diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index fee7c35ed8f4..f464b2e1dd0f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -329,7 +329,6 @@
   ./services/amqp/rabbitmq.nix
   ./services/audio/alsa.nix
   ./services/audio/botamusique.nix
-  ./services/audio/castopod.nix
   ./services/audio/gmediarender.nix
   ./services/audio/gonic.nix
   ./services/audio/goxlr-utility.nix
@@ -1249,6 +1248,7 @@
   ./services/web-apps/bookstack.nix
   ./services/web-apps/c2fmzq-server.nix
   ./services/web-apps/calibre-web.nix
+  ./services/web-apps/castopod.nix
   ./services/web-apps/coder.nix
   ./services/web-apps/changedetection-io.nix
   ./services/web-apps/chatgpt-retrieval-plugin.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/audio/castopod.md b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/castopod.md
similarity index 72%
rename from nixos/modules/services/audio/castopod.md
rename to nixos/modules/services/web-apps/castopod.md
index ee8590737a7c..f61bf1166a4d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/audio/castopod.md
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/castopod.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Castopod is an open-source hosting platform made for podcasters who want to enga
 
 ## Quickstart {#module-services-castopod-quickstart}
 
+Configure ACME (https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/unstable/#module-security-acme).
 Use the following configuration to start a public instance of Castopod on `castopod.example.com` domain:
 
 ```nix
@@ -11,11 +12,11 @@ networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 80 443 ];
 services.castopod = {
   enable = true;
   database.createLocally = true;
-  nginx.virtualHost = {
-    serverName = "castopod.example.com";
-    enableACME = true;
-    forceSSL = true;
-  };
+  localDomain = "castopod.example.com";
+};
+services.nginx.virtualHosts."castopod.example.com" = {
+  enableACME = true;
+  forceSSL = true;
 };
 ```
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/audio/castopod.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/castopod.nix
similarity index 76%
rename from nixos/modules/services/audio/castopod.nix
rename to nixos/modules/services/web-apps/castopod.nix
index b782b5489147..53a4430d265d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/audio/castopod.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/castopod.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ let
   fpm = config.services.phpfpm.pools.castopod;
 
   user = "castopod";
-  stateDirectory = "/var/lib/castopod";
 
   # https://docs.castopod.org/getting-started/install.html#requirements
   phpPackage = pkgs.php.withExtensions ({ enabled, all }: with all; [
@@ -29,6 +28,15 @@ in
         defaultText = lib.literalMD "pkgs.castopod";
         description = lib.mdDoc "Which Castopod package to use.";
       };
+      dataDir = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.path;
+        default = "/var/lib/castopod";
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          The path where castopod stores all data. This path must be in sync
+          with the castopod package (where it is hardcoded during the build in
+          accordance with its own `dataDir` argument).
+        '';
+      };
       database = {
         createLocally = lib.mkOption {
           type = lib.types.bool;
@@ -59,6 +67,7 @@ in
           description = lib.mdDoc ''
             A file containing the password corresponding to
             [](#opt-services.castopod.database.user).
+            This file is loaded using systemd LoadCredentials.
           '';
         };
       };
@@ -83,6 +92,7 @@ in
         example = "/run/keys/castopod-env";
         description = lib.mdDoc ''
           Environment file to inject e.g. secrets into the configuration.
+          This file is loaded using systemd LoadCredentials.
           See [](https://code.castopod.org/adaures/castopod/-/blob/main/.env.example)
           for available environment variables.
         '';
@@ -111,6 +121,18 @@ in
           Options for Castopod's PHP pool. See the documentation on `php-fpm.conf` for details on configuration directives.
         '';
       };
+      maxUploadSize = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.int;
+        default = 512;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          Maximum supported size for a file upload in MiB. Maximum HTTP body
+          size is set to this value for nginx and PHP (because castopod doesn't
+          support chunked uploads yet:
+          https://code.castopod.org/adaures/castopod/-/issues/330). Note, that
+          practical upload size limit is smaller. For example, with 512 MiB
+          setting - around 500 MiB is possible.
+        '';
+      };
     };
   };
 
