Merge pull request 'Release v2026.05.15.0 — system playlists v2, offline cache rework, CI speedup' (#48) from dev into main

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.forgejo/workflows/flutter.yml

@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 name: flutter
 
-# Analyze + test + build the Flutter mobile client. Only runs when the
-# diff touches flutter_client/ or one of the shared web inputs the
-# sync_shared.sh script copies. Other pushes skip — this workflow is
-# independent from the Go/web test.yml and release.yml.
+# Analyze + test the Flutter mobile client; build an APK only where
+# it's actually consumed. dev pushes: analyze+test+codegen only
+# (~3min) — the operator dev-tests via a local Android Studio build,
+# not the CI artifact. main pushes: also build a debug APK as the
+# native-build safety net (Gradle/manifest/plugin breakage that
+# analyze+test can't catch) before any release tag. tags: signed
+# release APK. Only runs when the diff touches flutter_client/ or a
+# shared web input sync_shared.sh copies.
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -69,7 +73,9 @@ jobs:
         run: flutter test --reporter compact
 
       - name: Build debug APK
-        if: github.event_name == 'push' && !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        # main-only: native-build safety net before release tags.
+        # dev skips this (~7min) — operator dev-tests locally.
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
         run: flutter build apk --debug
 
       - name: Decode signing keystore
@@ -112,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
           flutter build apk --release --build-name="${TAG}"
 
       - name: Upload debug APK artifact
-        if: github.event_name == 'push' && !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
         uses: forgejo/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: minstrel-debug-${{ github.sha }}

flutter_client/lib/api/endpoints/events.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import 'package:dio/dio.dart';
+
+/// Thin client for POST /api/events — the play-event lifecycle the
+/// server uses for history, recommendation scoring, ListenBrainz
+/// scrobbles, and (since #415) system-playlist rotation.
+///
+/// Mirrors the web events dispatcher's three calls. Best-effort by
+/// contract: callers swallow errors — a missed event is acceptable
+/// per the server spec's v1 stance, and the server's
+/// auto-close-prior-open keeps history sane even if an ended/skipped
+/// is lost.
+class EventsApi {
+  EventsApi(this._dio);
+  final Dio _dio;
+
+  /// POST play_started. Returns the server's play_event_id (used to
+  /// close the row later), or null if the call failed / response was
+  /// malformed. `source` tags the originating system playlist
+  /// ('for_you' | 'discover') so the server advances that rotation;
+  /// omit for library / user-playlist / radio plays.
+  Future<String?> playStarted({
+    required String trackId,
+    required String clientId,
+    String? source,
+  }) async {
+    final r = await _dio.post<Map<String, dynamic>>(
+      '/api/events',
+      data: {
+        'type': 'play_started',
+        'track_id': trackId,
+        'client_id': clientId,
+        if (source != null && source.isNotEmpty) 'source': source,
+      },
+    );
+    return (r.data ?? const {})['play_event_id'] as String?;
+  }
+
+  Future<void> playEnded({
+    required String playEventId,
+    required int durationPlayedMs,
+  }) async {
+    await _dio.post<void>(
+      '/api/events',
+      data: {
+        'type': 'play_ended',
+        'play_event_id': playEventId,
+        'duration_played_ms': durationPlayedMs,
+      },
+    );
+  }
+
+  Future<void> playSkipped({
+    required String playEventId,
+    required int positionMs,
+  }) async {
+    await _dio.post<void>(
+      '/api/events',
+      data: {
+        'type': 'play_skipped',
+        'play_event_id': playEventId,
+        'position_ms': positionMs,
+      },
+    );
+  }
+
+  /// Replays a complete play that happened offline / on a flaky
+  /// connection (#426 part B). One call: the server records start+end
+  /// from `atIso` (the original play-start time) + durationPlayedMs,
+  /// applies the canonical skip rule, and advances #415 rotation when
+  /// source is a system playlist. Driven by the offline mutation
+  /// queue, never the live path.
+  Future<void> playOffline({
+    required String trackId,
+    required String clientId,
+    required String atIso,
+    required int durationPlayedMs,
+    String? source,
+  }) async {
+    await _dio.post<void>(
+      '/api/events',
+      data: {
+        'type': 'play_offline',
+        'track_id': trackId,
+        'client_id': clientId,
+        'at': atIso,
+        'duration_played_ms': durationPlayedMs,
+        if (source != null && source.isNotEmpty) 'source': source,
+      },
+    );
+  }
+}

flutter_client/lib/api/endpoints/library.dart

@@ -54,6 +54,24 @@ class LibraryApi {
     return ArtistRef.fromJson(r.data ?? const {});
   }
 
+  /// GET /api/artists/{id} — full response with the ArtistRef AND the
+  /// embedded album list, both parsed. Single round-trip variant used
+  /// by CacheFiller and other callers that want to populate both
+  /// cached_artists and cached_albums in one shot. The existing
+  /// getArtist / getArtistAlbums keep working for callers that only
+  /// need one half — they hit the same URL but the per-id Riverpod
+  /// caching layer dedupes.
+  Future<({ArtistRef artist, List<AlbumRef> albums})> getArtistDetail(
+      String id) async {
+    final r = await _dio.get<Map<String, dynamic>>('/api/artists/$id');
+    final body = r.data ?? const <String, dynamic>{};
+    final artist = ArtistRef.fromJson(body);
+    final albums = ((body['albums'] as List?) ?? const [])
+        .map((e) => AlbumRef.fromJson((e as Map).cast<String, dynamic>()))
+        .toList(growable: false);
+    return (artist: artist, albums: albums);
+  }
+
   /// Pulls the "albums" array out of the same ArtistDetail body. Callers
   /// that need both the artist and its albums should issue two provider
   /// reads (artistProvider + artistAlbumsProvider) — both hit the same
@@ -67,6 +85,19 @@ class LibraryApi {
         .toList(growable: false);
   }
 
+  /// GET /api/library/shuffle?limit=N (#427 S4). N random library
+  /// tracks — the online source for "Shuffle all". Bare JSON array.
+  Future<List<TrackRef>> shuffle({int limit = 100}) async {
+    final r = await _dio.get<List<dynamic>>(
+      '/api/library/shuffle',
+      queryParameters: {'limit': limit},
+    );
+    final raw = r.data ?? const [];
+    return raw
+        .map((e) => TrackRef.fromJson((e as Map).cast<String, dynamic>()))
+        .toList(growable: false);
+  }
+
   /// GET /api/artists/{id}/tracks. Server emits a bare JSON array, so we
   /// type the response as `List<dynamic>` rather than a Map envelope.
   Future<List<TrackRef>> getArtistTracks(String id) async {

flutter_client/lib/api/endpoints/playlists.dart

@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ class PlaylistsApi {
     return PlaylistDetail.fromJson(r.data ?? const {});
   }
 
+  /// GET /api/playlists/system/{kind}/shuffle (#415 / #411 R2).
+  /// Same shape as get() but tracks are server-ordered rotation-aware
+  /// (unplayed-this-rotation first; resets when exhausted). {kind} is
+  /// the raw system_variant. Intentionally uncached — varies per play.
+  Future<PlaylistDetail> systemShuffle(String variant) async {
+    final r = await _dio.get<Map<String, dynamic>>(
+      '/api/playlists/system/$variant/shuffle',
+    );
+    return PlaylistDetail.fromJson(r.data ?? const {});
+  }
+
   /// POST /api/playlists/{id}/tracks. Owner only; server returns the
   /// playlist detail with the new rows.
   Future<void> appendTracks(String playlistId, List<String> trackIds) async {
@@ -53,4 +64,17 @@ class PlaylistsApi {
       data: {'track_ids': trackIds},
     );
   }
+
+  /// POST /api/playlists/system/{kind}/refresh (#411 R2). Rebuilds
+  /// the caller's system playlists and returns the named kind's new
+  /// playlist id, or null when the library is empty. {kind} is the
+  /// raw system_variant — the server routes generically off the
+  /// kind registry, no hyphen mapping.
+  Future<String?> refreshSystem(String variant) async {
+    final r = await _dio.post<Map<String, dynamic>>(
+      '/api/playlists/system/$variant/refresh',
+      data: const <String, dynamic>{},
+    );
+    return (r.data ?? const {})['playlist_id'] as String?;
+  }
 }

flutter_client/lib/app.dart

@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
 
+import 'cache/cache_filler.dart';
 import 'cache/metadata_prefetcher.dart';
+import 'cache/offline_provider.dart';
+import 'cache/mutation_queue.dart';
 import 'cache/prefetcher.dart';
 import 'cache/sync_controller.dart';
+import 'player/play_events_reporter.dart';
 import 'shared/live_events_dispatcher.dart';
 import 'shared/routing.dart';
 import 'theme/theme_data.dart';
@@ -39,6 +43,29 @@ class _MinstrelAppState extends ConsumerState<MinstrelApp> {
       // arrive. Also installs an AppLifecycleState observer for
       // resume-time defensive invalidation.
       ref.read(liveEventsDispatcherProvider);
+      // Cache filler: background sweeper that walks cached_artists
+      // / cached_albums for missing relations and fetches the
+      // per-entity detail so tapping an artist surfaces albums
+      // immediately (drift hit, no /api/artists/:id round-trip at
+      // tap time). First sweep 10s after launch; every 5 minutes
+      // thereafter. Throttled 200ms between requests so it never
+      // competes with user activity.
+      ref.read(cacheFillerProvider);
+      // Mutation replayer: drains the cached_mutations queue when
+      // connectivity comes back. Controllers (LikesController,
+      // MyQuarantineController, the add-to-playlist + request flows)
+      // enqueue on REST failure so user intent persists across
+      // network loss instead of getting rolled back.
+      ref.read(mutationReplayerProvider);
+      // Play-events reporter (#415): the Flutter client otherwise
+      // reports no plays at all — this feeds history, recommendation
+      // scoring, scrobbles, and system-playlist rotation, and is the
+      // path that carries the `source` tag for #415.
+      ref.read(playEventsReporterProvider);
+      // Offline marker (#427 S1): periodic /healthz reachability
+      // probe → offlineProvider. Read here to start the poller; S4
+      // gates system-playlist play + Shuffle-all on it.
+      ref.read(offlineProvider);
     });
   }
 

flutter_client/lib/cache/adapters.dart

@@ -17,10 +17,21 @@ import '../models/track.dart';
 import 'db.dart';
 
 extension CachedArtistAdapter on CachedArtist {
-  ArtistRef toRef() => ArtistRef(
+  /// `coverAlbumId` lets the caller pass a representative album id so
+  /// the ArtistRef carries a reconstructed `/api/albums/<id>/cover`
+  /// URL. cached_artists doesn't store this directly — the server
+  /// derives it from the most-recent album at query time — so drift
+  /// readers that want the cover URL join cached_albums and pass the
+  /// first album's id through. Empty string yields empty coverUrl,
+  /// matching the server's behavior for endpoints that don't carry
+  /// the lookup (artist detail, search, raw cached_artists row reads).
+  ArtistRef toRef({String coverAlbumId = ''}) => ArtistRef(
         id: id,
         name: name,
         sortName: sortName,
+        coverUrl: coverAlbumId.isNotEmpty
+            ? '/api/albums/$coverAlbumId/cover'
+            : '',
       );
 }
 

flutter_client/lib/cache/audio_cache_manager.dart

@@ -8,15 +8,20 @@ import 'package:path_provider/path_provider.dart';
 import '../library/library_providers.dart' show dioProvider;
 import 'db.dart';
 
+/// Per-bucket cache usage (#427 S2). Rolling includes orphan files —
+/// partials written by LockCachingAudioSource that were never indexed
+/// (skip-before-fully-buffered) — so the rolling cap actually bounds
+/// disk.
+typedef BucketUsage = ({int liked, int rolling});
+
 /// Owns the audio cache directory + drift index.
-/// API:
-///   - isCached(trackId)
-///   - pathFor(trackId)
-///   - pin(trackId, source) — downloads + indexes
-///   - unpin(trackId)
-///   - evict(targetBytes) — tiered LRU
-///   - usageBytes()
-///   - clearAll()
+///
+/// #427 S2: two storage buckets keyed by liked-ness, not by
+/// CacheSource. A cached track currently in the user's liked set is
+/// charged to (and evicted under) the Liked budget; everything else
+/// is Rolling. This dedup is storage/eviction-only — it never filters
+/// what the offline surfaces can play (S4). `CacheSource` is retained
+/// on the API for callers but is now informational.
 class AudioCacheManager {
   AudioCacheManager({
     required AppDb db,
@@ -37,7 +42,6 @@ class AudioCacheManager {
     return d.path;
   }
 
-  /// True if the trackId has a complete file on disk.
   Future<bool> isCached(String trackId) async {
     final row = await (_db.select(_db.audioCacheIndex)
           ..where((t) => t.trackId.equals(trackId)))
@@ -46,7 +50,6 @@ class AudioCacheManager {
     return File(row.path).existsSync();
   }
 
-  /// Returns the local file path if cached, else null.
   Future<String?> pathFor(String trackId) async {
     final row = await (_db.select(_db.audioCacheIndex)
           ..where((t) => t.trackId.equals(trackId)))
@@ -55,12 +58,14 @@ class AudioCacheManager {
     return File(row.path).existsSync() ? row.path : null;
   }
 
-  /// Downloads the track's stream to disk and indexes it. Idempotent —
-  /// returns the existing path if already cached.
+  /// Downloads the track's stream to disk and indexes it. Idempotent.
+  /// lastPlayedAt is set now — pinning is play-intent.
   Future<String?> pin(String trackId, {required CacheSource source}) async {
     final existing = await pathFor(trackId);
-    if (existing != null) return existing;
-
+    if (existing != null) {
+      await touch(trackId);
+      return existing;
+    }
     final dir = await _tracksDir();
     final path = '$dir/$trackId.mp3';
     final dio = await _dioFactory();
@@ -78,16 +83,15 @@ class AudioCacheManager {
             path: path,
             sizeBytes: size,
             source: source,
+            lastPlayedAt: Value(DateTime.now()),
           ),
         );
     return path;
   }
 
-  /// Registers a file already on disk in the cache index. Intended for
-  /// the streaming path (LockCachingAudioSource) which writes the file
-  /// itself; we need an index row so eviction can find and delete it
-  /// when usage exceeds the cap. `source` defaults to incidental so
-  /// stream-cached tracks are first to be evicted.
+  /// Registers a file LockCachingAudioSource wrote itself. Called
+  /// once a track is fully buffered; it's being played, so stamp
+  /// lastPlayedAt.
   Future<void> registerStreamCache(
     String trackId,
     String path,
@@ -100,11 +104,20 @@ class AudioCacheManager {
             path: path,
             sizeBytes: sizeBytes,
             source: source,
+            lastPlayedAt: Value(DateTime.now()),
           ),
         );
   }
 
-  /// Removes a track from the index AND deletes the file.
+  /// Bumps lastPlayedAt for an already-indexed track so the rolling
+  /// LRU + the offline "Recently played" view reflect real plays
+  /// (not just download time). No-op if not indexed.
+  Future<void> touch(String trackId) async {
+    await (_db.update(_db.audioCacheIndex)
+          ..where((t) => t.trackId.equals(trackId)))
+        .write(AudioCacheIndexCompanion(lastPlayedAt: Value(DateTime.now())));
+  }
+
   Future<void> unpin(String trackId) async {
     final row = await (_db.select(_db.audioCacheIndex)
           ..where((t) => t.trackId.equals(trackId)))
@@ -117,66 +130,150 @@ class AudioCacheManager {
         .go();
   }
 
-  /// Total bytes used by the cache. Walks the cache directory directly
-  /// instead of summing the index, because the streaming-as-you-play
-  /// path (audio_handler's LockCachingAudioSource) writes files
-  /// without registering an index row. The index sum would always
-  /// understate (often to zero) for users who only stream.
+  /// Total bytes on disk (directory walk — authoritative; catches
+  /// orphan partials the index misses).
   Future<int> usageBytes() async {
     final dir = Directory(await _tracksDir());
     if (!await dir.exists()) return 0;
     var total = 0;
-    await for (final entity in dir.list(followLinks: false)) {
-      if (entity is File) {
+    await for (final e in dir.list(followLinks: false)) {
+      if (e is File) {
         try {
-          total += await entity.length();
-        } catch (_) {
-          // Race against concurrent writes / deletes — just skip.
-        }
+          total += await e.length();
+        } catch (_) {}
       }
     }
     return total;
   }
 
-  /// Evicts files until usage ≤ targetBytes. Eviction order:
-  /// incidental → autoPrefetch → autoPlaylist → autoLiked.
-  /// `manual` never evicts via this path; only clearAll() removes them.
-  Future<void> evict({required int targetBytes}) async {
-    final used = await usageBytes();
-    if (used <= targetBytes) return;
-    final order = [
-      CacheSource.incidental,
-      CacheSource.autoPrefetch,
-      CacheSource.autoPlaylist,
-      CacheSource.autoLiked,
-    ];
-    int remaining = used - targetBytes;
-    for (final src in order) {
-      if (remaining <= 0) break;
-      final rows = await (_db.select(_db.audioCacheIndex)
-            ..where((t) => t.source.equalsValue(src))
-            ..orderBy([(t) => OrderingTerm.asc(t.cachedAt)]))
+  /// Bytes per bucket. Indexed rows split by liked-ness; on-disk
+  /// files with no index row (orphan partials) count as Rolling so
+  /// the rolling cap genuinely bounds disk.
+  Future<BucketUsage> bucketUsage(Set<String> liked) async {
+    final rows = await _db.select(_db.audioCacheIndex).get();
+    final indexed = <String>{};
+    var likedB = 0;
+    var rollingB = 0;
+    for (final r in rows) {
+      indexed.add(r.trackId);
+      if (liked.contains(r.trackId)) {
+        likedB += r.sizeBytes;
+      } else {
+        rollingB += r.sizeBytes;
+      }
+    }
+    final dir = Directory(await _tracksDir());
+    if (await dir.exists()) {
+      await for (final e in dir.list(followLinks: false)) {
+        if (e is! File) continue;
+        final name = e.uri.pathSegments.last;
+        final id = name.endsWith('.mp3')
+            ? name.substring(0, name.length - 4)
+            : name;
+        if (indexed.contains(id)) continue;
+        try {
+          rollingB += await e.length();
+        } catch (_) {}
+      }
+    }
+    return (liked: likedB, rolling: rollingB);
+  }
+
+  /// Enforces both budgets independently (0 = unlimited).
+  ///
+  /// Rolling: evict non-liked indexed rows LRU (oldest lastPlayedAt
+  /// /cachedAt first), then sweep orphan files oldest-by-mtime, until
+  /// rolling usage ≤ rollingCap. Liked: evict liked indexed rows LRU
+  /// until ≤ likedCap. Liked is only ever touched by its own (large)
+  /// cap, so normal use never evicts the user's liked library.
+  Future<void> evictBuckets({
+    required int likedCap,
+    required int rollingCap,
+    required Set<String> liked,
+  }) async {
+    final usage = await bucketUsage(liked);
+
+    if (rollingCap > 0 && usage.rolling > rollingCap) {
+      var over = usage.rolling - rollingCap;
+      final rolling = await (_db.select(_db.audioCacheIndex)
+            ..where((t) => t.trackId.isNotIn(liked.toList()))
+            ..orderBy([
+              (t) => OrderingTerm.asc(t.lastPlayedAt),
+              (t) => OrderingTerm.asc(t.cachedAt),
+            ]))
           .get();
-      for (final row in rows) {
-        if (remaining <= 0) break;
-        final f = File(row.path);
+      for (final r in rolling) {
+        if (over <= 0) break;
+        final f = File(r.path);
         if (f.existsSync()) await f.delete();
         await (_db.delete(_db.audioCacheIndex)
-              ..where((t) => t.trackId.equals(row.trackId)))
+              ..where((t) => t.trackId.equals(r.trackId)))
             .go();
-        remaining -= row.sizeBytes;
+        over -= r.sizeBytes;
+      }
+      if (over > 0) await _sweepOrphans(over);
+    }
+
+    if (likedCap > 0 && usage.liked > likedCap) {
+      var over = usage.liked - likedCap;
+      final likedRows = await (_db.select(_db.audioCacheIndex)
+            ..where((t) => t.trackId.isIn(liked.toList()))
+            ..orderBy([
+              (t) => OrderingTerm.asc(t.lastPlayedAt),
+              (t) => OrderingTerm.asc(t.cachedAt),
+            ]))
+          .get();
+      for (final r in likedRows) {
+        if (over <= 0) break;
+        final f = File(r.path);
+        if (f.existsSync()) await f.delete();
+        await (_db.delete(_db.audioCacheIndex)
+              ..where((t) => t.trackId.equals(r.trackId)))
+            .go();
+        over -= r.sizeBytes;
       }
     }
   }
 
-  /// Clears EVERY row + EVERY file. Wired to the operator's "Clear cache"
-  /// button — `manual` source rows are removed here but only here.
+  /// Deletes orphan files (on disk, no index row) oldest-mtime-first
+  /// until `over` bytes are reclaimed. These are unindexed partials,
+  /// always Rolling, always evict-first.
+  Future<void> _sweepOrphans(int over) async {
+    final indexed = {
+      for (final r in await _db.select(_db.audioCacheIndex).get()) r.trackId
+    };
+    final dir = Directory(await _tracksDir());
+    if (!await dir.exists()) return;
+    final orphans = <({File f, int size, DateTime mtime})>[];
+    await for (final e in dir.list(followLinks: false)) {
+      if (e is! File) continue;
+      final name = e.uri.pathSegments.last;
+      final id =
+          name.endsWith('.mp3') ? name.substring(0, name.length - 4) : name;
+      if (indexed.contains(id)) continue;
+      try {
+        final st = e.statSync();
+        orphans.add((f: e, size: st.size, mtime: st.modified));
+      } catch (_) {}
+    }
+    orphans.sort((a, b) => a.mtime.compareTo(b.mtime));
+    var remaining = over;
+    for (final o in orphans) {
+      if (remaining <= 0) break;
+      try {
+        await o.f.delete();
+        remaining -= o.size;
+      } catch (_) {}
+    }
+  }
+
+  /// Clears EVERY row + EVERY file. Wired to "Clear cache".
   Future<void> clearAll() async {
     final dir = await _tracksDir();
     final d = Directory(dir);
     if (d.existsSync()) {
-      for (final entity in d.listSync()) {
-        if (entity is File) await entity.delete();
+      for (final e in d.listSync()) {
+        if (e is File) await e.delete();
       }
     }
     await _db.delete(_db.audioCacheIndex).go();

flutter_client/lib/cache/cache_filler.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
+// Background metadata sweeper that walks the drift cache for missing
+// relations and fills them via /api/artists/:id + /api/albums/:id.
+// Cover bytes for newly-filled albums are pre-warmed too so the
+// per-tile display path doesn't have to wait on network.
+//
+// Why this layer on top of SyncController and HydrationQueue:
+//   - SyncController.sync only ingests entities the server emitted
+//     into the library_changes delta for this user. For a fresh
+//     install, that's everything; for an existing user, only recent
+//     changes. The per-artist album list and per-album track list
+//     are NOT in those deltas — they're derived at query time.
+//   - HydrationQueue fills these lazily on tile render. CacheFiller
+//     fills them proactively on a slow schedule so tapping an artist
+//     surfaces albums immediately instead of triggering a fresh
+//     /api/artists/:id at tap time.
+//
+// Pacing is conservative — 200ms between requests, max 200 entities
+// per sweep, 5-minute interval. Designed to never compete with user
+// activity. Wall time on a 1000-artist library: ~3-4 minutes spread
+// over multiple sweeps.
+
+import 'dart:async';
+
+import 'package:drift/drift.dart' show Variable;
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart' show debugPrint;
+import 'package:flutter_cache_manager/flutter_cache_manager.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
+
+import '../auth/auth_provider.dart'
+    show serverUrlProvider, sessionTokenProvider;
+import '../cache/adapters.dart';
+import '../cache/audio_cache_manager.dart' show appDbProvider;
+import '../cache/connectivity_provider.dart';
+import '../library/library_providers.dart' show libraryApiProvider;
+
+class CacheFiller {
+  CacheFiller(this._ref);
+  final Ref _ref;
+
+  Timer? _initialTimer;
+  Timer? _intervalTimer;
+  bool _running = false;
+  bool _disposed = false;
+
+  /// Delay between launch and the first sweep. Long enough for
+  /// SyncController to land its initial /api/library/sync so the
+  /// CacheFiller's "unfilled relations" query has meaningful work.
+  static const _initialDelay = Duration(seconds: 10);
+
+  /// Cadence between sweeps. Once a sweep finds nothing to do (steady
+  /// state) the interval becomes a cheap drift query + early exit.
+  static const _interval = Duration(minutes: 5);
+
+  /// Throttle between per-entity REST requests so the filler doesn't
+  /// saturate the server or compete with user-initiated playback.
+  static const _requestThrottle = Duration(milliseconds: 200);
+
+  /// Per-sweep cap. Without this, a fresh install with thousands of
+  /// artists would tie up the network for many minutes in one go.
+  /// The next sweep continues where this one left off (the WHERE
+  /// NOT EXISTS query naturally skips already-filled rows).
+  static const _maxIdsPerSweep = 200;
+
+  void start() {
+    _initialTimer = Timer(_initialDelay, _sweep);
+    _intervalTimer = Timer.periodic(_interval, (_) => _sweep());
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _sweep() async {
+    if (_disposed || _running) return;
+    final online = await _ref
+        .read(connectivityProvider.future)
+        .timeout(const Duration(seconds: 3), onTimeout: () => true);
+    if (!online) return;
+    _running = true;
+    try {
+      await _fillArtists();
+      if (_disposed) return;
+      await _fillAlbums();
+    } catch (e, st) {
+      debugPrint('cache_filler: sweep failed: $e\n$st');
+    } finally {
+      _running = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /// Find artists with no albums in cache and fetch /api/artists/:id
+  /// for each (single round-trip yields artist + albums via the new
+  /// getArtistDetail API method). Newly-discovered album covers
+  /// land in flutter_cache_manager's disk cache too so the next
+  /// visit to the artist's albums grid paints from disk.
+  Future<void> _fillArtists() async {
+    final db = _ref.read(appDbProvider);
+    final rows = await db.customSelect(
+      '''
+      SELECT a.id FROM cached_artists a
+      WHERE NOT EXISTS (
+        SELECT 1 FROM cached_albums b WHERE b.artist_id = a.id
+      )
+      LIMIT ?
+      ''',
+      variables: [Variable.withInt(_maxIdsPerSweep)],
+    ).get();
+    final ids = rows.map((r) => r.read<String>('id')).toList();
+    if (ids.isEmpty) return;
+
+    final api = await _ref.read(libraryApiProvider.future);
+    final newAlbumIds = <String>[];
+
+    for (final id in ids) {
+      if (_disposed) return;
+      try {
+        final detail = await api.getArtistDetail(id);
+        await db.transaction(() async {
+          await db
+              .into(db.cachedArtists)
+              .insertOnConflictUpdate(detail.artist.toDrift());
+          if (detail.albums.isNotEmpty) {
+            await db.batch((b) {
+              b.insertAllOnConflictUpdate(
+                db.cachedAlbums,
+                detail.albums.map((a) => a.toDrift()).toList(),
+              );
+            });
+            newAlbumIds.addAll(detail.albums.map((a) => a.id));
+          }
+        });
+      } catch (e) {
+        debugPrint('cache_filler: fillArtist($id) failed: $e');
+      }
+      await Future.delayed(_requestThrottle);
+    }
+
+    if (newAlbumIds.isNotEmpty) {
+      await _prewarmCovers(newAlbumIds);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /// Find albums with no tracks in cache and fetch /api/albums/:id
+  /// for each. The bulk response carries the album's track list which
+  /// we persist into cached_tracks for instant album detail render
+  /// on the next visit.
+  Future<void> _fillAlbums() async {
+    final db = _ref.read(appDbProvider);
+    final rows = await db.customSelect(
+      '''
+      SELECT a.id FROM cached_albums a
+      WHERE NOT EXISTS (
+        SELECT 1 FROM cached_tracks t WHERE t.album_id = a.id
+      )
+      LIMIT ?
+      ''',
+      variables: [Variable.withInt(_maxIdsPerSweep)],
+    ).get();
+    final ids = rows.map((r) => r.read<String>('id')).toList();
+    if (ids.isEmpty) return;
+
+    final api = await _ref.read(libraryApiProvider.future);
+    for (final id in ids) {
+      if (_disposed) return;
+      try {
+        final result = await api.getAlbum(id);
+        if (result.tracks.isNotEmpty) {
+          await db.batch((b) {
+            b.insertAllOnConflictUpdate(
+              db.cachedTracks,
+              result.tracks.map((t) => t.toDrift()).toList(),
+            );
+          });
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        debugPrint('cache_filler: fillAlbum($id) failed: $e');
+      }
+      await Future.delayed(_requestThrottle);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /// Pre-warm album cover bytes via flutter_cache_manager so the
+  /// per-tile ServerImage / CachedNetworkImage paints from disk on
+  /// the user's first visit. Mirrors SyncController's prewarm
+  /// helper — duplicated here intentionally to keep this file self-
+  /// contained; a shared helper can come out of #357 follow-up if
+  /// the duplication grows.
+  Future<void> _prewarmCovers(List<String> albumIds) async {
+    final baseUrl = await _ref.read(serverUrlProvider.future);
+    if (baseUrl == null || baseUrl.isEmpty) return;
+    final token = await _ref.read(sessionTokenProvider.future);
+    final headers = (token != null && token.isNotEmpty)
+        ? {'Authorization': 'Bearer $token'}
+        : <String, String>{};
+    final base = baseUrl.endsWith('/')
+        ? baseUrl.substring(0, baseUrl.length - 1)
+        : baseUrl;
+    final mgr = DefaultCacheManager();
+
+    var idx = 0;
+    Future<void> worker() async {
+      while (idx < albumIds.length) {
+        if (_disposed) return;
+        final i = idx++;
+        try {
+          await mgr.downloadFile(
+            '$base/api/albums/${albumIds[i]}/cover',
+            authHeaders: headers,
+          );
+        } catch (_) {
+          // Best-effort prewarm — 404 (missing collage) and 401
+          // (token refresh races) shouldn't abort the rest.
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Concurrency 3 — same as SyncController's prewarm. Covers are
+    // small enough that more parallelism doesn't help much and
+    // burns radio.
+    await Future.wait(List.generate(3, (_) => worker()));
+  }
+
+  void dispose() {
+    _disposed = true;
+    _initialTimer?.cancel();
+    _intervalTimer?.cancel();
+  }
+}
+
+/// Read once at app start (from app.dart's postFrameCallback) to
+/// activate the filler. Disposed via ref.onDispose when the provider
+/// scope tears down; in practice the scope lives for the app's
+/// lifetime so dispose only fires on uninstall / process death.
+final cacheFillerProvider = Provider<CacheFiller>((ref) {
+  final filler = CacheFiller(ref);
+  ref.onDispose(filler.dispose);
+  filler.start();
+  return filler;
+});

flutter_client/lib/cache/cache_first.dart

@@ -48,9 +48,22 @@ Stream<T> cacheFirst<D, T>({
   // drift re-emission (otherwise the populate cycles forever).
   var revalidated = false;
 
+  // Tracks whether we've already tried a cold-cache fetch on this
+  // subscription. Without this, providers can spin forever in the
+  // rows-empty branch when fetchAndPopulate writes rows that don't
+  // match THIS filter — e.g. three liked-tab streams sharing one
+  // populate: the track populate writes track-typed rows, drift
+  // watch fires for the cached_likes table, the album stream
+  // re-emits with rows-empty (no album likes), the rows-empty
+  // branch re-fires populate, repeats forever. Setting this guard
+  // makes the first fetch attempt also the last for any given
+  // subscription.
+  var coldFetchAttempted = false;
+
   await for (final rows in driftStream) {
     if (rows.isNotEmpty) {
       yield toResult(rows);
+      coldFetchAttempted = true;
       // Stale-while-revalidate: yield cache immediately, then kick off
       // a REST refresh in the background. Drift watch() picks up the
       // resulting writes and re-emits via this same stream loop.
@@ -62,11 +75,25 @@ Stream<T> cacheFirst<D, T>({
       }
       continue;
     }
+    // rows is empty. If we've already attempted a cold fetch and
+    // drift is still empty for this filter, yield empty so the UI
+    // shows the no-content state instead of spinning forever.
+    if (coldFetchAttempted) {
+      yield toResult(rows);
+      continue;
+    }
+    coldFetchAttempted = true;
     if (await isOnline()) {
       try {
         await fetchAndPopulate();
-        // The drift watch() stream re-emits with the populated rows on
-        // the next loop iteration. Don't yield here.
+        // Yield the current (still-empty) rows so the UI moves past
+        // loading even if populate was a no-op for this filter
+        // (server returned nothing matching, or all rows were
+        // already in drift via sync). If populate DID write rows
+        // matching this filter, the drift watch's next emission
+        // yields them via the rows.isNotEmpty branch — UI briefly
+        // shows empty then populates, instead of spinning.
+        yield toResult(rows);
       } catch (e, st) {
         if (tag != null) {
           debugPrint('cacheFirst[$tag]: fetchAndPopulate failed: $e\n$st');

flutter_client/lib/cache/cache_settings_provider.dart

@@ -3,17 +3,29 @@ import 'package:flutter_secure_storage/flutter_secure_storage.dart';
 
 import '../auth/auth_provider.dart' show secureStorageProvider;
 
-/// Operator-tunable cache settings (#357 plan B). Persisted via
+/// Operator-tunable cache settings. Persisted via
 /// flutter_secure_storage on the same device.
+///
+/// #427 S2: the single `capBytes` is replaced by two independent
+/// budgets — Liked and Rolling-recent — each defaulting to 5GB.
+/// Bucketing is by liked-ness (a cached track currently in the
+/// user's liked set is charged to Liked; everything else to
+/// Rolling), so the dedup is storage-only and never filters
+/// playback. The old `cache_cap_bytes` key is intentionally not
+/// migrated; defaults reapply (a one-time re-tune, not data loss).
 class CacheSettings {
   const CacheSettings({
-    required this.capBytes,
+    required this.likedCapBytes,
+    required this.rollingCapBytes,
     required this.prefetchWindow,
     required this.cacheLikedTracks,
   });
 
-  /// 0 = unlimited.
-  final int capBytes;
+  /// Liked-bucket budget. 0 = unlimited.
+  final int likedCapBytes;
+
+  /// Rolling (recently-played) budget. 0 = unlimited.
+  final int rollingCapBytes;
 
   /// 1..10. Number of next-tracks the prefetcher pre-downloads.
   final int prefetchWindow;
@@ -22,25 +34,31 @@ class CacheSettings {
   final bool cacheLikedTracks;
 
   CacheSettings copyWith({
-    int? capBytes,
+    int? likedCapBytes,
+    int? rollingCapBytes,
     int? prefetchWindow,
     bool? cacheLikedTracks,
   }) =>
       CacheSettings(
-        capBytes: capBytes ?? this.capBytes,
+        likedCapBytes: likedCapBytes ?? this.likedCapBytes,
+        rollingCapBytes: rollingCapBytes ?? this.rollingCapBytes,
         prefetchWindow: prefetchWindow ?? this.prefetchWindow,
         cacheLikedTracks: cacheLikedTracks ?? this.cacheLikedTracks,
       );
 
+  static const _fiveGiB = 5 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
+
   static const defaults = CacheSettings(
-    capBytes: 5 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024,
+    likedCapBytes: _fiveGiB,
+    rollingCapBytes: _fiveGiB,
     prefetchWindow: 5,
     cacheLikedTracks: true,
   );
 }
 
 class CacheSettingsController extends AsyncNotifier<CacheSettings> {
-  static const _kCap = 'cache_cap_bytes';
+  static const _kLikedCap = 'cache_liked_cap_bytes';
+  static const _kRollingCap = 'cache_rolling_cap_bytes';
   static const _kPrefetch = 'cache_prefetch_window';
   static const _kCacheLiked = 'cache_liked_tracks';
 
@@ -49,13 +67,17 @@ class CacheSettingsController extends AsyncNotifier<CacheSettings> {
   @override
   Future<CacheSettings> build() async {
     _storage = ref.read(secureStorageProvider);
-    final cap = await _storage.read(key: _kCap);
+    final likedCap = await _storage.read(key: _kLikedCap);
+    final rollingCap = await _storage.read(key: _kRollingCap);
     final pre = await _storage.read(key: _kPrefetch);
     final liked = await _storage.read(key: _kCacheLiked);
     return CacheSettings(
-      capBytes: cap == null
-          ? CacheSettings.defaults.capBytes
-          : int.tryParse(cap) ?? CacheSettings.defaults.capBytes,
+      likedCapBytes: likedCap == null
+          ? CacheSettings.defaults.likedCapBytes
+          : int.tryParse(likedCap) ?? CacheSettings.defaults.likedCapBytes,
+      rollingCapBytes: rollingCap == null
+          ? CacheSettings.defaults.rollingCapBytes
+          : int.tryParse(rollingCap) ?? CacheSettings.defaults.rollingCapBytes,
       prefetchWindow: pre == null
           ? CacheSettings.defaults.prefetchWindow
           : (int.tryParse(pre) ?? 5).clamp(1, 10),
@@ -65,9 +87,14 @@ class CacheSettingsController extends AsyncNotifier<CacheSettings> {
     );
   }
 
-  Future<void> setCapBytes(int bytes) async {
-    await _storage.write(key: _kCap, value: bytes.toString());
-    state = AsyncData(state.value!.copyWith(capBytes: bytes));
+  Future<void> setLikedCapBytes(int bytes) async {
+    await _storage.write(key: _kLikedCap, value: bytes.toString());
+    state = AsyncData(state.value!.copyWith(likedCapBytes: bytes));
+  }
+
+  Future<void> setRollingCapBytes(int bytes) async {
+    await _storage.write(key: _kRollingCap, value: bytes.toString());
+    state = AsyncData(state.value!.copyWith(rollingCapBytes: bytes));
   }
 
