PSA: YouTube's Channel Search Is Broken; Redirects Users to a 'Viral Buffet' - carrierfortint

While searching for a detail video on our YouTube channel, we stumbled across a bug which refreshed the canal page as shortly as we searched for anything using the channel search bar.

We were able to duplicate the intercept a number of times, with divergent results. Not only did the page refresh and take us endorse to the channel's national varlet a come of times, it also brought up the"This channel does not subsist" prompting. Eager to learn more about the matter, when we tried to double the bug on other channels and we were greeted with a whole different consequence.

Youtube bug channel doesnt exist

Every time we searched for any random keyword using the duct's search bar, we were redirected to a YouTube distribution channel named Viral Buffet. The channel, which just has a total of three videos and around 72,000 subscribers, initially popped up only along all other try, merely soon thereafter, information technology was appearing every single time.

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Recreating the bug on our transmit is sooner inconsistent and we've been getting different results every single time. However, Viral Buffet has remained a unvarying while trying to replicate the beleaguer. For context, we time-tested to replicate the bug along prominent channels such as LinusTechTips, Unbox Therapy, MKBHD, and we received the same result every individualistic time. We were as wel successfully able to replicate the bug across various devices.

It's Worth noting that YouTube recently suffered a major chop off which affected a number of VEVO channels. The hacker, which was orchestrated by a grouping called Kuroi'SH & Prosox, not only resulted in a number of popular videos being taken down, but also light-emitting diode to several videos getting their names changed. YouTube was able to tackle the issue promptly and the videos on with their titles have been restored to their underivative state.

Update: (April 11, 2022)

Looks like in-channel search is still down. Patc we are no more being sent to Viral Buffet, we coif get the "This channel does not live" error page when searching inside a channel page.