v0.9.0: play counts that can't conflict

The merge windows kept coming because finishing a track rewrote all 15 MB of
library.json. Both machines did that, so Syncthing saw two edits to one big
file between syncs and produced a conflict file roughly once per song — and
the merge then took max() of the two counts, discarding whichever side had
played less. The .resolved/ backups showed the last nine library.json merges
were ~98% play counts plus exactly one real edit, with the same ~45 tracks
disagreeing every time and the count only creeping down over a day.

library.json now holds only a base count. Each machine owns
plays/<machine-id>.json with its own per-track totals, and the effective count
is base + the sum of every journal. Only the owner writes its journal, so play
data can't conflict; the journal stores totals rather than an append log, so
there's no compaction step to double-count in; and a machine still on older
code keeps bumping its own base, which stays additive with our journal.

Two places carry the whole hazard, and both are pinned by tests: save_tracks
writes journal.base_fields(), never the Track's effective count, and
PlayJournal.load must be given a base-valued library — which is why
reload_from_disk folds the journals onto the disk copy before reconciling.

On the real 21k library: three plays write 83 bytes and leave library.json
untouched.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01M8Mzze7shr5pZoEgKQU5NW
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co-authored by Claude Opus 5
parent 5df0af0bae
commit 2d961c0c9e
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@@ -52,12 +52,27 @@ persistence) → GUI (Qt widgets that read the manager and connect to its signal
hex `persistent_id` (folder containment via `parent_persistent_id`).
- **`lintunes/storage/json_storage.py`** — the library is **multiple files** in
the data dir: `library.json` (all tracks), `library_metadata.json`, and one
`playlists/<persistent_id>.json` per playlist. Writes are atomic (`*.json.tmp`
the data dir: `library.json` (all tracks), `library_metadata.json`, one
`playlists/<persistent_id>.json` per playlist, and one
`plays/<machine-id>.json` per machine. Writes are atomic (`*.json.tmp`
→ rename). **`storage/conflict_resolver.py`** merges Syncthing
`*.sync-conflict-*` files on startup: play counts take the max, edited fields
take the newest, playlist membership takes the union.
- **`lintunes/storage/play_journal.py`** — why play counts can't conflict. Since
Round 38 `library.json` holds only a **base** count and each machine owns
`plays/<machine-id>.json` with *its own* per-track totals; effective count =
base + the sum of every journal. Only the owner ever writes its journal, so
two machines never touch the same file — and finishing a track no longer
rewrites 15 MB, which is what handed Syncthing a conflict once per song.
Totals, not an append log, so there is no compaction step to double-count in.
`PlayJournal.load()` must be handed a library whose tracks still carry **base**
counts (the fresh load at startup, the `disk` copy inside `reload_from_disk`) —
folding an already-folded library promotes the effective count to base.
Mirror-image rule in `json_storage.save_tracks()`: it writes
`journal.base_fields(tid)`, never the `Track`'s effective count. Those two
places are the whole hazard; `tests/test_round38.py` pins both.
- **`lintunes/library_manager.py`** — `LibraryManager(QObject)` owns the
`Library`, is the single funnel for all mutations, and persists them
**debounced** (3 s) with per-area dirty tracking (a play-count bump rewrites
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@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@ When a round closes, move its finished items to `tasks-done.md`.
Folder + web-mix export, audio.js/jQuery dropped for a dependency-free
player, lossless-only conversion. Round 36 below is still open.
## Round 36 — the merge rework (planned, Round 35 covered the speed half)
## Round 38 (2026-08-20) — merge windows + play journals: done, see tasks-done.md
## Round 36 — the merge rework (the playlist half is still open)
The three symptoms in Round 35 shared a root cause; that round fixed the
performance half. This is the correctness half.
performance half. Round 38 took the play-count and dialog items; the two
playlist items below are what's left.
- [ ] **Playlist merges lose position.** `_merge_playlist` is a 2-way union with
no common ancestor: it takes one side's order wholesale and *appends* the
@@ -31,13 +34,10 @@ performance half. This is the correctness half.
So "most recently edited" often means "most recently resized". Give
`Playlist` a `date_modified` bumped only in `_set_track_ids`, and merge on
that.
