Podcast episodes on homescreen constantly showing new episode notification

[okhe3-bpt_tb]

Plan

Premium

Country

US

Device

(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)

Operating System

(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)

My Question or Issue

Starting today I have noticed that on my Spotify home page any podcasts show the new episode notification (little blue dot). Normally when I select a podcast with this notification the next time I go back to the home screen the notification is gone. Now however, I can find no way to clear these notifications. Even though I have listened to the most recent episodes of the several of these podcasts, they all continue to show the new episode notification. Also when I select one of these podcasts, it now takes me to a the most recent unlistened to episode in their episode list, even if it's a year old, instead of taking me to the top of the episode list.

I have tried clearing my cache, but it did not help.

[Joan]

Hi there @okhe3-bpt_tb,

Thanks for reaching out. We'll be glad to help you get the podcasts working as usual.

This is quite odd and we haven't seen any reports about this so far. Could you please provide us the following:

• Is this on all devices or only on specific one(s)? What about the web player? 
• Does this affect all podcasts?
• Did the first occurrence of the issue happen after an update to the device or app?

With this information, we’d be happy to investigate.

Keep us posted.

[AdventureAwaits12]

Happening to me too. For the last week or so. Shows a new episode dot on homepage, but I'm all up to date and it doesn't go away.

No recent updates that I know of.

Happens on both Android phone app, and my Mac desktop app.

Right now there's only 1 podcast in there, but when there's more, it seems to apply to them as well.

[AlejaR]

Hey there folks,

Thanks for posting in the Community and welcome.

@okhe3-bpt_tb, @AdventureAwaits12, we could replicate this behavior. We've gone ahead and passed this important info onto the right team. We'd like to gather some additional info. Please send us:

• The exact make/model and OS of the affected devices.
• The exact Spotify version you're running on your devices.
• Did you notice if this started to happen after a specific event such as an OS update?

Keep us in the loop!

[JxTx]

Same issue here. It mostly seems to be happening with one specific podcast for me (Dear Hank and John) but occasionally with others. I'm running a Pixel 7a with Spotify version 9.0.20.604 and Android 15. It's been happening for roughly the last 2-3 weeks. 

[manuelsen]

Same happening here for a couple of

weeks now. iPhone 13 mini with iOS 18.0.1 and Spotify 9.0.22

[BrennanofOrange]

Same problem here, iPhone 11 Pro, ios 18.3.2, Spotify 9.0.28.607.