fix(playback): structure Video.js diagnostics

2026-10-11 10:56:43 -08:00 · 2026-07-31 08:40:33 +02:00
1 parent 04faa50548
commit 877d632255
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+type: fix
+area: playback
+---
+
+The default web player now reports safer, more accurate streaming errors:
+confirmed network and encrypted-segment failures keep structured details,
+while ambiguous Video.js errors remain unknown instead of suggesting the
+wrong cause.
@@ -335,6 +335,38 @@ Video.js HTTP error is `network-error` and shows its status. Because an HTTP
 status is server/network evidence rather than decoding evidence, external
 decoding is not presented as a likely fix.

+Video.js `8.23.9`, the default web player, runs HTTP streaming through bundled
+VHS `3.17.5`. Its terminal `Player#error` crosses a separate allowlisted
+boundary built only from the public Video.js `MediaError` code/status,
+`metadata.errorType`, and the documented `player.tech().vhs` runtime property.
+The engine type must exactly match an installed `videojs.Error` value;
+unrecognized values remain unknown. Exact network identifiers, HTTP 4xx/5xx
+status, and standard network code 2 produce `network-error`; exact
+`streamingfailedtodecryptsegment` or standard encrypted code 5 produce
+`drm-or-encryption`. A generic VHS code 3 remains
+`unknown-playback-error` because VHS also assigns code 3 to terminal internal
+objects and strings that do not establish a decode cause. Non-VHS native code
+3 keeps its standard media-decode meaning.
+
+VHS stage evidence is derived only where the public engine identifier names
+the operation: HLS playlist parsing is `playlist`, DASH manifest parsing is
+`manifest`, and select/decrypt/transmux/append segment errors are `segment`;
+everything else is `unknown`. In particular, IPTVnator does not read internal
+`requestType` values to guess manifest, playlist, segment, or key stages. VHS
+handles retries, rendition exclusions/re-inclusions, segment timeout recovery,
+and request aborts before a final player error; IPTVnator observes only the
+public terminal event and does not subscribe to undocumented recovery events
+or private loaders.
+
+Video.js/VHS error messages, request or response URLs, headers, xhr objects,
+response text/bodies, credentials, request types, and arbitrary metadata are
+neither retained nor rendered. Technical details contain only the sanitized
+stage, exact/unknown engine type, standard/unknown media error code, terminal
+disposition, and validated HTTP status. The active playback URL remains
+available only through the pre-existing playback metadata used by Retry, Copy
+URL, and explicit external-player actions; it is never copied from VHS error
+metadata.
+
 HLS.js errors cross one shared sanitizer boundary before HTML5 or ArtPlayer can
 emit a diagnostic. The boundary retains only allowlisted engine `type` and
 `details` identifiers, the final fatal/recoverable disposition, a stage derived
@@ -360,7 +392,15 @@ they do not include provider-supplied channel names or source URLs.

 mpegts.js `Early-EOF` failures on MPEG-TS streams are classified as `media-decode-error` instead of generic `network-error`. These failures usually mean the fetch stream ended before mpegts.js expected a complete transport stream, and external players may still handle the same URL more tolerant of short reads or malformed TS boundaries.

-The diagnostic surface covers the inline player viewport when playback fails, with a compact warning badge, a native-player fallback headline, and player-card actions for configured external players. It exposes technical details on demand: diagnostic code, reporting player/source, detected container/MIME, video/audio codecs, native browser error fields, sanitized structured HLS evidence, and existing mpegts details. HLS manifest codec metadata also drives a concise browser-support hint for codecs that Chromium/Electron commonly cannot decode inline, such as HEVC, AC-3, E-AC-3, DTS, and MPEG-2 video.
+The diagnostic surface covers the inline player viewport when playback fails,
+with a compact warning badge, a native-player fallback headline, and
+player-card actions for configured external players. It exposes technical
+details on demand: diagnostic code, reporting player/source, detected
+container/MIME, video/audio codecs, native browser error fields, sanitized
+structured Video.js/VHS and HLS evidence, and existing mpegts details. HLS
+manifest codec metadata also drives a concise browser-support hint for codecs
+that Chromium/Electron commonly cannot decode inline, such as HEVC, AC-3,
+E-AC-3, DTS, and MPEG-2 video.

 URL extension metadata is filtered before diagnostics and player selection use it. Web script extensions such as `.php` are not shown as stream containers; explicit media query metadata such as `extension=ts` or `format=m3u8` is preferred when present.

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export type PlaybackDiagnosticCode =
 export const PlaybackDiagnosticSource = {
    Source: 'source',
    Native: 'native',
+    Vhs: 'vhs',
    Hls: 'hls',
    MpegTs: 'mpegts',
    Shaka: 'shaka',
@@ -66,6 +67,67 @@ export interface NativePlaybackErrorInput {
    readonly metadata?: NativePlaybackErrorMetadataInput;
 }