@@ -120,13 +142,13 @@ in
         sslEnabled = with config.services.nginx.virtualHosts.${cfg.localDomain}; addSSL || forceSSL || onlySSL || enableACME || useACMEHost != null;
         baseURL = "http${lib.optionalString sslEnabled "s"}://${cfg.localDomain}";
       in
-      lib.mapAttrs (name: lib.mkDefault) {
+      lib.mapAttrs (_name: lib.mkDefault) {
         "app.forceGlobalSecureRequests" = sslEnabled;
         "app.baseURL" = baseURL;
 
-        "media.baseURL" = "/";
+        "media.baseURL" = baseURL;
         "media.root" = "media";
-        "media.storage" = stateDirectory;
+        "media.storage" = cfg.dataDir;
 
         "admin.gateway" = "admin";
         "auth.gateway" = "auth";
@@ -142,13 +164,13 @@ in
     services.phpfpm.pools.castopod = {
       inherit user;
       group = config.services.nginx.group;
-      phpPackage = phpPackage;
+      inherit phpPackage;
       phpOptions = ''
-        # https://code.castopod.org/adaures/castopod/-/blob/main/docker/production/app/uploads.ini
+        # https://code.castopod.org/adaures/castopod/-/blob/develop/docker/production/common/uploads.template.ini
         file_uploads = On
         memory_limit = 512M
-        upload_max_filesize = 500M
-        post_max_size = 512M
+        upload_max_filesize = ${toString cfg.maxUploadSize}M
+        post_max_size = ${toString cfg.maxUploadSize}M
         max_execution_time = 300
         max_input_time = 300
       '';
@@ -165,45 +187,50 @@ in
       path = [ pkgs.openssl phpPackage ];
       script =
         let
-          envFile = "${stateDirectory}/.env";
+          envFile = "${cfg.dataDir}/.env";
           media = "${cfg.settings."media.storage"}/${cfg.settings."media.root"}";
         in
         ''
-          mkdir -p ${stateDirectory}/writable/{cache,logs,session,temp,uploads}
+          mkdir -p ${cfg.dataDir}/writable/{cache,logs,session,temp,uploads}
 
           if [ ! -d ${lib.escapeShellArg media} ]; then
             cp --no-preserve=mode,ownership -r ${cfg.package}/share/castopod/public/media ${lib.escapeShellArg media}
           fi
 
-          if [ ! -f ${stateDirectory}/salt ]; then
-            openssl rand -base64 33 > ${stateDirectory}/salt
+          if [ ! -f ${cfg.dataDir}/salt ]; then
+            openssl rand -base64 33 > ${cfg.dataDir}/salt
           fi
 
           cat <<'EOF' > ${envFile}
           ${lib.generators.toKeyValue { } cfg.settings}
           EOF
 
-          echo "analytics.salt=$(cat ${stateDirectory}/salt)" >> ${envFile}
+          echo "analytics.salt=$(cat ${cfg.dataDir}/salt)" >> ${envFile}
 
           ${if (cfg.database.passwordFile != null) then ''
-            echo "database.default.password=$(cat ${lib.escapeShellArg cfg.database.passwordFile})" >> ${envFile}
+            echo "database.default.password=$(cat "$CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY/dbpasswordfile)" >> ${envFile}
           '' else ''
             echo "database.default.password=" >> ${envFile}
           ''}
 
           ${lib.optionalString (cfg.environmentFile != null) ''
-            cat ${lib.escapeShellArg cfg.environmentFile}) >> ${envFile}
+            cat "$CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY/envfile" >> ${envFile}
           ''}
 
-          php spark castopod:database-update
+          php ${cfg.package}/share/castopod/spark castopod:database-update
         '';
       serviceConfig = {
         StateDirectory = "castopod";
+        LoadCredential = lib.optional (cfg.environmentFile != null)
+          "envfile:${cfg.environmentFile}"
+        ++ (lib.optional (cfg.database.passwordFile != null) 
+          "dbpasswordfile:${cfg.database.passwordFile}");
         WorkingDirectory = "${cfg.package}/share/castopod";
         Type = "oneshot";
         RemainAfterExit = true;
         User = user;
         Group = config.services.nginx.group;
+        ReadWritePaths = cfg.dataDir;
       };
     };
 
