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[msaber08-dot]

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Affected version

Exception * User Action: ui error * Request: ACRA report * Content Country: US * Content Language: en-US * App Language: en_US * Service: none * Timestamp: 2025-11-27T17:23:41.157+03:00 * Package: org.schabi.newpipe * Service: none * Version: 0.28.0 * OS: Linux Android 10 - 29

Crash log

android.app.RemoteServiceException: Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground(): ServiceRecord{c4b8daa u0 org.schabi.newpipe/.player.PlayerService} at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2062) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:214) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7720) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:503) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:936)

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Steps to reproduce the bug

Exception

• User Action: ui error
• Request: ACRA report
• Content Country: US
• Content Language: en-US
• App Language: en_US
• Service: none
• Timestamp: 2025-11-27T17:23:41.157+03:00
• Package: org.schabi.newpipe
• Service: none
• Version: 0.28.0
• OS: Linux Android 10 - 29

Crash log

android.app.RemoteServiceException: Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground(): ServiceRecord{c4b8daa u0 org.schabi.newpipe/.player.PlayerService}
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2062)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:214)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7720)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:503)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:936)

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Expected behavior

Exception

• User Action: ui error
• Request: ACRA report
• Content Country: US
• Content Language: en-US
• App Language: en_US
• Service: none
• Timestamp: 2025-11-27T17:23:41.157+03:00
• Package: org.schabi.newpipe
• Service: none
• Version: 0.28.0
• OS: Linux Android 10 - 29

Crash log

android.app.RemoteServiceException: Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground(): ServiceRecord{c4b8daa u0 org.schabi.newpipe/.player.PlayerService}
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2062)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:214)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7720)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:503)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:936)

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Actual behavior

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

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[AudricV]

• I made sure that there are no existing issues - open or closed - which I could contribute my information to.

You didn't, duplicate of #12489. Please follow the template properly and search (better, with different keywords?) for duplicates the next time you want to open an issue. Thank you.