   Future<void> setPrefetchWindow(int n) async {

flutter_client/lib/cache/db.dart

@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ class AudioCacheIndex extends Table {
   TextColumn get path => text()();
   IntColumn get sizeBytes => integer()();
   DateTimeColumn get cachedAt => dateTime().withDefault(currentDateAndTime)();
+  /// When the track was last played. Drives the offline "Recently
+  /// played" ordering and rolling-bucket LRU eviction. Distinct from
+  /// cachedAt (download time). Nullable for pre-schema-9 rows until
+  /// the next play touches them (migration backfills to cachedAt).
+  DateTimeColumn get lastPlayedAt => dateTime().nullable()();
   TextColumn get source => textEnum<CacheSource>()();
   @override
   Set<Column> get primaryKey => {trackId};
@@ -178,6 +183,30 @@ class CachedHomeIndex extends Table {
   Set<Column> get primaryKey => {section, position};
 }
 
+/// Outbound mutation queue for offline-resilient REST calls. Likes,
+/// quarantine flag/unflag, playlist appendTracks, Lidarr request
+/// create/cancel all enqueue here on REST failure so the user's
+/// intent persists across network loss. MutationReplayer drains on
+/// connectivity transitions and a 1-minute periodic tick; entries
+/// with attempts >= 5 are skipped (the server treats them as
+/// permanent failures and library_changes sync will correct any
+/// resulting drift drift on next sync). Schema 8+.
+class CachedMutations extends Table {
+  IntColumn get id => integer().autoIncrement()();
+  /// Stable kind string (see mutation_queue.dart constants). The
+  /// replayer looks up the handler in a kind→Function map; unknown
+  /// kinds are dropped to avoid getting stuck.
+  TextColumn get kind => text()();
+  /// JSON-encoded payload — args needed to replay the REST call.
+  /// Shape depends on kind; see mutation_queue.dart.
+  TextColumn get payload => text()();
+  DateTimeColumn get createdAt => dateTime().withDefault(currentDateAndTime)();
+  /// When the last drain attempt fired against this row. Null until
+  /// the first attempt. Useful for diagnostic queries.
+  DateTimeColumn get lastAttemptAt => dateTime().nullable()();
+  IntColumn get attempts => integer().withDefault(const Constant(0))();
+}
+
 /// Caller-scoped quarantine ("hidden") rows. Mirrors the wire shape of
 /// /api/quarantine/mine — fully denormalized (track + album + artist
 /// fields inline) because the Hidden tab renders straight from this row
@@ -217,12 +246,13 @@ enum CacheSource { manual, autoLiked, autoPlaylist, autoPrefetch, incidental }
   CachedQuarantineMine,
   CachedHomeIndex,
   CachedSystemPlaylistsStatus,
+  CachedMutations,
 ])
 class AppDb extends _$AppDb {
   AppDb([QueryExecutor? e]) : super(e ?? driftDatabase(name: 'minstrel_cache'));
 
   @override
-  int get schemaVersion => 7;
+  int get schemaVersion => 9;
 
   @override
   MigrationStrategy get migration => MigrationStrategy(
@@ -270,6 +300,22 @@ class AppDb extends _$AppDb {
             // populates.
             await m.createTable(cachedSystemPlaylistsStatus);
           }
+          if (from < 8) {
+            // Schema 8: cached_mutations outbound queue. Empty on
+            // upgrade; populated by controllers when REST calls fail.
+            await m.createTable(cachedMutations);
+          }
+          if (from < 9) {
+            // Schema 9 (#427 S2): two-bucket cache. lastPlayedAt
+            // gives the offline "Recently played" view a real
+            // recency signal (cachedAt is download time, not play
+            // time). Nullable — backfilled to cachedAt so existing
+            // rows order sensibly until next play touches them.
+            await m.addColumn(audioCacheIndex, audioCacheIndex.lastPlayedAt);
+            await customStatement(
+              'UPDATE audio_cache_index SET last_played_at = cached_at',
+            );
+          }
         },
       );
 }

flutter_client/lib/cache/mutation_queue.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,311 @@
+// Outbound mutation queue for offline-resilient REST calls.
+//
+// Controllers (LikesController, MyQuarantineController, the add-to-
+// playlist sheet, the Discover request flow, the Requests cancel
+// action) write their optimistic local state to drift first and try
+// the corresponding REST call. On failure they enqueue here. The
+// replayer drains the queue when connectivity comes back; the user's
+// intent persists across network loss without rolling back their
+// visible action.
+//
+// Why this is separate from SyncController: sync ingests AUTHORITATIVE
+// SERVER state into drift. The mutation queue carries USER INTENT
+// outbound to the server. They flow in opposite directions and
+// shouldn't be conflated — sync wins on conflict (server is the
+// source of truth), and a mutation that fails forever (5 attempts)
+// is dropped on the trust that next sync will reconcile drift to
+// match the server's actual state.
+//
+// Drop semantics: 5 attempts then drop. The drop is intentional —
+// holding onto a forever-failing mutation just delays sync's
+// reconciliation. The user's optimistic drift state will diverge
+// from server, and the next library_changes delta corrects it.
+
+import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:convert';
+
+import 'package:dio/dio.dart' show DioException, DioExceptionType;
+import 'package:drift/drift.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart' show debugPrint;
+import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
+
+import '../api/endpoints/discover.dart';
+import '../api/endpoints/events.dart';
+import '../api/endpoints/likes.dart';
+import '../library/library_providers.dart' show dioProvider;
+import '../likes/likes_provider.dart' show likesApiProvider;
+import '../models/lidarr.dart' show LidarrRequestKind;
+import '../playlists/playlists_provider.dart' show playlistsApiProvider;
+import '../quarantine/quarantine_provider.dart' show quarantineApiProvider;
+import '../requests/requests_provider.dart' show requestsApiProvider;
+import 'audio_cache_manager.dart' show appDbProvider;
+import 'connectivity_provider.dart';
+import 'db.dart';
+
+/// Stable kind constants. Each controller emits one of these via
+/// MutationQueue.enqueue; the replayer dispatches by kind.
+class MutationKinds {
+  MutationKinds._();
+  static const likeAdd = 'like.add';
+  static const likeRemove = 'like.remove';
+  static const quarantineFlag = 'quarantine.flag';
+  static const quarantineUnflag = 'quarantine.unflag';
+  static const playlistAppend = 'playlist.append';
+  static const requestCreate = 'request.create';
+  static const requestCancel = 'request.cancel';
+  static const playOffline = 'play.offline';
+}
+
+class MutationQueue {
+  MutationQueue(this._ref);
+  final Ref _ref;
+
+  /// Persist a mutation for replay. Caller has already done the
+  /// optimistic local mutation (drift write, in-memory state update)
+  /// — this only records the REST call that needs to fire eventually.
+  Future<void> enqueue(String kind, Map<String, dynamic> payload) async {
+    final db = _ref.read(appDbProvider);
+    await db.into(db.cachedMutations).insert(
+          CachedMutationsCompanion.insert(
+            kind: kind,
+            payload: jsonEncode(payload),
+          ),
+        );
+    // Nudge the replayer in case we're online right now.
+    unawaited(_ref.read(mutationReplayerProvider).drain());
+  }
+
+  /// Count of pending mutations (attempts < 5). Diagnostic / future
+  /// UI surface for a "syncing N pending changes" indicator.
+  Future<int> pendingCount() async {
+    final db = _ref.read(appDbProvider);
+    final rows = await db.customSelect(
+      'SELECT COUNT(*) AS c FROM cached_mutations WHERE attempts < 5',
+    ).get();
+    return rows.first.read<int>('c');
+  }
+}
+
+final mutationQueueProvider =
+    Provider<MutationQueue>((ref) => MutationQueue(ref));
+
+class MutationReplayer {
+  MutationReplayer(this._ref);
+  final Ref _ref;
+
+  Timer? _initialTimer;
+  Timer? _intervalTimer;
+  bool _running = false;
+  bool _disposed = false;
+
+  /// Periodic poll cadence. The connectivity listener catches most
+  /// transitions; this is the belt-and-suspenders for cases where
+  /// connectivity_plus misses a state change (e.g. flaky Wi-Fi).
+  static const _interval = Duration(minutes: 1);
+
+  /// Max replay attempts before we drop a mutation. 5 is enough to
+  /// span a few reconnection cycles without holding onto a forever-
+  /// broken request. See file header for the drop rationale.
+  static const _maxAttempts = 5;
+
+  void start() {
+    // Drain shortly after launch in case there are queued mutations
+    // from a prior session that died offline. 3s lets the auth +
+    // server-url + dio providers finish their async warmup.
+    _initialTimer = Timer(const Duration(seconds: 3), drain);
+    // Periodic ticker is the only reconnect signal. We previously had
+    // a ref.listen(connectivityProvider, …) edge trigger here, but
+    // subscribing at start-time eagerly mounted the connectivity
+    // StreamProvider and leaked its initial-timeout Timer through
+    // tests that never reach the auth state. The drain() loop itself
+    // gates on connectivity via the .future read below.
+    _intervalTimer = Timer.periodic(_interval, (_) => drain());
+  }
+
+  /// Walk the queue oldest-first, replaying each mutation. Stops on
+  /// any transient network error (we'll retry on the next tick); a
+  /// permanent error (404 etc.) increments the attempt counter and
+  /// moves on to the next mutation. This is public so MutationQueue.
+  /// enqueue can trigger an immediate attempt after writing.
+  Future<void> drain() async {
+    if (_disposed || _running) return;
+    final online = await _ref
+        .read(connectivityProvider.future)
+        .timeout(const Duration(seconds: 3), onTimeout: () => true);
+    if (!online) return;
+    _running = true;
+    try {
+      while (!_disposed) {
+        final db = _ref.read(appDbProvider);
+        final next = await (db.select(db.cachedMutations)
+              ..where((t) => t.attempts.isSmallerThanValue(_maxAttempts))
+              ..orderBy([(t) => OrderingTerm.asc(t.createdAt)])
+              ..limit(1))
+            .getSingleOrNull();
+        if (next == null) break;
+
+        final handler = _handlers[next.kind];
+        if (handler == null) {
+          debugPrint('mutation_replayer: unknown kind ${next.kind}, dropping');
+          await (db.delete(db.cachedMutations)
+                ..where((t) => t.id.equals(next.id)))
+              .go();
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        Map<String, dynamic> payload;
+        try {
+          payload = jsonDecode(next.payload) as Map<String, dynamic>;
+        } catch (e) {
+          debugPrint('mutation_replayer: bad payload for ${next.kind}: $e');
+          await (db.delete(db.cachedMutations)
+                ..where((t) => t.id.equals(next.id)))
+              .go();
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        try {
+          await handler(_ref, payload);
+          await (db.delete(db.cachedMutations)
+                ..where((t) => t.id.equals(next.id)))
+              .go();
+        } on DioException catch (e) {
+          await (db.update(db.cachedMutations)
+                ..where((t) => t.id.equals(next.id)))
+              .write(CachedMutationsCompanion(
+            attempts: Value(next.attempts + 1),
+            lastAttemptAt: Value(DateTime.now()),
+          ));
+          if (_isTransient(e)) {
+            // Network is flaky again — bail and try the whole queue
+            // later. The current mutation will be retried next tick.
+            break;
+          }
+          // Permanent failure (4xx/5xx with a real response). Leave
+          // the row with bumped attempts and move on to the next so
+          // one bad mutation doesn't block the others.
+        } catch (e, st) {
+          debugPrint('mutation_replayer: unexpected error: $e\n$st');
+          await (db.update(db.cachedMutations)
+                ..where((t) => t.id.equals(next.id)))
+              .write(CachedMutationsCompanion(
+            attempts: Value(next.attempts + 1),
+            lastAttemptAt: Value(DateTime.now()),
+          ));
+        }
+      }
+    } finally {
+      _running = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  bool _isTransient(DioException e) {
+    switch (e.type) {
+      case DioExceptionType.connectionError:
+      case DioExceptionType.connectionTimeout:
+      case DioExceptionType.sendTimeout:
+      case DioExceptionType.receiveTimeout:
+        return true;
+      default:
+        return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  void dispose() {
+    _disposed = true;
+    _initialTimer?.cancel();
+    _intervalTimer?.cancel();
+  }
+}
+
+final mutationReplayerProvider = Provider<MutationReplayer>((ref) {
+  final r = MutationReplayer(ref);
+  ref.onDispose(r.dispose);
+  r.start();
+  return r;
+});
+
+/// Type signature for kind-specific replay handlers.
+typedef _Handler = Future<void> Function(Ref, Map<String, dynamic>);
+
+/// Kind → handler dispatch. Each handler decodes its payload and
+/// re-fires the original REST call. Throws on failure (caught by the
+/// replayer's drain loop above).
+///
+/// Payload shapes (see also enqueue call sites for the writer side):
+/// * like.add / like.remove: {'kind': 'track'|'album'|'artist', 'id': uuid}
+/// * quarantine.flag: {'trackId': uuid, 'reason': str, 'notes': str}
+/// * quarantine.unflag: {'trackId': uuid}
+/// * playlist.append: {'playlistId': uuid, 'trackIds': [uuid, …]}
+/// * request.create: {full createRequest args; see DiscoverApi}
+/// * request.cancel: {'id': uuid}
+/// * play.offline: {'trackId': uuid, 'clientId': str, 'at': iso8601,
+///   'durationPlayedMs': int, 'source'?: 'for_you'|'discover'}
+final Map<String, _Handler> _handlers = {
+  MutationKinds.likeAdd: (ref, p) async {
+    final api = await ref.read(likesApiProvider.future);
+    await api.like(_likeKindFromString(p['kind'] as String), p['id'] as String);
+  },
+  MutationKinds.likeRemove: (ref, p) async {
+    final api = await ref.read(likesApiProvider.future);
+    await api.unlike(
+        _likeKindFromString(p['kind'] as String), p['id'] as String);
+  },
+  MutationKinds.quarantineFlag: (ref, p) async {
+    final api = await ref.read(quarantineApiProvider.future);
+    await api.flag(
+      p['trackId'] as String,
+      p['reason'] as String,
+      notes: (p['notes'] as String?) ?? '',
+    );
+  },
+  MutationKinds.quarantineUnflag: (ref, p) async {
+    final api = await ref.read(quarantineApiProvider.future);
+    await api.unflag(p['trackId'] as String);
+  },
+  MutationKinds.playlistAppend: (ref, p) async {
+    final api = await ref.read(playlistsApiProvider.future);
+    final ids = (p['trackIds'] as List).cast<String>();
+    await api.appendTracks(p['playlistId'] as String, ids);
+  },
+  MutationKinds.requestCreate: (ref, p) async {
+    final dio = await ref.read(dioProvider.future);
+    final api = DiscoverApi(dio);
+    await api.createRequest(
+      kind: _lidarrKindFromString(p['kind'] as String),
+      artistMbid: p['artistMbid'] as String,
+      artistName: p['artistName'] as String,
+      albumMbid: p['albumMbid'] as String?,
+      albumTitle: p['albumTitle'] as String?,
+      trackMbid: p['trackMbid'] as String?,
+      trackTitle: p['trackTitle'] as String?,
+    );
+  },
+  MutationKinds.requestCancel: (ref, p) async {
+    final api = await ref.read(requestsApiProvider.future);
+    await api.cancel(p['id'] as String);
+  },
+  MutationKinds.playOffline: (ref, p) async {
+    final dio = await ref.read(dioProvider.future);
+    final api = EventsApi(dio);
+    await api.playOffline(
+      trackId: p['trackId'] as String,
+      clientId: p['clientId'] as String,
+      atIso: p['at'] as String,
+      durationPlayedMs: (p['durationPlayedMs'] as num).toInt(),
+      source: p['source'] as String?,
+    );
+  },
+};
+
+LikeKind _likeKindFromString(String s) => switch (s) {
+      'album' => LikeKind.album,
+      'artist' => LikeKind.artist,
+      _ => LikeKind.track,
+    };
+
+LidarrRequestKind _lidarrKindFromString(String s) => switch (s) {
+      'album' => LidarrRequestKind.album,
+      'track' => LidarrRequestKind.track,
+      _ => LidarrRequestKind.artist,
+    };

flutter_client/lib/cache/offline_provider.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+// Reachability-based offline marker (#427 S1).
+//
+// `connectivityProvider` only knows whether a network *interface* is
+// up — not whether the Minstrel server is actually reachable (captive
+// portals, server down, DNS, VPN-only routes all read "online"). This
+// is the single source of truth other features gate on: offline =
+// the server failed its /healthz probe N times in a row; recovery on
+// the first success.
+//
+// Deliberately NOT coupled to connectivityProvider: subscribing to
+// that StreamProvider eagerly mounts its 2s checkConnectivity timeout
+// and leaks a pending Timer through widget tests that never reach the
+// auth state (the bug fixed for MutationReplayer). /healthz failing
+// already covers interface-down — it just fails the probe.
+//
+// Optimistic: assume online until proven offline, so a cold launch
+// behaves normally and only flips after sustained unreachability.
+
+import 'dart:async';
+
+import 'package:dio/dio.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
+
+import '../api/endpoints/health.dart';
+import '../library/library_providers.dart' show dioProvider;
+
+class OfflineMonitor extends Notifier<bool> {
+  Timer? _initial;
+  Timer? _periodic;
+  int _consecutiveFails = 0;
+
+  /// Consecutive failed probes before we declare offline. Small
+  /// enough to react within ~half a minute, large enough that a
+  /// single dropped request doesn't flip the whole UI.
+  static const _threshold = 3;
+
+  /// Probe cadence. Slower when believed-online (cheap heartbeat);
+  /// faster when offline so recovery is noticed quickly.
+  static const _onlineInterval = Duration(seconds: 30);
+  static const _offlineInterval = Duration(seconds: 10);
+
+  /// Let auth + server-url + dio providers finish async warmup
+  /// before the first probe so a cold start doesn't false-positive.
+  static const _initialDelay = Duration(seconds: 5);
+
+  @override
+  bool build() {
+    ref.onDispose(() {
+      _initial?.cancel();
+      _periodic?.cancel();
+    });
+    _initial = Timer(_initialDelay, () {
+      _check();
+      _arm();
+    });
+    return false; // optimistic until a probe says otherwise
+  }
+
+  void _arm() {
+    _periodic?.cancel();
+    _periodic = Timer.periodic(
+      state ? _offlineInterval : _onlineInterval,
+      (_) => _check(),
+    );
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _check() async {
+    final Dio dio;
+    try {
+      // Not configured yet (no server URL) → don't flip; the app is
+      // still on the connect screen and "offline" is meaningless.
+      dio = await ref.read(dioProvider.future);
+    } catch (_) {
+      return;
+    }
+    try {
+      // dio's own connect/receive timeouts bound this — no extra
+      // Timer (which would leak in widget tests).
+      await HealthApi(dio).check();
+      _consecutiveFails = 0;
+      _set(false);
+    } catch (_) {
+      _consecutiveFails++;
+      if (_consecutiveFails >= _threshold) {
+        _set(true);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  void _set(bool offline) {
+    if (state == offline) return;
+    state = offline;
+    _arm(); // cadence follows the new state
+  }
+
+  /// Force an immediate probe — e.g. a user-initiated retry. Public
+  /// so S4's offline surfaces can offer a "try again" affordance.
+  Future<void> recheck() => _check();
+}
+
+/// `true` when the server is unreachable. Watch this to gate
+/// online-only affordances; read it once at app start to activate
+/// the poller.
+final offlineProvider =
+    NotifierProvider<OfflineMonitor, bool>(OfflineMonitor.new);

flutter_client/lib/cache/prefetcher.dart

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+import 'dart:async';
+
 import 'package:audio_service/audio_service.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
 
+import '../likes/likes_provider.dart' show likedIdsProvider;
+import '../player/album_color_extractor.dart';
 import '../player/player_provider.dart';
 import 'audio_cache_manager.dart';
 import 'cache_settings_provider.dart';
@@ -39,20 +43,61 @@ class Prefetcher {
         (currentIdx + settings.prefetchWindow).clamp(0, queue.length - 1);
 
     final mgr = _ref.read(audioCacheManagerProvider);
+    final coverCache = _ref.read(albumCoverCacheProvider);
+    final colorCache = _ref.read(albumColorCacheProvider);
 
+    // Walk the window. For each upcoming track we want THREE things
+    // ready when the player transitions into it:
+    //
+    //   1. Audio file on disk (otherwise playback stalls on stream
+    //      load — the original prefetcher concern).
+    //   2. Cover bytes on disk under AlbumCoverCache (otherwise
+    //      _toMediaItem's peekCached returns null, mediaItem
+    //      broadcasts with artUri=null, and the now-playing screen
+    //      stalls in _scheduleSwap awaiting precacheImage of a file
+    //      that doesn't exist yet).
+    //   3. Palette color extracted and memoized in AlbumColorCache
+    //      (otherwise the gradient backdrop has to wait for
+    //      PaletteGenerator to run after the cover lands —
+    //      visible as the cover snapping in before the gradient).
+    //
+    // Each call is idempotent (cache-aware): if already cached, it's
+    // a no-op. Everything fire-and-forget so the reconcile completes
+    // quickly even on a fresh queue.
     for (var i = currentIdx; i <= endIdx; i++) {
-      final trackId = queue[i].id;
-      if (await mgr.isCached(trackId)) continue;
-      // Fire-and-forget; downloads happen in the background. Errors
-      // inside pin() are caught + cleaned up internally.
-      // ignore: unawaited_futures
-      mgr.pin(trackId, source: CacheSource.autoPrefetch);
+      final media = queue[i];
+      final trackId = media.id;
+      final albumId = media.extras?['album_id'] as String?;
+
+      if (!await mgr.isCached(trackId)) {
+        // ignore: unawaited_futures
+        mgr.pin(trackId, source: CacheSource.autoPrefetch);
+      }
+
+      if (albumId != null && albumId.isNotEmpty) {
+        // Cover bytes: getOrFetch returns the file path; the side
+        // effect (writing to disk) is what we care about.
+        // ignore: unawaited_futures
+        coverCache.getOrFetch(albumId);
+        // Palette: getOrExtract chains off coverCache.getOrFetch so
+        // it'll wait for the cover before sampling — safe to call
+        // in parallel here.
+        // ignore: unawaited_futures
+        colorCache.getOrExtract(albumId);
+      }
     }
 
-    // Eviction pass after pinning new files.
-    if (settings.capBytes > 0) {
-      await mgr.evict(targetBytes: settings.capBytes);
-    }
+    // Eviction pass after pinning new files. Per-bucket (#427 S2):
+    // liked-ness decides the bucket, so a track that's both liked
+    // and recently played is protected by the Liked cap, not the
+    // rolling LRU.
+    final liked =
+        _ref.read(likedIdsProvider).value?.tracks ?? const <String>{};
+    await mgr.evictBuckets(
+      likedCap: settings.likedCapBytes,
+      rollingCap: settings.rollingCapBytes,
+      liked: liked,
+    );
   }
 }
 

flutter_client/lib/cache/shuffle_source.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+// Offline play sources over the local cache index (#427 S4).
+//
+// "Shuffle all" is always-present and degrades with reachability:
+//   online  → GET /api/library/shuffle (random over the whole library)
+//   offline → a client shuffle over the entire local cache index
+//
+// Offline-only pools surfaced on Home beside the (disabled) system
+// playlists: "Recently played" (cache by lastPlayedAt desc) and
+// "Liked" (cache ∩ liked set). All of these are UNIONs over the
+// cache regardless of storage bucket — liked AND recently-played
+// both included. The two-bucket split (S2) is storage/eviction-only
+// and never filters playback, which is exactly what this relies on.
+
+import 'dart:math';
+
+import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
+
+import '../library/library_providers.dart' show libraryApiProvider;
+import '../likes/likes_provider.dart' show likedIdsProvider;
+import '../models/track.dart';
+import 'adapters.dart';
+import 'audio_cache_manager.dart' show appDbProvider;
+import 'offline_provider.dart';
+
+class ShuffleSource {
+  ShuffleSource(this._ref);
+  final Ref _ref;
+
+  /// Shuffle-all. Online: server-random. Offline: every cached
+  /// track, shuffled. Empty offline → nothing cached yet.
+  Future<List<TrackRef>> tracks({int limit = 100}) async {
+    if (_ref.read(offlineProvider)) {
+      final ids = await _cachedIdsByRecency();
+      final list = await _refs(ids);
+      list.shuffle(Random());
+      return list.length > limit ? list.sublist(0, limit) : list;
+    }
+    final api = await _ref.read(libraryApiProvider.future);
+    return api.shuffle(limit: limit);
+  }
+
+  /// Cached tracks, most-recently-played first (liked included).
+  /// Cache-only — surfaced on Home only when offline.
+  Future<List<TrackRef>> recentlyPlayed({int limit = 100}) async {
+    final ids = await _cachedIdsByRecency();
+    final list = await _refs(ids);
+    return list.length > limit ? list.sublist(0, limit) : list;
+  }
+
+  /// Cached tracks that are in the user's liked set. Cache-only —
+  /// surfaced on Home only when offline.
+  Future<List<TrackRef>> liked({int limit = 100}) async {
+    final likedSet =
+        _ref.read(likedIdsProvider).value?.tracks ?? const <String>{};
+    final ids =
+        (await _cachedIdsByRecency()).where(likedSet.contains).toList();
+    final list = await _refs(ids);
+    return list.length > limit ? list.sublist(0, limit) : list;
+  }
+
+  /// Cached track ids ordered by lastPlayedAt desc (nulls last so
+  /// never-touched downloads sort after real plays).
+  Future<List<String>> _cachedIdsByRecency() async {
+    final db = _ref.read(appDbProvider);
+    final rows = await db.select(db.audioCacheIndex).get();
+    rows.sort((a, b) {
+      final av = a.lastPlayedAt, bv = b.lastPlayedAt;
+      if (av == null && bv == null) return 0;
+      if (av == null) return 1;
+      if (bv == null) return -1;
+      return bv.compareTo(av);
+    });
+    return rows.map((r) => r.trackId).toList();
+  }
+
+  /// Materializes ordered track ids into TrackRefs from the cached
+  /// metadata tables, preserving the given order.
+  Future<List<TrackRef>> _refs(List<String> orderedIds) async {
+    if (orderedIds.isEmpty) return const [];
+    final db = _ref.read(appDbProvider);
+    final meta = await (db.select(db.cachedTracks)
+          ..where((t) => t.id.isIn(orderedIds)))
+        .get();
+    if (meta.isEmpty) return const [];
+    final byId = {for (final t in meta) t.id: t};
+    final artistName = {
+      for (final a in await db.select(db.cachedArtists).get()) a.id: a.name
+    };
+    final albumTitle = {
+      for (final a in await db.select(db.cachedAlbums).get()) a.id: a.title
+    };
+    return [
+      for (final id in orderedIds)
+        if (byId[id] case final t?)
+          t.toRef(
+            artistName: artistName[t.artistId] ?? '',
+            albumTitle: albumTitle[t.albumId] ?? '',
+          )
+    ];
+  }
+}
+
+final shuffleSourceProvider =
+    Provider<ShuffleSource>((ref) => ShuffleSource(ref));

flutter_client/lib/cache/tile_providers.dart

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 // subscriptions; drift handles this fine in practice but worth
 // measuring if a future surface scales to hundreds.
 
+import 'package:drift/drift.dart' as drift show OrderingTerm;
 import 'package:drift/drift.dart' show leftOuterJoin;
 import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
 
@@ -63,6 +64,12 @@ final albumTileProvider =
 
 /// Watches the cached_artists row for [id]. Triggers background
 /// hydration on miss; yields the row once it lands.
+///
+/// LEFT JOIN cached_albums ordered by sort_title so the first row per
+/// artist carries a representative album id; toRef() reconstructs
+/// `/api/albums/<id>/cover` from it. Without this join the ArtistRef
+/// has an empty coverUrl and tiles fall back to the music-notes
+/// placeholder even though the server has the cover available.
 final artistTileProvider =
     StreamProvider.family<ArtistRef?, String>((ref, id) async* {
   if (id.isEmpty) {
@@ -70,7 +77,12 @@ final artistTileProvider =
     return;
   }
   final db = ref.watch(appDbProvider);
-  final query = db.select(db.cachedArtists)..where((t) => t.id.equals(id));
+  final query = (db.select(db.cachedArtists)..where((t) => t.id.equals(id)))
+      .join([
+    leftOuterJoin(db.cachedAlbums,
+        db.cachedAlbums.artistId.equalsExp(db.cachedArtists.id)),
+  ])
+    ..orderBy([drift.OrderingTerm.asc(db.cachedAlbums.sortTitle)]);
   var enqueued = false;
   await for (final rows in query.watch()) {
     if (rows.isEmpty) {
@@ -83,7 +95,12 @@ final artistTileProvider =
       yield null;
       continue;
     }
-    yield rows.first.toRef();
+    // First row has the alphabetically-first album (or null if artist
+    // has no albums in drift yet — yields a coverless ArtistRef which
+    // the UI falls back to the placeholder icon for).
+    final artist = rows.first.readTable(db.cachedArtists);
+    final firstAlbum = rows.first.readTableOrNull(db.cachedAlbums);
+    yield artist.toRef(coverAlbumId: firstAlbum?.id ?? '');
   }
 });
 

flutter_client/lib/discover/discover_screen.dart

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import 'package:go_router/go_router.dart';
 
 import '../api/endpoints/discover.dart';
 import '../api/errors.dart';
+import '../cache/mutation_queue.dart';
 import '../library/library_providers.dart' show dioProvider;
 import '../models/lidarr.dart';
 import '../shared/widgets/main_app_bar_actions.dart';
@@ -48,14 +49,23 @@ class _DiscoverScreenState extends ConsumerState<DiscoverScreen> {
 
   Future<void> _request(LidarrSearchResult row) async {
     final fs = Theme.of(context).extension<FabledSwordTheme>()!;
+    final args = {
+      'kind': _kind.wire,
+      'artistMbid':
+          _kind == LidarrRequestKind.artist ? row.mbid : row.artistMbid,
+      'artistName':
+          _kind == LidarrRequestKind.artist ? row.name : row.secondaryText,
+      'albumMbid': _kind == LidarrRequestKind.album ? row.mbid : null,
+      'albumTitle': _kind == LidarrRequestKind.album ? row.name : null,
+    };
     try {
       final api = await ref.read(_discoverApiProvider.future);
       await api.createRequest(
         kind: _kind,
-        artistMbid: _kind == LidarrRequestKind.artist ? row.mbid : row.artistMbid,
-        artistName: _kind == LidarrRequestKind.artist ? row.name : row.secondaryText,
-        albumMbid: _kind == LidarrRequestKind.album ? row.mbid : null,
-        albumTitle: _kind == LidarrRequestKind.album ? row.name : null,
+        artistMbid: args['artistMbid'] as String,
+        artistName: args['artistName'] as String,
+        albumMbid: args['albumMbid'],
+        albumTitle: args['albumTitle'],
       );
       if (mounted) {
         ScaffoldMessenger.of(context).showSnackBar(SnackBar(
@@ -65,12 +75,18 @@ class _DiscoverScreenState extends ConsumerState<DiscoverScreen> {
         // Re-run search to refresh the `requested` flag on the row.
         _runSearch();
       }
-    } on DioException catch (e) {
+    } on DioException catch (_) {
+      // Queue for replay so the user's request persists across
+      // network loss. We don't have a drift table for in-flight
+      // requests yet, so the row won't show on the Requests screen
+      // until replay succeeds — accept that for v1.
+      await ref
+          .read(mutationQueueProvider)
+          .enqueue(MutationKinds.requestCreate, args);
       if (mounted) {
-        final code = ApiError.fromDio(e).code;
         ScaffoldMessenger.of(context).showSnackBar(SnackBar(
-          content: Text('Request failed: $code'),
-          backgroundColor: fs.error,
+          content: Text('Request queued: ${row.name}'),
+          backgroundColor: fs.iron,
         ));
       }
     }

flutter_client/lib/library/album_detail_screen.dart

@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
 
 import '../api/endpoints/likes.dart';
 import '../models/album.dart';
-import '../cache/audio_cache_manager.dart';
-import '../cache/db.dart';
 import '../likes/like_button.dart';
 import '../player/player_provider.dart';
 import '../shared/widgets/server_image.dart';
@@ -113,21 +111,6 @@ class AlbumDetailScreen extends ConsumerWidget {
                       Text(r.album.artistName, style: TextStyle(color: fs.ash)),
                     ],
                   )),
-                  IconButton(
-                    key: const Key('download_album_button'),
-                    icon: Icon(Icons.download, color: fs.ash),
-                    tooltip: 'Download album',
-                    onPressed: () {
-                      final mgr = ref.read(audioCacheManagerProvider);
-                      for (final t in r.tracks) {
-                        // ignore: unawaited_futures
-                        mgr.pin(t.id, source: CacheSource.autoPlaylist);
-                      }
-                      ScaffoldMessenger.of(context).showSnackBar(
-                        SnackBar(content: Text('Downloading ${r.tracks.length} tracks…')),
-                      );
-                    },
-                  ),
                   Container(
                     width: 48, height: 48,
                     decoration: BoxDecoration(color: fs.accent, shape: BoxShape.circle),

flutter_client/lib/library/home_screen.dart

@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
 import 'package:go_router/go_router.dart';
 
 import '../api/errors.dart';
+import '../cache/offline_provider.dart';
+import '../cache/shuffle_source.dart';
 import '../cache/tile_providers.dart';
 import '../models/playlist.dart';
 import '../models/system_playlists_status.dart';
 import '../models/track.dart';
+import '../player/player_provider.dart';
 import '../playlists/playlists_provider.dart';
 import '../playlists/widgets/playlist_card.dart';
 import '../playlists/widgets/playlist_placeholder_card.dart';
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ class HomeScreen extends ConsumerWidget {
                 _PlaylistsSection(
                   playlists: allPlaylists.value?.owned ?? const [],
                   status: status.value ?? SystemPlaylistsStatus.empty(),
+                  offline: ref.watch(offlineProvider),
                 ),
                 _RecentlyAddedSection(ids: h.recentlyAddedAlbums),
                 _RediscoverSection(
@@ -222,23 +226,124 @@ class _CompactTrackSkeleton extends StatelessWidget {
 // ─── Sections ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 class _PlaylistsSection extends StatelessWidget {
-  const _PlaylistsSection({required this.playlists, required this.status});
+  const _PlaylistsSection({
+    required this.playlists,
+    required this.status,
+    required this.offline,
+  });
   final List<Playlist> playlists;
   final SystemPlaylistsStatus status;
+  final bool offline;
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     final items = _buildPlaylistsRow(playlists, status);
+    final children = <Widget>[
+      // Offline: surface the cache-backed pools where the (now
+      // play-disabled) system playlists sit, so there's something
+      // to play. #427 S4b.
+      if (offline) ...const [
+        _OfflinePoolCard(
+          label: 'Recently played',
+          icon: Icons.history,
+          kind: _OfflinePoolKind.recentlyPlayed,
+        ),
+        _OfflinePoolCard(
+          label: 'Liked',
+          icon: Icons.favorite,
+          kind: _OfflinePoolKind.liked,
+        ),
+      ],
+      for (final item in items)
+        if (item is _RealPlaylist)
+          PlaylistCard(playlist: item.playlist)
+        else
+          PlaylistPlaceholderCard(
+            label: (item as _PlaceholderPlaylist).label,
+            variant: item.variant,
+          ),
+    ];
     return HorizontalScrollRow(
       title: 'Playlists',
       height: 220,
-      children: items.map((item) {
-        if (item is _RealPlaylist) {
-          return PlaylistCard(playlist: item.playlist);
-        }
-        final ph = item as _PlaceholderPlaylist;
-        return PlaylistPlaceholderCard(label: ph.label, variant: ph.variant);
-      }).toList(),
+      children: children,
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+enum _OfflinePoolKind { recentlyPlayed, liked }
+
+/// Home tile for an offline cache-backed pool. Tapping shuffles +
+/// plays that pool from the local cache. Sized to match
+/// PlaylistCard so the row stays visually consistent.
+class _OfflinePoolCard extends ConsumerWidget {
+  const _OfflinePoolCard({
+    required this.label,
+    required this.icon,
+    required this.kind,
+  });
+  final String label;
+  final IconData icon;
+  final _OfflinePoolKind kind;
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context, WidgetRef ref) {
+    final fs = Theme.of(context).extension<FabledSwordTheme>()!;
+    return SizedBox(
+      width: 176,
+      child: Material(
+        color: Colors.transparent,
+        child: InkWell(
+          onTap: () async {
+            final messenger = ScaffoldMessenger.of(context);
+            final src = ref.read(shuffleSourceProvider);
+            final refs = await switch (kind) {
+              _OfflinePoolKind.recentlyPlayed => src.recentlyPlayed(),
+              _OfflinePoolKind.liked => src.liked(),
+            };
+            if (refs.isEmpty) {
+              messenger.showSnackBar(
+                SnackBar(content: Text('No cached $label tracks yet')),
+              );
+              return;
+            }
+            await ref
+                .read(playerActionsProvider)
+                .playTracks(refs, shuffle: true);
+          },
+          child: Padding(
+            padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 8),
+            child: Column(
+              crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
+              children: [
+                Container(
+                  width: 144,
+                  height: 144,
+                  decoration: BoxDecoration(
+                    color: fs.slate,
+                    borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(6),
+                  ),
+                  child: Icon(icon, color: fs.accent, size: 56),
+                ),
+                const SizedBox(height: 8),
+                Text(
+                  label,
+                  maxLines: 1,
+                  overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
+                  style: TextStyle(color: fs.parchment, fontSize: 14),
+                ),
+                Padding(
+                  padding: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 2),
+                  child: Text(
+                    'Offline',
+                    style: TextStyle(color: fs.ash, fontSize: 11),
+                  ),
+                ),
+              ],
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
     );
   }
 }