@@ -212,9 +239,7 @@ in
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
       path = [ phpPackage ];
       script = ''
-        php public/index.php scheduled-activities
-        php public/index.php scheduled-websub-publish
-        php public/index.php scheduled-video-clips
+        php ${cfg.package}/share/castopod/spark tasks:run
       '';
       serviceConfig = {
         StateDirectory = "castopod";
@@ -222,6 +247,8 @@ in
         Type = "oneshot";
         User = user;
         Group = config.services.nginx.group;
+        ReadWritePaths = cfg.dataDir;
+        LogLevelMax = "notice"; # otherwise periodic tasks flood the journal
       };
     };
 
@@ -251,6 +278,7 @@ in
         extraConfig = ''
           try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
           index index.php index.html;
+          client_max_body_size ${toString cfg.maxUploadSize}M;
         '';
 
         locations."^~ /${cfg.settings."media.root"}/" = {
@@ -278,7 +306,7 @@ in
       };
     };
 
-    users.users.${user} = lib.mapAttrs (name: lib.mkDefault) {
+    users.users.${user} = lib.mapAttrs (_name: lib.mkDefault) {
       description = "Castopod user";
       isSystemUser = true;
       group = config.services.nginx.group;
diff --git a/nixos/tests/castopod.nix b/nixos/tests/castopod.nix
index 4435ec617d4e..2db7aa0bda65 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/castopod.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/castopod.nix
@@ -4,74 +4,211 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ... }:
   meta = with lib.maintainers; {
     maintainers = [ alexoundos misuzu ];
   };
+
   nodes.castopod = { nodes, ... }: {
+    # otherwise 500 MiB file upload fails!
+    virtualisation.diskSize = 512 + 3 * 512;
+
     networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 80 ];
-    networking.extraHosts = ''
-      127.0.0.1 castopod.example.com
-    '';
+    networking.extraHosts =
+      lib.strings.concatStringsSep "\n"
+        (lib.attrsets.mapAttrsToList
+          (name: _: "127.0.0.1 ${name}")
+          nodes.castopod.services.nginx.virtualHosts);
+
     services.castopod = {
       enable = true;
       database.createLocally = true;
       localDomain = "castopod.example.com";
+      maxUploadSize = 512;
     };
-    environment.systemPackages =
-      let
-        username = "admin";
-        email = "admin@castood.example.com";
-        password = "v82HmEp5";
-        testRunner = pkgs.writers.writePython3Bin "test-runner"
-          {
-            libraries = [ pkgs.python3Packages.selenium ];
-            flakeIgnore = [
-              "E501"
-            ];
-          } ''
-          from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
-          from selenium.webdriver import Firefox
-          from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options
-          from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
-          from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
-
-          options = Options()
-          options.add_argument('--headless')
-          driver = Firefox(options=options)
-          try:
-              driver.implicitly_wait(20)
-              driver.get('http://castopod.example.com/cp-install')
-
-              wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 10)
-
-              wait.until(EC.title_contains("installer"))
-
-              driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#username').send_keys(
-                  '${username}'
-              )
-              driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#email').send_keys(
-                  '${email}'
-              )
-              driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#password').send_keys(
-                  '${password}'
-              )
-              driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//button[contains(., 'Finish install')]").click()
-
-              wait.until(EC.title_contains("Auth"))
-
-              driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#email').send_keys(
-                  '${email}'
-              )
-              driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#password').send_keys(
-                  '${password}'
-              )
-              driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//button[contains(., 'Login')]").click()
-
-              wait.until(EC.title_contains("Admin dashboard"))
-          finally:
-              driver.close()
-              driver.quit()
-        '';
-      in
-      [ pkgs.firefox-unwrapped pkgs.geckodriver testRunner ];
   };
+
+  nodes.client = { nodes, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+    let
+      domain = nodes.castopod.services.castopod.localDomain;
+
+      getIP = node:
+        (builtins.head node.networking.interfaces.eth1.ipv4.addresses).address;
+
+      targetPodcastSize = 500 * 1024 * 1024;
+      lameMp3Bitrate = 348300;
+      lameMp3FileAdjust = -800;
+      targetPodcastDuration = toString
+        ((targetPodcastSize + lameMp3FileAdjust) / (lameMp3Bitrate / 8));
+      mp3file = with pkgs;
+        runCommand "gen-castopod.mp3" { nativeBuildInputs = [ sox lame ]; } ''
+          sox -n -r 48000 -t wav - synth ${targetPodcastDuration} sine 440 `
+          `| lame --noreplaygain -cbr -q 9 -b 320 - $out
+          FILESIZE="$(stat -c%s $out)"
+          [ "$FILESIZE" -gt 0 ]
+          [ "$FILESIZE" -le "${toString targetPodcastSize}" ]
+        '';
+
+      bannerWidth = 3000;
+      banner = pkgs.runCommand "gen-castopod-cover.jpg" { } ''
+        ${pkgs.imagemagick}/bin/magick `
+        `-background green -bordercolor white -gravity northwest xc:black `
+        `-duplicate 99 `
+        `-seed 1 -resize "%[fx:rand()*72+24]" `
+        `-seed 0 -rotate "%[fx:rand()*360]" -border 6x6 -splice 16x36 `
+        `-seed 0 -rotate "%[fx:floor(rand()*4)*90]" -resize "150x50!" `
+        `+append -crop 10x1@ +repage -roll "+%[fx:(t%2)*72]+0" -append `
+        `-resize ${toString bannerWidth} -quality 1 $out
+      '';
+
+      coverWidth = toString 3000;
+      cover = pkgs.runCommand "gen-castopod-banner.jpg" { } ''
+        ${pkgs.imagemagick}/bin/magick `
+        `-background white -bordercolor white -gravity northwest xc:black `
+        `-duplicate 99 `
+        `-seed 1 -resize "%[fx:rand()*72+24]" `
