
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #5
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #6
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #7
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #8
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #9
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #10
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #11
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #12
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #13
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #14
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #15
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #16
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #17
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #18
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #19
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #20
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #21
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #22
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #23
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #24
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #25
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #26
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #27
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #28
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #29
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #30
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #31
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #32
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #33
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #34
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #35
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #36
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #37
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #38
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #39
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #40
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #41
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #42
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #43
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #44
[youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #45
[youtube:playlist] playlist Uploads from Markiplier: Downloading 4549 videos
[download] Downloading video 1 of 4549
[youtube] UWlLuKmVH54: Downloading webpage
[youtube] UWlLuKmVH54: Downloading video info webpage
WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests
WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests
WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests
WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests
ERROR: UWlLuKmVH54: YouTube said: Unable to extract video data
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpwnp2jh33\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 796, in extract_info
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpwnp2jh33\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 530, in extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpwnp2jh33\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1836, in _real_extract
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: UWlLuKmVH54: YouTube said: Unable to extract video data

[download] Downloading video 2 of 4549
[youtube] C1uZodRheSs: Downloading webpage
[youtube] C1uZodRheSs: Downloading video info webpage
WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests
WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests
WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests
WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests
ERROR: C1uZodRheSs: YouTube said: Unable to extract video data

Description

WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE

I have tested this on the following systems:

  1. Ubuntu 18.04
  2. Windows 7 Pro 64bit
  3. Windows 10 Pro 64bit

All systems present that same issue of either on first try the error will happen or on the second it will. No system can download videos from Youtube. Also 2 of the systems or on completely different PUBLIC IPs from different providers and on different networks.

Originally created by @RCcola1987 on GitHub (Nov 27, 2019). <!-- ###################################################################### WARNING! IGNORING THE FOLLOWING TEMPLATE WILL RESULT IN ISSUE CLOSED AS INCOMPLETE ###################################################################### --> ## Checklist <!-- Carefully read and work through this check list in order to prevent the most common mistakes and misuse of youtube-dl: - First of, make sure you are using the latest version of youtube-dl. Run `youtube-dl --version` and ensure your version is 2019.11.22. If it's not, see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Issues with outdated version will be REJECTED. - Make sure that all provided video/audio/playlist URLs (if any) are alive and playable in a browser. - Make sure that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped as explained in http://yt-dl.org/escape. - Search the bugtracker for similar issues: http://yt-dl.org/search-issues. DO NOT post duplicates. - Finally, put x into all relevant boxes (like this [x]) --> - [X ] I'm reporting a broken site support - [X ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2019.11.22** - [X ] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser - [ X] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped - [X ] I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones ## Verbose log <!-- Provide the complete verbose output of youtube-dl that clearly demonstrates the problem. Add the `-v` flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with (`youtube-dl -v <your command line>`), copy the WHOLE output and insert it below. It should look similar to this: [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251 [debug] youtube-dl version 2019.11.22 [debug] Python version 2.7.11 - Windows-2003Server-5.2.3790-SP2 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-75573-g1d0487f, ffprobe N-75573-g1d0487f, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} <more lines> --> ``` PASTE VERBOSE LOG HERE ``` Z:\Movies\Online Shows\YT\Markiplier>youtube-dl --verbose -wif bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/mp4 https://www.youtube.com/user/markiplierGAME [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '-wif', 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/mp4', 'https://www.youtube.com/user/markiplierGAME'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252 [debug] youtube-dl version 2019.11.22 [debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg git-2019-11-22-89aa134, ffprobe git-2019-11-22-89aa134, phantomjs 2.1.1 [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube:user] markiplierGAME: Downloading channel page [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading webpage [download] Downloading playlist: Uploads from Markiplier [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #1 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #2 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #3 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #4 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #5 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #6 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #7 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #8 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #9 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #10 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #11 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #12 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #13 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #14 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #15 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #16 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #17 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #18 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #19 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #20 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #21 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #22 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #23 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #24 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #25 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #26 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #27 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #28 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #29 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #30 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #31 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #32 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #33 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #34 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #35 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #36 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #37 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #38 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #39 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #40 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #41 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #42 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #43 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #44 [youtube:playlist] UU7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ: Downloading page #45 [youtube:playlist] playlist Uploads from Markiplier: Downloading 4549 videos [download] Downloading video 1 of 4549 [youtube] UWlLuKmVH54: Downloading webpage [youtube] UWlLuKmVH54: Downloading video info webpage WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests ERROR: UWlLuKmVH54: YouTube said: Unable to extract video data Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpwnp2jh33\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 796, in extract_info File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpwnp2jh33\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 530, in extract File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpwnp2jh33\build\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1836, in _real_extract youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: UWlLuKmVH54: YouTube said: Unable to extract video data [download] Downloading video 2 of 4549 [youtube] C1uZodRheSs: Downloading webpage [youtube] C1uZodRheSs: Downloading video info webpage WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests WARNING: unable to download video info webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests ERROR: C1uZodRheSs: YouTube said: Unable to extract video data ## Description <!-- Provide an explanation of your issue in an arbitrary form. Provide any additional information, suggested solution and as much context and examples as possible. If work on your issue requires account credentials please provide them or explain how one can obtain them. --> WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE I have tested this on the following systems: 1. Ubuntu 18.04 2. Windows 7 Pro 64bit 3. Windows 10 Pro 64bit All systems present that same issue of either on first try the error will happen or on the second it will. No system can download videos from Youtube. Also 2 of the systems or on completely different PUBLIC IPs from different providers and on different networks.
deekerman 2026-02-21 08:46:38 -05:00
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@akadie4k commented on GitHub (Nov 27, 2019):

I found this same problem on ubuntu 18.04.

@akadie4k commented on GitHub (Nov 27, 2019): I found this same problem on ubuntu 18.04.
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@L0wB0b commented on GitHub (Nov 27, 2019):

Same issue here at Debian 9.11, last week all worked perfect, here my verbose log:

youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg_p98qvZNs --verbose
[debug] System config: [u'--force-ipv4']
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg_p98qvZNs', u'--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.11.22
[debug] Python version 2.7.13 (CPython) - Linux-4.9.0-9-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-9.11
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Yg_p98qvZNs: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by HTTPError()); 
please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version;
type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include
its complete output.
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 627, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2237, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 467, in error
    result = self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 654, in http_error_302
    return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 473, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)
@L0wB0b commented on GitHub (Nov 27, 2019): Same issue here at Debian 9.11, last week all worked perfect, here my verbose log: ``` youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg_p98qvZNs --verbose [debug] System config: [u'--force-ipv4'] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg_p98qvZNs', u'--verbose'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2019.11.22 [debug] Python version 2.7.13 (CPython) - Linux-4.9.0-9-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-9.11 [debug] exe versions: none [debug] Proxy map: {} [youtube] Yg_p98qvZNs: Downloading webpage ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 627, in _request_webpage return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2237, in urlopen return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open response = meth(req, response) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response 'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 467, in error result = self._call_chain(*args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain result = func(*args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 654, in http_error_302 return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open response = meth(req, response) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response 'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 473, in error return self._call_chain(*args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain result = func(*args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_default raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp) ```
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@RCcola1987 commented on GitHub (Nov 27, 2019):

What is this a duplicate to?

@RCcola1987 commented on GitHub (Nov 27, 2019): What is this a duplicate to?
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@RCcola1987 commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2019):

Can you please provide the issue number to the original issue that you are sying mine is a duplicate too.

@RCcola1987 commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2019): Can you please provide the issue number to the original issue that you are sying mine is a duplicate too.
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