Bug 511905

Summary:	Podcast RSS feeds are not updated anymore
Product:	[Applications] amarok	Reporter:	promindsd
Component:	Collections/Local	Assignee:	Amarok Bugs <amarok-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	ralf-engels, tuomas
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	3.3.1
Target Milestone:	kf5
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description promindsd 2025-11-10 11:33:07 UTC

SUMMARY

After having upgraded to Fedora 43, the first time I started Amarok it performed a mandatory database update. After that, podcast feeds are not updated anymore from their respective RSS sources.
I also tried to remove the entry and add it again, but it did not work. The new podcast feed is now empty while the corresponding rss/xml file, directly downloaded from its source, is updated and valid.
For your reference, you may try this feed: https://backr24.ilsole24ore.com/podcast/24mattino.xml

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. See summary

OBSERVED RESULT

Podcast feeds do not update anymore

EXPECTED RESULT

RSS feeds sould be updated

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora 43 x86_64
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.10.0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Tuomas Nurmi 2025-11-14 14:08:29 UTC

Thank you for the report! I'll try reproducing myself and inspecting at some point.

Comment 2 Tuomas Nurmi 2026-01-04 17:15:06 UTC

Ok, forgot to check this one out earlier, but now I did.

I tried adding https://backr24.ilsole24ore.com/podcast/24mattino.xml and got plenty of entries in the podcast feed (seem to correspond to to the xml when checking manually)

Are you still experiencing the issue?

Comment 3 promindsd 2026-01-05 11:59:40 UTC

(In reply to Tuomas Nurmi from comment #2)
> Ok, forgot to check this one out earlier, but now I did.
> 
> I tried adding https://backr24.ilsole24ore.com/podcast/24mattino.xml and got
> plenty of entries in the podcast feed (seem to correspond to to the xml when
> checking manually)
> 
> Are you still experiencing the issue?

Hello,
thank you for checking this out. It is now some time I do not see this bug anymore and I supposed it was fixed.
I however experience strange behavior in how podcast are sorted. Podcast episodes seem now to be sorted in - at least to me - undetermined sort order, whereas in the past they were properly and usefully sorted based on a descending published date order.
What about adding in the "channel configuration dialog" a sort criteria option? It could be useful to add, for example, sort options based on name and release date, for example, both in ascending and descending order.

Thank you.

Kindest regards.

Comment 4 Tuomas Nurmi 2026-01-05 12:02:00 UTC

Okay, thank you for confirming! Closing this one, then.

Regarding the sorting order, there seems to be a corresponding earlier report at https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511036
I'll try to have a stab at that at some point perhaps.