YouTube says those 90-second ad timers were caused by a bug

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TL;DRUsers reported seeing non-skippable 90-second ad timers on YouTube this week.YouTube had previously said that that behavior wasn’t part of any test and that it was looking into the problem.Today, YouTube said the long timers were caused by a bug. A fix is rolling out now.Users have been reporting 90-second-long, non-skappable ads on YouTube’s TV apps this week, and as you might expect, they’re not happy about it. Today, though, YouTube says it’s rolling out a fix for the issue.YouTube tells 9to5Google that this week’s reports stem from a bug that caused YouTube to show “higher, inaccurate timers” for ads that weren’t actually 90 seconds long, doubling down on its previous statements that the unusual behavior wasn’t intentional and wasn’t part of any test for new ad formats.