+export const VhsPlaybackEngineType = {
+    NetworkBadStatus: 'networkbadstatus',
+    NetworkRequestFailed: 'networkrequestfailed',
+    NetworkRequestAborted: 'networkrequestaborted',
+    NetworkRequestTimeout: 'networkrequesttimeout',
+    NetworkBodyParserFailed: 'networkbodyparserfailed',
+    StreamingHlsPlaylistParserError: 'streaminghlsplaylistparsererror',
+    StreamingDashManifestParserError: 'streamingdashmanifestparsererror',
+    StreamingContentSteeringParserError: 'streamingcontentsteeringparsererror',
+    StreamingVttParserError: 'streamingvttparsererror',
+    StreamingFailedToSelectNextSegment: 'streamingfailedtoselectnextsegment',
+    StreamingFailedToDecryptSegment: 'streamingfailedtodecryptsegment',
+    StreamingFailedToTransmuxSegment: 'streamingfailedtotransmuxsegment',
+    StreamingFailedToAppendSegment: 'streamingfailedtoappendsegment',
+    StreamingCodecsChangeError: 'streamingcodecschangeerror',
+} as const;
+
+export const VhsPlaybackUnknownEngineType = 'unknown' as const;
+
+export type VhsPlaybackEngineType =
+    | (typeof VhsPlaybackEngineType)[keyof typeof VhsPlaybackEngineType]
+    | typeof VhsPlaybackUnknownEngineType;
+
+export const VhsPlaybackMediaErrorCode = {
+    Custom: 0,
+    Aborted: 1,
+    Network: 2,
+    Decode: 3,
+    SourceNotSupported: 4,
+    Encrypted: 5,
+    Unknown: 'unknown',
+} as const;
+
+export type VhsPlaybackMediaErrorCode =
+    (typeof VhsPlaybackMediaErrorCode)[keyof typeof VhsPlaybackMediaErrorCode];
+
+export const VhsPlaybackDisposition = {
+    Terminal: 'terminal',
+} as const;
+
+export type VhsPlaybackDisposition =
+    (typeof VhsPlaybackDisposition)[keyof typeof VhsPlaybackDisposition];
+
+export const VhsPlaybackStage = {
+    Manifest: 'manifest',
+    Playlist: 'playlist',
+    Segment: 'segment',
+    Unknown: 'unknown',
+} as const;
+
+export type VhsPlaybackStage =
+    (typeof VhsPlaybackStage)[keyof typeof VhsPlaybackStage];
+
+export interface VhsPlaybackEvidence {
+    readonly engineType: VhsPlaybackEngineType;
+    readonly mediaErrorCode: VhsPlaybackMediaErrorCode;
+    readonly disposition: VhsPlaybackDisposition;
+    readonly stage: VhsPlaybackStage;
+    readonly httpStatus?: number;
+}
+
 export const HlsPlaybackDisposition = {
    Fatal: 'fatal',
    Recoverable: 'recoverable',
@@ -100,8 +162,7 @@ export type HlsPlaybackFailure =
 export const HlsPlaybackUnknownEngineType = 'unknown' as const;

 export type HlsPlaybackEngineType =
-    | ErrorTypes
-    | typeof HlsPlaybackUnknownEngineType;
+    ErrorTypes | typeof HlsPlaybackUnknownEngineType;

 export interface HlsPlaybackEvidence {
    readonly engineType: HlsPlaybackEngineType;
@@ -133,6 +194,7 @@ export interface PlaybackDiagnostic {
    readonly nativeErrorMessage?: string;
    readonly httpStatus?: number;
    readonly nativeErrorType?: string;
+    readonly vhs?: VhsPlaybackEvidence;
    readonly hls?: HlsPlaybackEvidence;
    readonly externalFallbackRecommended: boolean;
 }
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 import { ErrorDetails, ErrorTypes } from 'hls.js';
+import type {
+    NativePlaybackErrorInput,
+    PlaybackDiagnostic,
+    PlaybackSourceMetadata,
+} from './playback-diagnostics.model';
+import * as diagnostics from './playback-diagnostics.util';
 import {
    PlaybackDiagnosticCode,
    classifyHlsPlaybackIssue,
@@ -25,13 +31,17 @@ function classifyStructuredHlsPlaybackIssue(
    return classifyHlsPlaybackIssue(evidence as never, metadata);
 }

+type VhsClassifier = (
+    error: NativePlaybackErrorInput,
+    metadata: PlaybackSourceMetadata
+) => PlaybackDiagnostic;
+
 describe('playback diagnostics', () => {
    it('classifies HLS incompatible codec errors as unsupported codec fallbacks', () => {
        const issue = classifyStructuredHlsPlaybackIssue(
            {
                engineType: ErrorTypes.MEDIA_ERROR,
-                engineDetails:
-                    ErrorDetails.MANIFEST_INCOMPATIBLE_CODECS_ERROR,
+                engineDetails: ErrorDetails.MANIFEST_INCOMPATIBLE_CODECS_ERROR,
                disposition: 'fatal',
                stage: 'manifest',
                failure: 'unknown',
@@ -55,8 +65,7 @@ describe('playback diagnostics', () => {
        const issue = classifyStructuredHlsPlaybackIssue(
            {
                engineType: ErrorTypes.MEDIA_ERROR,
-                engineDetails:
-                    ErrorDetails.BUFFER_INCOMPATIBLE_CODECS_ERROR,
+                engineDetails: ErrorDetails.BUFFER_INCOMPATIBLE_CODECS_ERROR,
                disposition: 'fatal',
                stage: 'media',
                failure: 'unknown',
@@ -146,6 +155,150 @@ describe('playback diagnostics', () => {
        expect(issue.externalFallbackRecommended).toBe(false);
    });

