itunes:type not picked up by Apple Podcasts Connect or Feed Validator

  • Resolved beccayall

    (@beccayall)


    3 years, 7 months ago

    I can see itunes:type in the channel section of my RSS feed when I view source. However, when I ran the RSS through Cast Feed Validator (https://castfeedvalidator.com/), it tells me the itunes:type tag is missing:

    No itunes:type tag in feed. The default setting is episodic.

    Apple Podcasts Connect is also rejecting my feed on validation, with this error message:

    Type – This field is required

    I see in the RSS source that there is an extra indentation before the itunes:type field. Could this be causing the validators to skip over it?

    “Episodic” is supposed to be the default value for this field, but apparently Apple Podcasts Connect now requires it to be explicitly stated in the feed before it can be validated and submitted to Apple for review. *grumble*

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  • Thread Starter beccayall

    (@beccayall)

    Update: I hardcoded this in the RSS, and it still isn’t getting read by iTunes or Cast Feed Validator. I’ve opened a ticket with Apple in case it’s something on their end (and to understand why they aren’t just using the default value), but if anyone has any ideas, I’d love to hear them!

    Thread Starter beccayall

    (@beccayall)

    It seems to have fixed itself somehow, not sure if it’s because I hardcoded the value.

    Plugin Author Craig Hewitt

    (@podcastmotor)

    Hi there,

    We are going to be adding this feed field here shortly, but glad that it was resolved for you for now. Will be in touch as things get updated from our end.

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