From 3f81fcaff8e129248d51aae36cd545d0d365cf33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cameron Radmore <radmorecameron@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:38:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(parser): parse published date and view count for collab
 videos

---
 src/invidious/yt_backend/extractors.cr | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/invidious/yt_backend/extractors.cr b/src/invidious/yt_backend/extractors.cr
index b2226e74d..4e3c542d5 100644
--- a/src/invidious/yt_backend/extractors.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/yt_backend/extractors.cr
@@ -661,13 +661,25 @@ private module Parsers
 
         metadata = item_contents.dig("metadata", "lockupMetadataViewModel")
         title = metadata.dig("title", "content").as_s
+        published = nil
+        view_count_text = nil
         # Contains the views of the video and the published time of the video.
-        metadata_parts = metadata.dig("metadata", "contentMetadataViewModel", "metadataRows", 0, "metadataParts").try &.as_a
+        if (metadata_rows = metadata.dig("metadata", "contentMetadataViewModel", "metadataRows").try &.as_a)
+          metadata_rows.each do |row|
+            metadata_parts = row.dig("metadataParts").try &.as_a
 
-        view_count_text = metadata_parts.try &.find { |item| item["icon"]?.nil? && item.dig?("text", "content").try &.as_s.includes?("views") }
-          .try &.dig("text", "content").as_s
-        published = metadata_parts.try &.find { |item| item["icon"]?.nil? && item.dig?("text", "content").try &.as_s.includes?("ago") }
-          .try { |item| decode_date(item.dig("text", "content").as_s) } || Time.local
+            if view_count_text.nil?
+              view_count_text = metadata_parts.try &.find { |item| item["icon"]?.nil? && item.dig?("text", "content").try &.as_s.includes?("views") }
+                .try &.dig("text", "content").as_s
+            end if
+            if published.nil?
+              published = metadata_parts.try &.find { |item| item["icon"]?.nil? && item.dig?("text", "content").try &.as_s.includes?("ago") }
+                .try { |item| decode_date(item.dig("text", "content").as_s) }
+            end
+
+            break if !view_count_text.nil? && !published.nil?
+          end
+        end
 
         view_count = short_text_to_number(view_count_text || "0")
 
@@ -680,7 +692,7 @@ private module Parsers
           id:                 video_id,
           author:             author_fallback.name,
           ucid:               author_fallback.id,
-          published:          published,
+          published:          published || Time.local,
           views:              view_count,
           description_html:   "",
           length_seconds:     length_seconds || 0,