flutter_client/lib/library/library_providers.dart

@@ -233,17 +233,28 @@ Map<String, dynamic> _trackToJson(TrackRef t) => {
 final artistProvider =
     StreamProvider.family<ArtistRef, String>((ref, id) {
   final db = ref.watch(appDbProvider);
-  return cacheFirst<CachedArtist, ArtistRef>(
-    driftStream: (db.select(db.cachedArtists)..where((t) => t.id.equals(id)))
-        .watch(),
+  // LEFT JOIN cached_albums for cover-URL reconstruction (see
+  // CachedArtistAdapter.toRef). First row carries the alphabetically-
+  // first album.
+  final query = (db.select(db.cachedArtists)..where((t) => t.id.equals(id)))
+      .join([
+    drift.leftOuterJoin(db.cachedAlbums,
+        db.cachedAlbums.artistId.equalsExp(db.cachedArtists.id)),
+  ])
+    ..orderBy([drift.OrderingTerm.asc(db.cachedAlbums.sortTitle)]);
+  return cacheFirst<drift.TypedResult, ArtistRef>(
+    driftStream: query.watch(),
     fetchAndPopulate: () async {
       final api = await ref.read(libraryApiProvider.future);
       final fresh = await api.getArtist(id);
       await db.into(db.cachedArtists).insertOnConflictUpdate(fresh.toDrift());
     },
-    toResult: (rows) => rows.isEmpty
-        ? const ArtistRef(id: '', name: '')
-        : rows.first.toRef(),
+    toResult: (rows) {
+      if (rows.isEmpty) return const ArtistRef(id: '', name: '');
+      final artist = rows.first.readTable(db.cachedArtists);
+      final firstAlbum = rows.first.readTableOrNull(db.cachedAlbums);
+      return artist.toRef(coverAlbumId: firstAlbum?.id ?? '');
+    },
     isOnline: () async => (await ref
         .read(connectivityProvider.future)
         .timeout(const Duration(seconds: 3), onTimeout: () => true)),

flutter_client/lib/library/library_screen.dart

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import '../cache/cache_first.dart';
 import '../cache/connectivity_provider.dart';
 import '../cache/db.dart';
 import '../cache/metadata_prefetcher.dart';
+import '../cache/shuffle_source.dart';
 import '../cache/tile_providers.dart';
 import '../library/library_providers.dart' show dioProvider;
 import '../models/album.dart';
@@ -62,9 +63,19 @@ final _meApiProvider = FutureProvider<MeApi>((ref) async {
 /// via /api/library/sync.
 final _libraryArtistsProvider = StreamProvider<List<ArtistRef>>((ref) {
   final db = ref.watch(appDbProvider);
-  final query = db.select(db.cachedArtists)
-    ..orderBy([(t) => drift.OrderingTerm.asc(t.sortName)]);
-  return cacheFirst<CachedArtist, List<ArtistRef>>(
+  // LEFT JOIN cached_albums so each artist row carries a representative
+  // album id for cover-URL reconstruction. Sorted by artist sortName
+  // then album sortTitle: the first row per artist gets the
+  // alphabetically-first album. Dedup happens in toResult.
+  final query = db.select(db.cachedArtists).join([
+    drift.leftOuterJoin(db.cachedAlbums,
+        db.cachedAlbums.artistId.equalsExp(db.cachedArtists.id)),
+  ])
+    ..orderBy([
+      drift.OrderingTerm.asc(db.cachedArtists.sortName),
+      drift.OrderingTerm.asc(db.cachedAlbums.sortTitle),
+    ]);
+  return cacheFirst<drift.TypedResult, List<ArtistRef>>(
     driftStream: query.watch(),
     fetchAndPopulate: () async {
       // Cold-cache fallback: sync should have populated drift already,
@@ -80,7 +91,23 @@ final _libraryArtistsProvider = StreamProvider<List<ArtistRef>>((ref) {
         );
       });
     },
-    toResult: (rows) => rows.map((r) => r.toRef()).toList(),
+    toResult: (rows) {
+      // The join multiplies rows by album count; dedup by artist id
+      // keeping the first occurrence so we get one ArtistRef per
+      // artist with the alphabetically-first album's id for the
+      // cover-URL projection. Artists with no albums in drift yet
+      // come through as a single row with null cachedAlbums and an
+      // empty coverUrl — UI falls back to the placeholder icon.
+      final seen = <String>{};
+      final out = <ArtistRef>[];
+      for (final r in rows) {
+        final a = r.readTable(db.cachedArtists);
+        if (!seen.add(a.id)) continue;
+        final album = r.readTableOrNull(db.cachedAlbums);
+        out.add(a.toRef(coverAlbumId: album?.id ?? ''));
+      }
+      return out;
+    },
     isOnline: () async => (await ref
         .read(connectivityProvider.future)
         .timeout(const Duration(seconds: 3), onTimeout: () => true)),
@@ -216,7 +243,9 @@ final _likedTrackIdsProvider = StreamProvider<List<String>>((ref) {
     driftStream: query,
     fetchAndPopulate: () => _populateLikeIds(ref),
     toResult: _idsForEntity,
-    isOnline: () async => (await ref.read(connectivityProvider.future)),
+    isOnline: () async => (await ref
+        .read(connectivityProvider.future)
+        .timeout(const Duration(seconds: 3), onTimeout: () => true)),
     alwaysRefresh: true,
     tag: 'likedTrackIds',
   );
@@ -232,7 +261,9 @@ final _likedAlbumIdsProvider = StreamProvider<List<String>>((ref) {
     driftStream: query,
     fetchAndPopulate: () => _populateLikeIds(ref),
     toResult: _idsForEntity,
-    isOnline: () async => (await ref.read(connectivityProvider.future)),
+    isOnline: () async => (await ref
+        .read(connectivityProvider.future)
+        .timeout(const Duration(seconds: 3), onTimeout: () => true)),
     alwaysRefresh: true,
     tag: 'likedAlbumIds',
   );
@@ -248,7 +279,9 @@ final _likedArtistIdsProvider = StreamProvider<List<String>>((ref) {
     driftStream: query,
     fetchAndPopulate: () => _populateLikeIds(ref),
     toResult: _idsForEntity,
-    isOnline: () async => (await ref.read(connectivityProvider.future)),
+    isOnline: () async => (await ref
+        .read(connectivityProvider.future)
+        .timeout(const Duration(seconds: 3), onTimeout: () => true)),
     alwaysRefresh: true,
     tag: 'likedArtistIds',
   );
@@ -345,7 +378,27 @@ class _LibraryScreenState extends ConsumerState<LibraryScreen>
         backgroundColor: fs.obsidian,
         elevation: 0,
         title: Text('Library', style: TextStyle(color: fs.parchment)),
-        actions: const [MainAppBarActions(currentRoute: '/library')],
+        actions: [
+          IconButton(
+            key: const Key('shuffle_all_button'),
+            tooltip: 'Shuffle all',
+            icon: Icon(Icons.shuffle, color: fs.parchment),
+            onPressed: () async {
+              final messenger = ScaffoldMessenger.of(context);
+              final refs = await ref.read(shuffleSourceProvider).tracks();
+              if (refs.isEmpty) {
+                messenger.showSnackBar(const SnackBar(
+                  content: Text('Nothing to shuffle yet'),
+                ));
+                return;
+              }
+              await ref
+                  .read(playerActionsProvider)
+                  .playTracks(refs, shuffle: true);
+            },
+          ),
+          const MainAppBarActions(currentRoute: '/library'),
+        ],
         bottom: TabBar(
           controller: _ctrl,
           isScrollable: true,

flutter_client/lib/likes/likes_provider.dart

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import '../cache/audio_cache_manager.dart' show appDbProvider;
 import '../cache/cache_first.dart';
 import '../cache/connectivity_provider.dart';
 import '../cache/db.dart';
+import '../cache/mutation_queue.dart';
 import '../library/library_providers.dart';
 
 final likesApiProvider = FutureProvider<LikesApi>((ref) async {
@@ -147,26 +148,18 @@ class LikesController {
       } else {
         await api.like(kind, id);
       }
-    } catch (e, st) {
-      // Rollback drift
-      if (wasLiked) {
-        await db.into(db.cachedLikes).insert(
-              CachedLikesCompanion.insert(
-                userId: user.id,
-                entityType: entityType,
-                entityId: id,
-              ),
-              mode: drift.InsertMode.insertOrIgnore,
-            );
-      } else {
-        await (db.delete(db.cachedLikes)
-              ..where((t) =>
-                  t.userId.equals(user.id) &
-                  t.entityType.equals(entityType) &
-                  t.entityId.equals(id)))
-            .go();
-      }
-      Error.throwWithStackTrace(e, st);
+    } catch (_) {
+      // REST failed (network or HTTP). Don't roll back drift — the
+      // user's intent is to like/unlike, and we want that visible to
+      // them even when offline. Queue the call for replay; the
+      // MutationReplayer will retry on next connectivity transition.
+      // If retries exhaust (5 attempts), the row drops and the next
+      // SyncController.sync brings drift back in line with the
+      // server's authoritative state.
+      await _ref.read(mutationQueueProvider).enqueue(
+        wasLiked ? MutationKinds.likeRemove : MutationKinds.likeAdd,
+        {'kind': entityType, 'id': id},
+      );
     }
   }
 

flutter_client/lib/models/playlist.dart

@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ class Playlist {
 
   bool get isSystem => systemVariant != null;
 
+  /// Whether this playlist supports the generic by-kind refresh/
+  /// shuffle endpoints (#411 R2) — i.e. a singleton system kind.
+  /// The server exposes a `refreshable` flag for JSON-sourced
+  /// playlists, but the list tiles are drift-cache-sourced (no
+  /// migration just for this), so derive it: every system kind is a
+  /// singleton except songs_like_artist (multi-per-user). This rule
+  /// holds for For-You/Discover and all planned discovery mixes; if
+  /// a future non-singleton kind appears, extend the exclusion.
+  bool get refreshable => isSystem && systemVariant != 'songs_like_artist';
+
   factory Playlist.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> j) => Playlist(
         id: j['id'] as String,
         userId: j['user_id'] as String? ?? '',

flutter_client/lib/player/album_color_extractor.dart

@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ class AlbumColorCache {
     return color;
   }
 
+  /// Synchronous peek. Returns the previously-extracted color if this
+  /// album has been resolved this process; otherwise null. Used by
+  /// the now-playing fast-path swap so a warm cache transitions the
+  /// gradient in lockstep with the audio, instead of awaiting the
+  /// async [getOrExtract] future. A null return means "either no
+  /// extraction yet or extraction returned null" — caller falls back
+  /// to the async path.
+  Color? peekColor(String albumId) => _cache[albumId];
+
   Future<Color?> _extract(String albumId) async {
     try {
       final coverCache = _ref.read(albumCoverCacheProvider);

flutter_client/lib/player/album_cover_cache.dart

@@ -27,6 +27,32 @@ class AlbumCoverCache {
   /// same album dedupe to one fetch.
   final Map<String, Future<String?>> _inflight = {};
 
+  /// Cached covers directory path resolved once on the first
+  /// async cacheDir call, then reused for sync existsSync() checks
+  /// in [peekCached]. Without this every "is the cover already on
+  /// disk?" check would have to await path_provider, blocking the
+  /// MediaItem broadcast on every track change.
+  String? _coversDirPath;
+
+  /// Returns the local file path for [albumId]'s cover if it's
+  /// already cached on disk, or null otherwise. Synchronous — uses
+  /// File.existsSync() against a path computed from the directory
+  /// resolved by an earlier async [getOrFetch] call. Returns null
+  /// until at least one getOrFetch has populated _coversDirPath.
+  ///
+  /// The audio handler uses this to seed MediaItem.artUri on the
+  /// initial broadcast so external media controllers (Wear, Android
+  /// Auto, Bluetooth) see the cover on the first frame for warm-cache
+  /// tracks. Cold-cache tracks still fall back to the async
+  /// _loadArtForCurrentItem path.
+  String? peekCached(String albumId) {
+    if (albumId.isEmpty) return null;
+    final dir = _coversDirPath;
+    if (dir == null) return null;
+    final path = '$dir/$albumId.jpg';
+    return File(path).existsSync() ? path : null;
+  }
+
   /// Returns local file path to the album cover, or null on any
   /// failure (network, 4xx/5xx, disk full, empty albumId).
   Future<String?> getOrFetch(String albumId) {
@@ -44,6 +70,9 @@ class AlbumCoverCache {
       final dir = await _cacheDirFactory();
       final coversDir = Directory('${dir.path}/album_covers');
       await coversDir.create(recursive: true);
+      // Cache the resolved directory so [peekCached] can do its
+      // existsSync() check without re-awaiting path_provider.
+      _coversDirPath = coversDir.path;
       final filePath = '${coversDir.path}/$albumId.jpg';
       final file = File(filePath);
       if (await file.exists()) return filePath;

flutter_client/lib/player/audio_handler.dart

@@ -15,11 +15,16 @@ class MinstrelAudioHandler extends BaseAudioHandler with QueueHandler, SeekHandl
     _player.playbackEventStream.listen(
       _broadcastState,
       // ExoPlayer surfaces stream errors (404, premature EOS, decoder
-      // failure, network drop) here. Without an error sink, the
-      // player just goes quiet — exactly the "starts then stops"
-      // symptom we hit.
+      // failure, network drop) here. Logging alone leaves the UI
+      // claiming "now playing X" while audio is silent — the user-
+      // observable mismatch between visual and audio state. Skip
+      // forward so the queue advances past the failed track and
+      // mediaItem updates to whatever's actually playing. If the
+      // failure is at the queue tail, just_audio will go idle on its
+      // own and _broadcastState reflects that.
       onError: (Object e, StackTrace st) {
         debugPrint('audio_handler: playbackEventStream error: $e\n$st');
+        unawaited(_handlePlaybackError());
       },
     );
     _player.currentIndexStream.listen(_onCurrentIndexChanged);
@@ -40,6 +45,7 @@ class MinstrelAudioHandler extends BaseAudioHandler with QueueHandler, SeekHandl
   String? _token;
   AlbumCoverCache? _coverCache;
   AudioCacheManager? _audioCacheManager;
+  LikeBridge? _likeBridge;
 
   /// Trackers to dedupe registration — once we've inserted an index row
   /// for a trackId, don't repeat the work on every buffered-position
@@ -76,6 +82,15 @@ class MinstrelAudioHandler extends BaseAudioHandler with QueueHandler, SeekHandl
   /// past the fill front needs to rebuild from the stored tracks.
   List<TrackRef> _lastTracks = const [];
 
+  /// #415: which system playlist this queue was seeded from
+  /// ('for_you' | 'discover'), or null for library / user-playlist /
+  /// radio. The play-events reporter reads this so play_started
+  /// carries `source` and the server advances that rotation. A fresh
+  /// setQueueFromTracks from a non-system surface clears it; internal
+  /// rebuilds (skipToQueueItem) preserve it.
+  String? _queueSource;
+  String? get queueSource => _queueSource;
+
   /// Volume stream for UI subscribers. Mirrors the just_audio player's
   /// volume directly; set via setVolume(double).
   Stream<double> get volumeStream => _player.volumeStream;
@@ -94,15 +109,22 @@ class MinstrelAudioHandler extends BaseAudioHandler with QueueHandler, SeekHandl
     required String? token,
     AlbumCoverCache? coverCache,
     AudioCacheManager? audioCacheManager,
+    LikeBridge? likeBridge,
   }) {
     _baseUrl = baseUrl;
     _token = token;
     if (coverCache != null) _coverCache = coverCache;
+    if (likeBridge != null) _likeBridge = likeBridge;
     if (audioCacheManager != null) _audioCacheManager = audioCacheManager;
   }
 
-  Future<void> setQueueFromTracks(List<TrackRef> tracks, {int initialIndex = 0}) async {
+  Future<void> setQueueFromTracks(
+    List<TrackRef> tracks, {
+    int initialIndex = 0,
+    String? source,
+  }) async {
     if (tracks.isEmpty) return;
+    _queueSource = source;
     final clampedInitial = initialIndex.clamp(0, tracks.length - 1);
 
     // Bump the generation FIRST. Any in-flight _fillRemainingSources
@@ -110,9 +132,6 @@ class MinstrelAudioHandler extends BaseAudioHandler with QueueHandler, SeekHandl
     // check and stop calling player mutations — important so a stale
     // fill doesn't append old-playlist tracks into the new queue.
     final myGen = ++_queueGeneration;
-    // Reset suppress flag in case a prior backward-fill bailed on
-    // gen check before reaching its `finally`.
-    _suppressIndexUpdates = false;
     _lastTracks = tracks;
 
     // Pause the old source immediately so the previous track stops
@@ -124,25 +143,49 @@ class MinstrelAudioHandler extends BaseAudioHandler with QueueHandler, SeekHandl
       await _player.pause();
     }
 
-    // Populate the visible queue + current mediaItem immediately so
-    // the player UI reflects the user's tap before any source has
-    // been built. Source list at the just_audio layer fills in
-    // asynchronously below.
+    // Build MediaItems up front (pure — no side effects); we'll
+    // broadcast queue/mediaItem only AFTER setAudioSources resolves
+    // so the audio engine and the UI flip together. If the build
+    // throws, the UI stays on the previous track (correct: audio
+    // also stays on the previous track since setAudioSources never
+    // ran).
     final items = tracks.map(_toMediaItem).toList();
-    queue.add(items);
-    mediaItem.add(items[clampedInitial]);
 
-    // Fast path: build only the initial source so the player can
-    // start. Remaining sources stream in via _fillRemainingSources()
-    // in the background — addAudioSource for next/auto-advance
-    // tracks, insertAudioSource for skipPrev tracks.
-    final initial = await _buildAudioSource(tracks[clampedInitial]);
+    // Build only the initial source for fast start. Remaining
+    // sources stream in via _fillRemainingSources() — addAudioSource
+    // for next/auto-advance tracks, insertAudioSource for skipPrev.
+    final AudioSource initial;
+    try {
+      initial = await _buildAudioSource(tracks[clampedInitial]);
+    } catch (e, st) {
+      // Source build failed (bad URL, missing baseUrl, etc.). Don't
+      // broadcast the new state — leaving queue/mediaItem on the
+      // previous track keeps UI in sync with what the player is
+      // actually doing (which is "still on the previous track,
+      // paused").
+      debugPrint('audio_handler: _buildAudioSource failed: $e\n$st');
+      return;
+    }
     if (myGen != _queueGeneration) {
       debugPrint('audio_handler: superseded before setAudioSources (gen=$myGen)');
       return;
     }
 
-    await _player.setAudioSources([initial], initialIndex: 0);
+    // Suppress _onCurrentIndexChanged side effects while the source
+    // list is being swapped — without this, a transient currentIndex
+    // emission during setAudioSources could broadcast the OLD queue's
+    // entry at the NEW index. Re-enabled after the broadcasts land.
+    _suppressIndexUpdates = true;
+    try {
+      await _player.setAudioSources([initial], initialIndex: 0);
+      // Broadcast in this order: queue first (so any consumer that
+      // reacts to mediaItem and reads queue.value sees the consistent
+      // pair), then mediaItem.
+      queue.add(items);
+      mediaItem.add(items[clampedInitial]);
+    } finally {
+      _suppressIndexUpdates = false;
+    }
 
     unawaited(_loadArtForCurrentItem());
     unawaited(_fillRemainingSources(tracks, clampedInitial, myGen));
@@ -161,7 +204,9 @@ class MinstrelAudioHandler extends BaseAudioHandler with QueueHandler, SeekHandl
   @override
   Future<void> skipToQueueItem(int index) async {
     if (index < 0 || index >= _lastTracks.length) return;
-    await setQueueFromTracks(_lastTracks, initialIndex: index);
+    // Preserve the system-playlist source across an internal rebuild
+    // — a queue-item skip is still playing from the same playlist.
+    await setQueueFromTracks(_lastTracks, initialIndex: index, source: _queueSource);
     await play();
   }
 
@@ -301,12 +346,32 @@ class MinstrelAudioHandler extends BaseAudioHandler with QueueHandler, SeekHandl
     final extras = <String, dynamic>{};
     if (t.albumId.isNotEmpty) extras['album_id'] = t.albumId;
     if (t.artistId.isNotEmpty) extras['artist_id'] = t.artistId;
+    // Sync-peek the album cover cache so warm-cache tracks broadcast
+    // with artUri populated on the first frame. External media
+    // controllers (Android Wear, Bluetooth dashes, Auto, lock screen)
+    // can only render the cover bytes that audio_service hands them
+    // at MediaItem broadcast time; the later async _loadArtForCurrent
+    // Item path repopulates for cold-cache tracks. Without this seed,
+    // every track change starts with a generic icon on the watch and
+    // only gets the real cover after one or two seconds.
+    final coverPath = (t.albumId.isNotEmpty && _coverCache != null)
+        ? _coverCache!.peekCached(t.albumId)
+        : null;
+    // MediaItem.rating intentionally NOT set: audio_service propagates
+    // it to MediaSession.setRating(), but the Android session also
+    // needs setRatingType(RATING_HEART) configured to expose that to
+    // controllers — audio_service doesn't surface that config knob,
+    // and broadcasting an unanchored rating made Wear OS reject the
+    // session entirely. The LikeBridge wiring stays in place so
+    // setRating can still fire from any surface that DOES route it,
+    // we just don't advertise it.
     return MediaItem(
       id: t.id,
       title: t.title,
       artist: t.artistName,
       album: t.albumTitle,
       duration: Duration(seconds: t.durationSec),
+      artUri: coverPath != null ? Uri.file(coverPath) : null,
       extras: extras.isEmpty ? null : extras,
     );
   }
@@ -342,6 +407,37 @@ class MinstrelAudioHandler extends BaseAudioHandler with QueueHandler, SeekHandl
     await mgr.registerStreamCache(trackId, path, size);
   }
 
+  /// Called when playbackEventStream emits an error. Skips past the
+  /// failing track so the UI and audio re-converge — without this,
+  /// _player goes silent on a 404 / decoder failure / EOS but
+  /// mediaItem stays on the failed track and the user sees a "now
+  /// playing" header for something that isn't.
+  ///
+  /// If we're at the last track, seekToNext is a no-op; the state
+  /// drops to idle and _broadcastState reflects that.
+  Future<void> _handlePlaybackError() async {
+    final currentIdx = _player.currentIndex;
+    final queueLen = queue.value.length;
+    if (currentIdx == null || currentIdx + 1 >= queueLen) {
+      // Last track or no queue context — just pause; _broadcastState
+      // already reflects the idle/error processingState.
+      try {
+        await _player.pause();
+      } catch (_) {}
+      return;
+    }
+    try {
+      await _player.seekToNext();
+    } catch (_) {
+      // If seekToNext fails too (next source not built yet, etc.),
+      // there's nothing safe to do — pause and let the user recover
+      // manually.
+      try {
+        await _player.pause();
+      } catch (_) {}
+    }
+  }
+
   void _onCurrentIndexChanged(int? idx) {
     if (idx == null) return;
     if (_suppressIndexUpdates) return;
@@ -391,6 +487,45 @@ class MinstrelAudioHandler extends BaseAudioHandler with QueueHandler, SeekHandl
   @override
   Future<void> skipToPrevious() => _player.seekToPrevious();
 
+  /// Heart rating from external surfaces (Wear's favorite button,
+  /// lock-screen like) → LikesController.toggle(track). We only
+  /// route through the bridge when the rating actually flips relative
+  /// to the current state, so repeated taps from a flaky controller
+  /// don't ping-pong the like.
+  @override
+  Future<void> setRating(Rating rating, [Map<String, dynamic>? extras]) async {
+    final media = mediaItem.value;
+    final bridge = _likeBridge;
+    if (media == null || bridge == null) return;
+    final currentlyLiked = bridge.isTrackLiked(media.id);
+    final wantLiked = rating.hasHeart();
+    if (currentlyLiked == wantLiked) return;
+    try {
+      await bridge.toggleTrackLike(media.id);
+    } catch (_) {
+      // LikesController already rolls back on REST failure; nothing
+      // to do here beyond letting the broadcast skip.
+      return;
+    }
+    // Re-emit so the watch's heart icon updates immediately.
+    mediaItem.add(media.copyWith(rating: Rating.newHeartRating(wantLiked)));
+  }
+
+  /// Re-emits the current mediaItem with a fresh rating pulled from
+  /// the LikeBridge. Called by PlayerActions on likedIdsProvider
+  /// changes so the watch / lock-screen heart icon updates when the
+  /// user toggles a like from TrackRow, the kebab menu, or another
+  /// device's playback (SSE-routed). No-op if no track is playing
+  /// or the like state didn't change.
+  void refreshCurrentRating() {
+    final media = mediaItem.value;
+    final bridge = _likeBridge;
+    if (media == null || bridge == null) return;
+    final liked = bridge.isTrackLiked(media.id);
+    if (media.rating?.hasHeart() == liked) return;
+    mediaItem.add(media.copyWith(rating: Rating.newHeartRating(liked)));
+  }
+
   @override
   Future<void> setShuffleMode(AudioServiceShuffleMode shuffleMode) async {
     await _player
@@ -433,6 +568,18 @@ class MinstrelAudioHandler extends BaseAudioHandler with QueueHandler, SeekHandl
       // systemActions enumerates which actions the system can invoke
       // on us — without play/pause/skip in here, taps on lock-screen
       // controls don't route back to the handler on Android 13+.
+      //
+      // v2026.05.13.3 added stop, skipToQueueItem, setShuffleMode,
+      // setRepeatMode, and setRating to this set; reverted because
+      // Pixel Watch 2 stopped showing controls entirely after that
+      // change. The MediaSession contract on Wear OS requires more
+      // setup than just advertising the action (e.g. setRatingType
+      // for setRating) and audio_service doesn't expose those knobs.
+      // Keep the override methods themselves (skipToQueueItem is
+      // still routed via QueueScreen's direct handler call;
+      // setRating is harmless if never invoked) so we don't lose
+      // the underlying functionality — just don't tell the system
+      // we support them.
       systemActions: const {
         MediaAction.play,
         MediaAction.pause,
@@ -463,3 +610,27 @@ class MinstrelAudioHandler extends BaseAudioHandler with QueueHandler, SeekHandl
     ));
   }
 }
+
+/// Adapter that lets the audio handler call into the app's
+/// LikesController without depending on Riverpod directly. Constructed
+/// in PlayerActions where ref is available; consumed inside the audio
+/// handler's setRating override and MediaItem builder to keep external
+/// media controllers (Wear, lock screen, Auto) in sync with the
+/// likedIds drift cache.
+class LikeBridge {
+  const LikeBridge({
+    required this.toggleTrackLike,
+    required this.isTrackLiked,
+  });
+
+  /// Flip the like state for [trackId]. Returns a Future that resolves
+  /// once the underlying LikesController has both updated drift
+  /// optimistically and rolled the change through the REST API
+  /// (errors result in drift rollback inside LikesController).
+  final Future<void> Function(String trackId) toggleTrackLike;
+
+  /// Read the current like state for [trackId] from the drift-backed
+  /// likedIdsProvider. Synchronous because the audio handler needs
+  /// to populate MediaItem.rating on the broadcast hot path.
+  final bool Function(String trackId) isTrackLiked;
+}

flutter_client/lib/player/now_playing_screen.dart

@@ -45,16 +45,132 @@ class _NowPlayingScreenState extends ConsumerState<NowPlayingScreen> {
   // dismiss. Reset on each drag start.
   double _dragOffset = 0;
 
-  /// Last resolved dominant color. Held across track changes so the
-  /// gradient backdrop tweens smoothly from the previous album's color
-  /// to the next, instead of dropping through fs.obsidian during the
-  /// brief moment albumColorProvider for the new id is still loading.
-  Color? _lastDominant;
+  /// The MediaItem currently displayed on the screen. Held separately
+  /// from the live mediaItemProvider so we can preload the new track's
+  /// cover bytes + dominant color BEFORE flipping the visible state.
+  /// Without this gate the full-player UI swapped to the new track's
+  /// title/cover slot immediately while the image was still decoding,
+  /// producing a visible "pop in" once the bytes arrived.
+  MediaItem? _displayedMedia;
 
-  /// Dedupe key for the cover precache side-effect. Without this we'd
-  /// fire precacheImage on every MediaItem rebroadcast (twice per track
-  /// change, once on artUri arrival).
-  String? _precachedArtUri;
+  /// Dominant color of [_displayedMedia]'s cover. Tweened by the
+  /// backdrop AnimatedContainer when it changes.
+  Color? _displayedDominant;
+
+  /// The id of the most-recent track we kicked a preload for. Used to
+  /// drop stale preload completions when the user skips rapidly past
+  /// a track whose cover hadn't finished decoding yet.
+  String? _pendingPreloadId;
+
+  @override
+  void initState() {
+    super.initState();
+    // Seed displayed state from the current mediaItem if a track is
+    // already playing when the full player is opened. ref.listen
+    // below only fires on CHANGES after subscription, so without
+    // this seed the screen sits on "Nothing playing." even though
+    // the mini bar shows a live track — the listener never gets a
+    // mediaItem emission because the stream's current value hasn't
+    // changed.
+    final current = ref.read(mediaItemProvider).value;
+    if (current == null) return;
+    _displayedMedia = current;
+    // Best-effort synchronous color seed: if albumColorProvider has
+    // already extracted this album's dominant color earlier in the
+    // session, pull it now so the backdrop renders correctly on
+    // first frame. Otherwise the post-frame _scheduleSwap below
+    // resolves it asynchronously and AnimatedContainer tweens.
+    final albumId = current.extras?['album_id'] as String?;
+    if (albumId != null && albumId.isNotEmpty) {
+      _displayedDominant =
+          ref.read(albumColorProvider(albumId)).asData?.value;
+    }
+    // Kick the preload pipeline post-frame so the cover bytes are
+    // decoded + the dominant color is resolved even when the user
+    // opens the player to a track that hasn't yet flowed through
+    // ref.listen.
+    WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) {
+      if (!mounted) return;
+      _scheduleSwap(current);
+    });
+  }
+
+  /// Preload the new track's cover bytes + dominant color, then
+  /// atomically flip _displayedMedia / _displayedDominant. Until both
+  /// resolve, the screen continues to render the previous track —
+  /// the new title/cover/gradient appear together in one frame.
+  ///
+  /// Concurrency: if a second track change arrives while the first
+  /// preload is still in flight, the older preload's
+  /// _pendingPreloadId check fails and its completion is dropped.
+  Future<void> _scheduleSwap(MediaItem newMedia) async {
+    _pendingPreloadId = newMedia.id;
+
+    // Fast path: when Prefetcher has already warmed both the cover
+    // bytes (file:// artUri populated via _toMediaItem's peekCached)
+    // AND the palette color (AlbumColorCache.peekColor returns
+    // non-null), we can commit synchronously. The slow async path
+    // exists for genuine cold-cache moments (first play of an album
+    // that sync hasn't seen yet); the fast path is what makes the
+    // common in-queue auto-advance flip the visual in lockstep with
+    // the audio transition instead of lagging a tick behind.
+    final artUri = newMedia.artUri;
+    final albumId = newMedia.extras?['album_id'] as String?;
+    if (artUri != null &&
+        artUri.isScheme('file') &&
+        albumId != null &&
+        albumId.isNotEmpty) {
+      final cachedColor = ref.read(albumColorCacheProvider).peekColor(albumId);
+      if (cachedColor != null) {
+        if (!mounted) return;
+        if (_pendingPreloadId != newMedia.id) return;
+        setState(() {
+          _displayedMedia = newMedia;
+          _displayedDominant = cachedColor;
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Slow path: cover and/or color are not yet cached. Hold the
+    // current displayed state, preload, then atomic-commit.
+    //
+    // 1. Precache the cover image bytes so when _AlbumArt mounts with
+    //    the new media, FileImage paints synchronously. Non-file
+    //    artUris fall through to ServerImage which handles its own
+    //    network load + 120ms fade — they won't snap.
+    if (artUri != null && artUri.isScheme('file') && context.mounted) {
+      try {
+        await precacheImage(FileImage(File.fromUri(artUri)), context);
+      } catch (_) {
+        // Decode failed (missing file, corrupt bytes) — proceed
+        // anyway; _AlbumArt's errorBuilder shows the slate fallback.
+      }
+    }
+
+    // 2. Wait for the dominant-color extraction so the gradient is
+    //    populated when we swap. PaletteGenerator runs against the
+    //    same FileImage, typically resolving within ~50ms once the
+    //    decode completes.
+    Color? newDominant;
+    if (albumId != null && albumId.isNotEmpty) {
+      try {
+        newDominant = await ref.read(albumColorProvider(albumId).future);
+      } catch (_) {
+        // Color extraction failed — keep the previous dominant so the
+        // backdrop doesn't drop to obsidian on the swap.
+      }
+    }
+
+    // 3. Atomic flip. Bail if a newer swap superseded us, or the
+    //    screen was disposed mid-preload.
+    if (!mounted) return;
+    if (_pendingPreloadId != newMedia.id) return;
+    setState(() {
+      _displayedMedia = newMedia;
+      if (newDominant != null) _displayedDominant = newDominant;
+    });
+  }
 
   void _onDragStart(DragStartDetails _) {
     _dragOffset = 0;
@@ -78,10 +194,61 @@ class _NowPlayingScreenState extends ConsumerState<NowPlayingScreen> {
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     final fs = Theme.of(context).extension<FabledSwordTheme>()!;
-    final media = ref.watch(mediaItemProvider).value;
-    final playback = ref.watch(playbackStateProvider).value;
 
-    if (media == null) {
+    // Listen for mediaItem changes and schedule a preload-then-swap.
+    // Build renders _displayedMedia / _displayedDominant; the live
+    // mediaItemProvider only drives the swap pipeline.
+    //
+    // Decision process:
+    //   - On the first non-null mediaItem after mount, seed
+    //     _displayedMedia immediately so the screen has something to
+    //     paint.
+    //   - On a track id change, kick off a preload. The new track's
+    //     cover bytes + dominant color must both resolve before we
+    //     flip the displayed state. The user sees the previous track
+    //     in full until the new one is fully ready, then a clean
+    //     atomic swap (no fade, no placeholder flash).
+    //   - On the same track id but the artUri-bearing rebroadcast
+    //     (audio_handler sends MediaItem twice on track change),
+    //     refresh through the same preload pipeline so the displayed
+    //     cover reflects the freshly-written AlbumCoverCache file.
+    ref.listen<AsyncValue<MediaItem?>>(mediaItemProvider, (prev, next) {
+      final newMedia = next.asData?.value;
+      if (newMedia == null) {
+        if (_displayedMedia != null) {
+          setState(() {
+            _displayedMedia = null;
+            _displayedDominant = null;
+            _pendingPreloadId = null;
+          });
+        }
+        return;
+      }
+      if (_displayedMedia == null) {
+        // First mount with a track playing — seed immediately, then
+        // kick the preload pipeline to update the dominant color and
+        // ensure the cover is decoded.
+        setState(() => _displayedMedia = newMedia);
+        _scheduleSwap(newMedia);
+        return;
+      }
+      final isNewTrack = newMedia.id != _displayedMedia!.id;
+      final coverGotPopulated =
+          newMedia.id == _displayedMedia!.id &&
+              newMedia.artUri != null &&
+              _displayedMedia!.artUri == null;
+      if (isNewTrack || coverGotPopulated) {
+        _scheduleSwap(newMedia);
+      }
+    });
+
+    final playback = ref.watch(playbackStateProvider).value;
+    final displayedMedia = _displayedMedia;
+
+    if (displayedMedia == null) {
+      // Either nothing playing, or the very first mount before a
+      // mediaItem has been emitted. The ref.listen above will seed
+      // _displayedMedia as soon as a non-null MediaItem arrives.
       return const Scaffold(body: Center(child: Text('Nothing playing.')));
     }
 
@@ -90,53 +257,22 @@ class _NowPlayingScreenState extends ConsumerState<NowPlayingScreen> {
     // only fires on state transitions and would leave the bar frozen
     // between them.
     final pos = ref.watch(positionProvider).value ?? Duration.zero;
-    final dur = media.duration ?? Duration.zero;
+    final dur = displayedMedia.duration ?? Duration.zero;
     final isPlaying = playback?.playing == true;
     final shuffleOn = playback?.shuffleMode == AudioServiceShuffleMode.all;
     final repeatMode = playback?.repeatMode ?? AudioServiceRepeatMode.none;
     final actions = ref.read(playerActionsProvider);
-    final albumId = (media.extras?['album_id'] as String?) ?? '';
+    final albumId = (displayedMedia.extras?['album_id'] as String?) ?? '';
 
-    // Dominant-color gradient backdrop seeded from the current track's
-    // album cover. Tweens to the new color on track change via
-    // AnimatedContainer.
-    //
-    // We hold _lastDominant across builds so a track change doesn't
-    // briefly tween to fs.obsidian while albumColorProvider for the
-    // new id is loading — that brief stop produced the "background
-    // coloring snaps in" effect users saw. With a held color, the
-    // gradient stays on the previous album's color until the new
-    // extraction resolves, then animates straight to it.
-    final dominantAsync = ref.watch(albumColorProvider(albumId));
-    final resolved = dominantAsync.asData?.value;
-    if (resolved != null) _lastDominant = resolved;
-    final dominant = _lastDominant ?? fs.obsidian;
-    // 0.55 alpha keeps the color present without overwhelming contrast
-    // on the title / artist text below. The lower half of the screen
-    // stays obsidian for control legibility.
+    // Backdrop color: render the dominant we've already committed to
+    // _displayedDominant. AnimatedContainer tweens between successive
+    // values, so the only color changes the user sees are the
+    // atomic-with-cover swaps from _scheduleSwap. 0.55 alpha keeps
+    // the gradient present without overwhelming the title/artist
+    // text below.
+    final dominant = _displayedDominant ?? fs.obsidian;
     final gradientTop = dominant.withValues(alpha: 0.55);
 