- [ ] **`max()` play counts discard concurrent plays.** Base 100, one machine
plays 5 (105), the other plays 3 (103) → merge keeps 105 and those 3 are
gone. Per-machine `plays/<machine-id>.json` journal (machine id kept
outside the synced dir): only its owner ever writes it, so play data can
never conflict, effective count = base + sum of journals, and `library.json`
stops being rewritten every 3 s during playback — which is what generates
the conflicts in the first place.
- [x] **`max()` play counts discard concurrent plays.** Done as described —
per-machine `plays/<machine-id>.json` journals, machine id in the config
dir. Three plays on the real library now write 83 bytes instead of 15 MB,
and `library.json` isn't touched at all.
- [x] **Quiet the merge dialog.** One dialog per session: each merge is folded
in as a timestamped entry (newest first) instead of opening another
window. Fifteen had stacked up. Kept the window for every merge rather
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@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
"""LinTunes — iTunes-style music library manager and player for Linux."""
__version__ = "0.8.0"
__version__ = "0.9.0"
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@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from lintunes.importers.file_importer import organized_destination, unique_path
from lintunes.models import Library, Playlist, PlaylistType
from lintunes.perf import timed
from lintunes.storage import json_storage
from lintunes.storage.play_journal import PlayJournal
from lintunes.undo import Command, UndoStack
@@ -53,6 +54,13 @@ class LibraryManager(QObject):
self._dirty_playlists: set[str] = set()
self._deleted_playlists: set[str] = set()
# Play counts live in per-machine journals, not library.json — see
# storage/play_journal. Folding them in here means the rest of the app
# keeps reading one plain track.play_count.
self.play_journal = PlayJournal()
self.play_journal.load(self.data_dir, self.library)
self._dirty_journal = False
self._save_timer = QTimer(self)
self._save_timer.setSingleShot(True)
self._save_timer.setInterval(SAVE_DEBOUNCE_MS)
@@ -680,9 +688,14 @@ class LibraryManager(QObject):
track = self.library.tracks.get(track_id)
if not track:
return
now = _utc_now_iso()
track.play_count += 1
track.play_date_utc = _utc_now_iso()
self._dirty_tracks = True
track.play_date_utc = now
# Deliberately does NOT mark library.json dirty: a play only moves this
# machine's journal, so finishing a track no longer rewrites 15 MB (and
# no longer hands Syncthing a conflict once per song).
self.play_journal.record_play(track_id, now)
self._dirty_journal = True
self._schedule_save()
self.track_updated.emit(track_id)
self._touch_smart({"play_count", "play_date_utc"})
@@ -691,9 +704,11 @@ class LibraryManager(QObject):
track = self.library.tracks.get(track_id)
if not track:
return
now = _utc_now_iso()
track.skip_count += 1
track.skip_date = _utc_now_iso()
self._dirty_tracks = True
track.skip_date = now
self.play_journal.record_skip(track_id, now)
self._dirty_journal = True
self._schedule_save()
self.track_updated.emit(track_id)
self._touch_smart({"skip_count", "skip_date"})
@@ -801,10 +816,16 @@ class LibraryManager(QObject):
def flush(self):
self._save_timer.stop()
if self._dirty_journal:
self.play_journal.save(self.data_dir)
self._dirty_journal = False
self._record_sig(self.data_dir / "plays"
/ f"{self.play_journal.machine}.json")
if self._dirty_tracks:
with timed("flush library.json (%d tracks)",
len(self.library.tracks)):
json_storage.save_tracks(self.library, self.data_dir)
json_storage.save_tracks(self.library, self.data_dir,
self.play_journal)
self._dirty_tracks = False
self._record_sig(self.data_dir / "library.json")
for pid in list(self._dirty_playlists):
@@ -831,6 +852,9 @@ class LibraryManager(QObject):
playlists_dir = self.data_dir / "playlists"
if playlists_dir.exists():
files.extend(sorted(playlists_dir.glob("*.json")))
plays_dir = self.data_dir / "plays"
if plays_dir.exists():
files.extend(sorted(plays_dir.glob("*.json")))
return files
@staticmethod
@@ -877,6 +901,11 @@ class LibraryManager(QObject):
or self._dirty_metadata)
dirty_pids = set(self._dirty_playlists)
disk = json_storage.load_library(self.data_dir)
