Introduce Gunicorn production runner

Switch the web UI from Werkzeug's built-in server to Gunicorn for a more stable production deployment path.

Keep a separate dev config so local runs still reload quickly, while the production path uses a dedicated WSGI entrypoint and cleaner startup behavior.

The main motivation is to reduce the websocket teardown noise and make the server behavior more predictable under the app's mostly background-driven workload.

Dockerfile

@@ -90,4 +90,4 @@ ENV UMASK=022
 
 # Set entrypoint and default command
 ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
-CMD ["python", "web_server.py"]
+CMD ["gunicorn", "-c", "gunicorn.conf.py", "wsgi:application"]

README.md

@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ PUID/PGID are exposed in the template — set them to match your Unraid permissi
 git clone https://github.com/Nezreka/SoulSync
 cd SoulSync
 pip install -r requirements.txt
-python web_server.py
+gunicorn -c gunicorn.conf.py wsgi:application
 # Open http://localhost:8008
 ```
 
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ For local development and tests:
 ```bash
 pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
 pytest
+gunicorn -c gunicorn.dev.conf.py wsgi:application
 ```
 
 ---

gunicorn.conf.py

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+"""Gunicorn configuration for production deployments."""
+
+bind = "0.0.0.0:8008"
+worker_class = "gthread"
+workers = 1
+threads = 8
+
+# Keep requests from hanging forever on slow external services.
+timeout = 120
+
+# Logging goes to stdout/stderr so Docker can collect it.
+accesslog = "-"
+errorlog = "-"
+loglevel = "info"

gunicorn.dev.conf.py

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+"""Gunicorn configuration for local development."""
+
+bind = "127.0.0.1:8008"
+worker_class = "gthread"
+workers = 1
+threads = 4
+reload = True
+
+# Keep requests from hanging forever on slow external services.
+timeout = 120
+
+# Logging goes to stdout/stderr so the shell launcher can collect it.
+accesslog = "-"
+errorlog = "-"
+loglevel = "info"

requirements.txt

@@ -44,3 +44,5 @@ tidalapi>=0.7.6
 
 # WebSocket server for real-time UI updates
 flask-socketio>=5.3.0
+gunicorn>=25.3.0
+simple-websocket>=1.1.0

web_server.py

@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ def _set_profile_context():
 
     g.profile_id = pid
 
+
 def get_current_profile_id() -> int:
     """Get the current profile ID from Flask g context or default to 1"""
     try:
@@ -54174,10 +54175,19 @@ def _emit_repair_progress_loop():
 # END WEBSOCKET HANDLERS
 # ================================================================================================
 
+_runtime_start_lock = threading.Lock()
+_runtime_started = False
 
-if __name__ == '__main__':
+
-    print("Starting SoulSync Web UI Server...")
+def start_runtime_services():
-    print("Open your browser and navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8008")
+    """Start one-time server background services for direct and WSGI launches."""
+    global _runtime_started
+
+    with _runtime_start_lock:
+        if _runtime_started:
+            return
+
+        print("Starting SoulSync runtime services...")
 
         # Dump SOULSYNC_* env vars for diagnostics (helps debug Docker/Unraid env issues)
         _soulsync_env = {k: v for k, v in os.environ.items() if k.startswith('SOULSYNC_')}
@@ -54210,7 +54220,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         start_import_suggestions_cache()
 
         # Initialize app start time for uptime tracking
-    import time
         app.start_time = time.time()
 
         # Register action handlers and start automation engine
@@ -54264,4 +54273,11 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         socketio.start_background_task(_emit_rate_monitor_loop)
         print("WebSocket emitters started (Phase 1-7: global/dashboard/enrichment/tools/sync/automations/repair + rate monitor)")
 
+        _runtime_started = True
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print("Starting SoulSync Web UI Server...")
+    print("Open your browser and navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8008")
+    start_runtime_services()
     socketio.run(app, host='0.0.0.0', port=8008, debug=False, allow_unsafe_werkzeug=True)

wsgi.py

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+"""WSGI entrypoint for SoulSync production deployments."""
+
+from web_server import app, start_runtime_services
+
+
+start_runtime_services()
+
+application = app