When a file failed AcoustID verification and got quarantined, the next
auto-wishlist cycle would search for the same track, the deterministic
quality picker would re-select the same (uploader, filename) source,
re-download it, and re-quarantine it. Users woke up to hundreds of
duplicate .quarantined entries from a single bad upload — same source
URL repeatedly, byte-for-byte identical files.
Root cause: `SoulseekClient.filter_results_by_quality_preference` ranks
candidates by quality + bitrate density only. Quarantine history wasn't
consulted, so a high-bitrate FLAC upload with a wrong-track AcoustID
fingerprint kept winning the picker against every other candidate.
Fix shape:
- New helper `core/imports/quarantine.py::get_quarantined_source_keys`
reads every quarantine sidecar's `context.original_search_result`
and returns the set of `(username, filename)` tuples for O(1)
membership checks. Sidecars missing the context field (legacy thin
sidecars written pre-Feb 2026, or orphaned files) and corrupt JSON
are skipped silently — defensive against transient FS / encoding
issues.
- `SoulseekClient._drop_quarantined_sources` runs the membership
filter against incoming TrackResults, drops matches, logs a single
INFO line with the skip count. Called first inside
`filter_results_by_quality_preference` so all four callers
(search-and-download, master worker, validation, orchestrator)
benefit transparently.
- Approving or deleting a quarantine entry removes its sidecar, so
the dedup key disappears from the set on the next search — gives
the user a way to opt back in to a previously-quarantined source
without restarting the app.
7 helper tests cover: missing dir, empty dir, well-formed sidecars
collected as tuples, legacy sidecars skipped, empty source fields
skipped (so empty-string keys can't accidentally drop unrelated
results), corrupt JSON tolerated, duplicate quarantines collapse.
5 integration tests pin: clean candidates pass, known-bad candidates
drop, missing quarantine dir returns input unchanged, filesystem
errors swallowed (defensive), full `filter_results_by_quality_preference`
runs the dedup BEFORE the quality picker — so a high-quality
quarantined source can't win on bitrate.
692 existing download + import tests still green. Cosmetic surface
of the fix is invisible — same UX as today when no quarantine entries
exist; loop only kicks in once a sidecar has been written.
Out of scope: bulk-select / multi-delete UI for the quarantine tab —
S-Bryce mentioned this as a separate pain point in the issue, but
it's its own UX work, not a one-commit drive-by.
When slskd_url is configured but the host is unreachable (slskd not
running, wrong port, host.docker.internal not resolving), the frontend's
/api/downloads/status polling fanned out to every download plugin
including Soulseek. soulseek_client._make_request hit a DNS / connect
failure on each poll and logged it at ERROR. Result: one
"Cannot connect to host host.docker.internal:5030" log line every
~2-3 seconds for the entire duration of any download — visible spam
even when the user wasn't using Soulseek at all.
Caught aiohttp.ClientConnectorError explicitly in both _make_request
and _make_direct_request. First failure emits one WARNING with
actionable context (start slskd, or clear soulseek.slskd_url if you
don't use Soulseek). Subsequent failures demote to DEBUG. The
_last_unreachable_logged flag resets on any successful (200/201/204)
response so a later outage warns again — suppression is per-outage,
not per-process-lifetime. Same shape as the existing _last_401_logged
suppression for auth failures.
The architectural gap (status polling fans out to soulseek even when
the user has soulseek disabled in their active download sources) is
intentionally left for a follow-up. The plugin-iteration code lives
in core/download_engine/engine.py and core/download_orchestrator.py;
threading a "skip-when-not-active" gate through every caller is a
bigger refactor than this user-facing log cleanup warrants. The
WARNING-once message tells the user what to do in the meantime.
5 new pinning tests cover the suppression contract: connection error
returns None (not raises), first failure WARNs + sets flag, repeats
stay quiet, successful response resets the flag, _make_direct_request
follows the same pattern, and non-connection exceptions still log at
ERROR so real bugs aren't hidden behind the new suppression.
- new soulseek.search_min_delay_seconds knob forces a gap between
consecutive searches; smooths the burst pattern that trips ISP
anti-abuse (Reddit report: Bell Canada cuts the WAN after rapid
peer-connection spikes) even when the existing 35/220 sliding-window
cap isn't hit
- throttle math lifted to a pure compute_search_wait_seconds helper so
the gate logic is testable independent of asyncio.sleep + the
singleton client
- new field on settings → connections → soulseek; default 0 = disabled
so existing users see no change
15 helper-boundary tests pin defaults / no-throttle, sliding-window
cap (legacy), min-delay (the new burst-smoother), max-of-both gates,
and defensive paths.