# Fold the journals onto the disk copy *before* reconciling. The tracks
# in memory already carry effective counts, so without this the merge
# would compare effective against base and the max() would win by an
# amount equal to this machine's journal.
self.play_journal.load(self.data_dir, disk)
for tid, disk_track in disk.tracks.items():
mem_track = self.library.tracks.get(tid)
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@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ def resolve_conflicts(data_dir: Path) -> list[ConflictSummary]:
summary = _merge_metadata(original_path, conflict_path)
elif original_path.parent.name == "playlists":
summary = _merge_playlist(original_path, conflict_path)
elif original_path.parent.name == "plays":
summary = _merge_play_journal(original_path, conflict_path)
else:
summary = _keep_newer(original_path, conflict_path)
except Exception as e: # never let a bad file abort startup/live reload
@@ -264,6 +266,37 @@ def _merge_playlist(original_path: Path, conflict_path: Path) -> ConflictSummary
return ConflictSummary(name, "playlist", lines)
def _merge_play_journal(original_path: Path, conflict_path: Path) -> ConflictSummary:
"""Insurance only. A journal is owned by one machine, so it should never
conflict — but if a filesystem or clock oddity produces one, falling through
to _keep_newer would throw away a machine's entire play history. Take the
higher total per track instead."""
original = read_json(original_path)
incoming = read_json(conflict_path)
merged = dict(original)
changed = 0
for tid, entry in incoming.items():
mine = merged.get(tid)
if mine is None:
merged[tid] = entry
changed += 1
continue
combined = dict(mine)
for count in ("plays", "skips"):
combined[count] = max(mine.get(count, 0), entry.get(count, 0))
for stamp in ("last_played", "last_skipped"):
a, b = mine.get(stamp), entry.get(stamp)
combined[stamp] = a if b is None else (b if a is None else max(a, b))
if combined != mine:
changed += 1
merged[tid] = combined
write_json(original_path, merged)
return ConflictSummary(
f"plays/{original_path.name}", "plays",
[f"{changed} track(s) of play history reconciled (highest total kept)."]
if changed else ["No differences needed reconciling."])
def _merge_metadata(original_path: Path, conflict_path: Path) -> ConflictSummary:
summary = _keep_newer(original_path, conflict_path)
summary.file, summary.kind = "library_metadata.json", "metadata"
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def save_library(library: Library, data_dir: Path):
playlist_file.unlink()
def save_tracks(library: Library, data_dir: Path):
def save_tracks(library: Library, data_dir: Path, journal=None):
data_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
tracks_dict = {}
for tid, track in library.tracks.items():
@@ -31,10 +31,26 @@ def save_tracks(library: Library, data_dir: Path):
# Store paths relative to the data dir so the library is portable
# across machines that sync the folder to different mount points.
data["location"] = to_relative(data["location"], data_dir)
if journal is not None:
# A Track carries the *effective* play count (base plus every
# machine's journal). library.json must get the base back — writing
# the effective value here would fold this machine's plays into the
# base and count them twice on the next load. See play_journal.
_write_base_play_fields(data, journal.base_fields(tid))
tracks_dict[str(tid)] = data
write_json(data_dir / "library.json", tracks_dict)
def _write_base_play_fields(data: dict, base: dict):
"""Put the base play fields back into a to_dict() result, keeping to_dict's
rule that a default-valued field is omitted rather than stored."""
for field, value in base.items():
if value in (0, None, ""):
data.pop(field, None)
else:
data[field] = value
def save_metadata(library: Library, data_dir: Path):
data_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
metadata = {
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@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
"""Per-machine play journals — the reason play counts can no longer conflict.
``library.json`` used to carry the live play count, so finishing a track
rewrote all 15 MB of it. Both machines did that, so Syncthing saw two edits to
one big file between syncs and produced a conflict file roughly once per song.
The merge then took ``max()`` of the two counts, silently discarding whichever
side had played less.
Now ``library.json`` holds only a **base** count, and each machine additionally
owns exactly one file ``<data_dir>/plays/<machine-id>.json`` recording *its own*
per-track totals. Effective count = base + the sum of every journal.
Three properties fall out of that:
* **No conflict is possible.** A journal file is only ever written by the
machine that owns it, so two machines never touch the same file.
* **No compaction step.** The journal stores running totals, not an append log,
so it is bounded by "tracks this machine has played" and never needs folding
back into the base — which is what would risk double-counting.
