Show setup not working / Feed not recognized for

[Kfir-G]

Hi OP3 team,

I'm trying to get my podcast set up on OP3, but the setup process isn't recognizing my feed and no show dashboard is being generated.

• Public RSS Feed: https://kfir-g.dev/podcast/feed.xml
• Raw Feed Source (GitHub): https://github.com/Kfir-G/kfir-g.github.io/blob/main/docs/podcast/feed.xml

Details:

1. All <enclosure> tags in my RSS feed are updated to use the OP3 prefix:
   url="[https://op3.dev/e/media.githubusercontent.com/](https://op3.dev/e/media.githubusercontent.com/)..."
2. Valid length attributes (file size in bytes) are included for all episode enclosures.
3. Testing the prefix directly via curl -I returns a 302 Found redirect as expected:

curl -I "https://op3.dev/e/media.githubusercontent.com/media/Kfir-G/kfir-g.github.io/refs/heads/main/docs/podcast/audio-files/episode1-jod35.mp3"
# Output: HTTP/2 302

However, searching for https://kfir-g.dev/podcast/feed.xml on op3.dev/setup still doesn't find the show or build the show page.

Could you please help check if there's an ingestion error or an issue with how the feed is being parsed?

Thanks!

Kfir

[yudin-s]

Your feed and the OP3 prefix itself look OK from the outside. I can fetch https://kfir-g.dev/podcast/feed.xml, it returns RSS XML, and the episode enclosures already use https://op3.dev/e/.... A direct HEAD check against one of the prefixed episode URLs also returns the expected OP3 302 redirect to the media file.

The likely mismatch is the setup page flow, not the enclosure URL. In OP3 source, the setup UI first calls /api/1/feeds/search; when the input is an HTTP URL, the backend looks it up through Podcast Index by feed URL. Only after that search result is selected does it call /api/1/feeds/analyze. The show-page preview is also gated on OP3 finding OP3-prefixed enclosures and having a podcast GUID/show identifier.

Your current RSS does not include the Podcasting 2.0 namespace or a channel-level <podcast:guid>. So I would check these in order:

1. Make sure the feed URL is registered/indexed in Podcast Index. If Podcast Index does not know https://kfir-g.dev/podcast/feed.xml, OP3 setup search can return no show even though the raw feed is reachable.
2. Add a stable channel-level <podcast:guid> using the Podcast Namespace, for example with xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0" on <rss> and <podcast:guid>...</podcast:guid> inside <channel>.
3. If you already have a Podcast GUID, use OP3 optional prefix attribution while waiting for discovery/indexing:

https://op3.dev/e,pg=YOUR-PODCAST-GUID/media.githubusercontent.com/...

4. After changing the feed, wait for caches/indexing and then try setup again. OP3 stats/show pages also need observed downloads, so a newly prefixed feed may not immediately have a populated public stats page.

So I would not start by changing the length attributes or the OP3 redirect prefix. The more probable blocker is that OP3 setup cannot resolve this feed through Podcast Index / GUID metadata yet.

If that matches what you see after checking Podcast Index, please mark this as answered so the next direct-feed setup case is easier to recognize.

[johnspurlock-skymethod]

In general - OP3 pages are created for shows that are meant to be public, to avoid listing "private" feeds. One way for OP3 to know that your show is public is to add it to either the Podcast Index or Apple Podcasts directory.

Since you asked here, I've added it to the Podcast Index myself - now that feed will appear in search and your OP3 stats page will start generating in tonight's run.