Career v3: Gold tier — verified improv upgrades an earned badge (#960)

* feat(career): Gold tier — a family-style goldImprov artifact upgrades an earned badge

The drill-state relay's goldImprov map (virtuoso gold_improv mints,
gained-only merged like drill nodes) turns an earned badge gold when the
passport's genre — or its genre family — has a verified improv artifact.
Gold never substitutes for the badge bar: gold-without-bronze stays
in_progress.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat(career): Gold tier frontend — relay, ceremony, slam, gold ink everywhere

The drill-state relay now carries virtuoso's goldImprov map; a badge that
comes back gold gets its own ceremony + notification (tier-suffixed seen
ids — the bronze moment stays seen under its legacy id, a gold slam marks
both), a gold stamp slam in the book, gold ink on the shelf-cover mini
stamp, and the real gold foil chip. The bronze page's dashed 'Gold rung
coming' preview becomes a live invitation to jam the style in Virtuoso.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(career): gold review fixes — family-space style matching, intake guards, rail counter

The review's showstopper: virtuoso mints goldImprov under raw
STYLE_PALETTES ids ('punk', 'djent', 'disco'), which are mostly NOT
family keys — the tier check now matches in family space (artifact style
and passport genre bucket through the same _genre_family keyword match),
so a 'punk' gold reaches a 'punk rock' passport. Also: non-dict
goldImprov 400s loudly instead of silently dropping; evidence-free
artifacts (no verifier) never mint; goldImprov gets the same pre-merge
size bound byNode has (junk under the cap could otherwise persist
forever and wedge every later relay at the post-merge check); the
instrument-rail badge counter counts gold (earning gold no longer made a
badge vanish from the rail); first-artifact-wins is now asserted against
the persisted snapshot instead of vacuously.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

---------

Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,84 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Added
+- **Gold tier (career passports)** — an earned badge turns **gold** when
+  Virtuoso verifies an improvised jam in the passport's style (the
+  `gold_improv` artifact relays with the drill snapshot; a genre inherits its
+  family's style, gained-only, and gold never substitutes for the badge bar
+  itself). Gold gets its own ceremony, stamp slam, foil chip, and gold ink on
+  the shelf cover, profile wall, and passport card; the bronze page's "Gold
+  rung coming" preview becomes a live invitation to jam it.
+- **Gigs (the career verb, frontend)** — book a gig from any opened passport:
+  a gig poster proposes the setlist (re-roll for a different bill; save or
+  copy the poster as a PNG), "Play the gig" hands the set to the play queue
+  with the venue on stage, a floating strip tracks the set, and finishing it
+  logs dated entries with per-song accuracies in the passport book — with an
+  encore celebration (crowd eruption + confetti) when the whole set clears
+  the bar, and a summary poster to share. Quitting mid-set simply abandons
+  it: no log, no fail state.
+- **Career on the Profile and Home pages** — the Profile gains a passport
+  wall (earned-badge covers per instrument, hours, gig count; absent until a
+  passport exists), injected through the same mount-point + rendered-event
+  seam the achievements plugin uses (now documented in docs/plugin-v3-ui.md).
+  The home page's plugin-count stat tile becomes a career trading card
+  (badges, hours, the closest stamp ask, foil shine) with the old stat as the
+  built-in fallback when career has no state. Earned passports gain **Save
+  card / Copy card** — a natively-drawn PNG passport card, downloadable or
+  copied straight to the clipboard for pasting outside the app (shared
+  `blob-io` helpers replace the download idiom previously duplicated in
+  settings-io and diagnostics-export).
+- **Gigs (backend)** — career mode gains its verb: `POST
+  /api/plugins/career/gigs/propose` builds a playable setlist for an
+  instrument+genre (your qualifying songs plus a couple of stakes songs near
+  the bar; a young passport fills from unplayed genre songs — the first gig
+  is how stubs start; re-roll by calling again), naming the room your stars
+  can book. `POST /gigs` logs a **completed** set — per-song accuracies read
+  from the set's own freshly-recorded stats, an encore flag at the
+  data-driven bar (avg ≥ 75%) — into the career state; abandoned sets never
+  log (no fail state: the gig you finished is the gig you played). Passports
+  carry their gig log; instruments their gig count.
+
+### Changed
+- **The full mix is a stem** (#933) — core no longer depends on `original_audio:`, a
+  top-level manifest key this repo invented (#583) that the feedpak spec never had.
+  The format already carried the pre-separation mixdown as a stem; feedpak 1.15.0
+  (feedpak-spec#53) reserves the id **`full`** for it, so that is where core reads it
+  from now.
+
+  `full` is a mixdown, not a layer — it already contains every instrument — so
+  `load_song()` lifts it OUT of `LoadedSloppak.stems` onto `LoadedSloppak.full_mix`.
+  Nothing that sums stems or renders one fader per stem can see it, which is what
+  makes retaining it safe; leaving it in the list would double the whole song and
+  leave "guitar" audible with the guitar fader muted. That trap is exactly why the
+  packer invented the key instead of putting the mixdown where the format says it
+  goes — the bug was in the reader, and this fixes the reader.
+
+  Consequences worth knowing:
+  - The highway WS `song_info` frame gains `full_mix_url` / `has_full_mix`.
+    `original_audio_url` / `has_original_audio` remain as **deprecated aliases**
+    (same values) for one release so a client built against the old frame keeps
+    working; they go with the fallback below (#945).
+  - `stems` on `song_info`, and `stem_ids` / `stem_count` in the library index, now
+    describe *instrument* stems only — a separated pack that retains its mixdown no
+    longer advertises a bogus "full" stem chip or an inflated stem count.
+  - Audio fingerprinting (`lib/enrichment.py`) now resolves the mixdown the same
+    way, which **widens** its coverage: it previously returned `None` for any pack
+    without the invented key, so fingerprinting silently did nothing for the
+    overwhelming majority of packs.
+  - Core still **reads** `original_audio:` as a deprecated fallback, because every
+    pack written before the spec caught up carries it and would otherwise lose its
+    pristine mix. `tools/migrate_full_mix_stem.py` rewrites those packs into the
+    spec shape (moves `original/full.ogg` → `stems/full.ogg`, adds the `full` stem
+    at `default: off`, drops the key); the fallback and the aliases are removed once
+    they are migrated (#945).
+
+### Added
+- **Genres fall back to MusicBrainz enrichment** — the effective genre now
+  resolves override → pack genre → the enrichment match's primary genre
+  (matched or user-pinned manual rows only). Converted packs rarely carry a `genres` manifest key,
+  which starved the library genre facet and career passports on real
+  libraries; with the fallback, every enriched song's genre is browsable and
+  passport-able immediately, and coverage grows as enrichment runs.
 - **Badge ceremony in the venue** — earning a genre badge now stages a moment:
   the crowd layer erupts (new public `v3VenueCrowd.celebrate()` — instant
   ecstatic loop bypassing the stability/dwell hysteresis, plus a cheer stinger;

docs/plugin-v3-ui.md

@@ -189,3 +189,23 @@ out of the capability graph.
 - [ ] `#player` overlays keep `z-index` ≤ the chrome layers (transport/HUD 20,
       rail 30, popovers 40).
 - [ ] Verify at `/` — it and `/v3` serve the same (and only) v3 shell.
+
+## Injecting into core shells (profile, dashboard)
+
+Core screens that accept plugin sections render **mount points** — usually
+empty, sometimes holding core's own **fallback content** (the Dashboard's
+career slot ships the plugin-count stat) — and announce each (re)build with a
+DOM event, because their `innerHTML` swap wipes anything previously injected.
+A plugin listens for the event and **replaces the mount's content** (never
+append — a fallback may be present) by id — the same seam every time:
+
+| Shell | Event | Mounts |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Profile | `v3:profile-rendered` | `#v3-profile-passports-mount` (career wall), `#v3-profile-feats-slot`, `#v3-profile-achievements-mount` |
+| Dashboard | `v3:dashboard-rendered` | `#v3-dash-career-slot` (career card; core's plugin-count stat is the fallback content a plugin may replace) |
+| Settings | `v3:settings-rendered` | per-plugin `settings.html` panels |
+
+Rules: inject on every event (the mount is fresh), keep the section
+**absent-not-empty** (no state → leave the mount alone / empty), and guard
+re-wired listeners with a `dataset` flag when your own refresh path can run
+against an unwiped mount.

