diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index bd2e42d9af..495d3c6306 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       actions: write  # For cleaning up cache
-    runs-on: macos-12
+    runs-on: macos-13
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ jobs:
   macos_legacy:
     needs: process
     if: inputs.macos_legacy
-    runs-on: macos-12
+    runs-on: macos-13
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/core.yml b/.github/workflows/core.yml
index 21a64efa96..a5cb6c9707 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/core.yml
@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ jobs:
       continue-on-error: False
       run: |
         python3 -m yt_dlp -v || true  # Print debug head
-        python3 ./devscripts/run_tests.py core
+        python3 ./devscripts/run_tests.py --pytest-args '--reruns 2 --reruns-delay 3.0' core
diff --git a/.github/workflows/quick-test.yml b/.github/workflows/quick-test.yml
index 1571d3cab4..cce7cbac1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quick-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quick-test.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       timeout-minutes: 15
       run: |
         python3 -m yt_dlp -v || true
-        python3 ./devscripts/run_tests.py core
+        python3 ./devscripts/run_tests.py --pytest-args '--reruns 2 --reruns-delay 3.0' core
   check:
     name: Code check
     if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'ci skip all')"
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index c80f714055..bcdf6a0c24 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -673,3 +673,8 @@ rakslice
 sahilsinghss73
 tony-hn
 xingchensong
+BallzCrasher
+coreywright
+eric321
+poyhen
+tetra-fox
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 2ef28fa07a..10fd437fa1 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,28 @@
 # To create a release, dispatch the https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/actions/workflows/release.yml workflow on master
 -->
 
+### 2024.10.07
+
+#### Core changes
+- **cookies**: [Fix cookie load error handling](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e59c82a74cda5139eb3928c75b0bd45484dbe7f0) ([#11140](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11140)) by [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- **applepodcasts**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/6328e2e67a4e126e08af382e6a387073082d5c5f) ([#10903](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10903)) by [coreywright](https://github.com/coreywright)
+- **cwtv**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/4b7bec66d8100978b82bb24110ed44e2a7749931) ([#11135](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11135)) by [kclauhk](https://github.com/kclauhk)
+- **instagram**
+    - [Do not hardcode user-agent](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/079a7bc334281d3c13d347770ae5f9f2b7da471a) ([#11155](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11155)) by [poyhen](https://github.com/poyhen)
+    - [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/cf85cba5d9496bd2689e1070005b4d1b4cd3dc6d) ([#11156](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11156)) by [tetra-fox](https://github.com/tetra-fox)
+- **noodlemagazine**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/ccb23e1bac9768d1c70535beb744e668ed4a2720) ([#11144](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11144)) by [BallzCrasher](https://github.com/BallzCrasher)
+- **patreon**: [Extract all m3u8 formats for locked posts](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f91645aceaf13926cf35be2c1dfef61b3aab97fb) ([#11138](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11138)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **youtube**: [Change default player clients to `ios,mweb`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/de2062753a188060d76f587e45becce61fe399f9) ([#11190](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11190)) by [seproDev](https://github.com/seproDev)
+
+#### Postprocessor changes
+- **xattrmetadata**: [Try to write each attribute](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/3a193346eeb27ac2959ff30c370adb899ec94732) ([#11115](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11115)) by [eric321](https://github.com/eric321)
+
+#### Misc. changes
+- **ci**: [Rerun failed tests](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/b31b81d85f00601710d4fac590c3e4efb4133283) ([#11143](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11143)) by [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+- **cleanup**: Miscellaneous: [1a176d8](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/1a176d874e6772cd898ce507379ea388e96ee3f7) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+
 ### 2024.09.27
 
 #### Important changes
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3e76a4efbb..1cafe51d51 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ py -m bundle.py2exe
 * **`devscripts/update-version.py`** - Update the version number based on the current date.
 * **`devscripts/set-variant.py`** - Set the build variant of the executable.
 * **`devscripts/make_changelog.py`** - Create a markdown changelog using short commit messages and update `CONTRIBUTORS` file.
-* **`devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py`** - Create lazy extractors. Running this before building the binaries (any variant) will improve their startup performance. Set the environment variable `YTDLP_NO_LAZY_EXTRACTORS=1` if you wish to forcefully disable lazy extractor loading.
+* **`devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py`** - Create lazy extractors. Running this before building the binaries (any variant) will improve their startup performance. Set the environment variable `YTDLP_NO_LAZY_EXTRACTORS` to something nonempty to forcefully disable lazy extractor loading.
 
 Note: See their `--help` for more info.
 
@@ -1771,7 +1771,7 @@ The following extractors use this feature:
 #### youtube
 * `lang`: Prefer translated metadata (`title`, `description` etc) of this language code (case-sensitive). By default, the video primary language metadata is preferred, with a fallback to `en` translated. See [youtube.py](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/c26f9b991a0681fd3ea548d535919cec1fbbd430/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py#L381-L390) for list of supported content language codes
 * `skip`: One or more of `hls`, `dash` or `translated_subs` to skip extraction of the m3u8 manifests, dash manifests and [auto-translated subtitles](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/4090#issuecomment-1158102032) respectively
-* `player_client`: Clients to extract video data from. The main clients are `web`, `ios` and `android`, with variants `_music` and `_creator` (e.g. `ios_creator`); and `mediaconnect`, `mweb`, `android_producer`, `android_testsuite`, `android_vr`, `web_safari`, `web_embedded`, `tv` and `tv_embedded` with no variants. By default, `ios,web_creator` is used, and `tv_embedded`, `web_creator` and `mediaconnect` are added as required for age-gated videos. Similarly, the music variants are added for `music.youtube.com` urls. Most `android` clients will be given lowest priority since their formats are broken. You can use `all` to use all the clients, and `default` for the default clients. You can prefix a client with `-` to exclude it, e.g. `youtube:player_client=all,-web`
+* `player_client`: Clients to extract video data from. The main clients are `web`, `ios` and `android`, with variants `_music` and `_creator` (e.g. `ios_creator`); and `mediaconnect`, `mweb`, `android_producer`, `android_testsuite`, `android_vr`, `web_safari`, `web_embedded`, `tv` and `tv_embedded` with no variants. By default, `ios,mweb` is used, and `tv_embedded`, `web_creator` and `mediaconnect` are added as required for age-gated videos. Similarly, the music variants are added for `music.youtube.com` urls. Most `android` clients will be given lowest priority since their formats are broken. You can use `all` to use all the clients, and `default` for the default clients. You can prefix a client with `-` to exclude it, e.g. `youtube:player_client=all,-web`
 * `player_skip`: Skip some network requests that are generally needed for robust extraction. One or more of `configs` (skip client configs), `webpage` (skip initial webpage), `js` (skip js player). While these options can help reduce the number of requests needed or avoid some rate-limiting, they could cause some issues. See [#860](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/860) for more details
 * `player_params`: YouTube player parameters to use for player requests. Will overwrite any default ones set by yt-dlp.
 * `comment_sort`: `top` or `new` (default) - choose comment sorting mode (on YouTube's side)
@@ -1795,6 +1795,7 @@ The following extractors use this feature:
 * `key_query`: Passthrough the master m3u8 URL query to its HLS AES-128 decryption key URI if no value is provided, or else apply the query string given as `key_query=VALUE`. Note that this will have no effect if the key URI is provided via the `hls_key` extractor-arg. Does not apply to ffmpeg
 * `hls_key`: An HLS AES-128 key URI *or* key (as hex), and optionally the IV (as hex), in the form of `(URI|KEY)[,IV]`; e.g. `generic:hls_key=ABCDEF1234567980,0xFEDCBA0987654321`. Passing any of these values will force usage of the native HLS downloader and override the corresponding values found in the m3u8 playlist
 * `is_live`: Bypass live HLS detection and manually set `live_status` - a value of `false` will set `not_live`, any other value (or no value) will set `is_live`
+* `impersonate`: Target(s) to try and impersonate with the initial webpage request; e.g. `safari,chrome-110`. By default any available target will be used. Use `false` to disable impersonation
 
 #### funimation
 * `language`: Audio languages to extract, e.g. `funimation:language=english,japanese`
@@ -1897,6 +1898,7 @@ In other words, the file structure on the disk looks something like:
                 myplugin.py
 
 yt-dlp looks for these `yt_dlp_plugins` namespace folders in many locations (see below) and loads in plugins from **all** of them.
+Set the environment variable `YTDLP_NO_PLUGINS` to something nonempty to disable loading plugins entirely.
 
 See the [wiki for some known plugins](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Plugins)
 
diff --git a/devscripts/changelog_override.json b/devscripts/changelog_override.json
index 7be750cfbe..e7f553a5f2 100644
--- a/devscripts/changelog_override.json
+++ b/devscripts/changelog_override.json
@@ -190,5 +190,11 @@
         "action": "add",
         "when": "fb8b7f226d251e521a89b23c415e249e5b788e5c",
         "short": "[priority] **The minimum *recommended* Python version has been raised to 3.9**\nSince Python 3.8 will reach end-of-life in October 2024, support for it will be dropped soon. [Read more](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10086)"
+    },
+    {
+        "action": "change",
+        "when": "b31b81d85f00601710d4fac590c3e4efb4133283",
+        "short": "[ci] Rerun failed tests (#11143)",
+        "authors": ["Grub4K"]
     }
 ]
diff --git a/devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py b/devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
index d74ea202f0..d288d84296 100644
--- a/devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
+++ b/devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 # Allow direct execution
 import os
-import shutil
 import sys
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
@@ -34,18 +33,14 @@ MODULE_TEMPLATE = read_file('devscripts/lazy_load_template.py')
 
 
 def main():
+    os.environ['YTDLP_NO_PLUGINS'] = 'true'
+    os.environ['YTDLP_NO_LAZY_EXTRACTORS'] = 'true'
+
     lazy_extractors_filename = get_filename_args(default_outfile='yt_dlp/extractor/lazy_extractors.py')
-    if os.path.exists(lazy_extractors_filename):
-        os.remove(lazy_extractors_filename)
 
-    _ALL_CLASSES = get_all_ies()  # Must be before import
-
-    import yt_dlp.plugins
+    from yt_dlp.extractor.extractors import _ALL_CLASSES
     from yt_dlp.extractor.common import InfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor
 