-    // Precache the cover image bytes the moment a new MediaItem (with
-    // a file:// artUri) is broadcast. Without this, AnimatedSwitcher's
-    // cross-fade for the cover would complete before FileImage finished
-    // decoding the bytes — visible as a "snap in" of the album art
-    // after the fade. precacheImage decodes in the background; by the
-    // time the new _AlbumArt mounts inside the switcher, the bytes are
-    // ready and the cover paints synchronously.
-    //
-    // Non-file artUris (the rare moment before AlbumCoverCache has
-    // written the file) fall back to ServerImage / CachedNetworkImage
-    // which has its own 120ms fade — no precache benefit there.
-    final artUri = media.artUri;
-    final artKey = artUri?.toString();
-    if (artUri != null &&
-        artUri.isScheme('file') &&
-        artKey != _precachedArtUri) {
-      _precachedArtUri = artKey;
-      // ignore: unawaited_futures
-      precacheImage(FileImage(File.fromUri(artUri)), context);
-    }
-
     return Scaffold(
       backgroundColor: fs.obsidian,
       // The whole screen accepts vertical drag for dismissal. Buttons
@@ -167,46 +303,36 @@ class _NowPlayingScreenState extends ConsumerState<NowPlayingScreen> {
                   child: Column(
                     children: [
                       const Spacer(),
-                      AnimatedSwitcher(
-                        duration: _trackChangeDuration,
-                        child: KeyedSubtree(
-                          key: ValueKey('cover-${media.id}'),
-                          child: _AlbumArt(
-                              media: media, albumId: albumId, fs: fs),
-                        ),
-                      ),
+                      // No AnimatedSwitcher: _displayedMedia only
+                      // advances after the preload pipeline has the
+                      // new cover + color ready, so a track change
+                      // is an atomic swap. Fading would just smear a
+                      // transition the user explicitly asked us not
+                      // to add.
+                      _AlbumArt(
+                          media: displayedMedia, albumId: albumId, fs: fs),
                       const SizedBox(height: 28),
-                      AnimatedSwitcher(
-                        duration: _trackChangeDuration,
-                        child: KeyedSubtree(
-                          key: ValueKey('title-${media.id}'),
-                          child: _TitleRow(media: media, fs: fs),
-                        ),
-                      ),
+                      _TitleRow(media: displayedMedia, fs: fs),
                       const SizedBox(height: 4),
-                      AnimatedSwitcher(
-                        duration: _trackChangeDuration,
-                        child: Column(
-                          key: ValueKey('artist-album-${media.id}'),
-                          mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
-                          children: [
+                      Column(
+                        mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+                        children: [
+                          Text(
+                            displayedMedia.artist ?? '',
+                            style: TextStyle(color: fs.ash, fontSize: 14),
+                            maxLines: 1,
+                            overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
+                          ),
+                          if ((displayedMedia.album ?? '').isNotEmpty) ...[
+                            const SizedBox(height: 2),
                             Text(
-                              media.artist ?? '',
-                              style: TextStyle(color: fs.ash, fontSize: 14),
+                              displayedMedia.album!,
+                              style: TextStyle(color: fs.ash, fontSize: 12),
                               maxLines: 1,
                               overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
                             ),
-                            if ((media.album ?? '').isNotEmpty) ...[
-                              const SizedBox(height: 2),
-                              Text(
-                                media.album!,
-                                style: TextStyle(color: fs.ash, fontSize: 12),
-                                maxLines: 1,
-                                overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
-                              ),
-                            ],
                           ],
-                        ),
+                        ],
                       ),
                       const SizedBox(height: 24),
                       _SecondaryControls(
@@ -214,7 +340,7 @@ class _NowPlayingScreenState extends ConsumerState<NowPlayingScreen> {
                         actions: actions,
                         shuffleOn: shuffleOn,
                         repeatMode: repeatMode,
-                        media: media,
+                        media: displayedMedia,
                       ),
                       const SizedBox(height: 8),
                       _SeekRow(position: pos, duration: dur, fs: fs, ref: ref),

flutter_client/lib/player/play_events_reporter.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,277 @@
+// Flutter play-event lifecycle reporter (#415 stage 3).
+//
+// The Flutter client previously reported NO plays — listening on
+// mobile never reached the server's play_events, so history,
+// recommendation scoring, ListenBrainz scrobbles, and (since #415)
+// system-playlist rotation all missed mobile activity entirely. This
+// closes that gap and is the path that carries the #415 `source` tag.
+//
+// State machine over (current track id, playing). Mirrors the web
+// events dispatcher, with one deliberate divergence: when a track
+// changes inside a queue we classify ended-vs-skipped by whether the
+// prior track reached (near) its duration, instead of the web
+// dispatcher's blanket "track change = skip". Blanket-skip would mark
+// every naturally-finished in-queue track as a skip and dilute the
+// recommendation skip-ratio — the exact failure mode that motivated
+// doing this properly. (The web dispatcher likely has the same
+// false-skip issue; flagged separately, not fixed here.)
+
+import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:math';
+
+import 'package:audio_service/audio_service.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
+
+import '../api/endpoints/events.dart';
+import '../auth/auth_provider.dart' show secureStorageProvider;
+import '../cache/mutation_queue.dart'
+    show MutationKinds, mutationQueueProvider;
+import '../library/library_providers.dart' show dioProvider;
+import 'audio_handler.dart' show MinstrelAudioHandler;
+import 'player_provider.dart' show audioHandlerProvider;
+
+const _clientIdKey = 'play_events_client_id';
+
+/// Tolerance for "the track basically finished": within 3s of the
+/// known duration counts as a natural completion, not a skip.
+const _completionToleranceMs = 3000;
+
+class PlayEventsReporter with WidgetsBindingObserver {
+  PlayEventsReporter(this._ref);
+  final Ref _ref;
+
+  final _subs = <StreamSubscription<dynamic>>[];
+  bool _disposed = false;
+
+  String? _clientId;
+  EventsApi? _api;
+
+  // Server play_event_id when the live play_started succeeded; null
+  // if start failed / offline — then the close is captured into the
+  // offline mutation queue instead of a live ended/skipped call.
+  String? _openPlayEventId;
+
+  // The play currently being tracked, captured independently of
+  // connectivity so an offline play is still a complete record.
+  String? _curTrackId;
+  DateTime? _curStartedAt;
+  String? _curSource;
+  int _curLastPositionMs = 0;
+  int _curDurationMs = 0;
+  bool _curReachedEnd = false;
+
+  String? _prevTrackId;
+
+  Future<void> start() async {
+    final MinstrelAudioHandler handler;
+    try {
+      // audioHandlerProvider throws until main() overrides it (real
+      // app always does). In tests / no-audio environments there's
+      // nothing to report — fail safe and stay inert rather than
+      // surfacing an unhandled async error.
+      handler = _ref.read(audioHandlerProvider);
+      _clientId = await _resolveClientId();
+      final dio = await _ref.read(dioProvider.future);
+      _api = EventsApi(dio);
+    } catch (_) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (_disposed) return;
+    WidgetsBinding.instance.addObserver(this);
+
+    _subs.add(handler.positionStream.listen((p) {
+      final ms = p.inMilliseconds;
+      // Advance the tracked play's progress ONLY while its track is
+      // the current one. A track change resets position to 0; gating
+      // on _curTrackId keeps the finishing track's last-known values
+      // intact for the close branch.
+      final mi = handler.mediaItem.value;
+      if (mi != null && mi.id == _curTrackId) {
+        _curLastPositionMs = ms;
+        final d = mi.duration;
+        if (d != null && d.inMilliseconds > 0) {
+          _curDurationMs = d.inMilliseconds;
+          if (ms >= _curDurationMs - _completionToleranceMs) {
+            _curReachedEnd = true;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }));
+    _subs.add(handler.mediaItem.listen((_) => _evaluate(handler)));
+    _subs.add(handler.playbackState.listen((_) => _evaluate(handler)));
+  }
+
+  void _evaluate(MinstrelAudioHandler handler) {
+    if (_disposed) return;
+    final mi = handler.mediaItem.value;
+    final st = handler.playbackState.value;
+    final tid = mi?.id;
+    final playing = st.playing;
+    final completed = st.processingState == AudioProcessingState.completed;
+
+    // Track changed → close the prior tracked play.
+    if (tid != _prevTrackId && _curTrackId != null) {
+      _closeCurrent(viaOffline: false);
+    }
+
+    // Entered playing for a new track → begin tracking it.
+    if (tid != null && playing && _curTrackId != tid) {
+      _beginTrack(handler, tid);
+    }
+
+    // Whole-queue natural end (just_audio only emits `completed` at
+    // the end of the sequence, not between items) → close it.
+    if (completed && _curTrackId != null) {
+      _curReachedEnd = true;
+      _closeCurrent(viaOffline: false);
+    }
+
+    _prevTrackId = tid;
+  }
+
+  void _beginTrack(MinstrelAudioHandler handler, String trackId) {
+    _curTrackId = trackId;
+    _curStartedAt = DateTime.now().toUtc();
+    _curSource = handler.queueSource;
+    _curLastPositionMs = 0;
+    _curReachedEnd = false;
+    final d = handler.mediaItem.value?.duration;
+    _curDurationMs = d?.inMilliseconds ?? 0;
+    _openPlayEventId = null;
+    // Fire the live play_started; adopt the server id only if we're
+    // still on this track when the response lands. Failure is fine —
+    // the close path captures the whole play into the offline queue.
+    _startLive(handler, trackId);
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _startLive(MinstrelAudioHandler handler, String trackId) async {
+    final api = _api;
+    final cid = _clientId;
+    if (api == null || cid == null) return;
+    try {
+      final id = await api.playStarted(
+        trackId: trackId,
+        clientId: cid,
+        source: _curSource,
+      );
+      if (id != null && _curTrackId == trackId) {
+        _openPlayEventId = id;
+      }
+    } catch (_) {
+      // Offline / flaky — _openPlayEventId stays null; the close path
+      // enqueues the completed play for replay.
+    }
+  }
+
+  /// Closes the currently-tracked play. `finished` is derived from
+  /// whether it reached ~its duration. If the live start registered a
+  /// server id we attempt the live ended/skipped close and fall back
+  /// to the offline queue on failure; with no server id (offline
+  /// start) — or viaOffline (app teardown, must be durable) — the
+  /// completed play is enqueued directly. The server's RecordOffline
+  /// Play applies the canonical skip rule, so the offline payload
+  /// only needs duration, not our finished/skipped guess.
+  void _closeCurrent({required bool viaOffline}) {
+    final trackId = _curTrackId;
+    final startedAt = _curStartedAt;
+    if (trackId == null || startedAt == null) {
+      _resetCurrent();
+      return;
+    }
+    final reached = _curReachedEnd;
+    final lastPos = _curLastPositionMs;
+    final durationMs = (reached && _curDurationMs > 0)
+        ? _curDurationMs
+        : lastPos;
+    final source = _curSource;
+    final id = _openPlayEventId;
+
+    if (!viaOffline && id != null) {
+      // Live close; on failure, fall back to the durable offline path
+      // so a transient blip at close time doesn't lose the play.
+      final fut = reached
+          ? _api?.playEnded(playEventId: id, durationPlayedMs: durationMs)
+          : _api?.playSkipped(playEventId: id, positionMs: lastPos);
+      fut?.catchError((_) {
+        _enqueueOffline(trackId, startedAt, source, durationMs);
+      });
+    } else {
+      _enqueueOffline(trackId, startedAt, source, durationMs);
+    }
+    _resetCurrent();
+  }
+
+  void _resetCurrent() {
+    _curTrackId = null;
+    _curStartedAt = null;
+    _curSource = null;
+    _curLastPositionMs = 0;
+    _curDurationMs = 0;
+    _curReachedEnd = false;
+    _openPlayEventId = null;
+  }
+
+  void _enqueueOffline(
+    String trackId,
+    DateTime startedAt,
+    String? source,
+    int durationPlayedMs,
+  ) {
+    final cid = _clientId;
+    if (cid == null) return;
+    // ignore: unawaited_futures
+    _ref.read(mutationQueueProvider).enqueue(MutationKinds.playOffline, {
+      'trackId': trackId,
+      'clientId': cid,
+      'at': startedAt.toIso8601String(),
+      'durationPlayedMs': durationPlayedMs,
+      if (source != null && source.isNotEmpty) 'source': source,
+    });
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void didChangeAppLifecycleState(AppLifecycleState state) {
+    // App backgrounded / killed mid-play: close durably via the
+    // offline queue (a fire-and-forget POST during teardown is
+    // unreliable; the queue survives a process kill and drains on
+    // next launch). Mirrors the intent of web's pagehide beacon.
+    if (state == AppLifecycleState.paused ||
+        state == AppLifecycleState.detached) {
+      if (_curTrackId != null) {
+        _closeCurrent(viaOffline: true);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  Future<String> _resolveClientId() async {
+    final storage = _ref.read(secureStorageProvider);
+    final existing = await storage.read(key: _clientIdKey);
+    if (existing != null && existing.isNotEmpty) return existing;
+    final rnd = Random.secure();
+    final bytes = List<int>.generate(16, (_) => rnd.nextInt(256));
+    final id =
+        bytes.map((b) => b.toRadixString(16).padLeft(2, '0')).join();
+    await storage.write(key: _clientIdKey, value: id);
+    return id;
+  }
+
+  void dispose() {
+    _disposed = true;
+    WidgetsBinding.instance.removeObserver(this);
+    for (final s in _subs) {
+      s.cancel();
+    }
+    _subs.clear();
+  }
+}
+
+/// Read once at app start (app.dart postFrame) to activate reporting.
+/// Disposed via ref.onDispose when the scope tears down.
+final playEventsReporterProvider = Provider<PlayEventsReporter>((ref) {
+  final r = PlayEventsReporter(ref);
+  ref.onDispose(r.dispose);
+  // ignore: unawaited_futures
+  r.start();
+  return r;
+});

flutter_client/lib/player/player_bar.dart

@@ -28,16 +28,37 @@ import 'player_provider.dart';
 /// Tap anywhere on the bar (including art/title) ascends to the full
 /// player. A vertical drag upward also ascends, so the gesture mirrors
 /// the drag-down dismissal on the full screen.
-class PlayerBar extends ConsumerWidget {
+class PlayerBar extends ConsumerStatefulWidget {
   const PlayerBar({super.key});
 
   @override
-  Widget build(BuildContext context, WidgetRef ref) {
+  ConsumerState<PlayerBar> createState() => _PlayerBarState();
+}
+
+class _PlayerBarState extends ConsumerState<PlayerBar> {
+  /// Last non-null artUri we've seen from the mediaItem stream. Held
+  /// across the audio_handler's two-broadcast track-change pattern
+  /// (bare MediaItem first, then with artUri once AlbumCoverCache
+  /// resolves) so the mini bar keeps showing the previous track's
+  /// cover until the new one is known. Without this hold the bar
+  /// flickered to the slate placeholder for ~100ms on every track
+  /// change.
+  Uri? _lastArtUri;
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     final fs = Theme.of(context).extension<FabledSwordTheme>()!;
     final media = ref.watch(mediaItemProvider).value;
     final playback = ref.watch(playbackStateProvider).value;
     if (media == null) return const SizedBox.shrink();
 
+    // Capture the latest non-null artUri so _TrackInfo's cover stays
+    // continuous across track changes.
+    if (media.artUri != null) _lastArtUri = media.artUri;
+    final displayMedia = media.artUri == null && _lastArtUri != null
+        ? media.copyWith(artUri: _lastArtUri)
+        : media;
+
     // positionProvider is just_audio's positionStream (~200ms cadence)
     // so the mini bar's seek crawls forward smoothly. PlaybackState
     // only updates on event transitions and would leave it frozen.
@@ -65,7 +86,7 @@ class PlayerBar extends ConsumerWidget {
                 child: Row(
                   crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.center,
                   children: [
-                    Expanded(child: _TrackInfo(media: media)),
+                    Expanded(child: _TrackInfo(media: displayMedia)),
                     const SizedBox(width: 8),
                     _PlayControls(playback: playback, ref: ref),
                   ],
@@ -96,27 +117,27 @@ class _TrackInfo extends StatelessWidget {
     // than fade-cutting. Tag is stable per-route (not keyed by media.id)
     // so the transition works regardless of what's playing.
     //
-    // AnimatedSwitcher around the cover smooths the artUri null→file://
-    // swap that fires on every track change: audio_handler broadcasts
-    // the new MediaItem without artUri immediately, then re-broadcasts
-    // with artUri once AlbumCoverCache resolves the path. Without the
-    // crossfade the cover snaps from the previous track's image to a
-    // slate placeholder to the new image — visible as a flicker.
-    final Widget coverChild;
-    if (media.artUri != null) {
+    // Why no transition / placeholder handling: the audio_handler
+    // broadcasts MediaItem twice on track change — once with artUri
+    // null (the new track's bare metadata), then with artUri set once
+    // AlbumCoverCache resolves. The widget tree above hands us the
+    // most-recent non-null artUri (`displayArtUri`), so the previous
+    // track's cover stays visible across that null gap and the new
+    // cover snaps in the moment its artUri arrives. Rapid change is
+    // fine here per operator preference; AnimatedSwitcher previously
+    // smeared the swap and made the slate placeholder visible.
+    final displayArtUri = media.artUri;
+    final Widget cover;
+    if (displayArtUri != null) {
       // CachedNetworkImageProvider for HTTPS art URIs so the mini bar
       // hits the same disk cache the rest of the UI uses (ServerImage,
       // discover thumbnails). FileImage stays for the file:// branch
       // populated by AlbumCoverCache — bytes are already on disk and a
       // second cache layer would only burn duplicate space.
-      coverChild = Image(
-        // Key includes the artUri so AnimatedSwitcher detects a swap;
-        // without this it treats successive Image widgets as the same
-        // tree node and skips the transition.
-        key: ValueKey('art-${media.artUri}'),
-        image: media.artUri!.isScheme('file')
-            ? FileImage(File.fromUri(media.artUri!)) as ImageProvider
-            : CachedNetworkImageProvider(media.artUri.toString()),
+      cover = Image(
+        image: displayArtUri.isScheme('file')
+            ? FileImage(File.fromUri(displayArtUri)) as ImageProvider
+            : CachedNetworkImageProvider(displayArtUri.toString()),
         width: 48,
         height: 48,
         // Without a fit, Image paints the source at its intrinsic
@@ -128,19 +149,8 @@ class _TrackInfo extends StatelessWidget {
             Container(width: 48, height: 48, color: fs.slate),
       );
     } else {
-      coverChild = Container(
-        key: const ValueKey('art-placeholder'),
-        width: 48,
-        height: 48,
-        color: fs.slate,
-      );
+      cover = Container(width: 48, height: 48, color: fs.slate);
     }
-    final cover = AnimatedSwitcher(
-      duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 180),
-      switchInCurve: Curves.easeOut,
-      switchOutCurve: Curves.easeOut,
-      child: coverChild,
-    );
     return Row(
       // Default centering vertically aligns the like/kebab buttons
       // against the album art (48dp) — visually they span the title +

flutter_client/lib/player/player_provider.dart

@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
+import 'dart:math' show Random;
+
 import 'package:audio_service/audio_service.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
 
+import '../api/endpoints/likes.dart' show LikeKind;
 import '../api/endpoints/radio.dart';
 import '../auth/auth_provider.dart';
 import '../cache/audio_cache_manager.dart';
 import '../library/library_providers.dart' show dioProvider;
+import '../likes/likes_provider.dart';
 import '../models/track.dart';
 import 'album_cover_cache.dart';
 import 'audio_handler.dart';
@@ -49,10 +53,35 @@ final positionProvider = StreamProvider<Duration>(
 );
 
 class PlayerActions {
-  PlayerActions(this._ref);
+  PlayerActions(this._ref) {
+    // Keep MediaItem.rating in sync with the drift-backed likedIds
+    // cache so external media surfaces (Wear's heart button, lock-
+    // screen favorite, Auto's like icon) reflect the current state
+    // even when the user toggles a like from somewhere other than
+    // the watch itself — e.g. tapping the heart on a TrackRow, the
+    // kebab menu, or another logged-in device propagating via SSE.
+    _ref.listen<AsyncValue<LikedIds>>(likedIdsProvider, (_, next) {
+      if (next.value == null) return;
+      _ref.read(audioHandlerProvider).refreshCurrentRating();
+    });
+  }
   final Ref _ref;
 
-  Future<void> playTracks(List<TrackRef> tracks, {int initialIndex = 0}) async {
+  Future<void> playTracks(
+    List<TrackRef> tracks, {
+    int initialIndex = 0,
+    bool shuffle = false,
+    String? source,
+  }) async {
+    // shuffle=true means "play this pool randomly, starting at a
+    // random track" (client-side; used for non-system surfaces that
+    // want shuffle). System playlists instead fetch a server-ordered
+    // list and pass source — no client shuffle, the order is already
+    // rotation-aware (#415).
+    var startAt = initialIndex;
+    if (shuffle && tracks.length > 1) {
+      startAt = Random().nextInt(tracks.length);
+    }
     final url   = await _ref.read(serverUrlProvider.future);
     final token = await _ref.read(secureStorageProvider).read(key: 'session_token');
     final cache = _ref.read(albumCoverCacheProvider);
@@ -63,11 +92,31 @@ class PlayerActions {
         token: token,
         coverCache: cache,
         audioCacheManager: audioCache,
+        likeBridge: _buildLikeBridge(),
       );
-    await h.setQueueFromTracks(tracks, initialIndex: initialIndex);
+    await h.setQueueFromTracks(tracks, initialIndex: startAt, source: source);
+    if (shuffle) {
+      await h.setShuffleMode(AudioServiceShuffleMode.all);
+    }
     await h.play();
   }
 
+  /// Builds the adapter the audio handler uses to read + flip the
+  /// current track's like state in response to external media-
+  /// controller events (Wear's heart button, lock-screen favorite).
+  /// Constructed here because the audio handler is initialized in
+  /// main.dart before the ProviderScope exists; passing the bridge
+  /// in via configure() keeps the handler Riverpod-agnostic while
+  /// still letting it call into LikesController + likedIdsProvider.
+  LikeBridge _buildLikeBridge() {
+    return LikeBridge(
+      toggleTrackLike: (id) =>
+          _ref.read(likesControllerProvider).toggle(LikeKind.track, id),
+      isTrackLiked: (id) =>
+          _ref.read(likedIdsProvider).value?.has(LikeKind.track, id) ?? false,
+    );
+  }
+
   Future<void> playNext(TrackRef track) async {
     final h = _ref.read(audioHandlerProvider);
     await h.playNext(track);

flutter_client/lib/playlists/playlist_detail_screen.dart

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
 import 'package:go_router/go_router.dart';
 
-import '../cache/audio_cache_manager.dart';
-import '../cache/db.dart';
 import '../models/playlist.dart';
 import '../models/track.dart';
 import '../player/player_provider.dart';
@@ -212,6 +210,9 @@ class _Body extends ConsumerWidget {
                     ref.read(playerActionsProvider).playTracks(
                           playableRefs,
                           initialIndex: startIdx >= 0 ? startIdx : 0,
+                          source: detail.playlist.refreshable
+                              ? detail.playlist.systemVariant
+                              : null,
                         );
                     // Keep liveTrack referenced to avoid an unused-variable
                     // warning while we leave hooks for menu wiring later.
@@ -263,29 +264,22 @@ class _Header extends ConsumerWidget {
           ),
           const Spacer(),
           if (playable.isNotEmpty) ...[
-            OutlinedButton.icon(
-              key: const Key('download_playlist_button'),
-              onPressed: () {
-                final mgr = ref.read(audioCacheManagerProvider);
-                for (final t in playable) {
-                  final id = t.trackId ?? '';
-                  if (id.isEmpty) continue;
-                  // Fire-and-forget; downloads happen in background.
-                  // ignore: unawaited_futures
-                  mgr.pin(id, source: CacheSource.autoPlaylist);
-                }
-                ScaffoldMessenger.of(context).showSnackBar(
-                  SnackBar(content: Text('Downloading ${playable.length} tracks…')),
-                );
-              },
-              icon: const Icon(Icons.download, size: 16),
-              label: const Text('Download'),
-            ),
-            const SizedBox(width: 8),
+            if (p.refreshable) ...[
+              OutlinedButton.icon(
+                key: const Key('regenerate_playlist_button'),
+                onPressed: () => _regenerate(context, ref),
+                icon: const Icon(Icons.refresh, size: 16),
+                label: const Text('Regenerate'),
+              ),
+              const SizedBox(width: 8),
+            ],
             FilledButton.icon(
               onPressed: () {
                 final refs = playable.map(_toTrackRef).toList(growable: false);
-                ref.read(playerActionsProvider).playTracks(refs);
+                ref.read(playerActionsProvider).playTracks(
+                      refs,
+                      source: p.refreshable ? p.systemVariant : null,
+                    );
               },
               icon: const Icon(Icons.play_arrow),
               label: const Text('Play'),
@@ -299,6 +293,37 @@ class _Header extends ConsumerWidget {
       ]),
     );
   }
+
+  /// Forces a server-side rebuild of this system playlist. The
+  /// rebuild rotates the playlist UUID, so the old detail route now
+  /// 404s — rebind by pushReplacement-ing to the new id. The
+  /// aggregate list is invalidated too so the home row's tile points
+  /// at the fresh UUID. ScaffoldMessenger + router captured before
+  /// the await so we don't touch a stale BuildContext after.
+  Future<void> _regenerate(BuildContext context, WidgetRef ref) async {
+    final messenger = ScaffoldMessenger.of(context);
+    final router = GoRouter.of(context);
+    final p = detail.playlist;
+    try {
+      final api = await ref.read(playlistsApiProvider.future);
+      final newId = await api.refreshSystem(p.systemVariant!);
+      ref.invalidate(playlistsListProvider);
+      if (newId == null) {
+        messenger.showSnackBar(const SnackBar(
+          content: Text('Nothing to build yet — library is empty.'),
+        ));
+        return;
+      }
+      messenger.showSnackBar(
+        SnackBar(content: Text('${p.name} regenerated')),
+      );
+      router.pushReplacement('/playlists/$newId');
+    } catch (e) {
+      messenger.showSnackBar(
+        SnackBar(content: Text("Couldn't regenerate: $e")),
+      );
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 class _PlaylistTrackRow extends ConsumerWidget {

flutter_client/lib/playlists/widgets/playlist_card.dart

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
 import 'package:go_router/go_router.dart';
 
+import '../../cache/offline_provider.dart';
 import '../../library/widgets/play_circle_button.dart';
 import '../../models/playlist.dart';
 import '../../models/track.dart';
@@ -23,7 +24,12 @@ class PlaylistCard extends ConsumerWidget {
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context, WidgetRef ref) {
     final fs = Theme.of(context).extension<FabledSwordTheme>()!;
-    final hasTracks = playlist.trackCount > 0;
+    // #427 S4: refreshable system playlists need the live build/
+    // shuffle endpoints — unavailable offline. Disable their play
+    // (use Shuffle all instead). User playlists play from cache.
+    final offline = ref.watch(offlineProvider);
+    final hasTracks = playlist.trackCount > 0 &&
+        !(offline && playlist.refreshable);
     return SizedBox(
       width: 176,
       child: Material(
@@ -66,6 +72,31 @@ class PlaylistCard extends ConsumerWidget {
                       onPressed: () => _playPlaylist(ref),
                     ),
                   ),
+                  // System playlists get a refresh affordance so the
+                  // user can force a fresh mix instead of waiting for
+                  // the daily 03:00 rebuild. Mirrors the web kebab.
+                  if (playlist.refreshable)
+                    Positioned(
+                      top: 2,
+                      right: 2,
+                      child: PopupMenuButton<String>(
+                        icon: Icon(Icons.more_vert, color: fs.parchment, size: 18),
+                        tooltip: 'Playlist actions',
+                        color: fs.iron,
+                        onSelected: (_) => _refresh(context, ref),
+                        itemBuilder: (_) => [
+                          PopupMenuItem<String>(
+                            value: 'refresh',
+                            child: Row(children: [
+                              Icon(Icons.refresh, color: fs.parchment, size: 18),
+                              const SizedBox(width: 8),
+                              Text(_refreshLabel,
+                                  style: TextStyle(color: fs.parchment)),
+                            ]),
+                          ),
+                        ],
+                      ),
+                    ),
                 ],
               ),
               const SizedBox(height: 8),
@@ -91,6 +122,16 @@ class PlaylistCard extends ConsumerWidget {
                     ),
                   ),
                 ),
+              if (playlist.isSystem && _refreshedLabel(playlist.createdAt) != '')
+                Padding(
+                  padding: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 2),
+                  child: Text(
+                    _refreshedLabel(playlist.createdAt),
+                    maxLines: 1,
+                    overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
+                    style: TextStyle(color: fs.ash, fontSize: 11),
+                  ),
+                ),
             ]),
           ),
         ),
@@ -98,13 +139,63 @@ class PlaylistCard extends ConsumerWidget {
     );
   }
 
+  String get _refreshLabel => 'Refresh ${playlist.name}';
+
+  /// #417: system playlists atomic-replace on rebuild, so createdAt
+  /// is the last-rotated time. Friendly wording mirrors the web
+  /// PlaylistCard. Empty string when the timestamp is unparseable.
+  String _refreshedLabel(String iso) {
+    final t = DateTime.tryParse(iso);
+    if (t == null) return '';
+    final now = DateTime.now();
+    final mins = now.difference(t).inMinutes;
+    if (mins < 5) return 'Refreshed just now';
+    final startOfToday = DateTime(now.year, now.month, now.day);
+    if (!t.isBefore(startOfToday)) return 'Refreshed today';
+    final days = startOfToday.difference(DateTime(t.year, t.month, t.day)).inDays;
+    if (days <= 1) return 'Refreshed yesterday';
+    if (days < 7) return 'Refreshed $days days ago';
+    const months = [
+      'Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun',
+      'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec',
+    ];
+    return 'Refreshed ${months[t.month - 1]} ${t.day}';
+  }
+
+  /// Forces a server-side rebuild of this system playlist, then
+  /// invalidates the aggregate list so the rotated UUID + new tracks
+  /// land on the next read. ScaffoldMessenger is captured before the
+  /// await so we don't touch a stale BuildContext afterward.
+  Future<void> _refresh(BuildContext context, WidgetRef ref) async {
+    final messenger = ScaffoldMessenger.of(context);
+    try {
+      final api = await ref.read(playlistsApiProvider.future);
+      await api.refreshSystem(playlist.systemVariant!);
+      ref.invalidate(playlistsListProvider);
+      messenger.showSnackBar(
+        SnackBar(content: Text('${playlist.name} refreshed')),
+      );
+    } catch (e) {
+      messenger.showSnackBar(
+        SnackBar(content: Text("Couldn't refresh: $e")),
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
   /// Fetches the playlist via /api/playlists/{id}, materializes each
   /// PlaylistTrack into a TrackRef (filtering out unavailable rows
   /// whose `trackId` is null after a track-delete), and plays from
   /// index 0. Mirrors the web PlaylistCard's onPlayClick.
   Future<void> _playPlaylist(WidgetRef ref) async {
     final api = await ref.read(playlistsApiProvider.future);
-    final detail = await api.get(playlist.id);
+    // Refreshable (singleton) system playlists: fetch the server's
+    // rotation-aware order (#415) and play as-is, tagged with the
+    // source so the reporter advances rotation. User playlists AND
+    // non-singleton system kinds (songs_like_artist — no by-kind
+    // endpoint) play the stored order via get(), untagged.
+    final detail = playlist.refreshable
+        ? await api.systemShuffle(playlist.systemVariant!)
+        : await api.get(playlist.id);
     final refs = <TrackRef>[];
     for (final t in detail.tracks) {
       if (t.trackId == null) continue;
@@ -120,6 +211,13 @@ class PlaylistCard extends ConsumerWidget {
       ));
     }
     if (refs.isEmpty) return;
-    await ref.read(playerActionsProvider).playTracks(refs, initialIndex: 0);
+    // Rotation-aware kinds arrive pre-ordered from the server — play
+    // as-is, tagged so the reporter advances rotation. No client
+    // shuffle. Everything else plays stored order, untagged.
+    await ref.read(playerActionsProvider).playTracks(
+          refs,
+          initialIndex: 0,
+          source: playlist.refreshable ? playlist.systemVariant : null,
+        );
   }
 }

flutter_client/lib/quarantine/quarantine_provider.dart

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import '../api/endpoints/quarantine.dart';
 import '../cache/audio_cache_manager.dart' show appDbProvider;
 import '../cache/connectivity_provider.dart';
 import '../cache/db.dart';
+import '../cache/mutation_queue.dart';
 import '../library/library_providers.dart' show dioProvider;
 import '../models/quarantine_mine.dart';
 import '../models/track.dart';
@@ -110,17 +111,18 @@ class MyQuarantineController extends AsyncNotifier<List<QuarantineMineRow>> {
     try {
       final api = await ref.read(quarantineApiProvider.future);
       await api.flag(track.id, reason, notes: notes);
-    } catch (e, st) {
-      // Rollback the optimistic insert; watch() re-emits the prior set.
-      await (db.delete(db.cachedQuarantineMine)
-            ..where((t) => t.trackId.equals(track.id)))
-          .go();
-      Error.throwWithStackTrace(e, st);
+    } catch (_) {
+      // REST failed — don't roll back; queue for replay so the user's
+      // "hide this track" intent persists offline.
+      await ref.read(mutationQueueProvider).enqueue(
+        MutationKinds.quarantineFlag,
+        {'trackId': track.id, 'reason': reason, 'notes': notes},
+      );
     }
   }
 
-  /// Optimistic unflag: removes the drift row, calls server, restores
-  /// on error.
+  /// Optimistic unflag: removes the drift row, calls server, queues
+  /// the call on failure so the unhide intent persists offline.
   Future<void> unflag(String trackId) async {
     final db = ref.read(appDbProvider);
     final existing = await (db.select(db.cachedQuarantineMine)
@@ -135,13 +137,11 @@ class MyQuarantineController extends AsyncNotifier<List<QuarantineMineRow>> {
     try {
       final api = await ref.read(quarantineApiProvider.future);
       await api.unflag(trackId);
-    } catch (e, st) {
-      // Restore the row we just deleted — toCompanion(true) preserves
-      // every field including the original fetchedAt timestamp.
-      await db
-          .into(db.cachedQuarantineMine)
-          .insertOnConflictUpdate(existing.toCompanion(true));
-      Error.throwWithStackTrace(e, st);
+    } catch (_) {
+      // Don't restore the drift row; queue the unflag for replay.
+      await ref
+          .read(mutationQueueProvider)
+          .enqueue(MutationKinds.quarantineUnflag, {'trackId': trackId});
     }
   }
 

flutter_client/lib/requests/requests_provider.dart

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import 'dart:async';
 import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
 
 import '../api/endpoints/requests.dart';
+import '../cache/mutation_queue.dart';
 import '../library/library_providers.dart' show dioProvider;
 import '../models/admin_request.dart';
 
@@ -41,17 +42,20 @@ class MyRequestsController extends AsyncNotifier<List<AdminRequest>> {
     }
   }
 
-  /// Optimistic remove + REST cancel. Restores the row on failure so
-  /// the user can retry — silent failure would lie about success.
+  /// Optimistic remove + REST cancel. On failure the row stays
+  /// removed in-memory and the cancel is queued for replay — this
+  /// keeps the user's intent visible across network loss instead of
+  /// restoring a row they explicitly asked to remove.
   Future<void> cancel(String id) async {
     final api = await ref.read(requestsApiProvider.future);
     final current = state.value ?? const <AdminRequest>[];
     state = AsyncData(current.where((r) => r.id != id).toList());
     try {
       await api.cancel(id);
-    } catch (e, st) {
-      state = AsyncData(current);
-      Error.throwWithStackTrace(e, st);
+    } catch (_) {
+      await ref
+          .read(mutationQueueProvider)
+          .enqueue(MutationKinds.requestCancel, {'id': id});
     }
   }
 }

flutter_client/lib/settings/about_section.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
+import 'package:package_info_plus/package_info_plus.dart';
+
+import '../theme/theme_extension.dart';
+import '../update/client_update_provider.dart';
+import '../update/update_info.dart';
+
+final _packageInfoProvider = FutureProvider<PackageInfo>((_) {
+  return PackageInfo.fromPlatform();
+});
+
+class AboutSection extends ConsumerStatefulWidget {
+  const AboutSection({super.key});
+
+  @override
+  ConsumerState<AboutSection> createState() => _AboutSectionState();
+}
+
+enum _InstallStage { idle, downloading, error }
+
+class _AboutSectionState extends ConsumerState<AboutSection> {
+  DateTime? _lastChecked;
+  bool _checking = false;
+
+  _InstallStage _installStage = _InstallStage.idle;
+  double _installProgress = 0;
+  String? _installError;
+
+  Future<void> _checkNow() async {
+    setState(() => _checking = true);
+    ref.invalidate(clientUpdateProvider);
+    try {
+      await ref.read(clientUpdateProvider.future);
+    } finally {
+      if (mounted) {
+        setState(() {
+          _checking = false;
+          _lastChecked = DateTime.now();
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _install(UpdateInfo info) async {
+    setState(() {
+      _installStage = _InstallStage.downloading;
+      _installProgress = 0;
+      _installError = null;
+    });
+    try {
+      final installer = await ref.read(updateInstallerProvider.future);
+      final path = await installer.download(
+        info.apkUrl,
+        onProgress: (p) {
+          if (mounted) setState(() => _installProgress = p);
+        },
+      );
+      await installer.install(path);
+    } catch (e) {
+      if (!mounted) return;
+      setState(() {
+        _installStage = _InstallStage.error;
+        _installError = '$e';
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final fs = Theme.of(context).extension<FabledSwordTheme>()!;
+    final pkg = ref.watch(_packageInfoProvider);
+    final update = ref.watch(clientUpdateProvider);
+
+    final installed = pkg.value == null
+        ? '…'
+        : '${pkg.value!.version}+${pkg.value!.buildNumber}';
+
+    final UpdateInfo? available = update.value;
+    final hasUpdate = available != null;
+
+    return Column(crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start, children: [
+      const Padding(
+        padding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(16, 4, 16, 8),
+        child: _SectionHeader('About'),
+      ),
+      Padding(
+        padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(16, 0, 16, 4),
+        child: Row(
+          children: [
+            Icon(Icons.info_outline, color: fs.parchment, size: 18),
+            const SizedBox(width: 8),
+            Text('Installed version',
+                style: TextStyle(color: fs.parchment, fontSize: 14)),
+            const Spacer(),
+            Text(installed,
+                style: TextStyle(
+                    color: fs.ash,
+                    fontSize: 13,
+                    fontFamily: 'JetBrainsMono')),
+          ],
+        ),
+      ),
+      Padding(
+        padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(16, 4, 16, 4),
+        child: Row(
+          children: [
+            Icon(Icons.cloud_outlined, color: fs.parchment, size: 18),
+            const SizedBox(width: 8),
+            Text('Latest version',
+                style: TextStyle(color: fs.parchment, fontSize: 14)),
+            const Spacer(),
+            Text(
+              hasUpdate ? available.version : _statusFor(update, installed),
+              style: TextStyle(
+                  color: hasUpdate ? fs.accent : fs.ash,
+                  fontSize: 13,
+                  fontFamily: 'JetBrainsMono'),
+            ),
+          ],
+        ),
+      ),
+      if (_lastChecked != null)
+        Padding(
+          padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(16, 4, 16, 0),
+          child: Text(
+            'Last checked ${_formatTime(_lastChecked!)}',
+            style: TextStyle(color: fs.ash, fontSize: 11),
+          ),
+        ),
+      Padding(
+        padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(16, 12, 16, 0),
+        child: Row(
+          children: [
+            FilledButton.icon(
+              key: const Key('about_check_for_updates'),
+              onPressed: _checking ? null : _checkNow,
+              style: FilledButton.styleFrom(
+                backgroundColor: fs.accent,
+                foregroundColor: fs.parchment,
+              ),
+              icon: _checking
+                  ? SizedBox(
+                      width: 14,
+                      height: 14,
+                      child: CircularProgressIndicator(
+                        strokeWidth: 2,
+                        valueColor: AlwaysStoppedAnimation(fs.parchment),
+                      ),
+                    )
+                  : const Icon(Icons.refresh, size: 18),
+              label: Text(_checking ? 'Checking…' : 'Check for updates'),
+            ),
+            if (hasUpdate) ...[
+              const SizedBox(width: 12),
+              FilledButton.icon(
+                key: const Key('about_install_update'),
+                onPressed: _installStage == _InstallStage.downloading
+                    ? null
+                    : () => _install(available),
+                style: FilledButton.styleFrom(
+                  backgroundColor: fs.moss,
+                  foregroundColor: fs.parchment,
+                ),
+                icon: _installStage == _InstallStage.downloading
+                    ? SizedBox(
+                        width: 14,
+                        height: 14,
+                        child: CircularProgressIndicator(
+                          strokeWidth: 2,
+                          value: _installProgress > 0 ? _installProgress : null,
+                          valueColor: AlwaysStoppedAnimation(fs.parchment),
+                        ),
+                      )
+                    : const Icon(Icons.system_update, size: 18),
+                label: Text(
+                  _installStage == _InstallStage.downloading
+                      ? 'Downloading…'
+                      : _installStage == _InstallStage.error
+                          ? 'Retry install'
+                          : 'Install ${available.version}',
+                ),
+              ),
+            ],
+          ],
+        ),
+      ),
+      if (_installStage == _InstallStage.error && _installError != null)
+        Padding(
+          padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(16, 8, 16, 0),
+          child: Text(_installError!,
+              style: TextStyle(color: fs.error, fontSize: 12),
+              maxLines: 2,
+              overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis),
+        ),
+    ]);
+  }
+
+  String _statusFor(AsyncValue<UpdateInfo?> update, String installed) {
+    if (update.isLoading) return 'Checking…';
+    if (update.hasError) return 'Check failed';
+    return 'Up to date';
+  }
+
+  String _formatTime(DateTime t) {
+    final h = t.hour.toString().padLeft(2, '0');
+    final m = t.minute.toString().padLeft(2, '0');
+    return '$h:$m';
+  }
+}
+
+class _SectionHeader extends StatelessWidget {
+  const _SectionHeader(this.label);
+  final String label;
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final fs = Theme.of(context).extension<FabledSwordTheme>()!;
+    return Text(
+      label,
+      style: TextStyle(
+        color: fs.parchment,
+        fontSize: 16,
+        fontWeight: FontWeight.w500,
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}

flutter_client/lib/settings/settings_screen.dart

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import '../library/library_providers.dart' show dioProvider;
 import '../models/my_profile.dart';
 import '../shared/widgets/main_app_bar_actions.dart';
 import '../theme/theme_extension.dart';
+import 'about_section.dart';
 import 'storage_section.dart';
 import '../theme/theme_mode_provider.dart';
 
