RSS feeds @ wordpress.com not updating?

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  internetonlineweblog · Member · May 6, 2019 at 9:10 am

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  I’ve noticed the RSS feeds (or SOME of the RSS feeds) @ wordpress.com seem to be not updating since ca. 1 May.

  e.g.

  https://wordpress.com/tag/community

  has many updates daily, but the latest post in the RSS feed (if I am reading it correctly) seems to be from 30 April:

  https://wordpress.com/tag/community/feed

  Is this a bug or a feature? (or perhaps something else?)

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · May 6, 2019 at 3:47 pm

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  Hi –

  When I go to https://wordpress.com/tag/community/feed/ there is

  <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2019 15:44:19 +0000</pubDate>

  The previous post was May 1st. So, perhaps there was an interruption in the feed. Can you let me know if you’re able to see the May 6th post. Thanks.

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  internetonlineweblog · Member · May 6, 2019 at 6:41 pm

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  Oh, is that a post, or simply the date of the RSS feed?

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  supernovia · Staff · May 6, 2019 at 10:41 pm

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  @internetonlineweblog that’s the pubdate for the whole channel. Is there a chance you’re looking at the pubdate of an individual post?

  Can you let us know where you’re seeing this April 30 date?

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  internetonlineweblog · Member · May 7, 2019 at 1:16 pm

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  Near the top of the feed, I see:

  <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 00:44:37 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>Ivy Anderson</dc:creator><guid>https://whnt.com/2019/04/30/new-market-community-asks-for-county-to-clean-up-horror-house/</guid><description>MADISON COUNTY, Ala. – If you drive down Meadow Green Drive in New Market, at the very end of</description>

  Since the 1st of May, several HUNDREDS if not THOUSANDS of posts have been tagged “community” — but NONE of these have appeared on the RSS feed.

  I think there seems to be something VERY WRONG here (and not just with this feed, either — it seems that NONE of the RSS feeds @ wordpress.com are updating correctly).

  Can someone clarify if I have noted this error correctly, or where the HUNDREDS / THOUSANDS of post *not in the feed* are? Has wordpress.com STOPPED this, or is some ERROR causing the problem?

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  supernovia · Staff · May 7, 2019 at 5:11 pm

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  @internetonlineweblog, got it, I think I understand now. The RSS itself says it’s updated (with the date for the feed itself), but it’s not picking up posts after April 30. Correct?

  I’m guessing we have to use heavy caching on that feed, but a week behind could be a bit overboard. I’ll see what we can find about that.

  Also, for our developer’s information, can you let us know how you’re using the feed? Do you use a reader or are you importing into your site, or… ?

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  supernovia · Staff · May 7, 2019 at 5:22 pm

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  Okay, I saw another issue that may be related. They’re working on a fix now but it will take a few days to resolve.

  I’ll update you when we have more information. Cheers :)

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  internetonlineweblog · Member · May 7, 2019 at 5:51 pm

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  EXCELLENT!! :D

  I follow a bunch of feeds, just to read what’s going on. ;)

  I’m a sorta wild + crazy guy, w/ far out ideas … B-)

  See e.g. https://networks.business.blog/2019/04/20/linking-together-the-wordpress-community

  Thanks!! :D

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  supernovia · Staff · May 7, 2019 at 6:11 pm

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  @internetonlineweblog Ah, cool. Thank you!

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  supernovia · Staff · May 10, 2019 at 12:53 am

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  Hi @internetonlineweblog, we weren’t be able to get back the last few day’s worth of posts on that feed. But the issue that caused this is corrected now, so it’ll work going forward. Hoping this helps!