Plex API can return Tag objects mixed with playlists — these lack the
playlistType attribute, causing AttributeError. Use getattr with safe
default instead of direct attribute access.
Add 3-tier Unknown Artist guard in post-processing: checks track_info
artists, original search result, then re-fetches from metadata API
before building folder paths or embedding tags. Prevents files from
landing in Unknown Artist folders when the download context has
incomplete artist data.
Dynamic music path inputs were created after auto-save listeners were
attached, so typing in them never triggered a save. Now attaches change
listeners when creating or rendering path rows. Removing a path also
triggers auto-save immediately.
The junk entity filter checked track name but not artist_name, allowing
tracks like "Woman Like You by Unknown Artist" to be cached. Now rejects
any track or album where artist_name matches the junk names list
(unknown, unknown artist, empty, null, etc). Prevents stale incomplete
data from persisting across retries.
- Stop active DB update work before tearing down executor pools.
- Short-circuit scan completion callbacks during shutdown so in-flight timer ticks don’t queue follow-up work.
- Prevent the download monitor from draining deferred/completed tasks after shutdown starts.
- Make listening stats startup stop-aware so it exits cleanly if teardown begins during warmup.
- If a metadata update is already running, it can now observe should_stop and exit cleanly instead of continuing after SIGTERM.
- Add interruptible stop events to background workers so shutdown
wakes out of long sleeps instead of waiting on fixed delays.
- Stop scan managers, repair worker, executors, and cleanup helpers
deterministically so process exit does not leave background threads
alive.
- Add startup warnings for stale SQLite WAL/SHM sidecars so unclean
shutdowns are easier to spot before init/migration errors cascade.
- Prevent forced kills from leaving SQLite sidecars behind, which
made rollbacks to older branches fail with malformed database
errors.
When starting from scratch (no existing .db file), certain db init steps were being skipped. Upon subsequent startup, these remaining 4-5 steps would execute.
Up until recently this has not been much of an issue since all the db init steps were run repeatedly throughout the process' lifetime, but after the init was changed to be only done once per startup, this became more problematic
There's a lot side-effects happening at import-time (eg. client initialization etc.), some of which include meaningful logging as well (eg. migration-related logging in MusicDatabase client).
If we delay the logging initialization to the __main__ block, we'll lose out on these early logs
Commented-out slskd block that users can uncomment to run both services
together. Shares the ./downloads volume so SoulSync reads slskd's
downloads directly. Includes API key env var and setup instructions.
New sidebar page showing every download task across the app in a unified
live-updating list. Tracks from Sync, Discover, Artists, Search, and
Wishlist all appear in one place.
Features:
- Filter pills: All / Active / Queued / Completed / Failed
- Section headers grouping by status category
- Track position (3 of 19) for album/playlist batches
- Album art, artist/album metadata, batch context, error messages
- Status dots with accent glow for active, green for complete, red fail
- Clear Completed button removes terminal items from tracker
- Nav badge shows active download count from any page via WebSocket
Fixes artist [object Object] display — handles all format variations
(list of dicts, list of strings, dict, string) for artist and album
fields in the API response.
Serverless check (YouTube/HiFi/Qobuz) now runs before the slskd
connection test. Prevents 4-minute timeout hangs when Hybrid mode
includes both Soulseek and serverless sources but slskd isn't running.
Also reports green if any serverless source is in the hybrid order,
not just the first.
Each step now explains what it does and how it connects to the rest of
SoulSync. Metadata step explains catalog vs download source. Download
step explains the search-match-download pipeline and Hybrid mode. Paths
step explains the two-folder system. Watchlist step explains Discover
page, scanner schedule, and per-artist filters. First Download step
explains the full tagging and organization pipeline. Done page adds a
2x3 tips grid covering Sync, Wishlist, Automations, Notifications,
Interactive Help, and Settings.
Wizard now shows automatically on fresh installs. Detection uses a
server-side flag (setup.completed) plus download_source.mode as a
fallback for existing users who configured settings before the wizard
existed. Config.json template defaults no longer fool the check.
Script load order fixed — setup-wizard.js loads before script.js so
openSetupWizard exists when DOMContentLoaded fires. Both finish and
skip paths set the server flag and localStorage, then continue app
initialization via callback.
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.
Profile creation was missing Listening Stats, Playlist Explorer, and
Issues from the page access checkboxes. Home page dropdown was missing
Stats, Playlist Explorer, and Help & Docs. Both admin and self-edit
pageLabels dicts updated to match.
Navidrome provides musicBrainzId on tracks — now captured during
database updates so the MusicBrainz enrichment worker can skip
tracks that already have an MBID.
Uses COALESCE on UPDATE to never overwrite existing enrichment data
with NULL (safe for Plex/Jellyfin which don't provide this field).
Inspired by PR #279 — fixed data loss bug in the original where
unconditional UPDATE would erase existing MBIDs.
Tag preview and writer now use track_artist (per-track artist) for the
Artist tag when available, falling back to artist_name (album artist)
when NULL. Album Artist tag always uses artist_name.