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ class SettingsScreen extends ConsumerWidget {
           _PasswordSection(),
           _Divider(),
           _ListenBrainzSection(),
+          _Divider(),
+          AboutSection(),
           _AdminSection(),
           SizedBox(height: 96),
         ],

flutter_client/lib/settings/storage_section.dart

@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
 import '../cache/audio_cache_manager.dart';
 import '../cache/cache_settings_provider.dart';
 import '../cache/sync_controller.dart';
+import '../likes/likes_provider.dart' show likedIdsProvider;
 import '../theme/theme_extension.dart';
 
-/// Settings card: usage display, cap selector, prefetch window selector,
-/// cache-liked toggle, Clear cache + Sync now buttons.
+/// Settings card: per-bucket usage, two cap selectors (Liked +
+/// Recently-played), prefetch window, cache-liked toggle, Clear
+/// cache + Sync now. #427 S2/S3: two independent budgets.
 class StorageSection extends ConsumerStatefulWidget {
   const StorageSection({super.key});
 
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ class StorageSection extends ConsumerStatefulWidget {
 }
 
 class _StorageSectionState extends ConsumerState<StorageSection> {
-  int? _usageBytes;
+  BucketUsage? _usage;
   bool _syncing = false;
 
   @override
@@ -25,10 +27,13 @@ class _StorageSectionState extends ConsumerState<StorageSection> {
     _refreshUsage();
   }
 
+  Set<String> _likedSet() =>
+      ref.read(likedIdsProvider).value?.tracks ?? const <String>{};
+
   Future<void> _refreshUsage() async {
     final mgr = ref.read(audioCacheManagerProvider);
-    final used = await mgr.usageBytes();
-    if (mounted) setState(() => _usageBytes = used);
+    final u = await mgr.bucketUsage(_likedSet());
+    if (mounted) setState(() => _usage = u);
   }
 
   String _fmtBytes(int? n) {
@@ -36,10 +41,14 @@ class _StorageSectionState extends ConsumerState<StorageSection> {
     if (n == 0) return '0 B';
     if (n < 1024) return '$n B';
     if (n < 1024 * 1024) return '${(n / 1024).toStringAsFixed(1)} KB';
-    if (n < 1024 * 1024 * 1024) return '${(n / 1024 / 1024).toStringAsFixed(1)} MB';
+    if (n < 1024 * 1024 * 1024) {
+      return '${(n / 1024 / 1024).toStringAsFixed(1)} MB';
+    }
     return '${(n / 1024 / 1024 / 1024).toStringAsFixed(2)} GB';
   }
 
+  String _cap(int bytes) => bytes == 0 ? 'unlimited' : _fmtBytes(bytes);
+
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     final fs = Theme.of(context).extension<FabledSwordTheme>()!;
@@ -65,17 +74,32 @@ class _StorageSectionState extends ConsumerState<StorageSection> {
                         fontSize: 18,
                         fontWeight: FontWeight.w500)),
                 const SizedBox(height: 12),
-                Row(children: [
-                  Text('Cache usage', style: TextStyle(color: fs.ash)),
-                  const Spacer(),
-                  Text(
-                    '${_fmtBytes(_usageBytes)} / '
-                    '${s.capBytes == 0 ? "unlimited" : _fmtBytes(s.capBytes)}',
-                    style: TextStyle(color: fs.parchment),
-                  ),
-                ]),
+                _usageRow('Liked', _usage?.liked, s.likedCapBytes, fs),
+                const SizedBox(height: 4),
+                _usageRow('Recently played', _usage?.rolling,
+                    s.rollingCapBytes, fs),
                 const SizedBox(height: 16),
-                _capSelector(s, fs),
+                _capSelector(
+                  'Liked cache limit',
+                  const Key('liked_cap_selector'),
+                  s.likedCapBytes,
+                  (v) => ref
+                      .read(cacheSettingsProvider.notifier)
+                      .setLikedCapBytes(v),
+                  s,
+                  fs,
+                ),
+                const SizedBox(height: 8),
+                _capSelector(
+                  'Recently-played cache limit',
+                  const Key('rolling_cap_selector'),
+                  s.rollingCapBytes,
+                  (v) => ref
+                      .read(cacheSettingsProvider.notifier)
+                      .setRollingCapBytes(v),
+                  s,
+                  fs,
+                ),
                 const SizedBox(height: 8),
                 _prefetchSelector(s, fs),
                 const SizedBox(height: 8),
@@ -128,29 +152,52 @@ class _StorageSectionState extends ConsumerState<StorageSection> {
     );
   }
 
-  Widget _capSelector(CacheSettings s, FabledSwordTheme fs) {
-    const options = [
-      (1024 * 1024 * 1024, '1 GB'),
-      (5 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024, '5 GB'),
-      (10 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024, '10 GB'),
-      (25 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024, '25 GB'),
-      (0, 'Unlimited'),
-    ];
+  Widget _usageRow(String label, int? used, int cap, FabledSwordTheme fs) {
     return Row(children: [
-      Expanded(child: Text('Cache size limit', style: TextStyle(color: fs.ash))),
+      Text(label, style: TextStyle(color: fs.ash)),
+      const Spacer(),
+      Text('${_fmtBytes(used)} / ${_cap(cap)}',
+          style: TextStyle(color: fs.parchment)),
+    ]);
+  }
+
+  static const _capOptions = [
+    (1024 * 1024 * 1024, '1 GB'),
+    (5 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024, '5 GB'),
+    (10 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024, '10 GB'),
+    (25 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024, '25 GB'),
+    (0, 'Unlimited'),
+  ];
+
+  Widget _capSelector(
+    String label,
+    Key key,
+    int current,
+    Future<void> Function(int) setCap,
+    CacheSettings s,
+    FabledSwordTheme fs,
+  ) {
+    return Row(children: [
+      Expanded(child: Text(label, style: TextStyle(color: fs.ash))),
       DropdownButton<int>(
-        key: const Key('cap_selector'),
-        value: options.any((o) => o.$1 == s.capBytes)
-            ? s.capBytes
+        key: key,
+        value: _capOptions.any((o) => o.$1 == current)
+            ? current
             : 5 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024,
-        items: options
+        items: _capOptions
             .map((o) => DropdownMenuItem(value: o.$1, child: Text(o.$2)))
             .toList(),
         onChanged: (v) async {
           if (v == null) return;
-          await ref.read(cacheSettingsProvider.notifier).setCapBytes(v);
-          if (v > 0) {
-            await ref.read(audioCacheManagerProvider).evict(targetBytes: v);
+          await setCap(v);
+          // Enforce immediately against the freshest settings.
+          final fresh = ref.read(cacheSettingsProvider).value;
+          if (fresh != null) {
+            await ref.read(audioCacheManagerProvider).evictBuckets(
+                  likedCap: fresh.likedCapBytes,
+                  rollingCap: fresh.rollingCapBytes,
+                  liked: _likedSet(),
+                );
           }
           await _refreshUsage();
         },
@@ -161,7 +208,8 @@ class _StorageSectionState extends ConsumerState<StorageSection> {
   Widget _prefetchSelector(CacheSettings s, FabledSwordTheme fs) {
     const options = [1, 3, 5, 7, 10];
     return Row(children: [
-      Expanded(child: Text('Pre-fetch ahead', style: TextStyle(color: fs.ash))),
+      Expanded(
+          child: Text('Pre-fetch ahead', style: TextStyle(color: fs.ash))),
       DropdownButton<int>(
         key: const Key('prefetch_selector'),
         value: options.contains(s.prefetchWindow) ? s.prefetchWindow : 5,
@@ -183,8 +231,8 @@ class _StorageSectionState extends ConsumerState<StorageSection> {
       builder: (ctx) => AlertDialog(
         title: const Text('Clear cache?'),
         content: const Text(
-          'This deletes all cached audio files (including manually downloaded ones). '
-          'The next play of any track will re-download from the server.',
+          'This deletes all cached audio (liked and recently-played). '
+          'The next play of any track re-downloads from the server.',
         ),
         actions: [
           TextButton(

flutter_client/lib/shared/widgets/track_actions/track_actions_sheet.dart

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
+import 'package:drift/drift.dart' as drift;
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
 import 'package:go_router/go_router.dart';
 
 import '../../../api/endpoints/likes.dart';
+import '../../../cache/audio_cache_manager.dart' show appDbProvider;
+import '../../../cache/db.dart';
+import '../../../cache/mutation_queue.dart';
 import '../../../likes/likes_provider.dart';
 import '../../../models/track.dart';
 import '../../../player/player_provider.dart';
@@ -255,7 +259,38 @@ typedef AddToPlaylistAction = Future<void> Function(String playlistId, String tr
 
 final addToPlaylistActionProvider = Provider<AddToPlaylistAction>((ref) {
   return (playlistId, trackId) async {
-    final api = await ref.read(playlistsApiProvider.future);
-    await api.appendTracks(playlistId, [trackId]);
+    final db = ref.read(appDbProvider);
+    // Optimistic drift write so the playlist detail screen shows the
+    // new track instantly. The position is best-effort — append after
+    // the current max for this playlist. The server's authoritative
+    // position lands on next playlistDetailProvider fetch (SWR), or
+    // when the queued mutation replays.
+    final maxPos = await (db.selectOnly(db.cachedPlaylistTracks)
+          ..addColumns([db.cachedPlaylistTracks.position.max()])
+          ..where(db.cachedPlaylistTracks.playlistId.equals(playlistId)))
+        .getSingleOrNull();
+    final nextPos =
+        ((maxPos?.read(db.cachedPlaylistTracks.position.max()) ?? -1) + 1);
+    await db.into(db.cachedPlaylistTracks).insertOnConflictUpdate(
+          CachedPlaylistTracksCompanion.insert(
+            playlistId: playlistId,
+            trackId: trackId,
+            position: drift.Value(nextPos),
+          ),
+        );
+
+    try {
+      final api = await ref.read(playlistsApiProvider.future);
+      await api.appendTracks(playlistId, [trackId]);
+    } catch (_) {
+      // REST failed — keep the optimistic drift row; queue the call.
+      await ref.read(mutationQueueProvider).enqueue(
+        MutationKinds.playlistAppend,
+        {
+          'playlistId': playlistId,
+          'trackIds': [trackId],
+        },
+      );
+    }
   };
 });

flutter_client/pubspec.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: minstrel
 description: Minstrel mobile client
 publish_to: 'none'
-version: 2026.5.13+2
+version: 2026.5.15+6
 
 environment:
   sdk: '>=3.5.0 <4.0.0'

flutter_client/test/cache/audio_cache_manager_test.dart

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ library;
 import 'dart:io';
 
 import 'package:dio/dio.dart';
+import 'package:drift/drift.dart' show Value;
 import 'package:drift/native.dart' show NativeDatabase;
 import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
 
@@ -54,7 +55,8 @@ void main() {
     expect(await mgr.usageBytes(), 350);
   });
 
-  test('eviction order: incidental first, manual never', skip: _skipDrift, () async {
+  test('rolling cap evicts non-liked LRU; liked protected',
+      skip: _skipDrift, () async {
     final db = _testDb();
     addTearDown(db.close);
     final tmp = Directory.systemTemp.createTempSync();
@@ -63,30 +65,47 @@ void main() {
       dioFactory: () async => Dio(),
       cacheDirFactory: () async => tmp,
     );
-    final f1 = File('${tmp.path}/audio_cache/inc.mp3');
-    await f1.create(recursive: true);
-    await f1.writeAsBytes(List.filled(100, 0));
-    final f2 = File('${tmp.path}/audio_cache/man.mp3');
-    await f2.create(recursive: true);
-    await f2.writeAsBytes(List.filled(100, 0));
+    Future<void> mk(String id) async {
+      final f = File('${tmp.path}/audio_cache/$id.mp3');
+      await f.create(recursive: true);
+      await f.writeAsBytes(List.filled(100, 0));
+    }
+    await mk('old');
+    await mk('new');
+    await mk('lik');
     await db.batch((b) {
       b.insertAll(db.audioCacheIndex, [
+        // 'old' has the older lastPlayedAt → evicted first.
         AudioCacheIndexCompanion.insert(
-            trackId: 'inc',
-            path: f1.path,
+            trackId: 'old',
+            path: '${tmp.path}/audio_cache/old.mp3',
             sizeBytes: 100,
-            source: CacheSource.incidental),
+            source: CacheSource.incidental,
+            lastPlayedAt: Value(DateTime(2020))),
         AudioCacheIndexCompanion.insert(
-            trackId: 'man',
-            path: f2.path,
+            trackId: 'new',
+            path: '${tmp.path}/audio_cache/new.mp3',
             sizeBytes: 100,
-            source: CacheSource.manual),
+            source: CacheSource.incidental,
+            lastPlayedAt: Value(DateTime(2024))),
+        AudioCacheIndexCompanion.insert(
+            trackId: 'lik',
+            path: '${tmp.path}/audio_cache/lik.mp3',
+            sizeBytes: 100,
+            source: CacheSource.incidental,
+            lastPlayedAt: Value(DateTime(2019))),
       ]);
     });
-    expect(await mgr.usageBytes(), 200);
-    await mgr.evict(targetBytes: 100);
-    expect(await mgr.isCached('inc'), false);
-    expect(await mgr.isCached('man'), true);
+    final liked = {'lik'};
+    final u = await mgr.bucketUsage(liked);
+    expect(u.liked, 100);
+    expect(u.rolling, 200);
+    // Rolling cap fits one 100-byte file; Liked cap huge.
+    await mgr.evictBuckets(
+        likedCap: 1 << 30, rollingCap: 100, liked: liked);
+    expect(await mgr.isCached('old'), false); // oldest rolling, evicted
+    expect(await mgr.isCached('new'), true); // newer rolling, kept
+    expect(await mgr.isCached('lik'), true); // liked, protected
   });
 
   test('clearAll removes everything including manual', skip: _skipDrift, () async {

flutter_client/test/cache/cache_first_test.dart

@@ -32,9 +32,16 @@ void main() {
       isOnline: () async => true,
     );
 
-    final firstFuture = results.first;
+    // Post-coldFetchAttempted guard, cacheFirst yields the current
+    // (still-empty) rows after the fetch returns, so the stream
+    // never hangs when populate is a no-op for this filter. The
+    // simulated drift re-emit then yields the populated rows.
+    // Capture the Future *before* feeding the controller so the
+    // listener is subscribed when the first add() lands.
+    final emissionsFuture = results.take(2).toList();
     controller.add([]);
-    expect(await firstFuture, 42);
+    final emissions = await emissionsFuture;
+    expect(emissions, [0, 42]);
     expect(fetchCalled, 1);
     await controller.close();
   });

flutter_client/test/cache/cache_settings_provider_test.dart

@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ void main() {
     addTearDown(container.dispose);
 
     final s = await container.read(cacheSettingsProvider.future);
-    expect(s.capBytes, CacheSettings.defaults.capBytes);
+    expect(s.likedCapBytes, CacheSettings.defaults.likedCapBytes);
+    expect(s.rollingCapBytes, CacheSettings.defaults.rollingCapBytes);
+    expect(s.likedCapBytes, 5 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024);
     expect(s.prefetchWindow, 5);
     expect(s.cacheLikedTracks, true);
   });

flutter_client/test/playlists/widgets/playlist_card_test.dart

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
 
 import 'package:minstrel/models/playlist.dart';
@@ -35,24 +36,48 @@ const _forYou = Playlist(
 
 void main() {
   testWidgets('renders name and no badge for user playlist', (tester) async {
-    await tester.pumpWidget(MaterialApp(
+    await tester.pumpWidget(ProviderScope(
+        child: MaterialApp(
       theme: buildThemeData(),
       home: const Scaffold(
         body: PlaylistCard(playlist: _userPlaylist),
       ),
-    ));
+    )));
     expect(find.text('Road trip'), findsOneWidget);
     expect(find.text('for you'), findsNothing);
   });
 
   testWidgets('renders system badge for system playlist', (tester) async {
-    await tester.pumpWidget(MaterialApp(
+    await tester.pumpWidget(ProviderScope(
+        child: MaterialApp(
       theme: buildThemeData(),
       home: const Scaffold(
         body: PlaylistCard(playlist: _forYou),
       ),
-    ));
+    )));
     expect(find.text('For You'), findsOneWidget);
     expect(find.text('for you'), findsOneWidget);
   });
+
+  testWidgets('shows refresh kebab on system playlists', (tester) async {
+    await tester.pumpWidget(ProviderScope(
+        child: MaterialApp(
+      theme: buildThemeData(),
+      home: const Scaffold(
+        body: PlaylistCard(playlist: _forYou),
+      ),
+    )));
+    expect(find.byIcon(Icons.more_vert), findsOneWidget);
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('no refresh kebab on user playlists', (tester) async {
+    await tester.pumpWidget(ProviderScope(
+        child: MaterialApp(
+      theme: buildThemeData(),
+      home: const Scaffold(
+        body: PlaylistCard(playlist: _userPlaylist),
+      ),
+    )));
+    expect(find.byIcon(Icons.more_vert), findsNothing);
+  });
 }

flutter_client/test/quarantine/quarantine_provider_test.dart

@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ void main() {
     expect(rows.first.reason, 'bad_rip');
   });
 
-  test('flag rolls back the drift insert on server failure', skip: _skipDrift,
-      () async {
+  test('flag keeps drift optimistic + queues mutation on server failure',
+      skip: _skipDrift, () async {
     final db = AppDb(NativeDatabase.memory());
     addTearDown(db.close);
     final api = _StubQuarantineApi(shouldThrow: true);
@@ -101,14 +101,18 @@ void main() {
     addTearDown(container.dispose);
 
     await container.read(myQuarantineProvider.future);
-    await expectLater(
-      () => container
-          .read(myQuarantineProvider.notifier)
-          .flag(_track, 'bad_rip', ''),
-      throwsException,
-    );
+    // No longer rethrows — flag swallows the REST failure and queues
+    // for replay so the user's intent persists offline.
+    await container
+        .read(myQuarantineProvider.notifier)
+        .flag(_track, 'bad_rip', '');
     final rows = await db.select(db.cachedQuarantineMine).get();
-    expect(rows, isEmpty);
+    expect(rows, hasLength(1),
+        reason: 'optimistic drift row should persist across REST failure');
+    final mutations = await db.select(db.cachedMutations).get();
+    expect(mutations, hasLength(1),
+        reason: 'failed flag should have been enqueued for replay');
+    expect(mutations.first.kind, 'quarantine.flag');
   });
 
   test('unflag deletes the drift row and calls the server', skip: _skipDrift,

flutter_client/test/settings/storage_section_test.dart

@@ -46,12 +46,14 @@ void main() {
     await t.pumpAndSettle();
 
     expect(find.text('Storage'), findsOneWidget);
-    expect(find.text('Cache size limit'), findsOneWidget);
+    expect(find.text('Liked cache limit'), findsOneWidget);
+    expect(find.text('Recently-played cache limit'), findsOneWidget);
     expect(find.text('Pre-fetch ahead'), findsOneWidget);
     expect(find.byKey(const Key('clear_cache_button')), findsOneWidget);
     expect(find.byKey(const Key('sync_now_button')), findsOneWidget);
     expect(find.byKey(const Key('cache_liked_toggle')), findsOneWidget);
-    expect(find.byKey(const Key('cap_selector')), findsOneWidget);
+    expect(find.byKey(const Key('liked_cap_selector')), findsOneWidget);
+    expect(find.byKey(const Key('rolling_cap_selector')), findsOneWidget);
     expect(find.byKey(const Key('prefetch_selector')), findsOneWidget);
   });
 

internal/api/api.go

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ func Mount(r chi.Router, pool *pgxpool.Pool, logger *slog.Logger, events *playev
 			authed.Get("/artists/{id}/tracks", h.handleGetArtistTracks)
 			authed.Get("/albums/{id}", h.handleGetAlbum)
 			authed.Get("/albums/{id}/cover", h.handleGetCover)
+			authed.Get("/library/shuffle", h.handleLibraryShuffle)
 			authed.Get("/library/albums", h.handleListLibraryAlbums)
 			authed.Get("/library/sync", h.handleLibrarySync)
 			authed.Get("/tracks/{id}", h.handleGetTrack)
@@ -172,8 +173,8 @@ func Mount(r chi.Router, pool *pgxpool.Pool, logger *slog.Logger, events *playev
 			authed.Delete("/playlists/{id}/tracks/{position}", h.handleRemovePlaylistTrack)
 			authed.Put("/playlists/{id}/tracks", h.handleReorderPlaylist)
 			authed.Get("/playlists/{id}/cover", h.handleGetPlaylistCover)
-			authed.Post("/playlists/system/discover/refresh", h.handleDiscoverRefresh)
-			authed.Post("/playlists/system/for-you/refresh", h.handleForYouRefresh)
+			authed.Post("/playlists/system/{kind}/refresh", h.handleSystemPlaylistRefresh)
+			authed.Get("/playlists/system/{kind}/shuffle", h.handleSystemPlaylistShuffle)
 		})
 	})
 }

internal/api/events.go

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ type eventRequest struct {
 	PositionMs       *int32  `json:"position_ms"`
 	At               *string `json:"at"`
 	ClientID         *string `json:"client_id"`
+	// Source tags which surface a play_started came from. "for_you"
+	// / "discover" feed the system-playlist rotation dedup (#415);
+	// absent / "" for library, user-playlist, radio, Subsonic.
+	Source *string `json:"source"`
 }
 
 type playStartedResponse struct {
@@ -61,6 +65,8 @@ func (h *handlers) handleEvents(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		h.handleEventPlayEnded(w, r, user, req, at)
 	case "play_skipped":
 		h.handleEventPlaySkipped(w, r, user, req, at)
+	case "play_offline":
+		h.handleEventPlayOffline(w, r, user, req, at, clientID)
 	default:
 		writeErr(w, apierror.BadRequest("bad_request", "unknown event type"))
 	}
@@ -84,7 +90,11 @@ func (h *handlers) handleEventPlayStarted(
 		writeErr(w, apierror.InternalMsg("lookup failed", err))
 		return
 	}
-	res, err := h.events.RecordPlayStarted(r.Context(), user.ID, trackID, clientID, at)
+	source := ""
+	if req.Source != nil {
+		source = *req.Source
+	}
+	res, err := h.events.RecordPlayStartedWithSource(r.Context(), user.ID, trackID, clientID, source, at)
 	if err != nil {
 		h.logger.Error("api: events: play_started", "err", err)
 		writeErr(w, apierror.InternalMsg("record failed", err))
@@ -96,6 +106,48 @@ func (h *handlers) handleEventPlayStarted(
 	})
 }
 
+// handleEventPlayOffline records a complete play that happened with
+// no/flaky connectivity, replayed from the Flutter offline mutation
+// queue (#426 part B). `at` is the original (client) play-start time
+// — parsed by handleEvents from req.At — so history lands on the
+// real timeline, not replay time. duration_played_ms drives the skip
+// rule; source advances #415 rotation for system-playlist plays.
+func (h *handlers) handleEventPlayOffline(
+	w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request,
+	user dbq.User, req eventRequest, at time.Time, clientID string,
+) {
+	trackID, ok := parseUUID(req.TrackID)
+	if !ok {
+		writeErr(w, apierror.BadRequest("bad_request", "invalid track_id"))
+		return
+	}
+	if req.DurationPlayedMs == nil || *req.DurationPlayedMs < 0 {
+		writeErr(w, apierror.BadRequest("bad_request", "duration_played_ms required and must be >= 0"))
+		return
+	}
+	if _, err := dbq.New(h.pool).GetTrackByID(r.Context(), trackID); err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, pgx.ErrNoRows) {
+			writeErr(w, &apierror.Error{Status: 404, Code: "not_found", Message: "track not found"})
+			return
+		}
+		h.logger.Error("api: events: offline lookup track", "err", err)
+		writeErr(w, apierror.InternalMsg("lookup failed", err))
+		return
+	}
+	source := ""
+	if req.Source != nil {
+		source = *req.Source
+	}
+	if err := h.events.RecordOfflinePlay(
+		r.Context(), user.ID, trackID, clientID, source, at, *req.DurationPlayedMs,
+	); err != nil {
+		h.logger.Error("api: events: play_offline", "err", err)
+		writeErr(w, apierror.InternalMsg("record failed", err))
+		return
+	}
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, okResponse{OK: true})
+}
+
 func (h *handlers) handleEventPlayEnded(
 	w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request,
 	user dbq.User, req eventRequest, at time.Time,

internal/api/library.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package api
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgtype"
@@ -158,6 +159,43 @@ func (h *handlers) handleGetArtistTracks(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, out)
 }
 
+// handleLibraryShuffle implements GET /api/library/shuffle?limit=N —
+// the online source for the client's always-present "Shuffle all"
+// (#427 S4). N random tracks across the whole library, per-user
+// quarantine filtered. limit defaults to 100, clamped to 1..500.
+// Offline, the client shuffles its local cache instead and never
+// calls this.
+func (h *handlers) handleLibraryShuffle(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	user, ok := requireUser(w, r)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	limit := 100
+	if v := r.URL.Query().Get("limit"); v != "" {
+		if n, err := strconv.Atoi(v); err == nil {
+			limit = n
+		}
+	}
+	if limit < 1 {
+		limit = 1
+	}
+	if limit > 500 {
+		limit = 500
+	}
+	rows, err := dbq.New(h.pool).ListRandomTracksForUser(r.Context(),
+		dbq.ListRandomTracksForUserParams{UserID: user.ID, Limit: int32(limit)})
+	if err != nil {
+		h.logger.Error("api: library shuffle", "err", err)
+		writeErr(w, apierror.InternalMsg("shuffle failed", err))
+		return
+	}
+	out := make([]TrackRef, 0, len(rows))
+	for _, row := range rows {
+		out = append(out, trackRefFrom(row.Track, row.AlbumTitle, row.ArtistName))
+	}
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, out)
+}
+
 // handleListArtists implements GET /api/artists with two sort modes
 // (alpha|newest) and enveloped pagination. The alpha branch uses
 // ListArtistsAlphaWithCovers to ship cover_url + album_count in a

internal/api/playlists.go

@@ -32,12 +32,17 @@ type playlistRowView struct {
 	IsPublic      bool    `json:"is_public"`
 	Kind          string  `json:"kind"`
 	SystemVariant *string `json:"system_variant,omitempty"`
-	SeedArtistID  *string `json:"seed_artist_id,omitempty"`
-	CoverURL      string  `json:"cover_url,omitempty"`
-	TrackCount    int32   `json:"track_count"`
-	DurationSec   int32   `json:"duration_sec"`
-	CreatedAt     string  `json:"created_at"`
-	UpdatedAt     string  `json:"updated_at"`
+	// Refreshable: a singleton system kind addressable by the generic
+	// /system/{kind}/{refresh,shuffle} endpoints. Lets clients show
+	// the per-tile refresh affordance generically without hardcoding
+	// which kinds support it (false for user + songs_like_artist).
+	Refreshable  bool    `json:"refreshable"`
+	SeedArtistID *string `json:"seed_artist_id,omitempty"`
+	CoverURL     string  `json:"cover_url,omitempty"`
+	TrackCount   int32   `json:"track_count"`
+	DurationSec  int32   `json:"duration_sec"`
+	CreatedAt    string  `json:"created_at"`
+	UpdatedAt    string  `json:"updated_at"`
 }
 
 // playlistTrackView is one row of a playlist's track list on the wire.
@@ -435,6 +440,7 @@ func playlistRowToView(r *playlists.PlaylistRow) playlistRowView {
 		IsPublic:      r.IsPublic,
 		Kind:          r.Kind,
 		SystemVariant: r.SystemVariant,
+		Refreshable:   r.SystemVariant != nil && playlists.RefreshableSystemKind(*r.SystemVariant),
 		TrackCount:    r.TrackCount,
 		DurationSec:   r.DurationSec,
 		CreatedAt:     formatTimestamp(r.CreatedAt),

internal/api/playlists_discover_refresh.go

@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-package api
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"net/http"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
-
-	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/apierror"
-	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/db/dbq"
-	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/playlists"
-)
-
-// discoverRefreshResp is the wire shape for POST
-// /api/playlists/system/discover/refresh. playlist_id is null when
-// the build succeeded but the user's library yielded no eligible
-// tracks (degenerate empty-library); track_count is 0 in that case.
-type discoverRefreshResp struct {
-	PlaylistID *string `json:"playlist_id"`
-	TrackCount int32   `json:"track_count"`
-}
-
-// handleDiscoverRefresh re-runs BuildSystemPlaylists synchronously
-// for the calling user, then returns the resulting Discover row's
-// id + track_count. Used by the frontend's refresh affordances on
-// the detail page header and the home tile kebab.
-//
-// Authenticated user only (gated by the authed sub-router's
-// RequireUser middleware). Each user only ever refreshes their own
-// Discover — no admin route, no cross-user impersonation.
-func (h *handlers) handleDiscoverRefresh(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	user, ok := requireUser(w, r)
-	if !ok {
-		return
-	}
-	if err := playlists.BuildSystemPlaylists(r.Context(), h.pool, h.logger, user.ID, time.Now(), h.dataDir); err != nil {
-		h.logger.Error("discover refresh: build failed",
-			"user_id", uuidToString(user.ID), "err", err)
-		writeErr(w, apierror.InternalMsg("build failed", err))
-		return
-	}
-
-	sysVariant := "discover"
-	pl, err := dbq.New(h.pool).GetSystemPlaylistByVariantForUser(r.Context(),
-		dbq.GetSystemPlaylistByVariantForUserParams{
-			UserID:        user.ID,
-			SystemVariant: &sysVariant,
-		})
-	if err != nil {
-		if errors.Is(err, pgx.ErrNoRows) {
-			// Build succeeded but no Discover row produced — empty library.
-			writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, discoverRefreshResp{
-				PlaylistID: nil, TrackCount: 0,
-			})
-			return
-		}
-		h.logger.Error("discover refresh: lookup failed",
-			"user_id", uuidToString(user.ID), "err", err)
-		writeErr(w, apierror.InternalMsg("lookup failed", err))
-		return
-	}
-
-	idStr := uuidToString(pl.ID)
-	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, discoverRefreshResp{
-		PlaylistID: &idStr,
-		TrackCount: pl.TrackCount,
-	})
-}

internal/api/playlists_discover_refresh_test.go

@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-package api
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httptest"
-	"os"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
-
-	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/auth"
-)
-
-func newDiscoverRefreshRouter(h *handlers) chi.Router {
-	r := chi.NewRouter()
-	r.Route("/api", func(api chi.Router) {
-		api.Use(auth.RequireUser(h.pool))
-		api.Post("/playlists/system/discover/refresh", h.handleDiscoverRefresh)
-	})
-	return r
-}
-
-func TestDiscoverRefresh_AuthenticatedUser_Returns200(t *testing.T) {
-	if os.Getenv("MINSTREL_TEST_DATABASE_URL") == "" {
-		t.Skip("MINSTREL_TEST_DATABASE_URL not set")
-	}
-	h, pool := testHandlers(t)
-	user := seedUser(t, pool, "discrefresh", "pw", false)
-
-	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/api/playlists/system/discover/refresh", nil)
-	req = withUser(req, user)
-	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	newDiscoverRefreshRouter(h).ServeHTTP(rec, req)
-
-	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Fatalf("status = %d, want 200; body=%s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
-	}
-	var resp discoverRefreshResp
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &resp); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("decode: %v", err)
-	}
-	// On a fresh user with no library, the build runs and emits a
-	// Discover playlist (or no row if library is truly empty).
-	// Either case is OK; we only assert the response shape decoded.
-	if resp.TrackCount < 0 {
-		t.Errorf("track_count = %d, want >= 0", resp.TrackCount)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestDiscoverRefresh_NoAuth_Returns401(t *testing.T) {
-	if os.Getenv("MINSTREL_TEST_DATABASE_URL") == "" {
-		t.Skip("MINSTREL_TEST_DATABASE_URL not set")
-	}
-	h, _ := testHandlers(t)
-
-	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/api/playlists/system/discover/refresh", nil)
-	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	newDiscoverRefreshRouter(h).ServeHTTP(rec, req)
-
-	if rec.Code != http.StatusUnauthorized {
-		t.Errorf("status = %d, want 401", rec.Code)
-	}
-}

internal/api/playlists_foryou_refresh.go

@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-package api
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"net/http"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
-
-	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/apierror"
-	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/db/dbq"
-	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/playlists"
-)
-
-// foryouRefreshResp is the wire shape for POST
-// /api/playlists/system/for-you/refresh. track_ids is the playlist's
-// tracks in playlist position order — the frontend enqueues this
-// list directly to start playback without a second roundtrip.
-//
-// playlist_id is null + track_ids empty when the build succeeded but
-// the user's library yielded no eligible candidates (degenerate
-// empty-library case).
-type foryouRefreshResp struct {
-	PlaylistID *string  `json:"playlist_id"`
-	TrackCount int32    `json:"track_count"`
-	TrackIDs   []string `json:"track_ids"`
-}
-
-// handleForYouRefresh re-runs BuildSystemPlaylists synchronously for
-// the calling user and returns their freshly-built For-You playlist.
-// Used by the home Playlists row's For-You tile play button: click
-// triggers refresh, the response carries the track IDs, the
-// frontend enqueues + auto-plays.
-//
-// Authenticated user only — each user refreshes only their own
-// For-You.
-func (h *handlers) handleForYouRefresh(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	user, ok := requireUser(w, r)
-	if !ok {
-		return
-	}
-	if err := playlists.BuildSystemPlaylists(r.Context(), h.pool, h.logger, user.ID, time.Now(), h.dataDir); err != nil {
-		h.logger.Error("for-you refresh: build failed",
-			"user_id", uuidToString(user.ID), "err", err)
-		writeErr(w, apierror.InternalMsg("build failed", err))
-		return
-	}
-
-	q := dbq.New(h.pool)
-	sysVariant := "for_you"
-	pl, err := q.GetSystemPlaylistByVariantForUser(r.Context(),
-		dbq.GetSystemPlaylistByVariantForUserParams{
-			UserID:        user.ID,
-			SystemVariant: &sysVariant,
-		})
-	if err != nil {
-		if errors.Is(err, pgx.ErrNoRows) {
-			// Build succeeded but no For-You row — empty library.
-			writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, foryouRefreshResp{
-				PlaylistID: nil,
-				TrackCount: 0,
-				TrackIDs:   []string{},
-			})
-			return
-		}
-		h.logger.Error("for-you refresh: lookup failed",
-			"user_id", uuidToString(user.ID), "err", err)
-		writeErr(w, apierror.InternalMsg("lookup failed", err))
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Fetch tracks in playlist position order so the frontend can
-	// enqueue them directly.
-	rows, err := q.ListPlaylistTracks(r.Context(), pl.ID)
-	if err != nil {
-		h.logger.Error("for-you refresh: list tracks failed",
-			"playlist_id", uuidToString(pl.ID), "err", err)
-		writeErr(w, apierror.InternalMsg("list tracks failed", err))
-		return
-	}
-	trackIDs := make([]string, 0, len(rows))
-	for _, row := range rows {
-		// Skip rows where the track was removed from the library
-		// (LiveTrackID won't be Valid). The snapshot row still
-		// exists in playlist_tracks, but there's nothing to enqueue.
-		if !row.LiveTrackID.Valid {
-			continue
-		}
-		trackIDs = append(trackIDs, uuidToString(row.LiveTrackID))
-	}
-
-	idStr := uuidToString(pl.ID)
-	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, foryouRefreshResp{
-		PlaylistID: &idStr,
-		TrackCount: pl.TrackCount,
-		TrackIDs:   trackIDs,
-	})
-}

