From aefce1eea4d0b6bab1ec2bd3beff09bff91a39c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: doe1080 <98906116+doe1080@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:14:20 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] [fd/hls] Fix crash on empty fragment lists in tests (#17218)

Authored by: doe1080
---
 yt_dlp/downloader/hls.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/downloader/hls.py b/yt_dlp/downloader/hls.py
index 58cfbbf163..ad49e3f56f 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/hls.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/hls.py
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ class HlsFD(FragmentFD):
 
         # We only download the first fragment during the test
         if self.params.get('test', False):
-            fragments = [fragments[0] if fragments else None]
+            fragments = fragments[:1]
 
         if real_downloader:
             info_dict['fragments'] = fragments