[jer0me]

At risk of this becoming a support thread, has anyone else had issues with Pocket Casts for iOS not auto-downloading podcasts in the background?

[ryanchants]

I had to whitelist pdst.fm on my pihole a while back to get downloads working.

[jeremy0x4a]

The Pihole comment is on point, I've had to whitelist certain podcast providers as well. Additionally, enabling notifications seems to help keep Pocket Casts "awake" and reliably downloading on a schedule, as noted in the app settings.