AcoustID returns a recording's title/artist in their ORIGINAL script
(e.g. "久石譲" for Joe Hisaishi) while SoulSync's expected metadata is
romanized/English. A correct download then fails verification on two
walls: the title can never clear the 0.70 similarity bar cross-script,
and the only skip path that ignores the title required a near-perfect
0.95 fingerprint plus a resolved alias. Result: every non-English
artist trips it. Two complementary fixes, per the reporter's two ideas.
Graceful fix (automatic):
- New pure core/matching/script_compat.py detects when two strings are
in genuinely different writing systems (CJK/Hangul/Cyrillic/Greek/
Arabic/Hebrew/Thai vs Latin). Accented Latin (Beyoncé, Sigur Rós)
stays Latin — no false trigger.
- acoustid_verification.py: when the EXPECTED artist and the matched
artist span scripts AND the artist is confirmed via the existing
MusicBrainz alias bridge, SKIP instead of quarantine, without the
0.95 floor (the 0.80 trust floor already gates the fingerprint).
- Deliberately narrow: keyed on the ARTIST spanning scripts + being
confirmed. A same-script artist with only a cross-script title keeps
the stricter 0.95 floor, so the #607 wrong-file protection (Kendrick
R.O.T.C, low-fingerprint Japanese-title) is untouched.
Per-request toggle (manual escape hatch):
- New "Skip AcoustID verification" checkbox in the download-missing
modal beside "Force Download All".
- skip_acoustid threads request -> batch -> per-track track_info ->
download context (same path as _playlist_folder_mode), landing on
the existing _skip_quarantine_check='acoustid' bypass. No new
mechanism; only the AcoustID gate is bypassed (integrity/bit-depth
still run).
Tests:
- tests/matching/test_script_compat.py — script-boundary cases.
- test_acoustid_skip_logic.py — Joe Hisaishi SKIPs at 0.85; unconfirmed
cross-script artist still FAILs; same-script low-fingerprint still
FAILs.
- test_downloads_candidates.py — toggle injects the bypass; absent
toggle keeps verification.
Full suite: 5169 passed; only pre-existing soundcloud /app env failures
remain. Zero regressions.
When a task failed AcoustID verification and got quarantined, opening
the candidates modal and manually picking a different file would just
re-quarantine it. The manual-pick path through
`_attempt_download_with_candidates` ran full post-processing with no
quarantine bypass — so if the alternate file disagreed with AcoustID's
stored metadata too (common for live versions, remasters, regional
title differences, fingerprint coverage gaps) the file landed right
back in quarantine. User got stuck in the loop.
The Approve button on quarantined rows already handles the "I want
this exact file" case via `_skip_quarantine_check='all'`. The
candidates modal handles the "I want a different file" case — same
user intent, opposite direction, but the bypass plumbing didn't carry
through.
`/api/downloads/task/<id>/download-candidate` already sets
`task['_user_manual_pick'] = True`. `attempt_download_with_candidates`
now reads that flag under tasks_lock alongside `used_sources` and,
when set, injects `_skip_quarantine_check='acoustid'` plus
`_user_manual_pick=True` into the stored `matched_downloads_context`
entry. The acoustid-only scope is deliberate: integrity + bit-depth
gates still run because those check the new file's actual condition
(corruption, sample rate) rather than its identity — only the
metadata-mismatch gate is the user-override case.
Auto-search picks (the normal task-worker path) leave the flag unset
and continue to run full AcoustID verification, preserving the
existing safety net for non-user-initiated downloads.
Tests:
- positive: manual-pick task → stored context has
`_skip_quarantine_check='acoustid'` and `_user_manual_pick=True`
- negative: auto-search task → stored context has neither key,
AcoustID still runs as before
Full suite 3976 pass.
Add a conservative Soulseek album preflight scorer so album downloads choose a coherent slskd folder before per-track enqueue. The scorer compares album title, artist, year, track count, tracklist coverage, peer quality, and penalizes unexpected deluxe/remix/live-style folders.