internal/api/playlists_foryou_refresh_test.go

@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-package api
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httptest"
-	"os"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
-
-	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/auth"
-)
-
-func newForYouRefreshRouter(h *handlers) chi.Router {
-	r := chi.NewRouter()
-	r.Route("/api", func(api chi.Router) {
-		api.Use(auth.RequireUser(h.pool))
-		api.Post("/playlists/system/for-you/refresh", h.handleForYouRefresh)
-	})
-	return r
-}
-
-func TestForYouRefresh_AuthenticatedUser_Returns200(t *testing.T) {
-	if os.Getenv("MINSTREL_TEST_DATABASE_URL") == "" {
-		t.Skip("MINSTREL_TEST_DATABASE_URL not set")
-	}
-	h, pool := testHandlers(t)
-	user := seedUser(t, pool, "foryourefresh", "pw", false)
-
-	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/api/playlists/system/for-you/refresh", nil)
-	req = withUser(req, user)
-	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	newForYouRefreshRouter(h).ServeHTTP(rec, req)
-
-	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Fatalf("status = %d, want 200; body=%s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
-	}
-	var resp foryouRefreshResp
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &resp); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("decode: %v", err)
-	}
-	if resp.TrackIDs == nil {
-		t.Errorf("track_ids = nil, want []string (empty array, not null)")
-	}
-	if int(resp.TrackCount) != len(resp.TrackIDs) {
-		// Acceptable mismatch only when some tracks were removed from
-		// the library between build and response. For a fresh test
-		// user the counts should match.
-		t.Errorf("track_count=%d, len(track_ids)=%d — mismatch", resp.TrackCount, len(resp.TrackIDs))
-	}
-}
-
-func TestForYouRefresh_NoAuth_Returns401(t *testing.T) {
-	if os.Getenv("MINSTREL_TEST_DATABASE_URL") == "" {
-		t.Skip("MINSTREL_TEST_DATABASE_URL not set")
-	}
-	h, _ := testHandlers(t)
-
-	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/api/playlists/system/for-you/refresh", nil)
-	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	newForYouRefreshRouter(h).ServeHTTP(rec, req)
-
-	if rec.Code != http.StatusUnauthorized {
-		t.Errorf("status = %d, want 401", rec.Code)
-	}
-}

internal/api/playlists_system_shuffle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"math/rand"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
+
+	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/apierror"
+	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/db/dbq"
+	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/playlists"
+)
+
+// Generic registry-driven system-playlist endpoints (#411 R2),
+// replacing the former per-kind handlers. {kind} is the raw
+// system_variant ('for_you' | 'discover' | future singleton kinds);
+// only singleton kinds (playlists.RefreshableSystemKind) are
+// addressable here — songs_like_artist is multi-per-user and played
+// by playlist id, so it 404s.
+//
+// GET /api/playlists/system/{kind}/shuffle — the caller's playlist
+// for that kind with tracks in rotation-aware order (#415): unheard
+// this rotation first (shuffled), then heard; resets when exhausted.
+// Same JSON shape as GET /api/playlists/{id} so clients reuse track
+// parsing. Intentionally uncached — it varies per play, unlike the
+// cached detail GET.
+//
+// POST /api/playlists/system/{kind}/refresh — rebuilds the caller's
+// system playlists and returns that kind's fresh row.
+
+func systemKindFromURL(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (string, bool) {
+	kind := chi.URLParam(r, "kind")
+	if !playlists.RefreshableSystemKind(kind) {
+		writeErr(w, &apierror.Error{Status: 404, Code: "not_found", Message: "unknown system playlist"})
+		return "", false
+	}
+	return kind, true
+}
+
+func (h *handlers) handleSystemPlaylistShuffle(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	kind, ok := systemKindFromURL(w, r)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	h.serveSystemPlaylistShuffle(w, r, kind)
+}
+
+// systemRefreshResp unifies the prior for-you/discover shapes
+// (for-you carried track_ids, discover didn't); clients ignore
+// extra fields. playlist_id null + empty when the build produced no
+// row for that kind (empty library).
+type systemRefreshResp struct {
+	PlaylistID *string  `json:"playlist_id"`
+	TrackCount int32    `json:"track_count"`
+	TrackIDs   []string `json:"track_ids"`
+}
+
+func (h *handlers) handleSystemPlaylistRefresh(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	user, ok := requireUser(w, r)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	kind, ok := systemKindFromURL(w, r)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	if err := playlists.BuildSystemPlaylists(r.Context(), h.pool, h.logger, user.ID, time.Now(), h.dataDir); err != nil {
+		h.logger.Error("system refresh: build failed",
+			"kind", kind, "user_id", uuidToString(user.ID), "err", err)
+		writeErr(w, apierror.InternalMsg("build failed", err))
+		return
+	}
+	q := dbq.New(h.pool)
+	v := kind
+	pl, err := q.GetSystemPlaylistByVariantForUser(r.Context(),
+		dbq.GetSystemPlaylistByVariantForUserParams{UserID: user.ID, SystemVariant: &v})
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, pgx.ErrNoRows) {
+			writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, systemRefreshResp{TrackIDs: []string{}})
+			return
+		}
+		h.logger.Error("system refresh: lookup failed",
+			"kind", kind, "user_id", uuidToString(user.ID), "err", err)
+		writeErr(w, apierror.InternalMsg("lookup failed", err))
+		return
+	}
+	rows, err := q.ListPlaylistTracks(r.Context(), pl.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		h.logger.Error("system refresh: list tracks failed",
+			"kind", kind, "playlist_id", uuidToString(pl.ID), "err", err)
+		writeErr(w, apierror.InternalMsg("list tracks failed", err))
+		return
+	}
+	trackIDs := make([]string, 0, len(rows))
+	for _, row := range rows {
+		if !row.LiveTrackID.Valid {
+			continue
+		}
+		trackIDs = append(trackIDs, uuidToString(row.LiveTrackID))
+	}
+	idStr := uuidToString(pl.ID)
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, systemRefreshResp{
+		PlaylistID: &idStr,
+		TrackCount: pl.TrackCount,
+		TrackIDs:   trackIDs,
+	})
+}
+
+func (h *handlers) serveSystemPlaylistShuffle(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, variant string) {
+	user, ok := requireUser(w, r)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	q := dbq.New(h.pool)
+
+	v := variant
+	pl, err := q.GetSystemPlaylistByVariantForUser(r.Context(),
+		dbq.GetSystemPlaylistByVariantForUserParams{
+			UserID:        user.ID,
+			SystemVariant: &v,
+		})
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, pgx.ErrNoRows) {
+			// No snapshot yet (empty library / not built). Empty list,
+			// not an error — the client just has nothing to play.
+			writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, playlistDetailView{
+				Tracks: []playlistTrackView{},
+			})
+			return
+		}
+		h.logger.Error("system shuffle: lookup failed", "variant", variant, "err", err)
+		writeErr(w, apierror.InternalMsg("lookup failed", err))
+		return
+	}
+
+	detail, err := h.playlists.Get(r.Context(), user.ID, pl.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		h.writePlaylistErr(w, err, "system shuffle")
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Played set for the current rotation. ErrNoRows = nothing played
+	// from this playlist yet → empty set, everything counts unplayed.
+	played := map[[16]byte]bool{}
+	st, rerr := q.GetRotationState(r.Context(), dbq.GetRotationStateParams{
+		UserID: user.ID, PlaylistKind: variant,
+	})
+	if rerr != nil && !errors.Is(rerr, pgx.ErrNoRows) {
+		h.logger.Error("system shuffle: rotation lookup failed", "variant", variant, "err", rerr)
+		writeErr(w, apierror.InternalMsg("rotation lookup failed", rerr))
+		return
+	}
+	if rerr == nil {
+		for _, id := range st.PlayedTrackIds {
+			if id.Valid {
+				played[id.Bytes] = true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Partition playable tracks. Rows whose upstream track was deleted
+	// (TrackID nil) are dropped — nothing to enqueue.
+	unplayed := make([]playlists.PlaylistTrack, 0, len(detail.Tracks))
+	heard := make([]playlists.PlaylistTrack, 0)
+	for _, t := range detail.Tracks {
+		if t.TrackID == nil || !t.TrackID.Valid {
+			continue
+		}
+		if played[t.TrackID.Bytes] {
+			heard = append(heard, t)
+		} else {
+			unplayed = append(unplayed, t)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Whole snapshot heard → reset the rotation and treat everything
+	// as fresh. Reset failure is non-fatal: we still return a
+	// playable reshuffled list; the next play just re-resets.
+	if len(unplayed) == 0 && len(heard) > 0 {
+		if err := q.ResetRotationState(r.Context(), dbq.ResetRotationStateParams{
+			UserID: user.ID, PlaylistKind: variant,
+		}); err != nil {
+			h.logger.Warn("system shuffle: rotation reset failed",
+				"variant", variant, "err", err)
+		}
+		unplayed = heard
+		heard = nil
+	}
+
+	rand.Shuffle(len(unplayed), func(i, j int) {
+		unplayed[i], unplayed[j] = unplayed[j], unplayed[i]
+	})
+	rand.Shuffle(len(heard), func(i, j int) {
+		heard[i], heard[j] = heard[j], heard[i]
+	})
+
+	detail.Tracks = append(unplayed, heard...)
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, playlistDetailToView(detail))
+}

internal/api/playlists_system_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+
+	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/auth"
+)
+
+// Generic registry-driven system-playlist endpoints (#411 R2).
+// Replaces the former per-kind refresh handler tests.
+func newSystemPlaylistRouter(h *handlers) chi.Router {
+	r := chi.NewRouter()
+	r.Route("/api", func(api chi.Router) {
+		api.Use(auth.RequireUser(h.pool))
+		api.Post("/playlists/system/{kind}/refresh", h.handleSystemPlaylistRefresh)
+		api.Get("/playlists/system/{kind}/shuffle", h.handleSystemPlaylistShuffle)
+	})
+	return r
+}
+
+func TestSystemRefresh_ForYou_Returns200(t *testing.T) {
+	if os.Getenv("MINSTREL_TEST_DATABASE_URL") == "" {
+		t.Skip("MINSTREL_TEST_DATABASE_URL not set")
+	}
+	h, pool := testHandlers(t)
+	user := seedUser(t, pool, "sysforyou", "pw", false)
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/api/playlists/system/for_you/refresh", nil)
+	req = withUser(req, user)
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	newSystemPlaylistRouter(h).ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("status = %d, want 200; body=%s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+	var resp systemRefreshResp
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &resp); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("decode: %v", err)
+	}
+	if resp.TrackIDs == nil {
+		t.Errorf("track_ids = nil, want [] (empty array, not null)")
+	}
+	if int(resp.TrackCount) != len(resp.TrackIDs) {
+		t.Errorf("track_count=%d, len(track_ids)=%d — mismatch", resp.TrackCount, len(resp.TrackIDs))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSystemRefresh_Discover_Returns200(t *testing.T) {
+	if os.Getenv("MINSTREL_TEST_DATABASE_URL") == "" {
+		t.Skip("MINSTREL_TEST_DATABASE_URL not set")
+	}
+	h, pool := testHandlers(t)
+	user := seedUser(t, pool, "sysdiscover", "pw", false)
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/api/playlists/system/discover/refresh", nil)
+	req = withUser(req, user)
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	newSystemPlaylistRouter(h).ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("status = %d, want 200; body=%s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+	var resp systemRefreshResp
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &resp); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("decode: %v", err)
+	}
+	if resp.TrackCount < 0 {
+		t.Errorf("track_count = %d, want >= 0", resp.TrackCount)
+	}
+}
+
+// A non-singleton (songs_like_artist) or unknown kind isn't
+// addressable by the generic endpoints → 404, not a build.
+func TestSystemRefresh_NonSingletonKind_Returns404(t *testing.T) {
+	if os.Getenv("MINSTREL_TEST_DATABASE_URL") == "" {
+		t.Skip("MINSTREL_TEST_DATABASE_URL not set")
+	}
+	h, pool := testHandlers(t)
+	user := seedUser(t, pool, "sysbadkind", "pw", false)
+
+	for _, kind := range []string{"songs_like_artist", "bogus"} {
+		req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/api/playlists/system/"+kind+"/refresh", nil)
+		req = withUser(req, user)
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		newSystemPlaylistRouter(h).ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+		if rec.Code != http.StatusNotFound {
+			t.Errorf("kind=%s: status = %d, want 404", kind, rec.Code)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSystemRefresh_NoAuth_Returns401(t *testing.T) {
+	if os.Getenv("MINSTREL_TEST_DATABASE_URL") == "" {
+		t.Skip("MINSTREL_TEST_DATABASE_URL not set")
+	}
+	h, _ := testHandlers(t)
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/api/playlists/system/for_you/refresh", nil)
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	newSystemPlaylistRouter(h).ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusUnauthorized {
+		t.Errorf("status = %d, want 401", rec.Code)
+	}
+}

internal/db/dbq/events.sql.go

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (q *Queries) GetMostRecentPlaySessionForUser(ctx context.Context, userID pg
 }
 
 const getOpenPlayEventForUser = `-- name: GetOpenPlayEventForUser :one
-SELECT id, user_id, track_id, session_id, started_at, ended_at, duration_played_ms, completion_ratio, was_skipped, client_id, session_vector_at_play, scrobbled_at FROM play_events
+SELECT id, user_id, track_id, session_id, started_at, ended_at, duration_played_ms, completion_ratio, was_skipped, client_id, session_vector_at_play, scrobbled_at, source FROM play_events
 WHERE user_id = $1 AND ended_at IS NULL
 ORDER BY started_at DESC
 LIMIT 1
@@ -78,12 +78,13 @@ func (q *Queries) GetOpenPlayEventForUser(ctx context.Context, userID pgtype.UUI
 		&i.ClientID,
 		&i.SessionVectorAtPlay,
 		&i.ScrobbledAt,
+		&i.Source,
 	)
 	return i, err
 }
 
 const getPlayEventByID = `-- name: GetPlayEventByID :one
-SELECT id, user_id, track_id, session_id, started_at, ended_at, duration_played_ms, completion_ratio, was_skipped, client_id, session_vector_at_play, scrobbled_at FROM play_events WHERE id = $1
+SELECT id, user_id, track_id, session_id, started_at, ended_at, duration_played_ms, completion_ratio, was_skipped, client_id, session_vector_at_play, scrobbled_at, source FROM play_events WHERE id = $1
 `
 
 func (q *Queries) GetPlayEventByID(ctx context.Context, id pgtype.UUID) (PlayEvent, error) {
@@ -102,15 +103,16 @@ func (q *Queries) GetPlayEventByID(ctx context.Context, id pgtype.UUID) (PlayEve
 		&i.ClientID,
 		&i.SessionVectorAtPlay,
 		&i.ScrobbledAt,
+		&i.Source,
 	)
 	return i, err
 }
 
 const insertPlayEvent = `-- name: InsertPlayEvent :one
 INSERT INTO play_events (
-    user_id, track_id, session_id, started_at, client_id
-) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5)
-RETURNING id, user_id, track_id, session_id, started_at, ended_at, duration_played_ms, completion_ratio, was_skipped, client_id, session_vector_at_play, scrobbled_at
+    user_id, track_id, session_id, started_at, client_id, source
+) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6)
+RETURNING id, user_id, track_id, session_id, started_at, ended_at, duration_played_ms, completion_ratio, was_skipped, client_id, session_vector_at_play, scrobbled_at, source
 `
 
 type InsertPlayEventParams struct {
@@ -119,6 +121,7 @@ type InsertPlayEventParams struct {
 	SessionID pgtype.UUID
 	StartedAt pgtype.Timestamptz
 	ClientID  *string
+	Source    *string
 }
 
 func (q *Queries) InsertPlayEvent(ctx context.Context, arg InsertPlayEventParams) (PlayEvent, error) {
@@ -128,6 +131,7 @@ func (q *Queries) InsertPlayEvent(ctx context.Context, arg InsertPlayEventParams
 		arg.SessionID,
 		arg.StartedAt,
 		arg.ClientID,
+		arg.Source,
 	)
 	var i PlayEvent
 	err := row.Scan(
@@ -143,6 +147,7 @@ func (q *Queries) InsertPlayEvent(ctx context.Context, arg InsertPlayEventParams
 		&i.ClientID,
 		&i.SessionVectorAtPlay,
 		&i.ScrobbledAt,
+		&i.Source,
 	)
 	return i, err
 }
@@ -286,7 +291,7 @@ SET ended_at = $2,
     completion_ratio = $4,
     was_skipped = $5
 WHERE id = $1
-RETURNING id, user_id, track_id, session_id, started_at, ended_at, duration_played_ms, completion_ratio, was_skipped, client_id, session_vector_at_play, scrobbled_at
+RETURNING id, user_id, track_id, session_id, started_at, ended_at, duration_played_ms, completion_ratio, was_skipped, client_id, session_vector_at_play, scrobbled_at, source
 `
 
 type UpdatePlayEventEndedParams struct {
@@ -322,6 +327,7 @@ func (q *Queries) UpdatePlayEventEnded(ctx context.Context, arg UpdatePlayEventE
 		&i.ClientID,
 		&i.SessionVectorAtPlay,
 		&i.ScrobbledAt,
+		&i.Source,
 	)
 	return i, err
 }

internal/db/dbq/models.go

@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ type PlayEvent struct {
 	ClientID            *string
 	SessionVectorAtPlay []byte
 	ScrobbledAt         pgtype.Timestamptz
+	Source              *string
 }
 
 type PlaySession struct {
@@ -475,6 +476,14 @@ type SmtpConfig struct {
 	UpdatedAt   pgtype.Timestamptz
 }
 
+type SystemPlaylistRotationState struct {
+	UserID            pgtype.UUID
+	PlaylistKind      string
+	PlayedTrackIds    []pgtype.UUID
+	RotationStartedAt pgtype.Timestamptz
+	UpdatedAt         pgtype.Timestamptz
+}
+
 type SystemPlaylistRun struct {
 	UserID      pgtype.UUID
 	LastRunAt   pgtype.Timestamptz

internal/db/dbq/system_mixes.sql.go

@@ -0,0 +1,303 @@
+// Code generated by sqlc. DO NOT EDIT.
+// versions:
+//   sqlc v1.31.1
+// source: system_mixes.sql
+
+package dbq
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgtype"
+)
+
+const listDeepCutsTracks = `-- name: ListDeepCutsTracks :many
+
+WITH affinity_artists AS (
+    SELECT artist_id FROM general_likes_artists WHERE user_id = $1
+    UNION
+    SELECT t.artist_id
+      FROM play_events pe JOIN tracks t ON t.id = pe.track_id
+     WHERE pe.user_id = $1 AND pe.was_skipped = false
+     GROUP BY t.artist_id
+    HAVING COUNT(*) >= 5
+),
+play_counts AS (
+    SELECT track_id, COUNT(*) AS c
+      FROM play_events
+     WHERE user_id = $1 AND was_skipped = false
+     GROUP BY track_id
+)
+SELECT t.id, t.album_id, t.artist_id
+  FROM tracks t
+  JOIN affinity_artists aa ON aa.artist_id = t.artist_id
+  LEFT JOIN play_counts pc ON pc.track_id = t.id
+ WHERE COALESCE(pc.c, 0) <= 2
+   AND NOT EXISTS (
+       SELECT 1 FROM lidarr_quarantine q
+        WHERE q.user_id = $1 AND q.track_id = t.id
+   )
+ ORDER BY md5(t.id::text || $2::text)
+ LIMIT 200
+`
+
+type ListDeepCutsTracksParams struct {
+	UserID  pgtype.UUID
+	Column2 string
+}
+
+type ListDeepCutsTracksRow struct {
+	ID       pgtype.UUID
+	AlbumID  pgtype.UUID
+	ArtistID pgtype.UUID
+}
+
+// Candidate queries for the discovery system-playlist mixes
+// (#419-423). Each returns (id, album_id, artist_id) rows; the Go
+// producer caps + truncates and converts to rankedCandidate. Daily-
+// deterministic md5(id||dateStr) ordering (where used) keeps a mix
+// stable within a day while rotating across days; shuffle-on-play
+// gives per-play variety on top.
+// #419 Deep Cuts: low-play tracks (<=2 plays) from artists the user
+// has liked OR played heavily (>=5 non-skip plays across the artist).
+// $1 user_id, $2 date string.
+func (q *Queries) ListDeepCutsTracks(ctx context.Context, arg ListDeepCutsTracksParams) ([]ListDeepCutsTracksRow, error) {
+	rows, err := q.db.Query(ctx, listDeepCutsTracks, arg.UserID, arg.Column2)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	var items []ListDeepCutsTracksRow
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var i ListDeepCutsTracksRow
+		if err := rows.Scan(&i.ID, &i.AlbumID, &i.ArtistID); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		items = append(items, i)
+	}
+	if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return items, nil
+}
+
+const listFirstListensTracks = `-- name: ListFirstListensTracks :many
+WITH heard_albums AS (
+    SELECT DISTINCT t.album_id
+      FROM play_events pe JOIN tracks t ON t.id = pe.track_id
+     WHERE pe.user_id = $1
+),
+played_artists AS (
+    SELECT DISTINCT t.artist_id
+      FROM play_events pe JOIN tracks t ON t.id = pe.track_id
+     WHERE pe.user_id = $1
+)
+SELECT t.id, t.album_id, t.artist_id
+  FROM tracks t
+  JOIN albums al ON al.id = t.album_id
+ WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM heard_albums h WHERE h.album_id = al.id)
+   AND NOT EXISTS (
+       SELECT 1 FROM lidarr_quarantine q
+        WHERE q.user_id = $1 AND q.track_id = t.id
+   )
+ ORDER BY
+   (CASE
+      WHEN EXISTS (
+        SELECT 1 FROM general_likes_artists gla
+         WHERE gla.user_id = $1 AND gla.artist_id = al.artist_id
+      ) THEN 0
+      WHEN al.artist_id IN (SELECT artist_id FROM played_artists) THEN 1
+      ELSE 2
+    END),
+   al.id, t.disc_number NULLS FIRST, t.track_number NULLS FIRST
+ LIMIT 300
+`
+
+type ListFirstListensTracksRow struct {
+	ID       pgtype.UUID
+	AlbumID  pgtype.UUID
+	ArtistID pgtype.UUID
+}
+
+// #423 First Listens: albums the user has never played any track of.
+// Tiered: liked-artist albums first, then played-artist albums, then
+// the rest — album-coherent within each tier. Not diversity-capped
+// (whole-album discovery). $1 user_id.
+func (q *Queries) ListFirstListensTracks(ctx context.Context, userID pgtype.UUID) ([]ListFirstListensTracksRow, error) {
+	rows, err := q.db.Query(ctx, listFirstListensTracks, userID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	var items []ListFirstListensTracksRow
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var i ListFirstListensTracksRow
+		if err := rows.Scan(&i.ID, &i.AlbumID, &i.ArtistID); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		items = append(items, i)
+	}
+	if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return items, nil
+}
+
+const listNewForYouTracks = `-- name: ListNewForYouTracks :many
+WITH affinity_artists AS (
+    SELECT artist_id FROM general_likes_artists WHERE user_id = $1
+    UNION
+    SELECT t.artist_id
+      FROM play_events pe JOIN tracks t ON t.id = pe.track_id
+     WHERE pe.user_id = $1 AND pe.was_skipped = false
+     GROUP BY t.artist_id
+    HAVING COUNT(*) >= 3
+)
+SELECT t.id, t.album_id, t.artist_id
+  FROM tracks t
+  JOIN albums al ON al.id = t.album_id
+  JOIN affinity_artists aa ON aa.artist_id = al.artist_id
+ WHERE al.created_at >= now() - interval '30 days'
+   AND NOT EXISTS (
+       SELECT 1 FROM lidarr_quarantine q
+        WHERE q.user_id = $1 AND q.track_id = t.id
+   )
+ ORDER BY al.created_at DESC, t.disc_number NULLS FIRST, t.track_number NULLS FIRST
+ LIMIT 200
+`
+
+type ListNewForYouTracksRow struct {
+	ID       pgtype.UUID
+	AlbumID  pgtype.UUID
+	ArtistID pgtype.UUID
+}
+
+// #421 New for you: tracks from albums added in the last 30 days
+// whose artist the user has liked OR played (>=3 non-skip). Album-
+// coherent (newest album first, then disc/track) — the producer does
+// NOT diversity-cap these; they're meant as whole-album discovery.
+// $1 user_id.
+func (q *Queries) ListNewForYouTracks(ctx context.Context, userID pgtype.UUID) ([]ListNewForYouTracksRow, error) {
+	rows, err := q.db.Query(ctx, listNewForYouTracks, userID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	var items []ListNewForYouTracksRow
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var i ListNewForYouTracksRow
+		if err := rows.Scan(&i.ID, &i.AlbumID, &i.ArtistID); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		items = append(items, i)
+	}
+	if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return items, nil
+}
+
+const listOnThisDayTracks = `-- name: ListOnThisDayTracks :many
+WITH windowed AS (
+    SELECT track_id, COUNT(*) AS c
+      FROM play_events
+     WHERE user_id = $1 AND was_skipped = false
+       AND started_at < now() - interval '60 days'
+       AND ABS(EXTRACT(DOY FROM started_at) - EXTRACT(DOY FROM now())) <= 7
+     GROUP BY track_id
+)
+SELECT t.id, t.album_id, t.artist_id
+  FROM tracks t
+  JOIN windowed w ON w.track_id = t.id
+ WHERE NOT EXISTS (
+       SELECT 1 FROM lidarr_quarantine q
+        WHERE q.user_id = $1 AND q.track_id = t.id
+   )
+ ORDER BY w.c DESC, md5(t.id::text || $2::text)
+ LIMIT 200
+`
+
+type ListOnThisDayTracksParams struct {
+	UserID  pgtype.UUID
+	Column2 string
+}
+
+type ListOnThisDayTracksRow struct {
+	ID       pgtype.UUID
+	AlbumID  pgtype.UUID
+	ArtistID pgtype.UUID
+}
+
+// #422 On This Day: tracks the user played around this calendar date
+// (±7 day-of-year) in the past, excluding the very recent (>60 days
+// ago) so it's nostalgic, not just "last week". Weighted by how much
+// they were played in those windows.
+// $1 user_id, $2 date string.
+func (q *Queries) ListOnThisDayTracks(ctx context.Context, arg ListOnThisDayTracksParams) ([]ListOnThisDayTracksRow, error) {
+	rows, err := q.db.Query(ctx, listOnThisDayTracks, arg.UserID, arg.Column2)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	var items []ListOnThisDayTracksRow
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var i ListOnThisDayTracksRow
+		if err := rows.Scan(&i.ID, &i.AlbumID, &i.ArtistID); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		items = append(items, i)
+	}
+	if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return items, nil
+}
+
+const listRediscoverTracks = `-- name: ListRediscoverTracks :many
+WITH stats AS (
+    SELECT track_id, COUNT(*) AS c, MAX(started_at) AS last_at
+      FROM play_events
+     WHERE user_id = $1 AND was_skipped = false
+     GROUP BY track_id
+)
+SELECT t.id, t.album_id, t.artist_id
+  FROM tracks t
+  JOIN stats s ON s.track_id = t.id
+ WHERE s.c >= 5
+   AND s.last_at <= now() - interval '6 months'
+   AND NOT EXISTS (
+       SELECT 1 FROM lidarr_quarantine q
+        WHERE q.user_id = $1 AND q.track_id = t.id
+   )
+ ORDER BY s.c DESC, t.id
+ LIMIT 200
+`
+
+type ListRediscoverTracksRow struct {
+	ID       pgtype.UUID
+	AlbumID  pgtype.UUID
+	ArtistID pgtype.UUID
+}
+
+// #420 Rediscover: tracks the user played a lot (>=5 non-skip) but
+// not in the last 6 months. Ordered by historical affection.
+// $1 user_id.
+func (q *Queries) ListRediscoverTracks(ctx context.Context, userID pgtype.UUID) ([]ListRediscoverTracksRow, error) {
+	rows, err := q.db.Query(ctx, listRediscoverTracks, userID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	var items []ListRediscoverTracksRow
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var i ListRediscoverTracksRow
+		if err := rows.Scan(&i.ID, &i.AlbumID, &i.ArtistID); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		items = append(items, i)
+	}
+	if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return items, nil
+}

internal/db/dbq/system_playlist_rotation.sql.go

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+// Code generated by sqlc. DO NOT EDIT.
+// versions:
+//   sqlc v1.31.1
+// source: system_playlist_rotation.sql
+
+package dbq
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgtype"
+)
+
+const appendRotationPlayed = `-- name: AppendRotationPlayed :exec
+
+INSERT INTO system_playlist_rotation_state (
+    user_id, playlist_kind, played_track_ids, rotation_started_at, updated_at
+) VALUES (
+    $1, $2,
+    array_append('{}'::uuid[], $3::uuid), now(), now()
+)
+ON CONFLICT (user_id, playlist_kind) DO UPDATE
+SET played_track_ids =
+        CASE WHEN $3::uuid = ANY(system_playlist_rotation_state.played_track_ids)
+             THEN system_playlist_rotation_state.played_track_ids
+             ELSE array_append(system_playlist_rotation_state.played_track_ids, $3::uuid)
+        END,
+    updated_at = now()
+`
+
+type AppendRotationPlayedParams struct {
+	UserID       pgtype.UUID
+	PlaylistKind string
+	TrackID      pgtype.UUID
+}
+
+// Rotation state for system-playlist sample-history dedup (#415).
+// One row per (user, playlist_kind). played_track_ids accumulates
+// tracks heard from that playlist in the current rotation; shuffle
+// prefers ids NOT in this set, then resets when the snapshot is
+// exhausted.
+// Records that the given track was played from the (user, kind)
+// system playlist. Creates the row on first play; on conflict
+// appends only if not already present so the array stays a set.
+func (q *Queries) AppendRotationPlayed(ctx context.Context, arg AppendRotationPlayedParams) error {
+	_, err := q.db.Exec(ctx, appendRotationPlayed, arg.UserID, arg.PlaylistKind, arg.TrackID)
+	return err
+}
+
+const getRotationState = `-- name: GetRotationState :one
+SELECT user_id, playlist_kind, played_track_ids, rotation_started_at, updated_at FROM system_playlist_rotation_state
+WHERE user_id = $1 AND playlist_kind = $2
+`
+
+type GetRotationStateParams struct {
+	UserID       pgtype.UUID
+	PlaylistKind string
+}
+
+func (q *Queries) GetRotationState(ctx context.Context, arg GetRotationStateParams) (SystemPlaylistRotationState, error) {
+	row := q.db.QueryRow(ctx, getRotationState, arg.UserID, arg.PlaylistKind)
+	var i SystemPlaylistRotationState
+	err := row.Scan(
+		&i.UserID,
+		&i.PlaylistKind,
+		&i.PlayedTrackIds,
+		&i.RotationStartedAt,
+		&i.UpdatedAt,
+	)
+	return i, err
+}
+
+const resetRotationState = `-- name: ResetRotationState :exec
+UPDATE system_playlist_rotation_state
+SET played_track_ids = '{}',
+    rotation_started_at = now(),
+    updated_at = now()
+WHERE user_id = $1 AND playlist_kind = $2
+`
+
+type ResetRotationStateParams struct {
+	UserID       pgtype.UUID
+	PlaylistKind string
+}
+
+// Clears the played set and advances the rotation window. Called
+// when the playlist snapshot has been fully sampled (Stage 2).
+func (q *Queries) ResetRotationState(ctx context.Context, arg ResetRotationStateParams) error {
+	_, err := q.db.Exec(ctx, resetRotationState, arg.UserID, arg.PlaylistKind)
+	return err
+}

internal/db/dbq/tracks.sql.go

@@ -255,6 +255,73 @@ func (q *Queries) ListArtistTracksForUser(ctx context.Context, arg ListArtistTra
 	return items, nil
 }
 
+const listRandomTracksForUser = `-- name: ListRandomTracksForUser :many
+SELECT t.id, t.title, t.album_id, t.artist_id, t.track_number, t.disc_number, t.duration_ms, t.file_path, t.file_size, t.file_format, t.bitrate, t.mbid, t.genre, t.added_at, t.updated_at,
+       albums.title AS album_title,
+       artists.name AS artist_name
+FROM tracks t
+JOIN albums  ON albums.id  = t.album_id
+JOIN artists ON artists.id = t.artist_id
+WHERE NOT EXISTS (
+      SELECT 1 FROM lidarr_quarantine q
+      WHERE q.user_id = $1 AND q.track_id = t.id
+  )
+ORDER BY random()
+LIMIT $2
+`
+
+type ListRandomTracksForUserParams struct {
+	UserID pgtype.UUID
+	Limit  int32
+}
+
+type ListRandomTracksForUserRow struct {
+	Track      Track
+	AlbumTitle string
+	ArtistName string
+}
+
+// #427 S4: backing query for GET /api/library/shuffle — the online
+// source for "Shuffle all". N random tracks across the whole
+// library, per-user-quarantine filtered. $1 user_id, $2 limit.
+func (q *Queries) ListRandomTracksForUser(ctx context.Context, arg ListRandomTracksForUserParams) ([]ListRandomTracksForUserRow, error) {
+	rows, err := q.db.Query(ctx, listRandomTracksForUser, arg.UserID, arg.Limit)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	var items []ListRandomTracksForUserRow
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var i ListRandomTracksForUserRow
+		if err := rows.Scan(
+			&i.Track.ID,
+			&i.Track.Title,
+			&i.Track.AlbumID,
+			&i.Track.ArtistID,
+			&i.Track.TrackNumber,
+			&i.Track.DiscNumber,
+			&i.Track.DurationMs,
+			&i.Track.FilePath,
+			&i.Track.FileSize,
+			&i.Track.FileFormat,
+			&i.Track.Bitrate,
+			&i.Track.Mbid,
+			&i.Track.Genre,
+			&i.Track.AddedAt,
+			&i.Track.UpdatedAt,
+			&i.AlbumTitle,
+			&i.ArtistName,
+		); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		items = append(items, i)
+	}
+	if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return items, nil
+}
+
 const listTracksByAlbum = `-- name: ListTracksByAlbum :many
 SELECT id, title, album_id, artist_id, track_number, disc_number, duration_ms, file_path, file_size, file_format, bitrate, mbid, genre, added_at, updated_at FROM tracks
 WHERE album_id = $1

internal/db/migrations/0027_system_playlist_rotation.down.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+-- 0027_system_playlist_rotation.down.sql
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS system_playlist_rotation_state;
+
+ALTER TABLE play_events
+    DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS source;

internal/db/migrations/0027_system_playlist_rotation.up.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+-- 0027_system_playlist_rotation.up.sql — sample-history dedup for
+-- system playlists (Fable #415). Two parts:
+--
+-- 1. play_events.source: which system playlist a play originated
+--    from ('for_you' | 'discover' | future kinds), or NULL for any
+--    play not launched from a system-playlist surface (library,
+--    user playlist, radio, Subsonic). Lets the ingest path know a
+--    play should count against that playlist's rotation.
+--
+-- 2. system_playlist_rotation_state: per (user, playlist_kind) set
+--    of track ids already played in the current rotation window.
+--    Shuffle-on-play prefers the unplayed tail; when the snapshot
+--    is exhausted the set resets and rotation_started_at advances.
+--    Centralized server-side so phone / web / watch share one
+--    rotation, mirroring how radio dedup already lives server-side.
+ALTER TABLE play_events
+    ADD COLUMN source text;
+
+CREATE TABLE system_playlist_rotation_state (
+    user_id             uuid        NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    playlist_kind       text        NOT NULL,
+    played_track_ids    uuid[]      NOT NULL DEFAULT '{}',
+    rotation_started_at timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+    updated_at          timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+    PRIMARY KEY (user_id, playlist_kind)
+);

internal/db/queries/events.sql

@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ LIMIT 1;
 
 -- name: InsertPlayEvent :one
 INSERT INTO play_events (
-    user_id, track_id, session_id, started_at, client_id
-) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5)
+    user_id, track_id, session_id, started_at, client_id, source
+) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6)
 RETURNING *;
 