+    it('classifies exact VHS network evidence without using provider text', () => {
+        const issue = classifyVhsPlaybackIssue(
+            {
+                code: 4,
+                message:
+                    'provider says codec DRM CORS at ' +
+                    'https://provider.example/live.m3u8?token=secret',
+                metadata: { errorType: 'networkrequestfailed' },
+            },
+            createPlaybackSourceMetadata({
+                url: 'https://example.com/live/missing.m3u8',
+                player: 'videojs',
+            })
+        );
+
+        expect(issue).toEqual(
+            expect.objectContaining({
+                code: PlaybackDiagnosticCode.NetworkError,
+                source: 'vhs',
+                httpStatus: undefined,
+                nativeErrorMessage: undefined,
+                externalFallbackRecommended: false,
+                vhs: {
+                    engineType: 'networkrequestfailed',
+                    mediaErrorCode: 4,
+                    disposition: 'terminal',
+                    stage: 'unknown',
+                },
+            })
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('classifies exact VHS decrypt evidence without inspecting messages', () => {
+        const issue = classifyVhsPlaybackIssue(
+            {
+                code: 3,
+                message: 'provider network timeout',
+                metadata: {
+                    errorType: 'streamingfailedtodecryptsegment',
+                },
+            },
+            createPlaybackSourceMetadata({
+                url: 'https://example.com/live/encrypted.m3u8',
+                player: 'videojs',
+            })
+        );
+
+        expect(issue.code).toBe(PlaybackDiagnosticCode.DrmOrEncryption);
+        expect(issue.source).toBe('vhs');
+        expect(issue.externalFallbackRecommended).toBe(true);
+        expect(issue.nativeErrorMessage).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(issue.vhs).toEqual({
+            engineType: 'streamingfailedtodecryptsegment',
+            mediaErrorCode: 3,
+            disposition: 'terminal',
+            stage: 'segment',
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('classifies the public encrypted MediaError code without DRM text', () => {
+        const issue = classifyVhsPlaybackIssue(
+            { code: 5, message: 'provider supplied message' },
+            createPlaybackSourceMetadata({
+                url: 'https://example.com/live/encrypted.m3u8',
+                player: 'videojs',
+            })
+        );
+
+        expect(issue.code).toBe(PlaybackDiagnosticCode.DrmOrEncryption);
+        expect(issue.nativeErrorMessage).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('keeps generic VHS code three unknown while native code three remains decode evidence', () => {
+        const metadata = createPlaybackSourceMetadata({
+            url: 'https://example.com/live/index.m3u8',
+            player: 'videojs',
+        });
+        const vhsIssue = classifyVhsPlaybackIssue(
+            {
+                code: 3,
+                message:
+                    'Playback cannot continue. No available working or supported playlists.',
+            },
+            metadata
+        );
+        const nativeIssue = classifyNativePlaybackIssue(
+            { code: 3, message: 'native decode failed' },
+            metadata
+        );
+
+        expect(vhsIssue.code).toBe(PlaybackDiagnosticCode.UnknownPlaybackError);
+        expect(vhsIssue.externalFallbackRecommended).toBe(false);
+        expect(vhsIssue.nativeErrorMessage).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(nativeIssue.code).toBe(PlaybackDiagnosticCode.MediaDecodeError);
+    });
+
+    it('retains only safe VHS HTTP and allowlisted engine evidence', () => {
+        const secret = 'vhs-classifier-secret';
+        const issue = classifyVhsPlaybackIssue(
+            {
+                code: 4,
+                status: 503,
+                message: `https://provider.example/?token=${secret}`,
+                metadata: {
+                    errorType: 'networkbadstatus',
+                    requestType: 'hls-key',
+                    headers: { Authorization: secret },
+                    responseBody: secret,
+                },
+            } as NativePlaybackErrorInput,
+            createPlaybackSourceMetadata({
+                url: 'https://example.com/live/index.m3u8',
+                player: 'videojs',
+            })
+        );
+        const serializedEvidence = JSON.stringify(issue.vhs);
+
+        expect(issue.code).toBe(PlaybackDiagnosticCode.NetworkError);
+        expect(issue.httpStatus).toBe(503);
+        expect(issue.nativeErrorMessage).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(serializedEvidence).not.toContain(secret);
+        expect(serializedEvidence).not.toContain('provider.example');
+        expect(serializedEvidence).not.toContain('hls-key');
+        expect(serializedEvidence).not.toContain('Authorization');
+    });
+
+    it('keeps unknown VHS metadata unknown despite cause-shaped provider text', () => {
+        const issue = classifyVhsPlaybackIssue(
+            {
+                code: 3,
+                message: 'CORS codec DRM network timeout',
+                metadata: { errorType: 'providerCodecCorsDrmError' },
+            },
+            createPlaybackSourceMetadata({
+                url: 'https://example.com/live/index.m3u8',
+                player: 'videojs',
+            })
+        );
+
+        expect(issue.code).toBe(PlaybackDiagnosticCode.UnknownPlaybackError);
+        expect(issue.vhs?.engineType).toBe('unknown');
+        expect(issue.nativeErrorMessage).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
    it('keeps native code four HLS source failures unknown without status or container evidence', () => {
        const issue = classifyNativePlaybackIssue(
            { code: 4, message: 'source not supported' },
@@ -186,45 +339,49 @@ describe('playback diagnostics', () => {
        { status: 599, accepted: true },
        { status: 600, accepted: false },
        { status: 404.5, accepted: false },
-    ])('accepts native HTTP status $status only when it is a 4xx or 5xx integer', ({
-        status,
-        accepted,
-    }) => {
-        const issue = classifyNativePlaybackIssue(
-            { code: 4, status },
-            createPlaybackSourceMetadata({
-                url: 'https://example.com/live/missing.m3u8',
-                player: 'videojs',
-            })
-        );
+    ])(
+        'accepts native HTTP status $status only when it is a 4xx or 5xx integer',
+        ({ status, accepted }) => {
+            const issue = classifyNativePlaybackIssue(
+                { code: 4, status },
+                createPlaybackSourceMetadata({
+                    url: 'https://example.com/live/missing.m3u8',
+                    player: 'videojs',
+                })
+            );

-        expect(issue.code).toBe(
-            accepted
-                ? PlaybackDiagnosticCode.NetworkError
-                : PlaybackDiagnosticCode.UnknownPlaybackError
-        );
-        expect(issue.httpStatus).toBe(accepted ? status : undefined);
-    });
+            expect(issue.code).toBe(
+                accepted
+                    ? PlaybackDiagnosticCode.NetworkError
+                    : PlaybackDiagnosticCode.UnknownPlaybackError
+            );
+            expect(issue.httpStatus).toBe(accepted ? status : undefined);
+        }
+    );

    it.each([
        { length: 128, accepted: true },
        { length: 129, accepted: false },
-    ])('retains native error type identifiers up to $length characters', ({
-        length,
-        accepted,
-    }) => {
-        const errorType = 'a'.repeat(length);
-        const issue = classifyNativePlaybackIssue(
-            { code: 4, metadata: { errorType } },
-            createPlaybackSourceMetadata({
-                url: 'https://example.com/live/missing.m3u8',
-                player: 'videojs',
-            })
-        );
+    ])(
+        'retains native error type identifiers up to $length characters',
+        ({ length, accepted }) => {
+            const errorType = 'a'.repeat(length);
+            const issue = classifyNativePlaybackIssue(
+                { code: 4, metadata: { errorType } },
+                createPlaybackSourceMetadata({
+                    url: 'https://example.com/live/missing.m3u8',
+                    player: 'videojs',
+                })
+            );

-        expect(issue.code).toBe(PlaybackDiagnosticCode.UnknownPlaybackError);
-        expect(issue.nativeErrorType).toBe(accepted ? errorType : undefined);
-    });
+            expect(issue.code).toBe(
+                PlaybackDiagnosticCode.UnknownPlaybackError
+            );
+            expect(issue.nativeErrorType).toBe(
+                accepted ? errorType : undefined
+            );
+        }
+    );

    it('classifies HLS network errors without claiming codec incompatibility', () => {
        const issue = classifyStructuredHlsPlaybackIssue(
@@ -371,9 +528,7 @@ describe('playback diagnostics', () => {
                })
            );

-            expect(issue?.code).toBe(
-                PlaybackDiagnosticCode.MediaDecodeError
-            );
+            expect(issue?.code).toBe(PlaybackDiagnosticCode.MediaDecodeError);
        }
    );