docs/size-exemptions.md

@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ extractions and twenty-two `routers/` modules, plus lib/library_registry.py for
 and is a monolith in its own right, to be split per-table once the router train
 lands) · `static/v3/songs.js` (4,134) · `static/capabilities/audio-session.js`
 (2,974) · `plugins/highway_3d/screen.js` (15,656) · `plugins/keys_highway_3d/screen.js`
-(3,780) · `plugins/drum_highway_3d/screen.js` (3,597) — and every monolith with a PR
+(3,780) · `plugins/drum_highway_3d/screen.js` (3,597) · `plugins/career/screen.js`
+(1,530 — career v3 gigs + gold pushed it over; split plan: carve the gig block into a
+`scriptType: module` file when career work next touches it) — and every monolith with a PR
 train in the refactor plan. Test files (e.g. `tests/test_plugins.py`) are out of scope
 by policy — the norm governs source files.

feedpak-spec-exceptions.yml

@@ -34,17 +34,23 @@
 
 exceptions:
   - key: original_audio
-    issue: https://github.com/got-feedback/feedback/issues/933
+    issue: https://github.com/got-feedback/feedback/issues/945
     reason: >-
       Added by #583 (the full mix played while every stem fader sits at unity,
-      since demucs recombination is lossy). Core, lib/enrichment.py, and the
+      since demucs recombination is lossy). It never went through a FEP and the
-      stems plugin all depend on it, but it never went through a FEP and the
       spec does not define it — the drift this gate exists to prevent.
 
-      The resolution is REMOVAL, not a FEP: the spec already carries the mixdown
+      #933 fixed the drift: feedpak 1.15.0 RESERVES the stem id `full` for the
-      as a stem ({id: full, file: stems/full.ogg}), so this key added a second,
+      complete mixdown (feedpak-spec#53), and core now reads the full mix from
-      redundant location for audio to a format that already had one. See #933.
+      that stem. Nothing depends on this key any more — not the loader, not
+      lib/enrichment.py, not the stems plugin, and the packer no longer writes it.
 
-      Grandfathered so the gate can land green and start blocking the *next*
+      What remains is a READ-ONLY deprecated fallback in lib/sloppak.py
-      instance immediately, rather than blocking on #933. This entry goes away
+      (_legacy_full_mix), kept for one release because every pack produced before
-      when core no longer reads or writes the key.
+      the spec caught up carries `original_audio: original/full.ogg` and would
+      otherwise silently lose its pristine mix. tools/migrate_full_mix_stem.py
+      rewrites those packs into the spec shape.
+
+      This entry disappears with that fallback — tracked by #945, which cannot be
+      forgotten: the gate fails if the entry goes stale, and deleting the read is
+      what makes it stale.

lib/enrichment.py

@@ -368,10 +368,12 @@ def _acoustid_gate() -> "JSONResponse | None":
 
