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Original story (from 2019) follows:

Incoming are reports related to two separate YouTube-related issues. The first one is specific to the YouTube Android app wherein the Library tab is not working, rather throwing an error. And the second one is on the YouTube desktop client where the content displayed on the sidebar is nowhere to be found. Let’s take both the issues one by one.

Library tab not working

YouTube’s Android app users are reportedly not able to access their library, for it’s throwing a loading error, as can be seen in some of the following tweets.

https://twitter.com/cinnble/status/1070191792916590593 https://twitter.com/WarHeadinc/status/1069976503667044352 https://twitter.com/NuclearDucki/status/1069738400461262854 https://twitter.com/rainbowreverie/status/1069802600390897664 https://twitter.com/metadoxy/status/1069777461368504320

Similar reports can be seen on the company’s official help forum (1,2,3,4,5,6), Reddit (1,2) as well as the reviews section of the app’s Play Store listings page.

Regarding the aforementioned issue, one of the users even got to hear from Team YouTube on Twitter, and here’s what they said:

But that’s unlike an official acknowledgement.

Moving on, another major issue that has come to our sight is the sidebar (or guidebar as some users call it on the left side upper corner of the page) gone missing from YouTube’s desktop client. While some say the content is missing, others say it displays other stuff (as can be seen in the following user shared screenshot).

Users on Twitter say:

https://twitter.com/HylianTrainer98/status/1070139593058529281 https://twitter.com/AnnaBethGillon/status/1070153371057905665

Reports can be seen proliferating on YouTube Help Forum (1,2,3,4,5), and the online discussion platform Reddit (1,2) as well.

We hope Google looks into both the matters soon and does the needful to fix things up, just like they are doing for fixing up the YouTube TV app glitch on Apple TVs. Rest assured, we’ll let you know as and when any further development takes place on the issues in question.

Update 1 (February 05, 2019)

We are again seeing reports about missing sidebar from YouTube users. Take a look:

https://twitter.com/DoggGaming/status/1092766659323019266 https://twitter.com/BakedisntBaked/status/1092703704824848384 https://twitter.com/xemypoo/status/1092764665002819585

We are continuously monitoring the situation, and will update the story as and we have anything newsworthy on the matter.

Update 2 (February 06, 2019)

Clearing cache and cookie worked for at least one user.

https://twitter.com/DoggGaming/status/1092766659323019266 https://twitter.com/DoggGaming/status/1092787268736167943

For more info, head here.

Update 3 (March 28, 2019)

We are again seeing reports about the ‘up next’ section missing for many users currently. Complainants say the missing ‘related’ or ‘recommended’ list problem is affecting both Desktop and mobile experience.

https://twitter.com/nessawo/status/1111197427875217408

https://twitter.com/five_faith/status/1111198479550828544

For its part, TeamYouTube on Twitter says they’re investigating the issue:

We are currently looking for more info, and will update the story as and when we have more information to share.

Update 4 (March 28, 2019)

A Google employee has also confirmed the problem, saying it’s being worked on. Here’s their exact statement:

Thank you for reporting the issue. We’re looking into this at the moment – we will come back to this thread when we have more updates.

Thanks, Mariko

Update 5 (March 28, 2019)

The issue has been fixed:

Update 6 (April 10, 2020)

YouTube’ up next or suggested videos feature is broken and the sidebar is not showing at this moment. A lot of users can be seen complaining about this across the microblogging site Twitter, Reddit, and the official YouTube community. Following are some reports for you to take a quick look at:

Update 7 (April 10, 2020)

The recommended videos bug has been officially acknowledged. Here’s what Team YouTube has to say:

We’re keeping a close watch and will let you know as and when the issue gets resolved.

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