YTM Keep-Alive –A lightweight bookmarklet to bypass YouTube music pause

Name: YTM Keep-Alive –A lightweight bookmarklet to bypass YouTube music pause
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Author: erysngl

by erysngl·Feb 20, 2026·1 point·0 comments

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AI Analysis

●MidShip It

Circumvents CSP to beat YouTube's pause prompt, but fixes a service limitation instead of enabling something new.

Strengths

•Clever DOM-based CSP bypass using createElement instead of innerHTML
•Simple one-click installation via draggable bookmarklet
•Works extension-free, keeping browser lightweight

Weaknesses

•Solves YouTube Music's annoyance rather than a developer or creator problem
•No differentiation from existing userscript solutions on GreasyFork or Tampermonkey
•Single-purpose utility with limited generalizability

Post Description

I created this simple bookmarklet because I was tired of the "Video paused. Continue watching?" prompt on YouTube Music.

The challenge was YouTube's strict Content Security Policy (CSP) and TrustedHTML requirements, which break most innerHTML based scripts. I built this using pure DOM elements (document.createElement) to bypass these restrictions natively without needing a heavy browser extension.

It's open-source and features a draggable UI. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the code and the approach!