various/stale

base.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ except ImportError:
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from typing import Any
 from fastapi import FastAPI, Request
+from fastapi.responses import RedirectResponse, HTMLResponse
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from scalar_fastapi import get_scalar_api_reference
 from lyric_search.sources import redis_cache
@@ -110,7 +111,31 @@ app.add_middleware(
 # Scalar API documentation at /docs (replaces default Swagger UI)
 @app.get("/docs", include_in_schema=False)
 def scalar_docs():
-    return get_scalar_api_reference(openapi_url="/openapi.json", title="codey.lol API")
+    # Replace default FastAPI favicon with site favicon
+    html_response = get_scalar_api_reference(
+        openapi_url="/openapi.json", title="codey.lol API"
+    )
+    try:
+        body = (
+            html_response.body.decode("utf-8")
+            if isinstance(html_response.body, (bytes, bytearray))
+            else str(html_response.body)
+        )
+        body = body.replace(
+            "https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/img/favicon.png",
+            "https://codey.lol/images/favicon.png",
+        )
+        # Build fresh response so Content-Length matches modified body
+        return HTMLResponse(content=body, status_code=html_response.status_code)
+    except Exception:
+        # Fallback to original if anything goes wrong
+        return html_response
+
+
+@app.get("/favicon.ico", include_in_schema=False)
+async def favicon():
+    """Redirect favicon requests to the site icon."""
+    return RedirectResponse("https://codey.lol/images/favicon.png")
 
 
 """

endpoints/lighting.py

@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ class Lighting:
         if self._state.session.closed:
             return False
 
+        if not self._is_tcp_connected():
+            logger.info("Cync TCP manager not connected; will reconnect")
+            return False
+
         # Check token expiry
         if self._is_token_expired():
             logger.info("Token expired or expiring soon")
@@ -235,6 +239,35 @@ class Lighting:
 
         return True
 
+    def _is_tcp_connected(self) -> bool:
+        """Best-effort check that the pycync TCP connection is alive."""
+        client = getattr(self._state.cync_api, "_command_client", None)
+        if not client:
+            return False
+
+        tcp_manager = getattr(client, "_tcp_manager", None)
+        if not tcp_manager:
+            return False
+
+        # If login was never acknowledged or was cleared, treat as disconnected
+        if not getattr(tcp_manager, "_login_acknowledged", False):
+            return False
+
+        writer = getattr(tcp_manager, "_writer", None)
+        reader = getattr(tcp_manager, "_reader", None)
+
+        # If underlying streams are closed, reconnect
+        if writer and writer.is_closing():
+            return False
+        if reader and reader.at_eof():
+            return False
+
+        # Some versions expose a _closed flag
+        if getattr(tcp_manager, "_closed", False):
+            return False
+
+        return True
+
     def _is_token_expired(self) -> bool:
         """Check if token is expired or will expire soon."""
         if not self._state.user:
@@ -418,11 +451,21 @@ class Lighting:
         """Background task to monitor connection health and refresh tokens."""
         while True:
             try:
-                await asyncio.sleep(300)  # Check every 5 minutes
+                await asyncio.sleep(60)  # Check every minute
+
+                needs_reconnect = False
 
                 # Proactively refresh if token is expiring
                 if self._is_token_expired():
                     logger.info("Token expiring, proactively reconnecting...")
+                    needs_reconnect = True
+
+                # Reconnect if TCP connection looks dead
+                if not self._is_tcp_connected():
+                    logger.warning("Cync TCP connection lost; reconnecting...")
+                    needs_reconnect = True
+
+                if needs_reconnect:
                     try:
                         await self._connect(force=True)
                     except Exception as e:

endpoints/lyric_search.py

@@ -245,9 +245,9 @@ class LyricSearch(FastAPI):
                         if i + line_count <= len(lyric_lines):
                             # Combine consecutive lines with space separator
                             combined_lines = []
-                            line_positions: list[tuple[int, int]] = (
-                                []
-                            )  # Track where each line starts in combined text
+                            line_positions: list[
+                                tuple[int, int]
+                            ] = []  # Track where each line starts in combined text
                             combined_text_parts: list[str] = []
 