@@ -392,9 +547,7 @@ describe('playback diagnostics', () => {
            })
        );

-        expect(issue?.code).toBe(
-            PlaybackDiagnosticCode.UnknownPlaybackError
-        );
+        expect(issue?.code).toBe(PlaybackDiagnosticCode.UnknownPlaybackError);
        expect(issue?.externalFallbackRecommended).toBe(false);
    });

@@ -586,3 +739,20 @@ describe('playback diagnostics', () => {
        ).toEqual(['HEVC', 'AC-3', 'E-AC-3']);
    });
 });
+
+function classifyVhsPlaybackIssue(
+    error: NativePlaybackErrorInput,
+    metadata: PlaybackSourceMetadata
+): PlaybackDiagnostic {
+    const classifier = (
+        diagnostics as unknown as {
+            readonly classifyVhsPlaybackIssue?: VhsClassifier;
+        }
+    ).classifyVhsPlaybackIssue;
+
+    expect(classifier).toBeDefined();
+    if (!classifier) {
+        throw new Error('classifyVhsPlaybackIssue is not exported');
+    }
+    return classifier(error, metadata);
+}
@@ -6,10 +6,16 @@ import type {
    PlaybackDiagnosticCode,
    PlaybackDiagnosticSource,
    PlaybackSourceMetadata,
+    VhsPlaybackEngineType as VhsPlaybackEngineTypeValue,
+    VhsPlaybackEvidence,
 } from './playback-diagnostics.model';
 import { PlaybackDiagnosticCode as DiagnosticCode } from './playback-diagnostics.model';
 import { HlsPlaybackDisposition } from './playback-diagnostics.model';
 import { PlaybackDiagnosticSource as DiagnosticSource } from './playback-diagnostics.model';
+import {
+    VhsPlaybackEngineType,
+    VhsPlaybackMediaErrorCode,
+} from './playback-diagnostics.model';
 import { getHlsPlaybackDiagnosticCode } from './hls-playback-evidence.util';
 import {
    isBrowserAccessFailure,
@@ -18,9 +24,11 @@ import {
    normalizeErrorDetails,
 } from './playback-error-patterns.util';
 import { isLikelyContainerIssue } from './playback-media-source.util';
+import { createVhsPlaybackEvidence } from './vhs-playback-evidence.util';

 export * from './playback-diagnostics.model';
 export { createHlsPlaybackEvidence } from './hls-playback-evidence.util';
+export { createVhsPlaybackEvidence } from './vhs-playback-evidence.util';
 export {
    createPlaybackSourceMetadata,
    getLikelyBrowserUnsupportedCodecLabels,
@@ -31,6 +39,14 @@ const SOURCE_NOT_SUPPORTED_CODE = 4;
 const DECODE_ERROR_CODE = 3;
 const NETWORK_ERROR_CODE = 2;
 const NATIVE_ERROR_TYPE_PATTERN = /^[A-Za-z0-9._:-]{1,128}$/;
+const VHS_NETWORK_ERROR_TYPES: ReadonlySet<VhsPlaybackEngineTypeValue> =
+    new Set([
+        VhsPlaybackEngineType.NetworkBadStatus,
+        VhsPlaybackEngineType.NetworkRequestFailed,
+        VhsPlaybackEngineType.NetworkRequestAborted,
+        VhsPlaybackEngineType.NetworkRequestTimeout,
+        VhsPlaybackEngineType.NetworkBodyParserFailed,
+    ]);

 export function classifyNativePlaybackIssue(
    error: NativePlaybackErrorInput | MediaError | null | undefined,
@@ -38,7 +54,8 @@ export function classifyNativePlaybackIssue(
 ): PlaybackDiagnostic {
    const nativeErrorCode = error?.code;
    const nativeErrorMessage = error?.message || undefined;
-    const nativeErrorInput = error as NativePlaybackErrorInput | null | undefined;
+    const nativeErrorInput = error as
+        NativePlaybackErrorInput | null | undefined;
    const httpStatus = getNativeHttpStatus(nativeErrorInput?.status);
    const nativeErrorType = getNativeErrorType(
        nativeErrorInput?.metadata?.errorType
@@ -107,6 +124,26 @@ export function classifyNativePlaybackIssue(
    });
 }

+export function classifyVhsPlaybackIssue(
+    error: NativePlaybackErrorInput,
+    metadata: PlaybackSourceMetadata
+): PlaybackDiagnostic {
+    const evidence = createVhsPlaybackEvidence(error);
+    const code = getVhsPlaybackDiagnosticCode(evidence, metadata);
+
+    return createPlaybackDiagnostic({
+        code,
+        source: DiagnosticSource.Vhs,
+        metadata,
+        nativeErrorCode:
+            typeof evidence.mediaErrorCode === 'number'
+                ? evidence.mediaErrorCode
+                : undefined,
+        httpStatus: evidence.httpStatus,
+        vhs: evidence,
+    });
+}
+
 export function classifyHlsPlaybackIssue(
    evidence: HlsPlaybackEvidence,
    metadata: PlaybackSourceMetadata
@@ -218,6 +255,7 @@ export function createPlaybackDiagnostic(options: {
    readonly nativeErrorMessage?: string;
    readonly httpStatus?: number;
    readonly nativeErrorType?: string;
+    readonly vhs?: VhsPlaybackEvidence;
    readonly hls?: HlsPlaybackEvidence;
    /** Overrides the code-derived recommendation, e.g. when external players
     * are known to be unable to handle the stream either. */
@@ -232,6 +270,7 @@ export function createPlaybackDiagnostic(options: {
        nativeErrorMessage,
        httpStatus,
        nativeErrorType,
+        vhs,
        hls,
    } = options;

@@ -249,6 +288,7 @@ export function createPlaybackDiagnostic(options: {
        nativeErrorMessage,
        httpStatus,
        nativeErrorType,
+        vhs,
        hls,
        externalFallbackRecommended:
            options.externalFallbackRecommended ??
@@ -256,6 +296,37 @@ export function createPlaybackDiagnostic(options: {
    };
 }

