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Description

I raised this issue on reddit but somebody has pointed me to this issue tracker. I get this error:

I have been getting this bug frequently and for a few months, across various different podcasts. I open the app and it has lost my previous position then presents the above error when I attempt to seek forward. I can clear it by closing the app and clearing it's cache but it means I can not return to where I was, and the problem will happen again elsewhere a few days later. The app and my Samsung phone are fully up to date.

I subscribe to about 25 podcasts, some which publish frequently and some rarely. I certainly have seen this problem happen across different podcasts all of which are unrelated channels.

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

What seems to initiate this bug is when I starting listening to a podcast on wifi and say I listen for an hour or so then the next time I continue that same episode I may be on a mobile network, e.g. in the car or out walking. As soon as the podcast starts playing then I notice it has restarted at the beginning so I know this problem has occurred and sure enough when I try to seek forward to where I was before (i.e. where I was when listening on wifi) then I see the above error. I have to force kill the app and clear the cache then restart the app and then manually seek. Sometimes it happens when I go wifi -> mobile but it can also happen mobile -> wifi. I remember seeing this same bug some time ago (and you will see others around reddit reporting it back then) but it got fixed and I never saw it again until about 4 months ago(?). I have seen it frequently since. It is an absolute PITA bug so I have tried to change to other podcast apps but I miss a few PC features.

Screenshots or screen recording

See above.

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Device, Operating system, and Pocket Casts app version

Samsung S22+ up to date OS One UI 7.0 (android 15), up to date Pocket Casts version 7.91.