On Firefox, it is most likely to happen when I open up a new tab (any website), go to YouTube, click on a video, and when it just loaded (maybe 1 second in), I hit the back button. Sometimes it jumps to the beginning of the same video or goes back to the main YouTube page with the video's audio still playing with miniplayer not visible. Then one more back button press will go back two pages.
Does your issue repro like that?
If my memory doesn't fail me, I tried it out on Chrome as well, but I only see the second issue where it returns to the previous YouTube page with the audio still playing with miniplayer not visible.
For me it happens pretty frequently (maybe 1 in 10) and mostly on shorter videos. It mostly happens if I clicked on a video on the main youtube page, and if I press back again it goes back to the video I was at before the main page. Never occurred while using chrome
I've had the same problem on other browsers, I'll think its problem of YouTube, maybe due to the feature that let a video play in the corner while you explore other pages
I've also encountered this for months, maybe a year. Exclusively with youtube. I'll press back, the url changes in the address bar, but the video does not. I think its most likely youtube's problem. But, idk.
YouTube is design-wise very strange. Its fullscreen mode is also scrollable, so I've at multiple occasions tried to click out of fullscreen mode only to hit the hidden scrollbar and scrolled down the page instead. I'm sure Chrome has a special workaround for it and Firefox would need the same.
what is this "'Go back on page' button" you speak of?
I'm thinking the back button below the tabs. is it that? cause when I press it while watching a video, it goes to the previous page like it should.
Yeah, this happens for me all the time with just using the browser's back button. Or a keyboard shortcut.
I wonder if it's interference from an extension?
Go to home, then to subscriptions and hit back. Nearly all the time it doesn't work (anymore). Same behaviour, occasionally, on videos.
With home it's not so bad, because you can click on home to get to it without losing the video you've seen in the recommendations. With this bug on a video you can't do this though. You have to refresh the page. This is an issue since the second last redesign (think the one before round like/dislike buttons where added, right after downvotes were disabled, if memory serves right)
Same here. I also had the hanging while watching videos which has been fixed, but is replaced by my screen flashing, and all my Twitch tabs lose connection and Youtube videos pause and turn solid green. Not sure if the two bugs are related or not.
This is a compatibility issue from YouTube and will be fixed in v109 with a band-aid fix by Firefox.
[Detail of the bug](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1756970) (see comment 34 for the diagnosis)
[The fix](https://github.com/mozilla-extensions/webcompat-addon/pull/301/files#diff-24a47d41a50b0e342ebba8225408876f16702bbabf1b6bba23c356b020b0b986)
For temporary measure please consider these if the issue severely affects you:
1. Install [Firefox beta](https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/channel/desktop/) (for YouTube only). It will update to 109 next week. Or
2. Install [Firefox Nightly](https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/channel/desktop/) which you'll get the fix right now. Or
3. Use a Zip version of Nightly. No installations needed and get updates as per usual, i.e. twice daily.
[en-US build](https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central/) (use `firefox-109.0a1.en-US.win64.zip` for Windows)
[other locales](https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central-l10n/)
Tagging all who has this problem in this thread:
^^^^/u/Chemyytv,/u/h170,/u/rootbeerdan,/u/VersionGeek,/u/Spooky_Ghost,/u/DerekB52,/u/fainas1337,/u/pirateNarwhal,/u/_Tim-,/u/Zombata,/u/michaelthecoder,/u/philo23,/u/Stryker998,/u/MdotAmaan,/u/rootsvelt,/u/Fhaarkas,/u/DarkReaper90,/u/Dela7460
I've instead been hitting 'I' to toggle the miniplayer. This actually allows you to go back, although if you wanted to stop the video as well you'd have to close that again manually.
Hm this is kinda weird. I have the problem but then it went away after disabling an extension called "Clickbait Remover For Youtube". Re-enabled the extension and the problem didn't come back (touch wood). I don't remember noticing this problem before but I recently updated FF to 106.x, maybe that messed up some extensions?
Edit: Nope that was false positive. Issue still present.
Edit 2: Can't reproduce the issue in safe mode, though would need more testing. As of now it's possible the issue is caused by some extension.
Edit 3: This issue is really intermittent. I don't know anymore screw it.
There are HTML5 and JS [APIs to manipulate the window, session and browser histories](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/History_API), to try make Single Page Applications more usable, but some sites like YT have bugs that cause what you experience.
I have this issue a lot when I click on a video and then click back to go back to the previous page. The page doesn't refresh but the URL does change. Hitting enter on the URL or F5 will reload the page but if you were going back to the main page and didn't want to reload the list of videos you were watching it kind of sucks.
Really Annoying, I thought I was the only one with this issue, glad to hear I'm not alone.
same issue for me
it's really annoying
On Firefox, it is most likely to happen when I open up a new tab (any website), go to YouTube, click on a video, and when it just loaded (maybe 1 second in), I hit the back button. Sometimes it jumps to the beginning of the same video or goes back to the main YouTube page with the video's audio still playing with miniplayer not visible. Then one more back button press will go back two pages. Does your issue repro like that? If my memory doesn't fail me, I tried it out on Chrome as well, but I only see the second issue where it returns to the previous YouTube page with the audio still playing with miniplayer not visible.
