I have been getting the iTunes error: "There is a temporary problem completing your requ

Let's try this: Go to the Podcast Store on iTunes and search for your podcast. Once you find your podcast, click on it and the next page will show you all the episodes available for that podcast. Go to one of the episodes you'd like to download and click the "Get" button (under Price on the right side of the screen. That episode will begin to dowload. Next, go to the "Library" tab. The Podcast will show on your list of podcasts. Click on the Podcast name. The episode you downloaded should show on the right panel under "My Episodes". Go to the right top of the screen and click on the podcast settings "wheel" icon. Toggle the "Subscribed" swith from Off to On and adjust the other settings if you so desire. Click Done. You are now subscribed to the podcast. Good luck and let us know if this works for you.

I am trying to do the workaround but can't download the individual podcast. the only choices are see are to shar on Twitter or Facebook, or to copy link. When I click on the podcast, it starts playing onmy computer but does not download. Am I missing someting? How do I download the podcast.

@KarlVA, thank you for sharing this workaround, it did help me.

I've downloaded one episode, but the subscribe button in the store tab was still telling me "The iTunes Store is temporarily unavailable"...

Then I got back to the library tab, right-clicked over the podcast and selected "Subscribe this podcast".

It worked! :)

Windows 11, iTunes v. 12.12.9.4.

Check if there's a system issue --> Apple - Support - System Status

Try restarting your device. That sometimes clears up odd issues and it doesn't hurt to try.

If this persists for a long time (hours? days?), contact Apple: Choose your country or region - Official Apple Support

Still getting this error on multiple devices through multiple restarts. I am able to access the iTunes store and my account and download episodes of the podcast. Status link says everything is fine. Is there any way to tell what the issue is?

Thanks for the reply!

I tried your recommendation - used my local iTunes app to download an episode, which did work for me. However, when I tried to subscribe I got the same error message.

I just wish the message was not so cryptic or inaccurate - clearly there is not a problem with the iTunes store.

thank you. that worked.

Thank you this was giving me such a hard time!

@KarlVa thank you for your advice! And thank you @richardovitorino for including "right click" as i tried in the tab bar but it still wouldn't work, but now all is good. Well everything except I now need to bring up each pod i listen to as I uninstalled the previous version thereby losing them. Side note I had never signed into an account using Itunes and imagine if i has, as I am now, the choices may have been saved. No worries I at least have a one "pod catcher" to download to that i can then download on to my MP3 player as i still don;t stream pods on a mobile device. They are too bulky!

I am having this same issue, I don't use itunes for podcasts really since I have an android phone, so it seemed a pain to subscribe on the itunes app on windows, to transfer to my phone later, but it seems most podcasters want you to rate and review on itunes, so I went to try to subscribe to a show or two and i was running into the same problem. and this is months later than the original post, now in Jan 2024, and it is still an issue apparently.

THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED ASAP! this round about method is dumb!

Also, I am pretty sure that Apple can release their podcast app on android phones, if they can put an app out for Apple Music, they can do the podcast app too, since most podcasters request you subscribe, rate and review on itunes, yet there is no such option to do so on android phones, its ridiculous!

Same problem. Two Apple techs couldn't offer anything other than to reinstall iTunes on my PC. I tried that, without any success. From iTunes, I can neither subscribe to podcasts nor download individual episodes onto my PC. I get the same unhelpful error message as others - "try again later" -- this has been the case for several months now. All other functionality is working fine, and I am definitely logged into my account. No problems at all subscribing to these podcasts using my iPhone.

Thank you very much. That has allowed me to subscribe to a new podcast.

Thank you, KarlVA. This workaround is very helpful.