* **Version skew is safe.** A machine still on older code keeps bumping its own
base in ``library.json``; we never write base, so the sum stays correct. When
it updates, its already-counted plays stay frozen in base and it starts its
own journal.
The machine id lives in the config dir, deliberately *outside* the synced data
dir — a synced id would make two machines share one journal.
"""
import uuid
from pathlib import Path
from lintunes.config import config_path
from lintunes.storage.json_storage import read_json, write_json
JOURNAL_DIR = "plays"
# The four Track fields a journal contributes to. Everything else about a track
# still lives in library.json.
PLAY_FIELDS = ("play_count", "skip_count", "play_date_utc", "skip_date")
def machine_id() -> str:
"""This machine's stable id, created on first use. Kept next to config.json
(not in the data dir) so Syncthing never copies it to the other machine."""
path = config_path().parent / "machine_id"
try:
text = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
if text:
return text
except OSError:
pass
new_id = uuid.uuid4().hex[:12]
path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
path.write_text(new_id + "\n", encoding="utf-8")
return new_id
def _newer(a, b):
"""The later of two ISO-8601 stamps, either of which may be None."""
if a is None:
return b
if b is None:
return a
return a if a >= b else b
class PlayJournal:
"""The base counts from library.json plus every machine's journal.
``load()`` snapshots the base off the freshly loaded Tracks and then folds
the journals in, so the rest of the app keeps reading one plain
``track.play_count``. Only the save path needs to know the difference —
see ``base_fields``.
"""
def __init__(self, machine=None):
self.machine = machine or machine_id()
self._base = {} # track_id -> {field: value} as stored in library.json
self._own = {} # track_id -> {"plays", "skips", "last_played", "last_skipped"}
self._others = {} # machine id -> same shape as _own
self.dirty = False
# ---- loading ----
def load(self, data_dir: Path, library):
"""Read every journal in the data dir and fold them into ``library``.
``library`` must be one whose tracks still hold the **base** counts —
the freshly loaded library at startup, or the disk copy during a reload.
Passing an already-folded library would promote the effective count to
base and double-count it.
"""
self._base = {
tid: {f: getattr(track, f) for f in PLAY_FIELDS}
for tid, track in library.tracks.items()
}
# Our own journal is only ever written by us, so unsaved bumps in memory
# are always more current than the file — never re-read over them.
keep_own = self._own if self.dirty else None
self._own = {}
self._others = {}
journal_dir = Path(data_dir) / JOURNAL_DIR
if journal_dir.is_dir():
for path in sorted(journal_dir.glob("*.json")):
if path.name.endswith(".tmp"):
continue
try:
entries = read_json(path)
except (ValueError, OSError):
continue # a half-synced journal must never abort startup
entries = {int(k): v for k, v in entries.items()
if isinstance(v, dict)}
if path.stem == self.machine:
self._own = entries
else:
self._others[path.stem] = entries
if keep_own is not None:
self._own = keep_own
else:
self.dirty = False
self.apply(library)
def apply(self, library):
"""Set every track's play fields to base + the sum of all journals."""
for tid, track in library.tracks.items():
added = sum(e[tid].get("plays", 0)
for e in self._all_journals() if tid in e)
skipped_n = sum(e[tid].get("skips", 0)
for e in self._all_journals() if tid in e)
base = self._base.get(tid)
if base is None:
# A track added after the snapshot. Its current count already
# includes anything recorded into the journal since, so back
# that out rather than baking it into the base.
base = {f: getattr(track, f) for f in PLAY_FIELDS}
base["play_count"] = (base["play_count"] or 0) - added
base["skip_count"] = (base["skip_count"] or 0) - skipped_n
self._base[tid] = base
plays = (base["play_count"] or 0) + added
skips = (base["skip_count"] or 0) + skipped_n
played = base["play_date_utc"]
skipped = base["skip_date"]
for entries in self._all_journals():
e = entries.get(tid)
if not e:
continue
played = _newer(played, e.get("last_played"))
skipped = _newer(skipped, e.get("last_skipped"))
track.play_count = plays
track.skip_count = skips
track.play_date_utc = played
track.skip_date = skipped
def _all_journals(self):
yield self._own
yield from self._others.values()
# ---- recording ----
def record_play(self, track_id: int, when: str):
entry = self._own.setdefault(track_id, {})
entry["plays"] = entry.get("plays", 0) + 1
entry["last_played"] = when
self.dirty = True
def record_skip(self, track_id: int, when: str):
entry = self._own.setdefault(track_id, {})
entry["skips"] = entry.get("skips", 0) + 1
entry["last_skipped"] = when
self.dirty = True
# ---- saving ----
def base_fields(self, track_id: int) -> dict:
"""What library.json should hold for this track. Writing the *effective*
count here instead would double-count it on the next load — this is the
one place in the change where that can go wrong."""
