- Changed API key validation from if not _key in self.constants.API_KEYS to if _key not in self.constants.API_KEYS for better readability.

Enhance RadioUtil playlist handling and deduplication

- Added checks to ensure playlists are initialized and not empty.
- Improved deduplication logic to prevent modifying the original playlist during iteration.
- Added logging for duplicate removal and playlist population.

Add cover art handling in rip_background.py

- Implemented functionality to attach album art if provided in metadata.
- Added error handling for cover art download failures.

Introduce unique filename handling in rip_background.py

- Added `ensure_unique_filename_in_dir` function to prevent overwriting files with the same name.

Refactor SRUtil for improved error handling and metadata fetching

- Introduced `MetadataFetchError` for better error management during metadata retrieval.
- Implemented `_safe_api_call` for resilient API calls with retry logic.
- Enhanced `get_artists_by_name` to optionally group results by artist name.
- Updated various methods to utilize the new error handling and retry mechanisms.

endpoints/rip.py

@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ class RIP(FastAPI):
 
         tracks_in = job.meta.get("tracks_in")
         tracks_out = len(job.meta.get("tracks", []))
+        # `utils/rip_background.py` sets per-track status to 'Success' or 'Failed'
+        # so check for 'success' case-insensitively and count matches.
+        succeeded_tracks = len([t for t in job.meta.get("tracks", []) if str(t.get("status", "")).lower() == "success"])
 
         return {
             "id": job.id,
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ class RIP(FastAPI):
             "started_at": job.started_at,
             "ended_at": job.ended_at,
             "progress": progress,
-            "tracks": f"{tracks_out} / {tracks_in}"
+            "tracks": f"{succeeded_tracks} / {tracks_in}"
             if isinstance(tracks_in, int)
             else tracks_out,
             "target": job.meta.get("target"),
@@ -101,7 +104,10 @@ class RIP(FastAPI):
         self, artist: str, request: Request, user=Depends(get_current_user)
     ) -> Response:
         """Get artists by name"""
-        artists = await self.trip_util.get_artists_by_name(artist)
+        # support optional grouping to return one primary per display name
+        # with `alternatives` for disambiguation (use ?group=true)
+        group = bool(request.query_params.get("group", False)) 
+        artists = await self.trip_util.get_artists_by_name(artist, group=group)
         if not artists:
             return Response(status_code=404, content="Not found")
         return JSONResponse(content=artists)
@@ -176,7 +182,7 @@ class RIP(FastAPI):
             job_timeout=14400,
             failure_ttl=86400,
             result_ttl=-1,
-            retry=Retry(max=1, interval=[30]),
+            # retry=Retry(max=1, interval=[30]),
             meta={
                 "progress": 0,
                 "status": "Queued",