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
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.
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
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.
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)
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
New toggle in Settings > Appearance disables backdrop blur (220
instances), animations (238), transitions (961), and box shadows
(804) across the entire UI via a single body class. Significantly
reduces GPU/CPU usage on low-end devices. Default off — no change
for existing users. Applied from localStorage on load to prevent
flash.
Sidebar media player now shows the SoulSync logo instead of a broken
image icon when no album art is available or when no track is playing.
Default src, onerror fallback, and clear-player paths all use
/static/trans2.png.
New setting in Settings > Library lets users add folder paths where
their music files live. The file resolver checks these paths when
looking for library files, solving Docker path mismatches and multi-
folder libraries. Required for tag writing, streaming, and orphan
detection when the media server reports paths that differ from what
SoulSync can see. Docker users mount their music folder(s) with
read-write access and add the container-side path. Default is empty
— existing users see no change.
New toggle in Settings > Library: "Replace lower quality files on
import". When enabled, if a track already exists in the library at
a lower quality tier (e.g. MP3) and a higher quality version (e.g.
FLAC) is imported from staging, the existing file is replaced.
Comparison uses the existing QUALITY_TIERS system (lossless > opus/
ogg > m4a > mp3). When disabled (default), existing behavior is
unchanged — existing tracks are always kept. Also applies to regular
downloads that land on an existing file.
Qobuz added reCAPTCHA to their login endpoint, blocking automated
email/password auth for new users. Token login lets users paste
their X-User-Auth-Token from the browser DevTools after logging in
manually. Added to both Connections and Downloads tabs with
instructions. Existing email/password flow completely unchanged.
Backend validates token via user/get API and saves the session
identically to email/password login.
New "Check All Instances" button in Settings > Downloads > HiFi
shows each configured instance with color-coded status: green for
fully working (can download), orange for search-only (downloads
fail), red for offline/SSL error/timeout. Helps users understand
why HiFi downloads aren't working when community instances go down.
ARL field now appears on both Connections tab (under Deezer OAuth)
and Downloads tab. Both fields are populated from the same config
key and synced bidirectionally via input listeners. Editing either
field instantly updates the other.
New "Deezer" tab on sync page shows authenticated user's playlists,
identical to the Spotify tab pattern — same card layout, details
modal with track list, sync button, and download missing tracks
flow. Existing URL import renamed to "Deezer Link" tab (unchanged).
Backend: get_user_playlists() and get_playlist_tracks() on the
download client fetch via public API with ARL session cookies.
Album release dates batch-fetched for $year template variable.
Three new endpoints: arl-status, arl-playlists, arl-playlist/<id>.
Frontend: cards use Spotify-identical HTML structure with live sync
status, progress indicators, and View Progress/Results buttons.
Downloads reuse openDownloadMissingModal with zero modifications.
Track data cached on first open, instant on subsequent clicks.
Library page: new dropdown filter to show artists matched or unmatched
to any metadata source (Spotify, MusicBrainz, Deezer, Discogs, etc).
Select "No Discogs" to find artists needing manual Discogs matching.
Filter applied as WHERE clause on the source ID columns.
Discogs enrichment: added to valid_services whitelist, _enrichment_locks,
and _run_single_enrichment handler. The Enrich button was returning an
error when Discogs was selected from the dropdown.
Settings > Advanced now shows database size, free pages, and auto-
vacuum mode. Two actions: Compact Database (full VACUUM to reclaim
dead space) and Enable Incremental Vacuum (one-time setup for
automatic page reclamation). Both have confirmation dialogs warning
about lock time on large databases. Info refreshes on Advanced tab
switch and after each operation.
Track original source filename, track ID, and AcoustID verification
result for every download. Helps debug wrong-file downloads from
streaming sources like Tidal. Each column migrated independently
for crash safety. Frontend shows source detail line and color-coded
AcoustID badge per entry. Button renamed to "Download History".