                             for j in range(line_count):

endpoints/radio.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import time
 import random
 import json
 import asyncio
+import socket
 from typing import Dict, Set
 from .constructors import (
     ValidRadioNextRequest,
@@ -33,6 +34,21 @@ from fastapi.responses import RedirectResponse, JSONResponse, FileResponse
 from auth.deps import get_current_user
 from collections import defaultdict
 
+
+def _get_local_ips() -> set[str]:
+    """Get all local IP addresses for this host."""
+    ips = {"127.0.0.1", "::1"}
+    try:
+        for info in socket.getaddrinfo(socket.gethostname(), None):
+            ips.add(str(info[4][0]))
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    return ips
+
+
+_LOCAL_IPS = _get_local_ips()
+
+
 class Radio(FastAPI):
     """Radio Endpoints"""
 
@@ -380,7 +396,6 @@ class Radio(FastAPI):
         data: ValidRadioNextRequest,
         request: Request,
         background_tasks: BackgroundTasks,
-        user=Depends(get_current_user),
     ) -> JSONResponse:
         """
         Get the next track in the queue. The track will be removed from the queue in the process.
@@ -395,8 +410,11 @@ class Radio(FastAPI):
         - **JSONResponse**: Contains the next track information.
         """
 
-        if "dj" not in user.get("roles", []):
-            raise HTTPException(status_code=403, detail="Insufficient permissions")
+        try:
+            if request.client and request.client.host not in _LOCAL_IPS:
+                raise HTTPException(status_code=403, detail="Access denied")
+        except ValueError:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=403, detail="Access denied")
 
         logging.info("Radio get next")
         if data.station not in self.radio_util.active_playlist.keys():

endpoints/rip.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
 from utils.sr_wrapper import SRUtil
 from auth.deps import get_current_user
 from redis import Redis
+from pathlib import Path
 from rq import Queue
 from rq.job import Job
 from rq.job import JobStatus
@@ -20,8 +21,7 @@ from lyric_search.sources import private
 from typing import Literal
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
-logger = logging.getLogger()
-logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class ValidBulkFetchRequest(BaseModel):
@@ -126,6 +126,22 @@ class RIP(FastAPI):
             ]
         )
 
+        # Build detailed per-track list for the job detail response
+        raw_tracks = job.meta.get("tracks") or []
+        track_list = []
+        for t in raw_tracks:
+            # Normalize fields and pick the requested set
+            track_list.append(
+                {
+                    "title": t.get("title"),
+                    "artist": t.get("artist"),
+                    "status": t.get("status"),
+                    "error": t.get("error"),
+                    "filename": t.get("filename")
+                    or (Path(t.get("file_path")).name if t.get("file_path") else None),
+                }
+            )
+
         return {
             "id": job.id,
             "status": job_status.title(),
@@ -140,6 +156,7 @@ class RIP(FastAPI):
                 if isinstance(tracks_in, int)
                 else tracks_out
             ),
+            "track_list": track_list,
             "target": job.meta.get("target"),
             "quality": job.meta.get("quality", "Unknown"),
         }

lyric_search/models.py

@@ -99,9 +99,7 @@ POSTGRES_PASSWORD = os.getenv("POSTGRES_PASSWORD", "")
 # URL-encode the password to handle special characters
 encoded_password = urllib.parse.quote_plus(POSTGRES_PASSWORD)
 
-DATABASE_URL: str = (
-    f"postgresql+asyncpg://{POSTGRES_USER}:{encoded_password}@{POSTGRES_HOST}:{POSTGRES_PORT}/{POSTGRES_DB}"
-)
+DATABASE_URL: str = f"postgresql+asyncpg://{POSTGRES_USER}:{encoded_password}@{POSTGRES_HOST}:{POSTGRES_PORT}/{POSTGRES_DB}"
 async_engine: AsyncEngine = create_async_engine(
     DATABASE_URL, pool_size=20, max_overflow=10, pool_pre_ping=True, echo=False
 )

lyric_search/sources/cache.py

@@ -91,10 +91,8 @@ class Cache:
         logging.debug(
             "Checking whether %s is already stored", artistsong.replace("\n", " - ")
         )
-        check_query: str = (
-            'SELECT id, artist, song FROM lyrics  WHERE editdist3((lower(artist) || " " || lower(song)), (? || " " || ?))\
+        check_query: str = 'SELECT id, artist, song FROM lyrics  WHERE editdist3((lower(artist) || " " || lower(song)), (? || " " || ?))\
                         <= 410 ORDER BY editdist3((lower(artist) || " " || lower(song)), ?) ASC LIMIT 1'
-        )
         artistsong_split = artistsong.split("\n", maxsplit=1)
         artist = artistsong_split[0].lower()
         song = artistsong_split[1].lower()
@@ -215,8 +213,10 @@ class Cache:
             lyrics = regex.sub(r"(<br>|\n|\r\n)", " / ", lyr_result.lyrics.strip())
             lyrics = regex.sub(r"\s{2,}", " ", lyrics)
 
-            insert_query = "INSERT INTO lyrics (src, date_retrieved, artist, song, artistsong, confidence, lyrics)\
+            insert_query = (
+                "INSERT INTO lyrics (src, date_retrieved, artist, song, artistsong, confidence, lyrics)\
                 VALUES(?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)"
+            )
             params = (
                 lyr_result.src,
                 time.time(),
@@ -260,10 +260,8 @@ class Cache:
 
             if artist == "!" and song == "!":
                 random_search = True
-                search_query: str = (
-                    "SELECT id, artist, song, lyrics, src, confidence\
+                search_query: str = "SELECT id, artist, song, lyrics, src, confidence\
                 FROM lyrics ORDER BY RANDOM() LIMIT 1"
-                )
 
             logging.info("Searching %s - %s on %s", artist, song, self.label)
 
@@ -322,11 +320,9 @@ class Cache:
                     self.cache_pre_query
                 ) as _db_cursor:
                     if not random_search:
-                        search_query: str = (
-                            'SELECT id, artist, song, lyrics, src, confidence FROM lyrics\
+                        search_query: str = 'SELECT id, artist, song, lyrics, src, confidence FROM lyrics\
                         WHERE editdist3((lower(artist) || " " || lower(song)), (? || " " || ?))\
                         <= 410 ORDER BY editdist3((lower(artist) || " " || lower(song)), ?) ASC LIMIT 10'
-                        )
                         search_params: tuple = (
                             artist.strip(),
                             song.strip(),

lyric_search/sources/lrclib.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.future import select
 from lyric_search import utils
 from lyric_search.constructors import LyricsResult
 from lyric_search.models import Tracks, Lyrics, AsyncSessionLocal
-from . import redis_cache
+from . import redis_cache, cache
 
 logger = logging.getLogger()
 log_level = logging.getLevelName(logger.level)
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class LRCLib:
         self.datautils = utils.DataUtils()
         self.matcher = utils.TrackMatcher()
         self.redis_cache = redis_cache.RedisCache()
+        self.cache = cache.Cache()
 
     async def search(
         self,
@@ -152,6 +153,9 @@ class LRCLib:
                 )
 
                 await self.redis_cache.increment_found_count(self.label)
+                # Store plain lyrics to Redis cache (like Genius does)
+                if plain:
+                    await self.cache.store(matched)
                 return matched
 
         except Exception as e:

lyric_search/utils.py

@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ class DataUtils:
     """
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
-        self.lrc_regex = regex.compile(  # capture mm:ss and optional .xxx, then the lyric text
+        self.lrc_regex = (
+            regex.compile(  # capture mm:ss and optional .xxx, then the lyric text
                 r"""
             \[                 # literal “[”
             (                # 1st (and only) capture group:
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ class DataUtils:
             """,
                 regex.VERBOSE,
             )
+        )
         self.scrub_regex_1: Pattern = regex.compile(r"(\[.*?\])(\s){0,}(\:){0,1}")
         self.scrub_regex_2: Pattern = regex.compile(
             r"(\d?)(Embed\b)", flags=regex.IGNORECASE

shared.py

@@ -92,7 +92,11 @@ def get_redis_sync_client(decode_responses: bool = True) -> redis_sync.Redis:
 
 async def close_redis_pools() -> None:
     """Close Redis connections. Call on app shutdown."""
-    global _redis_async_pool, _redis_async_client, _redis_sync_client, _redis_sync_client_decoded
+    global \
+        _redis_async_pool, \
+        _redis_async_client, \
+        _redis_sync_client, \
+        _redis_sync_client_decoded
 
     if _redis_async_client:
         await _redis_async_client.close()

