Version bump to 2.3 with rewritten What's New modal covering all
changes since v2.2. Docker publish workflow default updated.
Sidebar improvements:
- Header stays pinned at top while nav and player scroll beneath it
- Media player collapses to compact single-line when no track is
playing, expands to full size when playback starts
Fixes:
- Server playlists endpoint Plex Tag object crash (getattr fix)
- Server playlists tab auto-refreshes after download completion
- Fixed dead code syntax error in archived version notes
sync-tab-content had overflow:hidden which clipped long content like
the file import preview table and server playlist editor. Changed to
overflow-y:auto so all sync tabs scroll when content exceeds the
container height.
Deezer's API returns a contributors array with all credited artists on
a track, but only the primary artist field was used. Now extracts all
contributor names into the artists array for feature/collab tracks.
Only affects the per-track ARTIST tag (TPE1) — album artist, folder
paths, and matching are unchanged. Falls back to single primary artist
when contributors field is absent (search results) or has only one
entry.
M3U generator was calling .join() on an array of artist objects instead
of extracting .name first, producing "[object Object] - Track Name".
Now handles all artist formats: array of objects, array of strings,
single string, single object.
Also fix "name 'database' is not defined" error when updating album
year in post-processing — was using bare 'database' instead of
get_database() helper.
Single track downloads from Search, album downloads, redownloads, and
issue downloads were not in the M3U skip list, so auto-save M3U created
playlist files for them. Expanded skip list to cover all non-playlist
prefixes: enhanced_search_track_, issue_download_, library_redownload_,
and redownload_.
Spotify lists unreleased albums with placeholder names like "Track 1",
"Track 2" before the real tracklist is revealed. The scanner was trying
to download these, searching Soulseek for "Track 1" by artist which
matches random files. Now skips any album where more than half the
tracks match the placeholder pattern. Covers both the watchlist scan
and discovery pool paths.
The old subset check treated "Paradise" as matching "Club Paradise"
because {'paradise'} is a subset of {'club', 'paradise'}. Both got
the same +0.10 bonus, so the wrong album could be selected.
Now uses SequenceMatcher for full-string similarity between the wanted
album name and each path segment. Exact matches (>= 0.85) get +0.10,
partial matches (>= 0.60) get +0.03, no match gets +0.00. No penalty
applied — purely adjusts bonus sizing so the correct album ranks higher.
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'