Catches the silent excepts the awk-based earlier sweeps missed:
- Bare `except:` followed by `pass` (also swallows KeyboardInterrupt
and SystemExit — actively wrong). Upgraded to `except Exception as
e: logger.debug("...: %s", e)`. ~14 sites across connection_detect,
soulseek_client, listenbrainz_manager, watchlist_scanner,
youtube_client, navidrome_client, jellyfin_client, web_server.
- `except Exception:` + pass that the awk pattern missed (e.g.
multi-line or unusual whitespace). ~31 sites across automation_engine,
database_update_worker, music_database, spotify_client, web_server,
others.
- 14 legitimate cleanup sites left silent with explicit `# noqa: S110`
+ comment explaining why (atexit handlers, finally-block conn.close
calls). Logging during shutdown can itself crash because file handles
get torn down before the handler fires.
Also enables `S110` rule in pyproject.toml so this pattern fails CI
going forward — drift fails at PR review instead of at runtime against
a wedged worker thread. Tests path keeps S110 ignored (test fixtures
legitimately use try-except-pass for cleanup).
Adds a WHATS_NEW entry to helper.js summarizing the full #369 sweep.
Verified: `python -m ruff check .` → All checks passed.
Verified: `python -m pytest tests/` → 2188 passed.
Closes#369
GitHub issue #499 (@bafoed). Big initial sync of Spotify playlists
worked for 2-3 hours then downloads silently stopped:
- 3 active tasks stuck in "Searching" state, replaced every ~10 min
by different ones
- slskd UI showed no actual searches happening
- Debug log: orphaned-task count grew over time, no jobs executed
- Container restart was the only fix (bought another 2-3 hours)
- Not a rate limit (rates showed 0/min)
Root cause: ``core/soulseek_client.py`` constructed
``aiohttp.ClientSession()`` with no timeout at four sites. When slskd
hung on a request (overloaded, transient network blip, internal
stall), the HTTP call blocked indefinitely — and the worker thread
blocked with it. The download executor only has
``ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=3)``, so once 3 worker threads were
wedged on hung calls, no further downloads could start.
Batch-level "stuck detection" (10-minute timer in
``check_batch_completion_v2``) was correctly marking tasks
``not_found`` and trying to start replacements, but the executor pool
was exhausted — replacements queued forever inside the executor with
no thread to run them. Symptom: tasks rotating every ~10 min at the
batch level while the underlying executor stayed wedged.
Fix: bounded ``aiohttp.ClientTimeout`` (total 120s, connect 15s,
sock_read 60s) on every slskd ``ClientSession`` construction. Module-
level constant ``_SLSKD_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT`` so the four sites stay in
lockstep — future sites get the same protection by reusing the
constant.
Why these timeouts are safe:
- Every slskd API call is metadata-level (search submission, status
polls, download enqueue, transfer state queries). None stream
files — slskd handles file transfer via its own peer-to-peer
infrastructure entirely outside our HTTP requests.
- Legitimate metadata calls finish in seconds. 120s ceiling is
~50× the normal latency.
Timeout handling:
- ``asyncio.TimeoutError`` caught explicitly BEFORE the generic
``except Exception`` — surfaces "slskd timed out" specifically in
logs (debuggable instead of buried as "Error making API request").
- Returns None to the caller (same code path as a 5xx response or
any other failure). No new error path; callers already handle
None as "request failed".
- Worker thread unblocks immediately → executor pool stays healthy
→ downloads keep flowing.
Sites updated:
- ``_make_request`` (general /api/v0/ helper, line 152) — used for
every slskd API operation
- ``_make_direct_request`` (non-/api/v0/ helper, line 235)
- ``_explore_api_endpoints`` Swagger fetch (line 1566) — diagnostic
- ``_explore_api_endpoints`` per-endpoint probe (line 1617) —
diagnostic
Tests: 3 new tests in ``tests/downloads/test_soulseek_pinning.py``
pin:
- ``_SLSKD_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT`` is bounded (total set, ≤300s ceiling,
connect ≤60s) — guards against future regressions that drop or
unbound the timeout
- ``_make_request`` returns None on ``asyncio.TimeoutError`` rather
than raising — pins the caller contract
- ``_make_direct_request`` returns None on ``asyncio.TimeoutError``
2185/2185 full suite green.
Closes#499.
Two architectural cleanups on top of the download engine refactor.
(1) Shared dataclasses move to neutral plugin package.
