Automatically mirrors every parsed playlist (Spotify, Tidal, YouTube, Beatport) to a local database so they're always accessible — even if a service subscription lapses or the browser closes.
- New "Mirrored" tab on the Sync page with source-branded cards showing discovery/download status
- Auto-mirrors on successful parse (upsert — re-parsing updates the existing mirror, no duplicates)
- Click any mirrored playlist to browse its full track list, then run it through the discovery pipeline
- Cards dynamically reflect live state: Discovering → Discovered → Downloading → Downloaded
- Download modal rehydrates after page refresh — click a "Downloading..." card to resume viewing progress
- All phase transitions (start, complete, cancel, error, modal close) keep card and backend state in sync
- Profile-scoped via profile_id, consistent with other features
Allow multiple users to share a single SoulSync instance with isolated personal data. Each profile gets its own watchlist, wishlist, discovery pool, similar artists, and bubble snapshots — while sharing the same music library, database, and service credentials.
- Netflix-style profile picker on startup when multiple profiles exist
- Optional PIN protection per profile; admin PIN required when >1 profiles
- Admin-only profile management (create, edit, rename, delete)
- Profile avatar images via URL with colored-initial fallback
- Zero-downtime SQLite migration — all existing data maps to auto-created
admin profile
- Single-user installs see no changes — profile system is invisible until
a second profile is created
- WebSocket count emitters scoped to profile rooms (watchlist/wishlist)
- Background scanners (watchlist, wishlist, discovery) iterate all profiles
Incremental database updates now detect when artists or albums have been removed from your media server (Plex, Jellyfin, or Navidrome) and automatically clean them up from SoulSync's database. Previously, deleted content would persist as ghost entries until you ran a full refresh. Removal counts are reported in the scan results. Includes safety checks to prevent accidental mass deletion if the server is unreachable or returns incomplete data.
- matching_engine.py: Add 'single edit' and 'album edit' tokens and clarify radio edit comment so edit/cut variants are recognized as different cuts rather than being silently normalized away.
- database/music_database.py: Fix SQL param ordering by appending server_source to params; add a pre-step to strip "(with ...)" / "[with ...]" only when used inside brackets (so titles like "Stay With Me" are preserved); stop removing edit/version tokens in the generic cleanup and document that radio/single/album edits are treated as distinct by the similarity scorer to avoid incorrect matches.
- web_server.py: Increase DB match confidence threshold from 0.70 to 0.80 and update the runtime check accordingly.
These changes prevent edit/cut variants from being conflated with original recordings, improve title normalization for "with" featuring syntax in brackets, and fix a params ordering bug and a too-low match threshold.
Add support for cycling hero/featured similar artists by introducing a last_featured timestamp and using it to prefer least-recently-featured artists. Changes include:
- DB migration: add _add_similar_artists_last_featured_column and call it during migrations to add a last_featured TIMESTAMP column (non-fatal on error).
- Query changes: get_top_similar_artists now excludes watchlist artists via a LEFT JOIN and wa.id IS NULL and orders results by last_featured (nulls first), then by last_featured asc, occurrence_count desc, and similarity_rank asc. The query aliasing was also added for clarity.
- New helper: mark_artists_featured updates similar_artists.last_featured = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP for shown artists.
- Web server: increase fetch limit to 50, remove random shuffle and instead take the top 10 (already ordered by cycling logic), and call mark_artists_featured to rotate featured artists.
These changes aim to provide deterministic, least-recently-shown cycling of hero artists while keeping watchlist artists out of recommendations.
Prefer an album's stored track count when owned_tracks meets or exceeds it (avoids marking a complete standard edition as incomplete when an external source reports a larger deluxe count). Add more robust edition-detection regexes and generic catch-alls (parenthesized/bracketed text containing "edition") in music_database.py and web_server.py, and include silver/gold/platinum edition variants. Also tidy related regex handling and comments to improve matching for varied edition naming (e.g. "MMXI Special Edition").
Introduce a new Retag tool to track and re-tag previously downloaded albums/singles. Changes include:
- Database: add migration hook and create retag_groups and retag_tracks tables, indexes, and many helper methods (add/find/update/delete groups & tracks, stats, trimming).
- Backend (web_server): capture completed album/single downloads into the retag tables, implement retag execution logic (_execute_retag) to fetch album metadata, match tracks, update tags, move files, download cover art, and update DB. Add thread-safe globals, executor, and REST endpoints for stats, listing groups, group tracks, album search, execute, status, and delete.
- Frontend (webui): add Retag Tool card, modals, search UI, JS to list groups/tracks, search albums, start retag operations, poll status, and update UI; include help content. Add CSS for modals and components.
The migration is invoked during DB init to ensure existing installations create the new tables. The tool caps stored groups (default 100) and avoids duplicate track entries.
