App does not fetch new episodes when there's a future dated episode in the podcast

[reginabally]

Description

Internal discussion: p1676519952301769-slack-C02A333D8LQ Reported in: 5924448-zd-woothemes iOS issue: https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-ios/issues/724

The issue was originally reported for the iOS app but likely will affect the Android app since it shares similar logic.

When a podcast has an episode that has a published date set to a future date, the app will not update new episodes unless the user unsubscribes and subscribe to the podcast again.

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

1. Subscribe to the private feed mentioned in the Slack thread
2. Note down the latest episode in the app
3. Check the episode listing in the app after a new episode has been published
4. Notice that the app didn't pick up the new episode

Screenshots or screen recording

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Device, Operating system, and Pocket Casts app version

N/A since this report was captured on iOS

[emilylaguna]

I've posted some details on this issue here: https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-ios/issues/724#issuecomment-1434946373

[mchowning]

A similar report, but where the latest episode is always the same for "Le 18/20 : un jour dans le monde" podcast because it is always updated to be the most recent and as a result new episodes are not returned during a normal sync: 7406222-zd-woothemes