API response includes duplicate entry

[rednoah]

The API seems to sometimes return the exact same episode record multiple times, which might indicate a subtle bug somewhere:

https://api4.thetvdb.com/v4/series/262954/episodes/absolute/eng?page=0

...
         {
            "id":9075731,
            "seriesId":262954,
            "name":"Smack of Love and Revenge (2)",
            "aired":"2022-09-01",
            "runtime":25,
            "nameTranslations":null,
            "overview":"F.F. and Jolyne try to assist Ermes in her fight against Sports Maximum, but they struggle against his Stand's ability to control the dead.",
            "overviewTranslations":null,
            "image":"/banners/v4/episode/9075731/screencap/6310c05405d29.jpg",
            "imageType":11,
            "isMovie":0,
            "seasons":null,
            "number":166,
            "seasonNumber":1,
            "lastUpdated":"2022-12-06 17:04:18",
            "finaleType":null,
            "year":"2022"
         },
         {
            "id":9075731,
            "seriesId":262954,
            "name":"Smack of Love and Revenge (2)",
            "aired":"2022-09-01",
            "runtime":25,
            "nameTranslations":null,
            "overview":"F.F. and Jolyne try to assist Ermes in her fight against Sports Maximum, but they struggle against his Stand's ability to control the dead.",
            "overviewTranslations":null,
            "image":"/banners/v4/episode/9075731/screencap/6310c05405d29.jpg",
            "imageType":11,
            "isMovie":0,
            "seasons":null,
            "number":166,
            "seasonNumber":1,
            "lastUpdated":"2022-12-06 17:04:18",
            "finaleType":null,
            "year":"2022"
         },
...

[antheaezzell]

I don't think it's a data problem, but we will have platform take a look. I will be in touch when we know the problem @rednoah

Internal ticket for our reference - https://mediamorph.atlassian.net/browse/TVD-3568

[antheaezzell]

Also seen in this support ticket - https://support.thetvdb.com/scp/tickets.php?id=18295

[antheaezzell]

@rednoah a fix for this was released here - https://github.com/thetvdb/v4-api/releases/tag/v4.7.4 please let us know if you encounter any more problems.

[antheaezzell]

Closing this out @rednoah let us know if you continue to see a problem.