diff --git a/app/models/apple/episode.rb b/app/models/apple/episode.rb
index 8738584cc..d55ca38ea 100644
--- a/app/models/apple/episode.rb
+++ b/app/models/apple/episode.rb
@@ -385,8 +385,8 @@ def drafting?
       apple_json&.dig("attributes", "publishingState") == "DRAFTING"
     end
 
-    def apple_upload_complete?
-      feeder_episode.apple_podcast_container.skip_delivery?
+    def container_upload_complete?
+      feeder_episode.apple_podcast_container.container_upload_satisfied?
     end
 
     def audio_asset_vendor_id
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ def reset_for_upload!
     end
 
     def synced_with_apple?
-      audio_asset_state_success? && apple_upload_complete? && !drafting?
+      audio_asset_state_success? && container_upload_complete? && !drafting?
     end
 
     def waiting_for_asset_state?
diff --git a/app/models/apple/podcast_container.rb b/app/models/apple/podcast_container.rb
index c6b3bb2cc..f1ecf6e50 100644
--- a/app/models/apple/podcast_container.rb
+++ b/app/models/apple/podcast_container.rb
@@ -268,6 +268,10 @@ def delivery_settled?
     end
 
     def skip_delivery?
+      container_upload_satisfied?
+    end
+
+    def container_upload_satisfied?
       # Sets us up for a retry if something prevented the audio from being
       # marked as uploaded and then processed and validated. Assuming that we
       # get to that point and the audio is still missing, we should be able to
diff --git a/app/models/apple/publisher.rb b/app/models/apple/publisher.rb
index 1196ecf26..49e1b7555 100644
--- a/app/models/apple/publisher.rb
+++ b/app/models/apple/publisher.rb
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ def mark_delivery_files_uploaded!(eps)
 
     def publish_drafting!(eps)
       Rails.logger.tagged("##{__method__}") do
-        eps = eps.select { |ep| ep.drafting? && ep.apple_upload_complete? }
+        eps = eps.select { |ep| ep.drafting? && ep.container_upload_complete? }
 
         res = Apple::Episode.publish(api, show, eps)
         Rails.logger.info("Published #{res.length} drafting episodes.")
diff --git a/test/models/apple/publisher_test.rb b/test/models/apple/publisher_test.rb
index 14665af6c..0ccb63057 100644
--- a/test/models/apple/publisher_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/apple/publisher_test.rb
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 
   describe "#publish_drafting!" do
     it "should call the episode publish drafting class method" do
-      ep = OpenStruct.new(drafting?: true, apple_upload_complete?: true)
+      ep = OpenStruct.new(drafting?: true, container_upload_complete?: true)
       mock = Minitest::Mock.new
       mock.expect(:call, [], [apple_publisher.api, apple_publisher.show, [ep]])