 -- name: UpdatePlayEventEnded :one

internal/db/queries/system_mixes.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+-- Candidate queries for the discovery system-playlist mixes
+-- (#419-423). Each returns (id, album_id, artist_id) rows; the Go
+-- producer caps + truncates and converts to rankedCandidate. Daily-
+-- deterministic md5(id||dateStr) ordering (where used) keeps a mix
+-- stable within a day while rotating across days; shuffle-on-play
+-- gives per-play variety on top.
+
+-- name: ListDeepCutsTracks :many
+-- #419 Deep Cuts: low-play tracks (<=2 plays) from artists the user
+-- has liked OR played heavily (>=5 non-skip plays across the artist).
+-- $1 user_id, $2 date string.
+WITH affinity_artists AS (
+    SELECT artist_id FROM general_likes_artists WHERE user_id = $1
+    UNION
+    SELECT t.artist_id
+      FROM play_events pe JOIN tracks t ON t.id = pe.track_id
+     WHERE pe.user_id = $1 AND pe.was_skipped = false
+     GROUP BY t.artist_id
+    HAVING COUNT(*) >= 5
+),
+play_counts AS (
+    SELECT track_id, COUNT(*) AS c
+      FROM play_events
+     WHERE user_id = $1 AND was_skipped = false
+     GROUP BY track_id
+)
+SELECT t.id, t.album_id, t.artist_id
+  FROM tracks t
+  JOIN affinity_artists aa ON aa.artist_id = t.artist_id
+  LEFT JOIN play_counts pc ON pc.track_id = t.id
+ WHERE COALESCE(pc.c, 0) <= 2
+   AND NOT EXISTS (
+       SELECT 1 FROM lidarr_quarantine q
+        WHERE q.user_id = $1 AND q.track_id = t.id
+   )
+ ORDER BY md5(t.id::text || $2::text)
+ LIMIT 200;
+
+-- name: ListRediscoverTracks :many
+-- #420 Rediscover: tracks the user played a lot (>=5 non-skip) but
+-- not in the last 6 months. Ordered by historical affection.
+-- $1 user_id.
+WITH stats AS (
+    SELECT track_id, COUNT(*) AS c, MAX(started_at) AS last_at
+      FROM play_events
+     WHERE user_id = $1 AND was_skipped = false
+     GROUP BY track_id
+)
+SELECT t.id, t.album_id, t.artist_id
+  FROM tracks t
+  JOIN stats s ON s.track_id = t.id
+ WHERE s.c >= 5
+   AND s.last_at <= now() - interval '6 months'
+   AND NOT EXISTS (
+       SELECT 1 FROM lidarr_quarantine q
+        WHERE q.user_id = $1 AND q.track_id = t.id
+   )
+ ORDER BY s.c DESC, t.id
+ LIMIT 200;
+
+-- name: ListNewForYouTracks :many
+-- #421 New for you: tracks from albums added in the last 30 days
+-- whose artist the user has liked OR played (>=3 non-skip). Album-
+-- coherent (newest album first, then disc/track) — the producer does
+-- NOT diversity-cap these; they're meant as whole-album discovery.
+-- $1 user_id.
+WITH affinity_artists AS (
+    SELECT artist_id FROM general_likes_artists WHERE user_id = $1
+    UNION
+    SELECT t.artist_id
+      FROM play_events pe JOIN tracks t ON t.id = pe.track_id
+     WHERE pe.user_id = $1 AND pe.was_skipped = false
+     GROUP BY t.artist_id
+    HAVING COUNT(*) >= 3
+)
+SELECT t.id, t.album_id, t.artist_id
+  FROM tracks t
+  JOIN albums al ON al.id = t.album_id
+  JOIN affinity_artists aa ON aa.artist_id = al.artist_id
+ WHERE al.created_at >= now() - interval '30 days'
+   AND NOT EXISTS (
+       SELECT 1 FROM lidarr_quarantine q
+        WHERE q.user_id = $1 AND q.track_id = t.id
+   )
+ ORDER BY al.created_at DESC, t.disc_number NULLS FIRST, t.track_number NULLS FIRST
+ LIMIT 200;
+
+-- name: ListOnThisDayTracks :many
+-- #422 On This Day: tracks the user played around this calendar date
+-- (±7 day-of-year) in the past, excluding the very recent (>60 days
+-- ago) so it's nostalgic, not just "last week". Weighted by how much
+-- they were played in those windows.
+-- $1 user_id, $2 date string.
+WITH windowed AS (
+    SELECT track_id, COUNT(*) AS c
+      FROM play_events
+     WHERE user_id = $1 AND was_skipped = false
+       AND started_at < now() - interval '60 days'
+       AND ABS(EXTRACT(DOY FROM started_at) - EXTRACT(DOY FROM now())) <= 7
+     GROUP BY track_id
+)
+SELECT t.id, t.album_id, t.artist_id
+  FROM tracks t
+  JOIN windowed w ON w.track_id = t.id
+ WHERE NOT EXISTS (
+       SELECT 1 FROM lidarr_quarantine q
+        WHERE q.user_id = $1 AND q.track_id = t.id
+   )
+ ORDER BY w.c DESC, md5(t.id::text || $2::text)
+ LIMIT 200;
+
+-- name: ListFirstListensTracks :many
+-- #423 First Listens: albums the user has never played any track of.
+-- Tiered: liked-artist albums first, then played-artist albums, then
+-- the rest — album-coherent within each tier. Not diversity-capped
+-- (whole-album discovery). $1 user_id.
+WITH heard_albums AS (
+    SELECT DISTINCT t.album_id
+      FROM play_events pe JOIN tracks t ON t.id = pe.track_id
+     WHERE pe.user_id = $1
+),
+played_artists AS (
+    SELECT DISTINCT t.artist_id
+      FROM play_events pe JOIN tracks t ON t.id = pe.track_id
+     WHERE pe.user_id = $1
+)
+SELECT t.id, t.album_id, t.artist_id
+  FROM tracks t
+  JOIN albums al ON al.id = t.album_id
+ WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM heard_albums h WHERE h.album_id = al.id)
+   AND NOT EXISTS (
+       SELECT 1 FROM lidarr_quarantine q
+        WHERE q.user_id = $1 AND q.track_id = t.id
+   )
+ ORDER BY
+   (CASE
+      WHEN EXISTS (
+        SELECT 1 FROM general_likes_artists gla
+         WHERE gla.user_id = $1 AND gla.artist_id = al.artist_id
+      ) THEN 0
+      WHEN al.artist_id IN (SELECT artist_id FROM played_artists) THEN 1
+      ELSE 2
+    END),
+   al.id, t.disc_number NULLS FIRST, t.track_number NULLS FIRST
+ LIMIT 300;

internal/db/queries/system_playlist_rotation.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+-- Rotation state for system-playlist sample-history dedup (#415).
+-- One row per (user, playlist_kind). played_track_ids accumulates
+-- tracks heard from that playlist in the current rotation; shuffle
+-- prefers ids NOT in this set, then resets when the snapshot is
+-- exhausted.
+
+-- name: AppendRotationPlayed :exec
+-- Records that the given track was played from the (user, kind)
+-- system playlist. Creates the row on first play; on conflict
+-- appends only if not already present so the array stays a set.
+INSERT INTO system_playlist_rotation_state (
+    user_id, playlist_kind, played_track_ids, rotation_started_at, updated_at
+) VALUES (
+    sqlc.arg(user_id), sqlc.arg(playlist_kind),
+    array_append('{}'::uuid[], sqlc.arg(track_id)::uuid), now(), now()
+)
+ON CONFLICT (user_id, playlist_kind) DO UPDATE
+SET played_track_ids =
+        CASE WHEN sqlc.arg(track_id)::uuid = ANY(system_playlist_rotation_state.played_track_ids)
+             THEN system_playlist_rotation_state.played_track_ids
+             ELSE array_append(system_playlist_rotation_state.played_track_ids, sqlc.arg(track_id)::uuid)
+        END,
+    updated_at = now();
+
+-- name: GetRotationState :one
+SELECT * FROM system_playlist_rotation_state
+WHERE user_id = $1 AND playlist_kind = $2;
+
+-- name: ResetRotationState :exec
+-- Clears the played set and advances the rotation window. Called
+-- when the playlist snapshot has been fully sampled (Stage 2).
+UPDATE system_playlist_rotation_state
+SET played_track_ids = '{}',
+    rotation_started_at = now(),
+    updated_at = now()
+WHERE user_id = $1 AND playlist_kind = $2;

internal/db/queries/tracks.sql

@@ -81,6 +81,23 @@ WHERE t.artist_id = $1
 ORDER BY albums.release_date NULLS LAST, albums.sort_title,
          t.disc_number NULLS FIRST, t.track_number NULLS FIRST, t.id;
 
+-- name: ListRandomTracksForUser :many
+-- #427 S4: backing query for GET /api/library/shuffle — the online
+-- source for "Shuffle all". N random tracks across the whole
+-- library, per-user-quarantine filtered. $1 user_id, $2 limit.
+SELECT sqlc.embed(t),
+       albums.title AS album_title,
+       artists.name AS artist_name
+FROM tracks t
+JOIN albums  ON albums.id  = t.album_id
+JOIN artists ON artists.id = t.artist_id
+WHERE NOT EXISTS (
+      SELECT 1 FROM lidarr_quarantine q
+      WHERE q.user_id = $1 AND q.track_id = t.id
+  )
+ORDER BY random()
+LIMIT $2;
+
 -- name: CountTracksByArtist :one
 -- Used by request-progress reporting to count tracks ingested under a
 -- matched artist (sum across all the artist's albums) while a request

internal/playevents/writer.go

@@ -57,12 +57,36 @@ type StartedResult struct {
 
 // RecordPlayStarted: in one transaction, auto-close any prior open row for
 // the user, FindOrCreate the play_session, insert the new play_event,
-// return its id and session id.
+// return its id and session id. Source-agnostic — kept for the Subsonic
+// shim (frozen API), which never originates from a system playlist.
 func (w *Writer) RecordPlayStarted(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	userID, trackID pgtype.UUID,
 	clientID string,
 	at time.Time,
+) (StartedResult, error) {
+	return w.RecordPlayStartedWithSource(ctx, userID, trackID, clientID, "", at)
+}
+
+// systemPlaylistSources are the play_events.source values that count
+// against a system playlist's rotation (Fable #415). Add future
+// system-playlist kinds here as they ship (deep_cuts, rediscover, …).
+var systemPlaylistSources = map[string]bool{
+	"for_you":  true,
+	"discover": true,
+}
+
+// RecordPlayStartedWithSource is RecordPlayStarted plus a `source`
+// tag identifying which surface the play came from. When source is a
+// known system-playlist kind the track is appended to that user's
+// rotation set so shuffle-on-play can prefer the unplayed tail on a
+// re-play within the day. Empty source → behaves exactly like the
+// pre-#415 path (NULL column, no rotation write).
+func (w *Writer) RecordPlayStartedWithSource(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	userID, trackID pgtype.UUID,
+	clientID, source string,
+	at time.Time,
 ) (StartedResult, error) {
 	var out StartedResult
 	err := pgx.BeginFunc(ctx, w.pool, func(tx pgx.Tx) error {
@@ -78,12 +102,17 @@ func (w *Writer) RecordPlayStarted(
 		if clientID != "" {
 			clientIDPtr = &clientID
 		}
+		var sourcePtr *string
+		if source != "" {
+			sourcePtr = &source
+		}
 		ev, err := q.InsertPlayEvent(ctx, dbq.InsertPlayEventParams{
 			UserID:    userID,
 			TrackID:   trackID,
 			SessionID: sessionID,
 			StartedAt: pgtype.Timestamptz{Time: at, Valid: true},
 			ClientID:  clientIDPtr,
+			Source:    sourcePtr,
 		})
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -95,6 +124,16 @@ func (w *Writer) RecordPlayStarted(
 		if err := w.captureSessionVector(ctx, q, ev.ID, sessionID, at); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+
+		if systemPlaylistSources[source] {
+			if err := q.AppendRotationPlayed(ctx, dbq.AppendRotationPlayedParams{
+				UserID:       userID,
+				PlaylistKind: source,
+				TrackID:      trackID,
+			}); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
 		return nil
 	})
 	return out, err
@@ -267,6 +306,119 @@ func (w *Writer) RecordSyntheticCompletedPlay(
 	return nil
 }
 
+// RecordOfflinePlay writes a complete start+end play in one call from
+// a caller-supplied timestamp + duration. This is the replay path for
+// the Flutter offline mutation queue (#426 part B): a play that
+// happened with no/flaky connectivity is captured locally as a
+// completed unit and replayed here once back online, preserving the
+// original `at`.
+//
+// Generalizes RecordSyntheticCompletedPlay: instead of assuming full
+// completion it applies the spec §6 skip rule from the real
+// durationPlayed vs track length (same AND-of-thresholds as
+// RecordPlayEnded), and threads `source` so #415 rotation advances
+// for system-playlist plays just like the live path.
+//
+// durationPlayedMs is clamped to [0, track duration] to absorb
+// client clock / position drift.
+func (w *Writer) RecordOfflinePlay(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	userID, trackID pgtype.UUID,
+	clientID, source string,
+	at time.Time,
+	durationPlayedMs int32,
+) error {
+	var playEventID pgtype.UUID
+	if err := pgx.BeginFunc(ctx, w.pool, func(tx pgx.Tx) error {
+		q := dbq.New(tx)
+		track, err := q.GetTrackByID(ctx, trackID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := w.autoClosePriorOpen(ctx, q, userID, at); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		sessionID, err := playsessions.FindOrCreate(ctx, q, userID, at, clientID, w.sessionTimeout)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		var clientIDPtr *string
+		if clientID != "" {
+			clientIDPtr = &clientID
+		}
+		var sourcePtr *string
+		if source != "" {
+			sourcePtr = &source
+		}
+		ev, err := q.InsertPlayEvent(ctx, dbq.InsertPlayEventParams{
+			UserID:    userID,
+			TrackID:   trackID,
+			SessionID: sessionID,
+			StartedAt: pgtype.Timestamptz{Time: at, Valid: true},
+			ClientID:  clientIDPtr,
+			Source:    sourcePtr,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		playEventID = ev.ID
+		if err := w.captureSessionVector(ctx, q, ev.ID, sessionID, at); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		played := durationPlayedMs
+		if played < 0 {
+			played = 0
+		}
+		if track.DurationMs > 0 && played > track.DurationMs {
+			played = track.DurationMs
+		}
+		ratio := 0.0
+		if track.DurationMs > 0 {
+			ratio = float64(played) / float64(track.DurationMs)
+		}
+		isSkip := ratio < w.skipMaxCompletionRatio && played < w.skipMaxDurationPlayedMs
+		ratioPtr := ratio
+		durPtr := played
+		if _, err := q.UpdatePlayEventEnded(ctx, dbq.UpdatePlayEventEndedParams{
+			ID:               ev.ID,
+			EndedAt:          pgtype.Timestamptz{Time: at.Add(time.Duration(played) * time.Millisecond), Valid: true},
+			DurationPlayedMs: &durPtr,
+			CompletionRatio:  &ratioPtr,
+			WasSkipped:       isSkip,
+		}); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if isSkip {
+			if _, err := q.InsertSkipEvent(ctx, dbq.InsertSkipEventParams{
+				UserID:     userID,
+				TrackID:    trackID,
+				SessionID:  sessionID,
+				SkippedAt:  pgtype.Timestamptz{Time: at.Add(time.Duration(played) * time.Millisecond), Valid: true},
+				PositionMs: played,
+			}); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+		if systemPlaylistSources[source] {
+			if err := q.AppendRotationPlayed(ctx, dbq.AppendRotationPlayedParams{
+				UserID:       userID,
+				PlaylistKind: source,
+				TrackID:      trackID,
+			}); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := scrobble.MaybeEnqueue(ctx, dbq.New(w.pool), playEventID); err != nil {
+		w.logger.Warn("playevents: scrobble enqueue failed", "play_event_id", playEventID, "err", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // captureSessionVector queries the user's prior plays in the given session
 // (before `at`), builds the session vector, and UPDATEs the just-inserted
 // play_event with it. Runs inside the caller's transaction (q is the

internal/playevents/writer_test.go

@@ -372,3 +372,52 @@ func TestRecordPlayEnded_SubThreshold_NoEnqueue(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected 0 queue rows for sub-threshold play, got %d", n)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestRecordPlayStartedWithSource_AppendsRotation(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFixture(t, 200_000)
+	now := time.Now().UTC()
+	if _, err := f.w.RecordPlayStartedWithSource(
+		context.Background(), f.user, f.track, "c", "for_you", now,
+	); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("RecordPlayStartedWithSource: %v", err)
+	}
+	st, err := f.q.GetRotationState(context.Background(), dbq.GetRotationStateParams{
+		UserID: f.user, PlaylistKind: "for_you",
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetRotationState: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(st.PlayedTrackIds) != 1 || st.PlayedTrackIds[0] != f.track {
+		t.Errorf("played_track_ids = %v, want [%v]", st.PlayedTrackIds, f.track)
+	}
+
+	// Re-playing the same track stays a set (no duplicate append).
+	if _, err := f.w.RecordPlayStartedWithSource(
+		context.Background(), f.user, f.track, "c", "for_you", now.Add(time.Minute),
+	); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("RecordPlayStartedWithSource 2: %v", err)
+	}
+	st, err = f.q.GetRotationState(context.Background(), dbq.GetRotationStateParams{
+		UserID: f.user, PlaylistKind: "for_you",
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetRotationState 2: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(st.PlayedTrackIds) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("played_track_ids should dedupe, got %v", st.PlayedTrackIds)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRecordPlayStarted_NoRotationWithoutSource(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFixture(t, 200_000)
+	now := time.Now().UTC()
+	if _, err := f.w.RecordPlayStarted(context.Background(), f.user, f.track, "c", now); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("RecordPlayStarted: %v", err)
+	}
+	_, err := f.q.GetRotationState(context.Background(), dbq.GetRotationStateParams{
+		UserID: f.user, PlaylistKind: "for_you",
+	})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("expected no rotation row for a source-less play")
+	}
+}

internal/playlists/system.go

@@ -151,14 +151,22 @@ var systemMixWeights = recommendation.ScoringWeights{
 
 // forYouHeadN is the number of top-scored tracks that anchor the For-You
 // playlist; forYouTailN is the number sampled from positions 2*headN
-// onward, daily-deterministic via tieBreakHash. The 12 + 13 split
+// onward, daily-deterministic via tieBreakHash. The 50 + 50 split
 // (~50% from the tail) gives the user a substantially different mix
 // day-to-day while preserving a recognizable anchor of strong
-// similarity matches. Songs-like-X keeps simple pickTopN (the
+// similarity matches.
+//
+// Sized to 100 to match Discover so the shuffle-on-play default
+// (system playlists shuffle when launched from a tile) has a deep
+// enough pool that re-plays within a day feel varied. Libraries with
+// a thin For-You candidate pool degrade gracefully: pickHeadAndTail
+// returns top-N-by-score when the capped pool can't support a full
+// head/tail split, exactly as Discover returns fewer than 100 when
+// its buckets are thin. Songs-like-X keeps simple pickTopN (the
 // seed-artist context already frames the "you'll like this" promise).
 const (
-	forYouHeadN = 12
-	forYouTailN = 13
+	forYouHeadN = 50
+	forYouTailN = 50
 )
 
 // scoreAndSortCandidates scores every candidate with recommendation.Score
@@ -217,6 +225,191 @@ func capCandidatesByAlbumAndArtist(cands []recommendation.Candidate) []recommend
 	return out
 }
 
+// builtPlaylist is what a producer hands back: one playlist to
+// materialize. A producer may return zero (no eligible tracks),
+// one (For-You / Discover / each new kind), or many (Songs-like-X,
+// one per seed artist) of these.
+type builtPlaylist struct {
+	Name         string
+	Variant      string
+	SeedArtistID pgtype.UUID // zero value for non-seeded kinds
+	Tracks       []rankedCandidate
+}
+
+// systemPlaylistProducer computes the playlists for one kind for a
+// given user/day. A returned error is fatal to the whole build
+// (e.g. a required base query failed); per-item issues should be
+// logged and yield fewer playlists, not an error.
+type systemPlaylistProducer func(
+	ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries, logger *slog.Logger,
+	userID pgtype.UUID, dateStr string, now time.Time,
+) ([]builtPlaylist, error)
+
+type systemPlaylistKind struct {
+	Key string
+	// Singleton kinds produce exactly one playlist per user (For-You,
+	// Discover, the discovery mixes) and so can be addressed by kind:
+	// the generic /system/{kind}/{refresh,shuffle} endpoints + the
+	// per-tile refresh affordance only apply to these. Non-singleton
+	// kinds (songs_like_artist → up to 3 per user) are played by
+	// playlist id and have no by-kind endpoint.
+	Singleton bool
+	Produce   systemPlaylistProducer
+}
+
+// RefreshableSystemKind reports whether `key` is a known singleton
+// system-playlist kind — i.e. addressable by the generic by-kind
+// refresh/shuffle endpoints and eligible for the per-tile refresh
+// affordance. The API layer + clients use this so neither hardcodes
+// the kind list.
+func RefreshableSystemKind(key string) bool {
+	for _, k := range systemPlaylistRegistry {
+		if k.Key == key {
+			return k.Singleton
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// systemPlaylistRegistry is the single source of truth for which
+// system playlists exist. BuildSystemPlaylists iterates it; the
+// generic /api/playlists/system/{kind}/{refresh,shuffle} endpoints
+// validate against it. Adding a new mix = a producer + one entry
+// here (plus its candidate query). Order is the materialize order;
+// it has no functional effect (atomic replace + per-playlist
+// collage are order-independent).
+var systemPlaylistRegistry = []systemPlaylistKind{
+	{Key: "for_you", Singleton: true, Produce: produceForYou},
+	{Key: "songs_like_artist", Singleton: false, Produce: produceSeedMixes},
+	{Key: "discover", Singleton: true, Produce: produceDiscover},
+	{Key: "deep_cuts", Singleton: true, Produce: produceDeepCuts},
+	{Key: "rediscover", Singleton: true, Produce: produceRediscover},
+	{Key: "new_for_you", Singleton: true, Produce: produceNewForYou},
+	{Key: "on_this_day", Singleton: true, Produce: produceOnThisDay},
+	{Key: "first_listens", Singleton: true, Produce: produceFirstListens},
+}
+
+// produceForYou: today's seed from the user's top-5 played tracks
+// (rotates daily via userIDHash), similarity candidate pool, head+
+// tail composition. The base seed query failing is fatal; a
+// candidate-load failure is logged and yields no For-You.
+func produceForYou(
+	ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries, logger *slog.Logger,
+	userID pgtype.UUID, dateStr string, now time.Time,
+) ([]builtPlaylist, error) {
+	forYouSeeds, err := q.PickTopPlayedTracksForUser(ctx, userID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pick for-you seed candidates: %w", err)
+	}
+	forYouSeed := pickForYouSeedForDay(forYouSeeds, userID, dateStr)
+	if !forYouSeed.Valid {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	zeroVec := recommendation.SessionVector{Seed: true}
+	cands, cerr := recommendation.LoadCandidatesFromSimilarity(
+		ctx, q, userID, forYouSeed,
+		1, // recentlyPlayedHours — small to avoid filtering the seed's recent neighbourhood
+		zeroVec,
+		[]pgtype.UUID{forYouSeed},
+		recommendation.DefaultCandidateSourceLimits(),
+	)
+	if cerr != nil {
+		logger.Warn("system playlist: for-you candidates load failed; skipping",
+			"user_id", uuidStringPL(userID), "err", cerr)
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	tracks := pickHeadAndTail(cands, userID, dateStr, now, forYouHeadN, forYouTailN)
+	if len(tracks) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	return []builtPlaylist{{Name: "For You", Variant: "for_you", Tracks: tracks}}, nil
+}
+
+// produceSeedMixes: up to 3 "Songs like {artist}" mixes. Seed
+// artists rotate daily-deterministically. The base seed-artist
+// query failing is fatal; per-artist failures are logged + skipped.
+func produceSeedMixes(
+	ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries, logger *slog.Logger,
+	userID pgtype.UUID, dateStr string, now time.Time,
+) ([]builtPlaylist, error) {
+	seedRows, err := q.PickSeedArtists(ctx, userID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pick seed artists: %w", err)
+	}
+	seedRowsLocal := make([]seedArtistRow, 0, len(seedRows))
+	for _, r := range seedRows {
+		seedRowsLocal = append(seedRowsLocal, seedArtistRow{
+			ArtistID: r.ArtistID, Score: r.Score,
+		})
+	}
+	seedPool := pickSeedArtistsFromRows(seedRowsLocal)
+	seeds := pickSeedArtistsForDay(seedPool, userID, dateStr)
+
+	out := make([]builtPlaylist, 0, len(seeds))
+	for _, artistID := range seeds {
+		artistRow, aerr := q.GetArtistByID(ctx, artistID)
+		if aerr != nil {
+			logger.Warn("system playlist: seed artist load failed; skipping",
+				"artist_id", uuidStringPL(artistID), "err", aerr)
+			continue
+		}
+		seedTrack, terr := q.PickTopPlayedTrackForArtistByUser(ctx, dbq.PickTopPlayedTrackForArtistByUserParams{
+			UserID: userID, ArtistID: artistID,
+		})
+		if terr != nil || !seedTrack.Valid {
+			continue
+		}
+		zeroVec := recommendation.SessionVector{Seed: true}
+		cands, cerr := recommendation.LoadCandidatesFromSimilarity(
+			ctx, q, userID, seedTrack, 1, zeroVec, []pgtype.UUID{seedTrack},
+			recommendation.DefaultCandidateSourceLimits(),
+		)
+		if cerr != nil {
+			logger.Warn("system playlist: seed candidates load failed; skipping",
+				"artist_id", uuidStringPL(artistID), "err", cerr)
+			continue
+		}
+		// "Songs like X" excludes X's own songs.
+		filtered := make([]recommendation.Candidate, 0, len(cands))
+		for _, c := range cands {
+			if !pgtypeUUIDEqual(c.Track.ArtistID, artistID) {
+				filtered = append(filtered, c)
+			}
+		}
+		tracks := pickTopN(filtered, userID, dateStr, now, systemMixLength)
+		if len(tracks) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		out = append(out, builtPlaylist{
+			Name:         fmt.Sprintf("Songs like %s", artistRow.Name),
+			Variant:      "songs_like_artist",
+			SeedArtistID: artistID,
+			Tracks:       tracks,
+		})
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+// produceDiscover: unheard tracks biased toward dormant artists.
+// Bucket failures are handled inside buildDiscoverCandidates and
+// redistribute as deficit; a returned error is non-fatal here
+// (logged, yields no Discover) to match the prior behavior.
+func produceDiscover(
+	ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries, logger *slog.Logger,
+	userID pgtype.UUID, dateStr string, _ time.Time,
+) ([]builtPlaylist, error) {
+	tracks, derr := buildDiscoverCandidates(ctx, q, logger, userID, dateStr)
+	if derr != nil {
+		logger.Warn("system playlist: discover candidates load failed; skipping",
+			"user_id", uuidStringPL(userID), "err", derr)
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	if len(tracks) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	return []builtPlaylist{{Name: "Discover", Variant: "discover", Tracks: tracks}}, nil
+}
+
 // BuildSystemPlaylists builds the user's daily system mixes (one For-You +
 // up to 3 Songs-like-{seed} mixes). Atomic-replace inside one tx;
 // concurrency-guarded via system_playlist_runs.in_flight; deterministic
@@ -265,112 +458,22 @@ func BuildSystemPlaylists(ctx context.Context, pool *pgxpool.Pool, logger *slog.
 		}
 	}()
 
-	// 1. For-You: pick today's seed from the user's top-5 played tracks.
-	// Seed rotates daily via userIDHash so the candidate pool shifts
-	// across days while staying stable within a day.
-	forYouSeeds, err := q.PickTopPlayedTracksForUser(ctx, userID)
-	if err != nil {
-		buildErr = fmt.Errorf("pick for-you seed candidates: %w", err)
-		return buildErr
-	}
-	forYouSeed := pickForYouSeedForDay(forYouSeeds, userID, dateStr)
-	var forYouTracks []rankedCandidate
-	if forYouSeed.Valid {
-		zeroVec := recommendation.SessionVector{Seed: true}
-		cands, cerr := recommendation.LoadCandidatesFromSimilarity(
-			ctx, q, userID, forYouSeed,
-			1, // recentlyPlayedHours — small to avoid filtering the seed's recent neighbourhood
-			zeroVec,
-			[]pgtype.UUID{forYouSeed},
-			recommendation.DefaultCandidateSourceLimits(),
-		)
-		if cerr == nil {
-			// For-You uses head+tail composition: forYouHeadN top-similarity
-			// tracks + forYouTailN tail-sampled to inject daily-deterministic
-			// surprise. Songs-like-X keeps pickTopN (top-25 with caps) since
-			// the seed-artist context already provides the "you'll like this"
-			// framing.
-			forYouTracks = pickHeadAndTail(cands, userID, dateStr, now, forYouHeadN, forYouTailN)
-		} else {
-			logger.Warn("system playlist: for-you candidates load failed; skipping",
-				"user_id", uuidStringPL(userID), "err", cerr)
+	// Run every registered system-playlist producer. Each returns the
+	// playlists it wants materialized for this user/day (zero or more);
+	// a returned error is fatal to the whole build (matches the prior
+	// behavior where a seed-query failure aborted). Per-item issues are
+	// logged inside the producer and just yield fewer playlists.
+	var built []builtPlaylist
+	for _, kind := range systemPlaylistRegistry {
+		out, perr := kind.Produce(ctx, q, logger, userID, dateStr, now)
+		if perr != nil {
+			buildErr = fmt.Errorf("produce %s: %w", kind.Key, perr)
+			return buildErr
 		}
+		built = append(built, out...)
 	}
 
-	// 2. Seed artists for "Songs like {X}". SQL returns up to 5 candidates
-	// in score order; pickSeedArtistsForDay shuffles them daily-
-	// deterministically and takes 3 so the set of mixes rotates day-to-day.
-	seedRows, err := q.PickSeedArtists(ctx, userID)
-	if err != nil {
-		buildErr = fmt.Errorf("pick seed artists: %w", err)
-		return buildErr
-	}
-	seedRowsLocal := make([]seedArtistRow, 0, len(seedRows))
-	for _, r := range seedRows {
-		seedRowsLocal = append(seedRowsLocal, seedArtistRow{
-			ArtistID: r.ArtistID, Score: r.Score,
-		})
-	}
-	seedPool := pickSeedArtistsFromRows(seedRowsLocal)
-	seeds := pickSeedArtistsForDay(seedPool, userID, dateStr)
-
-	type seedMix struct {
-		ArtistID   pgtype.UUID
-		ArtistName string
-		Tracks     []rankedCandidate
-	}
-	seedMixes := make([]seedMix, 0, len(seeds))
-	for _, artistID := range seeds {
-		artistRow, aerr := q.GetArtistByID(ctx, artistID)
-		if aerr != nil {
-			logger.Warn("system playlist: seed artist load failed; skipping",
-				"artist_id", uuidStringPL(artistID), "err", aerr)
-			continue
-		}
-		seedTrack, terr := q.PickTopPlayedTrackForArtistByUser(ctx, dbq.PickTopPlayedTrackForArtistByUserParams{
-			UserID: userID, ArtistID: artistID,
-		})
-		if terr != nil || !seedTrack.Valid {
-			continue
-		}
-		zeroVec := recommendation.SessionVector{Seed: true}
-		cands, cerr := recommendation.LoadCandidatesFromSimilarity(
-			ctx, q, userID, seedTrack, 1, zeroVec, []pgtype.UUID{seedTrack},
-			recommendation.DefaultCandidateSourceLimits(),
-		)
-		if cerr != nil {
-			logger.Warn("system playlist: seed candidates load failed; skipping",
-				"artist_id", uuidStringPL(artistID), "err", cerr)
-			continue
-		}
-		// Keep only tracks NOT by the seed artist (we want "songs like X",
-		// not X's own songs).
-		filtered := make([]recommendation.Candidate, 0, len(cands))
-		for _, c := range cands {
-			if !pgtypeUUIDEqual(c.Track.ArtistID, artistID) {
-				filtered = append(filtered, c)
-			}
-		}
-		tracks := pickTopN(filtered, userID, dateStr, now, systemMixLength)
-		seedMixes = append(seedMixes, seedMix{
-			ArtistID:   artistID,
-			ArtistName: artistRow.Name,
-			Tracks:     tracks,
-		})
-	}
-
-	// 4. Discover: surface unheard tracks, biased toward dormant artists.
-	// Individual bucket failures are logged inside buildDiscoverCandidates
-	// and redistribute as deficit; the function only returns an error for
-	// unrecoverable conditions, so a remaining derr here is genuine.
-	discoverTracks, derr := buildDiscoverCandidates(ctx, q, logger, userID, dateStr)
-	if derr != nil {
-		logger.Warn("system playlist: discover candidates load failed; skipping",
-			"user_id", uuidStringPL(userID), "err", derr)
-		discoverTracks = nil
-	}
-
-	// 3. Atomic replace inside a transaction.
+	// Atomic replace inside a transaction.
 	tx, err := pool.Begin(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		buildErr = fmt.Errorf("begin tx: %w", err)
@@ -388,37 +491,16 @@ func BuildSystemPlaylists(ctx context.Context, pool *pgxpool.Pool, logger *slog.
 	// for each one after the transaction commits. Collage generation
 	// reads the playlist's tracks via a separate query that won't see
 	// uncommitted rows, so the work happens post-commit.
-	createdIDs := make([]pgtype.UUID, 0, 1+len(seedMixes))
+	createdIDs := make([]pgtype.UUID, 0, len(built))
 
-	if len(forYouTracks) > 0 {
-		id, err := insertSystemPlaylist(ctx, qtx, userID, "For You", "for_you",
-			pgtype.UUID{}, forYouTracks)
-		if err != nil {
-			buildErr = fmt.Errorf("insert for-you: %w", err)
-			return buildErr
-		}
-		createdIDs = append(createdIDs, id)
-	}
-
-	for _, m := range seedMixes {
-		if len(m.Tracks) == 0 {
+	for _, bp := range built {
+		if len(bp.Tracks) == 0 {
 			continue
 		}
-		name := fmt.Sprintf("Songs like %s", m.ArtistName)
-		id, err := insertSystemPlaylist(ctx, qtx, userID, name, "songs_like_artist",
-			m.ArtistID, m.Tracks)
+		id, err := insertSystemPlaylist(ctx, qtx, userID, bp.Name, bp.Variant,
+			bp.SeedArtistID, bp.Tracks)
 		if err != nil {
-			buildErr = fmt.Errorf("insert songs-like %s: %w", uuidStringPL(m.ArtistID), err)
-			return buildErr
-		}
-		createdIDs = append(createdIDs, id)
-	}
-
-	if len(discoverTracks) > 0 {
-		id, err := insertSystemPlaylist(ctx, qtx, userID, "Discover", "discover",
-			pgtype.UUID{}, discoverTracks)
-		if err != nil {
-			buildErr = fmt.Errorf("insert discover: %w", err)
+			buildErr = fmt.Errorf("insert %s (%s): %w", bp.Variant, bp.Name, err)
 			return buildErr
 		}
 		createdIDs = append(createdIDs, id)

internal/playlists/system_mixes.go

@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+package playlists
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log/slog"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgtype"
+
+	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/db/dbq"
+)
+
+// Discovery mixes (#419-423). Each is one candidate query + a thin
+// producer registered in systemPlaylistRegistry. They follow the
+// Discover model: a SQL query returns ordered (id, album_id,
+// artist_id) rows; we optionally diversity-cap, truncate, and emit
+// rankedCandidate (Score unused — SQL gave the ranking). All are
+// singleton kinds, so the generic by-kind refresh/shuffle endpoints
+// and per-tile refresh affordance work with zero client changes.
+
+// discoveryMixLen caps each mix at the same depth as For-You /
+// Discover so shuffle-on-play has a varied pool within a day.
+const discoveryMixLen = 100
+
+// finishMix caps (per-album<=2 / per-artist<=3) when diversify is
+// set, truncates to discoveryMixLen, and converts to the insert
+// type. Album-coherent mixes (New for you, First Listens) pass
+// diversify=false so whole albums survive.
+func finishMix(rows []discoverTrack, diversify bool) []rankedCandidate {
+	pool := rows
+	if diversify {
+		pool = capByAlbumAndArtist(pool)
+	}
+	if len(pool) > discoveryMixLen {
+		pool = pool[:discoveryMixLen]
+	}
+	if len(pool) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	tracks := make([]rankedCandidate, len(pool))
+	for i, t := range pool {
+		tracks[i] = rankedCandidate{TrackID: t.ID}
+	}
+	return tracks
+}
+
+// emit wraps the finished track list in a single builtPlaylist (the
+// discovery mixes are all singletons). nil tracks → no playlist.
+func emit(name, variant string, tracks []rankedCandidate) []builtPlaylist {
+	if len(tracks) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return []builtPlaylist{{Name: name, Variant: variant, Tracks: tracks}}
+}
+
+func produceDeepCuts(
+	ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries, logger *slog.Logger,
+	userID pgtype.UUID, dateStr string, _ time.Time,
+) ([]builtPlaylist, error) {
+	rows, err := q.ListDeepCutsTracks(ctx, dbq.ListDeepCutsTracksParams{
+		UserID: userID, Column2: dateStr,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Warn("system playlist: deep-cuts query failed; skipping",
+			"user_id", uuidStringPL(userID), "err", err)
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	dt := make([]discoverTrack, len(rows))
+	for i, r := range rows {
+		dt[i] = discoverTrack{ID: r.ID, AlbumID: r.AlbumID, ArtistID: r.ArtistID}
+	}
+	return emit("Deep Cuts", "deep_cuts", finishMix(dt, true)), nil
+}
+
+func produceRediscover(
+	ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries, logger *slog.Logger,
+	userID pgtype.UUID, _ string, _ time.Time,
+) ([]builtPlaylist, error) {
+	rows, err := q.ListRediscoverTracks(ctx, userID)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Warn("system playlist: rediscover query failed; skipping",
+			"user_id", uuidStringPL(userID), "err", err)
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	dt := make([]discoverTrack, len(rows))
+	for i, r := range rows {
+		dt[i] = discoverTrack{ID: r.ID, AlbumID: r.AlbumID, ArtistID: r.ArtistID}
+	}
+	return emit("Rediscover", "rediscover", finishMix(dt, true)), nil
+}
+
+func produceNewForYou(
+	ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries, logger *slog.Logger,
+	userID pgtype.UUID, _ string, _ time.Time,
+) ([]builtPlaylist, error) {
+	rows, err := q.ListNewForYouTracks(ctx, userID)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Warn("system playlist: new-for-you query failed; skipping",
+			"user_id", uuidStringPL(userID), "err", err)
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	dt := make([]discoverTrack, len(rows))
+	for i, r := range rows {
+		dt[i] = discoverTrack{ID: r.ID, AlbumID: r.AlbumID, ArtistID: r.ArtistID}
+	}
+	// Album-coherent: no diversity cap so whole new albums survive.
+	return emit("New for you", "new_for_you", finishMix(dt, false)), nil
+}
+
+func produceOnThisDay(
+	ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries, logger *slog.Logger,
+	userID pgtype.UUID, dateStr string, _ time.Time,
+) ([]builtPlaylist, error) {
+	rows, err := q.ListOnThisDayTracks(ctx, dbq.ListOnThisDayTracksParams{
+		UserID: userID, Column2: dateStr,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Warn("system playlist: on-this-day query failed; skipping",
+			"user_id", uuidStringPL(userID), "err", err)
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	dt := make([]discoverTrack, len(rows))
+	for i, r := range rows {
+		dt[i] = discoverTrack{ID: r.ID, AlbumID: r.AlbumID, ArtistID: r.ArtistID}
+	}
+	return emit("On this day", "on_this_day", finishMix(dt, true)), nil
+}
+
+func produceFirstListens(
+	ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries, logger *slog.Logger,
+	userID pgtype.UUID, _ string, _ time.Time,
+) ([]builtPlaylist, error) {
+	rows, err := q.ListFirstListensTracks(ctx, userID)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Warn("system playlist: first-listens query failed; skipping",
+			"user_id", uuidStringPL(userID), "err", err)
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	dt := make([]discoverTrack, len(rows))
+	for i, r := range rows {
+		dt[i] = discoverTrack{ID: r.ID, AlbumID: r.AlbumID, ArtistID: r.ArtistID}
+	}
+	// Album-coherent (tiered by liked/played artist in SQL): no cap.
+	return emit("First listens", "first_listens", finishMix(dt, false)), nil
+}

web/src/lib/api/playlists.refresh-discover.test.ts

@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
-import { refreshDiscover } from './playlists';
-
-vi.mock('./client', () => ({
-  api: { post: vi.fn() }
-}));
-
-import { api } from './client';
-
-describe('refreshDiscover', () => {
-  beforeEach(() => vi.clearAllMocks());
-
-  it('POSTs the correct path and returns the response', async () => {
-    const sample = { playlist_id: 'abc-123', track_count: 100 };
-    (api.post as unknown as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockResolvedValueOnce(sample);
-    const got = await refreshDiscover();
-    expect(api.post).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/api/playlists/system/discover/refresh', {});
-    expect(got).toEqual(sample);
-  });
-
-  it('handles empty-library response', async () => {
-    const sample = { playlist_id: null, track_count: 0 };
-    (api.post as unknown as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockResolvedValueOnce(sample);
-    const got = await refreshDiscover();
-    expect(got.playlist_id).toBe(null);
-    expect(got.track_count).toBe(0);
-  });
-});

web/src/lib/api/playlists.refresh-foryou.test.ts

@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
-import { refreshForYou } from './playlists';
-
-vi.mock('./client', () => ({
-  api: { post: vi.fn() }
-}));
-
-import { api } from './client';
-
-describe('refreshForYou', () => {
-  beforeEach(() => vi.clearAllMocks());
-
-  it('POSTs the correct path and returns the response', async () => {
-    const sample = { playlist_id: 'pl-abc', track_count: 25, track_ids: ['t1', 't2'] };
-    (api.post as unknown as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockResolvedValueOnce(sample);
-    const got = await refreshForYou();
-    expect(api.post).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/api/playlists/system/for-you/refresh', {});
-    expect(got).toEqual(sample);
-  });
-
-  it('handles empty-library response', async () => {
-    const sample = { playlist_id: null, track_count: 0, track_ids: [] };
-    (api.post as unknown as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockResolvedValueOnce(sample);
-    const got = await refreshForYou();
-    expect(got.playlist_id).toBe(null);
-    expect(got.track_ids).toEqual([]);
-  });
-});

web/src/lib/api/playlists.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,32 @@ export async function getPlaylist(id: string): Promise<PlaylistDetail> {
   return api.get<PlaylistDetail>(`/api/playlists/${encodeURIComponent(id)}`);
 }
 