utils/meme_util.py

@@ -127,9 +127,7 @@ class MemeUtil:
             db_conn.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
             rows_per_page: int = 10
             offset: int = (page - 1) * rows_per_page
-            query: str = (
-                "SELECT id, timestamp FROM memes ORDER BY timestamp DESC LIMIT 10 OFFSET ?"
-            )
+            query: str = "SELECT id, timestamp FROM memes ORDER BY timestamp DESC LIMIT 10 OFFSET ?"
             async with await db_conn.execute(query, (offset,)) as db_cursor:
                 results = await db_cursor.fetchall()
                 for result in results:

utils/radio_util.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import datetime
 import os
 import random
 import asyncio
+import subprocess
 from uuid import uuid4 as uuid
 from typing import Union, Optional, Iterable
 from aiohttp import ClientSession, ClientTimeout
@@ -391,6 +392,39 @@ class RadioUtil:
             traceback.print_exc()
             return "Not Found"
 
+    async def _restart_liquidsoap_when_ready(self) -> None:
+        """Poll server until responsive, then restart Liquidsoap."""
+        max_attempts = 60
+        for attempt in range(max_attempts):
+            try:
+                async with ClientSession() as session:
+                    async with session.get(
+                        "http://127.0.0.1:52111/",
+                        timeout=ClientTimeout(total=3),
+                    ) as resp:
+                        logging.debug("Server check attempt %d: status %d", attempt + 1, resp.status)
+                        if resp.status < 500:
+                            logging.info("Server is ready (attempt %d)", attempt + 1)
+                            break
+            except Exception as e:
+                logging.debug("Server check attempt %d failed: %s", attempt + 1, str(e))
+            await asyncio.sleep(1)
+        else:
+            logging.warning("Server readiness check timed out, restarting Liquidsoap anyway")
+        
+        try:
+            logging.info("Restarting Liquidsoap...")
+            subprocess.Popen(
+                ["./restart.sh"],
+                cwd="/home/kyle/ls",
+                stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                start_new_session=True,
+            )
+            logging.info("Liquidsoap restart initiated")
+        except Exception as e:
+            logging.error("Error starting Liquidsoap restart: %s", str(e))
+
     async def load_playlists(self) -> None:
         """Load Playlists"""
         try:
@@ -487,10 +521,8 @@ class RadioUtil:
 
             """Loading Complete"""
             self.playlists_loaded = True
-            # Request skip from LS to bring streams current         
-            for playlist in self.playlists:
-                logging.info("Skipping: %s", playlist)
-                await self._ls_skip(playlist)
+            # Restart Liquidsoap once server is responsive (fire and forget)
+            asyncio.create_task(self._restart_liquidsoap_when_ready())
         except Exception as e:
             logging.info("Playlist load failed: %s", str(e))
             traceback.print_exc()

utils/rip_background.py

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import subprocess
 import shutil
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional
-from urllib.parse import urlparse, unquote
 import aiohttp
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from mediafile import MediaFile, Image, ImageType  # type: ignore[import]
@@ -20,9 +19,9 @@ import re
 
 # ---------- Config ----------
 ROOT_DIR = Path("/storage/music2")
-MAX_RETRIES = 5
-THROTTLE_MIN = 1.0
-THROTTLE_MAX = 3.5
+MAX_RETRIES = 4
+THROTTLE_MIN = 0.0
+THROTTLE_MAX = 0.0
 DISCORD_WEBHOOK = os.getenv("TRIP_WEBHOOK_URI", "").strip()
 
 HEADERS = {
@@ -36,10 +35,7 @@ HEADERS = {
     "Connection": "keep-alive",
 }
 
-logging.basicConfig(
-    level=logging.DEBUG,
-    format="%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(name)s: %(message)s",
-)
+# Logging is configured in base.py - don't override here
 
 load_dotenv()
 
@@ -288,8 +284,8 @@ def bulk_download(track_list: list, quality: str = "FLAC"):
         all_artists = set()
         (ROOT_DIR / "completed").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
-        # Ensure aiohttp session is properly closed
-        async with aiohttp.ClientSession(headers=HEADERS) as session:
+        session = aiohttp.ClientSession(headers=HEADERS)
+        try:
             print(f"DEBUG: Starting process_tracks with {len(track_list)} tracks")
 
             # Set up a one-time rate-limit callback to notify on the first 429 seen by SRUtil
@@ -314,13 +310,57 @@ def bulk_download(track_list: list, quality: str = "FLAC"):
                 print(f"DEBUG: Processing track {i + 1}/{total}: {track_id}")
                 track_info = {
                     "track_id": str(track_id),
+                    "title": None,
+                    "artist": None,
                     "status": "Pending",
                     "file_path": None,
+                    "filename": None,
                     "error": None,
                     "attempts": 0,
                 }
                 attempt = 0
 
+                # Fetch metadata FIRST to check if track is available before attempting download
+                md = None
+                try:
+                    print(f"DEBUG: Fetching metadata for track {track_id}")
+                    md = await sr.get_metadata_by_track_id(track_id) or {}
+                    print(f"DEBUG: Metadata fetched: {bool(md)}")
+
+                    # Check if track is streamable
+                    if md and not md.get("streamable", True):
+                        print(f"TRACK {track_id}: Not streamable, skipping")
+                        track_info["status"] = "Failed"
+                        track_info["error"] = "Track not streamable"
+                        track_info["title"] = md.get("title") or f"Track {track_id}"
+                        track_info["artist"] = md.get("artist") or "Unknown Artist"
+                        per_track_meta.append(track_info)
+                        if job:
+                            job.meta["tracks"] = per_track_meta
+                            job.meta["progress"] = int(((i + 1) / total) * 100)
+                            job.save_meta()
+                        continue  # Skip to next track
+
+                except MetadataFetchError as me:
+                    # Permanent metadata failure — mark failed and skip
+                    print(f"TRACK {track_id}: Metadata fetch failed permanently: {me}")
+                    track_info["status"] = "Failed"
+                    track_info["error"] = str(me)
+                    track_info["title"] = f"Track {track_id}"
+                    track_info["artist"] = "Unknown Artist"
+                    per_track_meta.append(track_info)
+                    if job:
+                        job.meta["tracks"] = per_track_meta
+                        job.meta["progress"] = int(((i + 1) / total) * 100)
+                        job.save_meta()
+                    continue  # Skip to next track
+                except Exception as meta_err:
+                    # Non-permanent error - will retry during download attempts
+                    print(
+                        f"TRACK {track_id}: Metadata prefetch failed (will retry): {meta_err}"
+                    )
+                    md = None
+
                 while attempt < MAX_RETRIES:
                     tmp_file = None
                     attempt += 1
@@ -367,21 +407,13 @@ def bulk_download(track_list: list, quality: str = "FLAC"):
                                 f"Download completed but no file created: {tmp_file}"
                             )
 
-                        print(f"DEBUG: Fetching metadata for track {track_id}")
-                        # Metadata fetch
+                        # If we didn't get metadata earlier, try again now
+                        if not md:
+                            print(f"DEBUG: Re-fetching metadata for track {track_id}")
                             try:
                                 md = await sr.get_metadata_by_track_id(track_id) or {}
-                            print(f"DEBUG: Metadata fetched: {bool(md)}")
-                        except MetadataFetchError as me:
-                            # Permanent metadata failure — mark failed and break
-                            track_info["status"] = "Failed"
-                            track_info["error"] = str(me)
-                            per_track_meta.append(track_info)
-                            if job:
-                                job.meta["tracks"] = per_track_meta
-                                job.meta["progress"] = int(((i + 1) / total) * 100)
-                                job.save_meta()
-                            break
+                            except Exception:
+                                md = {}
 
                         artist_raw = md.get("artist") or "Unknown Artist"
                         album_raw = md.get("album") or "Unknown Album"
@@ -391,6 +423,10 @@ def bulk_download(track_list: list, quality: str = "FLAC"):
                         album = sanitize_filename(album_raw)
                         title = sanitize_filename(title_raw)
 
+                        # Populate track_info fields so job meta contains the user-visible data
+                        track_info["title"] = title
+                        track_info["artist"] = artist
+
                         print(f"TRACK {track_id}: Processing '{title}' by {artist}")
 
                         all_artists.add(artist)
@@ -400,7 +436,7 @@ def bulk_download(track_list: list, quality: str = "FLAC"):
 
