Automattic / Automattic/pocket-casts-android

App Consuming Excessive Storage Space

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[Area] Storage [Priority] Medium [Type] Bug
Dominant language
Kotlin
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Description

### Description

We are receiving reports from users stating that our app is consuming a lot of storage space, even though they don't have any downloaded episodes.

- [Beta feedback](https://play.google.com/console/u/0/developers/7957760354032996428/app/4975504729640578607/user-feedback/review-details?reviewId=522d31f9-5c0f-4815-8d83-55da494d716d&corpus=BETA_FEEDBACK)

### Step-by-step reproduction instructions

I can't reproduce this issue

### Screenshots or screen recording

_No response_

### Did you search for existing bug reports?

- [x] I have searched for existing bug reports.

### Device, Operating system, and Pocket Casts app version

_No response_

### Investigations
- ~Hypothesis 1 - ExoPlayer Cache~ ❌ : https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/issues/3661#issuecomment-2684947488
- Hypothesis 2 - podcast_episodes table ⚠️ : https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/issues/3661#issuecomment-2685748416
- Hypothesis 3 - Failed download episodes 💡 : https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/issues/3661#issuecomment-2685829122
- Hypothesis 4 - Libraries cache 💡: https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/issues/3661#issuecomment-2685903392

Contributor guide

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Research direction

Review the four hypotheses and their linked issue comments, starting with the unresolved podcast_episodes and failed-download possibilities. Because the report has no reproducible steps or device details, first establish a way to observe storage usage, then document the confirmed cause and how to verify the fix.

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

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