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Weblink Analyze misreads existing URL-only YouTube weblinks

I have an issue with older YouTube Weblink objects in Capacities.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open an older Weblink object that contains only a YouTube URL and has no title or description.
  2. Click Analyze.
  3. Capacities generates incorrect placeholder content, for example: “YouTube Video Content” and “A placeholder page indicating a YouTube video playback error or loading state”, or a title and description of a pre-roll commercial.
  4. Create a new Weblink using the exact same YouTube URL.
  5. The new Weblink correctly retrieves the video metadata and can be analyzed correctly.

Expected behavior:

Analyze should refresh the existing Weblink from the current YouTube page and retrieve the same metadata and content as for a newly created Weblink.

Actual behavior:

Existing URL-only Weblinks are analyzed as if Capacities is reading an old placeholder or empty page.

This appears to affect existing Weblinks only. New Weblinks created from the same YouTube URLs work correctly.

I can provide screenshots, example URLs, and the app version/system information if needed.

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Beth·13 days ago

Hi Oskar Lindell is this still happening?