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# YouTube Rate Limit Incident

> Login and YouTube streaming may fail due to YouTube API rate limits. Workarounds and status.

<Danger>
  YouTube rate limits are causing login/YouTube-stream issues for some users. We’re working with Google on a fix.
</Danger>

*Last updated: 10 Aug 2025 09.17 (BST).*

### What’s happening

YouTube is rate-limiting our API usage. If your BeamXR account is linked to YouTube, you may be **unable to log in** or **start a YouTube stream**.

### Who’s affected

* Users who have **YouTube connected** in BeamXR Live.
* Twitch-only users are **not affected**.

### Why this is happening

We use YouTube’s APIs to create and manage streams on your behalf. We had more sign-ups than expected (🎉), which temporarily pushed us over our initial quota.

### Our fix

We’re working with Google to **increase our API limits**. Once approved, the issue will resolve automatically—no app update required.

### Workaround (recommended)

If you want to stream right now:

1. Open **BeamXR Live → Settings**
2. Under **Connections**, go to  \*\*YouTube. \*\*Hit the the 3 dotsand hit **Disconnect**
3. Stream to **Twitch** (or reconnect YouTube after we’ve lifted the limits)

<Info>
  You can reconnect YouTube later from the same menu.
</Info>

### Status updates

We’ll update this page as soon as the quota increase is live.