Liked tab loaded into an infinite spinner when the user had likes
in one category but not all three. Root cause: the three liked-tab
providers share one _populateLikeIds function. When the populate
writes track rows, drift watch fires for cached_likes (the table
all three providers watch). The track provider's stream re-emits
with rows.isNotEmpty → yields populated. The album and artist
streams re-emit with rows.isEmpty (user has no album/artist likes),
re-enter cacheFirst's rows-empty branch, fire populate AGAIN, drift
fires again, repeat — never yielding, .isLoading stays true forever,
UI spins.
Generalises beyond the liked case: any cacheFirst with a populate
that writes to a watched table but produces no rows matching this
filter would loop. Fix tracks coldFetchAttempted per subscription
so the first fetch is the only fetch via the rows-empty branch;
subsequent empty emissions yield empty. Also yields current rows
after a successful populate so a true no-op fetchAndPopulate (server
genuinely empty, fresh-install with no library data) doesn't hang
when drift doesn't re-emit for an empty batch.
For populated cases, the order is: spinner → brief empty yield from
the post-populate yield → drift watch re-emits with rows → populated.
UI flashes empty for one frame. Acceptable trade-off for the
no-spin guarantee.
Also matches the timeout pattern: liked providers' isOnline gains
the same 3-second timeout the home/library-list providers already
had, so a stuck connectivity check can't extend the hang.
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