fix(navidrome): invalidate song cache on publish and prevent dropped playlist tracks

[Nikhil-Gohil]

What changed

• In backend/services/navidrome.js:
  • Added a 30-second TTL to _getIndexedSongs() in NavidromeClient.
  • Added a public invalidateIndexedSongsCache() method to clear the cached song index.
  • Added clean Artist + Title string fallback matching in findSong() when exact path and MBID matching fail.
• In backend/services/playback/navidromePlaybackDestination.js:
  • Calls this.client.invalidateIndexedSongsCache() prior to resolving playlist tracks during playlist publishing.

Why

When Aurral syncs playlists with Navidrome, updatePlaylist() removes all existing playlist entries (songIndexToRemove: entries.map((_, i) => i)) and replaces them with resolved songIds. Any track for which findSong() returns null is permanently omitted.

Previously:

1. _getIndexedSongs() cached Navidrome songs indefinitely in memory without a TTL or cache invalidation hook, causing newly downloaded or newly indexed tracks to be missed.
2. findSong() strictly required an exact filesystem path match or a MusicBrainz ID (mbid) and had no fallback matching. Untagged tracks or tracks with minor path differences failed to resolve.

Together, these caused playlists to lose songs or be overwritten with only a fraction of their tracks (e.g. a 10-song playlist shrinking to 3 songs on the next sync).

Scope checklist

• This pull request has one clear purpose
• I kept unrelated fixes, refactors, formatting changes, dependency updates, and features out of this pull request

Linked issue

None.

UI changes

None.

Testing

• Manual: Tested against a live Navidrome instance. Verified that newly downloaded and untagged tracks resolve properly via artist/title fallback, and playlists retain all tracks across multiple synchronization cycles without dropping songs.

Release impact

• Major: incompatible change
• Minor: backward-compatible feature
• Patch: backward-compatible fix
• None: documentation, CI, tests, or internal-only change

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved song matching when a MusicBrainz ID is unavailable by falling back to title and artist details.
  • Refreshed indexed-song data automatically when the cache becomes stale.
  • Ensured song lookups use updated index data after playlist changes.

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Walkthrough

Navidrome song lookup now falls back to title and artist matching. Indexed-song caches expire after 30 seconds and can be explicitly invalidated. Playlist publishing invalidates the cache after renaming a playlist.

Changes

Navidrome song lookup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Song lookup and cache lifecycle backend/services/navidrome.js	findSong uses title and artist matching when MusicBrainz ID lookup does not find a song. The indexed-song cache refreshes after 30 seconds, supports forced refresh, and can be cleared explicitly.
Playlist publish cache invalidation backend/services/playback/navidromePlaybackDestination.js	_publishPlaylist clears the indexed-song cache after renaming a playlist when the client provides invalidateIndexedSongsCache().

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to b0d42

This update improves playlist track resolution and cache freshness, but concurrent playlist activity may still trigger redundant Navidrome library scans. The risk is bounded but should be understood before merge.

Suggested reviewers: lklynet

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the main fix: invalidating the Navidrome song cache and preventing playlist tracks from being dropped.
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Inline comments:
In `@backend/services/navidrome.js`:
- Around line 384-386: Update the rejection handling in _getIndexedSongs so it
clears _indexedSongsPromise and resets _indexedSongsAt only when the rejected
promise is still the current cache promise; preserve any replacement promise
created by invalidateIndexedSongsCache().
- Around line 151-156: Update the title/artist fallback in the surrounding
song-resolution method to collect all normalized matches instead of using
indexedSongs.find. Return the match only when exactly one exists; otherwise use
available album and track metadata to disambiguate, and return null when
ambiguity remains.

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