+function getVhsPlaybackDiagnosticCode(
+    evidence: VhsPlaybackEvidence,
+    metadata: PlaybackSourceMetadata
+): PlaybackDiagnosticCode {
+    if (
+        evidence.httpStatus !== undefined ||
+        VHS_NETWORK_ERROR_TYPES.has(evidence.engineType) ||
+        evidence.mediaErrorCode === VhsPlaybackMediaErrorCode.Network
+    ) {
+        return DiagnosticCode.NetworkError;
+    }
+
+    if (
+        evidence.engineType ===
+            VhsPlaybackEngineType.StreamingFailedToDecryptSegment ||
+        evidence.mediaErrorCode === VhsPlaybackMediaErrorCode.Encrypted
+    ) {
+        return DiagnosticCode.DrmOrEncryption;
+    }
+
+    if (
+        evidence.mediaErrorCode ===
+            VhsPlaybackMediaErrorCode.SourceNotSupported &&
+        isLikelyContainerIssue(metadata)
+    ) {
+        return DiagnosticCode.UnsupportedContainer;
+    }
+
+    return DiagnosticCode.UnknownPlaybackError;
+}
+
 function getNativeHttpStatus(status: unknown): number | undefined {
    return typeof status === 'number' &&
        Number.isInteger(status) &&
@@ -0,0 +1,297 @@
+import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import type { NativePlaybackErrorInput } from './playback-diagnostics.model';
+import * as diagnostics from './playback-diagnostics.util';
+
+interface ExpectedVhsPlaybackEvidence {
+    readonly engineType: string;
+    readonly mediaErrorCode: number | string;
+    readonly disposition: string;
+    readonly stage: string;
+    readonly httpStatus?: number;
+}
+
+type EvidenceFactory = (
+    error: NativePlaybackErrorInput
+) => ExpectedVhsPlaybackEvidence;
+
+interface VideoJsErrorConstants {
+    readonly [name: string]: string;
+}
+
+describe('VHS playback evidence', () => {
+    it('matches the installed public videojs.Error identifiers', () => {
+        expect(Object.values(getEngineTypes()).sort()).toEqual(
+            Object.values(getInstalledVideoJsErrors()).sort()
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('extracts only allowlisted fields from a real VHS bad-status shape', () => {
+        const secret = 'vhs-evidence-secret';
+        const evidence = createEvidence({
+            code: 4,
+            status: 503,
+            message:
+                'HLS playlist request error at URL: ' +
+                `https://provider.example/live.m3u8?token=${secret}`,
+            metadata: {
+                errorType: getInstalledVideoJsErrors()['NetworkBadStatus'],
+                requestType: 'hls-playlist',
+                uri: `https://provider.example/live.m3u8?token=${secret}`,
+                headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${secret}` },
+                responseText: `provider body ${secret}`,
+            },
+        } as NativePlaybackErrorInput);
+        const serialized = JSON.stringify(evidence);
+
+        expect(evidence).toEqual({
+            engineType: 'networkbadstatus',
+            mediaErrorCode: 4,
+            disposition: 'terminal',
+            stage: 'unknown',
+            httpStatus: 503,
+        });
+        expect(serialized).not.toContain(secret);
+        expect(serialized).not.toContain('provider.example');
+        expect(serialized).not.toContain('Authorization');
+        expect(serialized).not.toContain('hls-playlist');
+        expect(Object.keys(evidence).sort()).toEqual(
+            [
+                'disposition',
+                'engineType',
+                'httpStatus',
+                'mediaErrorCode',
+                'stage',
+            ].sort()
+        );
+    });
+
+    it.each([
+        {
+            engineType: 'streaminghlsplaylistparsererror',
+            stage: 'playlist',
+        },
+        {
+            engineType: 'streamingdashmanifestparsererror',
+            stage: 'manifest',
+        },
+        {
+            engineType: 'streamingfailedtoselectnextsegment',
+            stage: 'segment',
+        },
+        {
+            engineType: 'streamingfailedtodecryptsegment',
+            stage: 'segment',
+        },
+        {
+            engineType: 'streamingfailedtotransmuxsegment',
+            stage: 'segment',
+        },
+        {
+            engineType: 'streamingfailedtoappendsegment',
+            stage: 'segment',
+        },
+        {
+            engineType: 'networkrequestfailed',
+            stage: 'unknown',
+        },
+        {
+            engineType: 'streamingcontentsteeringparsererror',
+            stage: 'unknown',
+        },
+        {
+            engineType: 'streamingvttparsererror',
+            stage: 'unknown',
+        },
+        {
+            engineType: 'streamingcodecschangeerror',
+            stage: 'unknown',
+        },
+    ])(
+        'maps public $engineType evidence only to the proven $stage stage',
+        ({ engineType, stage }) => {
+            expect(
+                createEvidence({
+                    code: 3,
+                    metadata: { errorType: engineType },
+                }).stage
+            ).toBe(stage);
+        }
+    );
+
+    it.each([
+        { code: 0, expected: 0 },
+        { code: 5, expected: 5 },
+        { code: -1, expected: 'unknown' },
+        { code: 6, expected: 'unknown' },
+        { code: 3.5, expected: 'unknown' },
+    ])(
+        'retains MediaError code $code only inside the standard range',
+        ({ code, expected }) => {
+            expect(createEvidence({ code }).mediaErrorCode).toBe(expected);
+        }
+    );
+
+    it.each([
+        { status: 399, expected: undefined },
+        { status: 400, expected: 400 },
+        { status: 599, expected: 599 },
+        { status: 600, expected: undefined },
+        { status: 404.5, expected: undefined },
+    ])(
+        'retains HTTP status $status only for integer 4xx and 5xx failures',
+        ({ status, expected }) => {
+            expect(createEvidence({ code: 2, status }).httpStatus).toBe(
+                expected
+            );
+        }
+    );
+
+    it('keeps unknown identifiers unknown without inspecting messages or request types', () => {
+        const evidence = createEvidence({
+            code: 3,
+            status: 0,
+            message:
+                'CORS codec DRM failure in hls-key request at provider URL',
+            metadata: {
+                errorType: 'providerCorsCodecDrmFailure',
+                requestType: 'hls-key',
+            },
+        } as NativePlaybackErrorInput);
+
+        expect(evidence).toEqual({
+            engineType: 'unknown',
+            mediaErrorCode: 3,
+            disposition: 'terminal',
+            stage: 'unknown',
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('populates player.error before the installed Video.js error listener runs', () => {
+        expect(readInstalledVideoJsErrorFromListener()).toEqual({
+            code: 4,
+            status: 503,
+            errorType: 'networkbadstatus',
+        });
+    });
+});
+
+function createEvidence(
+    error: NativePlaybackErrorInput
+): ExpectedVhsPlaybackEvidence {
+    const factory = (
+        diagnostics as unknown as {
+            readonly createVhsPlaybackEvidence?: EvidenceFactory;
+        }
+    ).createVhsPlaybackEvidence;
+
+    expect(factory).toBeDefined();
+    if (!factory) {
+        throw new Error('createVhsPlaybackEvidence is not exported');
