New 'soulsync' media server option manages the library directly from
the filesystem, bypassing Plex/Jellyfin/Navidrome entirely.
Two paths populate the library:
1. Downloads/imports write artist/album/track to DB immediately at
post-processing completion, with pre-populated enrichment IDs
(Spotify, Deezer, MusicBrainz) so workers skip re-discovery
2. soulsync_client.py scans Transfer folder for incremental/deep scan
via DatabaseUpdateWorker (same interface as server clients)
New files:
- core/soulsync_client.py: filesystem scanner implementing the same
interface as Plex/Jellyfin/Navidrome clients. Recursive folder scan,
Mutagen tag reading, artist/album/track grouping, hash-based stable
IDs, incremental scan by modification time.
Modified:
- web_server.py: _record_soulsync_library_entry() at post-processing
completion, client init, scan endpoint integration, status endpoint,
web_scan_manager media_clients dict, test-connection cache updates
- config/settings.py: accept 'soulsync' in set_active_media_server,
get_active_media_server_config, is_configured, validate_config
- core/web_scan_manager.py: add soulsync to server_client_map
Dedup: checks existing artist/album by name across ALL server sources
before inserting to avoid duplicates. Enrichment IDs only written when
the column is empty (won't overwrite existing data).
Race condition: scanner re-scanned folders while post-processing was
still moving files, causing partial matches and ghost failures. Now
tracks in-progress paths and skips them on subsequent scans.
Coverage penalty fix: individual tracks that match at 80%+ confidence
now auto-import even when overall album coverage is low (e.g. 2 of 18
tracks present). Previously low coverage killed the entire import.
Import page: stats bar, filter pills, Scan Now, Approve All, Clear
History (clears imported + failed), live scan progress.
- Track numbers defaulted to 1 instead of using metadata source values
- Release dates not captured, causing missing year in path templates
- Cover art missing for Deezer (direct image_url not checked)
- Track names in expanded view showed Unknown (wrong JSON field name)
- Read year/date from embedded file tags as fallback
- Add Deezer get_album_metadata/get_album_tracks fallbacks
- Handle Deezer tracks.data response format
Loose audio files in the staging root are now picked up alongside album
folders. Singles are identified via embedded tags, filename parsing
(Artist - Title.ext), or AcoustID fingerprinting, then matched against
the configured metadata source. Confidence-gated processing applies
the same way as album folders (90%+ auto, 70-90% review, <70% manual).
Soulseek results from "Various Artists", "VA", "Unknown Artist", and
"Unknown Album" folders are now rejected before scoring. These
compilation folders rarely contain properly tagged files for the target
artist.
Clearing the wishlist now also cancels any active wishlist download
batch and resets the auto-processing flag, so downloads don't keep
running after the source tracks are removed.
Priority 0 query (artist + album + title) was gated behind a download
mode check that excluded Soulseek, the source that benefits most from
it. Soulseek searches match against file paths where users organize as
Artist/Album/Track — without the album name, ambiguous artist names
could match wrong-artist results (e.g. "Bleakness" as an album folder
instead of an artist). Removed the mode gate so all sources get the
most specific query first.
Repair-worker album fills now generate explicit track IDs when copying rows, instead of relying on SQLite auto-assignment that no longer exists for TEXT primary keys. The unknown-artist fixer now does the same for new artists.
Also add a regression test for the album-fill copy branch and keep the AcoustID scanner resilient to legacy null-ID rows.
Full auto-import pipeline: background worker watches the staging folder,
identifies music using embedded tags → folder name parsing → AcoustID
fingerprinting, matches files to metadata source tracklists, and
processes high-confidence matches through the existing post-processing
pipeline automatically.
Worker: AutoImportWorker with start/stop/pause/resume, configurable
scan interval (default 60s), confidence threshold (default 90%), and
auto-process toggle. Processes one folder per cycle, alphabetical
order. Disc folder detection, stability checking, content hash dedup.
Confidence gate: 90%+ auto-processes silently, 70-90% queued as
pending review with approve/dismiss actions, <70% flagged for manual
identification. Track matching uses weighted algorithm (title 45%,
artist 15%, track number 30%, album tag 10%).
Database: auto_import_history table tracks every scan result with
folder hash, match data JSON, confidence, status, timestamps.
API: 7 endpoints — status, toggle, settings (GET/POST), results
(filtered/paginated), approve, reject.
UI: Auto tab on Import page with enable toggle, confidence slider,
scan interval selector. Live result cards with album art, confidence
bar (green/yellow/red), status badges, match stats. 5-second polling.
Switch similar-artist backfill to the shared provider-priority flow instead of assuming iTunes as the fallback.