                         # Move to final location
                         print(f"TRACK {track_id}: Moving to final location...")
-                        tmp_file.rename(final_file)
+                        shutil.move(str(tmp_file), str(final_file))
                         print(f"TRACK {track_id}: File moved successfully")
 
                         # Fetch cover art
@@ -507,6 +543,10 @@ def bulk_download(track_list: list, quality: str = "FLAC"):
                         tmp_file = None
                         track_info["status"] = "Success"
                         track_info["file_path"] = str(final_file)
+                        try:
+                            track_info["filename"] = final_file.name
+                        except Exception:
+                            track_info["filename"] = None
                         track_info["error"] = None
                         all_final_files.append(final_file)
 
@@ -514,6 +554,9 @@ def bulk_download(track_list: list, quality: str = "FLAC"):
                             f"TRACK {track_id}: SUCCESS! Progress: {((i + 1) / total) * 100:.0f}%"
                         )
 
+                        # Throttle after successful download to avoid hitting server too quickly
+                        await asyncio.sleep(random.uniform(THROTTLE_MIN, THROTTLE_MAX))
+
                         if job:
                             job.meta["progress"] = int(((i + 1) / total) * 100)
                             job.meta["tracks"] = per_track_meta + [track_info]
@@ -523,9 +566,34 @@ def bulk_download(track_list: list, quality: str = "FLAC"):
                     except aiohttp.ClientResponseError as e:
                         msg = f"Track {track_id} attempt {attempt} ClientResponseError: {e}"
                         send_log_to_discord(msg, "WARNING", target)
+                        # If 429, backoff as before. If 5xx, recreate session and refresh Tidal client.
                         if getattr(e, "status", None) == 429:
                             wait_time = min(60, 2**attempt)
                             await asyncio.sleep(wait_time)
+                        elif 500 <= getattr(e, "status", 0) < 600:
+                            # Recreate local aiohttp session on 5xx errors
+                            try:
+                                await session.close()
+                            except Exception:
+                                pass
+                            session = aiohttp.ClientSession(headers=HEADERS)
+                            # Also force a fresh Tidal login in case the upstream session is stale
+                            try:
+                                await sr._force_fresh_login()
+                                send_log_to_discord(
+                                    f"Refreshed Tidal session after 5xx error on track {track_id}",
+                                    "WARNING",
+                                    target,
+                                )
+                            except Exception as login_err:
+                                send_log_to_discord(
+                                    f"Failed to refresh Tidal session: {login_err}",
+                                    "ERROR",
+                                    target,
+                                )
+                            await asyncio.sleep(
+                                random.uniform(THROTTLE_MIN, THROTTLE_MAX)
+                            )
                         else:
                             await asyncio.sleep(
                                 random.uniform(THROTTLE_MIN, THROTTLE_MAX)
@@ -533,10 +601,74 @@ def bulk_download(track_list: list, quality: str = "FLAC"):
 
                     except Exception as e:
                         tb = traceback.format_exc()
+                        err_str = str(e).lower()
                         is_no_stream_url = (
                             isinstance(e, RuntimeError) and str(e) == "No stream URL"
                         )
-                        if is_no_stream_url:
+                        # Check if this is a 5xx error from the server (may appear in error message)
+                        is_5xx_error = any(
+                            code in err_str for code in ("500", "502", "503", "504")
+                        )
+                        # Check for permanent failures that should NOT be retried
+                        is_not_found = any(
+                            phrase in err_str
+                            for phrase in (
+                                "track not found",
+                                "not found",
+                                "404",
+                                "does not exist",
+                                "no longer available",
+                                "asset is not ready",
+                            )
+                        )
+
+                        if is_not_found:
+                            # Permanent failure - do not retry
+                            msg = (
+                                f"Track {track_id} not found/unavailable, skipping: {e}"
+                            )
+                            print(msg)
+                            send_log_to_discord(msg, "WARNING", target)
+                            track_info["status"] = "Failed"
+                            track_info["error"] = str(e)
+                            break  # Exit retry loop immediately
+                        elif is_5xx_error:
+                            msg = (
+                                f"Track {track_id} attempt {attempt} server error: {e}"
+                            )
+                            send_log_to_discord(msg, "WARNING", target)
+                            track_info["error"] = err_str
+                            # Recreate local aiohttp session
+                            try:
+                                await session.close()
+                            except Exception:
+                                pass
+                            session = aiohttp.ClientSession(headers=HEADERS)
+                            # Force a fresh Tidal login
+                            try:
+                                await sr._force_fresh_login()
+                                send_log_to_discord(
+                                    f"Refreshed Tidal session after 5xx error on track {track_id}",
+                                    "WARNING",
+                                    target,
+                                )
+                            except Exception as login_err:
+                                send_log_to_discord(
+                                    f"Failed to refresh Tidal session: {login_err}",
+                                    "ERROR",
+                                    target,
+                                )
+                            if attempt >= MAX_RETRIES:
+                                track_info["status"] = "Failed"
+                                send_log_to_discord(
+                                    f"Track {track_id} failed after {attempt} attempts (5xx)",
+                                    "ERROR",
+                                    target,
+                                )
+                            await asyncio.sleep(
+                                random.uniform(THROTTLE_MIN, THROTTLE_MAX)
+                            )
+                        elif is_no_stream_url:
                             if attempt == 1 or attempt == MAX_RETRIES:
                                 msg = f"Track {track_id} attempt {attempt} failed: {e}\n{tb}"
                                 send_log_to_discord(msg, "ERROR", target)
@@ -575,8 +707,22 @@ def bulk_download(track_list: list, quality: str = "FLAC"):
                         except Exception:
                             pass
 