base = self._base.get(track_id)
if base is None: # never seen at load time — nothing to preserve
return {"play_count": 0, "skip_count": 0,
"play_date_utc": None, "skip_date": None}
return dict(base)
def save(self, data_dir: Path):
"""Write this machine's journal only. Nothing else ever writes this file,
so it cannot conflict."""
journal_dir = Path(data_dir) / JOURNAL_DIR
journal_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
write_json(journal_dir / f"{self.machine}.json",
{str(k): v for k, v in sorted(self._own.items())})
self.dirty = False
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@@ -34,11 +34,15 @@ class LibrarySyncWatcher(QObject):
the old inode, so we re-add paths after every event."""
wanted = [self._data_dir,
self._data_dir / "playlists",
self._data_dir / "plays",
self._data_dir / "library.json",
self._data_dir / "library_metadata.json"]
playlists_dir = self._data_dir / "playlists"
if playlists_dir.exists():
wanted.extend(playlists_dir.glob("*.json"))
plays_dir = self._data_dir / "plays"
if plays_dir.exists():
wanted.extend(plays_dir.glob("*.json"))
already = set(self._watcher.files()) | set(self._watcher.directories())
to_add = [str(p) for p in wanted if p.exists() and str(p) not in already]
if to_add:
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@@ -1,5 +1,45 @@
## Done
### Round 38 (2026-08-20) — One merge window, and play counts that can't conflict (v0.9.0)
Fifteen "Synced changes merged" windows were stacked on the desktop. Two
independent bugs, and the `.resolved/` backups said which mattered: every one of
the last nine `library.json` merges was ~98% play counts (43-47 of ~45 changed
tracks) plus exactly one real edit — the same single rating each time. The same
~45 tracks disagreed in *every* merge and the count only crept down (48 → 44 over
a day), so `max()` had been quietly discarding plays for at least that long.
- [x] **One window, not one per merge.** `show_conflict_summary` built a fresh
`ConflictSummaryDialog` each time and only reassigned the attribute — the
old dialog stayed a live child of the window. Since
`check_for_external_changes` runs `resolve_conflicts` on every Syncthing
watch tick, that was one window per merge for the life of the process. The
dialog is now a session log: `add_event()` folds each merge in as its own
timestamped entry (newest first), the restore button names the merge it
would undo, and `finished` clears MainWindow's reference so a close lets
the next merge open a fresh one.
- [x] **Per-machine play journals.** `library.json` now holds only a base count;
each machine owns `plays/<machine-id>.json` with its own per-track totals,
and the effective count is base + the sum of all journals. Only the owner
writes its journal, so play data can't conflict; totals rather than an
append log, so there's no compaction step to double-count in; and a machine
still on older code keeps bumping its own base, which stays additive with
our journal, so the version-skew window is safe too. On the real 21k
library: three plays wrote **83 bytes** and left `library.json` untouched,
where before each one rewrote 15 MB.
- [x] **The two hazards, pinned by tests.** `save_tracks` must write the base and
`PlayJournal.load` must be handed a base-valued library — the second is why
`reload_from_disk` folds the journals onto the `disk` copy *before*
reconciling, or the max() against the effective in-memory count would win
by exactly this machine's journal.
- [x] Journal conflicts merge by highest total rather than newest-wins. They
shouldn't be possible; if a filesystem oddity makes one, falling through to
`_keep_newer` would discard a machine's whole history.
Deliberately not done: lossless merges still open the window rather than
demoting to a status-bar line. With journals landing, a merge stops being
routine — the ones left are real edits, and worth seeing.
### Round 37 (2026-08-19) — Export a playlist: a folder, or a whole website (v0.8.0)
`File → Export Playlist…`, and the same item on a playlist's right-click menu.
