IO failed to fill buffer

[slyght-hp]

I'm running into an issue where my podcasts are not updating regularly. One of the errors I see popping up is this:

2025-08-02T17:57:47 ❌ - Error writing metadata: Initial error: The following error occurred: IO: failed to fill whole buffer
Error context:
0: <podfetch::utils::error::CustomError as core::convert::Frompodfetch::utils::error::CustomErrorInner>::from
at /home/rust/src/src/utils/error.rs:33:34
1: <T as core::convert::Into>::into
at /rustc/17067e9ac6d7ecb70e50f92c1944e545188d2359/library/core/src/convert/mod.rs:761:9
2: podfetch::service::download_service::DownloadService::update_meta_data_mp3::{{closure}}
at /home/rust/src/src/service/download_service.rs:315:68
3: core::result::Result<T,E>::map_err
at /rustc/17067e9ac6d7ecb70e50f92c1944e545188d2359/library/core/src/result.rs:856:27
4: podfetch::service::download_service::DownloadService::update_meta_data_mp3
at /home/rust/src/src/service/download_service.rs:315:14
5: podfetch::service::download_service::DownloadService::handle_metadata_insertion
at /home/rust/src/src/service/download_service.rs:188:40
6: podfetch::service::download_service::DownloadService::download_podcast_episode
at /home/rust/src/src/service/download_service.rs:165:22
7: podfetch::service::podcast_episode_service::PodcastEpisodeService::perform_download
at /home/rust/src/src/service/podcast_episode_service.rs:66:9
8: podfetch::service::podcast_episode_service::PodcastEpisodeService::download_podcast_episode_if_not_locally_available
at /home/rust/src/src/service/podcast_episode_service.rs:43:40
9: podfetch::service::rust_service::PodcastService::schedule_episode_download
at /home/rust/src/src/service/rust_service.rs:184:29
10: podfetch::service::rust_service::PodcastService::refresh_podcast
at /home/rust/src/src/service/rust_service.rs:205:9
11: podfetch::controllers::podcast_controller::refresh_all_podcasts::{{closure}}::{{closure}}
at /home/rust/src/src/controllers/podcast_controller.rs:421:34
12: std::sys::backtrace::rust_begin_short_backtrace
at /rustc/17067e9ac6d7ecb70e50f92c1944e545188d2359/library/std/src/sys/backtrace.rs:152:18
13: std::thread::Builder::spawn_unchecked::{{closure}}::{{closure}}
at /rustc/17067e9ac6d7ecb70e50f92c1944e545188d2359/library/std/src/thread/mod.rs:559:17
14: <core::panic::unwind_safe::AssertUnwindSafe as core::ops::function::FnOnce<()>>::call_once
at /rustc/17067e9ac6d7ecb70e50f92c1944e545188d2359/library/core/src/panic/unwind_safe.rs:272:9
15: std::panicking::try::do_call
at /rustc/17067e9ac6d7ecb70e50f92c1944e545188d2359/library/std/src/panicking.rs:589:40
16: std::panicking::try
at /rustc/17067e9ac6d7ecb70e50f92c1944e545188d2359/library/std/src/panicking.rs:552:19
17: std::panic::catch_unwind
at /rustc/17067e9ac6d7ecb70e50f92c1944e545188d2359/library/std/src/panic.rs:359:14
18: std::thread::Builder::spawn_unchecked::{{closure}}
at /rustc/17067e9ac6d7ecb70e50f92c1944e545188d2359/library/std/src/thread/mod.rs:557:30
19: core::ops::function::FnOnce::call_once{{vtable.shim}}
at /rustc/17067e9ac6d7ecb70e50f92c1944e545188d2359/library/core/src/ops/function.rs:250:5
20: <alloc::boxed::Box<F,A> as core::ops::function::FnOnce>::call_once
at /rustc/17067e9ac6d7ecb70e50f92c1944e545188d2359/library/alloc/src/boxed.rs:1966:9
21: <alloc::boxed::Box<F,A> as core::ops::function::FnOnce>::call_once
at /rustc/17067e9ac6d7ecb70e50f92c1944e545188d2359/library/alloc/src/boxed.rs:1966:9
22: std::sys::pal::unix::thread::Thread::new::thread_start
at /rustc/17067e9ac6d7ecb70e50f92c1944e545188d2359/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/thread.rs:109:17

What can I do to fix this?

[SamTV12345]

Hi @slyght-hp what did you do? I guess trying to download a podcast? Do you know the title and where you downloaded it, e.g. itunes

[slyght-hp]

Yes, it was the Empire podcast, episode 276 - The Biggest Corruption Scandal in French History (Part 4). https://feeds.megaphone.fm/empirepodcast

I'm getting several other errors as well:
❌ - Error The following error occurred: IO: failed to fill whole buffer:
❌ - Error refreshing podcast: Initial error: Bad Request: Error parsing podcast Limelight with cause InvalidStartTag
❌ - Error Bad Request: Error requesting resource from server: 0: <podfetch::utils::error::CustomError as core::convert::Frompodfetch::utils::error::CustomErrorInner>::from
at /home/rust/src/src/utils/error.rs:33:34
❌ - Error during reqwest: error sending request for url (https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/38DGD/pscrb.fm/rss/p/swap.fm/track/WgbGgxzM3MFRwjmX5fnx/traffic.megaphone.fm/FAFO9807851734.mp3?updated=1711770543)

The biggest issue though is that while a few of the podcasts are updating regularly, for most of them they won't refresh the RSS feeds and download new episodes unless I do it manually for each podcast individually.

[SamTV12345]

It worked for me. Do you have some proxy in front of Podfetch? Because InvalidStartTag means the feed can't be parsed.

[slyght-hp]

I don't, unfortunately. My biggest issue is that almost none of the podcasts are updating regularly. At this point, podfetch won't refresh the RSS feeds and download new episodes automatically. I have to do it manually for each podcast individually, and even then it'll only download 5-10 episodes before it stops and I have to re-fresh it again.