Highlights: auto-fill episode audio from the feed by season + episode number; v2.46.1

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

server/feed-release.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { loadPodcastWorkflow, laneSeasonOf } from './routes/podcast-workflow.js'
 // The Spotify (Anchor) RSS feed only lists episodes that are live, so a season + episode number
 // showing up there means the episode has been published. That drives two things on the public site:
 //  - highlights marked "hold until released" stay hidden until their episode is in the feed
-//  - study lessons with no audio of their own pick it up from the matching feed episode
+//  - highlights and study lessons with no audio of their own pick it up from the matching feed episode
 
 const SNAPSHOT_TTL_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export async function applyFeedRelease(content) {
 
   const links = Array.isArray(content.podcastFeaturedLinks) ? content.podcastFeaturedLinks : []
   const studies = Array.isArray(content.studies) ? content.studies : []
-  if (!links.some(l => l?.holdUntilReleased) && studies.length === 0) return content
+  if (links.length === 0 && studies.length === 0) return content
 
   const [index, wf] = await Promise.all([getFeedIndex(), loadPodcastWorkflow()])
   const seasonA = laneSeasonOf('A', wf, content)
@@ -52,11 +52,16 @@ export async function applyFeedRelease(content) {
 
   const nextLinks = links.flatMap(link => {
     // General highlights aren't tied to a series, so there's no season to match against
-    if (!link?.holdUntilReleased || link.lane === 'general') return [link]
+    if (!link || link.lane === 'general') return [link]
     const season = link.lane === 'second' ? seasonB : seasonA
-    const item = season && link.episodeNumber ? index.get(`${season}-${link.episodeNumber}`) : null
-    if (!item) return []
-    return [{ ...link, url: link.url || item.link || '' }]
+    const item = season && link.episodeNumber ? index.get(`${season}-${String(link.episodeNumber).trim()}`) : null
+    if (!item) return link.holdUntilReleased ? [] : [link]
+    // Highlights with no audio of their own pick it up from the matching feed episode
+    return [{
+      ...link,
+      url: link.url || item.link || '',
+      embedUrl: link.embedUrl?.trim() ? link.embedUrl : (item.audioUrl || link.embedUrl),
+    }]
   })
 
   const studyLane = study => {