Visual overhaul of the API Configuration section: each service frame
is now a collapsible accordion with brand-colored dots, chevron
indicators, and smooth expand/collapse animations. Includes an
Expand All / Collapse All toggle. No functional changes — all element
IDs, save/load logic, and tab switching preserved.
New download_source column on library_history table records which source
(Soulseek, Tidal, Qobuz, HiFi, YouTube, Deezer) each track was downloaded
from. Extracted from context username during post-processing.
Frontend shows source badge alongside quality badge on each download entry.
Source breakdown bar below tabs shows per-source totals with color-coded
chips (e.g., "Soulseek: 847 | Tidal: 203"). Includes DB migration for
existing installs. Existing entries show quality only (source is NULL).
cover.jpg was always written from Spotify/iTunes URL (640x640) when the
first track in an album reached _download_cover_art before MusicBrainz
lookup completed. Later tracks with MBID skipped because file existed.
Fix: when cover.jpg exists but is small (<200KB) and we now have a CAA
MBID, attempt to upgrade it with the high-res CAA version. If CAA fetch
fails, keep existing cover — no pointless overwrites.
Also adds Forgot PIN recovery to the profile selection PIN dialog,
reusing the same credential verification flow as the launch lock screen.
Backend reset endpoint now accepts profile_id parameter.
- Image proxy endpoint (/api/image-proxy) for canvas CORS — allowlisted CDNs,
browser-like UA for Deezer, 24h cache headers. Direct CORS first, proxy fallback.
- Server-side 5-min cache on all artist map endpoints with auto-invalidation
on watchlist add/remove, scan complete, and new MusicMap discoveries.
- Explorer fetches similar artists from MusicMap on-the-fly when none stored,
saves to DB for instant future visits. Validates artist names against
Spotify/iTunes API before loading map — rejects gibberish with 404.
- Genre map per-genre cap removed (was 300 backend, 400 frontend).
- Center node in Explorer uses type 'center' not 'watchlist' — no longer
misidentified as a watchlist artist.
- Error overlay auto-dismisses after 2.5s and returns to Discover page.
- Helper What's New restructured with dated sections (April 4/3/2/1, March),
trimmed from ~80 to ~38 entries, date headers styled as purple dividers.
- Version modal updated with Artist Map section and recent fixes.
Full-width section with three mode cards: Watchlist (existing), Genres
(placeholder), and Explorer (placeholder). Dark gradient background
with purple/blue ambient glow, animated dot grid overlay, and polished
card hover effects. Replaces the old small hero button.
Responsive: 3-column desktop, 1-column mobile.
Toolbar redesigned: three-section layout (back+brand / centered search
with icon / tool buttons). Brand icon in accent purple. Zoom buttons in
compact pill group. Tool labels visible on desktop, icon-only on mobile.
Added keyboard shortcuts modal (keyboard icon button): lists all 10
shortcuts with styled kbd elements.
Fixes:
- Mouse wheel zoom min matched to button zoom min (0.02)
- Right-click no longer triggers left-click info modal (button filter)
- Removed external "Open on Spotify" link from context menu
- Search results dropdown centered under search bar
- Keyboard: Escape close, +/- zoom, F fit, S search, H toggle similar
- Right-click context menu: Artist Info, View Discography, Watchlist,
Open on Spotify — glass-style with auto-close
- Filter toggle button + H key: hide/show similar artists for clean
watchlist-only overview
- Removed node dragging (caused visual desync with offscreen buffer)
- Better loading progress text
- Cleanup: keyboard handler removed on close, context menu hidden
Visual canvas map on Discover page showing watchlist artists as large
anchor bubbles surrounded by their similar artists, sized by relevance.
Layout: golden angle spiral for watchlist nodes with push-apart guarantee,
spiral packing with spatial grid collision detection for similar artists.
Offscreen buffer rendering for smooth pan/zoom (single drawImage blit).