Fixes#277 — DJ mix albums no longer overwrite per-track artists
(Technique, Gouryella) with the album artist (Tiësto).
Phase 1: data collection only — no behavior changes.
Adds nullable track_artist column to tracks table. During database
updates (incremental, full refresh, deep scan), extracts per-track
artist from the media server when it differs from the album artist:
- Plex: originalTitle field
- Jellyfin/Emby: ArtistItems[0] vs AlbumArtists[0]
- Navidrome: artist attribute vs album artist name
NULL for normal albums (track artist = album artist). Populated only
when the media server reports a different per-track artist.
UPDATE uses COALESCE to never overwrite existing data with NULL.
Builder stage compiles Python dependencies with gcc/build tools.
Runtime stage only includes curl, gosu, ffmpeg, and libchromaprint-tools.
Build tools are not shipped in the final image, reducing size and
attack surface.
Inspired by kettui's PR #273.
Added _streamLock flag to startStream() that prevents concurrent stream
requests when the user clicks play multiple times before the first
request completes. Lock is released in finally block so it always
clears on success, error, or exception.
Previously, rapid clicks would fire multiple stream requests to the
backend, each creating a separate audio playback — the only way to
stop them was a browser force refresh.
Lidarr integration:
- New core/lidarr_download_client.py with full interface parity
(search, download, status, cancel — same as Qobuz/Tidal/HiFi)
- Registered in download orchestrator with source routing
- Settings: URL + API key on Downloads tab with connection test
- Available as standalone source or in Hybrid mode priority order
- API key encrypted at rest
- All streaming source checks updated to include 'lidarr'
Lidarr downloads full albums via Usenet/torrent — SoulSync imports
only the tracks it needs and discards the rest.
Music video path validation:
- Empty/unconfigured path returns clear error instead of silent failure
- Write permission test before starting download
- Default changed from './MusicVideos' to empty (must be configured)
Since MusicDatabase is initialized per-thread (which I don't dare to change), we end up needlessly calling _initialize_database for each client that gets created, thus making a ton of redundant db initialization / migration calls over and over again throughout the process' lifetime
Clients are for the most part being initialized per-request, which leads to a lot of redundant client initialization, as well as noise on the logs, since each client initialization emits a row on the logs, eg. 'Deezer client initialized'
- Moved _downloadMusicVideo to top-level scope so global search can use
it (was inside enhanced search conditional that only runs on downloads page)
- Global search video cards use base64 data attributes to avoid JSON
escaping issues in onclick handlers
- Darkened thumbnail overlay during download for better progress visibility
- Larger progress ring (52px) with accent-colored glow shadow
Click any video card in Music Videos tab to download. Flow:
1. Search primary metadata source for clean artist/title
2. Fall back to YouTube title parsing if no match
3. Download video via yt-dlp (best quality MP4)
4. Save to configured Music Videos folder as Artist/Title-video.mp4
UI shows circular progress ring on the thumbnail during download,
green checkmark on completion, red X on error (clickable to retry).
Cards are non-interactive while downloading.
Backend: /api/music-video/download and /api/music-video/status endpoints
YouTube client: download_music_video() method keeps video format
New "Music Videos" pill tab alongside Spotify/Deezer/iTunes/Discogs
in both enhanced search and global search. Searches YouTube via yt-dlp
and displays results in a video card grid with 16:9 thumbnails, play
overlay, duration badge, channel name, and view count.
- Backend: /api/enhanced-search/source/youtube_videos endpoint with
search_videos() method on YouTubeClient returning YouTubeSearchResult
- Frontend: Video grid layout with responsive cards, YouTube red tab
color, proper section hiding when switching between metadata and
video tabs
- Global search: Full parity with enhanced search video rendering
- No download functionality yet — display only
New configurable path for storing music videos separately from audio
files, following Plex's global music video folder convention.
- Settings: library.music_videos_path (default: ./MusicVideos)
- UI: Music Videos Dir field on Settings Downloads tab with lock/unlock
- Docker: /app/MusicVideos volume mount in Dockerfile and docker-compose
- Added 'library' to settings save whitelist (was missing — music_paths
also wasn't persisting through main settings save)
- No download functionality yet — path infrastructure only
The finding dedup check only looked for 'pending' and 'resolved' status,
missing 'dismissed'. Dismissed findings were recreated as new entries on
every scan. Now includes 'dismissed' in the dedup check.
Orphan file detector improvements:
- Increased path suffix matching depth from 3 to 4 segments (covers
Genre/Artist/Album/track.flac paths)
- Added filename-based fallback when Mutagen can't read file tags —
parses title from "NN - Title [Quality].ext" pattern and matches
against parent/grandparent folder names as artist
The discovery worker skipped already-discovered tracks even when their
matched_data was incomplete (missing track_number, release_date, album
ID). These stale discoveries from before the enrichment fix would
persist forever, causing the automation pipeline to keep producing
tracks with no year, no track numbers, and no cover art.
Now treats discovered tracks as undiscovered if they're missing
track_number AND have no release_date or album ID, so the enriched
discovery pipeline fills in the gaps on the next run.
