yt-dlp: [ARDBetaMediathek] HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable ARD Mediathek

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$ python -m yt_dlp --verbose --ignore-config https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZDovL3RhZ2Vzc2NoYXUuZGUvNDc3M2U0ZjUtOGNkMi00OGQyLWE3NWUtMWMyNmVkZjFkY2ViLVNFTkRVTkdTVklERU8
[debug] Command-line config: ['--verbose', '--ignore-config', 'https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZDovL3RhZ2Vzc2NoYXUuZGUvNDc3M2U0ZjUtOGNkMi00OGQyLWE3NWUtMWMyNmVkZjFkY2ViLVNFTkRVTkdTVklERU8']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, pref UTF-8, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
[debug] yt-dlp version stable@2023.11.16 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp [24f827875] (source)
[debug] Lazy loading extractors is disabled
[debug] Git HEAD: 0b6f829b1
[debug] Python 3.11.6 (CPython x86_64 64bit) - Linux-6.5.0-14-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.38 (OpenSSL 3.0.10 1 Aug 2023, glibc 2.38)
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 6.0 (setts), ffprobe 6.0, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.11.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.09.24, mutagen-1.46.0, pyxattr-0.8.1, requests-2.31.0, secretstorage-3.3.3, sqlite3-3.42.0, urllib3-1.26.16, websockets-10.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Request Handlers: urllib
[debug] Loaded 1792 extractors
[debug] Using fake IP 53.140.36.43 (DE) as X-Forwarded-For
[ARDBetaMediathek] Extracting URL: https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZDovL3RhZ2Vzc2NoYXUuZGUvNDc3M2U0ZjUtOGNkMi00OGQyLWE3NWUtMWMyNmVkZjFkY2ViLVNFTkRVTkdTVklERU8
[ARDBetaMediathek] Y3JpZDovL3RhZ2Vzc2NoYXUuZGUvNDc3M2U0ZjUtOGNkMi00OGQyLWE3NWUtMWMyNmVkZjFkY2ViLVNFTkRVTkdTVklERU8: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: [ARDBetaMediathek] Y3JpZDovL3RhZ2Vzc2NoYXUuZGUvNDc3M2U0ZjUtOGNkMi00OGQyLWE3NWUtMWMyNmVkZjFkY2ViLVNFTkRVTkdTVklERU8: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable (caused by <HTTPError 503: Service Unavailable>); please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
  File "/tmp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 717, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/extractor/ard.py", line 595, in _real_extract
    player_page = self._download_json(
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 1071, in download_content
    res = getattr(self, download_handle.__name__)(url_or_request, video_id, **kwargs)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 1035, in download_handle
    res = self._download_webpage_handle(
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 905, in _download_webpage_handle
    urlh = self._request_webpage(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal, data=data, headers=headers, query=query, expected_status=expected_status)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 862, in _request_webpage
    raise ExtractorError(errmsg, cause=err)

  File "/tmp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/networking/_urllib.py", line 396, in _send
    res = opener.open(urllib_req, timeout=float(request.extensions.get('timeout') or self.timeout))
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 525, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 634, in http_response
    response = self.parent.error(
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 563, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 496, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/urllib/request.py", line 643, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)
urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 4069, in urlopen
    return self._request_director.send(req)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/networking/common.py", line 114, in send
    response = handler.send(request)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/networking/_helper.py", line 204, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/networking/common.py", line 325, in send
    return self._send(request)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/networking/_urllib.py", line 401, in _send
    raise HTTPError(UrllibResponseAdapter(e.fp), redirect_loop='redirect error' in str(e)) from e
yt_dlp.networking.exceptions.HTTPError: HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 849, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(self._create_request(url_or_request, data, headers, query))
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 4101, in urlopen
    raise _CompatHTTPError(e) from e
yt_dlp.networking.exceptions._CompatHTTPError: HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable