Users can now override which metadata provider (Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music,
Discogs) is used when scanning a specific watchlist artist for new releases.
The selector appears in the artist config modal and only shows sources the
artist has enrichment IDs for. Default behavior is unchanged — all artists
use the global metadata source unless explicitly overridden.
The redownload branch had `import json, uuid` locally inside the function,
which caused Python to treat `uuid` as a local variable for the entire
function scope. When the retag branch ran instead, `uuid` was unbound.
Both modules are already imported at the top of the file.
The gunicorn PR blocked direct Python execution with SystemExit.
Replaced with _DIRECT_RUN flag at top and startup block at bottom
so both paths work:
- python web_server.py (Werkzeug dev server, Windows compatible)
- gunicorn -c gunicorn.conf.py wsgi:application (production)
The app goes through the usual teardown process quite fast on it's own, so keeping the graceful timeout config high only arbitrarily slows things down.
This is especially releavnt in dev mode, since app reloads should feel snappy when changes are made
Switch the web UI from Werkzeug's built-in server to Gunicorn for a more stable production deployment path.
Keep a separate dev config so local runs still reload quickly, while the production path uses a dedicated WSGI entrypoint and cleaner startup behavior.
The main motivation is to reduce the websocket teardown noise and make the server behavior more predictable under the app's mostly background-driven workload.
"Sync This Playlist" buttons in YouTube/Tidal/Deezer/Spotify/Beatport/
ListenBrainz discovery modals were not gated by _isSoulsyncStandalone.
Added check to the hasSpotifyMatches condition that generates them.
The Sync page was hidden entirely for standalone users, blocking
access to playlist browsing, discovery, and downloads. Now the page
is accessible — only the sync-to-server buttons are hidden since
there's no server to push playlists to.
Added -vn flag to all codec ffmpeg commands (MP3, Opus, AAC) to strip
video/image streams during conversion. Embedded cover art in FLAC
files caused ffmpeg to fail when the output muxer couldn't handle
the image stream, producing 0KB output files. Cover art is
re-embedded afterwards by Mutagen.
The dedup key (normalized_title, year) caused different albums from
the same year to collide when title normalization stripped too much.
The "prefer more tracks" logic then kept compilations over studio
albums.
Two fixes:
- Title similarity check: if normalized titles are <85% similar,
they're different albums, not variants — keep both
- Compilation deprioritization: studio albums win over compilations
and "best of" collections when they do collide
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.
openDownloadMissingModal showed loading overlay but didn't hide it
on error paths (playlist not found, fetch failure). The overlay
persisted across page navigation, blocking the entire UI.
Three collapsible categories, collapsed by default:
- Paths & Organization (file templates + music library paths)
- Post-Processing (metadata, tags, conversion, lyrics)
- Library Preferences (import, content filter, stats, playlists, M3U)
Section headers have data-stg=library so they only appear on the
Library tab. Bolder headers with accent-colored arrows and subtle
border. Collapse state preserved when switching settings tabs.
Delay alternate-source fan-out until the primary enhanced-search response arrives, and stagger those follow-up requests so they do not all compete at once. Also parallelize artist, album, and track lookups inside each metadata source request to shorten the time the UI thread spends waiting on remote APIs. This keeps the single-worker web UI more responsive under the app's chatty search flow.
New MusicBrainz tab in Enhanced and Global search — finds tracks and
albums on MusicBrainz's community database with Cover Art Archive
images. Covers obscure tracks that Spotify/Deezer/iTunes miss.
- core/musicbrainz_search.py: search adapter with Track/Artist/Album
dataclasses, Cover Art Archive integration, smart query parsing
- Albums deduplicated (keeps best version with date and art)
- No artist results shown (MusicBrainz has no artist images)
- Album detail with full tracklist for download modal
- Smart word-boundary splitting for queries without separators
- Global search results container widened from 620px to 920px
- UI version bumped to 2.32
SoulSync Standalone Library is now the first section in both the
version modal and What's New popup. Auto-Import section updated with
all improvements (recursive scan, singles, tag preference, AcoustID).
New Downloads & Soulseek section groups download-related improvements.
Recent Fixes cleaned up — feature items moved to proper sections.
Deep scan for standalone mode:
- Scans Transfer folder for all audio files
- Compares against soulsync DB records by file_path
- Moves untracked files to Staging for auto-import processing
- Removes stale DB records where files no longer exist
- Cleans orphaned albums and artists with no tracks
Incremental scan skips for standalone — library updates at download
time, no periodic scanning needed. Both changes are purely additive
and only activate when server_type is 'soulsync'.
All sync-related buttons hidden when active server is SoulSync
Standalone. Covers static buttons (querySelectorAll on status update)
and dynamic modal buttons (_isSoulsyncStandalone flag).
UI version bumped to 2.31 (Docker stays at 2.3).
PR #311 renamed requirements-webui.txt to requirements.txt but the
.dockerignore still excluded requirements.txt (previously the PyQt6
desktop version). Docker COPY failed because the file was ignored.
