Autoplay of next video fails in background
The next video does not start in the background or after the current one ends, and the page needs a manual refresh.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 24 February 2022 · last reported 9 May 2025
What's going wrong
Several Firefox users say the next video in a YouTube queue does not start automatically when the screen is off or the browser is in the background, and sometimes the phone reports a network error even though the connection is fine.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
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