From 193aa0299443c13e1566c0162fdd56419c611b74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arunesh Dwivedi <arunesh.devops@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 10:46:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: write metadata.json for podcast libraries even without
 media changes

When storeMetadataWithItem is enabled, the metadata file should be
written for podcast libraries regardless of whether media changes
detected. Previously, saveMetadataFile was only called inside the
hasMediaChanges block, so podcast metadata was never written on
subsequent scans if the media content hadn't changed.

Fixes advplyr/audiobookshelf#5093
---
 server/scanner/PodcastScanner.js | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/server/scanner/PodcastScanner.js b/server/scanner/PodcastScanner.js
index f3241d536..72898b661 100644
--- a/server/scanner/PodcastScanner.js
+++ b/server/scanner/PodcastScanner.js
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ class PodcastScanner {
       await media.save()
       await this.saveMetadataFile(existingLibraryItem, libraryScan)
       libraryItemUpdated = global.ServerSettings.storeMetadataWithItem
+    } else if (global.ServerSettings.storeMetadataWithItem) {
+      // Always save metadata file when setting is enabled, even without media changes
+      await this.saveMetadataFile(existingLibraryItem, libraryScan)
+      libraryItemUpdated = true
     }
 
     if (libraryItemUpdated) {