[Bug]: API. Description is null for podcasts. #2614

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opened 2026-04-25 00:09:02 +02:00 by adam · 2 comments
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Originally created by @AlbanDAVID on GitHub (Feb 26, 2025).

What happened?

Since, v2.19.5 description for podcats is null for these following endpoints :

  1. GET https://abs.example.com/api/libraries//items (https://api.audiobookshelf.org/#get-a-library-39-s-items)

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  1. GET http://abs.example.com/api/items/ (https://api.audiobookshelf.org/#get-a-library-item)

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What did you expect to happen?

Retrieve the description (whas not null before v2.19.5)

Steps to reproduce the issue

  1. GET https://abs.example.com/api/libraries//items
  2. GET http://abs.example.com/api/items/

Audiobookshelf version

v2.19.5

How are you running audiobookshelf?

Docker

What OS is your Audiobookshelf server hosted from?

Linux

If the issue is being seen in the UI, what browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Firefox

Logs


Additional Notes

Thx!

Originally created by @AlbanDAVID on GitHub (Feb 26, 2025). ### What happened? Since, v2.19.5 description for podcats is null for these following endpoints : 1) GET https://abs.example.com/api/libraries/<ID>/items (https://api.audiobookshelf.org/#get-a-library-39-s-items) ![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a26dc039-239c-4979-ba2f-61e50470b4a3) 2) GET http://abs.example.com/api/items/<ID> (https://api.audiobookshelf.org/#get-a-library-item) ![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a26dc039-239c-4979-ba2f-61e50470b4a3) ### What did you expect to happen? Retrieve the description (whas not null before v2.19.5) ### Steps to reproduce the issue 1. GET https://abs.example.com/api/libraries/<ID>/items 2. GET http://abs.example.com/api/items/<ID> ### Audiobookshelf version v2.19.5 ### How are you running audiobookshelf? Docker ### What OS is your Audiobookshelf server hosted from? Linux ### If the issue is being seen in the UI, what browsers are you seeing the problem on? Firefox ### Logs ```shell ``` ### Additional Notes Thx!
adam added the bug label 2026-04-25 00:09:02 +02:00
adam closed this issue 2026-04-25 00:09:02 +02:00
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (May 13, 2025):

I'm not able to reproduce this. Can you test this again on the latest version v2.21.0?

@advplyr commented on GitHub (May 13, 2025): I'm not able to reproduce this. Can you test this again on the latest version v2.21.0?
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@AlbanDAVID commented on GitHub (May 15, 2025):

I just tried on v2.22.0 and it works again.
Thx.

@AlbanDAVID commented on GitHub (May 15, 2025): I just tried on v2.22.0 and it works again. Thx.
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Reference: starred/audiobookshelf#2614