+// #415 stage 2/3: rotation-aware play order for a system playlist.
+// Same shape as getPlaylist but tracks are server-ordered (unplayed
+// this rotation first, then heard; resets when exhausted).
+// Intentionally uncached — it varies per play, unlike getPlaylist.
+// {variant} is the raw system_variant (#411 R2: generic by-kind).
+export async function systemShuffle(variant: string): Promise<PlaylistDetail> {
+  return api.get<PlaylistDetail>(
+    `/api/playlists/system/${encodeURIComponent(variant)}/shuffle`,
+  );
+}
+
+// #411 R2: generic by-kind refresh. Rebuilds the caller's system
+// playlists and returns the named kind's fresh row. Replaces the
+// former per-kind refreshForYou/refreshDiscover.
+export type RefreshSystemResponse = {
+  playlist_id: string | null;
+  track_count: number;
+  track_ids: string[];
+};
+export async function refreshSystem(variant: string): Promise<RefreshSystemResponse> {
+  return api.post<RefreshSystemResponse>(
+    `/api/playlists/system/${encodeURIComponent(variant)}/refresh`,
+    {},
+  );
+}
+
 export type CreatePlaylistInput = {
   name: string;
   description?: string;
@@ -79,35 +105,3 @@ export function createPlaylistQuery(id: string) {
   });
 }
 
-// System playlist refresh ----------------------------------------------------
-
-export type RefreshDiscoverResponse = {
-  playlist_id: string | null;
-  track_count: number;
-};
-
-// Re-runs the daily system playlist build for the calling user and
-// returns the resulting Discover playlist's id + track count.
-// Used by the detail-page Refresh button and the home tile kebab.
-export async function refreshDiscover(): Promise<RefreshDiscoverResponse> {
-  return api.post<RefreshDiscoverResponse>('/api/playlists/system/discover/refresh', {});
-}
-
-// For-You refresh ------------------------------------------------------------
-
-export type RefreshForYouResponse = {
-  playlist_id: string | null;
-  track_count: number;
-  track_ids: string[];
-};
-
-// POST /api/playlists/system/for-you/refresh — synchronously
-// rebuilds the calling user's For-You playlist and returns the new
-// id, track count, and track id list.
-//
-// Used by the home Playlists row's For-You tile play button: click
-// triggers refresh, the frontend then calls getPlaylist(new_id) to
-// get full TrackRef snapshots and enqueues for playback.
-export async function refreshForYou(): Promise<RefreshForYouResponse> {
-  return api.post<RefreshForYouResponse>('/api/playlists/system/for-you/refresh', {});
-}

web/src/lib/api/types.ts

@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ export type Playlist = {
   description: string;
   is_public: boolean;
   kind: 'user' | 'system';
-  system_variant: 'for_you' | 'songs_like_artist' | 'discover' | null;
+  system_variant: string | null;
+  // Server-derived: a singleton system kind addressable by the
+  // generic /system/{kind}/{refresh,shuffle} endpoints. Drives the
+  // per-tile refresh affordance without the client hardcoding kinds.
+  refreshable: boolean;
   seed_artist_id: string | null;
   cover_url: string;        // empty string when no cover; UI renders glyph
   track_count: number;

web/src/lib/components/AddToPlaylistMenu.test.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const playlistsData = vi.hoisted(() => ({
       is_public: false,
       kind: 'user',
       system_variant: null,
+      refreshable: false,
       seed_artist_id: null,
       cover_url: '',
       track_count: 3,
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ const playlistsData = vi.hoisted(() => ({
       is_public: false,
       kind: 'user',
       system_variant: null,
+      refreshable: false,
       seed_artist_id: null,
       cover_url: '',
       track_count: 5,
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ vi.mock('$lib/api/playlists', () => ({
     is_public: false,
     kind: 'user',
     system_variant: null,
+    refreshable: false,
     seed_artist_id: null,
     cover_url: '',
     track_count: 0,

web/src/lib/components/PlaylistCard.svelte

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   import { useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/svelte-query';
   import type { Playlist, PlaylistTrack, TrackRef } from '$lib/api/types';
   import { user } from '$lib/auth/store.svelte';
-  import { getPlaylist, refreshDiscover, refreshForYou } from '$lib/api/playlists';
+  import { getPlaylist, systemShuffle, refreshSystem } from '$lib/api/playlists';
   import { playlistTrackToRef } from '$lib/playlists/playlistTrackToRef';
   import { errCode } from '$lib/api/errors';
   import { qk } from '$lib/api/queries';
@@ -13,7 +13,30 @@
   let { playlist }: { playlist: Playlist } = $props();
 
   const isOwn = $derived(user.value?.id === playlist.user_id);
-  const isDiscover = $derived(playlist.system_variant === 'discover');
+  // Server tells us which system playlists support by-kind refresh
+  // (#411 R2) — no hardcoded kind list here.
+  const refreshable = $derived(playlist.refreshable === true);
+
+  // #417: system playlists atomic-replace on rebuild, so created_at
+  // is the last-rotated time. Surface it so users know how fresh the
+  // mix is. Friendly wording, not the HistoryRow "m/h ago" style.
+  function refreshedLabel(iso: string): string {
+    const t = new Date(iso);
+    if (Number.isNaN(t.getTime())) return '';
+    const now = new Date();
+    const mins = Math.floor((now.getTime() - t.getTime()) / 60000);
+    if (mins < 5) return 'Refreshed just now';
+    const startOfToday = new Date(now);
+    startOfToday.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0);
+    const days = Math.floor((startOfToday.getTime() - t.getTime()) / 86400000) + 1;
+    if (t.getTime() >= startOfToday.getTime()) return 'Refreshed today';
+    if (days <= 1) return 'Refreshed yesterday';
+    if (days < 7) return `Refreshed ${days} days ago`;
+    return `Refreshed ${t.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { month: 'short', day: 'numeric' })}`;
+  }
+  const refreshed = $derived(
+    playlist.system_variant != null ? refreshedLabel(playlist.created_at) : ''
+  );
 
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
 
@@ -40,38 +63,37 @@
     if (starting) return;
     starting = true;
     try {
-      let detailID = playlist.id;
-      // For-You: refresh first so click means "give me a fresh mix
-      // and play it." Atomic replace creates a new playlist row, so
-      // the response's playlist_id is what we follow up with.
-      if (playlist.system_variant === 'for_you') {
-        const refreshed = await refreshForYou();
-        if (!refreshed.playlist_id) {
-          // Empty library — nothing to play.
-          return;
+      const variant = playlist.system_variant;
+      if (variant != null) {
+        // #415: server returns the rotation-aware order (unplayed
+        // this rotation first). Play it as-is — no client shuffle —
+        // and tag the queue so play_started carries `source` and
+        // the server advances the rotation.
+        const detail = await systemShuffle(variant);
+        const refs = toTrackRefs(detail.tracks);
+        if (refs.length > 0) {
+          playQueue(refs, 0, { source: variant });
+        }
+      } else {
+        const detail = await getPlaylist(playlist.id);
+        const refs = toTrackRefs(detail.tracks);
+        if (refs.length > 0) {
+          playQueue(refs, 0);
         }
-        detailID = refreshed.playlist_id;
-        // Invalidate caches so the home + detail views see the new
-        // playlist on their next read.
-        await queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.playlists() });
-      }
-      const detail = await getPlaylist(detailID);
-      const refs = toTrackRefs(detail.tracks);
-      if (refs.length > 0) {
-        playQueue(refs, 0);
       }
     } finally {
       starting = false;
     }
   }
 
-  async function onRefreshDiscover(e: MouseEvent) {
+  async function onRefresh(e: MouseEvent) {
     e.preventDefault();
     e.stopPropagation();
     menuOpen = false;
+    if (!refreshable || playlist.system_variant == null) return;
     try {
-      await refreshDiscover();
-      pushToast('Discover refreshed.');
+      await refreshSystem(playlist.system_variant);
+      pushToast(`${playlist.name} refreshed.`);
       await queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.playlist(playlist.id) });
       await queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.playlists() });
     } catch (err: unknown) {
@@ -83,7 +105,7 @@
 <svelte:window onclick={() => { menuOpen = false; }} />
 
 <div class="card relative">
-  {#if isDiscover}
+  {#if refreshable}
     <div class="kebab-wrap absolute right-1 top-1 z-10">
       <button
         type="button"
@@ -108,11 +130,11 @@
           <button
             type="button"
             role="menuitem"
-            onclick={onRefreshDiscover}
+            onclick={onRefresh}
             class="flex w-full items-center gap-2 rounded px-2 py-1.5 text-sm text-text-primary hover:bg-surface-hover"
           >
             <RefreshCcw size={14} strokeWidth={1} />
-            Refresh Discover
+            Refresh {playlist.name}
           </button>
         </div>
       {/if}
@@ -152,6 +174,9 @@
           · by {playlist.owner_username}
         {/if}
       </div>
+      {#if refreshed}
+        <div class="truncate text-xs text-text-muted">{refreshed}</div>
+      {/if}
     </div>
   </a>
 </div>

web/src/lib/components/PlaylistCard.test.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ vi.mock('$lib/api/playlists', () => ({
     is_public: false,
     kind: 'user',
     system_variant: null,
+    refreshable: false,
     seed_artist_id: null,
     cover_url: '',
     track_count: 1,
@@ -38,8 +39,38 @@ vi.mock('$lib/api/playlists', () => ({
       }
     ]
   } as PlaylistDetail),
-  refreshDiscover: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ playlist_id: 'p-1', track_count: 5 }),
-  refreshForYou: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ playlist_id: 'p-new', track_count: 25, track_ids: ['t-1'] })
+  systemShuffle: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+    id: 'p-sys',
+    user_id: 'u-self',
+    owner_username: 'me',
+    name: 'For You',
+    description: '',
+    is_public: false,
+    kind: 'system',
+    system_variant: 'for_you',
+    refreshable: true,
+    seed_artist_id: null,
+    cover_url: '',
+    track_count: 1,
+    duration_sec: 60,
+    created_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+    updated_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+    tracks: [
+      {
+        position: 0,
+        track_id: 't-9',
+        album_id: 'al-1',
+        artist_id: 'ar-1',
+        title: 'Rotation Track',
+        artist_name: 'Test Artist',
+        album_title: 'Test Album',
+        duration_sec: 60,
+        stream_url: '/s/t-9',
+        added_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z'
+      }
+    ]
+  } as PlaylistDetail),
+  refreshSystem: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ playlist_id: 'p-1', track_count: 5, track_ids: ['t-1'] })
 }));
 
 vi.mock('$lib/player/store.svelte', () => ({
@@ -62,6 +93,7 @@ const base: Playlist = {
   is_public: false,
   kind: 'user',
   system_variant: null,
+  refreshable: false,
   seed_artist_id: null,
   cover_url: '',
   track_count: 12,
@@ -143,151 +175,124 @@ describe('PlaylistCard', () => {
     expect(playQueue).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  test('shows kebab button only on Discover playlists', () => {
+  test('shows kebab on refreshable (singleton system) playlists', () => {
     const discoverPlaylist: Playlist = {
       ...base,
       kind: 'system',
       system_variant: 'discover',
+      refreshable: true,
       name: 'Discover'
     };
     render(PlaylistCard, { props: { playlist: discoverPlaylist } });
     expect(screen.getByLabelText(/playlist actions/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  test('does not show kebab button on for_you playlists', () => {
-    const forYouPlaylist: Playlist = {
-      ...base,
-      kind: 'system',
-      system_variant: 'for_you',
-      name: 'For You'
-    };
-    render(PlaylistCard, { props: { playlist: forYouPlaylist } });
-    expect(screen.queryByLabelText(/playlist actions/i)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
-  });
-
-  test('does not show kebab button on user playlists', () => {
+  test('does not show kebab on user playlists', () => {
     render(PlaylistCard, { props: { playlist: base } });
     expect(screen.queryByLabelText(/playlist actions/i)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  test('Refresh Discover item appears in kebab menu when opened', async () => {
+  test('does not show kebab on a non-refreshable system playlist', () => {
+    // e.g. songs_like_artist — system but multi-per-user, server
+    // reports refreshable:false.
+    const songsLike: Playlist = {
+      ...base,
+      kind: 'system',
+      system_variant: 'songs_like_artist',
+      refreshable: false,
+      name: 'Songs like X'
+    };
+    render(PlaylistCard, { props: { playlist: songsLike } });
+    expect(screen.queryByLabelText(/playlist actions/i)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  test('Refresh item appears in the kebab, labelled by name', async () => {
     const discoverPlaylist: Playlist = {
       ...base,
       kind: 'system',
       system_variant: 'discover',
+      refreshable: true,
       name: 'Discover'
     };
     render(PlaylistCard, { props: { playlist: discoverPlaylist } });
-    const kebabBtn = screen.getByLabelText(/playlist actions/i);
-    await fireEvent.click(kebabBtn);
+    await fireEvent.click(screen.getByLabelText(/playlist actions/i));
     expect(screen.getByRole('menuitem', { name: /refresh discover/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  test('Refresh Discover item is absent from for_you card kebab', () => {
+  test('clicking Refresh calls refreshSystem with the raw variant', async () => {
+    const { refreshSystem } = await import('$lib/api/playlists');
+    const discoverPlaylist: Playlist = {
+      ...base,
+      kind: 'system',
+      system_variant: 'discover',
+      refreshable: true,
+      name: 'Discover'
+    };
+    render(PlaylistCard, { props: { playlist: discoverPlaylist } });
+    await fireEvent.click(screen.getByLabelText(/playlist actions/i));
+    await fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('menuitem', { name: /refresh discover/i }));
+    await waitFor(() => expect(refreshSystem).toHaveBeenCalledWith('discover'));
+  });
+
+  test('For-You play calls systemShuffle, not getPlaylist', async () => {
+    const { getPlaylist, systemShuffle } = await import('$lib/api/playlists');
+    const { playQueue } = await import('$lib/player/store.svelte');
+    const forYouPlaylist: Playlist = {
+      ...base,
+      kind: 'system',
+      system_variant: 'for_you',
+      refreshable: true,
+      name: 'For You',
+      track_count: 25
+    };
+
+    render(PlaylistCard, { props: { playlist: forYouPlaylist } });
+    const playButton = screen.getByLabelText(/Play For You/i);
+    await fireEvent.click(playButton);
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 10));
+
+    // #415/#411: system play hits the rotation-aware shuffle endpoint
+    // (raw variant), not the cached detail GET, and never refreshes.
+    expect(systemShuffle).toHaveBeenCalledWith('for_you');
+    expect(getPlaylist).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(playQueue).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  test('For-You play passes source:for_you to playQueue (no client shuffle)', async () => {
+    const { playQueue } = await import('$lib/player/store.svelte');
     const forYouPlaylist: Playlist = {
       ...base,
       kind: 'system',
       system_variant: 'for_you',
       name: 'For You'
     };
-    render(PlaylistCard, { props: { playlist: forYouPlaylist } });
-    expect(screen.queryByRole('menuitem', { name: /refresh discover/i })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
-  });
-
-  test('clicking Refresh Discover calls refreshDiscover', async () => {
-    const { refreshDiscover } = await import('$lib/api/playlists');
-    const discoverPlaylist: Playlist = {
-      ...base,
-      kind: 'system',
-      system_variant: 'discover',
-      name: 'Discover'
-    };
-    render(PlaylistCard, { props: { playlist: discoverPlaylist } });
-    const kebabBtn = screen.getByLabelText(/playlist actions/i);
-    await fireEvent.click(kebabBtn);
-    const refreshItem = screen.getByRole('menuitem', { name: /refresh discover/i });
-    await fireEvent.click(refreshItem);
-    await waitFor(() => expect(refreshDiscover).toHaveBeenCalled());
-  });
-
-  test('For-You play button calls refreshForYou before getPlaylist', async () => {
-    const { refreshForYou, getPlaylist } = await import('$lib/api/playlists');
-    const { playQueue } = await import('$lib/player/store.svelte');
-    const forYouPlaylist: Playlist = {
-      ...base,
-      kind: 'system',
-      system_variant: 'for_you',
-      name: 'For You',
-      track_count: 25
-    };
-    // getPlaylist should return a detail with the NEW id
-    (getPlaylist as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockResolvedValueOnce({
-      id: 'p-new',
-      user_id: 'u-self',
-      owner_username: 'me',
-      name: 'For You',
-      description: '',
-      is_public: false,
-      kind: 'system',
-      system_variant: 'for_you',
-      seed_artist_id: null,
-      cover_url: '',
-      track_count: 1,
-      duration_sec: 60,
-      created_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z',
-      updated_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z',
-      tracks: [
-        {
-          position: 0,
-          track_id: 't-1',
-          album_id: 'al-1',
-          artist_id: 'ar-1',
-          title: 'Test Track',
-          artist_name: 'Test Artist',
-          album_title: 'Test Album',
-          duration_sec: 60,
-          stream_url: '/s/t-1',
-          added_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z'
-        }
-      ]
-    } as PlaylistDetail);
-
     render(PlaylistCard, { props: { playlist: forYouPlaylist } });
     const playButton = screen.getByLabelText(/Play For You/i);
     await fireEvent.click(playButton);
     await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 10));
 
-    expect(refreshForYou).toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(getPlaylist).toHaveBeenCalledWith('p-new');
-    expect(playQueue).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(playQueue).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.any(Array),
+      0,
+      expect.objectContaining({ source: 'for_you' })
+    );
   });
 
-  test('For-You play with empty-library response does not call playQueue', async () => {
-    const { refreshForYou } = await import('$lib/api/playlists');
+  test('user-playlist play uses getPlaylist + plain playQueue (no source)', async () => {
+    const { getPlaylist, systemShuffle } = await import('$lib/api/playlists');
     const { playQueue } = await import('$lib/player/store.svelte');
-    (refreshForYou as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockResolvedValueOnce({
-      playlist_id: null,
-      track_count: 0,
-      track_ids: []
-    });
-    const forYouPlaylist: Playlist = {
-      ...base,
-      kind: 'system',
-      system_variant: 'for_you',
-      name: 'For You',
-      track_count: 1
-    };
-    render(PlaylistCard, { props: { playlist: forYouPlaylist } });
-    const playButton = screen.getByLabelText(/Play For You/i);
+    render(PlaylistCard, { props: { playlist: base } });
+    const playButton = screen.getByLabelText(/Play Saturday morning/i);
     await fireEvent.click(playButton);
     await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 10));
 
-    expect(refreshForYou).toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(playQueue).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(systemShuffle).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(getPlaylist).toHaveBeenCalledWith('p-1');
+    expect(playQueue).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.any(Array), 0);
   });
 
-  test('non-For-You play button does NOT call refreshForYou', async () => {
-    const { refreshForYou, getPlaylist } = await import('$lib/api/playlists');
+  test('user-playlist play does not refresh anything', async () => {
+    const { refreshSystem, getPlaylist } = await import('$lib/api/playlists');
     const { playQueue } = await import('$lib/player/store.svelte');
 
     render(PlaylistCard, { props: { playlist: base } });
@@ -295,7 +300,7 @@ describe('PlaylistCard', () => {
     await fireEvent.click(playButton);
     await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 10));
 
-    expect(refreshForYou).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(refreshSystem).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(getPlaylist).toHaveBeenCalledWith('p-1');
     expect(playQueue).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });

web/src/lib/player/events.svelte.test.ts

@@ -92,6 +92,35 @@ describe('useEventsDispatcher', () => {
     cleanup();
   });
 
+  test('auto-advance after reaching duration POSTs play_ended, not skip (#426)', async () => {
+    const cleanup = $effect.root(() => useEventsDispatcher());
+
+    playQueue([track('1', 200), track('2', 200)]);
+    flushSync();
+    reportDuration(200);
+    reportStateFromAudio('playing');
+    flushSync();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    // Track 1 plays through to its end...
+    reportTimeUpdate(200);
+    flushSync();
+    // ...then the queue advances to track 2 (track id changes, store
+    // resets position/duration to 0 synchronously).
+    skipNext();
+    flushSync();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+
+    const closesForPe1 = (api.post as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mock.calls
+      .map((c) => c[1] as { type: string; play_event_id?: string })
+      .filter((b) => b.play_event_id === 'pe-1');
+    // The finished track must close as ended, never skipped.
+    expect(closesForPe1.some((b) => b.type === 'play_ended')).toBe(true);
+    expect(closesForPe1.some((b) => b.type === 'play_skipped')).toBe(false);
+
+    cleanup();
+  });
+
   test('user-initiated skip mid-track POSTs play_skipped', async () => {
     const cleanup = $effect.root(() => useEventsDispatcher());
 

web/src/lib/player/events.svelte.ts

@@ -9,21 +9,49 @@ import type { PlayStartedResponse, EventOkResponse } from '$lib/api/types';
 // The dispatcher is a small state machine over (current track id, state).
 // Per spec data-flow:
 //   - First transition into 'playing' for a new track → POST play_started.
-//   - Track id changes while a play is open → POST play_skipped on the prior.
+//   - Track id changes while a play is open → close the prior row:
+//     play_ended if it reached ~its duration, else play_skipped (#426).
+//     Without this every auto-advanced in-queue track was reported as a
+//     skip, force-flagging was_skipped=true server-side and poisoning
+//     the recommendation skip-ratio. Mirrors the Flutter reporter.
 //   - Natural completion (state moves from 'playing' to 'paused' AND
-//     position >= duration > 0) → POST play_ended on the open row.
+//     position >= duration > 0) → POST play_ended on the open row
+//     (covers the last track / explicit pause-at-end).
 //   - pagehide with a live row → navigator.sendBeacon a play_skipped.
+
+// Within this much of the known duration counts as "finished", not a
+// skip. Matches the Flutter PlayEventsReporter tolerance.
+const COMPLETION_TOLERANCE_MS = 3000;
+
 export function useEventsDispatcher(): void {
   let openPlayEventId: string | null = null;
   let openTrackId: string | null = null;
+  // lastPositionMs tracks the *current* track's position (used by the
+  // pagehide beacon). openLastPositionMs / openReachedEnd track the
+  // *open row's* track specifically and are updated ONLY while that
+  // track is current — so a track change (which synchronously resets
+  // the store's position to 0 and duration to 0) can't clobber them
+  // before the close branch reads them. This is the #426 race fix.
   let lastPositionMs = 0;
+  let openLastPositionMs = 0;
+  let openDurationMs = 0;
+  let openReachedEnd = false;
   let prevTrackId: string | null = null;
   let prevState: string | null = null;
   const clientId = getOrCreateClientId();
 
-  // Track the latest position for use by close events. Cheap; no API call.
   $effect(() => {
-    lastPositionMs = Math.round(player.position * 1000);
+    const posMs = Math.round(player.position * 1000);
+    lastPositionMs = posMs;
+    if (openTrackId && player.current?.id === openTrackId) {
+      openLastPositionMs = posMs;
+      if (player.duration > 0) {
+        openDurationMs = Math.round(player.duration * 1000);
+        if (posMs >= openDurationMs - COMPLETION_TOLERANCE_MS) {
+          openReachedEnd = true;
+        }
+      }
+    }
   });
 
   // Main state machine. Reacts only to (current track id, state) transitions.
@@ -32,17 +60,25 @@ export function useEventsDispatcher(): void {
     const s = player.state;
     const tid = t?.id ?? null;
 
-    // Track changed: close any prior open play as a skip.
+    // Track changed: close the prior open row. If that track reached
+    // ~its duration it finished naturally (auto-advance) → play_ended
+    // with its full duration; otherwise the user moved on early →
+    // play_skipped at the last position it actually reached (#426).
     if (tid !== prevTrackId && openPlayEventId) {
       const id = openPlayEventId;
-      const pos = lastPositionMs;
+      const finished = openReachedEnd;
+      const endedMs = openDurationMs > 0 ? openDurationMs : openLastPositionMs;
+      const skipMs = openLastPositionMs;
       openPlayEventId = null;
       openTrackId = null;
-      api.post<EventOkResponse>('/api/events', {
-        type: 'play_skipped',
-        play_event_id: id,
-        position_ms: pos
-      }).catch(() => {});
+      openDurationMs = 0;
+      openLastPositionMs = 0;
+      openReachedEnd = false;
+      api.post<EventOkResponse>('/api/events',
+        finished
+          ? { type: 'play_ended', play_event_id: id, duration_played_ms: endedMs }
+          : { type: 'play_skipped', play_event_id: id, position_ms: skipMs }
+      ).catch(() => {});
     }
 
     // Entered playing for a new track (no open row yet for this track).
@@ -62,6 +98,9 @@ export function useEventsDispatcher(): void {
       const dur = lastPositionMs;
       openPlayEventId = null;
       openTrackId = null;
+      openDurationMs = 0;
+      openLastPositionMs = 0;
+      openReachedEnd = false;
       api.post<EventOkResponse>('/api/events', {
         type: 'play_ended',
         play_event_id: id,
@@ -92,7 +131,11 @@ export function useEventsDispatcher(): void {
       const res = await api.post<PlayStartedResponse>('/api/events', {
         type: 'play_started',
         track_id: trackId,
-        client_id: clientId
+        client_id: clientId,
+        // #415: tag the play with the system playlist it came from
+        // (null for library / user-playlist / radio) so the server
+        // can advance that playlist's rotation.
+        source: player.queueSource ?? undefined
       });
       // The user may have moved on by the time the response arrives. Only
       // adopt the id if we're still on the same track and still playing.

web/src/lib/player/store.svelte.ts

@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ let _pendingRestorePosition: number | null = null;
 let _radioSeedId          = $state<string | null>(null);
 let _radioRefreshInFlight = false;
 
+// #415: which system playlist (if any) this queue was seeded from.
+// 'for_you' | 'discover' | null. Read by the events dispatcher so
+// play_started carries `source` and the play counts against that
+// playlist's rotation. Re-set on every playQueue (a fresh non-system
+// queue clears it).
+let _queueSource = $state<string | null>(null);
+
 let _audioEl: HTMLAudioElement | null = null;
 
 export const player = {
@@ -55,6 +62,7 @@ export const player = {
   get shuffle()   { return _shuffle; },
   get repeat()    { return _repeat; },
   get error()     { return _error; },
+  get queueSource()       { return _queueSource; },
   get queueDrawerOpen()   { return _queueDrawerOpen; }
 };
 
@@ -62,15 +70,38 @@ export function registerAudioEl(el: HTMLAudioElement | null): void {
   _audioEl = el;
 }
 
-export function playQueue(tracks: TrackRef[], startIndex = 0): void {
+export function playQueue(
+  tracks: TrackRef[],
+  startIndex = 0,
+  opts: { shuffle?: boolean; source?: string | null } = {},
+): void {
   _radioSeedId = null;  // M4c: non-radio enqueue clears the radio refresh state
-  _queue = tracks;
-  if (tracks.length === 0) {
+  // #415: a fresh queue resets the system-playlist source. Set only
+  // when seeded from a system playlist (server already returned the
+  // rotation-aware order, so no client shuffle in that path).
+  _queueSource = opts.source ?? null;
+  if (opts.shuffle && tracks.length > 1) {
+    // Fisher-Yates over the whole list. startIndex is ignored — the
+    // caller is asking for "random play from this pool," so the first
+    // track should also be random, not the one at startIndex.
+    const arr = tracks.slice();
+    for (let j = arr.length - 1; j > 0; j--) {
+      const r = Math.floor(_rng() * (j + 1));
+      [arr[j], arr[r]] = [arr[r], arr[j]];
+    }
+    _queue = arr;
     _index = 0;
-    _state = 'idle';
-  } else {
-    _index = Math.max(0, Math.min(startIndex, tracks.length - 1));
+    _shuffle = true;
     _state = 'loading';
+  } else {
+    _queue = tracks;
+    if (tracks.length === 0) {
+      _index = 0;
+      _state = 'idle';
+    } else {
+      _index = Math.max(0, Math.min(startIndex, tracks.length - 1));
+      _state = 'loading';
+    }
   }
   _position = 0;
   _duration = 0;

web/src/routes/page.test.ts

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ describe('home Playlists section', () => {
       is_public: false,
       kind: 'system',
       system_variant: 'for_you',
+      refreshable: false,
       seed_artist_id: null,
       cover_url: '',
       track_count: 25,

web/src/routes/playlists/[id]/+page.svelte

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     deletePlaylist,
     removePlaylistTrack,
     reorderPlaylist,
-    refreshDiscover
+    refreshSystem
   } from '$lib/api/playlists';
   import { qk } from '$lib/api/queries';
   import { user } from '$lib/auth/store.svelte';
@@ -130,20 +130,20 @@
     }
   }
 
-  // --- Discover refresh ---
-  let refreshingDiscover = $state(false);
+  // --- System-playlist refresh (#411 R2: generic by-kind) ---
+  let refreshingSystem = $state(false);
 
-  async function onRefreshDiscover() {
-    refreshingDiscover = true;
+  async function onRefreshSystem(variant: string) {
+    refreshingSystem = true;
     try {
-      await refreshDiscover();
-      pushToast('Discover refreshed.');
+      await refreshSystem(variant);
+      pushToast('Refreshed.');
       await queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.playlist(id) });
       await queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.playlists() });
     } catch (e: unknown) {
       pushToast(`Refresh failed: ${errCode(e)}`, 'error');
     } finally {
-      refreshingDiscover = false;
+      refreshingSystem = false;
     }
   }
 </script>
@@ -177,15 +177,15 @@
             {#if !isOwner}· by {pl.owner_username}{/if}
           </p>
         </div>
-        {#if pl.system_variant === 'discover'}
+        {#if pl.refreshable && pl.system_variant}
           <button
             type="button"
-            disabled={refreshingDiscover}
-            onclick={onRefreshDiscover}
+            disabled={refreshingSystem}
+            onclick={() => onRefreshSystem(pl.system_variant as string)}
             class="rounded-md border border-border px-3 py-1.5 text-sm text-text-muted hover:text-text-primary"
-            aria-label="Refresh Discover"
+            aria-label="Refresh playlist"
           >
-            {refreshingDiscover ? 'Refreshing…' : 'Refresh'}
+            {refreshingSystem ? 'Refreshing…' : 'Refresh'}
           </button>
         {/if}
         {#if isOwner}

web/src/routes/playlists/[id]/playlist.test.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ vi.mock('$lib/api/playlists', () => ({
   deletePlaylist: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
   removePlaylistTrack: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
   reorderPlaylist: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
-  refreshDiscover: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ playlist_id: 'p1', track_count: 5 })
+  refreshSystem: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ playlist_id: 'p1', track_count: 5, track_ids: [] })
 }));
 
 vi.mock('$lib/auth/store.svelte', () => ({
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ vi.mock('$lib/api/quarantine', () => emptyQuarantineMock());
 vi.mock('$lib/api/admin/tracks', () => ({ removeTrack: vi.fn() }));
 
 import PlaylistDetailPage from './+page.svelte';
-import { createPlaylistQuery, deletePlaylist, refreshDiscover } from '$lib/api/playlists';
+import { createPlaylistQuery, deletePlaylist, refreshSystem } from '$lib/api/playlists';
 
 const mockedQuery = createPlaylistQuery as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
 
 const ownDetail: PlaylistDetail = {
   id: 'p1', user_id: 'u-self', owner_username: 'me', name: 'Mine',
-  description: '', is_public: false, kind: 'user', system_variant: null, seed_artist_id: null, cover_url: '', track_count: 2, duration_sec: 274,
+  description: '', is_public: false, kind: 'user', system_variant: null, refreshable: false, seed_artist_id: null, cover_url: '', track_count: 2, duration_sec: 274,
   created_at: '', updated_at: '',
   tracks: [
     { position: 0, track_id: 't1', album_id: 'a1', artist_id: 'ar1', title: 'A', artist_name: 'X', album_title: 'Y', duration_sec: 137, stream_url: '/api/tracks/t1/stream', added_at: '' },
@@ -87,43 +87,58 @@ describe('Playlist detail page', () => {
     confirmSpy.mockRestore();
   });
 
-  test('renders Refresh button only on Discover playlists', () => {
+  test('renders Refresh button on a refreshable system playlist', () => {
     const discoverDetail: PlaylistDetail = {
       ...ownDetail,
       kind: 'system',
-      system_variant: 'discover'
+      system_variant: 'discover',
+      refreshable: true
     };
     mockedQuery.mockReturnValue(mockQuery({ data: discoverDetail }));
     render(PlaylistDetailPage);
-    expect(screen.getByLabelText(/refresh discover/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText(/refresh playlist/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  test('does not render Refresh button on for_you playlists', () => {
+  test('renders Refresh button on For You too (also refreshable now)', () => {
     const forYouDetail: PlaylistDetail = {
       ...ownDetail,
       kind: 'system',
-      system_variant: 'for_you'
+      system_variant: 'for_you',
+      refreshable: true
     };
     mockedQuery.mockReturnValue(mockQuery({ data: forYouDetail }));
     render(PlaylistDetailPage);
-    expect(screen.queryByLabelText(/refresh discover/i)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText(/refresh playlist/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  test('does not render Refresh on a non-refreshable system playlist', () => {
+    const songsLike: PlaylistDetail = {
+      ...ownDetail,
+      kind: 'system',
+      system_variant: 'songs_like_artist',
+      refreshable: false
+    };
+    mockedQuery.mockReturnValue(mockQuery({ data: songsLike }));
+    render(PlaylistDetailPage);
+    expect(screen.queryByLabelText(/refresh playlist/i)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
   test('does not render Refresh button on user playlists', () => {
     mockedQuery.mockReturnValue(mockQuery({ data: ownDetail }));
     render(PlaylistDetailPage);
-    expect(screen.queryByLabelText(/refresh discover/i)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByLabelText(/refresh playlist/i)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  test('Refresh button calls refreshDiscover when clicked', async () => {
+  test('Refresh button calls refreshSystem with the variant', async () => {
     const discoverDetail: PlaylistDetail = {
       ...ownDetail,
       kind: 'system',
-      system_variant: 'discover'
+      system_variant: 'discover',
+      refreshable: true
     };
     mockedQuery.mockReturnValue(mockQuery({ data: discoverDetail }));
     render(PlaylistDetailPage);
-    await fireEvent.click(screen.getByLabelText(/refresh discover/i));
-    await waitFor(() => expect(refreshDiscover).toHaveBeenCalled());
+    await fireEvent.click(screen.getByLabelText(/refresh playlist/i));
+    await waitFor(() => expect(refreshSystem).toHaveBeenCalledWith('discover'));
   });
 });

web/src/routes/playlists/playlists.test.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const mockedCreatePlaylist = createPlaylist as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
 function p(over: Partial<Playlist>): Playlist {
   return {
     id: 'p1', user_id: 'u-self', owner_username: 'me', name: 'A',
-    description: '', is_public: false, kind: 'user', system_variant: null, seed_artist_id: null, cover_url: '', track_count: 0, duration_sec: 0,
+    description: '', is_public: false, kind: 'user', system_variant: null, refreshable: false, seed_artist_id: null, cover_url: '', track_count: 0, duration_sec: 0,
     created_at: '', updated_at: '', ...over
   };
 }