#811 (reopen of #792, carlosjfcasero, Emby/Jellyfin): "append" mode clobbered
the playlist's custom image. The post-sync image push only excluded
'reconcile' — so append (which edits the playlist in place via
append_to_playlist) still re-pushed the source image over the user's poster
every sync. Now both in-place modes (reconcile + append) skip the image push;
only the destructive 'replace' (recreate-from-scratch) pushes it.
append_to_playlist + set_playlist_image were verified to NOT touch tracks or
description (image push only POSTs /Images/Primary), so this is the identity-
clobber fix for append.
Tests: append + reconcile preserve the image, replace still pushes it.
SoulSync standalone matches library tracks without Plex fetchItem,
reports missing counts correctly, and skips server playlist writes.
Automation re-syncs when the mirror grows; after sync finishes, starts
organize download (organize-by-playlist) or wishlist processing.
UI: Spotify URL playlist-folder controls, organize toggle layout in the
discovery modal, reload organize preference when reopening Download Missing.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Discord report (CJFC, 2026-04-26): syncing a Spotify playlist to the
server overwrote anything manually added to the server-side playlist.
The fix adds a per-sync mode picker next to the Sync button on the
playlist details modal — Replace (default, current delete-recreate
behavior) or Append only (preserves existing tracks, only adds new
ones). Useful when the source platform caps playlist size and the
user is manually building beyond it on the server.
Implementation:
* New `append_to_playlist(name, tracks)` method on Plex / Jellyfin /
Navidrome clients. Each uses the server's NATIVE append API:
- Plex: `existing_playlist.addItems(new_tracks)`
- Jellyfin: `POST /Playlists/<id>/Items?Ids=...&UserId=...`
- Navidrome: Subsonic `updatePlaylist?songIdToAdd=...`
Falls back to `create_playlist` when the playlist doesn't exist
yet (first sync). No delete-recreate, no backup playlist created
(preserves playlist creation date + metadata + non-soulsync-managed
tracks).
* Dedup-by-server-native-id (ratingKey for Plex, GUID for Jellyfin,
song-id for Navidrome) — never re-adds a track already on the
playlist. Server-native identity, not fuzzy title+artist match,
so it can't false-collide.
* `sync_service.sync_playlist` accepts `sync_mode='replace'|'append'`
kwarg. Single if/else branch dispatches to `append_to_playlist` or
`update_playlist`. Threaded through `core/discovery/sync.run_sync_task`
and the `/api/sync/start` HTTP handler. Validation on the API rejects
unknown mode strings (defaults to 'replace').
* Frontend: per-playlist `<select id="sync-mode-${id}">` rendered next
to the Sync button in both modal renderers (sync-spotify.js for
Spotify playlists, sync-services.js for Deezer ARL playlists).
`startPlaylistSync` reads the select at click time; missing select
(other callers like discover.js) defaults to 'replace' so backward
compat preserved without per-call-site updates.
* SoulSync standalone has no playlist methods at all and the modal
hides the Sync button entirely on it via `_isSoulsyncStandalone` —
dispatch never reaches that path, no defensive fallback needed.
15 new tests pin per-server append behavior:
- missing playlist → create_playlist delegation
- dedup filtering (existing IDs skipped, only new tracks added)
- empty new-track set short-circuits without API call
- failure paths return False without raising
- contract listing (KNOWN_PER_SERVER_METHODS includes
'append_to_playlist'; Plex / Jellyfin / Navidrome all implement)
Plus tests/discovery/test_discovery_sync.py fake `sync_playlist`
fixture got `sync_mode='replace'` default to match the new signature
(was breaking after the kwarg add; now passing).
WHATS_NEW entry under new '2.6.0' block (hidden by
`_getLatestWhatsNewVersion` until next release bump).
Closes CJFC discord request.
Per-server web_server.py globals (plex_client / jellyfin_client /
navidrome_client / soulsync_library_client) are gone. The engine now
owns the per-server client instances; web_server.py constructs them
inline into the engine init and routes everything through
media_server_engine.client('<name>').
