From 39b7b8ddc7a4d0669e0cf39105c3bb84cb2736cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:44:32 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [ie/youtube] Improve `tv` client context (#14122)

Closes #12563
Authored by: bashonly
---
 yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py
index 5ccafff57a..ecedb4c746 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py
@@ -952,7 +952,16 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
             headers=traverse_obj(self._get_default_ytcfg(client), {
                 'User-Agent': ('INNERTUBE_CONTEXT', 'client', 'userAgent', {str}),
             }))
-        return self.extract_ytcfg(video_id, webpage) or {}
+
+        ytcfg = self.extract_ytcfg(video_id, webpage) or {}
+
+        # Workaround for https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12563
+        if client == 'tv':
+            config_info = traverse_obj(ytcfg, (
+                'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT', 'client', 'configInfo', {dict})) or {}
+            config_info.pop('appInstallData', None)
+
+        return ytcfg
 
     @staticmethod
     def _build_api_continuation_query(continuation, ctp=None):