TrackResult, AlbumResult, DownloadStatus, SearchResult lived in
core/soulseek_client.py for historical reasons — every other plugin
imported them from the soulseek module just to satisfy the contract,
coupling 8 clients to a sibling source for type imports only. Moved
them to the new core/download_plugins/types.py module and updated all
14 import sites across the deezer/hifi/lidarr/qobuz/soundcloud/tidal/
youtube clients, the engine, matching engine, redownload helper, and
tests. Clean break, no backward-compat re-export.
(2) web_server.py boots the orchestrator via the singleton factory.
After construction it now calls set_download_orchestrator(...) so
get_download_orchestrator() returns the same instance the global
handle points at instead of lazily building a separate orchestrator.
Matches the get_metadata_engine() pattern.
Cin's review feedback: the plugin contract was discoverable only
from the registry, not from the client files themselves. Reading
`youtube_client.py` cold gave no signal that the class participates
in the DownloadSourcePlugin contract.
Every download client class now inherits DownloadSourcePlugin
explicitly:
- SoulseekClient(DownloadSourcePlugin)
- YouTubeClient(DownloadSourcePlugin)
- TidalDownloadClient(DownloadSourcePlugin)
- QobuzClient(DownloadSourcePlugin)
- HiFiClient(DownloadSourcePlugin)
- DeezerDownloadClient(DownloadSourcePlugin)
- SoundcloudClient(DownloadSourcePlugin)
- LidarrDownloadClient(DownloadSourcePlugin)
Adjustments:
- core/download_plugins/base.py — moved TrackResult/AlbumResult/
DownloadStatus imports under TYPE_CHECKING since they're only
used in type annotations. Without this, clients inheriting the
contract create a circular import.
- core/download_plugins/__init__.py — drops DownloadPluginRegistry
re-export. Importing the package no longer triggers the registry's
eager client imports (which would also be circular for clients
that import from the package). Callers that need the registry
import it directly: `from core.download_plugins.registry import
DownloadPluginRegistry`.
Suite still green (335 download tests).
- Move import flow modules into a dedicated package
- Update app and test imports to the new namespace
- Group the import-focused tests under tests/imports
- Extract the import pipeline, album import, staging, path, file ops, guards, runtime state, side effects, and metadata enrichment out of .
- Canonicalize the refactored import path around and remove legacy , , , and request shapes from the import endpoints.
- Make album and track metadata lookups follow the configured provider priority instead of hard-coding Spotify, while still falling back when needed.
- Update the import routes and frontend payloads to use the new core helpers.
- Add coverage for the extracted helpers and the refactored import flows.
PS. apologies to anyone who might check this commit out - the intention was to start small, but things kinda snowballed out of control at some point since the logic just kept going on and on, and everything kinda had to be changed all at once for it all to make any sense
PR #340 added ruff to the build-and-test.yml CI gate, which surfaced
286 pre-existing lint errors. Left unfixed, every feature branch push
fails CI. This commit resolves all of them so CI goes green and
contributors can actually land work.
Auto-fixes (248 of 286): removed unused f-string prefixes (F541),
renamed unused loop control variables with underscore prefix (B007),
removed duplicate imports (F811).
Manually fixed 10 latent bugs ruff caught (all wrapped in try/except
today, silently failing):
- music_database.py: _add_discovery_tables() called undefined
conn.commit() — would have crashed the iTunes-support migration
for existing databases. Now uses cursor.connection.commit().
- web_server.py settings GET: referenced undefined download_orchestrator
when it should be soulseek_client. Feature (_source_status on the
settings payload) was silently missing for UI auto-disable logic.
- web_server.py _process_wishlist_automatically: active_server
undefined in track-ownership check. Auto-wishlist was falling
through to the error handler and re-downloading owned tracks.
- web_server.py start_wishlist_missing_downloads: same active_server
bug in the manual wishlist path.
- web_server.py _process_failed_tracks_to_wishlist_exact: emitted
wishlist_item_added automation event with undefined artist_name
and track. Automation event silently never fired correctly.
- web_server.py discovery metadata enrichment: referenced cache
without calling get_metadata_cache() first. Track enrichment from
cached API responses was silently skipped.
- web_server.py Beatport discovery worker: wing-it fallback branch
used undefined successful_discoveries variable. Wing-it counter
never incremented correctly. Now uses state['spotify_matches']
consistently with the rest of the function.
- web_server.py _run_full_missing_tracks_process: stale import json
mid-function shadowed the module-level import, making an earlier
json.dumps() call reference an unbound local (F823).
- web_server.py discovery loop: platform loop variable shadowed
the module-level platform import (F402).
- core/watchlist_scanner.py: 7 lambda captures of loop variables
(B023 classic Python closure-in-loop bug) now bind at creation.