Features:
- 320px watchlist bubbles, similar sized 25-55% by rank/occurrence
- Search bar with instant filter + animated zoom-to-node
- Tooltip with artist photo, name, genre tags on hover
- Touch support: single finger pan, pinch zoom, tap to click
- Zoom +/- buttons and fit-to-screen with smooth 250ms animation
- Click opens artist info modal (same as Your Artists)
- Loading overlay with image count progress
- Async image loading via createImageBitmap (non-blocking)
YOUR ARTISTS (major feature):
- Aggregates liked/followed artists from Spotify, Tidal, Last.fm, Deezer
- Matches to ALL metadata sources (Spotify, iTunes, Deezer, Discogs)
- DB-first matching: library → watchlist → cache → API search (capped)
- Image backfill from Spotify API for artists missing artwork
- Carousel on Discover page with 20 random matched artists
- View All modal with search, source filters, sort, pagination
- Artist info modal: hero image, matched source badges, genres, bio,
listeners/plays from Last.fm, watchlist toggle, view discography
- Auto-refresh with loading state on first load, polls until ready
- Deduplication by normalized name across all services
DEEZER OAUTH:
- Full OAuth flow: /auth/deezer + /deezer/callback
- Settings UI on Connections tab (App ID, Secret, Redirect URI)
- Token stored encrypted, auto-included in API calls
- get_user_favorite_artists() for liked artists pool
SERVICE CLIENTS:
- Spotify: added user-follow-read scope + get_followed_artists()
- Tidal: get_favorite_artists() with V2/V1 fallback
- Last.fm: get_authenticated_username() + get_user_top_artists()
FAILED MB LOOKUPS MANAGER:
- Manage button on Cache Health modal
- Browse/filter/search all failed MusicBrainz lookups
- Search MusicBrainz directly and manually match entries
- Optimized cache health queries (11 → 4 consolidated)
- Dashboard cache stats now poll every 15s
EXPLORER IMPROVEMENTS:
- Discover button on undiscovered playlist cards
- Status badges: explored/wishlisted/downloaded/ready
- Auto-refresh during discovery via polling
- Redesigned controls: prominent Explore button, icons
BUG FIXES:
- Fix album artist splitting on collab albums (collab mode fed
album-level artists instead of per-track)
- Fix cover.jpg not moving during library reorganize (post-pass sweep)
- Fix cover.jpg missing when album detection takes fallback path
- Fix wishlist auto-processing toast spam (was firing every 2s)
- Fix media player collapsing on short viewports
- Fix watchlist rate limiting (~90% fewer API calls)
- Configurable spotify.min_api_interval setting
- Better Retry-After header extraction
- Encrypt Last.fm and Discogs credentials at rest
- Add $discnum template variable (unpadded disc number)
$discnum was functional but missing from the settings hint text,
template validation whitelist, and docs page. Users would see an
"invalid variable" error when trying to use it.
Also fixes wishlist auto-processing toast spam — was firing every 2s
instead of once per auto-processing run.
Explore button moved to its own row below playlist cards with gradient,
search icon, and "Explore Selected Playlist" label. Impossible to miss.
Mode toggle redesigned as pill segmented control with grid/list icons.
Action bar buttons get inline SVG icons (checkmark, square, heart).
Primary buttons use gradient + glow shadow treatment.
Build hint shows "Select a playlist above, then explore" → updates to
"Ready: [name]" when playlist selected. Discovery poller refreshes
cards every 5s while active. Button re-enables as "Open" after modal
launch so user can reopen closed discovery modal.