-    # Filter out plugins
-    _ALL_CLASSES = [cls for cls in _ALL_CLASSES if not cls.__module__.startswith(f'{yt_dlp.plugins.PACKAGE_NAME}.')]
-
     DummyInfoExtractor = type('InfoExtractor', (InfoExtractor,), {'IE_NAME': NO_ATTR})
     module_src = '\n'.join((
         MODULE_TEMPLATE,
@@ -58,20 +53,6 @@ def main():
     write_file(lazy_extractors_filename, f'{module_src}\n')
 
 
-def get_all_ies():
-    PLUGINS_DIRNAME = 'ytdlp_plugins'
-    BLOCKED_DIRNAME = f'{PLUGINS_DIRNAME}_blocked'
-    if os.path.exists(PLUGINS_DIRNAME):
-        # os.rename cannot be used, e.g. in Docker. See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/4958
-        shutil.move(PLUGINS_DIRNAME, BLOCKED_DIRNAME)
-    try:
-        from yt_dlp.extractor.extractors import _ALL_CLASSES
-    finally:
-        if os.path.exists(BLOCKED_DIRNAME):
-            shutil.move(BLOCKED_DIRNAME, PLUGINS_DIRNAME)
-    return _ALL_CLASSES
-
-
 def extra_ie_code(ie, base=None):
     for var in STATIC_CLASS_PROPERTIES:
         val = getattr(ie, var)
diff --git a/devscripts/run_tests.py b/devscripts/run_tests.py
index c605aa62cf..eb614fe591 100755
--- a/devscripts/run_tests.py
+++ b/devscripts/run_tests.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ fix_test_name = functools.partial(re.compile(r'IE(_all|_\d+)?$').sub, r'\1')
 def parse_args():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Run selected yt-dlp tests')
     parser.add_argument(
-        'test', help='a extractor tests, or one of "core" or "download"', nargs='*')
+        'test', help='an extractor test, test path, or one of "core" or "download"', nargs='*')
     parser.add_argument(
         '-k', help='run a test matching EXPRESSION. Same as "pytest -k"', metavar='EXPRESSION')
     parser.add_argument(
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ def parse_args():
 def run_tests(*tests, pattern=None, ci=False):
     run_core = 'core' in tests or (not pattern and not tests)
     run_download = 'download' in tests
-    tests = list(map(fix_test_name, tests))
 
     pytest_args = args.pytest_args or os.getenv('HATCH_TEST_ARGS', '')
     arguments = ['pytest', '-Werror', '--tb=short', *shlex.split(pytest_args)]
@@ -41,7 +40,9 @@ def run_tests(*tests, pattern=None, ci=False):
         arguments.extend(['-m', 'download'])
     else:
         arguments.extend(
-            f'test/test_download.py::TestDownload::test_{test}' for test in tests)
+            test if '/' in test
+            else f'test/test_download.py::TestDownload::test_{fix_test_name(test)}'
+            for test in tests)
 
     print(f'Running {arguments}', flush=True)
     try:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f54980d576..200a9c99ae 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ static-analysis = [
 ]
 test = [
     "pytest~=8.1",
+    "pytest-rerunfailures~=14.0",
 ]
 pyinstaller = [
     "pyinstaller>=6.10.0",  # Windows temp cleanup fixed in 6.10.0
@@ -162,7 +163,6 @@ lint-fix = "ruff check --fix {args:.}"
 features = ["test"]
 dependencies = [
     "pytest-randomly~=3.15",
-    "pytest-rerunfailures~=14.0",
     "pytest-xdist[psutil]~=3.5",
 ]
 
diff --git a/test/test_traversal.py b/test/test_traversal.py
index 5d9fbe1d16..9179dadda4 100644
--- a/test/test_traversal.py
+++ b/test/test_traversal.py
@@ -4,8 +4,18 @@ import xml.etree.ElementTree
 
 import pytest
 
-from yt_dlp.utils import dict_get, int_or_none, str_or_none
-from yt_dlp.utils.traversal import traverse_obj
+from yt_dlp.utils import (
+    ExtractorError,
+    determine_ext,
+    dict_get,
+    int_or_none,
+    str_or_none,
+)
+from yt_dlp.utils.traversal import (
+    traverse_obj,
+    require,
+    subs_list_to_dict,
+)
 
 _TEST_DATA = {
     100: 100,
@@ -420,6 +430,71 @@ class TestTraversal:
         assert traverse_obj(morsel, [(None,), any]) == morsel, \
             'Morsel should not be implicitly changed to dict on usage'
 
+    def test_traversal_filter(self):
+        data = [None, False, True, 0, 1, 0.0, 1.1, '', 'str', {}, {0: 0}, [], [1]]
+
+        assert traverse_obj(data, [..., filter]) == [True, 1, 1.1, 'str', {0: 0}, [1]], \
+            '`filter` should filter falsy values'
+
+
+class TestTraversalHelpers:
+    def test_traversal_require(self):
+        with pytest.raises(ExtractorError):
+            traverse_obj(_TEST_DATA, ['None', {require('value')}])
+        assert traverse_obj(_TEST_DATA, ['str', {require('value')}]) == 'str', \
+            '`require` should pass through non `None` values'
+
+    def test_subs_list_to_dict(self):
+        assert traverse_obj([
+            {'name': 'de', 'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de.vtt'},
+            {'name': 'en', 'url': 'https://example.com/subs/en1.ass'},
+            {'name': 'en', 'url': 'https://example.com/subs/en2.ass'},
+        ], [..., {
+            'id': 'name',
+            'url': 'url',
+        }, all, {subs_list_to_dict}]) == {
+            'de': [{'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de.vtt'}],
+            'en': [
+                {'url': 'https://example.com/subs/en1.ass'},
+                {'url': 'https://example.com/subs/en2.ass'},
+            ],
+        }, 'function should build subtitle dict from list of subtitles'
+        assert traverse_obj([
+            {'name': 'de', 'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de.ass'},
+            {'name': 'de'},
+            {'name': 'en', 'content': 'content'},
+            {'url': 'https://example.com/subs/en'},
+        ], [..., {
+            'id': 'name',
+            'data': 'content',
+            'url': 'url',
+        }, all, {subs_list_to_dict}]) == {
+            'de': [{'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de.ass'}],
+            'en': [{'data': 'content'}],
+        }, 'subs with mandatory items missing should be filtered'
+        assert traverse_obj([
+            {'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de.ass', 'name': 'de'},
+            {'url': 'https://example.com/subs/en', 'name': 'en'},
+        ], [..., {
+            'id': 'name',
+            'ext': ['url', {lambda x: determine_ext(x, default_ext=None)}],
+            'url': 'url',
+        }, all, {subs_list_to_dict(ext='ext')}]) == {
+            'de': [{'url': 'https://example.com/subs/de.ass', 'ext': 'ass'}],
+            'en': [{'url': 'https://example.com/subs/en', 'ext': 'ext'}],
+        }, '`ext` should set default ext but leave existing value untouched'
+        assert traverse_obj([
+            {'name': 'en', 'url': 'https://example.com/subs/en2', 'prio': True},
+            {'name': 'en', 'url': 'https://example.com/subs/en1', 'prio': False},
+        ], [..., {
+            'id': 'name',
+            'quality': ['prio', {int}],
+            'url': 'url',
+        }, all, {subs_list_to_dict(ext='ext')}]) == {'en': [
+            {'url': 'https://example.com/subs/en1', 'ext': 'ext'},
+            {'url': 'https://example.com/subs/en2', 'ext': 'ext'},
+        ]}, '`quality` key should sort subtitle list accordingly'
+
 
 class TestDictGet:
     def test_dict_get(self):
diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index 4f5fa1e100..d4b846f56f 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -221,9 +221,10 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(sanitize_filename('N0Y__7-UOdI', is_id=True), 'N0Y__7-UOdI')
 
     def test_sanitize_path(self):
-        if sys.platform != 'win32':
-            return
+        with unittest.mock.patch('sys.platform', 'win32'):
+            self._test_sanitize_path()
 
+    def _test_sanitize_path(self):
         self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('abc'), 'abc')
         self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('abc/def'), 'abc\\def')
         self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('abc\\def'), 'abc\\def')
@@ -256,6 +257,11 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('./abc'), 'abc')
         self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('./../abc'), '..\\abc')
 
+        self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('\\abc'), '\\abc')
+        self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('C:abc'), 'C:abc')
+        self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('C:abc\\..\\'), 'C:..')
+        self.assertEqual(sanitize_path('C:\\abc:%(title)s.%(ext)s'), 'C:\\abc#%(title)s.%(ext)s')
+
     def test_sanitize_url(self):
         self.assertEqual(sanitize_url('//foo.bar'), 'http://foo.bar')
         self.assertEqual(sanitize_url('httpss://foo.bar'), 'https://foo.bar')
diff --git a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
index 9691a1ea7c..eea1065036 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import unicodedata
 from .cache import Cache
 from .compat import urllib  # isort: split
 from .compat import compat_os_name, urllib_req_to_req
-from .cookies import LenientSimpleCookie, load_cookies
+from .cookies import CookieLoadError, LenientSimpleCookie, load_cookies
 from .downloader import FFmpegFD, get_suitable_downloader, shorten_protocol_name
 from .downloader.rtmp import rtmpdump_version
 from .extractor import gen_extractor_classes, get_info_extractor
@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
             while True:
                 try:
                     return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
-                except (DownloadCancelled, LazyList.IndexError, PagedList.IndexError):
+                except (CookieLoadError, DownloadCancelled, LazyList.IndexError, PagedList.IndexError):
                     raise
                 except ReExtractInfo as e:
                     if e.expected:
@@ -3580,6 +3580,8 @@ class YoutubeDL:
         def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
             try:
                 res = func(*args, **kwargs)
+            except CookieLoadError:
+                raise
             except UnavailableVideoError as e:
                 self.report_error(e)
             except DownloadCancelled as e:
@@ -4068,6 +4070,10 @@ class YoutubeDL:
 
         write_debug(f'Proxy map: {self.proxies}')
         write_debug(f'Request Handlers: {", ".join(rh.RH_NAME for rh in self._request_director.handlers.values())}')
+        if os.environ.get('YTDLP_NO_PLUGINS'):
+            write_debug('Plugins are forcibly disabled')
+            return
+
         for plugin_type, plugins in {'Extractor': plugin_ies, 'Post-Processor': plugin_pps}.items():
             display_list = ['{}{}'.format(
                 klass.__name__, '' if klass.__name__ == name else f' as {name}')
@@ -4113,8 +4119,14 @@ class YoutubeDL:
     @functools.cached_property
     def cookiejar(self):
         """Global cookiejar instance"""
-        return load_cookies(
-            self.params.get('cookiefile'), self.params.get('cookiesfrombrowser'), self)
+        try:
+            return load_cookies(
+                self.params.get('cookiefile'), self.params.get('cookiesfrombrowser'), self)
+        except CookieLoadError as error:
+            cause = error.__context__
+            # compat: <=py3.9: `traceback.format_exception` has a different signature
+            self.report_error(str(cause), tb=''.join(traceback.format_exception(None, cause, cause.__traceback__)))
+            raise
 
