New release notes notification should allow podcast playback to proceed.
When a new release of PA comes out (thanks!), podcast playback is stopped until the release notes are read and acknowledged. For me, this usually happens in the car while driving at a bad time. Ideally, the release notes would display but still allow playback to proceed or pressing the "play" button (via bluetooth ) would acknowledges them so playback can continue.
App updates are handled by the Play Store app.
Unfortunately there’s nothing I can do if the play store app is updating Podcast Addict while the app is being used. Because of that it will stop the player service. The issue isn’t related to the changelog popup but to the Google Play store updating the app during playback