- Add _extract_discogs_fields to metadata cache — handles Discogs field
names (title vs name, images array, Artist - Title format)
- Worker uses _fetch_and_cache_artist/_fetch_and_cache_album helpers
that cache raw data while returning it for enrichment
- All search/lookup methods cache results for repeat queries
- Cache browser: Discogs stat pill, source filter, clear button, badge
- Fixes albums showing as 'Unknown' and artists missing images in cache
- Add Discogs to WORKER_DEFS in worker-orbs.js so it participates
in the floating orb animation like all other enrichment workers
- Use SVG logo image instead of text
- Fix spinner and state CSS to match exact pattern of other workers
- Circular button with "dc" logo text, matching exact pattern of
AudioDB/Deezer/Spotify/iTunes/Last.fm/Genius/Tidal/Qobuz buttons
- Spinner animation when active, dimmed when paused, green when complete
- Hover tooltip showing status, current item, and progress stats
- Click to toggle pause/resume with config persistence
- WebSocket status handler updates button state in real-time
- New Discogs section on Settings → Connections with personal token input
- Discogs added as fallback metadata source option alongside iTunes/Deezer
- Token saved to discogs.token config key
- Discogs added to API rate monitor gauges (60/min with auth)
- Help text links to discogs.com/settings/developers for token generation
- autoSavePlaylistM3U() returns early for album downloads (detected by
playlistId prefix) — albums are already grouped by media servers,
M3U just creates empty duplicate playlists (Navidrome auto-imports them)
- Fix broken isAlbum detection — data-context was always "playlist",
now uses reliable playlistId prefix matching
- Update toggle label: "playlists and albums" → "playlists"
- Update hint text to explain albums are skipped and why
- Manual Export M3U button still works for both (explicit user action)
- Merge enrichment worker status into rate monitor WebSocket payload
- Hide old enrichment pills — rate monitor cards now show: service name,
worker status badge, arc gauge, calls/min, 1h/24h counts, budget bar
- Debounce idle detection with 5s grace period — prevents status
flickering between Running and Idle on every worker cycle
- Responsive grid layout with richer card design
- New core/api_call_tracker.py — centralized tracker with rolling 60s
timestamps (speedometer) and 24h minute-bucketed history (charts)
- Instrument all 9 service client rate_limited decorators to record
actual API calls with per-endpoint tracking for Spotify
- 1-second WebSocket push loop for real-time gauge updates
- Modern radial arc gauges with service brand colors, glowing active
arc, endpoint dot, 0/max scale labels, smooth CSS transitions
- Click any gauge to open detail modal with 24h call history chart
(Canvas 2D, HiDPI, gradient fill, grid lines, danger zone band)
- Spotify modal shows per-endpoint history lines with color legend
and live per-endpoint breakdown bars
- Rate limited state indicator — blinking red badge with countdown
timer appears on gauge card when Spotify ban is active
- REST endpoint GET /api/rate-monitor/history/<service> for chart data
- Responsive grid layout (5 cols desktop, 3 tablet, 2 phone)
- New "Concurrent Downloads" dropdown on Settings page (1-10, default 3)
- Saved to download_source.max_concurrent config key
- All 6 batch creation sites use configured value instead of hardcoded 3
- Soulseek-only album downloads still use 1 worker (source reuse per user)
- Hybrid/YouTube/Tidal/Qobuz/Deezer albums use full configured concurrency
- New discovery_artist_blacklist table with NOCASE name matching
- Filter blacklisted artists from all 6 discovery pool queries, hero
endpoint, and recent releases via SQL subquery and Python set check
- Name-based filtering means one block covers all sources (Spotify/iTunes/Deezer)
- Hover any discovery track row → ✕ button to quick-block that artist
- 🚫 button on Discover hero opens management modal with search-to-add
(powered by enhanced search) and list of blocked artists with unblock
- CRUD API: GET/POST/DELETE /api/discover/artist-blacklist
- Updated changelogs
- Add MusicBrainz to Cache Browser: stats pill, source filter, dedicated
browse endpoint, cards with matched/failed status indicators
- Add Clear MusicBrainz and Clear Failed MB Only to cache clear dropdown
- Move MusicBrainz into Cache Health "By Source" bar chart alongside
Spotify/iTunes/Deezer instead of isolated metric row
- Rename ambiguous "Failed Lookups" to "Failed MB Lookups" in summary cards
- Add browse-musicbrainz and clear-musicbrainz API endpoints
- Add musicbrainz_total/musicbrainz_failed to cache stats response
- Add Global Search Bar and MusicBrainz cache to changelogs
Persistent Spotlight-style search bar at bottom-center, accessible
from any page via click, /, or Ctrl+K. Hidden on Downloads page
where enhanced search already exists.
