ytdlp/docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

Current Status

Last updated: 2026-08-17

Verified state

• local Docker Compose deployment works on the Rocky Linux workstation
• FastAPI health endpoint reports healthy
• public URL inspection works with yt-dlp without downloading media
• live inspection verified with YouTube and BBC sources
• single-video wrappers are accepted; playlists remain rejected
• equivalent CDN formats and non-media storyboards are filtered
• dark responsive interface and two-view transition are implemented
• UI previews Best Available and Compatible MP4 outcomes
• automated suite last verified with 12 passing tests

The repository remote is:

ssh://git@192.168.1.117:2224/bot/ytdlp.git

Important limitation

The displayed output choices are frontend previews. Download selectors, job storage, a worker, progress reporting, and artifact delivery do not exist yet. The application must remain local and must not be exposed to the Internet.

Next task

Manually inspect representative public sources from YouTube, BBC, X/Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and other commonly used news sites. Record successes, errors, metadata gaps, and highest detected quality without committing sensitive newsroom URLs or screenshots.

After reviewing those results, move output-preset selection into the backend and test authoritative Best Available and Compatible MP4 selectors before implementing download jobs.

Resume checklist

cd /home/sandbox/Documents/projects/ytdlp
git status --short --branch
git pull --ff-only
docker compose run --rm --build test
docker compose up --build -d
docker compose ps

Open http://127.0.0.1:8000 after the container becomes healthy.