Bump version to 2.5.1

web_server.py

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ logger = setup_logging(_log_level, _log_path)
 
 # App version — single source of truth for backup metadata, system-info, update check, etc.
 # Semver: MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH. Bump at each dev→main release.
-_SOULSYNC_BASE_VERSION = "2.5.0"
+_SOULSYNC_BASE_VERSION = "2.5.1"
 
 def _build_version_string():
     """Append short commit hash to version when available (e.g. 2.35+abc1234)."""

webui/static/helper.js

@@ -3414,8 +3414,8 @@ function closeHelperSearch() {
 // release time and add a real `date:` line at the top of the version block.
 const WHATS_NEW = {
     '2.5.1': [
-        // --- post-release patch work on the 2.5.1 line — entries hidden by _getLatestWhatsNewVersion until the build version bumps ---
-        { date: 'Unreleased — 2.5.1 patch work' },
+        // --- May 12, 2026 — 2.5.1 release ---
+        { date: 'May 12, 2026 — 2.5.1 release' },
         { title: 'Soulseek: Min Delay Between Searches (Fixes ISP Anti-Abuse Trips)', desc: 'reddit report (yelomelo95, bell canada): isp anti-abuse cuts the wan after a burst of slskd searches. soulsync\'s sliding-window cap (35 searches per 220s) prevented soulseek-side bans but allowed all 35 in rapid succession — which is exactly the connection-burst pattern that trips isp throttling. new knob on settings → connections → soulseek: minimum delay between searches (default 0 = disabled, preserves prior behavior). set it to 5-10 seconds if your isp throttles peer-connection spikes. throttle math lifted to a pure `compute_search_wait_seconds` helper so the gate logic is testable independent of asyncio.sleep + the singleton client. 15 new tests pin: defaults / no-throttle, sliding-window cap (legacy), min-delay (the new burst-smoother), max-of-both gates, defensive paths.', page: 'tools' },
         { title: 'Help & Docs: Copy Debug Info Now Reports The Right Music Source + Lists All Services', desc: 'the music_source field always rendered as "unknown" because the code read `_status_cache.get(\'spotify\', {})` — but the cache only has \'media_server\' and \'soulseek\' keys, so the lookup always fell through. same silent miss for spotify_connected and spotify_rate_limited. fix routes those reads through the canonical accessors: `get_primary_source()` for music source (which already accounts for the spotify→deezer auth fallback), `get_spotify_status()` for connection + rate-limit state. also added hydrabase_connected (was missing entirely), youtube_available (always true — yt-dlp + url-based, no auth), hifi_instance_count (separate from connection because each instance is its own endpoint with its own auth), and an always_available_metadata_sources list (deezer / itunes / musicbrainz — public apis, no auth) so the dump reflects the full metadata surface. while in there: removed a local `from core.metadata.status import get_spotify_status` re-import that was making python 3.12 treat the name as a function-scoped local, breaking the new lambda above it (NameError on free variable). 11 new tests at the endpoint boundary pin music_source, spotify_*, hydrabase_*, youtube_available, always_available_metadata_sources, hifi_instance_count, and the defensive paths when each lookup raises.', page: 'tools' },
         { title: 'Download Discography: Skips Tracks Already In Your Library', desc: 'discord report (skowl): clicking download discography on the same artist twice re-queued every track instead of skipping the half already on disk. trace: the endpoint added each track via `add_to_wishlist`, which dedups against the wishlist itself but never checks the library — once a downloaded track leaves the wishlist the next click re-inserts it. fix: same library-ownership check the discography backfill repair job already runs (`db.check_track_exists` at confidence ≥ 0.7). format-agnostic — name + artist + album, no extension comparison — so blasphemy mode (flac → mp3 with original deleted) doesn\'t false-miss. exception during the check returns "not owned" so a transient db hiccup doesn\'t silently nuke the discography fetch (a redundant wishlist add is cheap, a missed track isn\'t). per-album response carries a new `tracks_skipped_owned` counter alongside the artist / content / wishlist skips. 10 new tests at the helper boundary.', page: 'discover' },
@@ -4329,7 +4329,7 @@ function _getLatestWhatsNewVersion() {
     const versions = Object.keys(WHATS_NEW)
         .filter(v => _compareVersions(v, buildVer) <= 0)
         .sort((a, b) => _compareVersions(b, a));
-    return versions[0] || '2.5.0';
+    return versions[0] || '2.5.1';
 }
 
 function openWhatsNew() {