Features matching enhanced search:
- Clear button when input has text
- Source tabs with live switching
- Source badges, library check, play buttons
- Album click opens download modal directly
- Artist click navigates to detail page
- Tab switching stays open (timestamp guard)
- Mobile responsive
Complete replacement of the old bottom-center stacking toast system:
Compact Toasts: Single toast at a time, bottom-right above buttons.
Pill shape with type-colored left border stripe, icon, message, and
optional "Learn more" link. Slides in, fades out after 3.5s. Click
to dismiss. New toasts replace the current one smoothly.
Notification Bell: 44px circle button next to the helper (?), with
red badge counter for unread notifications. Click opens panel.
Notification Panel: Glass popover above bell button showing history
of last 50 notifications. Each entry has type icon, message, relative
timestamp, and optional help link. Unread dot indicator. Clear All
button. Marks all as read when panel opens.
Same showToast(message, type, helpSection) signature — all 842
callers unchanged. Deduplication preserved. Updated version modal
and helper What's New.
New tool card shows blocked source count. "View Blacklist" opens a
modal listing all blacklisted sources with track name, filename,
username, service icon, and time ago. Each entry has a remove button
to unblock. Empty state explains how to blacklist from Source Info.
Artist Radio and Enhance Quality buttons moved from the page header
into the artist hero section (after badges, before genres). Add to
Watchlist stays in the top-right header where it was.
CAA art can be higher resolution (1200x1200+) but quality is
inconsistent — some releases have cellophane-wrapped photos or
low-quality scans. Spotify/iTunes/Deezer art is lower res (640x640)
but consistently clean and official.
New toggle: Settings → Post-Processing → "Use MusicBrainz Cover Art
Archive for album art" (off by default). Applies to both embedded
art and cover.jpg downloads.
New "Server Playlists" tab (default on Sync page) lets users compare
mirrored playlists against their media server and fix match issues.
- Dual-column comparison: source tracks (left) vs server tracks (right)
- Smart matching: exact title first, then fuzzy artist+title (≥75%)
- Find & Add: search library to fill missing slots at correct position
- Swap: replace matched tracks with different versions
- Remove: delete tracks from server playlists with confirmation
- Title similarity percentage badge on each match
- Disambiguation modal when multiple mirrored playlists share a name
- Album art on source tracks, server tracks, and search results
- Cross-column click-to-scroll highlighting
- Filter buttons (All/Matched/Missing/Extra) with live counts
- Escape key and backdrop click to close modals
- Mobile responsive (stacked columns under 768px)
- Works with Plex, Jellyfin, and Navidrome
New dashboard section shows recent syncs as scrolling cards with
playlist art, source badge, match percentage bar, and health color.
Click any card to open a detail modal showing every track's match
status, confidence score, album art, and download/wishlist status.
Per-track data is now cached in sync_history.track_results for all
sync paths: server-sync (playlist→media server), download missing
tracks, and wishlist processing. SyncResult carries match_details
from the sync service. Both image URLs and matched track info are
preserved for review.
Features:
- Staggered card entrance animation, delete button on hover
- Filter bar: All/Matched/Unmatched/Downloaded
- Color-coded confidence badges (green/amber/red)
- Unmatched tracks show "→ Wishlist" status
- 32px album art thumbnails per track row
- Auto-refreshes every 30 seconds on dashboard
- Falls back gracefully for old syncs without track_results
