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[ie/twitch] Drop dead rechat subtitle URL#16660

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@kasper93 kasper93 commented May 8, 2026

The v5 comments endpoint (api.twitch.tv/v5/videos//comments) was decommissioned with the rest of legacy v5/Kraken on 2022-02-28 [1] and now returns 404 unconditionally. Stop advertising it.

[1] https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2021/07/15/legacy-twitch-api-v5-shutdown-details-and-timeline

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Removes dead link in extractor output, there is related work for (live) chat support like #1551, but this PR does not intend to implement anything, just clean up the dead link, downstream applications doesn't try to reference it and fail.

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The v5 comments endpoint (api.twitch.tv/v5/videos/<id>/comments) was
decommissioned with the rest of legacy v5/Kraken on 2022-02-28 [1] and
now returns 404 unconditionally. Stop advertising it.

[1] https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2021/07/15/legacy-twitch-api-v5-shutdown-details-and-timeline
@kasper93 kasper93 requested review from a team and bashonly May 8, 2026 09:05
@doe1080 doe1080 added the site-bug Issue with a specific website label May 10, 2026
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