Reported by sassmastawillis: the Album Completeness maintenance job
scans 3127 albums in 0.1 seconds and reports 0 findings — for every
user, regardless of whether their library is actually complete.
Restoring an older DB surfaced 7 correct findings, so the code logic
works; the DB state is what's making everything look complete.
Root cause: `albums.track_count` is only ever written by server-sync
paths — Plex's `leafCount`/`childCount` and SoulSync standalone's
`len(tracks)`. It's the OBSERVED count of tracks SoulSync has indexed,
which is always exactly what `COUNT(tracks)` returns for that album.
The completeness job treated it as the EXPECTED total and compared it
against the observed count. They're equal by construction, so
`actual >= expected` is always true: skip, 0.1s scan, 0 findings.
Fix: new `api_track_count INTEGER` column on `albums`, written only by
metadata-source code paths. Populated in two places so the scan is
fast and the fallback is robust.
1. Enrichment workers — shared helper `set_album_api_track_count`
in `core/worker_utils.py`. Called by each worker's existing
`_update_album` method alongside its other album-column UPDATEs:
- spotify_worker: `album_obj.total_tracks` from the Spotify Album
dataclass (already in hand, zero new API calls)
- itunes_worker: same, from the iTunes Album dataclass
- deezer_worker: `nb_tracks` from full_data, falling back to
search_data when the full lookup didn't run
- discogs_worker: count of tracklist rows where `type_=='track'`
(Discogs tracklists interleave heading and index rows that
shouldn't count as songs)
Helper skips the write on zero/None/negative/non-numeric inputs
so a source lacking track info can't clobber a good value a
different source already wrote. Caller owns the transaction —
helper just queues an UPDATE on the caller's cursor without
committing, so it batches cleanly with each worker's existing
multi-UPDATE pattern.
Hydrabase worker deliberately not touched — it's a P2P mirror
that doesn't write album metadata to the local DB. Hydrabase-
primary users hit the fallback path below.
2. Album Completeness repair job — new `al.api_track_count` column
in the SELECT, read first in the scan loop. On miss (album never
enriched, or enrichment workers haven't run yet on a fresh
install), falls through to the existing `_get_expected_total()`
API lookup and persists the result via the same shared helper
(wrapped in connection/commit management since the repair job
runs outside a worker's batched transaction).
Also removed `al.track_count` from the scan's SELECT — now unused
since the observed count was the whole source of this bug, and
leaving a dead SELECT would invite a future engineer to re-introduce
the same comparison.
Help text on the job card was reworded so it honestly describes
current behavior ("counts cached during normal enrichment are used
when available; otherwise the job queries a metadata source
directly") rather than the old "active provider first, then others
as fallback" phrasing, which doesn't match how the cache actually
fills — any enrichment worker that runs can populate it, and the
last writer wins. Document-only follow-up if this edge case ever
bites in practice: add a `api_track_count_source` column so the
scan can prefer the configured primary source's count over others
(e.g. deluxe vs. standard edition mismatches). Not worth the
complexity today.
For existing users, the first completeness scan after upgrade is
fast to the extent their library is already enriched: the workers
already ran and populated `api_track_count` on their normal schedule.
For brand-new installs, the scan's fallback path handles the cold
start — slower, but correct, and subsequent scans are fast.
Does NOT affect:
- Download / post-processing / wishlist / sync code paths — none
of them read `track_count` for completeness semantics.
- Plex / Jellyfin / Navidrome / standalone sync — still write
`track_count` exactly as before; `api_track_count` is a separate
column they never touch.
- Other repair jobs.
- Any UI path — same finding schema, just correct counts now.
Files:
- database/music_database.py — idempotent migration adding
`api_track_count INTEGER DEFAULT NULL` to the existing album-column
check block.
- core/worker_utils.py — new `set_album_api_track_count` helper with
the documented skip-on-bad-input contract.
- core/spotify_worker.py, itunes_worker.py, deezer_worker.py,
discogs_worker.py — one-liner call from each `_update_album`.
- core/repair_jobs/album_completeness.py — scan uses the cache;
fallback path persists API-lookup results via the shared helper;
help text updated to match actual behavior.