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@@ -99,3 +99,213 @@ class TestWindowReuse:
host.show_conflict_summary([_summary()])
assert host._conflict_dialog is not None
assert host._conflict_dialog is not first
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Per-machine play journals
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
from lintunes.models import Library, Track # noqa: E402
from lintunes.storage import json_storage # noqa: E402
from lintunes.storage.play_journal import PlayJournal # noqa: E402
@pytest.fixture
def data_dir(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
"""A data dir with a two-track library, and a machine id kept out of the
real ~/.config."""
monkeypatch.setenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", str(tmp_path / "config"))
d = tmp_path / "data"
library = Library(tracks={
1: Track(track_id=1, name="Thunder Peel", play_count=102),
2: Track(track_id=2, name="Black Blood", play_count=42),
})
json_storage.save_library(library, d)
return d
def _base_on_disk(data_dir, tid=1, field="play_count"):
return json_storage.read_json(data_dir / "library.json")[str(tid)].get(field, 0)
def _write_journal(data_dir, machine, entries):
(data_dir / "plays").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
json_storage.write_json(data_dir / "plays" / f"{machine}.json", entries)
class TestPlayJournal:
def test_machine_id_is_stable_and_outside_the_data_dir(self, data_dir, tmp_path):
from lintunes.storage.play_journal import machine_id
first = machine_id()
assert first and machine_id() == first
# A synced id would make both machines share one journal.
assert not (data_dir / "machine_id").exists()
assert (tmp_path / "config" / "lintunes" / "machine_id").exists()
def test_effective_count_is_base_plus_every_journal(self, data_dir):
_write_journal(data_dir, "machine-a", {"1": {"plays": 5, "last_played": "2026-08-20T10:00:00"}})
_write_journal(data_dir, "machine-b", {"1": {"plays": 3, "last_played": "2026-08-20T12:00:00"}})
library = json_storage.load_library(data_dir)
PlayJournal(machine="machine-a").load(data_dir, library)
# This is the case max() used to throw away: 102 + 5 + 3, not 107.
assert library.tracks[1].play_count == 110
assert library.tracks[1].play_date_utc == "2026-08-20T12:00:00"
assert library.tracks[2].play_count == 42 # untouched
def test_a_play_moves_the_journal_and_leaves_library_json_alone(self, data_dir):
library = json_storage.load_library(data_dir)
journal = PlayJournal(machine="machine-a")
journal.load(data_dir, library)
before = (data_dir / "library.json").read_bytes()
journal.record_play(1, "2026-08-20T18:42:00")
journal.save(data_dir)
assert (data_dir / "library.json").read_bytes() == before
assert json_storage.read_json(data_dir / "plays" / "machine-a.json") == {
"1": {"plays": 1, "last_played": "2026-08-20T18:42:00"}}
def test_save_tracks_writes_the_base_not_the_effective_count(self, data_dir):
"""The one sharp edge: writing the folded total back into library.json
would fold this machine's plays into the base and count them twice."""
_write_journal(data_dir, "machine-a", {"1": {"plays": 5}})
library = json_storage.load_library(data_dir)
journal = PlayJournal(machine="machine-a")
journal.load(data_dir, library)
assert library.tracks[1].play_count == 107
json_storage.save_tracks(library, data_dir, journal)
assert _base_on_disk(data_dir) == 102
# And a second round trip must not drift either.
again = json_storage.load_library(data_dir)
PlayJournal(machine="machine-a").load(data_dir, again)
assert again.tracks[1].play_count == 107
def test_zero_base_is_omitted_from_library_json(self, data_dir):
"""to_dict() omits default-valued fields; the base rewrite must too, or
21k tracks each grow a redundant "play_count": 0."""
library = json_storage.load_library(data_dir)
library.tracks[3] = Track(track_id=3, name="New Song")
journal = PlayJournal(machine="machine-a")
journal.load(data_dir, library)
journal.record_play(3, "2026-08-20T18:42:00")
json_storage.save_tracks(library, data_dir, journal)
assert "play_count" not in json_storage.read_json(
data_dir / "library.json")["3"]
def test_other_machine_on_old_code_does_not_double_count(self, data_dir):
"""While the other machine still bumps its base in library.json, our
journal stays additive on top — no double count, no loss."""
