From 7c4991cea794da4ddbcede8864e88b7e9beeaf6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sherl <sherl@7o7.cx>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 23:36:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: fix for infinite recursion/deadlock for specific
 channels this applies mainly for meta channels like UC4R8DWoMoI7CAwX8_LjQHig,
 which ythdd can't parse and thus doesn't support

---
 ythdd_inv_tl.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ythdd_inv_tl.py b/ythdd_inv_tl.py
index 8ccf550..ead0ef1 100644
--- a/ythdd_inv_tl.py
+++ b/ythdd_inv_tl.py
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ def channels(data, req, only_json: bool = False):
 	verified     = False # to be replaced later with ythdd_extractor.isVerified(...)
 
 	author_name  = safeTraverse(channel_meta, ["title"], default="Unknown Channel")
-	author_ucid  = safeTraverse(channel_meta, ["externalId"], default="UNKNOWNCHANNELID")
+	author_ucid  = safeTraverse(channel_meta, ["externalId"], default=data[3]) # prevent recursion with fallback to provided ucid
 
 	ythdd_globals.general_cache["continuations"]["channels"][author_ucid] = {
 		"avatar": avatar,