Reproduced the §0 item 2 suspect: echo v5 bool-binds form values via
strconv.ParseBool, which accepts "true"/"1" but REJECTS the
browser-native <input type=checkbox> value "on" — and a bind failure
kills the WHOLE AddFeed request (400 "invalid request"), not just
the checkbox. The add modal posts urlencoded (htmx), so any
checkbox-serialization that emits "on" made Download All silently
unusable.
Fix: FlexBool (encoding.TextUnmarshaler-style UnmarshalParam) binds
download_all permissively on every wire — "true"/"on"/"yes"/"checked"
=> true, explicit false/0/off => false, ABSENCE (unchecked box on any
wire) => false; JSON bool binding is native and unaffected. Tolerates
the exact wires htmx and browsers emit.
AddFeed's subscription flip now logs "[PODCAST] flip ... <feed> —
user" so the live flip is provable in app logs (user suspected it
never fired).
Integration test TestPodcastDownloadAllFormEncoding pins the urlencoded
wire (what htmx actually sends): true + on both flip the caller's
policy to 'all', an unchecked add leaves the default.
John O'Keefe
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