+        `-seed 0 -rotate "%[fx:rand()*360]" -border 6x6 -splice 36x36 `
+        `-seed 0 -rotate "%[fx:floor(rand()*4)*90]" -resize "144x144!" `
+        `+append -crop 10x1@ +repage -roll "+%[fx:(t%2)*72]+0" -append `
+        `-resize ${coverWidth} -quality 1 $out
+      '';
+    in
+    {
+      networking.extraHosts =
+        lib.strings.concatStringsSep "\n"
+          (lib.attrsets.mapAttrsToList
+            (name: _: "${getIP nodes.castopod} ${name}")
+            nodes.castopod.services.nginx.virtualHosts);
+
+      environment.systemPackages =
+        let
+          username = "admin";
+          email = "admin@${domain}";
+          password = "Abcd1234";
+          podcastTitle = "Some Title";
+          episodeTitle = "Episode Title";
+          browser-test = pkgs.writers.writePython3Bin "browser-test"
+            {
+              libraries = [ pkgs.python3Packages.selenium ];
+              flakeIgnore = [ "E124" "E501" ];
+            } ''
+            from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
+            from selenium.webdriver import Firefox
+            from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options
+            from selenium.webdriver.firefox.service import Service
+            from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
+            from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
+            from subprocess import STDOUT
+            import logging
+
+            selenium_logger = logging.getLogger("selenium")
+            selenium_logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+            selenium_logger.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler())
+
+            options = Options()
+            options.add_argument('--headless')
+            service = Service(log_output=STDOUT)
+            driver = Firefox(options=options, service=service)
+            driver = Firefox(options=options)
+            driver.implicitly_wait(20)
+
+            # install ##########################################################
+
+            driver.get('http://${domain}/cp-install')
+
+            wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 10)
+
+            wait.until(EC.title_contains("installer"))
+
+            driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#username').send_keys(
+                '${username}'
+            )
+            driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#email').send_keys(
+                '${email}'
+            )
+            driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#password').send_keys(
+                '${password}'
+            )
+            driver.find_element(By.XPATH,
+                                "//button[contains(., 'Finish install')]"
+            ).click()
+
+            wait.until(EC.title_contains("Auth"))
+
+            driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#email').send_keys(
+                '${email}'
+            )
+            driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#password').send_keys(
+                '${password}'
+            )
+            driver.find_element(By.XPATH,
+                                "//button[contains(., 'Login')]"
+            ).click()
+
+            wait.until(EC.title_contains("Admin dashboard"))
+
+            # create podcast ###################################################
+
+            driver.get('http://${domain}/admin/podcasts/new')
+
+            wait.until(EC.title_contains("Create podcast"))
+
+            driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#cover').send_keys(
+                '${cover}'
+            )
+            driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#banner').send_keys(
+                '${banner}'
+            )
+            driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#title').send_keys(
+                '${podcastTitle}'
+            )
+            driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#handle').send_keys(
+                'some_handle'
+            )
+            driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#description').send_keys(
+                'Some description'
+            )
+            driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#owner_name').send_keys(
+                'Owner Name'
+            )
+            driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#owner_email').send_keys(
+                'owner@email.xyz'
+            )
+            driver.find_element(By.XPATH,
+                                "//button[contains(., 'Create podcast')]"
+            ).click()
+
+            wait.until(EC.title_contains("${podcastTitle}"))
+
+            driver.find_element(By.XPATH,
+                                "//span[contains(., 'Add an episode')]"
+            ).click()
+
+            wait.until(EC.title_contains("Add an episode"))
+
+            # upload podcast ###################################################
+
+            driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#audio_file').send_keys(
+                '${mp3file}'
+            )
+            driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#cover').send_keys(
+                '${cover}'
+            )
+            driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#description').send_keys(
+                'Episode description'
+            )
+            driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#title').send_keys(
+                '${episodeTitle}'
+            )
+            driver.find_element(By.XPATH,
+                                "//button[contains(., 'Create episode')]"
+            ).click()
+
+            wait.until(EC.title_contains("${episodeTitle}"))
+
+            driver.close()
+            driver.quit()
+          '';
+        in
+        [ pkgs.firefox-unwrapped pkgs.geckodriver browser-test ];
+    };
+
   testScript = ''
     start_all()
     castopod.wait_for_unit("castopod-setup.service")
@@ -79,9 +216,9 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ... }:
     castopod.wait_for_unit("nginx.service")
     castopod.wait_for_open_port(80)
     castopod.wait_until_succeeds("curl -sS -f http://castopod.example.com")
-    castopod.succeed("curl -s http://localhost/cp-install | grep 'Create your Super Admin account' > /dev/null")
 
