What does YouTube's RSS ingestion for podcasts require and not do (ads, verification, private upload first, no back-catalogue notifications)?

Problem: bringing an audio podcast feed into YouTube. Sources: YouTube Help 'Deliver podcasts using an RSS feed' and 'Publish or disconnect episodes from an RSS feed on YouTube'. Source statements: RSS ingestion is available in select countries/regions; YouTube makes a static-image video from the show art for each chosen episode, uploads new episodes automatically and notifies eligible subscribers. YouTube will not distribute the podcast elsewhere, notify subscribers of back-catalogue additions, auto-update show details or re-uploaded audio, or allow invalid characters such as '<' or HTML in titles/descriptions. Podcast content cannot contain advertisements; branded content (host-read promotions, sponsorships, endorsements) must be declared via the branded-content box. First submission uploads selected episodes as private videos; YouTube recommends waiting until all are uploaded before publishing; check for monetization or copyright issues in the video tab. Steps: Studio, Create, New podcast, Submit RSS feed; accept the RSS Ingestion Tool terms; enter the feed URL; verify by code sent to the email address in the feed; choose all episodes, since a date, or future only; uploading can take a few days and publishing is a separate step. Episode details edited in Studio block later RSS edits to that episode. Audio cannot be updated in place: 'Re-upload from RSS feed' creates a new video and makes the old one private. Method/inference: keep one source of truth (feed or Studio) per episode. Limitations: advertising wording in the help page is a Terms-of-Service reference; third-party host guides disagree on details and were not used. Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Limitations: Select countries only; policy wording for ads not defined further. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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