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A new channel can take about 10 minutes to complete its first discovery pass. Monitor YT only discovers public long-form uploads, and events are created from recorded activity rather than backfilled from all of YouTube.Confirm that the channel appears under Channels, wait a few minutes, then use Refresh feed.
New upload discovery uses YouTube’s public long-form channel feed. Shorts, livestreams, private videos, and members-only uploads are excluded.
Events are periodic public observations, not webhook notifications from YouTube. The delay depends on video age, the data surface, and whether YouTube returned usable data. See Detection and data freshness.
Growth charts require Pro. A new video also needs at least two usable public samples before Monitor YT can draw a trend line. The chart fills in as scheduled collection continues.
YouTube may have made the video private or unavailable, or a public fetch may have failed temporarily. Wait and try again. Repeated manual requests can also be rate limited.
Check that the header is exactly Authorization: Bearer myt_…. A missing, malformed, revoked, or regenerated key returns 401 unauthorized.
A valid key on a Free account returns 403 upgrade_required. Upgrade the account under Billing before calling authenticated endpoints.
Active Pro subscriptions must be canceled from Billing first. After Stripe has processed the cancellation and the account is Free, return to Settings.
Still stuck? Contact support@monitoryt.com.