-    with subtest("Create superadmin and log in"):
-        castopod.succeed("PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 systemd-cat -t test-runner test-runner")
+    with subtest("Create superadmin, log in, create and upload a podcast"):
+        client.succeed(\
+          "PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 systemd-cat -t browser-test browser-test")
   '';
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/castopod/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/castopod/default.nix
index 9d9f83e2ecce..47c824ddda3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/castopod/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/castopod/default.nix
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@
 , ffmpeg-headless
 , lib
 , nixosTests
-, stateDirectory ? "/var/lib/castopod"
+, dataDir ? "/var/lib/castopod"
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "castopod";
-  version = "1.6.4";
+  version = "1.7.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://code.castopod.org/adaures/castopod/uploads/ce56d4f149242f12bedd20f9a2b0916d/castopod-1.6.4.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "080jj91yxbn3xsbs0sywzwa2f5in9bp9qi2zwqcfqpaxlq9ga62v";
+    url = "https://code.castopod.org/adaures/castopod/uploads/2c93d47db7067fd0f9740430dc74cf7a/castopod-1.7.1.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0gvlnnc164lp51crd8b254n8681gf508mh6i0mmwzhbskhn1k9y2";
   };
 
   dontBuild = true;
@@ -20,13 +20,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   postPatch = ''
     # not configurable at runtime unfortunately:
     substituteInPlace app/Config/Paths.php \
-      --replace "__DIR__ . '/../../writable'" "'${stateDirectory}/writable'"
+      --replace "__DIR__ . '/../../writable'" "'${dataDir}/writable'"
 
-    # configuration file must be writable, place it to ${stateDirectory}
+    substituteInPlace modules/Admin/Controllers/DashboardController.php \
+      --replace "disk_total_space('./')" "disk_total_space('${dataDir}')"
+
+    # configuration file must be writable, place it to ${dataDir}
     substituteInPlace modules/Install/Controllers/InstallController.php \
-      --replace "ROOTPATH" "'${stateDirectory}/'"
+      --replace "ROOTPATH" "'${dataDir}/'"
     substituteInPlace public/index.php spark \
-      --replace "DotEnv(ROOTPATH)" "DotEnv('${stateDirectory}')"
+      --replace "DotEnv(ROOTPATH)" "DotEnv('${dataDir}')"
 
     # ffmpeg is required for Video Clips feature
     substituteInPlace modules/MediaClipper/VideoClipper.php \