Investigate: Live Notification is cleared after a minute when paused

[joashrajin]

Description

We've seen Samsung users on Android 15 reporting that the player notification is disappearing. I can replicate it, but the issue happens with YT Music too, so it does not appear Pocket Casts specific.

It is worth noting that the Player is still present under 'Quick Action' (where you can enable WiFi, etc).

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

1. Play an episode
2. Ensure Settings > Notifications has 'Hide playback notifications on pause' is disabled
3. Pause the episode and keep the live notifications tap opened (swipe down on the top left of screen)
4. Notice that exactly after 60 seconds, the notification is removed

Screenshots or screen recording

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Device, Operating system, and Pocket Casts app version

Samsung S25 Ultra, Pocket Casts v7.90-rc-2, Android 15 - OneUI 7.0

[joashrajin]

https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/playback-notification-disappears-from-lock-screen-after-being-paused-1-minute/

[thabotswana]

More reports in https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/playback-notification-disappears-from-lock-screen-after-being-paused-1-minute/page/2/?view=all#post-10584

[Yellowretrorainbows]

This is happening to me as well. For me it's actually causing me to seek out a different podcast player until this issue is resolved. It isn't happening with any other media player or podcast player. Just Pocketcasts. It's also happening immediately after I pause an episode.

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[joashrajin]

We've got a report for the same issue happening on OnePlus devices now (OnePlus 13 device with Android 15)