From 0e19f6a399ab61deb4ffd2b4267bee32119c25e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2020 12:56:45 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Use an up-to-date UA when downloading news

---
 src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py             | 4 ++--
 src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py
index b50321332b..a056d512ea 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py
@@ -529,8 +529,8 @@ class BasicNewsRecipe(Recipe):
         '''
         if 'user_agent' not in kwargs:
             # More and more news sites are serving JPEG XR images to IE
-            kwargs['user_agent'] = self.last_used_user_agent = getattr(
-                    self, 'last_used_user_agent', None) or random_user_agent(allow_ie=False)
+            ua = getattr(self, 'last_used_user_agent', None) or self.calibre_most_common_ua or random_user_agent(allow_ie=False)
+            kwargs['user_agent'] = self.last_used_user_agent = ua
         self.log('Using user agent:', kwargs['user_agent'])
         br = browser(*args, **kwargs)
         br.addheaders += [('Accept', '*/*')]
diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py
index 48277847da..7c765d6b21 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py
@@ -51,10 +51,12 @@ def compile_recipe(src):
             'xrange': range,
     }
     exec(src, namespace)
+    ua = namespace.get('calibre_most_common_ua')
 
     for x in itervalues(namespace):
         if (isinstance(x, type) and issubclass(x, BasicNewsRecipe) and x not
                 in basic_recipes):
+            x.calibre_most_common_ua = ua
             return x
 
     return None