youtube-dl: Unable to decode n-parameter: download likely to be throttled

Checklist

• I’m reporting a broken site support issue
• I’ve verified that I’m running youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
• I’ve checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• I’ve checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
• I’ve searched the bugtracker for similar bug reports including closed ones
• I’ve read bugs section in FAQ

Verbose log

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03Gug8rMTSI']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
[debug] Python version 3.10.9 (CPython) - Linux-5.10.102.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2-x86_64-with
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 5.1.2, ffprobe 5.1.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] 03Gug8rMTSI: Downloading webpage
[youtube] 03Gug8rMTSI: Downloading player dac945fd
WARNING: [youtube] Unable to decode n-parameter: download likely to be throttled (Unhandled exception in decode; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1524, in _n_descramble
    raise ExtractorError('Unhandled exception in decode')
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Unhandled exception in decode; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
)
[debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best
WARNING: Requested formats are incompatible for merge and will be merged into mkv.

Description

I was trying to download a simple short you tube video, nothing fancy. The tool issued the above output and requested that I submit a bug report, and as the good netizen I am, I have just submitted.

Regards