fix: a duplicate fold never deletes a lossless copy for a lossy one, nor folds two versions (M498)

The first album-copy fold pass on 2026-10-20 removed five FLACs (Måneskin
Rush!, Weezer 2016) in favour of mp3s whose only edge was a recording MBID,
and an explicit "Suite-Pee" for its clean version. ProposeSurvivor now ranks
lossless before tag fit; tag fit still outranks file size, which is what the
Humanz rips needed. The fold keys copies by their version words (title and
file name), so a clean, live or instrumental copy holding the same title tag
is linked, not folded.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

internal/api/admin_duplicates_test.go

@@ -65,14 +65,15 @@ func TestFoldDuplicateGroups(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // M498: the proposal shown beside a group follows the resolver's rule. The copy
-// whose tags fit the album is proposed even when the other is lossless.
+// whose tags fit the album is proposed even when the other is larger (only a
+// lossless copy outranks it).
 func TestFoldDuplicateGroups_ProposesTheCopyWhoseTagsFit(t *testing.T) {
 	at := time.Date(2025, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
 	class := "same_release"
 	three := int32(3)
 	rows := []dbq.ListPendingDuplicateGroupMembersRow{
 		{GroupID: dupUUID(3), Tier: "acoustic", DetectedAt: dupTS(at), TrackID: dupUUID(30), Class: &class,
-			Title: "Song", FileFormat: "flac", FileSize: 30_000_000, AddedAt: dupTS(at)},
+			Title: "Song", FileFormat: "m4a", FileSize: 30_000_000, AddedAt: dupTS(at)},
 		{GroupID: dupUUID(3), Tier: "acoustic", DetectedAt: dupTS(at), TrackID: dupUUID(31), Class: &class,
 			Title: "Song", FileFormat: "mp3", FileSize: 9_000_000, AddedAt: dupTS(at), TrackNumber: &three, HasMbid: true},
 	}

internal/library/duplicate_classify.go

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package library
 
 import (
+	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode"
 )
@@ -90,6 +92,35 @@ func ClassifyDuplicateGroup(tier string, members []ClassifyMember) DuplicateClas
 var versionSuffix = regexp.MustCompile(
 	`(?i)\s-\s[^-]*\b(version|instrumental|remix|mix|live|acoustic|demo|edit|reprise|rework|vip)\b[^-]*$`)
 
+// versionWord matches a word that names a version of a song.
+var versionWord = regexp.MustCompile(
+	`(?i)\b(clean|explicit|instrumentals?|live|acoustic|unplugged|demo|remix|mix|edit|radio|karaoke|a ?cappella|acapella|reprise)\b`)
+
+// versionWords lists, sorted and lowercased, the version words in a copy's
+// title and file name together. Two copies holding one title tag can still be
+// two versions, told apart only by the file name: "Suite-Pee" and
+// "Suite-Pee (Clean Version)", "Luv (sic) Grand Finale" and its instrumental.
+func versionWords(title, path string) string {
+	seen := map[string]bool{}
+	name := strings.TrimSuffix(filepath.Base(path), filepath.Ext(path))
+	for _, w := range versionWord.FindAllString(title+" "+name, -1) {
+		w = strings.ToLower(w)
+		switch {
+		case w == "instrumentals":
+			w = "instrumental"
+		case strings.Contains(w, "cappella") || w == "acapella":
+			w = "acappella"
+		}
+		seen[w] = true
+	}
+	words := make([]string, 0, len(seen))
+	for w := range seen {
+		words = append(words, w)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(words)
+	return strings.Join(words, ",")
+}
+
 // songKey is MatchTitleKey with every bracketed segment and a dashed version
 // suffix dropped: the song a title names, whatever version of it.
 // "Lovesick (Instrumental)", "Lovesick - Instrumental Version" and "Lovesick"

