[Enhancement]: Adjust and Re-enable the automatic disabling of a podcast after 24 failures #2579

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opened 2026-04-25 00:08:34 +02:00 by adam · 1 comment
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Originally created by @jarkle on GitHub (Feb 15, 2025).

Type of Enhancement

Server Backend

Describe the Feature/Enhancement

My current understanding after discussing in Discord is that after a Podcast has failed to update after 24 attempts it will automatically disable future checking forcing the user to manually touch all disabled Podcasts to get them downloading again. Below are some things I think would help with this:

  1. A notification on the Podcasts that automatic downlaods have been disabled and the reason why.
  2. A way to re-enable downloading of all podcasts that are currently disabled.
  3. A place where the user can manually set the number of failures before downloading is disabled.

Why would this be helpful?

  1. It would help show that podcast downloads have automatically been disabled.
  2. It would be less tedious to re-enable all disabled podcasts.
  3. Some users may want a different value instead of an arbitrarily (In the users' eyes, I'm sure there is a reason the dev team chose 24) chosen number.

Future Implementation (Screenshot)

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Audiobookshelf Server Version

v2.19.2

Current Implementation (Screenshot)

No response

Originally created by @jarkle on GitHub (Feb 15, 2025). ### Type of Enhancement Server Backend ### Describe the Feature/Enhancement My current understanding after discussing in Discord is that after a Podcast has failed to update after 24 attempts it will automatically disable future checking forcing the user to manually touch all disabled Podcasts to get them downloading again. Below are some things I think would help with this: 1. A notification on the Podcasts that automatic downlaods have been disabled and the reason why. 2. A way to re-enable downloading of all podcasts that are currently disabled. 3. A place where the user can manually set the number of failures before downloading is disabled. ### Why would this be helpful? 1. It would help show that podcast downloads have automatically been disabled. 2. It would be less tedious to re-enable all disabled podcasts. 3. Some users may want a different value instead of an arbitrarily (In the users' eyes, I'm sure there is a reason the dev team chose 24) chosen number. ### Future Implementation (Screenshot) N/A ### Audiobookshelf Server Version v2.19.2 ### Current Implementation (Screenshot) _No response_
adam added the enhancement label 2026-04-25 00:08:34 +02:00
adam closed this issue 2026-04-25 00:08:35 +02:00
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Feb 15, 2025):

There are multiple issues open that are basically the same thing. These should all get merged

https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/3901

https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/3853

https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/3455

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Feb 15, 2025): There are multiple issues open that are basically the same thing. These should all get merged https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/3901 https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/3853 https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/3455
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Reference: starred/audiobookshelf#2579