Trailer Logic Errors

I know there have been several recent updates to the trailer logic in the past week, but there are still issues plus there remains a long-standing bug with <itunes:episodeType>.

I’ve confirmed all of this is (still) true with the current, 10.0.7 build of Powerpress.

1. Trailer bug: If there is no episode marked as Trailer (in Episode Description > See More Settings > Type > Trailer), then the most recent episode marked as “Full Episode” in the same place becomes set as <podcast:trailer>.

Definitely related is number 2 here, which has been an issue for a LONG time:

2. The “full episode” inconsistency bug: The only way to get <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType> to appear in the <item> section for a show’s feed is to set the Type to “Full Episode”. Leaving it at “Full (default)” omits ANY <itunes:episodeType> tag from appearing for that <item>.

This is a huge issue, of course, because Apple subscriptions matches the RSS feed on the <itunes:episodeType> tag along with <itunes:episode> and, if it exists, <itunes:season>. But I can 100% confirm that if <itunes:episodeType> is missing, then Apple Subscriptions will NOT match and will, instead, post a duplicate episode to subscribers’ feeds.

Because of that, I have to manually set every episode to Type: Full Episode in order to get that <itunes:episodeType> tag to appear and, then, because of the first bug I mentioned, PowerPress (now) makes that episode the trailer, too.

Hopefully this is enough detail for y’all to replicate and resolve, but obviously please feel free to reach out if not. Thanks!