5 tests pin the SoulSync standalone client surface — the
structurally-different one (no auth, no API, no library scan).
is_connected just checks os.path.isdir(transfer_path).
ensure_connection reloads config first so the user changing
the transfer_path takes effect without a process restart.
get_all_album_ids returns a set of MD5-hashed string ids
matching cross-server uniform set semantics.
4 tests pin the Navidrome client surface. Auth shape: base_url +
username + password (no token model — salt generated per request).
get_all_album_ids paginates getAlbumList2 and returns a set of
string ids matching cross-server uniform set semantics.
5 tests pin Jellyfin client surface. is_connected requires ALL
four of base_url + api_key + user_id + music_library_id (stricter
than Plex's is_connected). get_all_album_ids returns a set of
string GUID ids matching the cross-server uniform set semantics.
6 tests pin the Plex client surface the engine will dispatch
through after Phase B/C migrations:
- is_connected returns False on no-server, True on server-present
- is_fully_configured requires BOTH server AND music_library
- get_all_artists empty list on not-connected, iterates
music_library.searchArtists() when connected
- get_all_album_ids returns a set of STRING ratingKey values
(coerced from Plex ints so semantics match Jellyfin GUIDs +
Navidrome string ids)
Phase A pinning catches behavior drift during web_server.py
dispatch-site migrations (Phase C) and engine adapter wiring
(Phase B).
`core/media_server/` package with the Protocol contract that
every media server client (Plex, Jellyfin, Navidrome, SoulSync
standalone) satisfies, plus the registry that holds them.
Required methods conservatively limited to the four every server
truly implements today: is_connected, ensure_connection,
get_all_artists, get_all_album_ids. Other generic methods
(search_tracks, trigger_library_scan, get_recently_added_albums,
etc.) are listed as OPTIONAL — present on most servers but not
all (SoulSync has no library-scan API since it walks the filesystem
directly; Jellyfin uses a different search shape). Phase B's
engine adapters route around the gaps with per-server fallback
instead of forcing every client to declare a no-op stub.
Same registry shape as the download plugin registry — single
source of truth for which servers exist + name resolution. Adding
a 5th server (Subsonic, Emby, etc.) becomes one register call
plus the new client class.
5 conformance tests pin every server class implements every
required method. Plan doc at docs/media-server-engine-refactor-plan.md.
Pure additive — no consumer routes through the contract or
registry yet. Suite still green (1921 passed).
Broque Thomas