     @property
     def _opener(self):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/__init__.py b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
index c2d19f94a0..f598b6c2fe 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/__init__.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import re
 import traceback
 
 from .compat import compat_os_name
-from .cookies import SUPPORTED_BROWSERS, SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS
+from .cookies import SUPPORTED_BROWSERS, SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS, CookieLoadError
 from .downloader.external import get_external_downloader
 from .extractor import list_extractor_classes
 from .extractor.adobepass import MSO_INFO
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ def main(argv=None):
     _IN_CLI = True
     try:
         _exit(*variadic(_real_main(argv)))
-    except DownloadError:
+    except (CookieLoadError, DownloadError):
         _exit(1)
     except SameFileError as e:
         _exit(f'ERROR: {e}')
diff --git a/yt_dlp/cookies.py b/yt_dlp/cookies.py
index cff8d74a74..4a69c576be 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/cookies.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/cookies.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ from .dependencies import (
 from .minicurses import MultilinePrinter, QuietMultilinePrinter
 from .utils import (
     DownloadError,
+    YoutubeDLError,
     Popen,
     error_to_str,
     expand_path,
@@ -86,24 +87,31 @@ def _create_progress_bar(logger):
     return printer
 
 
+class CookieLoadError(YoutubeDLError):
+    pass
+
+
 def load_cookies(cookie_file, browser_specification, ydl):
-    cookie_jars = []
-    if browser_specification is not None:
-        browser_name, profile, keyring, container = _parse_browser_specification(*browser_specification)
-        cookie_jars.append(
-            extract_cookies_from_browser(browser_name, profile, YDLLogger(ydl), keyring=keyring, container=container))
+    try:
+        cookie_jars = []
+        if browser_specification is not None:
+            browser_name, profile, keyring, container = _parse_browser_specification(*browser_specification)
+            cookie_jars.append(
+                extract_cookies_from_browser(browser_name, profile, YDLLogger(ydl), keyring=keyring, container=container))
 
-    if cookie_file is not None:
-        is_filename = is_path_like(cookie_file)
-        if is_filename:
-            cookie_file = expand_path(cookie_file)
+        if cookie_file is not None:
+            is_filename = is_path_like(cookie_file)
+            if is_filename:
+                cookie_file = expand_path(cookie_file)
 
-        jar = YoutubeDLCookieJar(cookie_file)
-        if not is_filename or os.access(cookie_file, os.R_OK):
-            jar.load()
-        cookie_jars.append(jar)
+            jar = YoutubeDLCookieJar(cookie_file)
+            if not is_filename or os.access(cookie_file, os.R_OK):
+                jar.load()
+            cookie_jars.append(jar)
 
-    return _merge_cookie_jars(cookie_jars)
+        return _merge_cookie_jars(cookie_jars)
+    except Exception:
+        raise CookieLoadError('failed to load cookies')
 
 
 def extract_cookies_from_browser(browser_name, profile=None, logger=YDLLogger(), *, keyring=None, container=None):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/adobepass.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/adobepass.py
index eb7e597e52..7cc15ec7b6 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/adobepass.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/adobepass.py
@@ -1355,6 +1355,7 @@ MSO_INFO = {
 class AdobePassIE(InfoExtractor):  # XXX: Conventionally, base classes should end with BaseIE/InfoExtractor
     _SERVICE_PROVIDER_TEMPLATE = 'https://sp.auth.adobe.com/adobe-services/%s'
     _USER_AGENT = 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:47.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/47.0'
+    _MODERN_USER_AGENT = 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; rv:131.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/131.0'
     _MVPD_CACHE = 'ap-mvpd'
 
     _DOWNLOADING_LOGIN_PAGE = 'Downloading Provider Login Page'
@@ -1454,7 +1455,11 @@ class AdobePassIE(InfoExtractor):  # XXX: Conventionally, base classes should en
                             'no_iframe': 'false',
                             'domain_name': 'adobe.com',
                             'redirect_url': url,
-                        })
+                        }, headers={
+                            # yt-dlp's default user-agent is usually too old for Comcast_SSO
+                            # See: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10848
+                            'User-Agent': self._MODERN_USER_AGENT,
+                        } if mso_id == 'Comcast_SSO' else None)
                 elif not self._cookies_passed:
                     raise_mvpd_required()
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/applepodcasts.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/applepodcasts.py
index bd301e904a..b99d24e0eb 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/applepodcasts.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/applepodcasts.py
@@ -1,27 +1,42 @@
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
-    clean_html,
     clean_podcast_url,
-    get_element_by_class,
     int_or_none,
     parse_iso8601,
-    try_get,
 )
+from ..utils.traversal import traverse_obj
 
 
 class ApplePodcastsIE(InfoExtractor):
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://podcasts\.apple\.com/(?:[^/]+/)?podcast(?:/[^/]+){1,2}.*?\bi=(?P<id>\d+)'
     _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ferreck-dawn-to-the-break-of-dawn-117/id1625658232?i=1000665010654',
+        'md5': '82cc219b8cc1dcf8bfc5a5e99b23b172',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '1000665010654',
+            'ext': 'mp3',
+            'title': 'Ferreck Dawn - To The Break of Dawn 117',
+            'episode': 'Ferreck Dawn - To The Break of Dawn 117',
+            'description': 'md5:1fc571102f79dbd0a77bfd71ffda23bc',
+            'upload_date': '20240812',
+            'timestamp': 1723449600,
+            'duration': 3596,
+            'series': 'Ferreck Dawn - To The Break of Dawn',
+            'thumbnail': 're:.+[.](png|jpe?g|webp)',
+        },
+    }, {
         'url': 'https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/207-whitney-webb-returns/id1135137367?i=1000482637777',
-        'md5': '41dc31cd650143e530d9423b6b5a344f',
+        'md5': 'baf8a6b8b8aa6062dbb4639ed73d0052',
         'info_dict': {
             'id': '1000482637777',
             'ext': 'mp3',
             'title': '207 - Whitney Webb Returns',
+            'episode': '207 - Whitney Webb Returns',
+            'episode_number': 207,
             'description': 'md5:75ef4316031df7b41ced4e7b987f79c6',
             'upload_date': '20200705',
             'timestamp': 1593932400,
-            'duration': 6454,
+            'duration': 5369,
             'series': 'The Tim Dillon Show',
             'thumbnail': 're:.+[.](png|jpe?g|webp)',
         },
@@ -39,47 +54,24 @@ class ApplePodcastsIE(InfoExtractor):
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         episode_id = self._match_id(url)
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, episode_id)
-        episode_data = {}
-        ember_data = {}
-        # new page type 2021-11
-        amp_data = self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
-            r'(?s)id="shoebox-media-api-cache-amp-podcasts"[^>]*>\s*({.+?})\s*<',
-            webpage, 'AMP data', default='{}'), episode_id, fatal=False) or {}
-        amp_data = try_get(amp_data,
-                           lambda a: self._parse_json(
-                               next(a[x] for x in iter(a) if episode_id in x),
-                               episode_id),
-                           dict) or {}
-        amp_data = amp_data.get('d') or []
-        episode_data = try_get(
-            amp_data,
-            lambda a: next(x for x in a
-                           if x['type'] == 'podcast-episodes' and x['id'] == episode_id),
-            dict)
-        if not episode_data:
-            # try pre 2021-11 page type: TODO: consider deleting if no longer used
-            ember_data = self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
-                r'(?s)id="shoebox-ember-data-store"[^>]*>\s*({.+?})\s*<',
-                webpage, 'ember data'), episode_id) or {}
-            ember_data = ember_data.get(episode_id) or ember_data
-            episode_data = try_get(ember_data, lambda x: x['data'], dict)
-        episode = episode_data['attributes']
-        description = episode.get('description') or {}
-
-        series = None
-        for inc in (amp_data or ember_data.get('included') or []):
-            if inc.get('type') == 'media/podcast':
-                series = try_get(inc, lambda x: x['attributes']['name'])
-        series = series or clean_html(get_element_by_class('podcast-header__identity', webpage))
+        server_data = self._search_json(
+            r'<script [^>]*\bid=["\']serialized-server-data["\'][^>]*>', webpage,
+            'server data', episode_id, contains_pattern=r'\[{(?s:.+)}\]')[0]['data']
+        model_data = traverse_obj(server_data, (
+            'headerButtonItems', lambda _, v: v['$kind'] == 'bookmark' and v['modelType'] == 'EpisodeOffer',
+            'model', {dict}, any))
 
         return {
             'id': episode_id,
-            'title': episode.get('name'),
-            'url': clean_podcast_url(episode['assetUrl']),
-            'description': description.get('standard') or description.get('short'),
-            'timestamp': parse_iso8601(episode.get('releaseDateTime')),
-            'duration': int_or_none(episode.get('durationInMilliseconds'), 1000),
-            'series': series,
+            **self._json_ld(
+                traverse_obj(server_data, ('seoData', 'schemaContent', {dict}))
+                or self._yield_json_ld(webpage, episode_id, fatal=False), episode_id, fatal=False),
+            **traverse_obj(model_data, {
+                'title': ('title', {str}),
+                'url': ('streamUrl', {clean_podcast_url}),
+                'timestamp': ('releaseDate', {parse_iso8601}),
+                'duration': ('duration', {int_or_none}),
+            }),
             'thumbnail': self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage),
             'vcodec': 'none',
         }
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index 486a4ea3cb..812fbfa9f9 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -573,13 +573,13 @@ class InfoExtractor:
 