Reuse the generic metadata search helpers, keep a compatibility alias for the old helper name, and update the scanner tests to cover the new path.
Add a regression test that verifies backfill walks each available fallback provider and persists the resolved IDs per source.
Shift similar-artist lookup to the shared metadata provider priority flow.
Use generic provider clients for search and metadata extraction instead of
branching on Spotify/iTunes-specific paths.
Add a regression test that verifies MusicMap matching queries the provider
priority list and preserves canonical metadata from the best match.
Make discovery pool population and curated playlists follow the configured metadata source order. Keep Spotify strict where fallback would corrupt source-specific IDs, and trim fan-out with smaller similar-artist samples and page caps. Leave the remaining incremental path for follow-up.
Reduce request volume in the discovery helpers while keeping the source-priority model intact.
- make cache_discovery_recent_albums source-priority aware
- cap Spotify artist-album pagination in the discovery and incremental paths
- reduce the similar-artist sample size for the cache-refresh helper
- keep Spotify strict where fallback would contaminate source-specific IDs
- add regression coverage for source order, strict Spotify lookups, and pagination caps
Watchlist scanner: empty discography (no new releases in lookback) was
treated as API failure, causing "Failed to get artist discography" for
artists like Kendrick Lamar who simply had no recent releases. Now
distinguishes None (API failure → try next source) from [] (success,
no new tracks). Spotify backfill now uses the authenticated client
instance instead of creating a fresh unauthenticated one.
Wishlist nebula: album remove now sends album_name (API updated to
accept album_name as fallback alongside album_id). Track remove
re-renders the nebula after deletion. Toned down processing pulse
animation.
Updated test to verify fallback triggers on API failure (None), not
on empty results.
Replaced track-count-only release selection with deterministic scoring
across 6 factors: track count match (40pts), release status (10pts),
country preference with US/worldwide bias (10pts), format preference
favoring Digital/CD over Vinyl/Cassette (10pts), barcode presence (3pts),
and date completeness (2pts). Same inputs always produce the same release.
Also fixed critical bug: _embed_source_ids was missing the context
parameter, silently skipping ALL source ID tag embedding since the
MusicBrainz consistency commit. Now passes context from the caller.
Make discovery pool population respect provider priority while keeping Spotify strict, and reduce unnecessary request volume in the hot discovery paths.
- keep discovery fan-out source-priority aware
- preserve cache use where freshness is not required
- cap Spotify artist-album pagination in discovery and cache refresh paths
- keep incremental release checks to a single page, since they only need the newest releases
- add regression coverage for provider order, strict Spotify handling, and pagination caps
Rewrote the AcoustID scanner job to scan all library tracks (via DB file
paths resolved to disk) instead of only the Transfer folder. Checkpoints
by track ID for robust resume across restarts. Defaults changed to
enabled, 24h interval, batch size 200.
Added _fix_acoustid_mismatch handler with three actions:
- retag: update DB title/artist to match actual audio content
- redownload: add expected track to wishlist and delete wrong file
- delete: remove wrong file and DB record
This catches cases like a file tagged as "Dinosaur Bones" that is
actually "Helicopters" — the scanner fingerprints the audio, detects
the mismatch, and the user can fix it from Library Maintenance findings.
Resolve Spotify artist matching through the exact Spotify client only, so watchlist ID backfill cannot drift to fallback-provider results. Remove the remaining preemptive provider availability check from the backfill loop.
Allow cached Spotify search results to return even when Spotify is rate-limited or temporarily unavailable, and remove redundant rate-limit gating after auth checks.
Drop the old active-provider artist lookup helpers from watchlist_scanner now that the web scan flow resolves sources through the shared metadata priority.
Keep the Spotify-specific feature toggles in place for discovery and sync paths that still use them.
Move the web watchlist scan core onto the shared metadata source priority so primary provider settings are respected during artist, album, and image resolution.
Add coverage for primary-source-first discography lookup and fallback to later providers when the primary source has no albums.
Bring placeholder tracklist skipping back into the shared watchlist scan path, and centralize the DB-only artist image backfill helper so both web scan entrypoints reuse the same logic.
Drop the legacy watchlist scan entrypoints that are no longer used by the web scan flow, and keep the live refresh path pointed at the shared scanner helper.
Move the shared watchlist scan loop into core/watchlist_scanner.py so web_server.py only handles triggers, locks, progress, and post-scan orchestration.
Manual and scheduled watchlist scans now share the same scanner-side core, while the web entrypoints keep profile selection and automation progress updates.
