From 9caaf45401494e87a44562784a100e018e40f90e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: FraFraFra-LongD <85188920+FraFraFra-LongD@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:53:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [ie] Do not warn on intentional generic results (#16683)

Authored by: FraFraFra-LongD
---
 yt_dlp/extractor/common.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index 180785f6a2..2a46302895 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -1276,6 +1276,9 @@ class InfoExtractor:
         """Returns a URL that points to a page that should be processed"""
         if ie is not None:
             kwargs['ie_key'] = ie if isinstance(ie, str) else ie.ie_key()
+        # Silence fallback warning if this is an intentional generic result
+        if kwargs.get('ie_key') == 'Generic':
+            url = smuggle_url(url, {'to_generic': True})
         if video_id is not None:
             kwargs['id'] = video_id
         if video_title is not None: