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bvandeusen f88e82a777 fix(flutter): album/artist detail covers + cacheFirst tracing for hangs
Album detail screen rendered the cover slot as a bare slate Container
— no actual image. Wire ServerImage at /api/albums/<id>/cover (96dp,
rounded). Same for artist detail: ClipOval around ServerImage of the
artist's coverUrl, falling back to slate when empty.

Artist navigation hang: artistProvider goes through cacheFirst, which
had no logging — so we couldn't see whether the cold-cache fetch was
running. Add an optional `tag` parameter that, when set, debugPrints
each step (drift hit/miss, connectivity, fetch start/done/error).
Wire tags into artistProvider and artistAlbumsProvider, plus add the
3s connectivity timeout there too as belt-and-suspenders.

Next test pass should show cacheFirst[artist(<id>)]: lines that
pinpoint where the artist screen is sticking.
2026-05-11 08:35:02 -04:00

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// Drift-first reactive read pattern with REST cold-cache fallback (#357 plan C).
//
// Subscribes to a drift watch() stream. On each emission:
// - non-empty → map to result type T and yield
// - empty + online → fetch via REST, populate drift, await re-emission
// - empty + offline → yield mapped empty result (UI shows empty state)
//
// With `alwaysRefresh: true`, also kicks off a one-shot REST refresh
// in the background after the first non-empty emission. Use for
// aggregate lists (playlists, etc.) where the server may have rows
// the local sync didn't pick up — yields cache immediately, refreshes
// silently, and drift watch() re-emits with whatever new rows landed.
//
// The pattern lets every read provider trust drift as the source of
// truth. SyncController keeps drift fresh in the background; widget
// rebuilds happen automatically as drift writes propagate via watch().
import 'dart:async';
import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart' show debugPrint;
/// Wraps the watch + cold-cache fallback pattern. Generic over:
/// D — the drift row type (or TypedResult for joins)
/// T — the result type the caller wants (e.g. `List<ArtistRef>`)
///
/// `fetchAndPopulate` is invoked when drift is empty AND `isOnline()`
/// returns true. It must populate drift via its own side-effect; the
/// drift watch() stream will re-emit and this helper yields the
/// populated rows on the next iteration.
///
/// REST failures are swallowed — the helper falls through to yielding
/// the empty result. Caller is responsible for surfacing errors via
/// toast etc.
Stream<T> cacheFirst<D, T>({
required Stream<List<D>> driftStream,
required Future<void> Function() fetchAndPopulate,
required T Function(List<D>) toResult,
required Future<bool> Function() isOnline,
bool alwaysRefresh = false,
String? tag,
}) async* {
// Tracks whether we've already kicked off a stale-while-revalidate
// refresh for this stream subscription, so we don't fire one on every
// drift re-emission (otherwise the populate cycles forever).
var revalidated = false;
void log(String msg) {
if (tag != null) debugPrint('cacheFirst[$tag]: $msg');
}
await for (final rows in driftStream) {
if (rows.isNotEmpty) {
log('drift hit (${rows.length} rows)');
yield toResult(rows);
// 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.
// Useful for aggregate lists (e.g. playlists) where the server
// may have rows the local sync didn't pick up.
if (alwaysRefresh && !revalidated && await isOnline()) {
revalidated = true;
unawaited(_safeFetch(fetchAndPopulate));
}
continue;
}
log('drift miss; checking connectivity');
if (await isOnline()) {
log('online; calling fetchAndPopulate');
try {
await fetchAndPopulate();
log('fetchAndPopulate done; awaiting drift re-emit');
// The drift watch() stream re-emits with the populated rows on
// the next loop iteration. Don't yield here.
} catch (e, st) {
log('fetchAndPopulate failed: $e\n$st');
yield toResult(rows); // empty result; caller surfaces error
}
} else {
log('offline; yielding empty');
yield toResult(rows); // empty result; offline
}
}
}
Future<void> _safeFetch(Future<void> Function() fn) async {
try {
await fn();
} catch (_) {
// Background revalidate — swallow; UI already showed cached state.
}
}