Move Hydrabase availability checks into metadata_service so source resolution owns the policy. Keep web_server delegating to the centralized helper and add tests for the enabled/disabled cases.
Move artist discography resolution into core metadata_service, introduce MetadataLookupOptions, and keep web_server focused on request handling. Add focused tests for the new service boundary and preserve current fallback behavior for now.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Album completeness and any other repair job now uses the centralized source/client helpers instead of a worker-local Spotify client or override plumbing
- This keeps source selection aligned with the configured primary provider and removes the last Spotify-only special case from the job path.
This change ultimately is a step towards further centralizing the Spotify client access and the associated `is_spotify_authenticated` check.
- Currently these look-ups are done all over the place in different feature implementations directly, but moving forward, any feature that uses `get_primary_client` or `get_client_for_source` to access the Spotify client, won't have to duplicate any rate-limiting or auth checks as long as these getters are used
Album completeness and downstream repair flow now follow the configured
primary provider first, with Discogs and Hydrabase support added alongside
existing Spotify, iTunes, and Deezer paths.
Keep spotify_track_id for compatibility while preserving source-aware track
IDs for provider-neutral handling.
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.
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'
Migrates 38 HTTP polling loops to WebSocket push events across 6 phases: service status, dashboard stats, enrichment workers, tool progress, sync/discovery progress, and scan status. All original HTTP polling is preserved as automatic fallback — if WebSocket is unavailable or disconnects, the app seamlessly reverts to its previous behavior. Includes 162 tests verifying event delivery, data shape, and HTTP parity. Also fixes a copy-paste bug in Beatport sync error cleanup.
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