Automattic / Automattic/pocket-casts-ios
watchOS/Downloads: reports of downloads on watchOS being corrupt/put together badly
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- Swift
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Description
### User report
On my Watch, sometimes the downloaded episodes are "corrupted". The audio at the start will be of the episode already in progress, and after a couple of minutes the episode will go on as normal, thus skipping the first few minutes. Like, instead of playing [0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7], the episode goes [3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7].
It doesn't happen every time, so I just delete the file and download again, but it's annoying if it happens when I'm on-the-go (my Watch is wi-fi only and I don't take my phone with me every time).
I'm using an iPhone XR and an Apple Watch Series 5 GPS. Both are using the latest iOS/watchOS, and this has been happening for months, even before iOS 15 / watchOS 8
My current Wi-Fi is 5GHz only, so the Watch can't connect to it. All the sync/download on the Watch happens through Bluetooth.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported watchOS download behavior with the stated iPhone XR, Apple Watch Series 5 GPS, and Bluetooth-only transfer conditions. Done means downloaded episodes consistently play from the beginning without duplicated or skipped audio; the report names no source files or tests to inspect.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- swift
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100