Before I begin, I'm guessing this may be an issue due to my current experiments into addons which block page elements, and various cookie activity.
If that's the case, youtube (google) is very allergic to the concept. So much so, that youtube can't make an appearance in my opera browser,
on opera, all sites connect. But with youtube, it is as though I'm offline.
Everything is fine on firefox. But I've always prefered Opera's video experience, and VPN for political, and current affairs, and a bit of naughty..

I'll try disabling CookieBlock and PopUpOff, since those are the only obvious additions to my Opera that coincide with this lack of the rabbithole of youtube.

I just thought I'd write this in case any one else is getting this phenomenon, and we can build a list of what, if any, addons are causing it, or otherwise find the cure.
I just tried disabing both of the mentioned extensions.
Still getting:
''This site can’t be reached
The web page at https://www.youtube.com/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.

ERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED''

cotton pickin tarnation! I can't think of a less-than-15-characters-long tag for ''youtube won't connect to opera''

Suddenly tonight, 14th Jan 2024, when trying to use opeŕa, on touching icon, the app apoears then vanishes. When i touch the three stripes on bottom-left of phone (which is usually used to switch to other opened apps) i see it there but blacked out. But it won't at all load itself when i click on it.
I tried a fresh install. No joy. It's like it can't work on my phone anymore.
I tried variations in its settings in app settings.
But nothing works. My firefox is totally fine.
So whats up with opera for android?
Is it just my phone? Is it opera? Or does it not like me anymore?
I use a samsung A10s

@bigbobagg
I tired restarting phone and Hey Presto! Opera working again. But still non-the-wiser as to why it happened in the first place.

@miyukiwork Android 80?
AAAAARGH! Where have the other 60+ versions gone?
Hasn't time flown!

@blackbird71
I use Opera for free movies, so always via vpn.
But, rarely use it for youtube.
But, it has never been a problem till recently (the past week).
With vpn off, youtube loads fine. But, I use Opera because it has free vpn! So, I'll stick to using Opera for movie streaming/vpn, and firefox for all my run-a-day stuff as per usual

It's a day or two later, and still no youtube with desktop opera

@miyukiwork Android 80?
AAAAARGH! Where have the other 60+ versions gone?
Hasn't time flown!

I've found various advice sites reviewing such phenomenoms

I'll try their mutual advice out in the morning.
but, for tonight, farewell youtube, and all who sailed in you!

Before I begin, I'm guessing this may be an issue due to my current experiments into addons which block page elements, and various cookie activity.
If that's the case, youtube (google) is very allergic to the concept. So much so, that youtube can't make an appearance in my opera browser,
on opera, all sites connect. But with youtube, it is as though I'm offline.
Everything is fine on firefox. But I've always prefered Opera's video experience, and VPN for political, and current affairs, and a bit of naughty..

I'll try disabling CookieBlock and PopUpOff, since those are the only obvious additions to my Opera that coincide with this lack of the rabbithole of youtube.

I just thought I'd write this in case any one else is getting this phenomenon, and we can build a list of what, if any, addons are causing it, or otherwise find the cure.
I just tried disabing both of the mentioned extensions.
Still getting:
''This site can’t be reached
The web page at https://www.youtube.com/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.

ERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED''

cotton pickin tarnation! I can't think of a less-than-15-characters-long tag for ''youtube won't connect to opera''

Recently, while using Opera for (free) movie streaming sites, (123, mu4free, usual suspects) and I happen to go back a page, or reload one, I now get this almost every time:
''Oops! An Error Occurred
The server returned a "405 Method Not Allowed".
Something is broken. Please let us know what you were doing when this error occurred. We will fix it as soon as possible. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.''

it appears to be in connection with Cloudflare constantly checking on me, and insisting I click the ''I'm human'' button every time I perform the above two simple common tasks (back-page/reload page)

So, I guess it isn't strictly an Opera issue, and likely Cloudflare, but if there happen to be ways to prevent this utter niusance? I'd greatly appreciate it.

@auvitas
i get the same, or similar error warning just for reloading normal pages. In my case, seems to have less to do with addons, and more to do with the inner-workings of Cloudflare, since it only happens (so far as I've had any need to notice) on pages that somehow have Cloudflare doing ''security'' checks for them.

@andreszs
That makes sense,
And should usher in loads of future replies with clips from tv comedy IT Crowd ''Have you tried turning it off and on again?''

@bigbobagg
I tired restarting phone and Hey Presto! Opera working again. But still non-the-wiser as to why it happened in the first place.

Suddenly tonight, 14th Jan 2024, when trying to use opeŕa, on touching icon, the app apoears then vanishes. When i touch the three stripes on bottom-left of phone (which is usually used to switch to other opened apps) i see it there but blacked out. But it won't at all load itself when i click on it.
I tried a fresh install. No joy. It's like it can't work on my phone anymore.
I tried variations in its settings in app settings.
But nothing works. My firefox is totally fine.
So whats up with opera for android?
Is it just my phone? Is it opera? Or does it not like me anymore?
I use a samsung A10s