Music Assistant uses one rule to reconcile its saved listening position with a podcast or audiobook provider’s progress. Where the provider supplies an update time, the newer position wins—including a deliberate rewind or reset made in another app. Without that timestamp, the furthest position still wins.
Fabian Munkes applies the rule across playback, episode pages and library updates, using timestamps from sources including Audiobookshelf, gPodder and Overcast. Eric Munson also corrects Subsonic bookmarks to use their last modification time. An episode listing can still miss progress for a user who is behind when several users share a provider without an owner.