[Bug]: Published Unknown for all of my podcasts #730

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opened 2026-04-24 23:18:44 +02:00 by adam · 8 comments
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Originally created by @backcountrymountains on GitHub (Nov 6, 2022).

Describe the issue

Audiobookshelf isn't updating my podcasts. I tell it to manually find episodes and it says no new episodes, despite new episodes being available.
I think it's having a problem parsing pubDates? The podcast FT News has pubDates but Audiobookshelf lists all episodes as "Published Unknown" when I push the "Find Episodes" magnifying glass.

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The "Published Unknown" is an issue with all of the podcasts that I have (10+ podcasts).

I don't see any errors in the logs:
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Steps to reproduce the issue

Have a podcast feed?

Audiobookshelf version

2.2.2

How are you running audiobookshelf?

Docker

Originally created by @backcountrymountains on GitHub (Nov 6, 2022). ### Describe the issue Audiobookshelf isn't updating my podcasts. I tell it to manually find episodes and it says no new episodes, despite new episodes being available. I think it's having a problem parsing pubDates? The podcast [FT News](https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/73fe3ede-5c5c-4850-96a8-30db8dbae8bf) has pubDates but Audiobookshelf lists all episodes as "Published Unknown" when I push the "Find Episodes" magnifying glass. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/29560911/200190416-718a411a-7e2a-4926-bf72-c12915c80645.png) The "Published Unknown" is an issue with all of the podcasts that I have (10+ podcasts). I don't see any errors in the logs: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/29560911/200190822-44dc7b52-4475-4a0f-9435-1c2521402a84.png) ### Steps to reproduce the issue Have a podcast feed? ### Audiobookshelf version 2.2.2 ### How are you running audiobookshelf? Docker
adam added the bug label 2026-04-24 23:18:44 +02:00
adam closed this issue 2026-04-24 23:18:44 +02:00
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2022):

I just tested this and the pubDate is being parsed fine
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Are you not seeing this?

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2022): I just tested this and the pubDate is being parsed fine ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/67830747/200191053-0dd87d04-7efe-45c7-8775-b8614b860c63.png) ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/67830747/200191070-ce8030a7-a024-40b1-bbf6-03ffca55c488.png) Are you not seeing this?
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2022):

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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2022): ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/67830747/200191107-e6d77781-08c7-4015-9273-5638d2d4dfe1.png)
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2022):

My guess is you have the wrong RSS feed url

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should be: https://rss.acast.com/ftnewsbriefing

that will redirect to the link you sent if accessing via the browser, which may be the initial confusion. it is detecting that a browser is accessing it so it redirects to a readable format.

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2022): My guess is you have the wrong RSS feed url ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/67830747/200191133-37a371bf-25a8-4a09-9e57-25a7f44247fa.png) should be: https://rss.acast.com/ftnewsbriefing that will redirect to the link you sent if accessing via the browser, which may be the initial confusion. it is detecting that a browser is accessing it so it redirects to a readable format.
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@backcountrymountains commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2022):

I am actually using in my podcast. I was just dumb and copied and pasted from when I opened it in the browser instead of what I had set up in audiobookshelf. My bad.
These are my audiobookshelf settings:
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So I'm still having the error. Not sure what I have messed up. It's docker so I don't know what could be different between my setup and anyone else using docker. I don't understand any of this.
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I'm going to try adding a new podcast and see if that will parse pubDate correctly.

@backcountrymountains commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2022): I am actually using [](https://rss.acast.com/ftnewsbriefing) in my podcast. I was just dumb and copied and pasted from when I opened it in the browser instead of what I had set up in audiobookshelf. My bad. These are my audiobookshelf settings: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/29560911/200191521-e92ebe77-ec48-4272-8d4e-ae337944841e.png) So I'm still having the error. Not sure what I have messed up. It's docker so I don't know what could be different between my setup and anyone else using docker. I don't understand any of this. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/29560911/200191705-b97eb0b9-62f3-4ac0-a825-7b0e3982f75e.png) I'm going to try adding a new podcast and see if that will parse pubDate correctly.
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@backcountrymountains commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2022):

I tried to add "The Moth" podcast, which has not previously been added to my audiobookshelf, and it has the same "Published Unknown" error. Weird.

Are there some docker exec -it audiobookshelf /bin/sh commands that I can run to test how audiobookshelf is parsing dates?

@backcountrymountains commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2022): I tried to add "The Moth" podcast, which has not previously been added to my audiobookshelf, and it has the same "Published Unknown" error. Weird. Are there some ```docker exec -it audiobookshelf /bin/sh``` commands that I can run to test how audiobookshelf is parsing dates?
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@Lebo77 commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2022):

I have a bunch of podcasts. None of them have any publish dates anymore.

This is definitely broken. I double checked several of them are using the correct URL for the RSS feeds and the RSS feed contains tags on each episode.

EDIT: Oh, episode tags are not being processed either.

@Lebo77 commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2022): I have a bunch of podcasts. None of them have any publish dates anymore. This is definitely broken. I double checked several of them are using the correct URL for the RSS feeds and the RSS feed contains <pubDate> tags on each episode. EDIT: Oh, episode <description> tags are not being processed either.
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@jjakc-76 commented on GitHub (Nov 9, 2022):

Working for me now after switching to edge version

@jjakc-76 commented on GitHub (Nov 9, 2022): Working for me now after switching to edge version
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Nov 13, 2022):

Fixed in v2.2.3

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Nov 13, 2022): Fixed in [v2.2.3](https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases/tag/v2.2.3)
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Reference: starred/audiobookshelf#730