RSS Feed Latency

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  joeabbott · Member · Apr 16, 2011 at 3:08 pm

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  I’m using the RSS feed recommended by this group and it’s doing the job admirably. I have a question about latency or a delay between when a post shows up on the master site, and when it’s reflected into my blog via the RSS widget.

  I have a “Cat Cartoon” site that has a post appearing daily. Right now it’s showing “April 16” … the RSS widget on my main site, however, has “April 15” as it’s latest post.

  I noticed this problem yesterday and, after a couple hours it corrected itself … so I expect the same will happen today.

  What I’m looking for is 1) whether this is normal (I believe it is), and then … depending on that answer, either: 2) if it’s not normal, some proposed debugging steps, or 3) if it is normal, what sort of latency I should expect in RSS feed reflection.

  I’ve looked through the forums and support site on the RSS widget and nothing is popping. Thanks!

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Apr 16, 2011 at 7:24 pm

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  Yes, that’s definitely normal. Your feed is updated instantly, but feed readers (like the RSS widget) only check for new posts on scheduled intervals.

  It usually take the RSS widget at most 6 hours to pick up the newest posts.