App version: 3.6.1 from Play Store
Android version: 14
Device model: S24 Ultra
Expected behaviour: Download new episodes of podcasts when they are available.
Current behaviour: Antenna Pod has stopped downloading new episode’s even though the episodes appear under the podcast listing and the unwatched count goes up.
First occurred: It stopped downloading about a week and a half ago.
Environment: No settings have been changed anywhere in the app.
Do you have available space to download podcasts to? You may want to check how much space wherever your files get saved.
Unfortunately it isn’t a storage issue. Over 150gb available.
What is your auto-download limit?
It’s set to 25 but there were only 8 or so episodes downloaded and in the queue when auto download stopped.
“Downloaded and in the queue” → and how many are downloaded and not in the queue?
Sorry I shouldn’t have phrased it that way. I should have just said “in the queue”. There were only 8 episodes in the queue when I noticed it wasn’t auto downloading new episodes even though new episodes were available.
Still, how many episodes are downloaded but not in the queue? The limit refers to all downloaded episodes, whether they are in the queue or not.
Also 8 episodes at the time I noticed. Also I just noticed that an episode dropped this morning for a podcast I have marked for auto download hasn’t done so. There are 7 episodes in the queue and 7 in downloads. Same exact episodes in both sections.
And you are sure that you are using version 3.6.1? Does it say that on the “about” screen or on Google Play?
Yes I am sure. Checked both places. Also after I made the original post, it had updated to 3.7.0 beta 2 and still same behavior. I think I had this same issue once or twice in the past. Only way I solved it was to reinstall the app.
Does it start auto-downloading if you manually pull down to refresh?
You can use this test podcast that “releases” new episodes whenever you refresh: https://tools.bytehamster.com/podcast/alwaysNew.php
I added the test podcast. When I pull down for manual refresh, new episodes appear each time but do not download. And settings are set to auto download.
This is weird. How do you check the number of downloaded episodes? On the “downloads” screen?
Yes that is how I check. Is there another way that I missed?
That screen is fine.
What did you select as “new episodes action”?
It has always been set to “Nothing”
That’s the problem. Only episodes in the inbox are eligible for auto-download
Awesome! That was the issue. I don’t ever look in the inbox so I must have disabled the “add to inbox” setting. I didn’t know that the auto download and inbox settings were connected. Thanks so much!