From 1c8d07885c772baa50d1da9bbd0766b3c4a2ce1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mike=20F=C3=A4hrmann?= <mike_faehrmann@web.de>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 18:28:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [chevereto] improve password requirement detection

---
 gallery_dl/extractor/chevereto.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/chevereto.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/chevereto.py
index 6c1bf754..b7abfed1 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/chevereto.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/chevereto.py
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ class CheveretoExtractor(BaseExtractor):
     def _pagination(self, url, callback=None):
         page = self.request(url).text
 
-        if form := text.extr(page, "<form ", "</form"):
+        if len(page) < 45_000 and "assword required" in page and (
+                form := text.extr(page, "<form ", "</form")):
             page = self._password_submit(url, form) or page
 
         if callback is not None: