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Podcast Submit Error 504

I have been trying to submit my podcast to iTunes and have been unsuccessful so far and even though there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the RSS feed. How do I address the problem? Reference Information is as follows:

I am running a wordpress site (www.rajahrabbit.com) and using the Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin. I tested the feed on castfeedvalidator: (http://castfeedvalidator.com/?url=http://www.rajahrabbit.com/feed/podcast/shouba odate) and also tested it on iTunes:User uploaded file


However I keep getting this error message:

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iTunes Store Podcast-OTHER, podcast submission rss feed

Posted on Feb 5, 2016 11:57 AM

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Feb 5, 2016 2:05 PM in response to rajarabbit

This page explains what a 504 error is: http://www.checkupdown.com/status/E504.html


Your feed URL, http://www.rajahrabbit.com/feed/podcast/shoubaodate , works when subscribing manually in iTunes. In Firefox (my default RSS reader) the first time I accessed it it showed a web page, though subsequently it showed the feed as I would have expected. The actual feed coding seems to be pretty well OK (FeedValidator throws up a few minor points, see their report).


I can only guess at what is going on, but possibly your server is set up to feed a different result depending on what sort of client makes the request, so that an RSS reader gets the feed but a browser sees a different version (though I couldn't subsequently reproduce what happened the first time). In this even some sort of detection system is running and the iTunes Store may be upsetting it.


I can't advise on Wordpress and I know nothing at all about the plugin you mention. It seems possible that the issue lies with the server you are using rather than the plugin, so you should make sure that it simply serves up the feed in the way a simple webspace server would do, without trying any clever redirects (as is suggested by the 504 error).

Podcast Submit Error 504

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