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minstrel/internal/playlists/system.go
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bvandeusen 1f0f7eee1a fix(playlists): unblock Discover by removing SELECT DISTINCT + ORDER BY plan error
The cross-user bucket query combined SELECT DISTINCT with ORDER BY md5(...),
which Postgres rejects at plan time (SQLSTATE 42P10). buildDiscoverCandidates
returned that error on first bucket failure, so the whole Discover playlist
was skipped every nightly run — even though the random bucket pool was
healthy. Switched to GROUP BY so the md5 ordering expression no longer needs
to appear in the select list, and hardened the function so future single-
bucket failures degrade gracefully via slot redistribution instead of taking
out the whole playlist.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-12 09:50:01 -04:00

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// Package playlists' system.go implements the system-generated mix
// builder (M7 #352 slice 2). The cron loop and lazy fallback both call
// BuildSystemPlaylists; the helpers in this file (pickSeedArtists,
// pickRepresentativeTrack, tieBreakHash) are the pure parts.
package playlists
import (
"context"
"crypto/sha256"
"encoding/binary"
"errors"
"fmt"
"log/slog"
"sort"
"time"
"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgtype"
"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/db/dbq"
"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/recommendation"
)
// seedArtistRow mirrors the sqlc-generated PickSeedArtistsRow shape.
// Defined locally so unit tests don't need a real DB.
type seedArtistRow struct {
ArtistID pgtype.UUID
Score int64
}
// pickSeedArtistsFromRows projects sqlc rows into the seed list. The
// SQL already orders by score DESC + artist_id and LIMIT 3, so this is
// just a column projection — but pulling it into a function keeps the
// call-site readable and makes the post-fetch path testable without
// a database.
func pickSeedArtistsFromRows(rows []seedArtistRow) []pgtype.UUID {
out := make([]pgtype.UUID, 0, len(rows))
for _, r := range rows {
out = append(out, r.ArtistID)
}
return out
}
// tieBreakHash returns a deterministic 64-bit hash of (track_id, date_str).
// Used to break score ties and to drive the For-You tail sample's
// daily-deterministic ordering. Same inputs always produce the same
// output; different inputs almost always differ.
//
// Switched from FNV-1a (May 2026) because two date strings differing
// only in the last character (e.g. "2026-05-07" vs "2026-05-08") gave
// hash values whose RELATIVE ORDERING across our small candidate pools
// was identical — the dateStr-driven divergence concentrated in low
// bits that lost out to high-bit ordering during sort. SHA-256
// truncated to 8 bytes has full avalanche, so any single-byte input
// change roughly half-flips the output bits and reorders meaningfully.
// The hash isn't security-load-bearing; we just want strong avalanche
// for tiny input deltas.
func tieBreakHash(trackID pgtype.UUID, dateStr string) uint64 {
h := sha256.New()
if trackID.Valid {
_, _ = h.Write(trackID.Bytes[:])
}
_, _ = h.Write([]byte(dateStr))
sum := h.Sum(nil)
return binary.BigEndian.Uint64(sum[:8])
}
// rankedCandidate is a (track_id, score) pair used during in-memory
// sorting before insert into playlist_tracks. T5 fills these from
// recommendation.Candidate scores.
type rankedCandidate struct {
TrackID pgtype.UUID
Score float64
}
const systemMixLength = 25
// systemMixWeights are the fixed scoring weights used by the cron worker.
// JitterMagnitude is 0 because daily determinism comes from tieBreakHash;
// any randomness would defeat the within-day stability invariant.
var systemMixWeights = recommendation.ScoringWeights{
BaseWeight: 1.0,
LikeBoost: 2.0,
RecencyWeight: 1.0,
SkipPenalty: 2.0,
JitterMagnitude: 0.0,
ContextWeight: 0.5,
SimilarityWeight: 1.5,
}
// noopRNG returns 0 for any call. Combined with JitterMagnitude=0 it makes
// recommendation.Score fully deterministic.
func noopRNG() float64 { return 0 }
// forYouHeadN is the number of top-scored tracks that anchor the For-You
// playlist. forYouTailN is the number of diversity picks sampled from the
// tail of the score-sorted pool (positions 2*forYouHeadN onward), injected
// after the head to give users a daily-deterministic surprise without
// compromising quality. Songs-like-X keeps simple pickTopN (the seed-artist
// context already frames the "you'll like this" promise).
const (
forYouHeadN = 20
forYouTailN = 5
)
// scoreAndSortCandidates scores every candidate with recommendation.Score
// and returns a new slice sorted by score DESC (ties broken by
// tieBreakHash). Pure — no truncation, no cap.
func scoreAndSortCandidates(cands []recommendation.Candidate, dateStr string, now time.Time) []recommendation.Candidate {
type scored struct {
c recommendation.Candidate
score float64
}
pairs := make([]scored, len(cands))
for i, c := range cands {
pairs[i] = scored{c: c, score: recommendation.Score(c.Inputs, systemMixWeights, now, noopRNG)}
}
sort.SliceStable(pairs, func(i, j int) bool {
if pairs[i].score != pairs[j].score {
return pairs[i].score > pairs[j].score
}
return tieBreakHash(pairs[i].c.Track.ID, dateStr) < tieBreakHash(pairs[j].c.Track.ID, dateStr)
})
out := make([]recommendation.Candidate, len(pairs))
for i, p := range pairs {
out[i] = p.c
}
return out
}
// capCandidatesByAlbumAndArtist trims a candidate list so no single
// album appears more than discoverMaxTracksPerAlbum times and no
// single artist appears more than discoverMaxTracksPerArtist times.
// Mirrors capByAlbumAndArtist (which operates on []discoverTrack);
// here the input/output is []recommendation.Candidate so For-You and
// Songs-like-X can apply the same diversity caps as Discover.
//
// Preserves input order. Reuses the discoverMax* constants —
// playlists across all three system variants get consistent
// diversity behavior.
func capCandidatesByAlbumAndArtist(cands []recommendation.Candidate) []recommendation.Candidate {
albumCount := map[pgtype.UUID]int{}
artistCount := map[pgtype.UUID]int{}
out := make([]recommendation.Candidate, 0, len(cands))
for _, c := range cands {
if albumCount[c.Track.AlbumID] >= discoverMaxTracksPerAlbum {
continue
}
if artistCount[c.Track.ArtistID] >= discoverMaxTracksPerArtist {
continue
}
albumCount[c.Track.AlbumID]++
artistCount[c.Track.ArtistID]++
out = append(out, c)
}
return out
}
// 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
// within a day via tieBreakHash(track_id, now.UTC().Format("2006-01-02")).
//
// Callable from both the cron loop (system_cron.go) and the lazy fallback.
// Returns nil when the user has no library activity to build from. Errors
// are captured in system_playlist_runs.last_error before returning.
func BuildSystemPlaylists(ctx context.Context, pool *pgxpool.Pool, logger *slog.Logger, userID pgtype.UUID, now time.Time, dataDir string) error {
q := dbq.New(pool)
dateStr := now.UTC().Format("2006-01-02")
dateOnly := pgtype.Date{Time: now.UTC(), Valid: true}
// Concurrency guard: try to claim the run row.
if _, err := q.TryClaimSystemPlaylistRun(ctx, userID); err != nil {
if errors.Is(err, pgx.ErrNoRows) {
logger.Debug("system playlist build: another run is in flight",
"user_id", uuidStringPL(userID))
return nil
}
return fmt.Errorf("claim run: %w", err)
}
// On any return path, mark the run finished. Failure capture is
// best-effort; success is updated in the happy path.
var buildErr error
defer func() {
if buildErr == nil {
if err := q.FinishSystemPlaylistRun(ctx, dbq.FinishSystemPlaylistRunParams{
UserID: userID,
LastRunAt: pgtype.Timestamptz{Time: now.UTC(), Valid: true},
LastRunDate: dateOnly,
}); err != nil {
logger.Warn("system playlist: failed to mark run finished; in_flight may be stuck",
"user_id", uuidStringPL(userID), "err", err)
}
} else {
errStr := buildErr.Error()
if err := q.FailSystemPlaylistRun(ctx, dbq.FailSystemPlaylistRunParams{
UserID: userID,
LastError: &errStr,
}); err != nil {
logger.Warn("system playlist: failed to record build failure",
"user_id", uuidStringPL(userID), "err", err)
}
}
}()
// 1. For-You: synth seed from top recently-played track, pull candidates.
forYouSeed, err := q.PickTopPlayedTrackForUser(ctx, userID)
if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, pgx.ErrNoRows) {
buildErr = fmt.Errorf("pick for-you seed: %w", err)
return buildErr
}
var forYouTracks []rankedCandidate
if err == nil && 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, dateStr, now, forYouHeadN, forYouTailN)
} else {
logger.Warn("system playlist: for-you candidates load failed; skipping",
"user_id", uuidStringPL(userID), "err", cerr)
}
}
// 2. Seed artists for "Songs like {X}".
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,
})
}
seeds := pickSeedArtistsFromRows(seedRowsLocal)
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, 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.
tx, err := pool.Begin(ctx)
if err != nil {
buildErr = fmt.Errorf("begin tx: %w", err)
return buildErr
}
defer func() { _ = tx.Rollback(ctx) }()
qtx := dbq.New(tx)
if err := qtx.DeleteSystemPlaylistsForUser(ctx, userID); err != nil {
buildErr = fmt.Errorf("delete old system playlists: %w", err)
return buildErr
}
// Track the playlist IDs we create so we can generate collage covers
// 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))
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 {
continue
}
name := fmt.Sprintf("Songs like %s", m.ArtistName)
id, err := insertSystemPlaylist(ctx, qtx, userID, name, "songs_like_artist",
m.ArtistID, m.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)
return buildErr
}
createdIDs = append(createdIDs, id)
}
if err := tx.Commit(ctx); err != nil {
buildErr = fmt.Errorf("commit tx: %w", err)
return buildErr
}
// Post-commit: generate a 4-cell collage cover for each system
// playlist from the contributing tracks' album covers. The collage
// gracefully falls back to the FabledSword glyph in cells whose
// album lacks cover art, so a partially-covered library still
// produces a sensible visual rather than an empty placeholder.
// Errors are non-fatal — the playlist is already committed; a
// missing collage just leaves cover_path NULL until next build.
if dataDir != "" {
for _, plID := range createdIDs {
if _, cerr := GenerateCollage(ctx, pool, plID, dataDir); cerr != nil {
logger.Warn("system playlist: collage generation failed",
"playlist_id", uuidStringPL(plID), "err", cerr)
}
}
}
return nil
}
// pickTopN sorts candidates by score DESC, applies per-album (<=2) /
// per-artist (<=3) diversity caps matching Discover's behavior, then
// truncates to n. Used by Songs-like-X (and as the fallback inside
// pickHeadAndTail for small pools).
func pickTopN(cands []recommendation.Candidate, dateStr string, now time.Time, n int) []rankedCandidate {
sorted := scoreAndSortCandidates(cands, dateStr, now)
capped := capCandidatesByAlbumAndArtist(sorted)
if len(capped) > n {
capped = capped[:n]
}
out := make([]rankedCandidate, len(capped))
for i, c := range capped {
out[i] = rankedCandidate{
TrackID: c.Track.ID,
Score: recommendation.Score(c.Inputs, systemMixWeights, now, noopRNG),
}
}
return out
}
// pickHeadAndTail picks headN from the score-sorted head plus tailN from
// positions 2*headN onward (the tail), with the tail sampled
// daily-deterministically via tieBreakHash. Caps applied before the
// head/tail split. Used by For-You only.
//
// The "tail" — candidates ranked beyond 2*headN — is still similarity-
// related (every candidate passed the similarity filter) but isn't among
// the obvious top hits. Sampling from there gives the user variety they'll
// probably enjoy without resorting to genuinely random unrelated tracks.
//
// Falls back to standard pickTopN behavior when the candidate pool is too
// small to support a meaningful head/tail split (capped pool <=
// headN+tailN, or no candidates at or beyond position 2*headN).
func pickHeadAndTail(cands []recommendation.Candidate, dateStr string, now time.Time, headN, tailN int) []rankedCandidate {
sorted := scoreAndSortCandidates(cands, dateStr, now)
capped := capCandidatesByAlbumAndArtist(sorted)
total := headN + tailN
if len(capped) <= total {
// Pool too small for a head/tail split — return up to total entries.
if len(capped) < total {
total = len(capped)
}
out := make([]rankedCandidate, total)
for i := 0; i < total; i++ {
out[i] = rankedCandidate{
TrackID: capped[i].Track.ID,
Score: recommendation.Score(capped[i].Inputs, systemMixWeights, now, noopRNG),
}
}
return out
}
head := capped[:headN]
tailStart := 2 * headN
if tailStart >= len(capped) {
tailStart = headN
}
// Defensive copy so that sorting the tail pool does not mutate capped.
tailPool := append([]recommendation.Candidate{}, capped[tailStart:]...)
// Sort tail pool by tieBreakHash (daily-deterministic), take tailN.
// Sample is stable across requests within a day but varies across days.
sort.SliceStable(tailPool, func(i, j int) bool {
return tieBreakHash(tailPool[i].Track.ID, dateStr) < tieBreakHash(tailPool[j].Track.ID, dateStr)
})
tail := tailPool
if len(tail) > tailN {
tail = tail[:tailN]
}
// Combine: head order preserved (score-sorted), tail in tieBreakHash
// order. "First similar, then surprise" reads naturally in playback.
combined := make([]recommendation.Candidate, 0, len(head)+len(tail))
combined = append(combined, head...)
combined = append(combined, tail...)
out := make([]rankedCandidate, len(combined))
for i, c := range combined {
out[i] = rankedCandidate{
TrackID: c.Track.ID,
Score: recommendation.Score(c.Inputs, systemMixWeights, now, noopRNG),
}
}
return out
}
// insertSystemPlaylist inserts a kind='system' playlists row plus its
// playlist_tracks via AppendPlaylistTrack (slice 1's existing query, which
// does the snapshot lookup from tracks/albums/artists). Then recomputes
// rollups. Returns the new playlist's ID so the caller can drive
// post-commit collage generation.
//
// Pass seed_artist_id with Valid=false (zero pgtype.UUID) for the For-You
// variant; the CreateSystemPlaylist query persists NULL.
//
// cover_path is always inserted as NULL — the post-commit collage step
// in BuildSystemPlaylists overrides it with a 4-cell composite of the
// contributing tracks' album art.
func insertSystemPlaylist(ctx context.Context, qtx *dbq.Queries, userID pgtype.UUID,
name, variant string, seedArtistID pgtype.UUID,
tracks []rankedCandidate) (pgtype.UUID, error) {
variantStr := variant
p, err := qtx.CreateSystemPlaylist(ctx, dbq.CreateSystemPlaylistParams{
UserID: userID,
Name: name,
SystemVariant: &variantStr,
SeedArtistID: seedArtistID,
CoverPath: nil,
})
if err != nil {
return pgtype.UUID{}, fmt.Errorf("insert playlist row: %w", err)
}
for _, t := range tracks {
if _, err := qtx.AppendPlaylistTrack(ctx, dbq.AppendPlaylistTrackParams{
PlaylistID: p.ID,
TrackID: t.TrackID,
}); err != nil {
// Track may have been deleted between candidate-load and insert;
// skip silently rather than failing the whole build.
if errors.Is(err, pgx.ErrNoRows) {
continue
}
return pgtype.UUID{}, fmt.Errorf("append track %s: %w", uuidStringPL(t.TrackID), err)
}
}
if err := qtx.UpdatePlaylistRollups(ctx, p.ID); err != nil {
return pgtype.UUID{}, fmt.Errorf("update rollups: %w", err)
}
return p.ID, nil
}
// uuidStringPL renders a pgtype.UUID as the canonical 8-4-4-4-12 form.
// (pgtype.UUID's String method exists on some pgx versions but not others;
// also the playlists package needs this independent of test helpers.)
// Suffix `PL` distinguishes it from any test helper named uuidString.
func uuidStringPL(u pgtype.UUID) string {
if !u.Valid {
return "<nil>"
}
return fmt.Sprintf("%x-%x-%x-%x-%x",
u.Bytes[0:4], u.Bytes[4:6], u.Bytes[6:8], u.Bytes[8:10], u.Bytes[10:16])
}