internal/library/duplicate_classify_test.go

@@ -73,6 +73,40 @@ func TestMatchTitleKey(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Copies the fold of 2026-10-20 merged although their file names said they
+// were different versions; each pair must disagree. And copies of one version
+// named differently must agree.
+func TestVersionWords(t *testing.T) {
+	differ := [][2][2]string{
+		{{"Suite-Pee", "/m/SOAD/Sugar/System of a Down - Sugar - 02 - Suite-Pee.mp3"},
+			{"Suite-Pee", "/m/SOAD/Sugar/System of a Down - Sugar - 02 - Suite-Pee (Clean Version).mp3"}},
+		{{"Luv (sic) Grand Finale", "/m/Nujabes/Hexalogy/Nujabes - Luv(sic) Hexalogy - 06 - Luv (sic) Grand Finale Instrumentals.mp3"},
+			{"Luv (sic) Grand Finale", "/m/Nujabes/Hexalogy/0106 - Luvsic Grand Finale.m4a"}},
+		{{"Charger", "/m/Gorillaz/Humanz/Gorillaz - Humanz - 08 - Charger - live in Cologne 2017.mp3"},
+			{"Charger", "/m/Gorillaz/Humanz/CD 01/08 Charger.flac"}},
+	}
+	for _, p := range differ {
+		a, b := versionWords(p[0][0], p[0][1]), versionWords(p[1][0], p[1][1])
+		if a == b {
+			t.Errorf("versionWords agree (%q) on %s and %s", a, p[0][1], p[1][1])
+		}
+	}
+	agree := [][2][2]string{
+		{{"Heat Waves (Shakur Ahmad Remix)", "/m/GA/Glass Animals - Dreamland Deluxe - 02 - Heat Waves (Shakur Ahmad Remix).mp3"},
+			{"Heat Waves (Shakur Ahmad Remix)", "/m/GA/02. Heat Waves (Shakur Ahmad Remix).flac"}},
+		{{"Luv (sic) Instrumentals", "/m/Nujabes/0201 - Luvsic instrumentals.m4a"},
+			{"Luv (sic) Instrumentals", "/m/Nujabes/Nujabes - Luv(sic) Hexalogy - 01 - Luv (sic) Instrumentals.mp3"}},
+		{{"Henrietta", "/m/The Fratellis - Costello Music - 01 - Henrietta.mp3"},
+			{"Henrietta", "/m/The Fratellis - Costello Music - 01 - Henrietta.flac"}},
+	}
+	for _, p := range agree {
+		a, b := versionWords(p[0][0], p[0][1]), versionWords(p[1][0], p[1][1])
+		if a != b {
+			t.Errorf("versionWords %q vs %q on copies of one version: %s, %s", a, b, p[0][1], p[1][1])
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestWrongSlots(t *testing.T) {
 	track := func(title string, ms int32) dbq.MbReleaseTrack { return dbq.MbReleaseTrack{Title: title, LengthMs: ms} }
 	copies := func(titles ...string) []slotCopy {

internal/library/duplicate_resolve.go

@@ -244,7 +244,10 @@ func ResolveDuplicatesWith(
 
 // foldAlbumCopies merges, in each cross-release group, the extra copies one
 // album holds of the song into the best of that album's copies: the one that
-// is not a video rip when only one is not, else ProposeSurvivor's choice. The
+// is not a video rip when only one is not, else ProposeSurvivor's choice.
+// Copies whose title or file name name different versions (versionWords) are
+// not folded: "Suite-Pee" and "Suite-Pee (Clean Version)" carried one title tag
+// on 2026-10-20, and the explicit copy went. The
 // copies on other releases stay and are linked as one song. At most budget
 // copies go. It returns how many went and the songs they were, and drops them
 // from their groups.
@@ -260,7 +263,8 @@ func foldAlbumCopies(
 		}
 		onAlbum := map[string][]int{}
 		for i, m := range g.members {
-			k := syncpkg.FormatUUID(m.AlbumID) + "\x00" + MatchTitleKey(m.Title, m.ArtistName)
+			k := syncpkg.FormatUUID(m.AlbumID) + "\x00" + MatchTitleKey(m.Title, m.ArtistName) +
+				"\x00" + versionWords(m.Title, m.FilePath)
 			onAlbum[k] = append(onAlbum[k], i)
 		}
 		gone := map[int]bool{}

