_cookie_args() writes a filtered copy of the cookie jar with expired entries dropped, logs each drop, and passes the filtered file to yt-dlp. Every logged drop is a crash that did not happen. Applied 2026-09-13.
Filter Expired Cookies Before Each Run
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