+                # Ensure placeholders and filename for the job metadata
+                track_info["title"] = track_info.get("title") or f"Track {track_id}"
+                track_info["artist"] = track_info.get("artist") or "Unknown Artist"
+                if track_info.get("file_path") and not track_info.get("filename"):
+                    try:
+                        track_info["filename"] = Path(track_info["file_path"]).name
+                    except Exception:
+                        track_info["filename"] = None
                 per_track_meta.append(track_info)
 
+        finally:
+            try:
+                await session.close()
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+
         if not all_final_files:
             if job:
                 job.meta["tarball"] = None
@@ -624,7 +770,7 @@ def bulk_download(track_list: list, quality: str = "FLAC"):
             counter += 1
             staged_tarball = staging_root / f"{base_name} ({counter}).tar.gz"
 
-        final_dir = ROOT_DIR / "completed" / quality
+        final_dir = Path("/storage/music/TRIP")
         final_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         # Ensure we don't overwrite an existing final tarball. Preserve `.tar.gz` style.
         final_tarball = ensure_unique_filename_in_dir(final_dir, staged_tarball.name)
@@ -677,6 +823,14 @@ def bulk_download(track_list: list, quality: str = "FLAC"):
                         os.remove(f)
                     except Exception:
                         pass
+        except Exception as e:
+            send_log_to_discord(f"Tar creation failed: {e}", "ERROR", target)
+            if job:
+                job.meta["status"] = "compress_failed"
+                job.save_meta()
+            # Do not proceed further if tarball creation failed
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+            return []
 
         if not staged_tarball.exists():
             send_log_to_discord(
@@ -711,6 +865,9 @@ def bulk_download(track_list: list, quality: str = "FLAC"):
             color=0x00FF00,
         )
 
+        # Always log the final tarball path for debugging
+        logging.info("Job %s finished, tarball: %s", job_id, final_tarball)
+
         return [str(final_tarball)]
 
     loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()

utils/sr_wrapper.py

@@ -1081,6 +1081,27 @@ class SRUtil:
                 return combined_metadata
 
             except Exception as e:
+                err_str = str(e).lower()
+                # If this is a permanent not found error, abort retries immediately
+                if any(
+                    phrase in err_str
+                    for phrase in [
+                        "track not found",
+                        "not found",
+                        "404",
+                        "does not exist",
+                        "no longer available",
+                        "asset is not ready",
+                    ]
+                ):
+                    logging.error(
+                        "Metadata fetch permanent failure for track %s: %s (not retrying)",
+                        track_id,
+                        str(e),
+                    )
+                    raise MetadataFetchError(
+                        f"Metadata fetch failed permanently for track {track_id}: {e}"
+                    )
                 # Exponential backoff with jitter for 429 or other errors
                 delay = self.RETRY_DELAY * (2 ** (attempt - 1)) + random.uniform(0, 0.5)
                 if attempt < self.MAX_METADATA_RETRIES:
@@ -1179,6 +1200,47 @@ class SRUtil:
         if not tracks:
             return None
 
