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  • v1.7.0 4a83233c8d

    RequestCast 1.7.0 Stable

    serrebi released this 2026-07-29 15:30:18 -07:00 | 3 commits to main since this release

    Searches bring back much more, refused downloads recover on their own, and the download
    tools install and update themselves.

    Deno is installed automatically, and YouTube works again. YouTube now answers with
    JavaScript challenges yt-dlp cannot solve by itself; it hands them to an external
    JavaScript runtime, and enables Deno by default. Without one, YouTube downloads lose the
    better formats and fail with 403 errors no amount of retrying clears. RequestCast now
    treats Deno as a required tool: it is fetched into the tools folder alongside yt-dlp and
    ffmpeg, kept current, and passed to yt-dlp explicitly, since our copy is not on PATH. A
    403 with no Deno present now says so instead of blaming rate limiting.

    The download tools set themselves up. yt-dlp, ffmpeg, and Deno are installed in the
    background as soon as RequestCast is configured — nobody has to find a button first — and
    a download that arrives before they are ready waits for the install rather than failing.

    yt-dlp and musicdl keep themselves up to date. Both stop working as the sites they
    read change, and an out-of-date yt-dlp is the most common cause of downloads that fail
    while the same track plays fine in a browser. RequestCast checks daily by default and
    installs what is newer. The interval is configurable, automatic updating can be turned
    off, and Preferences has a "check for updates now" button that reports what each tool did.

    Searches pull in much more. Result counts were fixed at 25 from YouTube and 12 per
    type from Deezer. The number is now a setting, defaulting to 50 per source and per result
    type, and every search page has a "results per source" control, so one search can ask for
    200 without changing anything permanently. Deezer results are paged rather than truncated
    at the API's 100-row ceiling. musicdl can also join searches now — its platforms carry
    plenty that YouTube and Deezer do not — either always, or per search from the source list.

    Failed downloads have real retry settings. Bulk runs — a channel, a discography, a
    playlist import — get refused in batches with 403 or "video unavailable" even though the
    same tracks download fine later. That is rate limiting, and there was no way to tune it.
    Now there is:

    • Extra attempts per track, each asking YouTube as a different client, which is what
      usually clears a 403 outright.
    • A gap between tracks, which is the most effective way to avoid being rate limited to
      begin with.
    • A cooldown after several refusals in a row, and again before a final pass over
      everything that failed, so a batch that was refused is retried once the site has settled
      instead of being written off.
    • A requeue limit for a whole download that fails outright.
    • A "try this download again" button on every finished download. Tracks already in the
      library are recognised and skipped, so a retry only fetches what is missing.

    Failures are also explained now: a bare HTTP Error 403: Forbidden in the history says
    what it means and what to change.

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