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# Get notified when an episode goes live

Understand the email, browser, and mobile app notifications for a published or failed episode.

When you publish or schedule an episode, Podigee encodes the audio and then puts the episode live. You do not have to wait in the browser. Podigee tells you by email, by a browser notification, or in the Podigee mobile app.

## How it works

* In the publish dialog, **Notify me of publication by** sets the channel for this episode: no notification, a browser notification, an email, or both. Select **Save as default settings** to keep the choice for future episodes. On current plans, **Publish now** always sends the email.
* The notification goes to the person who started the publication, or to the podcast owner when the publication was started in another way.
* Episodes that arrive through a podcast import send no notification.

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### Email

When the episode is live, the email **"\[episode title]" from "\[podcast title]" is live** arrives with links to the episode, the analytics, the exports, and the public episode page.

When the publication fails, the email **"\[episode title]" was not published** arrives. It states that the episode is not live and that listeners did not receive it, and names the scheduled date when there was one. Podigee sends this email independent of the chosen channel.

### Browser notification

The browser notification appears on the device where you allowed notifications for Podigee. When the browser blocks them, the publish dialog shows **Notifications of this type are blocked for this site**. Allow notifications for the Podigee site in the browser settings.

### Mobile app

The Podigee mobile app for Android and iOS receives push notifications for these events:

| Event                | Notification                                                                                    |
| -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Episode published    | **Episode published**: the episode for your podcast has been published                          |
| Encoding failed      | **Encoding failed**                                                                             |
| Milestone reached    | Download milestones such as your first 100, 250, or 500 downloads, and published-episode counts |
| Product announcement | News from Podigee                                                                               |

Milestones exist in the mobile app only. The web application does not show them. The milestone notification does not arrive at the moment when the download count is reached.

### Example

You schedule an episode for 06:00 and choose email and browser notification. At 06:00 the episode goes live in the feed. Shortly after, the email arrives, and the browser on your desk shows the notification. If you also use the mobile app, the app shows **Episode published**.

### Important decisions

* Choose the email when you schedule episodes for a time when you are not at the computer.
* Choose the browser notification when you publish while you work in Podigee.
* Remember the error email. It always arrives, and it is the signal to open the episode and check the media.
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{% tab title="Podigee workspace" %}
The Podigee workspace does not include a notification choice in the publish step yet. Switch to the classic view to choose how Podigee notifies you when an episode goes live.
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## Related tasks

* [Schedule or change an episode publication](/documentation/create-and-publish/production/episodes/schedule-or-change-an-episode-publication.md)
* [Understand your RSS feed](/documentation/create-and-publish/publishing-and-distribution/understand-your-rss-feed.md)


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