podcast queue keeps disappearing

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podcast queue keeps disappearing

I'm on iOS 18.1 (iPhone 15 Pro) and the queue of my podcast (not the "Continue Playing" section) keeps disappearing. I would put a few episodes in my queue, and they would stay there for a while, but then the queue would disappear. I think this happens randomly, although it might have happen more frequently when I resume playing from Carplay.

It sounds like it used to be an issue on iOS 15, and I can't tell whether it's 18.1 that reintroduced it, as I was not using the podcast app before.

After reading tips related to the iOS 15 issue I have disabled the "sync library" setting but that did not help.

Anyone else seeing this or, better, has a solution?

iPhone 15 Pro

Posted on Oct 24, 2024 12:12 PM

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GR37 Author

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Oct 30, 2024 7:21 PM in response to GR37

I figured out the issue, so I will leave a response that might help others who are wondering why their podcast queue disappears randomly.

I have a Siri shortcut that uses the "Clear Playing Next" action to clear the queue of the Music app. Based on the description of that action ("Clears all the music in your Playing Next queue"), you might expect that this is limited to the Music app, but you'd be wrong: it does also clear the queue of the Podcast app.

So, the fix is pretty simple: if you don't want your podcast queue to disappear, don't use that action. I wish Apple would either limit the action to the Music app or add an option to select what app it applies to...

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