 def _song_audio_file(filename: str) -> "str | None":
     """Resolve a LIBRARY song (by filename/id) to a local master-audio file for
-    fingerprinting: the full-mix `original_audio` extracted from a sloppak, or a
+    fingerprinting: a sloppak's complete mixdown, or a loose folder's audio. None
-    loose folder's audio. None when the song can't be found or ships no full-mix
+    when the song can't be found or carries no mixdown (a pack that kept only its
-    audio (some packs carry only stems). Mirrors serve_sloppak_file's containment
+    separated stems — an acoustic fingerprint of one re-summed from them would not
-    guards so a crafted filename can't read outside DLC_DIR / the pack."""
+    match the recording, so we decline rather than submit a lossy reconstruction).
+    Mirrors serve_sloppak_file's containment guards so a crafted filename can't
+    read outside DLC_DIR / the pack."""
     dlc = _get_dlc_dir()
     if not dlc:
         return None
@@ -383,7 +385,20 @@ def _song_audio_file(filename: str) -> "str | None":
             canon = resolved.relative_to(dlc.resolve()).as_posix()
         except ValueError:
             return None
-        rel = (sloppak_mod.load_manifest(resolved) or {}).get("original_audio")
+        manifest = sloppak_mod.load_manifest(resolved) or {}
+        # The mixdown is the RESERVED `full` stem (spec §5.3). Unlike playback,
+        # fingerprinting wants it even when it is the pack's ONLY stem — a
+        # single-mix pack is exactly the master audio we want to fingerprint —
+        # so this asks find_full_mix() rather than partition_stems().
+        stems = manifest.get("stems") or []
+        full = sloppak_mod.find_full_mix(
+            [s for s in stems if isinstance(s, dict)]
+        )
+        rel = full.get("file") if full else None
+        # DEPRECATED fallback: packs written before the spec reserved `full` put
+        # the mixdown behind a top-level `original_audio:` key instead (#933).
+        if not isinstance(rel, str) or not rel.strip():
+            rel = manifest.get("original_audio")
         if not isinstance(rel, str) or not rel.strip():
             return None
         src = sloppak_mod.get_cached_source_dir(canon)

lib/lyrics_transcribe.py

@@ -23,9 +23,18 @@ Engine selection
 Two transcription paths share a common output:
 
 * `transcribe_vocals_remote(path, server_url, ...)` — POST the vocal
-  stem to the `/align` endpoint on a feedBack-demucs-server (got-feedBack's
+  stem to the `/transcribe` endpoint on a feedBack-demucs-server
-  reference server already hosts WhisperX alongside Demucs at the same
+  (got-feedBack's reference server already hosts WhisperX alongside
-  URL).
+  Demucs at the same URL).
+
+  It used to POST to `/align`, which is *forced alignment* — "here are
+  the lyrics, tell me when each word is sung". Its `text` field is
+  required and we have no lyrics (transcribing them is the point), so
+  the server answered 422 from FastAPI's validation layer before its
+  handler ran, and remote transcription never worked for anyone
+  (feedBack-plugin-stem-splitter#17). `/transcribe` takes only audio.
+  Requires feedBack-demucs-server ≥ the revision adding that endpoint;
+  an older server answers 404 and the error says so.
 
 * `transcribe_vocals_local(path, ...)` — load WhisperX in-process. Heavy
   (~3 GB of model weights for `large-v2` + the wav2vec2 aligner) and
@@ -416,6 +425,38 @@ def transcribe_vocals_local(
 
