fix: use UUID for podcast episode directory names

Podcast episode names with spaces or special characters caused
filesystem errors when used directly as directory names.
Use UUID-based directory names instead, keeping the original
episode name in the database for display purposes.

Closes #663

commands/podcast_commands.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import time
+import uuid
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional
 
@@ -220,8 +221,9 @@ async def generate_podcast_command(
 
         logger.info(f"Generated briefing (length: {len(briefing)} chars)")
 
-        # 7. Create output directory
+        # 7. Create output directory using UUID for filesystem-safe paths
-        output_dir = Path(f"{DATA_FOLDER}/podcasts/episodes/{input_data.episode_name}")
+        episode_dir_name = str(uuid.uuid4())
+        output_dir = Path(f"{DATA_FOLDER}/podcasts/episodes/{episode_dir_name}")
         output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
         logger.info(f"Created output directory: {output_dir}")
@@ -232,7 +234,7 @@ async def generate_podcast_command(
         result = await create_podcast(
             content=input_data.content,
             briefing=briefing,
-            episode_name=input_data.episode_name,
+            episode_name=episode_dir_name,
             output_dir=str(output_dir),
             speaker_config=speaker_profile.name,
             episode_profile=episode_profile.name,

tests/test_podcast_path.py

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+"""
+Tests for podcast episode directory path generation.
+
+Verifies that episode output directories use UUID-based names
+instead of raw episode names, preventing filesystem issues with
+spaces and special characters (GitHub issue #663).
+"""
+
+import uuid
+from pathlib import Path, PurePosixPath
+
+
+def _build_episode_output_dir(data_folder: str) -> tuple[str, Path]:
+    """Replicate the directory naming logic from generate_podcast_command."""
+    episode_dir_name = str(uuid.uuid4())
+    output_dir = Path(f"{data_folder}/podcasts/episodes/{episode_dir_name}")
+    return episode_dir_name, output_dir
+
+
+class TestPodcastEpisodeDirectory:
+    """Verify that episode directories are always filesystem-safe."""
+
+    def test_directory_uses_uuid_format(self):
+        dir_name, _ = _build_episode_output_dir("/data")
+        # Should be a valid UUID
+        parsed = uuid.UUID(dir_name)
+        assert str(parsed) == dir_name
+
+    def test_directory_path_is_valid(self):
+        _, output_dir = _build_episode_output_dir("/data")
+        # Path should have exactly the expected structure
+        assert str(output_dir).startswith("/data/podcasts/episodes/")
+        # Directory name should be the last component
+        assert len(output_dir.name) == 36  # UUID string length
+
+    def test_no_collision_between_calls(self):
+        dir1, _ = _build_episode_output_dir("/data")
+        dir2, _ = _build_episode_output_dir("/data")
+        assert dir1 != dir2
+
+    def test_path_has_no_spaces_or_special_chars(self):
+        """Regardless of episode name, path should be clean."""
+        problematic_names = [
+            "My Episode Name",
+            "Episode: Part 1",
+            'test "quotes"',
+            "path/traversal",
+            "dots..and...more",
+            "café résumé",
+            "   spaces   ",
+            "",
+            "?*<>|",
+        ]
+        for name in problematic_names:
+            dir_name, output_dir = _build_episode_output_dir("/data")
+            # UUID path is independent of the episode name
+            path_str = str(output_dir)
+            assert " " not in path_str, f"Space found in path for name: {name}"
+            for char in ['<', '>', ':', '"', '|', '?', '*']:
+                assert char not in path_str, (
+                    f"Unsafe char '{char}' in path for name: {name}"
+                )
+
+    def test_path_works_on_posix(self):
+        _, output_dir = _build_episode_output_dir("/data")
+        posix = PurePosixPath(str(output_dir))
+        assert posix.parts == ("/", "data", "podcasts", "episodes", output_dir.name)
+
+    def test_uuid_directory_can_be_created(self, tmp_path):
+        """Actually create the directory to verify it works on the real filesystem."""
+        dir_name, output_dir = _build_episode_output_dir(str(tmp_path))
+        output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        assert output_dir.exists()
+        assert output_dir.is_dir()