So just to make sure nothing interferes with this, I paused every pass, except for this one.
Here's how the schedule looks now, will post in about 30 minutes status of recording or not.
For my Series Pass of 'Building Off the Grid: Killer Views' that uses 'SeriesID == 15652288'
The first recording of this special was completed last Sunday...
2019/08/18 10:59:50 [DVR] Starting job 1566151190-188 Building Off the Grid: Killer Views on ch=[6108]
2019/08/18 11:00:09 [TNR] Opened connection to TVE-Comcast_SSO for ch6108 DIY
2019/08/18 11:00:09 [DVR] Recording for job 1566151190-188 from TVE-Comcast_SSO ch6108 into "TV/Building Off the Grid Killer Views/Building Off the Grid Killer Views 2018-06-26 2019-08-18-1100.mpg" for 1h1m9.977699456s
2019/08/18 11:00:09 [IDX] Generating video index for job 1566151190-188
2019/08/18 12:01:19 [MTS] Statistics for "TV/Building Off the Grid Killer Views/Building Off the Grid Killer Views 2018-06-26 2019-08-18-1100.mpg": skipped=0 unhandled_packets=0 discontinuity_detected=76 transport_errors=0 invalid_pts=0 invalid_dts=0 saw_pcr=false saw_pmt=true highest_pts=3683.336744
2019/08/18 12:01:19 [TNR] Closed connection to TVE-Comcast_SSO for ch6108 DIY
2019/08/18 12:01:19 [DVR] Finished job 1566151190-188 Building Off the Grid: Killer Views
2019/08/18 12:01:19 [DVR] Processing file-1559: TV/Building Off the Grid Killer Views/Building Off the Grid Killer Views 2018-06-26 2019-08-18-1100.mpg
2019/08/18 12:01:21 [DVR] Running commercial detection on file 1559 (TV/Building Off the Grid Killer Views/Building Off the Grid Killer Views 2018-06-26 2019-08-18-1100.mpg)
2019/08/18 13:01:34 [DVR] Commercial detection finished with 12 markers.
Todays second recording of this same special completed...
2019/08/20 17:59:50 [DVR] Starting job 1566349190-248 Building Off the Grid: Killer Views on ch=[6108]
2019/08/20 17:59:53 [TNR] Opened connection to TVE-Comcast_SSO for ch6108 DIY
2019/08/20 17:59:53 [DVR] Recording for job 1566349190-248 from TVE-Comcast_SSO ch6108 into "TV/Building Off the Grid Killer Views/Building Off the Grid Killer Views 2018-06-26 2019-08-20-1759.mpg" for 1h1m9.967785652s
2019/08/20 17:59:53 [IDX] Generating video index for job 1566349190-248
2019/08/20 19:01:03 [TNR] Closed connection to TVE-Comcast_SSO for ch6108 DIY
2019/08/20 19:01:03 [MTS] Statistics for "TV/Building Off the Grid Killer Views/Building Off the Grid Killer Views 2018-06-26 2019-08-20-1759.mpg": skipped=0 unhandled_packets=0 discontinuity_detected=71 transport_errors=0 invalid_pts=0 invalid_dts=0 saw_pcr=false saw_pmt=true highest_pts=3682.379056
2019/08/20 19:01:03 [DVR] Finished job 1566349190-248 Building Off the Grid: Killer Views
2019/08/20 19:01:03 [DVR] Processing file-1560: TV/Building Off the Grid Killer Views/Building Off the Grid Killer Views 2018-06-26 2019-08-20-1759.mpg
2019/08/20 19:01:06 [DVR] Running commercial detection on file 1560 (TV/Building Off the Grid Killer Views/Building Off the Grid Killer Views 2018-06-26 2019-08-20-1759.mpg)
2019/08/20 19:59:54 [DVR] Commercial detection finished with 12 markers.
Third recording of this special is still scheduled to record later tonight...
Will post again after it records, again... 
Don't want anyone to get the wrong idea and think this is a bug to be fixed.
It's actually a useful feature.
If you want to record a one-off special and see it in the guide and click record, if the scheduled time for that airing changes it will not record it, hence the value in setting a series pass for it is that no matter what day/time the airing changes to, it will record it. Just gotta remember to cancel that series pass after you get a good recording of it better than missing it in my opinion.
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I was having trouble following what was being accomplished ... maybe I missed what the Advanced pass actually was that is being used ?
Not an Advanced Pass, it's a Series Pass for a "Special".
I just showed the Advanced view of it.
A Series Pass you set will be visible in your DVR Passes and you can select the [gear] Advanced to display it.
Here is where I created the Series Pass for this "Special"
Any doubts, try it out yourself.
I do like this "feature" and if the devs decide it's a bug and take it away, I want a replacement for it...
This is considered a bug. I don't understand why you would want this behavior, and I also don't understand why this entire discussion is in the advanced use cases thread.
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@tmm1 apologies. My original question from over a month ago started with asking about using CONTAINS, and the issue I was seeing where multiple of the same episode was recording. After a lengthy delay I was following up to confirm that this issue continues, that Specials are recording over repeatedly. I agree with you that this seems more like a bug.
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Was going to ask if you could move this thread since I can't do it.
I was just trying to explain why setting a Series Pass on a "Special" acts differently than doing it on an episodic series.
I consider this a benefit, not a bug, see previous post and correct me if I'm wrong.
If you consider a bug to be fixed, so be it.
Please move this thread where it belongs and thanks for responding.
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@chDVRuser Thanks for narrowing down what's going on here.
I understand that a pass to record specials is useful, but why would you want multiple recordings of the same special? The fact that it's being recorded more than once is the bug since in general the DVR tries to record things only once.
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Whether I use a regular pass, or use CONTAINS in an advanced pass, my expectations are that Channels will not record the same episode more than once, even for Specials.
I see your point about recording it multiple times being a bug.
If it recorded a partial or corrupted recording you could edit the pass to Re-record deleted episodes and then delete the bad recording.
I just didn't want it considered a bug that you could use a series pass to record specials.
Thanks for moving the thread.
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Exactly. Thank you for splitting.
@tmm1 just wanted to follow up on this and confirm if you guys were officially tracking this as a bug? Thanks.
The bug causing the same Special to be recorded multiple times has been fixed in pre-release build v9.8.2218
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