Notifications of the same videos keep being generated

[Kroesss]

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Affected version

0.23.1

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Dismiss notification of video from subscribed channel
2. Mark the video as watched
3. Receive notifications of the same video over and over again.

Expected behavior

I expect just 1 notification of a new video from a subscribed channel. This should not return after it has been dismissed.

Actual behavior

I keep getting notifications of the same videos for months. I have marked them as watched, I have swiped the notifications away and I have tapped the notifications multiple times. A couple times per week I get the same notifications back.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

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Logs

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 11 (stock OEM-version of OnePlus)

Affected device model

OnePlus Nord2 5G

Additional information

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[daykx]

Maybe it's related: after downloading a video and dismissing notification about downloading it, sometimes download notification repeats several hours later.

[jamiedownsworth]

I've had the same issue for a while now. One thing I've noticed is that there are specific channels this happens with. It doesn't happen for most of the channels I'm subscribed to, but for example both Tom Scott and Tom Scott Plus seem to consistently have this issue.

I think marking the latest video watched is irrelevant as I've had this both on videos I have watched and videos I haven't watched.

[paulverbeke]

It's been happening to me for a while too.
Now for every new push I receive 20+ that I need to swipe away.
OnePlus 8T stock OS Android 13
OnePlus 8T Pixel Experience Android 13
Newpipe 0.26.0

[TobiGr]

Uh, I thought that this was fixed by #10494. Please export your database via settings > content > export database and send it to team{at]newpipe.net. I do not have much time now, so I cannot promise a deep analysis - maybe it's an obvious bug when looking at the data. Please also name the videos / channels that are effected by the bug in the email.

[paulverbeke]

Ok thanks I'll send you all this by mail as soon as it happen's again

[paulverbeke]

All right just sent you an email with 2 screenshots, the exported database, and name of channels and links of videos for easier testing. I can see that all the videos I checked were from 3 months ago. I think it's always these same videos that are pushed again to me in a loop

[paulverbeke]

Just received your answer by mail.

You said you've done this to reproduce unsuccessfully:

• Install NewPipe 0.26.1
• Import your database (backup from the 28th)
• (Tons of notifications appear)
• Close new notifications
• wait for new notifications
• only three channels show up with videos from within the last hour

I don't know what else to say. NewPipe is 0.26.1 but it just happened to me again this morning (but only with some videos not all of them).
Just in case, I made a new backup (on the 29th), cleared app data to reset the app, and made some tests:
Re-importing the db of the 28th --> I receive 4 push.
Re-importing the db of the 29th --> I don't receive any push. So maybe you're right, the old videos may have finally been cleared from the db.

Thanks for the investigation, will let you posted here

[Kroesss]

Same here. I am also on 0.26.1, and got notifications of old video's this morning.

[opusforlife2]

So maybe you're right, the old videos may have finally been cleared from the db.

Let's wait a little longer to confirm this.

[rx78gp01]

I also got notifications of old video that video's upload date between 3 and 4 months ago.
It seems that NewPipeExtractor extract wrong video's upload date between 3 and 4 months ago,
newpipe show textual date 2 months ago in feed.