Hi Barry11,
It’s nice to know you like Sage-Like,
The Check Feeds process, which refreshes the tree feeds status, does not check each feed item listed in the feed to identify if it was ever read or not. Instead, for better performance, it just checks the feed update timestamp (when the feed was last modified).
The bold status of a feed depends upon the feed update timestamp in comparison to when it was last visited* (clicked).
Therefore, the situation you describe can result from the following:
- The remote feed was updated and its timestamp has changed** but its content was unchanged.
- The feed’s Read\Unread state was accidentally toggled via the menu item or the menu’s hotkey “G”.
In the preferences page the setting Show total number of unread feeds and feed-items includes the number of unread items next to each feed in the tree. This offers a better indication about the feed content.
I hope this helps.
* The menu items incorrectly use the terms ‘Read/Unread’ instead of ‘Visited/Unvisited’.
** The update timestamp can be seen in the feed’s tooltip.