     def _login_hint(self, method=NO_DEFAULT, netrc=None):
         password_hint = f'--username and --password, --netrc-cmd, or --netrc ({netrc or self._NETRC_MACHINE}) to provide account credentials'
+        cookies_hint = 'See  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-yt-dlp  for how to manually pass cookies'
         return {
             None: '',
-            'any': f'Use --cookies, --cookies-from-browser, {password_hint}',
+            'any': f'Use --cookies, --cookies-from-browser, {password_hint}. {cookies_hint}',
             'password': f'Use {password_hint}',
-            'cookies': (
-                'Use --cookies-from-browser or --cookies for the authentication. '
-                'See  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-pass-cookies-to-yt-dlp  for how to manually pass cookies'),
+            'cookies': f'Use --cookies-from-browser or --cookies for the authentication. {cookies_hint}',
+            'session_cookies': f'Use --cookies for the authentication (--cookies-from-browser might not work). {cookies_hint}',
         }[method if method is not NO_DEFAULT else 'any' if self.supports_login() else 'cookies']
 
     def __init__(self, downloader=None):
@@ -1710,7 +1710,7 @@ class InfoExtractor:
                 rating = traverse_obj(e, ('aggregateRating', 'ratingValue'), expected_type=float_or_none)
                 if rating is not None:
                     info['average_rating'] = rating
-                if is_type(e, 'TVEpisode', 'Episode'):
+                if is_type(e, 'TVEpisode', 'Episode', 'PodcastEpisode'):
                     episode_name = unescapeHTML(e.get('name'))
                     info.update({
                         'episode': episode_name,
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/cwtv.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/cwtv.py
index 870d4f39e3..cb432e6160 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/cwtv.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/cwtv.py
@@ -6,12 +6,37 @@ from ..utils import (
     parse_iso8601,
     smuggle_url,
     str_or_none,
+    update_url_query,
 )
 
 
 class CWTVIE(InfoExtractor):
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?cw(?:tv(?:pr)?|seed)\.com/(?:shows/)?(?:[^/]+/)+[^?]*\?.*\b(?:play|watch)=(?P<id>[a-z0-9]{8}-[a-z0-9]{4}-[a-z0-9]{4}-[a-z0-9]{4}-[a-z0-9]{12})'
     _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://www.cwtv.com/shows/all-american-homecoming/ready-or-not/?play=d848488f-f62a-40fd-af1f-6440b1821aab',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'd848488f-f62a-40fd-af1f-6440b1821aab',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Ready Or Not',
+            'description': 'Simone is concerned about changes taking place at Bringston; JR makes a decision about his future.',
+            'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpe?g$',
+            'duration': 2547,
+            'timestamp': 1720519200,
+            'uploader': 'CWTV',
+            'chapters': 'count:6',
+            'series': 'All American: Homecoming',
+            'season_number': 3,
+            'episode_number': 1,
+            'age_limit': 0,
+            'upload_date': '20240709',
+            'season': 'Season 3',
+            'episode': 'Episode 1',
+        },
+        'params': {
+            # m3u8 download
+            'skip_download': True,
+        },
+    }, {
         'url': 'http://cwtv.com/shows/arrow/legends-of-yesterday/?play=6b15e985-9345-4f60-baf8-56e96be57c63',
         'info_dict': {
             'id': '6b15e985-9345-4f60-baf8-56e96be57c63',
@@ -69,13 +94,14 @@ class CWTVIE(InfoExtractor):
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         video_id = self._match_id(url)
         data = self._download_json(
-            'http://images.cwtv.com/feed/mobileapp/video-meta/apiversion_8/guid_' + video_id,
-            video_id)
+            f'https://images.cwtv.com/feed/mobileapp/video-meta/apiversion_12/guid_{video_id}', video_id)
         if data.get('result') != 'ok':
             raise ExtractorError(data['msg'], expected=True)
         video_data = data['video']
         title = video_data['title']
-        mpx_url = video_data.get('mpx_url') or f'http://link.theplatform.com/s/cwtv/media/guid/2703454149/{video_id}?formats=M3U'
+        mpx_url = update_url_query(
+            video_data.get('mpx_url') or f'https://link.theplatform.com/s/cwtv/media/guid/2703454149/{video_id}',
+            {'formats': 'M3U+none'})
 
         season = str_or_none(video_data.get('season'))
         episode = str_or_none(video_data.get('episode'))
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/drtv.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/drtv.py
index 32b6845528..ba86eb2b49 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/drtv.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/drtv.py
@@ -139,12 +139,11 @@ class DRTVIE(InfoExtractor):
             return
 
         token_response = self._download_json(
-            'https://production.dr-massive.com/api/authorization/anonymous-sso', None,
+            'https://isl.dr-massive.com/api/authorization/anonymous-sso', None,
             note='Downloading anonymous token', headers={
                 'content-type': 'application/json',
             }, query={
-                'device': 'web_browser',
-                'ff': 'idp,ldp,rpt',
+                'device': 'phone_android',
                 'lang': 'da',
                 'supportFallbackToken': 'true',
             }, data=json.dumps({
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py
index 592800287a..9b5421e41d 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from .common import InfoExtractor
 from .commonprotocols import RtmpIE
 from .youtube import YoutubeIE
 from ..compat import compat_etree_fromstring
+from ..networking.impersonate import ImpersonateTarget
 from ..utils import (
     KNOWN_EXTENSIONS,
     MEDIA_EXTENSIONS,
@@ -2373,6 +2374,12 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
         else:
             video_id = self._generic_id(url)
 
+        # Try to impersonate a web-browser by default if possible
+        # Skip impersonation if not available to omit the warning
+        impersonate = self._configuration_arg('impersonate', [''])
+        if 'false' in impersonate or not self._downloader._impersonate_target_available(ImpersonateTarget()):
+            impersonate = None
+
         # Some webservers may serve compressed content of rather big size (e.g. gzipped flac)
         # making it impossible to download only chunk of the file (yet we need only 512kB to
         # test whether it's HTML or not). According to yt-dlp default Accept-Encoding
@@ -2384,7 +2391,7 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
         full_response = self._request_webpage(url, video_id, headers=filter_dict({
             'Accept-Encoding': 'identity',
             'Referer': smuggled_data.get('referer'),
-        }))
+        }), impersonate=impersonate)
         new_url = full_response.url
         if new_url != extract_basic_auth(url)[0]:
             self.report_following_redirect(new_url)
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/instagram.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/instagram.py
index 754f710ae2..dee8cb85d5 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/instagram.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/instagram.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ class InstagramBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
         'X-IG-WWW-Claim': '0',
         'Origin': 'https://www.instagram.com',
         'Accept': '*/*',
-        'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/104.0.0.0 Safari/537.36',
     }
 
     def _perform_login(self, username, password):
@@ -435,10 +434,10 @@ class InstagramIE(InstagramBaseIE):
                 'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest',
                 'Referer': url,
             }, query={
-                'query_hash': '9f8827793ef34641b2fb195d4d41151c',
+                'doc_id': '8845758582119845',
                 'variables': json.dumps(variables, separators=(',', ':')),
             })
-        media.update(traverse_obj(general_info, ('data', 'shortcode_media')) or {})
+        media.update(traverse_obj(general_info, ('data', 'xdt_shortcode_media')) or {})
 
         if not general_info:
             self.report_warning('General metadata extraction failed (some metadata might be missing).', video_id)
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/noodlemagazine.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/noodlemagazine.py
index 6414f46efb..4a73e4779a 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/noodlemagazine.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/noodlemagazine.py
@@ -43,14 +43,8 @@ class NoodleMagazineIE(InfoExtractor):
         def build_url(url_or_path):
             return urljoin('https://adult.noodlemagazine.com', url_or_path)
 
-        headers = {'Referer': url}
-        player_path = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'<iframe[^>]+\bid="iplayer"[^>]+\bsrc="([^"]+)"', webpage, 'player path')
-        player_iframe = self._download_webpage(
-            build_url(player_path), video_id, 'Downloading iframe page', headers=headers)
-        playlist_url = self._search_regex(
-            r'window\.playlistUrl\s*=\s*["\']([^"\']+)["\']', player_iframe, 'playlist url')
-        playlist_info = self._download_json(build_url(playlist_url), video_id, headers=headers)
+        playlist_info = self._search_json(
+            r'window\.playlist\s*=', webpage, video_id, 'playlist info')
 
         formats = []
         for source in traverse_obj(playlist_info, ('sources', lambda _, v: v['file'])):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/patreon.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/patreon.py
index 4489d533a6..4d668cd37d 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/patreon.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/patreon.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import functools
 import itertools
 import urllib.parse
 
@@ -22,13 +23,19 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 
 class PatreonBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
-    USER_AGENT = 'Patreon/7.6.28 (Android; Android 11; Scale/2.10)'
+    @functools.cached_property
+    def patreon_user_agent(self):
+        # Patreon mobile UA is needed to avoid triggering Cloudflare anti-bot protection.
+        # Newer UA yields higher res m3u8 formats for locked posts, but gives 401 if not logged-in
+        if self._get_cookies('https://www.patreon.com/').get('session_id'):
+            return 'Patreon/72.2.28 (Android; Android 14; Scale/2.10)'
+        return 'Patreon/7.6.28 (Android; Android 11; Scale/2.10)'
 
     def _call_api(self, ep, item_id, query=None, headers=None, fatal=True, note=None):
         if headers is None:
             headers = {}
         if 'User-Agent' not in headers:
-            headers['User-Agent'] = self.USER_AGENT
+            headers['User-Agent'] = self.patreon_user_agent
         if query:
             query.update({'json-api-version': 1.0})
 
