Automatically retry failed downloads
When a podcast download fails for an 'external' reason (e.g. server issue, limited disk space) the app will stop automatic download attempts, marking the download as failed to be launched manually when the issues are resolved later. Given the nature of automatic updates, downloads and playlist population I generally do not notice failed downloads for several weeks after the event.
I suggest adding a check for failed downloads when another download starts successfully. A single download attempt could be launched if any failed downloads are identified.
With this check in place, there will be the possibility of automatically downloading episodes after the external failure is resolved without the need to run download attempts constantly.
The app already retries failed download a few times in case the eror code returned is non fatal.
In case of a fatal error, downlaods will not be retried automatically. You have to open the download manager ‘error’ tab and retry them manually in that case.
As those ‘external issues’ might be fixed weeks or months later I’m not sure retrying the download automatically is such a good idea,
Sorry but I prefer to decline this request
Thanks for your understanding
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jake niemers commented
I have not gotten a single episode to successfully download completely. It seems if ANY thing happens it stops the download, and deletes all progress, then will not do anything until you manually restart the dl from beginning. Very annoying