Multi-client consumers refactored to take the engine instead of
separate per-server kwargs:
- services/sync_service.py: PlaylistSyncService.__init__ now takes
media_server_engine. Internal _get_active_media_client resolves the
active server's client through self._engine.client(name) instead of
the per-server self.X_client attributes.
- core/listening_stats_worker.py: ListeningStatsWorker takes
media_server_engine. The plex/jellyfin/navidrome dispatch in _poll
collapses to engine.client(active_server) (gated to those three
servers — SoulSync standalone has no listening data).
- core/web_scan_manager.py: WebScanManager takes media_server_engine
instead of the hand-keyed media_clients dict that drifted out of
sync with the engine.
- core/discovery/sync.py: SyncDeps holds media_server_engine instead
of plex_client / jellyfin_client. Playlist-image dispatch routes
through engine.client(name).
Web_server.py:
- Per-server globals removed from the chained `= None` init line
+ their try/except construction blocks. Replaced with a
_safe_init_media_client(factory, name) helper that captures
per-server init failures + passes the resulting clients straight
into the MediaServerEngine init dict.
- All construction sites (PlaylistSyncService, WebScanManager,
ListeningStatsWorker, SyncDeps, library_check) updated to receive
the engine instead of per-server clients.
Test fixtures (tests/discovery/test_discovery_sync.py) gain a
_FakeMediaServerEngine stub + the SyncDeps build helper passes
that instead of separate plex/jellyfin clients.
First lift in the new PR5 discovery-workers series. Pulls the 448-line
playlist sync background worker out of `web_server.py` into its own
focused module under `core/discovery/`. Pure 1:1 lift — wrappers keep
the original entry-point name so the four callers
(`sync_executor.submit(_run_sync_task, ...)`) continue to work without
changes.
What the sync worker does:
1. Convert frontend JSON tracks → SpotifyTrack/SpotifyPlaylist objects.
2. Normalize artist/album shapes for downstream wishlist parity.
3. Wire a progress_callback that updates `sync_states` + automation card.
4. Patch sync_service for database-only fallback when no media server is
connected.
5. `run_async(sync_service.sync_playlist(...))` and capture the result.
6. Update sync_states to 'finished', push playlist poster image to
Plex / Jellyfin / Emby, record sync history (with re-sync vs new-sync
branching), emit `playlist_synced` event for automation engine, and
persist sync status with a tracks_hash for smart-skip on the next
scheduled sync.
7. On exception → mark error in sync_states + automation; finally clear
progress callback + drop `_original_tracks_map` from sync_service.
Dependencies injected via `SyncDeps` (11 fields) — config_manager,
sync_service, plex_client, jellyfin_client, automation_engine, run_async,
record_sync_history_start, update_automation_progress,
update_and_save_sync_status, sync_states dict, sync_lock. The only
structural drift from a pure paste is the top-of-function variable
binding: original used `global sync_states, sync_service`, lifted version
rebinds them as locals from deps (`sync_states = deps.sync_states` etc.)
since the names aren't module-level in the new file. Same behaviour
otherwise — diff against the original after `deps.X` → global X
normalization is **zero differences**.
Tests: 18 new under tests/discovery/test_discovery_sync.py covering
sync history recording (new + resync), setup error path (with and
without automation_id), missing sync_service handling, sync_playlist
exception handling, successful sync state transition, unmatched-tracks
summary, playlist image upload (plex + jellyfin + zero-synced gate),
automation engine emit, automation progress finished call, sync history
DB persistence (completion + match_details), tracks_hash persistence,
and finally-block cleanup (callback clear + map drop).
Full suite: 1068 passing (was 1050). Ruff clean.
Kicks off the PR5 series — 9 discovery workers totaling ~2,400 lines
across `_run_sync_task`, `_run_*_discovery_worker` family,
`_run_quality_scanner`, and `_process_watchlist_scan_automatically`.
Wishlist-related extractions deliberately skipped to avoid overlap with
kettui's planned `core/wishlist/` package.