+    }
+    return factory(error);
+}
+
+function getEngineTypes(): VideoJsErrorConstants {
+    const engineTypes = (
+        diagnostics as unknown as {
+            readonly VhsPlaybackEngineType?: VideoJsErrorConstants;
+        }
+    ).VhsPlaybackEngineType;
+
+    expect(engineTypes).toBeDefined();
+    if (!engineTypes) {
+        throw new Error('VhsPlaybackEngineType is not exported');
+    }
+    return engineTypes;
+}
+
+function getInstalledVideoJsErrors(): VideoJsErrorConstants {
+    const script =
+        "import videoJs from 'video.js';" +
+        'process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(videoJs.Error));';
+    const output = execFileSync(
+        process.execPath,
+        ['--input-type=module', '-e', script],
+        {
+            cwd: process.cwd(),
+            encoding: 'utf8',
+        }
+    );
+
+    return JSON.parse(output) as VideoJsErrorConstants;
+}
+
+function readInstalledVideoJsErrorFromListener(): {
+    readonly code: number;
+    readonly status: number;
+    readonly errorType: string;
+} {
+    const script = `
+        import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+        const rootRequire = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+        const environmentPath = rootRequire.resolve(
+            'jest-environment-jsdom/package.json'
+        );
+        const environmentRequire = createRequire(environmentPath);
+        const { JSDOM } = environmentRequire('jsdom');
+        const dom = new JSDOM(
+            '<!doctype html><html><body></body></html>',
+            { url: 'http://localhost/', pretendToBeVisual: true }
+        );
+        dom.window.HTMLMediaElement.prototype.load = () => {};
+        for (const name of [
+            'window',
+            'document',
+            'navigator',
+            'Element',
+            'HTMLElement',
+            'HTMLVideoElement',
+            'HTMLMediaElement',
+            'Event',
+            'CustomEvent',
+            'Node',
+        ]) {
+            Object.defineProperty(globalThis, name, {
+                value: dom.window[name],
+                configurable: true,
+            });
+        }
+        const { default: videoJs } = await import('video.js');
+        videoJs.log.level('off');
+        const video = document.createElement('video');
+        document.body.append(video);
+        const player = videoJs(video);
+        let observed = null;
+        player.on('error', () => {
+            observed = player.error();
+        });
+        player.error({
+            code: 4,
+            status: 503,
+            metadata: {
+                errorType: videoJs.Error.NetworkBadStatus,
+            },
+        });
+        process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({
+            code: observed.code,
+            status: observed.status,
+            errorType: observed.metadata.errorType,
+        }));
+        player.dispose();
+        dom.window.close();
+    `;
+    const output = execFileSync(
+        process.execPath,
+        ['--input-type=module', '-e', script],
+        {
+            cwd: process.cwd(),
+            encoding: 'utf8',
+        }
+    );
+
+    return JSON.parse(output) as {
+        readonly code: number;
+        readonly status: number;
+        readonly errorType: string;
+    };
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import type {
+    NativePlaybackErrorInput,
+    VhsPlaybackEngineType as VhsPlaybackEngineTypeValue,
+    VhsPlaybackEvidence,
+    VhsPlaybackMediaErrorCode as VhsPlaybackMediaErrorCodeValue,
+    VhsPlaybackStage as VhsPlaybackStageValue,
+} from './playback-diagnostics.model';
+import {
+    VhsPlaybackDisposition,
+    VhsPlaybackEngineType,
+    VhsPlaybackMediaErrorCode,
+    VhsPlaybackStage,
+    VhsPlaybackUnknownEngineType,
+} from './playback-diagnostics.model';
+
+const ENGINE_TYPES = new Set<string>(Object.values(VhsPlaybackEngineType));
+const SEGMENT_ENGINE_TYPES = new Set<VhsPlaybackEngineTypeValue>([
+    VhsPlaybackEngineType.StreamingFailedToSelectNextSegment,
+    VhsPlaybackEngineType.StreamingFailedToDecryptSegment,
+    VhsPlaybackEngineType.StreamingFailedToTransmuxSegment,
+    VhsPlaybackEngineType.StreamingFailedToAppendSegment,
+]);
+
+export function createVhsPlaybackEvidence(
+    error: NativePlaybackErrorInput
+): VhsPlaybackEvidence {
+    const engineType = getEngineType(error.metadata?.errorType);
+    const httpStatus = getHttpStatus(error.status);
+    const evidence: VhsPlaybackEvidence = {
+        engineType,
+        mediaErrorCode: getMediaErrorCode(error.code),
+        disposition: VhsPlaybackDisposition.Terminal,
+        stage: getStage(engineType),
+    };
+
+    return httpStatus === undefined ? evidence : { ...evidence, httpStatus };
+}
+
+function getEngineType(value: unknown): VhsPlaybackEngineTypeValue {
+    return typeof value === 'string' && ENGINE_TYPES.has(value)
+        ? (value as VhsPlaybackEngineTypeValue)
+        : VhsPlaybackUnknownEngineType;
+}
+
+function getMediaErrorCode(value: unknown): VhsPlaybackMediaErrorCodeValue {
+    return typeof value === 'number' &&
+        Number.isInteger(value) &&
+        value >= VhsPlaybackMediaErrorCode.Custom &&
+        value <= VhsPlaybackMediaErrorCode.Encrypted
+        ? (value as VhsPlaybackMediaErrorCodeValue)
+        : VhsPlaybackMediaErrorCode.Unknown;
+}
+
+function getHttpStatus(value: unknown): number | undefined {
+    return typeof value === 'number' &&
+        Number.isInteger(value) &&
+        value >= 400 &&
+        value <= 599
+        ? value
+        : undefined;
+}
+
+function getStage(
+    engineType: VhsPlaybackEngineTypeValue
+): VhsPlaybackStageValue {
+    if (engineType === VhsPlaybackEngineType.StreamingHlsPlaylistParserError) {
+        return VhsPlaybackStage.Playlist;
+    }
+    if (engineType === VhsPlaybackEngineType.StreamingDashManifestParserError) {
+        return VhsPlaybackStage.Manifest;
+    }
+    if (SEGMENT_ENGINE_TYPES.has(engineType)) {
+        return VhsPlaybackStage.Segment;
+    }
+    return VhsPlaybackStage.Unknown;
+}
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ describe('VjsPlayerComponent', () => {
    it('preserves Video.js HTTP error context in a playback diagnostic', () => {
        const issues: Array<PlaybackDiagnostic | null> = [];
        component.playbackIssue.subscribe((issue) => issues.push(issue));
+        harness.vhsActive = true;
        render({
            sources: [
                {
@@ -224,15 +225,112 @@ describe('VjsPlayerComponent', () => {
        expect(issues.at(-1)).toEqual(
            expect.objectContaining({
                code: 'network-error',
-                source: 'native',
+                source: 'vhs',
                sourceUrl: 'https://example.test/missing/playlist.m3u8',
                httpStatus: 404,
-                nativeErrorType: 'networkrequestfailed',
+                nativeErrorMessage: undefined,
+                vhs: {
+                    engineType: 'networkrequestfailed',
+                    mediaErrorCode: 4,
+                    disposition: 'terminal',
+                    stage: 'unknown',
+                    httpStatus: 404,
+                },
                externalFallbackRecommended: false,
            })
        );
    });

