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diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
index 4d9815eb3..636bf42b6 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
'uploader': uploader,
'channel_id': channel_id,
'thumbnails': thumbnails,
- # 'upload_date': strftime_or_none(timestamp, '%Y%m%d'),
+ 'upload_date': strftime_or_none(timestamp, '%Y%m%d') if self._configuration_arg('approximate_date', ie_key='youtubetab') else None,
'live_status': ('is_upcoming' if scheduled_timestamp is not None
else 'was_live' if 'streamed' in time_text.lower()
else 'is_live' if overlay_style is not None and overlay_style == 'LIVE' or 'live now' in badges
@@ -4244,6 +4244,16 @@ class YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
if 'webpage' not in self._configuration_arg('skip'):
webpage, data = self._extract_webpage(url, item_id, fatal=webpage_fatal)
ytcfg = ytcfg or self.extract_ytcfg(item_id, webpage)
+ # Reject webpage data if redirected to home page without explicitly requesting
+ selected_tab = self._extract_selected_tab(traverse_obj(
+ data, ('contents', 'twoColumnBrowseResultsRenderer', 'tabs'), expected_type=list, default=[])) or {}
+ if (url != 'https://www.youtube.com/feed/recommended'
+ and selected_tab.get('tabIdentifier') == 'FEwhat_to_watch' # Home page
+ and 'no-youtube-channel-redirect' not in self.get_param('compat_opts', [])):
+ msg = 'The channel/playlist does not exist and the URL redirected to youtube.com home page'
+ if fatal:
+ raise ExtractorError(msg, expected=True)
+ self.report_warning(msg, only_once=True)
if not data:
if not ytcfg and self.is_authenticated:
msg = 'Playlists that require authentication may not extract correctly without a successful webpage download.'