@@ -48,6 +55,7 @@ class PatreonBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
 
 
 class PatreonIE(PatreonBaseIE):
+    IE_NAME = 'patreon'
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?patreon\.com/(?:creation\?hid=|posts/(?:[\w-]+-)?)(?P<id>\d+)'
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'http://www.patreon.com/creation?hid=743933',
@@ -111,6 +119,7 @@ class PatreonIE(PatreonBaseIE):
             'comment_count': int,
             'channel_is_verified': True,
             'chapters': 'count:4',
+            'timestamp': 1423689666,
         },
         'params': {
             'noplaylist': True,
@@ -221,6 +230,7 @@ class PatreonIE(PatreonBaseIE):
             'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.+',
         },
         'params': {'skip_download': 'm3u8'},
+        'expected_warnings': ['Failed to parse XML: not well-formed'],
     }, {
         # multiple attachments/embeds
         'url': 'https://www.patreon.com/posts/holy-wars-solos-100601977',
@@ -326,8 +336,13 @@ class PatreonIE(PatreonBaseIE):
         if embed_url and (urlh := self._request_webpage(
                 embed_url, video_id, 'Checking embed URL', headers=headers,
                 fatal=False, errnote=False, expected_status=403)):
+            # Vimeo's Cloudflare anti-bot protection will return HTTP status 200 for 404, so we need
+            # to check for "Sorry, we couldn&amp;rsquo;t find that page" in the meta description tag
+            meta_description = clean_html(self._html_search_meta(
+                'description', self._webpage_read_content(urlh, embed_url, video_id, fatal=False), default=None))
             # Password-protected vids.io embeds return 403 errors w/o --video-password or session cookie
-            if urlh.status != 403 or VidsIoIE.suitable(embed_url):
+            if ((urlh.status != 403 and meta_description != 'Sorry, we couldn’t find that page')
+                    or VidsIoIE.suitable(embed_url)):
                 entries.append(self.url_result(smuggle_url(embed_url, headers)))
 
         post_file = traverse_obj(attributes, ('post_file', {dict}))
@@ -419,15 +434,19 @@ class PatreonIE(PatreonBaseIE):
 
 
 class PatreonCampaignIE(PatreonBaseIE):
-
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?patreon\.com/(?!rss)(?:(?:m|api/campaigns)/(?P<campaign_id>\d+)|(?P<vanity>[-\w]+))'
+    IE_NAME = 'patreon:campaign'
+    _VALID_URL = r'''(?x)
+        https?://(?:www\.)?patreon\.com/(?:
+            (?:m|api/campaigns)/(?P<campaign_id>\d+)|
+            (?P<vanity>(?!creation[?/]|posts/|rss[?/])[\w-]+)
+        )(?:/posts)?/?(?:$|[?#])'''
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'https://www.patreon.com/dissonancepod/',
         'info_dict': {
             'title': 'Cognitive Dissonance Podcast',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.patreon.com/dissonancepod',
             'id': '80642',
-            'description': 'md5:eb2fa8b83da7ab887adeac34da6b7af7',
+            'description': r're:(?s).*We produce a weekly news podcast focusing on stories that deal with skepticism and religion.*',
             'channel_id': '80642',
             'channel': 'Cognitive Dissonance Podcast',
             'age_limit': 0,
@@ -445,7 +464,7 @@ class PatreonCampaignIE(PatreonBaseIE):
             'id': '4767637',
             'channel_id': '4767637',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.patreon.com/notjustbikes',
-            'description': 'md5:9f4b70051216c4d5c58afe580ffc8d0f',
+            'description': r're:(?s).*Not Just Bikes started as a way to explain why we chose to live in the Netherlands.*',
             'age_limit': 0,
             'channel': 'Not Just Bikes',
             'uploader_url': 'https://www.patreon.com/notjustbikes',
@@ -462,7 +481,7 @@ class PatreonCampaignIE(PatreonBaseIE):
             'id': '4243769',
             'channel_id': '4243769',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.patreon.com/secondthought',
-            'description': 'md5:69c89a3aba43efdb76e85eb023e8de8b',
+            'description': r're:(?s).*Second Thought is an educational YouTube channel.*',
             'age_limit': 0,
             'channel': 'Second Thought',
             'uploader_url': 'https://www.patreon.com/secondthought',
@@ -482,10 +501,6 @@ class PatreonCampaignIE(PatreonBaseIE):
         'only_matching': True,
     }]
 
-    @classmethod
-    def suitable(cls, url):
-        return False if PatreonIE.suitable(url) else super().suitable(url)
-
     def _entries(self, campaign_id):
         cursor = None
         params = {
@@ -512,7 +527,7 @@ class PatreonCampaignIE(PatreonBaseIE):
 
         campaign_id, vanity = self._match_valid_url(url).group('campaign_id', 'vanity')
         if campaign_id is None:
-            webpage = self._download_webpage(url, vanity, headers={'User-Agent': self.USER_AGENT})
+            webpage = self._download_webpage(url, vanity, headers={'User-Agent': self.patreon_user_agent})
             campaign_id = self._search_nextjs_data(
                 webpage, vanity)['props']['pageProps']['bootstrapEnvelope']['pageBootstrap']['campaign']['data']['id']
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/reddit.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/reddit.py
index bc3e5f7eee..b633dc48af 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/reddit.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/reddit.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import json
 import urllib.parse
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 class RedditIE(InfoExtractor):
     _NETRC_MACHINE = 'reddit'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?P<host>(?:\w+\.)?reddit(?:media)?\.com)/(?P<slug>(?:(?:r|user)/[^/]+/)?comments/(?P<id>[^/?#&]+))'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:\w+\.)?reddit(?:media)?\.com/(?P<slug>(?:(?:r|user)/[^/]+/)?comments/(?P<id>[^/?#&]+))'
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/6rrwyj/that_small_heart_attack/',
         'info_dict': {
@@ -251,15 +252,15 @@ class RedditIE(InfoExtractor):
             return {'en': [{'url': caption_url}]}
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        host, slug, video_id = self._match_valid_url(url).group('host', 'slug', 'id')
+        slug, video_id = self._match_valid_url(url).group('slug', 'id')
 
-        data = self._download_json(
-            f'https://{host}/{slug}/.json', video_id, fatal=False, expected_status=403)
-        if not data:
-            fallback_host = 'old.reddit.com' if host != 'old.reddit.com' else 'www.reddit.com'
-            self.to_screen(f'{host} request failed, retrying with {fallback_host}')
+        try:
             data = self._download_json(
-                f'https://{fallback_host}/{slug}/.json', video_id, expected_status=403)
+                f'https://www.reddit.com/{slug}/.json', video_id, expected_status=403)
+        except ExtractorError as e:
+            if isinstance(e.cause, json.JSONDecodeError):
+                self.raise_login_required('Account authentication is required')
+            raise
 
         if traverse_obj(data, 'error') == 403:
             reason = data.get('reason')
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/tver.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/tver.py
index c13832c6f5..a8865fe649 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/tver.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/tver.py
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ from ..utils import (
     str_or_none,
     strip_or_none,
     traverse_obj,
+    update_url_query,
 )
 
 
 class TVerIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?tver\.jp/(?:(?P<type>lp|corner|series|episodes?|feature|tokyo2020/video|olympic/paris2024/video)/)+(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?tver\.jp/(?:(?P<type>lp|corner|series|episodes?|feature)/)+(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9]+)'
     _TESTS = [{
         'skip': 'videos are only available for 7 days',
         'url': 'https://tver.jp/episodes/ep83nf3w4p',
@@ -21,80 +22,115 @@ class TVerIE(InfoExtractor):
             'episode': '売り場席巻のチーズSP＆財前直見×森泉親子の脱東京暮らし密着！',
             'alt_title': '売り場席巻のチーズSP＆財前直見×森泉親子の脱東京暮らし密着！',
             'channel': 'テレビ朝日',
+            'id': 'ep83nf3w4p',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'onair_label': '5月3日(火)放送分',
+            'ext_title': '家事ヤロウ!!! 売り場席巻のチーズSP＆財前直見×森泉親子の脱東京暮らし密着！ テレビ朝日 5月3日(火)放送分',
         },
         'add_ie': ['BrightcoveNew'],
-    }, {
-        'url': 'https://tver.jp/olympic/paris2024/video/6359578055112/',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '6359578055112',
-            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'title': '堀米雄斗 金メダルで五輪連覇！「みんなの応援が最後に乗れたカギ」',
-            'timestamp': 1722279928,
-            'upload_date': '20240729',
-            'tags': ['20240729', 'japanese', 'japanmedal', 'paris'],
-            'uploader_id': '4774017240001',
-            'thumbnail': r're:https?://[^/?#]+boltdns\.net/[^?#]+/1920x1080/match/image\.jpg',
-            'duration': 670.571,
-        },
-        'params': {'skip_download': 'm3u8'},
     }, {
         'url': 'https://tver.jp/corner/f0103888',
         'only_matching': True,
     }, {
         'url': 'https://tver.jp/lp/f0033031',
         'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://tver.jp/series/srtxft431v',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'srtxft431v',
+            'title': '名探偵コナン',
+        },
+        'playlist': [
+            {
+                'md5': '779ffd97493ed59b0a6277ea726b389e',
+                'info_dict': {
+                    'id': 'ref:conan-1137-241005',
+                    'ext': 'mp4',
+                    'title': '名探偵コナン #1137「行列店、味変の秘密」',
+                    'uploader_id': '5330942432001',
+                    'tags': [],
+                    'channel': '読売テレビ',
+                    'series': '名探偵コナン',
+                    'description': 'md5:601fccc1d2430d942a2c8068c4b33eb5',
+                    'episode': '#1137「行列店、味変の秘密」',
+                    'duration': 1469.077,
+                    'timestamp': 1728030405,
+                    'upload_date': '20241004',
+                    'alt_title': '名探偵コナン #1137「行列店、味変の秘密」 読売テレビ 10月5日(土)放送分',
+                    'thumbnail': r're:https://.+\.jpg',
+                },
+            }],
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://tver.jp/series/sru35hwdd2',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'sru35hwdd2',
+            'title': '神回だけ見せます！',
+        },
+        'playlist_count': 11,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://tver.jp/series/srkq2shp9d',
+        'only_matching': True,
     }]
     BRIGHTCOVE_URL_TEMPLATE = 'http://players.brightcove.net/%s/default_default/index.html?videoId=%s'
-    _PLATFORM_UID = None
-    _PLATFORM_TOKEN = None
+    _HEADERS = {'x-tver-platform-type': 'web'}
+    _PLATFORM_QUERY = {}
 
     def _real_initialize(self):
-        create_response = self._download_json(
-            'https://platform-api.tver.jp/v2/api/platform_users/browser/create', None,
-            note='Creating session', data=b'device_type=pc', headers={
-                'Origin': 'https://s.tver.jp',
-                'Referer': 'https://s.tver.jp/',
-                'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
+        session_info = self._download_json(
+            'https://platform-api.tver.jp/v2/api/platform_users/browser/create',
+            None, 'Creating session', data=b'device_type=pc')
+        self._PLATFORM_QUERY = traverse_obj(session_info, ('result', {
+            'platform_uid': 'platform_uid',
+            'platform_token': 'platform_token',
+        }))
+
+    def _call_platform_api(self, path, video_id, note=None, fatal=True, query=None):
+        return self._download_json(
+            f'https://platform-api.tver.jp/service/api/{path}', video_id, note,
+            fatal=fatal, headers=self._HEADERS, query={
+                **self._PLATFORM_QUERY,
+                **(query or {}),
             })
-        self._PLATFORM_UID = traverse_obj(create_response, ('result', 'platform_uid'))
-        self._PLATFORM_TOKEN = traverse_obj(create_response, ('result', 'platform_token'))
+
+    def _yield_episode_ids_for_series(self, series_id):
+        seasons_info = self._download_json(
+            f'https://service-api.tver.jp/api/v1/callSeriesSeasons/{series_id}',
+            series_id, 'Downloading seasons info', headers=self._HEADERS)
+        for season_id in traverse_obj(
+                seasons_info, ('result', 'contents', lambda _, v: v['type'] == 'season', 'content', 'id', {str})):
+            episodes_info = self._call_platform_api(
+                f'v1/callSeasonEpisodes/{season_id}', series_id, f'Downloading season {season_id} episodes info')
+            yield from traverse_obj(episodes_info, (
+                'result', 'contents', lambda _, v: v['type'] == 'episode', 'content', 'id', {str}))
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         video_id, video_type = self._match_valid_url(url).group('id', 'type')
 
