The Duplicate Detector's 'Keep Best' auto-selection ranked copies by highest
bitrate -> duration -> track number, with no notion of format. A FLAC whose
bitrate the library scan never populated (a common gap) therefore lost to a
282 kbps MP3: 282 > 0, so the MP3 was kept and the FLAC deleted (reported on
Havok 'Prepare For Attack', and again on Kendrick GNX).
Fix: rank by format/lossless tier FIRST, then bitrate, duration, track number.
A lossless file now always beats a lossy one regardless of the recorded
bitrate; bitrate/duration/track# only break ties within the same format.
- core/library/duplicate_keep.py (new): pure, importable pick_duplicate_to_keep
+ duplicate_keep_sort_key + format_rank_for_path (extension rank mirroring
auto_import_worker._quality_rank: flac=10 ... mp3=5 ... unknown=1).
- core/repair_worker.py: _fix_duplicates auto-pick now calls
pick_duplicate_to_keep instead of the bitrate-first max().
- webui/static/enrichment.js: the KEEP/REMOVE recommendation mirrors the same
format-first ranking so the badge matches what the backend will delete.
Parity: Python uses '.ext' keys (os.path.splitext), JS uses 'ext'
(split('.').pop()) -> identical results; both keep the first copy on a full
tie. Verified the only other dedup path (the standalone Duplicate Cleaner
automation, core/library/duplicate_cleaner.py) was already format-priority-first
and correct -- no change needed there.
Tests: tests/test_duplicate_keep.py (11 -- incl. the exact FLAC-with-missing-
bitrate vs 282 kbps MP3 case, format ranking, within-format tie-breakers, and
edge cases). 147 repair/duplicate tests still pass.
Note: why FLAC bitrate is NULL in the DB is a separate library-scan gap;
format-first ranking makes the keep decision correct regardless.
BoulderBadgeDad
