music-assistant-server

Branch:dev-lidarr-plugin

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Allow up to 3 concurrent YouTube Music streams (#6160)

# What does this implement/fix?

YouTube Music was capped at a single concurrent source stream, so a
second player
starting playback had to wait for the first one to release its slot,
which shows up
as stalled starts and "reached its limit of 1 concurrent source streams"
in the logs.

A slot covers one upstream fetch, not one player: a sync group playing
one track
holds a single slot however many speakers it feeds. Three leaves room
for a second
player and for buffering ahead, while YouTube still enforces its own
per-account
allowance by pausing or stalling playback past it.

**Related issue (if applicable):**

- n/a

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- [ ] Dependencies bump — `dependencies`

## Checklist

- [x] The code change is tested and works locally.
- [x] `pre-commit run --all-files` passes.
- [x] `pytest` passes, and tests have been added/updated under `tests/`
where applicable.
- [ ] For changes to shared models, the companion PR in
`music-assistant/models` is linked.
- [ ] For changes affecting the UI, the companion PR in
`music-assistant/frontend` is linked.
- [x] I have read and complied with the project's [AI
Policy](https://github.com/music-assistant/.github/blob/main/AI_POLICY.md)
for any AI-assisted contributions.
- [ ] I have [raised a PR against the documentation
repository](https://github.com/music-assistant/music-assistant.io/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
targeting the main or beta branch as appropriate.

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 <[email protected]>
Forgejo

Author

Marvin Schenkel<[email protected]>
September 2, 2026 at 10:39 AM UTC

Committer

Marvin Schenkel<[email protected]>
September 4, 2026 at 07:55 AM UTC
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Changed Files (2)

music_assistant/providers/ytmusic/
tests/providers/stream_limits/
music_assistant/providers/ytmusic/__init__.py
tests/providers/stream_limits/test_stream_limits.py
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