Automattic / Automattic/pocket-casts-android
App doesn't show episodes if internet connection is bad
- Dominant language
- Kotlin
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Description
### Description
I'm currently in an AirBnB with bad wifi and the app is almost unusable because it fails to sometimes load episodes, or even the list of subscriptions. Just now it couldn't load the settings. The issue goes away instantly if I turn off wifi (see video).
### Step-by-step reproduction instructions
1. Connect to an unreliable connection
2. Use the app
### Screenshots or screen recording
https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/assets/8617595/943cc68f-8b40-46e3-9147-520668a44bb7
### Did you search for existing bug reports?
- [X] I have searched for existing bug reports.
### Device, Operating system, and Pocket Casts app version
Android 13.
Pocket Casts: 7.63-rc-4
Contributor guide
Research direction
No files, tests, or code entry points are named. Start by reproducing the failure on an unreliable connection using the listed Android and Pocket Casts versions, then trace the loading paths for episodes, subscriptions, and settings; done means those screens remain usable when connectivity is poor.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100