- tests/test_worker_utils_album_track_count.py — 9 tests covering
the helper's write/skip contract + no-commit invariant.
- tests/test_album_completeness_job.py — 2 tests for the repair
job's fallback-path wrapper.
- webui/static/helper.js — WHATS_NEW entry.
Credit: sassmastawillis spotted the bug; the "restored older DB
finds 7 albums" signal pinpointed DB state over code logic and
made the diagnosis tractable.
New core/genre_filter.py with ~180 curated default genres. When strict
mode is enabled in Settings → Library Preferences → Genre Whitelist,
only whitelisted genres pass through during enrichment. Junk tags from
Last.fm (artist names, radio shows, playlist names) are silently dropped.
Applied at all 10 genre write points: Spotify, Last.fm, AudioDB, Deezer,
Discogs, iTunes, Qobuz enrichment workers + post-processing genre merge
+ initial download artist/album creation.
Strict mode is OFF by default — zero behavior change for existing users.
First enable auto-populates the whitelist with defaults. Users can add,
remove, search, and reset genres via the Settings UI.
- 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.
The original #221 fix only covered Genius and AudioDB. All other
workers (Spotify, iTunes, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, Deezer, Tidal,
Qobuz) had the same bug: enrichment overwrites manual match status
to not_found when name search fails. Each worker now checks for an
existing service ID before searching by name and returns early if
one exists, preserving the manual match.
Helper system phases 2-7:
- Setup Progress: onboarding checklist with progress ring, auto-detection
via /status, /api/settings, /api/library, /api/watchlist, /api/automations
- Quick Actions: accent pill buttons in popovers (service cards get
"Open Settings" and "View Docs" actions)
- Keyboard Shortcuts: full-screen overlay with key cap styling, grouped
by scope (Global, Player, Helper, Forms)
- Search: fuzzy search across 200+ help entries, 11 tours, and shortcuts
with cross-page navigation via _guessPageFromSelector()
- What's New: version-tagged highlights with "Show me" navigation,
red badge on ? button for unseen versions, older version cycling
- Troubleshoot: scans dashboard service cards for disconnected/error
states, shows fix steps with action buttons, "All Clear" when healthy
- Contextual menu: page-aware tour suggestion at top of menu
- Ctrl+K / Cmd+K opens helper search globally
- First-launch welcome tooltip with pulsing ? button
- Redesigned floating button (48px, accent gradient, glass effect)
- Redesigned menu (unified card panel, accent left-stripe on contextual)
Enrichment worker fixes:
- AcoustID: individual recording matches downgraded INFO→DEBUG to reduce
log noise (14 lines for one track → 1 summary line)
- Name normalization: strip " - Suffix" dash format (Spotify) same as
"(Suffix)" parens format across all 8 workers. Fixes false mismatch
on tracks like "Electric Eyes (Studio Brussels Remix)" vs
"Electric Eyes - Studio Brussels Remix" (was 0.54, now matches)
- All 9 enrichment workers: stop auto-retrying 'error' status items (was infinite loop)
Only 'not_found' items retry after configured days; errors require manual full refresh
- Cover art dedup: check both 'pending' AND 'resolved' findings to prevent recreation
- Cover art scanner: top-level Spotify rate limit check skips Spotify entirely when
banned, falls back to iTunes/Deezer only, logs once instead of spamming 429s
Pending count queries included NULL-ID rows that _get_next_item filters
out, so pending stayed > 0 even when no processable items remained.
Workers reported running instead of idle, UI never turned green. Added
AND id IS NOT NULL to _count_pending_items across all 9 workers to
match the _get_next_item filter.
Workers would endlessly match the same track because UPDATE WHERE id =
NULL matches 0 rows in SQL. Added AND id IS NOT NULL to all enrichment
queries (individual, batch EXISTS, and batch fetch) across all 9
workers. Also added process-level guard for belt-and-suspenders safety.
Fix Deezer get_track → get_track_details method name mismatch.
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.
Broque Thomas
Antti Kettunen
Broque Thomas