Preserve hybrid source priority by only running Soulseek album preflight when Soulseek is the selected source or first in the hybrid order. If Soulseek is only a fallback behind another source, the normal hybrid flow is left alone.
Reuse the richest wishlist album context across tracks in the same album group so release date, artwork, album type, and album artist stay consistent for path generation. Also preserve peer-quality tie breakers when attempting equal-confidence candidates.
Tests cover correct-folder selection over larger wrong editions, Soulseek primary vs fallback hybrid behavior, shared wishlist album context, and peer-quality candidate ordering.
The global handle in web_server.py was named soulseek_client for
historical reasons but the type has long been DownloadOrchestrator,
not SoulseekClient. Renamed the global plus every parameter/attribute
that carried the legacy name.
- web_server.py: global var renamed; all 99 references updated.
- api/, core/downloads/*, core/search/*, core/streaming/*,
services/sync_service.py: parameter names, dataclass fields, and
init() arg names renamed.
- Test fixtures (CandidatesDeps, MasterDeps, SearchDeps, etc.) and
the _build_deps helpers updated accordingly.
The core.soulseek_client module path and SoulseekClient class name
(the actual soulseek-only client) are unchanged — only the orchestrator
handle renamed. Module imports of TrackResult/AlbumResult/DownloadStatus
from core.soulseek_client preserved.
First lift in the new PR6 batch. Pulls the 312-line candidate-fallback
download dispatcher out of `web_server.py` into a new module under the
existing `core/downloads/` package. Pure 1:1 lift — wrapper keeps the
original entry-point name so all callers (search/match pipeline) work
unchanged.
What `attempt_download_with_candidates` does:
1. Sort candidates by descending confidence.
2. For each candidate:
- Cancellation gates (3 points: top of loop, before download starts,
after download_id is assigned).
- Skip already-tried sources via the per-task `used_sources` set.
- Skip blacklisted sources (user-flagged bad matches).
- Race protection: bail when the task already has an active
download_id.
- `update_task_status('downloading')`, then `soulseek_client.download`.
3. On a successful download_id:
- Build `matched_downloads_context` entry keyed by
`make_context_key(username, filename)`.
- For tracks with clean Spotify metadata, pull track_number /
disc_number from (1) track_info → (2) track object → (3) Spotify
API call. When local album context is incomplete, the API response
backfills release_date / album_type / total_tracks / images / id.
- Set `is_album_download` based on explicit context flag or
heuristic (album differs from title, isn't "Unknown Album").
- Store task/batch IDs and track_info on the context for post-
processing + playlist-folder mode.
4. On a cancellation that wins the race after the download started:
- `cancel_download(...)` to stop the in-flight Soulseek transfer.
- `on_download_completed(batch_id, task_id, success=False)` to free
the worker slot.
5. On exception or download-start failure: reset task status to
'searching', continue to next candidate.
Dependencies injected via `CandidatesDeps` (7 fields) — soulseek_client,
spotify_client, run_async, get_database, update_task_status,
make_context_key, on_download_completed.
Diff vs original after `deps.X` → global X normalization is **zero
differences** — 312 lines orig = 312 lines lifted, byte-identical body
(including all whitespace, comments, log strings).
Tests: 14 new under tests/downloads/test_downloads_candidates.py
covering happy path (first candidate succeeds, confidence ordering),
used_sources dedup, blacklist skip, cancellation gates (cancelled
status, deleted task, active download_id, mid-flight cancel + cleanup
callback), failure paths (all candidates failed, exception during
download falls through to next), context payload (explicit album
context, track_number priority order, API backfill of incomplete album
metadata), and equal-confidence stable order.
Pre-existing behavior documented in tests:
`spotify_album_context['id']` initializes to a non-empty placeholder
'from_sync_modal' in the fallback path, so the API-backfill condition
`if not spotify_album_context.get('id')` never fires for the id field
specifically. Other album fields (release_date, album_type) backfill
fine because they default to empty.
Full suite: 1290 passing (was 1276). Ruff clean.