-        if video_type == 'olympic/paris2024/video':
-            # Player ID is taken from .content.brightcove.E200.pro.pc.account_id:
-            # https://tver.jp/olympic/paris2024/req/api/hook?q=https%3A%2F%2Folympic-assets.tver.jp%2Fweb-static%2Fjson%2Fconfig.json&d=
-            return self.url_result(smuggle_url(
-                self.BRIGHTCOVE_URL_TEMPLATE % ('4774017240001', video_id),
-                {'geo_countries': ['JP']}), 'BrightcoveNew')
+        if video_type == 'series':
+            series_info = self._call_platform_api(
+                f'v2/callSeries/{video_id}', video_id, 'Downloading series info')
+            return self.playlist_from_matches(
+                self._yield_episode_ids_for_series(video_id), video_id,
+                traverse_obj(series_info, ('result', 'content', 'content', 'title', {str})),
+                ie=TVerIE, getter=lambda x: f'https://tver.jp/episodes/{x}')
 
-        elif video_type not in {'series', 'episodes'}:
+        if video_type != 'episodes':
             webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id, note='Resolving to new URL')
             video_id = self._match_id(self._search_regex(
                 (r'canonical"\s*href="(https?://tver\.jp/[^"]+)"', r'&link=(https?://tver\.jp/[^?&]+)[?&]'),
                 webpage, 'url regex'))
 
-        episode_info = self._download_json(
-            f'https://platform-api.tver.jp/service/api/v1/callEpisode/{video_id}?require_data=mylist,later[epefy106ur],good[epefy106ur],resume[epefy106ur]',
-            video_id, fatal=False,
-            query={
-                'platform_uid': self._PLATFORM_UID,
-                'platform_token': self._PLATFORM_TOKEN,
-            }, headers={
-                'x-tver-platform-type': 'web',
+        episode_info = self._call_platform_api(
+            f'v1/callEpisode/{video_id}', video_id, 'Downloading episode info', fatal=False, query={
+                'require_data': 'mylist,later[epefy106ur],good[epefy106ur],resume[epefy106ur]',
             })
         episode_content = traverse_obj(
             episode_info, ('result', 'episode', 'content')) or {}
 
+        version = traverse_obj(episode_content, ('version', {str_or_none}), default='5')
         video_info = self._download_json(
-            f'https://statics.tver.jp/content/episode/{video_id}.json', video_id,
-            query={
-                'v': str_or_none(episode_content.get('version')) or '5',
-            }, headers={
-                'Origin': 'https://tver.jp',
-                'Referer': 'https://tver.jp/',
-            })
+            f'https://statics.tver.jp/content/episode/{video_id}.json', video_id, 'Downloading video info',
+            query={'v': version}, headers={'Referer': 'https://tver.jp/'})
         p_id = video_info['video']['accountID']
         r_id = traverse_obj(video_info, ('video', ('videoRefID', 'videoID')), get_all=False)
         if not r_id:
@@ -110,6 +146,23 @@ class TVerIE(InfoExtractor):
         provider = str_or_none(episode_content.get('productionProviderName'))
         onair_label = str_or_none(episode_content.get('broadcastDateLabel'))
 
+        thumbnails = [
+            {
+                'id': quality,
+                'url': update_url_query(
+                    f'https://statics.tver.jp/images/content/thumbnail/episode/{quality}/{video_id}.jpg',
+                    {'v': version}),
+                'width': width,
+                'height': height,
+            }
+            for quality, width, height in [
+                ('small', 480, 270),
+                ('medium', 640, 360),
+                ('large', 960, 540),
+                ('xlarge', 1280, 720),
+            ]
+        ]
+
         return {
             '_type': 'url_transparent',
             'title': title,
@@ -119,6 +172,7 @@ class TVerIE(InfoExtractor):
             'alt_title': join_nonempty(title, provider, onair_label, delim=' '),
             'channel': provider,
             'description': str_or_none(video_info.get('description')),
+            'thumbnails': thumbnails,
             'url': smuggle_url(
                 self.BRIGHTCOVE_URL_TEMPLATE % (p_id, r_id), {'geo_countries': ['JP']}),
             'ie_key': 'BrightcoveNew',
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/weverse.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/weverse.py
index c94ca9db97..6f1a8b95d8 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/weverse.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/weverse.py
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 class WeverseBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
     _NETRC_MACHINE = 'weverse'
-    _ACCOUNT_API_BASE = 'https://accountapi.weverse.io/web/api/v2'
+    _ACCOUNT_API_BASE = 'https://accountapi.weverse.io/web/api'
     _API_HEADERS = {
+        'Accept': 'application/json',
         'Referer': 'https://weverse.io/',
         'WEV-device-Id': str(uuid.uuid4()),
     }
@@ -39,14 +40,14 @@ class WeverseBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         headers = {
             'x-acc-app-secret': '5419526f1c624b38b10787e5c10b2a7a',
-            'x-acc-app-version': '2.2.6',
+            'x-acc-app-version': '3.3.6',
             'x-acc-language': 'en',
             'x-acc-service-id': 'weverse',
             'x-acc-trace-id': str(uuid.uuid4()),
             'x-clog-user-device-id': str(uuid.uuid4()),
         }
         valid_username = traverse_obj(self._download_json(
-            f'{self._ACCOUNT_API_BASE}/signup/email/status', None, note='Checking username',
+            f'{self._ACCOUNT_API_BASE}/v2/signup/email/status', None, note='Checking username',
             query={'email': username}, headers=headers, expected_status=(400, 404)), 'hasPassword')
         if not valid_username:
             raise ExtractorError('Invalid username provided', expected=True)
@@ -54,8 +55,9 @@ class WeverseBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
         headers['content-type'] = 'application/json'
         try:
             auth = self._download_json(
-                f'{self._ACCOUNT_API_BASE}/auth/token/by-credentials', None, data=json.dumps({
+                f'{self._ACCOUNT_API_BASE}/v3/auth/token/by-credentials', None, data=json.dumps({
                     'email': username,
+                    'otpSessionId': 'BY_PASS',
                     'password': password,
                 }, separators=(',', ':')).encode(), headers=headers, note='Logging in')
         except ExtractorError as e:
@@ -78,8 +80,10 @@ class WeverseBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
         # From https://ssl.pstatic.net/static/wevweb/2_3_2_11101725/public/static/js/main.e206f7c1.js:
         key = b'1b9cb6378d959b45714bec49971ade22e6e24e42'
         api_path = update_url_query(ep, {
+            # 'gcc': 'US',
             'appId': 'be4d79eb8fc7bd008ee82c8ec4ff6fd4',
             'language': 'en',
+            'os': 'WEB',
             'platform': 'WEB',
             'wpf': 'pc',
         })
@@ -152,7 +156,7 @@ class WeverseBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
             'description': ((('extension', 'mediaInfo', 'body'), 'body'), {str}),
             'uploader': ('author', 'profileName', {str}),
             'uploader_id': ('author', 'memberId', {str}),
-            'creator': ('community', 'communityName', {str}),
+            'creators': ('community', 'communityName', {str}, all),
             'channel_id': (('community', 'author'), 'communityId', {str_or_none}),
             'duration': ('extension', 'video', 'playTime', {float_or_none}),
             'timestamp': ('publishedAt', {lambda x: int_or_none(x, 1000)}),
@@ -196,7 +200,7 @@ class WeverseIE(WeverseBaseIE):
             'channel': 'billlie',
             'channel_id': '72',
             'channel_url': 'https://weverse.io/billlie',
-            'creator': 'Billlie',
+            'creators': ['Billlie'],
             'timestamp': 1666262062,
             'upload_date': '20221020',
             'release_timestamp': 1666262058,
@@ -222,7 +226,7 @@ class WeverseIE(WeverseBaseIE):
             'channel': 'lesserafim',
             'channel_id': '47',
             'channel_url': 'https://weverse.io/lesserafim',
-            'creator': 'LE SSERAFIM',
+            'creators': ['LE SSERAFIM'],
             'timestamp': 1659353400,
             'upload_date': '20220801',
             'release_timestamp': 1659353400,
@@ -286,7 +290,7 @@ class WeverseIE(WeverseBaseIE):
 
         elif live_status == 'is_live':
             video_info = self._call_api(
-                f'/video/v1.0/lives/{api_video_id}/playInfo?preview.format=json&preview.version=v2',
+                f'/video/v1.2/lives/{api_video_id}/playInfo?preview.format=json&preview.version=v2',
                 video_id, note='Downloading live JSON')
             playback = self._parse_json(video_info['lipPlayback'], video_id)
             m3u8_url = traverse_obj(playback, (
@@ -302,7 +306,7 @@ class WeverseIE(WeverseBaseIE):
         else:
             infra_video_id = post['extension']['video']['infraVideoId']
             in_key = self._call_api(
-                f'/video/v1.0/vod/{api_video_id}/inKey?preview=false', video_id,
+                f'/video/v1.1/vod/{api_video_id}/inKey?preview=false', video_id,
                 data=b'{}', note='Downloading VOD API key')['inKey']
 
