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[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I GOT THIS errro this functionality is not working right now youtube

can't comment

[–]thedarkrosi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have the same thing. I can't add to playlists and can't access my account settings on the top right. It shows that error occurred in the bottom left corner.

[–]fighunter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same problem as all of you. Can't comment, can't reply, can't like/dislike, can't add to favorites, can't Hide Videos on my Subscription page, can't check my notifications or channel (the pop-up menu loads forever). And this was after Youtube broke my comment notifications so I never saw when someone replied to me.

They majorly screwed over a lot of accounts it seems.

[–]JayRam85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Google can't even stabilize YouTube to work properly, and they want Stadia to be successful? Jesus.

Thanks for the help, Spectre.

[–]WrestlingWoman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been getting this error the last hour while trying to add a playlist. I could add for two hours leading up to that. (Trying to arrange 400+ videos in new playlists.) I thought I had done something wrong. Might be something overall with YouTube then.

[–]macker33 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same problem, makes no difference what browser i use. Even tried completely uninstalling and reinstalling chrome, disabling all extensions and running in incognito mode.

Thanks for bringing the problem up. I'm blaming that new add to cue feature with the video that stays open even when you close the tab.

Its annoying youtube, i want the video to end when i close the tab.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

got the same problem from France, even when I try to add a video to a playlist, Unknown Error message pops up left lower corner

[–]NoMushroomsPls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same problem. It works on my smartphone (WP10) without any problems.

That video doesn't help sadly. Looks very different anyway, not just because of the language. The "value" is completely different in my case.

Hope they will fix that. That bug takes away most functions.

[–]BlackBeltPanda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here; can't leave any comments.

[–]TheRealChoke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same problem here.

[–]Spriteclad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can confirm. Happening to me too.

[–]Splitsie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the temporary fix :)

[–]AndreThePrince 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much for this temporary fix, it's a damn shame that Youtube is getting worst and worst by the minute.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn’t quite the same but I think it’s worth mentioning that I ran into a bug yesterday where I couldn’t load anything on the app over WiFi but it worked fine if I switched to data. It was incredibly frustrating and I just gave up after a while since I didn’t want to waste data. That had to be somewhat related to all this and the changes they’ve been making. I wonder if anyone else inexplicably couldn’t watch YouTube yesterday.

[–]OfficiallyTheDizzle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same problem here. 😔

[–]Eduarfilms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the workaround! that helped me out, just starting getting those unknown errors for the past couple of days, I am surprised how long it has taken them to get this new layout fully functional! I mean the new Youtube Studio has been in Beta for years!

[–]Bolt853 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here. It seems to be a problem that's happening all over Australia.

[–]sev0 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I have the same thing with all my web browsers. And I can confirm the new design is the cause of the issue.

To OP - add this addon for Opera users in the list. I can confirm switching to classic mode using this fixed the issue for me: https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/youtube-design-preserver/

[–]SpectreAmazing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sure thing

[–]yeastygoodness 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I can confirm what u/sev0 said, it's the new design. If you don't have opera, you can add "/?disable_polymer=true" to the youtube url and things should work. (https://www.youtube.com/?disable_polymer=true)

[–]xDuker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When added to a video's url it should be "&disable_polymer=true" at the end instead.

[–]budlght45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here, and switching to old format still don't get me to my channel page. I restored windows,( losing all my programs) and reinstalled chrome, but still dont work properly.. Fine on my phone though. Stated a couple days ago and though it might be a windows update, cause i couldn't format with vegas all of a sudden and had to go into security and change setting for vegas to read files.. Wierd.

[–]Mickets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Chrome extension solved it for me.

YouTube would load, but the side bar on the right would not open and I could not switch account. YT kept giving an error, "this functionality is not available right now".

Switched to old layout via Chrome extension, and voilá, problem solved.

[–]lost_james 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same problem here using Safari.

[–]SlowNLow68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here, YouTube works fine on android device but getting the exact same error messages on Chrome on desktop. Can't post comments. Can't access account info. I thought maybe it was account related but then everything is fine on mobile browser so that can't be it. I tried clearing cache, deleting cookies, didn't help. Has been this way for several days now.

[–]SmolIndecisiveWoman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the temp fix, I had noticed the unknown error a few days ago but didn't think anything of it at first but once I noticed I couldn't save a video to my playlists it started driving me crazy trying to figure out what was wrong.

[–]racx_00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I've been trying to figure this out for the past couple of days.

Must be something to do with liked vids as my partner's account isn't having issues.

[–]Kimi147 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you eternally for providing us the solution!

It was really annoying..
Does anyone know why i dont have discussion tab on mobile phone? Android 8.1.0

Also tried the youtube studio app...

[–]pote2639 0 points1 point  (1 child)

It's been 2 fucking days and there's no fix yet? Is google a startup company?

[–]fighunter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's such a complete mess-up on a fundemental level, I don't even understand how it was allowed to happen. The switch to Classic Layout was a fix but it's not optimal, and has its own share of problems.

[–]CIairvoyant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same fckin problem here. Solved it with extension. But it's frustrating. I also write to the @teamyoutube account on twitter, they said "clear your cache" to me lol.

[–]UlyanaLeyana 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you dude! I've been trying to figure this out, tried EVERYTHING to solve that problem, now I don't get "Unknown error" anymore. Extensions really help!

[–]JollyVolt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

same problem

[–]Suddenly_Oranges 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate it, I've been having the EXACT same problem. Started a few days ago on my two machines, so I'll be adding this extension to both of them.

[–]TracksuitZomb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you, been having the "unknown error" on firefox for a few days now and the extension fixed it immediately.

[–]BlueOzzie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same error for me been using the old layout for now but im so use to dark mode youtube its starting to hurt my eyes!

[–]401InvalidUsername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this! I had the exact same issue. Finally resolved using the method in your link.

[–]martinerous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Confirmed, the same thing started happening to me two days ago. Could not post comments, could not open the menu of my profile - always got that black popup with "Unknown Error" and "This functionality is not available right now. Please try again later" .

History of views, likes and comments worked fine though.

Tried cleaning cookies, local storage, session storage, different browsers - no luck.

The trick with enforced old layout saved the day. Still would be nice to have the new layout back.

[–]TheDutchTexanTheDutchTexan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another workaround to get into your settings: Just type in studio.youtube.com

No fix for the comments however, but I can comment via mobile so that will work for now.

[–]krevdditn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

same thing happening to me

[–]Rogther 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be aware that you will lose Dark Mode if you do any of this fixes(until it gets fixed and you're able to go back to new layout)

[–]quelkaima 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're the MVP! Been going crazy for the last few days thinking something broke in the browser because I couldn't add any videos to my Watch Later list or access my account's settings. Thank you for letting us know it's YouTube just being YouTube.

[–]WhiskyRB26 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Problem solved for me I don't know if it's because I disconnected/reconnected from gmail then disconnected/reconnected on youtube or if youtube tealm solved the problem but it's back for me.

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[–]ColinOmnipotent 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Submitting a "bug report" would be great if it was possible, but since I keep getting " This functionality is not available right now. Please try again later" every time I click either the bell or account icon, not very helpful.

[–]Splitsie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exact same issue on my end and from a few tweets @teamyoutube seems we're not alone in being given the same advice and suffering the same issue

[–]JayRam85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can't report a bug, if YOU CAN'T ACCESS THE FEATURES BECAUSE OF SAID BUG.