Switch update checks from GitHub API to PyPI

Update logic in updater dialog and main app to fetch latest version info from PyPI instead of GitHub API, avoiding rate limiting issues. Changelog is now fetched from GitHub only as a fallback, improving reliability of update checks.
2025-11-29 13:31:57 +02:00
parent b58b1a6857
commit 15451f7715
2 changed files with 27 additions and 11 deletions
@@ -629,13 +629,13 @@ class UpdaterTabWidget(QWidget):
                update_target = new_channel
                
                if new_channel == "stable" and current_channel == "nightly":
-                    # Get the latest stable version tag
-                    logger.info("Fetching latest stable version tag...")
+                    # Get the latest stable version tag from PyPI (no rate limiting)
+                    logger.info("Fetching latest stable version tag from PyPI...")
                    try:
                        import requests
-                        response = requests.get("https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest", timeout=10)
+                        response = requests.get("https://pypi.org/pypi/yt-dlp/json", timeout=10)
                        response.raise_for_status()
-                        latest_tag = response.json().get("tag_name", "")
+                        latest_tag = response.json()["info"]["version"]
                        if latest_tag:
                            update_target = f"stable@{latest_tag}"
                            logger.info(f"Latest stable version tag: {latest_tag}")