             video_info = self._download_json(
@@ -347,7 +351,6 @@ class WeverseMediaIE(WeverseBaseIE):
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.|m\.)?weverse\.io/(?P<artist>[^/?#]+)/media/(?P<id>[\d-]+)'
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'https://weverse.io/billlie/media/4-116372884',
-        'md5': '8efc9cfd61b2f25209eb1a5326314d28',
         'info_dict': {
             'id': 'e-C9wLSQs6o',
             'ext': 'mp4',
@@ -358,8 +361,9 @@ class WeverseMediaIE(WeverseBaseIE):
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyc9sUCxELTDK9vELO5Fzeg',
             'uploader': 'Billlie',
             'uploader_id': '@Billlie',
-            'uploader_url': 'http://www.youtube.com/@Billlie',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@Billlie',
             'upload_date': '20230403',
+            'timestamp': 1680533992,
             'duration': 211,
             'age_limit': 0,
             'playable_in_embed': True,
@@ -372,6 +376,8 @@ class WeverseMediaIE(WeverseBaseIE):
             'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e-C9wLSQs6o/maxresdefault.jpg',
             'categories': ['Entertainment'],
             'tags': 'count:7',
+            'channel_is_verified': True,
+            'heatmap': 'count:100',
         },
     }, {
         'url': 'https://weverse.io/billlie/media/3-102914520',
@@ -386,7 +392,7 @@ class WeverseMediaIE(WeverseBaseIE):
             'channel': 'billlie',
             'channel_id': '72',
             'channel_url': 'https://weverse.io/billlie',
-            'creator': 'Billlie',
+            'creators': ['Billlie'],
             'timestamp': 1662174000,
             'upload_date': '20220903',
             'release_timestamp': 1662174000,
@@ -432,7 +438,7 @@ class WeverseMomentIE(WeverseBaseIE):
             'uploader_id': '66a07e164b56a696ee71c99315ffe27b',
             'channel': 'secretnumber',
             'channel_id': '56',
-            'creator': 'SECRET NUMBER',
+            'creators': ['SECRET NUMBER'],
             'duration': 10,
             'upload_date': '20230405',
             'timestamp': 1680653968,
@@ -441,7 +447,6 @@ class WeverseMomentIE(WeverseBaseIE):
             'comment_count': int,
             'availability': 'needs_auth',
         },
-        'skip': 'Moment has expired',
     }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
@@ -571,7 +576,7 @@ class WeverseLiveIE(WeverseBaseIE):
             'channel': 'purplekiss',
             'channel_id': '35',
             'channel_url': 'https://weverse.io/purplekiss',
-            'creator': 'PURPLE KISS',
+            'creators': ['PURPLE KISS'],
             'timestamp': 1680780892,
             'upload_date': '20230406',
             'release_timestamp': 1680780883,
@@ -584,6 +589,31 @@ class WeverseLiveIE(WeverseBaseIE):
             'live_status': 'is_live',
         },
         'skip': 'Livestream has ended',
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://weverse.io/lesserafim',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '4-181521628',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': r're:심심해서요',
+            'description': '',
+            'uploader': '채채🤎',
+            'uploader_id': 'd49b8b06f3cc1d92d655b25ab27ac2e7',
+            'channel': 'lesserafim',
+            'channel_id': '47',
+            'creators': ['LE SSERAFIM'],
+            'channel_url': 'https://weverse.io/lesserafim',
+            'timestamp': 1728570273,
+            'upload_date': '20241010',
+            'release_timestamp': 1728570264,
+            'release_date': '20241010',
+            'thumbnail': r're:https://phinf\.wevpstatic\.net/.+\.png',
+            'view_count': int,
+            'like_count': int,
+            'comment_count': int,
+            'availability': 'needs_auth',
+            'live_status': 'is_live',
+        },
+        'skip': 'Livestream has ended',
     }, {
         'url': 'https://weverse.io/billlie/',
         'only_matching': True,
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
index 1382c01b60..6acc42fc0a 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         '401': {'ext': 'mp4', 'height': 2160, 'format_note': 'DASH video', 'vcodec': 'av01.0.12M.08'},
     }
     _SUBTITLE_FORMATS = ('json3', 'srv1', 'srv2', 'srv3', 'ttml', 'vtt')
-    _DEFAULT_CLIENTS = ('ios', 'web_creator')
+    _DEFAULT_CLIENTS = ('ios', 'mweb')
 
     _GEO_BYPASS = False
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/plugins.py b/yt_dlp/plugins.py
index 3cc879fd7e..d777d14e71 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/plugins.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/plugins.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import importlib.machinery
 import importlib.util
 import inspect
 import itertools
+import os
 import pkgutil
 import sys
 import traceback
@@ -137,6 +138,8 @@ def load_module(module, module_name, suffix):
 
 def load_plugins(name, suffix):
     classes = {}
+    if os.environ.get('YTDLP_NO_PLUGINS'):
+        return classes
 
     for finder, module_name, _ in iter_modules(name):
         if any(x.startswith('_') for x in module_name.split('.')):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/postprocessor/xattrpp.py b/yt_dlp/postprocessor/xattrpp.py
index f822eff41c..166aabaf92 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/postprocessor/xattrpp.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/postprocessor/xattrpp.py
@@ -26,38 +26,40 @@ class XAttrMetadataPP(PostProcessor):
 
     XATTR_MAPPING = {
         'user.xdg.referrer.url': 'webpage_url',
-        # 'user.xdg.comment': 'description',
         'user.dublincore.title': 'title',
         'user.dublincore.date': 'upload_date',
-        'user.dublincore.description': 'description',
         'user.dublincore.contributor': 'uploader',
         'user.dublincore.format': 'format',
+        # We do this last because it may get us close to the xattr limits
+        # (e.g., 4kB on ext4), and we don't want to have the other ones fail
+        'user.dublincore.description': 'description',
+        # 'user.xdg.comment': 'description',
     }
 
     def run(self, info):
         mtime = os.stat(info['filepath']).st_mtime
         self.to_screen('Writing metadata to file\'s xattrs')
-        try:
-            for xattrname, infoname in self.XATTR_MAPPING.items():
+        for xattrname, infoname in self.XATTR_MAPPING.items():
+            try:
                 value = info.get(infoname)
                 if value:
                     if infoname == 'upload_date':
                         value = hyphenate_date(value)
                     write_xattr(info['filepath'], xattrname, value.encode())
 
-        except XAttrUnavailableError as e:
-            raise PostProcessingError(str(e))
-        except XAttrMetadataError as e:
-            if e.reason == 'NO_SPACE':
-                self.report_warning(
-                    'There\'s no disk space left, disk quota exceeded or filesystem xattr limit exceeded. '
-                    'Some extended attributes are not written')
-            elif e.reason == 'VALUE_TOO_LONG':
-                self.report_warning('Unable to write extended attributes due to too long values.')
-            else:
-                tip = ('You need to use NTFS' if compat_os_name == 'nt'
-                       else 'You may have to enable them in your "/etc/fstab"')
-                raise PostProcessingError(f'This filesystem doesn\'t support extended attributes. {tip}')
+            except XAttrUnavailableError as e:
+                raise PostProcessingError(str(e))
+            except XAttrMetadataError as e:
+                if e.reason == 'NO_SPACE':
+                    self.report_warning(
+                        'There\'s no disk space left, disk quota exceeded or filesystem xattr limit exceeded. '
+                        f'Extended attribute "{xattrname}" was not written.')
+                elif e.reason == 'VALUE_TOO_LONG':
+                    self.report_warning(f'Unable to write extended attribute "{xattrname}" due to too long values.')
+                else:
+                    tip = ('You need to use NTFS' if compat_os_name == 'nt'
+                           else 'You may have to enable them in your "/etc/fstab"')
+                    raise PostProcessingError(f'This filesystem doesn\'t support extended attributes. {tip}')
 
         self.try_utime(info['filepath'], mtime, mtime)
         return [], info
diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
index e1b3c48d63..27ebfefbcb 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
@@ -664,31 +664,51 @@ def sanitize_filename(s, restricted=False, is_id=NO_DEFAULT):
     return result
 
 
+def _sanitize_path_parts(parts):
+    sanitized_parts = []
+    for part in parts:
+        if not part or part == '.':
+            continue
+        elif part == '..':
+            if sanitized_parts and sanitized_parts[-1] != '..':
+                sanitized_parts.pop()
+            sanitized_parts.append('..')
+            continue
+        # Replace invalid segments with `#`
+        # - trailing dots and spaces (`asdf...` => `asdf..#`)
+        # - invalid chars (`<>` => `##`)
+        sanitized_part = re.sub(r'[/<>:"\|\\?\*]|[\s.]$', '#', part)
+        sanitized_parts.append(sanitized_part)
+
+    return sanitized_parts
+
+
 def sanitize_path(s, force=False):
     """Sanitizes and normalizes path on Windows"""
-    # XXX: this handles drive relative paths (c:sth) incorrectly
-    if sys.platform == 'win32':
-        force = False
-        drive_or_unc, _ = os.path.splitdrive(s)
-    elif force:
-        drive_or_unc = ''
-    else:
-        return s
+    if sys.platform != 'win32':
+        if not force:
+            return s
+        root = '/' if s.startswith('/') else ''
+        return root + '/'.join(_sanitize_path_parts(s.split('/')))
 
-    norm_path = os.path.normpath(remove_start(s, drive_or_unc)).split(os.path.sep)
-    if drive_or_unc:
-        norm_path.pop(0)
-    sanitized_path = [
-        path_part if path_part in ['.', '..'] else re.sub(r'(?:[/<>:"\|\\?\*]|[\s.]$)', '#', path_part)
-        for path_part in norm_path]
-    if drive_or_unc:
-        sanitized_path.insert(0, drive_or_unc + os.path.sep)
-    elif force and s and s[0] == os.path.sep:
-        sanitized_path.insert(0, os.path.sep)
-    # TODO: Fix behavioral differences <3.12
-    # The workaround using `normpath` only superficially passes tests
-    # Ref: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/100351
-    return os.path.normpath(os.path.join(*sanitized_path))
+    normed = s.replace('/', '\\')
+
+    if normed.startswith('\\\\'):
+        # UNC path (`\\SERVER\SHARE`) or device path (`\\.`, `\\?`)
+        parts = normed.split('\\')
+        root = '\\'.join(parts[:4]) + '\\'
+        parts = parts[4:]
+    elif normed[1:2] == ':':
+        # absolute path or drive relative path
+        offset = 3 if normed[2:3] == '\\' else 2
+        root = normed[:offset]
+        parts = normed[offset:].split('\\')
+    else:
+        # relative/drive root relative path
+        root = '\\' if normed[:1] == '\\' else ''
+        parts = normed.split('\\')
+
+    return root + '\\'.join(_sanitize_path_parts(parts))
 
 
 def sanitize_url(url, *, scheme='http'):
@@ -804,14 +824,18 @@ class Popen(subprocess.Popen):
         _startupinfo = None
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _fix_pyinstaller_ld_path(env):
-        """Restore LD_LIBRARY_PATH when using PyInstaller
-            Ref: https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/blob/develop/doc/runtime-information.rst#ld_library_path--libpath-considerations
-                 https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/4573
-        """
+    def _fix_pyinstaller_issues(env):
         if not hasattr(sys, '_MEIPASS'):
             return
 