+        # Prefer exact title matches first (highest confidence)
+        exact_title_matches = []
+        for t in tracks:
+            found_title = t.get("title")
+            if found_title and found_title.strip().lower() == song.strip().lower():
+                exact_title_matches.append(t)
+        if exact_title_matches:
+            logging.info(f"SR: {len(exact_title_matches)} exact title matches found")
+            tracks = exact_title_matches
+        else:
+            # Prefer tracks that match artist/title fuzzily
+            filtered_by_metadata = []
+            for t in tracks:
+                found_artist = (
+                    t.get("artist", {}).get("name")
+                    if isinstance(t.get("artist"), dict)
+                    else t.get("artist")
+                )
+                found_album = (
+                    t.get("album", {}).get("title") if t.get("album") else None
+                )
+                found_title = t.get("title")
+                try:
+                    if self.is_metadata_match(
+                        artist, album, song, found_artist, found_album, found_title
+                    ):
+                        filtered_by_metadata.append(t)
+                except Exception:
+                    # On any error, skip strict metadata matching for this candidate
+                    continue
+
+            if filtered_by_metadata:
+                logging.info(
+                    f"SR: {len(filtered_by_metadata)} candidates after metadata filtering"
+                )
+                tracks = filtered_by_metadata
+            else:
+                logging.info(
+                    "SR: No candidates passed metadata match filter; falling back to search results"
+                )
+
         # If duration provided, select the track with closest duration match
         if duration is not None:
             tracks_with_diff = [
@@ -1195,7 +1257,88 @@ class SRUtil:
             best_track = tracks[0]
 
         track_id = best_track.get("id")
-        logging.info(f"SR: Using track ID {track_id}")
+        # Ensure the selected candidate reasonably matches expected metadata
+        selected_artist = (
+            best_track.get("artist", {}).get("name")
+            if isinstance(best_track.get("artist"), dict)
+            else best_track.get("artist")
+        )
+        selected_title = best_track.get("title")
+        if not self.is_metadata_match(
+            artist,
+            album,
+            song,
+            selected_artist,
+            best_track.get("album", {}).get("title")
+            if best_track.get("album")
+            else None,
+            selected_title,
+        ):
+            # Try to find another candidate that does match metadata
+            logging.warning(
+                "SR: Selected candidate failed metadata check: id=%s artist=%s title=%s; searching for better match",
+                track_id,
+                selected_artist,
+                selected_title,
+            )
+            found_better = None
+            for candidate in tracks:
+                cand_artist = (
+                    candidate.get("artist", {}).get("name")
+                    if isinstance(candidate.get("artist"), dict)
+                    else candidate.get("artist")
+                )
+                cand_title = candidate.get("title")
+                if self.is_metadata_match(
+                    artist,
+                    album,
+                    song,
+                    cand_artist,
+                    candidate.get("album", {}).get("title")
+                    if candidate.get("album")
+                    else None,
+                    cand_title,
+                ):
+                    found_better = candidate
+                    break
+            if found_better:
+                logging.warning(
+                    "SR: Switching to better candidate id=%s artist=%s title=%s",
+                    found_better.get("id"),
+                    (
+                        found_better.get("artist", {}).get("name")
+                        if isinstance(found_better.get("artist"), dict)
+                        else found_better.get("artist")
+                    ),
+                    found_better.get("title"),
+                )
+                best_track = found_better
+                track_id = best_track.get("id")
+            else:
+                # No matching candidate passed metadata checks; log candidates and abort
+                logging.warning(
+                    "SR: No candidates passed metadata checks for %s - %s; candidates: %s",
+                    artist,
+                    song,
+                    [
+                        {
+                            "id": t.get("id"),
+                            "artist": (
+                                t.get("artist", {}).get("name")
+                                if isinstance(t.get("artist"), dict)
+                                else t.get("artist")
+                            ),
+                            "title": t.get("title"),
+                            "duration": t.get("duration"),
+                        }
+                        for t in tracks[:10]
+                    ],
+                )
+                return None
+
+        logging.info(
+            f"SR: Using track ID {track_id} (artist={best_track.get('artist')}, title={best_track.get('title')})"
+        )
         if not track_id:
             return None