+    it('keeps a generic terminal VHS code three unknown', () => {
+        const issues: Array<PlaybackDiagnostic | null> = [];
+        component.playbackIssue.subscribe((issue) => issues.push(issue));
+        harness.vhsActive = true;
+        render({
+            sources: [
+                {
+                    src: 'https://example.test/live/playlist.m3u8',
+                    type: 'application/x-mpegURL',
+                },
+            ],
+        });
+        harness.currentError = {
+            code: 3,
+            message:
+                'Playback cannot continue. No available working or supported playlists.',
+        };
+
+        harness.emit('error');
+
+        expect(issues.at(-1)).toEqual(
+            expect.objectContaining({
+                code: 'unknown-playback-error',
+                source: 'vhs',
+                nativeErrorMessage: undefined,
+                vhs: {
+                    engineType: 'unknown',
+                    mediaErrorCode: 3,
+                    disposition: 'terminal',
+                    stage: 'unknown',
+                },
+                externalFallbackRecommended: false,
+            })
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('keeps non-VHS native code three as media decode evidence', () => {
+        const issues: Array<PlaybackDiagnostic | null> = [];
+        component.playbackIssue.subscribe((issue) => issues.push(issue));
+        render({
+            sources: [
+                {
+                    src: 'https://example.test/archive/movie.mp4',
+                    type: 'video/mp4',
+                },
+            ],
+        });
+        harness.currentError = {
+            code: 3,
+            message: 'Native media decode failed',
+        };
+
+        harness.emit('error');
+
+        expect(issues.at(-1)).toEqual(
+            expect.objectContaining({
+                code: 'media-decode-error',
+                source: 'native',
+                nativeErrorMessage: 'Native media decode failed',
+                externalFallbackRecommended: true,
+            })
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('does not publish a diagnostic before the terminal VHS player error', () => {
+        const issues: Array<PlaybackDiagnostic | null> = [];
+        component.playbackIssue.subscribe((issue) => issues.push(issue));
+        harness.vhsActive = true;
+        render({
+            sources: [
+                {
+                    src: 'https://example.test/live/playlist.m3u8',
+                    type: 'application/x-mpegURL',
+                },
+            ],
+        });
+        harness.currentError = {
+            code: 2,
+            metadata: { errorType: 'networkrequestfailed' },
+        };
+
+        harness.emit('retryplaylist');
+
+        expect(issues).toEqual([]);
+
+        harness.emit('error');
+
+        expect(issues.at(-1)?.vhs?.disposition).toBe('terminal');
+    });
+
    it('rebinds native ended handling after playerreset', () => {
        const events: string[] = [];
        component.playbackEnded.subscribe(() => events.push('ended'));
@@ -312,6 +410,7 @@ function createPlayerHarness() {
    const harness = {
        currentVideo: document.createElement('video'),
        currentError: null as NativePlaybackErrorInput | null,
+        vhsActive: false,
        paused: true,
        pauseCompletesImmediately: true,
        ready: () => undefined,
@@ -355,7 +454,10 @@ function createPlayerHarness() {
        paused: jest.fn(() => harness.paused),
        reset: harness.reset,
        src: harness.src,
-        tech: jest.fn(() => ({ el: () => harness.currentVideo })),
+        tech: jest.fn(() => ({
+            el: () => harness.currentVideo,
+            ...(harness.vhsActive ? { vhs: {} } : {}),
+        })),
        volume: harness.volume,
        dispose: jest.fn(),
        qualitySelectorHls: jest.fn(),
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
    InlinePlaybackPlayer,
    type PlaybackDiagnostic,
    classifyNativePlaybackIssue,
+    classifyVhsPlaybackIssue,
    createPlaybackSourceMetadata,
 } from '../playback-diagnostics/playback-diagnostics.util';
 import {
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ import {
    type VideoPlayerOptions,
    type VideoPlayerSource,
    getVideoJsTechVideo,
+    hasActiveVhsSourceHandler,
 } from './vjs-player.types';
 import { VjsVideoElementSession } from './vjs-video-element-session';