+        # Force spawning independent subprocesses for exes bundled with PyInstaller>=6.10
+        # Ref: https://pyinstaller.org/en/v6.10.0/CHANGES.html#incompatible-changes
+        #      https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/11259
+        env['PYINSTALLER_RESET_ENVIRONMENT'] = '1'
+
+        # Restore LD_LIBRARY_PATH when using PyInstaller
+        # Ref: https://pyinstaller.org/en/v6.10.0/runtime-information.html#ld-library-path-libpath-considerations
+        #      https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/4573
         def _fix(key):
             orig = env.get(f'{key}_ORIG')
             if orig is None:
@@ -825,7 +849,7 @@ class Popen(subprocess.Popen):
     def __init__(self, args, *remaining, env=None, text=False, shell=False, **kwargs):
         if env is None:
             env = os.environ.copy()
-        self._fix_pyinstaller_ld_path(env)
+        self._fix_pyinstaller_issues(env)
 
         self.__text_mode = kwargs.get('encoding') or kwargs.get('errors') or text or kwargs.get('universal_newlines')
         if text is True:
@@ -1964,11 +1988,30 @@ def urljoin(base, path):
     return urllib.parse.urljoin(base, path)
 
 
-def int_or_none(v, scale=1, default=None, get_attr=None, invscale=1):
+def partial_application(func):
+    sig = inspect.signature(func)
+
+    @functools.wraps(func)
+    def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
+        try:
+            sig.bind(*args, **kwargs)
+        except TypeError:
+            return functools.partial(func, *args, **kwargs)
+        else:
+            return func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    return wrapped
+
+
+@partial_application
+def int_or_none(v, scale=1, default=None, get_attr=None, invscale=1, base=None):
     if get_attr and v is not None:
         v = getattr(v, get_attr, None)
+    if invscale == 1 and scale < 1:
+        invscale = int(1 / scale)
+        scale = 1
     try:
-        return int(v) * invscale // scale
+        return (int(v) if base is None else int(v, base=base)) * invscale // scale
     except (ValueError, TypeError, OverflowError):
         return default
 
@@ -1986,9 +2029,13 @@ def str_to_int(int_str):
         return int_or_none(int_str)
 
 
+@partial_application
 def float_or_none(v, scale=1, invscale=1, default=None):
     if v is None:
         return default
+    if invscale == 1 and scale < 1:
+        invscale = int(1 / scale)
+        scale = 1
     try:
         return float(v) * invscale / scale
     except (ValueError, TypeError):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils/traversal.py b/yt_dlp/utils/traversal.py
index 96eb2eddf5..b918487f98 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils/traversal.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils/traversal.py
@@ -1,18 +1,35 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import collections
 import collections.abc
 import contextlib
+import functools
 import http.cookies
 import inspect
 import itertools
 import re
+import typing
 import xml.etree.ElementTree
 
 from ._utils import (
     IDENTITY,
     NO_DEFAULT,
+    ExtractorError,
     LazyList,
     deprecation_warning,
+    get_elements_html_by_class,
+    get_elements_html_by_attribute,
+    get_elements_by_attribute,
+    get_element_html_by_attribute,
+    get_element_by_attribute,
+    get_element_html_by_id,
+    get_element_by_id,
+    get_element_html_by_class,
+    get_elements_by_class,
+    get_element_text_and_html_by_tag,
     is_iterable_like,
     try_call,
+    url_or_none,
     variadic,
 )
 
@@ -54,6 +71,7 @@ def traverse_obj(
                             Read as: `{key: traverse_obj(obj, path) for key, path in dct.items()}`.
         - `any`-builtin:    Take the first matching object and return it, resetting branching.
         - `all`-builtin:    Take all matching objects and return them as a list, resetting branching.
+        - `filter`-builtin: Return the value if it is truthy, `None` otherwise.
 
         `tuple`, `list`, and `dict` all support nested paths and branches.
 
@@ -247,6 +265,10 @@ def traverse_obj(
                     objs = (list(filtered_objs),)
                 continue
 
+            if key is filter:
+                objs = filter(None, objs)
+                continue
+
             if __debug__ and callable(key):
                 # Verify function signature
                 inspect.signature(key).bind(None, None)
@@ -277,13 +299,143 @@ def traverse_obj(
         return results[0] if results else {} if allow_empty and is_dict else None
 
     for index, path in enumerate(paths, 1):
-        result = _traverse_obj(obj, path, index == len(paths), True)
-        if result is not None:
-            return result
+        is_last = index == len(paths)
+        try:
+            result = _traverse_obj(obj, path, is_last, True)
+            if result is not None:
+                return result
+        except _RequiredError as e:
+            if is_last:
+                # Reraise to get cleaner stack trace
+                raise ExtractorError(e.orig_msg, expected=e.expected) from None
 
     return None if default is NO_DEFAULT else default
 
 
+def value(value, /):
+    return lambda _: value
+
+
+def require(name, /, *, expected=False):
+    def func(value):
+        if value is None:
+            raise _RequiredError(f'Unable to extract {name}', expected=expected)
+
+        return value
+
+    return func
+
+
+class _RequiredError(ExtractorError):
+    pass
+
+
+@typing.overload
+def subs_list_to_dict(*, ext: str | None = None) -> collections.abc.Callable[[list[dict]], dict[str, list[dict]]]: ...
+
+
+@typing.overload
+def subs_list_to_dict(subs: list[dict] | None, /, *, ext: str | None = None) -> dict[str, list[dict]]: ...
+
+
+def subs_list_to_dict(subs: list[dict] | None = None, /, *, ext=None):
+    """
+    Convert subtitles from a traversal into a subtitle dict.
+    The path should have an `all` immediately before this function.
+
+    Arguments:
+    `ext`      The default value for `ext` in the subtitle dict
+
+    In the dict you can set the following additional items:
+    `id`       The subtitle id to sort the dict into
+    `quality`  The sort order for each subtitle
+    """
+    if subs is None:
+        return functools.partial(subs_list_to_dict, ext=ext)
+
+    result = collections.defaultdict(list)
+
+    for sub in subs:
+        if not url_or_none(sub.get('url')) and not sub.get('data'):
+            continue
+        sub_id = sub.pop('id', None)
+        if sub_id is None:
+            continue
+        if ext is not None and not sub.get('ext'):
+            sub['ext'] = ext
+        result[sub_id].append(sub)
+    result = dict(result)
+
+    for subs in result.values():
+        subs.sort(key=lambda x: x.pop('quality', 0) or 0)
+
+    return result
+
+
+@typing.overload
+def find_element(*, attr: str, value: str, tag: str | None = None, html=False): ...
+
+
+@typing.overload
+def find_element(*, cls: str, html=False): ...
+
+
+@typing.overload
+def find_element(*, id: str, tag: str | None = None, html=False): ...
+
+
+@typing.overload
+def find_element(*, tag: str, html=False): ...
+
+
+def find_element(*, tag=None, id=None, cls=None, attr=None, value=None, html=False):
+    # deliberately using `id=` and `cls=` for ease of readability
+    assert tag or id or cls or (attr and value), 'One of tag, id, cls or (attr AND value) is required'
+    if not tag:
+        tag = r'[\w:.-]+'
+
+    if attr and value:
+        assert not cls, 'Cannot match both attr and cls'
+        assert not id, 'Cannot match both attr and id'
+        func = get_element_html_by_attribute if html else get_element_by_attribute
+        return functools.partial(func, attr, value, tag=tag)
+
+    elif cls:
+        assert not id, 'Cannot match both cls and id'
+        assert tag is None, 'Cannot match both cls and tag'
+        func = get_element_html_by_class if html else get_elements_by_class
+        return functools.partial(func, cls)
+
+    elif id:
+        func = get_element_html_by_id if html else get_element_by_id
+        return functools.partial(func, id, tag=tag)
+
+    index = int(bool(html))
+    return lambda html: get_element_text_and_html_by_tag(tag, html)[index]
+
+
+@typing.overload
+def find_elements(*, cls: str, html=False): ...
+
+
+@typing.overload
+def find_elements(*, attr: str, value: str, tag: str | None = None, html=False): ...
+
+
+def find_elements(*, tag=None, cls=None, attr=None, value=None, html=False):
+    # deliberately using `cls=` for ease of readability
+    assert cls or (attr and value), 'One of cls or (attr AND value) is required'
+
+    if attr and value:
+        assert not cls, 'Cannot match both attr and cls'
+        func = get_elements_html_by_attribute if html else get_elements_by_attribute
+        return functools.partial(func, attr, value, tag=tag or r'[\w:.-]+')
+
+    assert not tag, 'Cannot match both cls and tag'
+    func = get_elements_html_by_class if html else get_elements_by_class
+    return functools.partial(func, cls)
+
+
 def get_first(obj, *paths, **kwargs):
     return traverse_obj(obj, *((..., *variadic(keys)) for keys in paths), **kwargs, get_all=False)
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/version.py b/yt_dlp/version.py
index 76b8bf0ee2..2ad18dd196 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/version.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/version.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Autogenerated by devscripts/update-version.py
 
-__version__ = '2024.09.27'
+__version__ = '2024.10.07'
 
-RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = 'c6387abc1af9842bb0541288a5610abba9b1ab51'
+RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = '1a176d874e6772cd898ce507379ea388e96ee3f7'
 
 VARIANT = None
 
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ CHANNEL = 'stable'
 
 ORIGIN = 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp'
 
-_pkg_version = '2024.09.27'
+_pkg_version = '2024.10.07'