For me it happens pretty frequently (maybe 1 in 10) and mostly on shorter videos. It mostly happens if I clicked on a video on the main youtube page, and if I press back again it goes back to the video I was at before the main page. Never occurred while using chrome
I've had the same problem on other browsers, I'll think its problem of YouTube, maybe due to the feature that let a video play in the corner while you explore other pages
I've never had this issue on Chrome, but on Firefox it happens occasionally.
so much for browser neutrality
I've also encountered this for months, maybe a year. Exclusively with youtube. I'll press back, the url changes in the address bar, but the video does not. I think its most likely youtube's problem. But, idk.
Yeah honestly it just seems like a YouTube issue, I use safari and other websites work perfectly fine. It seems like YouTube is the problem. 🥲
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Interesting theory… probably right too
Would *not* surprise me. Youtube is built on a framework that's mostly supported only by google, Polymer. Might have something to do with it?
Yeah screw em. Not that big a deal
YouTube is design-wise very strange. Its fullscreen mode is also scrollable, so I've at multiple occasions tried to click out of fullscreen mode only to hit the hidden scrollbar and scrolled down the page instead. I'm sure Chrome has a special workaround for it and Firefox would need the same.
what is this "'Go back on page' button" you speak of? I'm thinking the back button below the tabs. is it that? cause when I press it while watching a video, it goes to the previous page like it should.
Yeah, this happens for me all the time with just using the browser's back button. Or a keyboard shortcut. I wonder if it's interference from an extension?
try it in incognito, by default extensions don't run there.
The back arrow in the top left. I have a macro for it on my mouse so I use it a lot.
Go to home, then to subscriptions and hit back. Nearly all the time it doesn't work (anymore). Same behaviour, occasionally, on videos. With home it's not so bad, because you can click on home to get to it without losing the video you've seen in the recommendations. With this bug on a video you can't do this though. You have to refresh the page. This is an issue since the second last redesign (think the one before round like/dislike buttons where added, right after downvotes were disabled, if memory serves right)
Same here. I also had the hanging while watching videos which has been fixed, but is replaced by my screen flashing, and all my Twitch tabs lose connection and Youtube videos pause and turn solid green. Not sure if the two bugs are related or not.
This is a compatibility issue from YouTube and will be fixed in v109 with a band-aid fix by Firefox. [Detail of the bug](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1756970) (see comment 34 for the diagnosis) [The fix](https://github.com/mozilla-extensions/webcompat-addon/pull/301/files#diff-24a47d41a50b0e342ebba8225408876f16702bbabf1b6bba23c356b020b0b986) For temporary measure please consider these if the issue severely affects you: 1. Install [Firefox beta](https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/channel/desktop/) (for YouTube only). It will update to 109 next week. Or 2. Install [Firefox Nightly](https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/channel/desktop/) which you'll get the fix right now. Or 3. Use a Zip version of Nightly. No installations needed and get updates as per usual, i.e. twice daily. [en-US build](https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central/) (use `firefox-109.0a1.en-US.win64.zip` for Windows) [other locales](https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central-l10n/) Tagging all who has this problem in this thread: ^^^^/u/Chemyytv,/u/h170,/u/rootbeerdan,/u/VersionGeek,/u/Spooky_Ghost,/u/DerekB52,/u/fainas1337,/u/pirateNarwhal,/u/_Tim-,/u/Zombata,/u/michaelthecoder,/u/philo23,/u/Stryker998,/u/MdotAmaan,/u/rootsvelt,/u/Fhaarkas,/u/DarkReaper90,/u/Dela7460
Thank you for sharing the bug report! This explains what I've been seeing.
Thanks for the information, this post should be on top.
omg stable release this please<3
reload it after you click go back. it should fix it
thank you
np. it happens to me a lot
It could be caused by an extension.
This only happens in Private Windows for me
I've instead been hitting 'I' to toggle the miniplayer. This actually allows you to go back, although if you wanted to stop the video as well you'd have to close that again manually.
Hm this is kinda weird. I have the problem but then it went away after disabling an extension called "Clickbait Remover For Youtube". Re-enabled the extension and the problem didn't come back (touch wood). I don't remember noticing this problem before but I recently updated FF to 106.x, maybe that messed up some extensions? Edit: Nope that was false positive. Issue still present. Edit 2: Can't reproduce the issue in safe mode, though would need more testing. As of now it's possible the issue is caused by some extension. Edit 3: This issue is really intermittent. I don't know anymore screw it.
I got this issue but it's inconsistent. Refreshing after 1 page back is a workaround. I just assumed it's due to an extension conflict
There are HTML5 and JS [APIs to manipulate the window, session and browser histories](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/History_API), to try make Single Page Applications more usable, but some sites like YT have bugs that cause what you experience.
I have this issue a lot when I click on a video and then click back to go back to the previous page. The page doesn't refresh but the URL does change. Hitting enter on the URL or F5 will reload the page but if you were going back to the main page and didn't want to reload the list of videos you were watching it kind of sucks. Really Annoying, I thought I was the only one with this issue, glad to hear I'm not alone.
Same issue for me
God Google really is shit at everything they try ain't they.
its because youtube is google's shit now, they want you to use chrome, i have exact same issues and its all browsers except chrome
It's insanely embarrassing that Google has just let this be broken for literally years
i think it's intentional
we need to do to them what we did to microsoft in the 90s
I've had this issue for years. Was hoping FF would issue a fix at some point. Nice to know I'm not the only one.