When clearing the wishlist or changing the discovery lookback period, reset watchlist_artists.last_scan_timestamp to NULL so subsequent scans can re-discover older releases that were previously filtered by an earlier scan timestamp. clear_wishlist now deletes wishlist_tracks, updates last_scan_timestamp for all watchlist artists, and logs the number of tracks cleared and artists reset. set_discovery_lookback_period also resets last_scan_timestamp and reports how many artists were reset. Minor whitespace cleanups in watchlist_scanner and web_server included.
Add a release_date field to the Track dataclass for both iTunes and Spotify clients (iTunes: parsed from releaseDate, Spotify: from album.release_date). Propagate release_date into enhanced search results in web_server and into the client-side script so album objects include release_date when available. Also broaden playlistId matching in the missing-tracks process to include 'enhanced_search_track_'. Removed SQLite SHM/WAL files from the repo (cleanup of DB temporary files). These changes enable showing and using track release dates across the app.
Add per-track selection checkboxes, select-all control and a selection count to download modals (missing/YouTube/Tidal/artist-album). Implement JS helpers (toggleAllTrackSelections, updateTrackSelectionCount) to manage checkbox state, row dimming, button disabling, and to filter/stamp selected tracks with _original_index before sending to the backend. Update start/add-to-wishlist flows to use only selectedTracks and disable controls once analysis starts. Backend _run_full_missing_tracks_process now reads _original_index to preserve original table indices in analysis results. CSS updates (mobile.css and style.css) add styling for checkbox columns, responsive hiding logic for headers/columns, selection visuals (.track-deselected), and small layout/width tweaks.
Add duplicate-artist detection/merge and handle ratingKey (ID) migrations for artists and albums. Introduces MusicDatabase.merge_duplicate_artists that picks a canonical artist (most enrichment data), merges enrichment fields, migrates albums/tracks, and removes duplicates; DatabaseUpdateWorker now runs this merge during updates (even when no new content) and after orphan cleanup. insert_or_update_artist/album now detect same-name/title + server_source collisions (ratingKey changes), inserting a new record while preserving enrichment and migrating references, with safe deletion of old rows. Also deduplicate artist listing queries so results show a single canonical row per name+server_source while aggregating album/track counts across duplicates. Logging improved to report merge/migration outcomes.
Add full-featured SpotifyWorker and iTunesWorker background workers to enrich artists, albums, and tracks with external metadata using batch cascading searches, fuzzy name matching, ID validation, and DB backfills. Update RepairWorker to re-read the transfer path from the database each scan, resolve host paths when running in Docker, and trigger immediate rescans when the transfer path changes; remove the static config_manager dependency. Also include supporting changes to the database layer and web UI/server (stats, controls, and styles) to integrate the new workers and reflect updated worker status.
Introduce a RepairWorker to scan the transfer folder and automatically detect/repair broken album track numbers (e.g. the "all tracks = 01" bug). The worker uses mutagen to read/write tags, fuzzy-matches titles against an album tracklist (Spotify/iTunes via a SpotifyClient), updates filenames and the tracks DB file_path when renamed, and caches album tracklists. It also adds DB schema support (repair_status, repair_last_checked, and an index).
Integrates the worker into the web server: initializes and starts the worker, and exposes /api/repair/status, /api/repair/pause and /api/repair/resume endpoints. Adds UI elements (button, tooltip), client-side JS to poll and control the worker, CSS for visuals/animations, and a new image asset (whisoul.png).
Add Deezer as a third metadata enrichment source. Enriches tracks with BPM and explicit flags, albums with
record labels, explicit flags, and type classification (album/single/EP), and backfills artwork and genres across
all entities. Includes background worker with priority queue, rate-limited API client, database migration, server
endpoints, and UI button with purple-themed status tooltip.
Integrated TheAudioDB as a metadata enrichment source. A background worker scans the library in priority order (artists → albums → tracks), matching entities via fuzzy name comparison and storing style, mood, and AudioDB IDs. Includes rate limiting, 30-day retry for not-found items, and a UI tooltip showing phase-based scan progress.
- Add global discovery_match_cache table to cache successful track matches
(title+artist+provider -> matched result) across all discovery sources
- Cache check before API search in YouTube, ListenBrainz, Tidal, and Beatport
discovery workers; cache write after high-confidence matches
- Re-discovering playlists or overlapping tracks across sources skips API lookups
- Fix Spotify tab sidebar forcing 2-column grid on mobile via inline JS styles
- Add mobile responsive styles for Spotify playlist cards (stack layout vertically)
Enrich downloaded audio files with external identifiers and improved genre metadata in a single post-processing write. During metadata enhancement, the app now looks up the MusicBrainz recording and artist MBIDs, retrieves the ISRC and MusicBrainz genres from a follow-up detail lookup, merges them with Spotify's artist-level genres (deduplicated, capped at 5), and embeds everything alongside the Spotify/iTunes track, artist, and album IDs. All MusicBrainz API calls are serialized through the existing global rate limiter, making concurrent download workers safe without needing to pause the background worker. Includes a database migration adding Spotify/iTunes ID columns to the library tables.
MusicBrainz library enrichment with real-time
status monitoring and manual control.
