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Originally Posted by Firedancer885
can the overwrite if newer function tell if an AO3 story has been updated twice in one day? I downloaded a story and then subscribed to the series it belongs to. I got a notice for an update a little later, but the update if new chapter gave an update not needed notice. The overwrite if newer option overwrote the epub. Is this a bug or an AO3 quirk?
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'update if new chapter' only looks at the number of chapters. It assumes that past chapters don't change and that new updates mean new chapters. (The somewhat dodgy
do_update_hook feature for AO3 is the only exception to this.)
'overwrite if newer' only looks at the updated date and the timestamp of the ebook on disk.
So what probably happened is that the author updated or replaced an existing chapter, causing the updated date to change and the notice to fire, but leaving the chapter count the same.