From a8ca947154687c540b4a8dacdb70ec2e90449650 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mike=20F=C3=A4hrmann?= <mike_faehrmann@web.de>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2025 15:56:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [pixiv] warn about invalid 'PHPSESSID' cookie (#8689)

---
 gallery_dl/extractor/pixiv.py | 9 ++++++---
 test/results/pixiv.py         | 1 +
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/pixiv.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/pixiv.py
index 5be4867a..eb1a7f29 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/pixiv.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/pixiv.py
@@ -237,10 +237,13 @@ class PixivExtractor(Extractor):
                 return data["body"]
 
             self.log.debug("Server response: %s", util.json_dumps(data))
-            return self.log.error(
-                "'%s'", data.get("message") or "General Error")
+            if (msg := data.get("message")) == "An unknown error occurred":
+                msg = "Invalid 'PHPSESSID' cookie"
+            else:
+                msg = f"'{msg or 'General Error'}'"
+            self.log.error("%s", msg)
         except Exception:
-            return None
+            pass
 
     def _extract_ajax(self, work, body):
         work["_ajax"] = True
diff --git a/test/results/pixiv.py b/test/results/pixiv.py
index 0e763f62..a4d08f11 100644
--- a/test/results/pixiv.py
+++ b/test/results/pixiv.py
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ __tests__ = (
     "#comment" : "Invalid PHPSESSID cookie",
     "#class"   : pixiv.PixivArtworksExtractor,
     "#options" : {"cookies": {"PHPSESSID": "12345_aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"}},
+    "#log"     : "Invalid 'PHPSESSID' cookie",
     "#sha1_url": "852c31ad83b6840bacbce824d85f2a997889efb7",
 },