Repository: yt-dlp
Issue: "This channel does not have a shorts tab" error message when downloading entire channels
Labels: external issue,site-bug,site:youtube

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### Checklist

- [X] I'm reporting a bug unrelated to a specific site
- [X] I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.02.17** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
- [X] I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
- [X] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are [properly quoted or escaped](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#video-url-contains-an-ampersand--and-im-getting-some-strange-output-1-2839-or-v-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command)
- [X] I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
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### Provide a description that is worded well enough to be understood

I've been using this utility to archive videos for a while now and have archived over 6,000 videos without this issue cropping up, until now. When I attempt to archive a certain channel, yt-dlp yells at me with this fatal error: This channel does not have a shorts tab. Forcing yt-dlp to only download videos by appending /videos/ to the channel URL yields "This channel does not have a videos tab" message. This utility is being invoked over the network via PuTTY on a Windows 11 Home guest. This same issue appears on my main computer, running Windows 11 Pro.

### Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem

- [X] Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
- [X] Copy the WHOLE output (starting with `[debug] Command-line config`) and insert it below

### Complete Verbose Output

```shell
[debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'https://www.youtube.com/@irobot/']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, pref cp1252, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
[debug] yt-dlp version 2023.02.17 [a0a7c01] (win_x86_exe)
[debug] Python 3.7.9 (CPython AMD64 32bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22621-SP0 (OpenSSL 1.1.1g  21 Apr 2020)
[debug] exe versions: phantomjs 2.1.1
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.17, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.12.07, mutagen-1.46.0, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Loaded 1782 extractors
[debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
Latest version: 2023.02.17, Current version: 2023.02.17
yt-dlp is up to date (2023.02.17)
[youtube:tab] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/@irobot/
[youtube:tab] @irobot: Downloading webpage
[debug] [youtube:tab] Selected tab: 'featured' (home), Requested tab: ''
[youtube:tab] Downloading all uploads of the channel. To download only the videos in a specific tab, pass the tab's URL
[youtube:tab] @irobot/shorts: Downloading webpage
[debug] [youtube:tab] Selected tab: 'featured' (home), Requested tab: 'shorts'
ERROR: [youtube:tab] @irobot: This channel does not have a shorts tab
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 693, in extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\youtube.py", line 4454, in wrapper
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\youtube.py", line 6278, in _real_extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\youtube.py", line 4454, in wrapper
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\youtube.py", line 6257, in _real_extract
```