_write_journal(data_dir, "machine-a", {"1": {"plays": 5}})
library = json_storage.load_library(data_dir)
PlayJournal(machine="machine-a").load(data_dir, library)
assert library.tracks[1].play_count == 107
# The other machine, still on old code, syncs in a base bumped by 3.
raw = json_storage.read_json(data_dir / "library.json")
raw["1"]["play_count"] = 105
json_storage.write_json(data_dir / "library.json", raw)
library = json_storage.load_library(data_dir)
PlayJournal(machine="machine-a").load(data_dir, library)
assert library.tracks[1].play_count == 110
def test_unsaved_plays_survive_a_journal_reread(self, data_dir):
"""A reload re-reads every journal; ours is only ever written by us, so
in-memory bumps must not be read over."""
library = json_storage.load_library(data_dir)
journal = PlayJournal(machine="machine-a")
journal.load(data_dir, library)
journal.record_play(1, "2026-08-20T18:42:00")
fresh = json_storage.load_library(data_dir)
journal.load(data_dir, fresh) # what reload_from_disk does
assert fresh.tracks[1].play_count == 103
assert journal.dirty
class TestManagerRoundTrip:
"""End to end through LibraryManager, which is where a base/effective mix-up
would actually cost trav play counts."""
@pytest.fixture
def manager(self, data_dir, qapp):
from lintunes.library_manager import LibraryManager
return LibraryManager(json_storage.load_library(data_dir), data_dir)
def test_playing_does_not_rewrite_library_json(self, manager, data_dir):
before = (data_dir / "library.json").read_bytes()
manager.record_play(1)
manager.flush()
assert (data_dir / "library.json").read_bytes() == before
assert manager.library.tracks[1].play_count == 103
def test_a_play_survives_a_restart_exactly_once(self, manager, data_dir):
manager.record_play(1)
manager.flush()
from lintunes.library_manager import LibraryManager
restarted = LibraryManager(json_storage.load_library(data_dir), data_dir)
assert restarted.library.tracks[1].play_count == 103
assert _base_on_disk(data_dir) == 102
def test_an_edit_after_a_play_still_writes_the_base(self, manager, data_dir):
"""The dangerous sequence: a play inflates the in-memory count, then an
unrelated edit flushes the whole library.json."""
manager.record_play(1)
manager.add_track(Track(track_id=9, name="Sev Beni Beni"))
manager.flush()
assert _base_on_disk(data_dir) == 102
assert manager.library.tracks[1].play_count == 103
from lintunes.library_manager import LibraryManager
restarted = LibraryManager(json_storage.load_library(data_dir), data_dir)
assert restarted.library.tracks[1].play_count == 103
assert 9 in restarted.library.tracks
def test_reload_does_not_inflate_the_count(self, manager, data_dir):
"""reload_from_disk reconciles in-memory (effective) against disk (base);
folding the journals onto the disk copy first is what keeps max() honest."""
manager.record_play(1)
manager.flush()
manager.reload_from_disk()
assert manager.library.tracks[1].play_count == 103
manager.reload_from_disk()
manager.flush()
assert manager.library.tracks[1].play_count == 103
assert _base_on_disk(data_dir) == 102
def test_the_other_machines_plays_arrive_on_reload(self, manager, data_dir):
_write_journal(data_dir, "machine-other", {"1": {"plays": 7}})
manager.reload_from_disk()
assert manager.library.tracks[1].play_count == 109
class TestJournalConflictInsurance:
"""A journal has one writer, so it should never conflict. If one ever does,
falling through to newest-wins would discard a machine's whole history."""
def test_conflicting_journals_merge_by_highest_total(self, data_dir):
from lintunes.storage import conflict_resolver
_write_journal(data_dir, "machine-a", {"1": {"plays": 9, "last_played": "2026-08-20T10:00:00"},
"2": {"plays": 4}})
json_storage.write_json(
data_dir / "plays" / "machine-a.sync-conflict-20260820-184200-ABCDEFG.json",
{"1": {"plays": 3, "last_played": "2026-08-20T18:00:00"},
"3": {"plays": 6}})
summaries = conflict_resolver.resolve_conflicts(data_dir)
assert [s.kind for s in summaries] == ["plays"]
merged = json_storage.read_json(data_dir / "plays" / "machine-a.json")
assert merged["1"]["plays"] == 9 # not 3
assert merged["1"]["last_played"] == "2026-08-20T18:00:00"
assert merged["2"]["plays"] == 4 # kept
assert merged["3"]["plays"] == 6 # gained