Two-layer detection: (1) check the Qobuz API response for sample=True
before downloading, and (2) validate actual file duration with mutagen
after download — if under 35 seconds, delete and return None. Qobuz
returns valid audio files for previews (~2-5MB FLAC) that pass the
existing 100KB size check, so duration is the reliable signal.
Artists with an existing spotify_artist_id but NULL spotify_match_status
were fetched by the priority queue every ~3 seconds. _process_artist
returned early (preserving the ID) without marking the status, so the
same artist was re-queued indefinitely — burning CPU and inflating API
call counters. Now marks the artist as 'matched' on the early-return
path.
Respect the configured metadata source order when looking up album years, and re-check provider availability during the scan so Spotify can drop out cleanly if it becomes rate-limited.
Cover art lookup now honors an explicit prefer_source first,
falls back to the runtime primary metadata source when unset,
and uses the shared source priority for the remaining fallbacks.
Use the shared metadata source priority when resolving album IDs,
album searches, and tracklists in track number repair.
Keeps Deezer and iTunes ahead of Spotify where configured, while
still allowing the job to fall back through other supported sources.
Unknown artist resolution now uses the shared metadata source priority and only filters to the sources that can actually participate in this job. Deezer and iTunes remain direct lookup sources, while Hydrabase can now join the title-search path when it is the configured priority source.
- Pass playlist image_url to _run_sync_task from all source-specific sync
start handlers (Deezer, Tidal, Spotify public, YouTube, automation mirror)
— previously only the /api/sync/start endpoint passed it
- Fix plex_client.set_playlist_image: use uploadPoster(url=) instead of
uploadPoster(data=) which is not a valid PlexAPI argument
- deezer_client: use picture_xl > picture_big > picture_medium fallback
for better cover art resolution
- tidal_client: extract image_url in get_playlist() from JSON:API
relationships (was only extracted in metadata-only listing)
- parse_youtube_playlist: capture playlist thumbnail from yt-dlp result
- Add visible logging for image upload attempts and outcomes
Spotify was being called for album/artist data fetching across multiple
background workers and the Artists page search even when the user had
Deezer or iTunes set as their primary metadata source. Being authenticated
for playlist sync was treated as permission to use Spotify for everything.
- watchlist_scanner: add _spotify_is_primary_source() that checks both
auth and primary source config; use it for all album/artist data fetching
(discovery pool, recent album caching, playlist curation, similar artist
ID matching, proactive ID backfill). _spotify_available_for_run() is kept
for sync_spotify_library_cache which must run regardless of primary source
- repair_jobs/metadata_gap_filler: gate Spotify ISRC lookup on primary
source being 'spotify'; MusicBrainz lookup unaffected
- repair_jobs/unknown_artist_fixer: replace hardcoded spotify_client with
source-aware client selection — primary source ID tried first, each ID
matched to its correct client (fixes latent bug passing Deezer IDs to
Spotify)
- web_server.py /api/match/search: Artists page search was hardcoded to
spotify_client.search_artists(); now uses _get_metadata_fallback_client()
so results come from the configured primary source
Adds a new Last.fm Radio section to the Discover page that lets users
search a track on Last.fm, generate a similar-tracks playlist, and run
it through the existing discovery/download/sync pipeline. Also generates
playlists automatically from top listening history during watchlist scans
(max once per week).
- core/lastfm_client.py: Add get_similar_tracks() using track.getsimilar
- core/listenbrainz_manager.py: Add save_lastfm_radio_playlist() with
deterministic MBID (MD5 seed), cleanup limit of 5 for lastfm_radio type
- web_server.py: Add /api/lastfm/configured, /api/lastfm/search/tracks,
/api/lastfm/radio/generate, /api/discover/listenbrainz/lastfm-radio;
fix playlist['name'] KeyError in discovery worker that was resetting
phase back to 'fresh' after completion
- core/watchlist_scanner.py: Add _generate_lastfm_radio_playlists() with
weekly throttle, called at end of scan_all_watchlist_artists()
- webui/index.html: Add #lastfm-radio-section above ListenBrainz section,
hidden unless Last.fm API key is configured
- webui/static/script.js: Search/generation/card-load functions; fix
discovery modal labels (Last.fm Radio vs ListenBrainz), description
update on completion, belt-and-suspenders completion handling inside
updateYouTubeDiscoveryModal; fix album/duration display for tracks
without metadata; music note SVG placeholder for missing art
- webui/static/style.css: Styles for search bar, dropdown, result rows
Centralize the ordered metadata source list and source-priority helper so album completeness and the repair worker follow the same Deezer/iTunes-first fallback order. This also removes the last duplicate priority logic from the touched repair paths.
