Release 2.6.0

MINOR bump: Qobuz playlist sync is the headline feature (#677), plus
the Import album search fallback-source surfacing fix (#681).

* web_server.py — _SOULSYNC_BASE_VERSION → 2.6.0
* webui/static/helper.js — split the 2.5.9 'Unreleased — dev cycle'
  entries into a new 2.6.0 block with a real release-date marker;
  bumped the _getLatestWhatsNewVersion fallback default; rolled the
  '2.5.9 Release Stability Pass' modal section down to a generic
  'Earlier in v2.5' aggregator now that 2.6.0 is the current release
* .github/workflows/docker-publish.yml — bumped manual version_tag
  default to 2.6.0 so the next workflow_dispatch defaults right

.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       version_tag:
-        description: 'Version tag (e.g. 2.5.9)'
+        description: 'Version tag (e.g. 2.6.0)'
         required: true
-        default: '2.5.9'
+        default: '2.6.0'
 
 jobs:
   build-and-push:

web_server.py

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ logger = setup_logging(_log_level, _log_path)
 
 # App version — single source of truth for backup metadata, system-info, update check, etc.
 # Semver: MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH. Bump at each dev→main release.
-_SOULSYNC_BASE_VERSION = "2.5.9"
+_SOULSYNC_BASE_VERSION = "2.6.0"
 
 def _build_version_string():
     """Append short commit hash to version when available (e.g. 2.35+abc1234)."""

webui/static/helper.js

@@ -3413,10 +3413,12 @@ function closeHelperSearch() {
 // projects that span multiple commits before shipping. Strip the flag at
 // release time and add a real `date:` line at the top of the version block.
 const WHATS_NEW = {
-    '2.5.9': [
-        { date: 'Unreleased — dev cycle' },
+    '2.6.0': [
+        { date: 'May 24, 2026 — 2.6.0 release' },
         { title: 'Qobuz playlist sync', desc: 'new Qobuz tab on the Sync page. Connect Qobuz in Settings → Connections, hit Refresh on the tab, and your Qobuz playlists + Favorite Tracks show up alongside Tidal and Deezer. clicks run the same discovery → sync → download flow as the other sources.', page: 'sync' },
         { title: 'Import search: show when results came from the fallback source', desc: 'if you picked MusicBrainz (or Discogs / iTunes / etc.) as your primary metadata source but the Import album search ended up serving Deezer cards, you had no idea — the chain silently fell through when the primary returned nothing. now each card shows a small "via Deezer" label when the source differs from your primary, and a banner above the grid spells it out when all results came from the fallback. backend behavior unchanged.' },
+    ],
+    '2.5.9': [
         { date: 'May 21, 2026 — 2.5.9 release' },
         { title: 'Now-playing modal: lyrics panel', desc: 'new lyrics panel below the player controls in the expanded now-playing modal. fetches from LRClib via /api/lyrics/fetch, but prefers the local .lrc / .txt sidecar files SoulSync drops next to your audio during post-processing so downloaded tracks show lyrics instantly with zero network. synced LRC (timestamped) highlights the active line and auto-scrolls it into the middle of the viewport on every audio timeupdate; plain text renders without highlighting. status chip shows whether the result came back Synced or Plain. panel is collapsed by default — click the Lyrics header to expand. cached per track so revisiting a track doesn\'t refetch.' },
         { title: 'Now-playing modal: View Artist closes the modal first', desc: 'tapping View Artist on the expanded media player now closes the now-playing modal before navigating, so the artist page is actually visible instead of sitting under a modal you\'d have to manually dismiss. click is a no-op when no artist_id is attached to the current track.' },
@@ -3508,8 +3510,8 @@ const VERSION_MODAL_SECTIONS = [
         usage_note: "Sync → Qobuz → 🔄 Refresh",
     },
     {
-        title: "2.5.9 Release Stability Pass",
-        description: "this release ties together the new release-based download sources and a set of fixes from real user reports: HiFi instance detection, Jellyfin full refreshes, transient SQLite disk I/O failures, and wrong-artist Album Completeness fills.",
+        title: "Earlier in v2.5",
+        description: "highlights from the 2.5.x cycle that landed just before 2.6.0: new release-based download sources, HiFi instance probing, Jellyfin full-refresh repairs, transient SQLite retries, and tighter Album Completeness artist matching.",
         features: [
             "Torrent and Usenet are now available as Prowlarr-backed download sources with release staging, live progress, and source-aware history labels",
             "HiFi instances are probed by actually checking whether they can return a playable manifest, including legacy public hifi-api instances",
@@ -3518,7 +3520,7 @@ const VERSION_MODAL_SECTIONS = [
             "Album Completeness rejects same-title releases from the wrong artist before importing anything",
             "Import album search now labels each card with the source that served it and warns when results came from a fallback instead of your primary",
         ],
-        usage_note: "version 2.5.9 focuses on safer matching and making the new release-based sources usable without disturbing existing source flows",
+        usage_note: "browse the What's New panel for the full 2.5.x changelog",
     },
     {
         title: "Torrent and Usenet Are Now Live Download Sources",
@@ -3904,7 +3906,7 @@ function _getLatestWhatsNewVersion() {
     const versions = Object.keys(WHATS_NEW)
         .filter(v => _compareVersions(v, buildVer) <= 0)
         .sort((a, b) => _compareVersions(b, a));
-    return versions[0] || '2.5.9';
+    return versions[0] || '2.6.0';
 }
 
 function openWhatsNew() {