No existing tests had to change. Full suite stays at 263 passed.
7-step full-screen wizard: Welcome, Metadata Source, Download Source,
Paths & Media Server, Add Artists, First Download, Done. All settings
save to DB identically to the Settings page. Supports all 6 download
sources with inline config and test buttons. First download goes through
the full matched download pipeline with metadata context.
Fixes:
- Download clients (YouTube/HiFi/Tidal/Qobuz/Deezer) now reload
download_path when settings change instead of caching from init
- watchlist_artists table migrations now include deezer_artist_id and
discogs_artist_id in all 3 table rebuild locations (was being dropped)
- CREATE TABLE for watchlist_artists includes all provider ID columns
- Serverless download sources (YouTube/HiFi/Qobuz) show green status
instead of red disconnected on sidebar and dashboard
- Suppress repeated slskd 401 errors — logs once then silences until
connection recovers
Stripped 4,200+ emoji characters from print(), logger calls across
39 Python files. Logs are now clean text — easier to grep, more
professional, no encoding issues on terminals without Unicode support.
Seasonal config icons preserved for UI display.
Two changes to the Soulseek quality filter:
1. Sort candidates by effective bitrate first, peer quality second.
Previously a 16-bit FLAC from a fast peer could beat a 24-bit FLAC
from a slower peer. Now highest audio quality always wins within the
same format tier, with peer speed as tiebreaker.
2. Enforce the FLAC bit depth UI preference (Any/16-bit/24-bit) that
was previously cosmetic-only. Uses effective bitrate threshold of
1450 kbps to distinguish 16-bit (<1411 kbps theoretical) from 24-bit
(>2116 kbps theoretical). Respects the bit_depth_fallback toggle —
when enabled, gracefully accepts any FLAC if preferred depth is
unavailable. When disabled, strictly rejects non-matching depth.
Default bit_depth="any" — zero behavior change for existing users.
Users who intentionally don't use Soulseek were getting spammed with
ERROR-level logs every second. These are expected when Soulseek isn't
configured as a source and don't need user attention.
New dropdown in Soulseek settings lets users filter out slow peers at
search time (Any/1/2/3/4/5/10 Mbps). Passes minimumPeerUploadSpeed
to slskd API in bytes/sec.
Also fixes quality scoring tiers which were using wrong units — old
thresholds (5000, 1000, 500) treated bytes/sec values as kbps,
making speed scoring effectively meaningless. Now uses correct
bytes/sec thresholds based on real peer data.
- Single-worker mode for album batches (sequential downloads enable clean source reuse)
- Browse API integration to list files in a source's directory
- Failed source tracking per-batch to avoid retrying broken sources
- Graduated quality scoring for upload speed, queue length, and free slots
- Track number fallback fix (uses Spotify track number instead of hardcoded 1)
- Duplicate completion guard to prevent double-decrement of active worker count
- Dedicated logging for source reuse and post-processing diagnostics
Adjusts matching weights for YouTube sources to rely more on title and duration, adds a shutdown callback to the YouTube client to prevent new downloads during shutdown, and enhances post-processing to reliably resolve actual YouTube file paths. Improves error handling for file removal, ensures no new batch downloads start during shutdown, and refines download monitoring to trigger post-processing on completed YouTube downloads. Also increases YouTube download retries and improves logging for debugging.
Updated the duration field in TrackResult to store duration in milliseconds instead of seconds, matching Spotify's expected format. This ensures consistency when integrating with services that use millisecond-based durations.
Introduces 'search_timeout' and 'search_timeout_buffer' options to Soulseek settings in the config, backend, and web UI. The backend now uses these values to control search duration and polling, allowing users to fine-tune how long searches run and how long to wait for late results.
Added helper functions to resolve Windows paths for Docker containers and to extract filenames in a cross-platform manner. Updated usage throughout web_server.py and soulseek_client.py to ensure correct path mapping and filename handling. Modified docker-compose.yml to use named volumes and mount the E: drive for better Docker compatibility.
Updated Soulseek client, web server, and docker-compose.yml to better handle service URLs when running inside Docker containers. Localhost URLs are now resolved to host.docker.internal, and Docker-specific volume mounts and extra_hosts are configured for improved interoperability between container and host services.
Introduces a global activity feed system with API endpoints for recent activities and toasts, and integrates activity tracking for key backend events (downloads, syncs, database updates, etc.). Updates the dashboard frontend to periodically fetch and display activity feed items and show toasts for recent actions. Improves error logging and reduces noise for expected 404s in Soulseek client. Adds related CSS for activity feed separators.
