GitHub issue #503 (@hadshaw21). Adding a HiFi instance via downloader
settings popped up ``no such table: hifi_instances`` even though
"Test Connection" and "Check All Instances" both worked.
Root cause: ``MusicDatabase._initialize_database`` runs every
``CREATE TABLE`` + every migration step inside one sqlite transaction.
Python's sqlite3 module doesn't autocommit DDL by default, so if any
later migration step throws on a user's specific DB shape (e.g. an
old volume from a prior SoulSync version with quirky schema state),
the WHOLE batch rolls back — including the ``hifi_instances`` CREATE
that ran earlier in the function. The user's next boot retries init,
hits the same migration failure, rolls back again. The ``hifi_instances``
table never lands no matter how many restarts.
Fix: defensive lazy-create. New ``_ensure_hifi_instances_table(cursor)``
helper runs ``CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS`` on demand, called immediately
before every CRUD operation that touches ``hifi_instances``:
- ``get_hifi_instances`` / ``get_all_hifi_instances`` (read)
- ``add_hifi_instance`` / ``remove_hifi_instance`` (CRUD)
- ``toggle_hifi_instance`` / ``reorder_hifi_instances`` (CRUD)
- ``seed_hifi_instances`` (defaults seed)
Idempotent — costs one no-op CREATE check when the table is already
present, fully recovers from a broken init state. Read methods now
return empty instead of raising when init failed; write methods work
end-to-end.
Doesn't paper over the underlying init issue (still worth tracking
which migration step breaks for which user DB shapes — separate
concern) but makes HiFi instance management self-healing in the
meantime.
Tests:
- 7 obsolete tests that pinned ``raises sqlite3.OperationalError``
removed — that contract is no longer correct
- 7 new tests pin the lazy-create behavior: every CRUD method works
against a DB that's missing the ``hifi_instances`` table, verifying
the table gets created and the operation completes
2162/2162 full suite green. Pure additive — no behavior change for
users with a healthy DB; affected users get back to working hifi
instance management.
Closes#503.
