Bug Fix: Update stream validation to return original URL instead of redirected URL when using redirect profile.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Fixed event viewer arrow direction (previously inverted) — UI behavior corrected. Thanks [@drnikcuk](https://github.com/drnikcuk) (Closes #772)
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Stream validation now returns original URL instead of redirected URL to prevent issues with temporary redirect URLs that expire before clients can connect
+
 ## [0.15.1] - 2025-12-22
 
 ### Fixed

apps/proxy/ts_proxy/url_utils.py

@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ def validate_stream_url(url, user_agent=None, timeout=(5, 5)):
         # If HEAD not supported, server will return 405 or other error
         if 200 <= head_response.status_code < 300:
             # HEAD request successful
-            return True, head_response.url, head_response.status_code, "Valid (HEAD request)"
+            return True, url, head_response.status_code, "Valid (HEAD request)"
 
         # Try a GET request with stream=True to avoid downloading all content
         get_response = session.get(
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ def validate_stream_url(url, user_agent=None, timeout=(5, 5)):
         # IMPORTANT: Check status code first before checking content
         if not (200 <= get_response.status_code < 300):
             logger.warning(f"Stream validation failed with HTTP status {get_response.status_code}")
-            return False, get_response.url, get_response.status_code, f"Invalid HTTP status: {get_response.status_code}"
+            return False, url, get_response.status_code, f"Invalid HTTP status: {get_response.status_code}"
 
         # Only check content if status code is valid
         try:
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ def validate_stream_url(url, user_agent=None, timeout=(5, 5)):
         get_response.close()
 
         # If we have content, consider it valid even with unrecognized content type
-        return is_valid, get_response.url, get_response.status_code, message
+        return is_valid, url, get_response.status_code, message
 
     except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
         return False, url, 0, "Timeout connecting to stream"