Features:
- Status icon button in dashboard header with glassmorphic design
- Animated loading spinner during active enrichment
- Hover tooltip showing:
- Worker status (Running/Paused/Idle)
- Currently processing item
- Artist matching progress with percentage
- Click-to-toggle pause/resume functionality
- Auto-polling every 2 seconds for live updates
Backend Changes:
- Added GET /api/musicbrainz/status endpoint
- Added POST /api/musicbrainz/pause endpoint
- Added POST /api/musicbrainz/resume endpoint
- Worker tracks current_item for UI display
- get_stats() returns enhanced status data
Frontend Changes:
- New MusicBrainz button component with tooltip
- Premium CSS styling with animations
- JavaScript polling and state management
- Positioned tooltip below button with centered arrow
Files Modified:
- web_server.py: API endpoints and worker initialization
- core/musicbrainz_worker.py: current_item tracking
- webui/index.html: Button and tooltip structure
- webui/static/style.css: Complete styling (240 lines)
- webui/static/script.js: Polling and interaction logic (115 lines)
Merge split album entries (e.g. Navidrome assigning different IDs to the same album) by grouping on title+year instead of album ID, so track counts are correctly combined across all entries. Also add a minimum title similarity floor (0.6) to prevent a perfect artist match from carrying unrelated albums over the confidence threshold.
- Expose suffix, bitRate, and path fields on NavidromeTrack from the Subsonic API response
- Add fallback in insert_or_update_media_track() to populate file_path and bitrate for Navidrome tracks, fixing the Quality Scanner
returning 0 results
- Increase ListenBrainz playlist cache limit from 4 to 25 per type
- Add sub-tab grouping in the Recommendations tab (Weekly Jams, Weekly Exploration, Top Discoveries, etc.)
When Spotify is enabled after populating similar artists with only iTunes IDs, the freshness check now detects missing Spotify IDs and triggers a refetch. This fixes the Discover page not showing data when switching from iTunes-only mode.
- Add similar artists fetching to web UI scan loop
- Add database migration for UNIQUE constraint on similar_artists table - Add source-agnostic /api/discover/album endpoint for iTunes support
- Fix NOT NULL constraint on discovery_recent_albums blocking iTunes albums
- Add fallback to watchlist artists when no similar artists exist
- Add /api/discover/refresh and /api/discover/diagnose endpoints
- Add retry logic with exponential backoff for iTunes API calls
- Ensure cache_discovery_recent_albums runs even when pool population skips
Adds iTunes fallback to SpotifyClient for search and metadata when Spotify is not authenticated. Updates album type logic to distinguish EPs, singles, and albums more accurately. Refactors watchlist database methods to support both Spotify and iTunes artist IDs. Improves deduplication and normalization of album names from iTunes. Updates web server and frontend to use new album type logic and support both ID types. Adds artist bubble snapshot example data.
Introduces iTunes artist ID support to WatchlistArtist and database schema, enabling proactive backfilling of missing provider IDs (Spotify/iTunes) for watchlist artists. Updates WatchlistScanner to use MetadataService for provider-agnostic scanning and ID matching, and modifies web_server to support scans with either provider. Includes new database migration and update methods for iTunes and Spotify artist IDs.
Introduces new filters for live versions, remixes, acoustic versions, and compilation albums to the watchlist artist configuration. Updates the database schema, backend API, and web UI to support these options, allowing users to customize which content types are included for each artist in their watchlist.
Updated the normalization logic to only remove metadata markers that do not indicate different recordings (e.g., 'radio edit', 'remaster'), while preserving markers like 'live', 'remix', 'acoustic', and 'instrumental' that represent distinct versions. This improves matching accuracy by ensuring only equivalent recordings are compared, delegating version differentiation to the matching engine.
Expanded and refined the noise and version marker removal in _clean_track_title_for_comparison to better normalize track titles. This improves matching by handling more cases such as edits, remasters, live versions, soundtracks, and various collaboration markers.
Enhances artist name matching by including diacritic-normalized variations, allowing names like 'Subcarpaţi' to match 'Subcarpati' in SQL LIKE queries. This addresses issue #101 and improves search robustness.
Added normalized string comparison for album titles to better handle diacritics, addressing issue #101. Also logs when normalization improves matching accuracy.
Enhanced normalization by using _matching_engine when available for both search input and database values. Improved album search by considering artist name variations and deduplicating results. Added a fallback mechanism to search all albums by artist to address SQL accent sensitivity issues, increasing robustness in album matching.
Updated Dockerfile, entrypoint.sh, and Python code to store database files in /app/data instead of /app/database, avoiding conflicts with the Python package. The database path is now configurable via the DATABASE_PATH environment variable, improving flexibility for container deployments.
Enhanced handling of artist data to support both string and object formats across the database, sync service, and web server. The sync process now preserves full album and artist objects for tracks, enabling wishlist additions with album cover art. The frontend and API were updated to use the full artist objects, and the UI now formats artist names correctly.
Broque Thomas
Broque Thomas