internal/library/duplicate_survivor.go

@@ -52,16 +52,18 @@ var losslessFormats = map[string]bool{"flac": true, "wav": true}
 // the report shows it and the merge (#3911) lets the operator choose another.
 //
 // In order:
-//  0. the copy whose tags fit the album best (TagFitScore). It is zero for
+//  1. lossless over lossy — the one difference no later step can recover. It
+//     comes before tag fit: tags can be fixed, a deleted FLAC cannot, and on
+//     2026-10-20 five FLACs went for mp3s that only carried a recording MBID
+//  2. the copy whose tags fit the album best (TagFitScore). It is zero for
 //     every copy when the caller does not know it, and the order falls through
-//     to the quality rules below
+//     to the rules below
-//  1. lossless over lossy — the one difference no later step can recover
+//  3. the larger file — for one recording at one duration that is the higher
-//  2. the larger file — for one recording at one duration that is the higher
 //     bitrate. The scanner does not record bitrate (tracks.bitrate is never
 //     filled), so file size is the signal that actually exists
-//  3. the copy in the library longest — the one most likely to carry the play
+//  4. the copy in the library longest — the one most likely to carry the play
 //     history and likes, so the merge moves the least
-//  4. the lowest track id, so the choice is stable between page loads
+//  5. the lowest track id, so the choice is stable between page loads
 func ProposeSurvivor(cands []SurvivorCandidate) (trackID, reason string) {
 	if len(cands) == 0 {
 		return "", ""
@@ -77,10 +79,10 @@ func ProposeSurvivor(cands []SurvivorCandidate) (trackID, reason string) {
 	// runner-up — the rule that actually decided, not every rule it passed.
 	next := ranked[1]
 	switch {
-	case best.TagFit != next.TagFit:
-		return best.TrackID, "tags fit the album"
 	case isLossless(best) != isLossless(next):
 		return best.TrackID, "lossless (" + strings.ToLower(best.FileFormat) + ")"
+	case best.TagFit != next.TagFit:
+		return best.TrackID, "tags fit the album"
 	case best.FileSize != next.FileSize:
 		return best.TrackID, "largest file"
 	case !best.AddedAt.Equal(next.AddedAt):
@@ -91,12 +93,12 @@ func ProposeSurvivor(cands []SurvivorCandidate) (trackID, reason string) {
 }
 
 func survivorBefore(a, b SurvivorCandidate) bool {
-	if a.TagFit != b.TagFit {
-		return a.TagFit > b.TagFit
-	}
 	if isLossless(a) != isLossless(b) {
 		return isLossless(a)
 	}
+	if a.TagFit != b.TagFit {
+		return a.TagFit > b.TagFit
+	}
 	if a.FileSize != b.FileSize {
 		return a.FileSize > b.FileSize
 	}

internal/library/duplicate_survivor_test.go

@@ -90,10 +90,11 @@ func TestProposeSurvivor_ReasonIsTheDecidingRule(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// M498 #5436: the copy whose tags fit the album outranks quality, which decides
+// M498 #5436: the copy whose tags fit the album outranks every quality rule but
-// only between copies whose tags fit equally. Each case is built so the quality
+// lossless, which decides first: a deleted FLAC cannot be recovered, and on
-// rules would choose the other copy, so a reorder that drops tag fit fails.
+// 2026-10-20 five went for mp3s whose only edge was a recording MBID. Each tag
-func TestProposeSurvivor_TagFitFirst(t *testing.T) {
+// fit case is built so file size would choose the other copy.
+func TestProposeSurvivor_LosslessThenTagFit(t *testing.T) {
 	at := time.Date(2025, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
 	cases := []struct {
 		name       string
@@ -102,10 +103,18 @@ func TestProposeSurvivor_TagFitFirst(t *testing.T) {
 		wantReason string
 	}{
 		{
-			name: "tag fit beats lossless",
+			name: "lossless beats tag fit",
 			cands: []SurvivorCandidate{
-				{TrackID: "flac", FileFormat: "flac", FileSize: 40_000_000, AddedAt: at, TagFit: 1},
 				{TrackID: "fits", FileFormat: "mp3", FileSize: 5_000_000, AddedAt: at, TagFit: 3},
+				{TrackID: "flac", FileFormat: "flac", FileSize: 40_000_000, AddedAt: at, TagFit: 1},
+			},
+			wantID: "flac", wantReason: "lossless (flac)",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "tag fit beats a larger file",
+			cands: []SurvivorCandidate{
+				{TrackID: "big", FileFormat: "mp3", FileSize: 9_000_000, AddedAt: at, TagFit: 1},
+				{TrackID: "fits", FileFormat: "m4a", FileSize: 5_000_000, AddedAt: at, TagFit: 3},
 			},
 			wantID: "fits", wantReason: "tags fit the album",
 		},