No media server to sync playlists to — sync page is irrelevant.
M3U generation is still available via settings toggle and download
modal buttons for standalone users who want playlist files.
Files with embedded tags (artist+title from post-processing) were
failing import because the metadata search scored low (66%) and the
AcoustID result returned before the tag-preference code could run.
- Tag-based identification now returns 85% confidence when embedded
tags have an artist field, borrowing album art from weak metadata
- AcoustID search result only accepted at 80%+ confidence, otherwise
kept as fallback (doesn't short-circuit past tag preference)
- AcoustID None artist/title falls back to tag data via 'or' operator
- Stop retrying failed/unidentified items every scan cycle
Items with status needs_identification, failed, or rejected were not
in the skip list, causing them to be re-scanned and re-logged every
60 seconds indefinitely. Now skips all terminal statuses.
Single track ownership check was calling check_track_exists without
server_source, matching against all servers instead of the active one.
Album and EP checks already passed server_source correctly — this was
the only missing spot. Affects all server types.
Previously reused existing plex/jellyfin artist IDs, causing soulsync
tracks to be invisible on the library page (filtered by server_source).
Now always creates soulsync-specific artist and album records with
server_source='soulsync', avoiding PK collisions with hash suffixes.
Fourth server option on the Connections tab with SoulSync logo and
'Standalone' label. Config panel shows Transfer folder path and
Verify Folder button. Test connection counts audio files in the
Transfer folder. Settings save/load properly detects soulsync toggle.
New 'soulsync' media server option manages the library directly from
the filesystem, bypassing Plex/Jellyfin/Navidrome entirely.
Two paths populate the library:
1. Downloads/imports write artist/album/track to DB immediately at
post-processing completion, with pre-populated enrichment IDs
(Spotify, Deezer, MusicBrainz) so workers skip re-discovery
2. soulsync_client.py scans Transfer folder for incremental/deep scan
via DatabaseUpdateWorker (same interface as server clients)
New files:
- core/soulsync_client.py: filesystem scanner implementing the same
interface as Plex/Jellyfin/Navidrome clients. Recursive folder scan,
Mutagen tag reading, artist/album/track grouping, hash-based stable
IDs, incremental scan by modification time.
Modified:
- web_server.py: _record_soulsync_library_entry() at post-processing
completion, client init, scan endpoint integration, status endpoint,
web_scan_manager media_clients dict, test-connection cache updates
- config/settings.py: accept 'soulsync' in set_active_media_server,
get_active_media_server_config, is_configured, validate_config
- core/web_scan_manager.py: add soulsync to server_client_map
Dedup: checks existing artist/album by name across ALL server sources
before inserting to avoid duplicates. Enrichment IDs only written when
the column is empty (won't overwrite existing data).
Race condition: scanner re-scanned folders while post-processing was
still moving files, causing partial matches and ghost failures. Now
tracks in-progress paths and skips them on subsequent scans.
Coverage penalty fix: individual tracks that match at 80%+ confidence
now auto-import even when overall album coverage is low (e.g. 2 of 18
tracks present). Previously low coverage killed the entire import.
Import page: stats bar, filter pills, Scan Now, Approve All, Clear
History (clears imported + failed), live scan progress.
- Track numbers defaulted to 1 instead of using metadata source values
- Release dates not captured, causing missing year in path templates
- Cover art missing for Deezer (direct image_url not checked)
- Track names in expanded view showed Unknown (wrong JSON field name)
- Read year/date from embedded file tags as fallback
- Add Deezer get_album_metadata/get_album_tracks fallbacks
- Handle Deezer tracks.data response format
Loose audio files in the staging root are now picked up alongside album
folders. Singles are identified via embedded tags, filename parsing
(Artist - Title.ext), or AcoustID fingerprinting, then matched against
the configured metadata source. Confidence-gated processing applies
the same way as album folders (90%+ auto, 70-90% review, <70% manual).
Toggle appeared off when running because CSS :checked rules were
scoped to .repair-master-toggle. Added auto-import-toggle-label
selectors. Refresh now re-renders whichever tab is active.
Toggle state was set by browser click, then immediately overwritten by
the status reload callback. Now optimistically sets the toggle and
status text before the API call, reverting only on failure.
Album delete now shows a smart delete dialog with two options:
- Remove from Library (DB only, files untouched)
- Delete Files Too (removes DB records AND deletes audio files from
disk, cleans up empty album folder)
Backend /api/library/album/<id> DELETE now accepts ?delete_files=true
parameter, resolves each track's file path, and removes files before
deleting DB records. Reports files_deleted and files_failed counts.
autoSavePlaylistM3U was called on every 2-second poll cycle once any
track completed, flooding the server with heavyweight M3U generation
requests (fuzzy matching all tracks against the DB). This exhausted
Flask's thread pool, causing the batch status endpoint to hang and
killing the poller — making the modal freeze mid-download.
Now fires once when the batch completes instead of on every poll.
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