@@ -239,16 +241,19 @@ export class VjsPlayerComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
            typeof this.player.error === 'function'
                ? this.player.error()
                : null;
+        const metadata = createPlaybackSourceMetadata({
+            url: source?.src ?? video.currentSrc ?? '',
+            mimeType: source?.type,
+            player: InlinePlaybackPlayer.VideoJs,
+        });
        this.mpegTsSession.syncDuration();
        this.playbackIssue.emit(
-            classifyNativePlaybackIssue(
-                playerError ?? video.error,
-                createPlaybackSourceMetadata({
-                    url: source?.src ?? video.currentSrc ?? '',
-                    mimeType: source?.type,
-                    player: InlinePlaybackPlayer.VideoJs,
-                })
-            )
+            playerError && hasActiveVhsSourceHandler(this.player)
+                ? classifyVhsPlaybackIssue(playerError, metadata)
+                : classifyNativePlaybackIssue(
+                      playerError ?? video.error,
+                      metadata
+                  )
        );
    };

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { type VideoJsPlayer, getVideoJsTechVideo } from './vjs-player.types';
+import * as playerTypes from './vjs-player.types';

 describe('getVideoJsTechVideo', () => {
    it('returns the current Video.js Tech video element', () => {
@@ -28,3 +29,44 @@ describe('getVideoJsTechVideo', () => {
        ).toBeNull();
    });
 });
+
+describe('hasActiveVhsSourceHandler', () => {
+    it('detects the documented Video.js Tech VHS runtime property', () => {
+        expect(
+            hasActiveVhsSourceHandler({
+                tech: () => ({ vhs: {} }),
+            } as unknown as VideoJsPlayer)
+        ).toBe(true);
+        expect(
+            hasActiveVhsSourceHandler({
+                tech: () => ({ el: () => document.createElement('video') }),
+            } as unknown as VideoJsPlayer)
+        ).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('fails closed when Tech access is transiently unavailable', () => {
+        expect(
+            hasActiveVhsSourceHandler({
+                tech: () => {
+                    throw new Error('Tech unavailable');
+                },
+            } as unknown as VideoJsPlayer)
+        ).toBe(false);
+    });
+});
+
+function hasActiveVhsSourceHandler(player: VideoJsPlayer): boolean {
+    const helper = (
+        playerTypes as unknown as {
+            readonly hasActiveVhsSourceHandler?: (
+                candidate: VideoJsPlayer
+            ) => boolean;
+        }
+    ).hasActiveVhsSourceHandler;
+
+    expect(helper).toBeDefined();
+    if (!helper) {
+        throw new Error('hasActiveVhsSourceHandler is not exported');
+    }
+    return helper(player);
+}
@@ -97,3 +97,14 @@ export function getVideoJsTechVideo(
        return null;
    }
 }
+
+export function hasActiveVhsSourceHandler(
+    player: Pick<VideoJsPlayer, 'tech'>
+): boolean {
+    try {
+        const vhs = player.tech()?.vhs;
+        return typeof vhs === 'object' && vhs !== null;
+    } catch {
+        return false;
+    }
+}
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export function getDiagnosticDetails(
        },
        {
            labelKey: 'PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS.DETAIL_NATIVE_ERROR_MESSAGE',
-            value: issue.nativeErrorMessage ?? '',
+            value: issue.vhs ? '' : (issue.nativeErrorMessage ?? ''),
        },
        {
            labelKey: 'PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS.DETAIL_ERROR_DETAILS',
@@ -92,6 +92,20 @@ export function getDiagnosticDetails(
 }

 function formatDiagnosticErrorDetails(issue: PlaybackDiagnostic): string {
+    if (issue.vhs) {
+        return [
+            `stage=${issue.vhs.stage}`,
+            `type=${issue.vhs.engineType}`,
+            `code=${issue.vhs.mediaErrorCode}`,
+            `disposition=${issue.vhs.disposition}`,
+            issue.vhs.httpStatus === undefined
+                ? ''
+                : `HTTP ${issue.vhs.httpStatus}`,
+        ]
+            .filter((value) => value.length > 0)
+            .join(' · ');
+    }
+
    if (issue.hls) {
        return [
            `stage=${issue.hls.stage}`,
@@ -151,6 +165,8 @@ function formatPlayer(player: PlaybackDiagnostic['player']): string {

 function formatDiagnosticSource(source: PlaybackDiagnostic['source']): string {
    switch (source) {
+        case 'vhs':
+            return 'Video.js / VHS';
        case 'hls':
            return 'HLS.js';
        case 'mpegts':
@@ -342,6 +342,35 @@ describe('WebPlayerViewComponent', () => {
        expect(renderedDetails).not.toContain('provider.example');
    });

+    it('renders only sanitized structured VHS evidence in technical details', () => {
+        const issue = createStructuredVhsDiagnostic();
+
+        component.handlePlaybackIssue(issue);
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        const details = component.getDiagnosticDetails(issue);
+        const renderedDetails = details.map(({ value }) => value).join(' ');
+
+        expect(details).toEqual(
+            expect.arrayContaining([
+                {
+                    labelKey: 'PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS.DETAIL_SOURCE',
+                    value: 'Video.js / VHS',
+                },
+                {
+                    labelKey: 'PLAYBACK_DIAGNOSTICS.DETAIL_ERROR_DETAILS',
+                    value:
+                        'stage=unknown · type=networkbadstatus · code=4 · ' +
+                        'disposition=terminal · HTTP 503',
+                },
+            ])
+        );
+        expect(renderedDetails).not.toContain('vhs-render-secret');
+        expect(renderedDetails).not.toContain('provider.example');
+        expect(renderedDetails).not.toContain('Authorization');
+        expect(renderedDetails).not.toContain('response body');
+    });
+
    it('keeps query-declared HLS streams on the HLS mime type', () => {
        const streamUrl =
            'https://example.com/play?extension=m3u8&token=signed';
@@ -370,8 +399,7 @@ describe('WebPlayerViewComponent', () => {
    });

    it('uses the Matroska mime type for query-declared MKV streams', () => {
-        const streamUrl =
-            'https://example.com/play?container=mkv&token=signed';
+        const streamUrl = 'https://example.com/play?container=mkv&token=signed';

        component.setVjsOptions(streamUrl);

@@ -926,3 +954,29 @@ function createStructuredHlsDiagnostic(): PlaybackDiagnostic {
        externalFallbackRecommended: false,
    };
 }
+
+function createStructuredVhsDiagnostic(): PlaybackDiagnostic {
+    return {
+        code: PlaybackDiagnosticCode.NetworkError,
+        source: PlaybackDiagnosticSource.Vhs,
+        sourceUrl: 'https://provider.example/live.m3u8?token=vhs-render-secret',
+        container: 'm3u8',
+        mimeType: 'application/x-mpegURL',
+        player: 'videojs',
+        audioCodecs: [],
+        videoCodecs: [],
+        details: 'Authorization response body vhs-render-secret',
+        nativeErrorCode: 4,
+        nativeErrorMessage:
+            'https://provider.example/error?token=vhs-render-secret',
+        httpStatus: 503,
+        vhs: {
+            engineType: 'networkbadstatus',
+            mediaErrorCode: 4,
+            disposition: 'terminal',
+            stage: 'unknown',
+            httpStatus: 503,
+        },
+        externalFallbackRecommended: false,
+    };
+}