 # ── Remote transcription ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+_MAX_ERR_BODY = 4000
+
+
+def _err_body(resp) -> str:
+    """The server's error body, whole if it plausibly is one, and marked when it isn't.
+
+    This was capped at 300 chars, which is enough for "Internal Server Error" and not much else.
+    The bodies carrying the most diagnosis are the long ones — a FastAPI validation body naming
+    the field it rejected, a 500 whose traceback answers on its LAST line — and those are exactly
+    the ones a 300-char cap decapitates. The cap survives so a server answering with a 2 MB HTML
+    error page can't dump a novel into a log line.
+    """
+    # Strip FIRST, then measure: a body that is 300 chars of JSON and 3900 of trailing whitespace
+    # is not a long body, and truncating it would cut real content to make room for blanks.
+    text = (getattr(resp, "text", "") or "").strip()
+    if len(text) <= _MAX_ERR_BODY:
+        return text
+
+    # Keep the HEAD **and the TAIL**. Head-only truncation throws away the exception line — and
+    # on a traceback the exception line is the answer. This docstring said as much while the code
+    # did the opposite: it cut off precisely the part it exists to preserve, which is the same
+    # mistake, one level up, as the 300-char cap it replaced.
+    #
+    # The marker sits inside the bound, not past it: otherwise _MAX_ERR_BODY is a suggestion, and
+    # the callers who trust it (a log line, a job record persisted to disk) are the ones surprised.
+    marker = f"\n… [truncated, {len(text)} chars total] …\n"
+    budget = max(0, _MAX_ERR_BODY - len(marker))
+    head = budget * 2 // 3          # context: what was being attempted
+    tail = budget - head            # verdict: what actually went wrong
+    return text[:head].rstrip() + marker + text[len(text) - tail:].lstrip()
+
+
 def transcribe_vocals_remote(
     vocals_path: Path,
     server_url: str,
@@ -426,7 +467,17 @@ def transcribe_vocals_remote(
     min_word_score: float = 0.35,
     progress_cb: ProgressCB = None,
 ) -> list[dict]:
-    """POST the vocal stem to `{server_url}/align` and parse the response.
+    """POST the vocal stem to `{server_url}/transcribe` and parse the response.
+
+    NOT `/align` — that endpoint is forced alignment ("here are the lyrics,
+    tell me when each word is sung") and its `text` field is required. We
+    have no lyrics; producing them is the point. Posting there returned a
+    422 from FastAPI's validation layer before the server's handler ran, so
+    remote transcription never worked at all
+    (feedBack-plugin-stem-splitter#17).
+
+    Requires a feedBack-demucs-server carrying `/transcribe`; an older one
+    answers 404 and the raised error says so.
 
     Expects the server to respond with a JSON object carrying a `words` (or
     `segments`) field in WhisperX's native shape; `_whisperx_to_sloppak`
@@ -454,21 +505,53 @@ def transcribe_vocals_remote(
     if api_key:
         headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {api_key}"
 
-    params: dict[str, str] = {}
+    # POST to /transcribe, not /align.
+    #
+    # /align is FORCED ALIGNMENT: "here are the lyrics, tell me when each word is sung". Its
+    # `text` field is required, and we have no lyrics — transcription is the whole point. So the
+    # server rejected every request with a 422 in FastAPI's validation layer, before its handler
+    # ever ran, and remote transcription has never worked for anyone. /transcribe answers the
+    # question we are actually asking and takes only the audio.
+    # (feedBack-plugin-stem-splitter#17; endpoint added in feedBack-demucs-server#14.)
+    #
+    # `language` goes in the FORM BODY, not the query string: the server reads it with
+    # Form(""), and a query param would be silently ignored — so an explicit language hint would
+    # do nothing and Whisper's auto-detection would quietly decide instead, which is exactly the
+    # kind of "it works but it's wrong" that hides for months.
+    form: dict[str, str] = {}
     if language:
-        params["language"] = language
+        form["language"] = language
 
-    with open(vocals_path, "rb") as f:
+    # Everything that can go wrong out here comes back as RuntimeError, which is what the
-        resp = requests.post(
+    # docstring promises and what the caller catches. A DNS failure, a timeout, a reset
-            f"{server_url}/align",
+    # connection or an unreadable stem file would otherwise surface as requests.RequestException
-            files={"file": (vocals_path.name, f, "audio/ogg")},
+    # or OSError and escape the one handler written to log-and-continue — turning "this song's
-            params=params,
+    # lyrics failed" into "the whole batch died".
-            headers=headers or None,
+    try:
-            timeout=timeout,
+        with open(vocals_path, "rb") as f:
+            resp = requests.post(
+                f"{server_url}/transcribe",
+                files={"file": (vocals_path.name, f, "audio/ogg")},
+                data=form or None,
+                headers=headers or None,
+                timeout=timeout,
+            )
+    except requests.RequestException as e:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"could not reach the WhisperX server at {server_url}: {e}") from e
+    except OSError as e:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"could not read the vocal stem {vocals_path.name}: {e}") from e
+
+    if resp.status_code == 404:
+        # The endpoint isn't there. Say what that means, because "404" on its own sends someone
+        # hunting for a typo in their URL when the real answer is that their server predates the
+        # feature. (feedBack-demucs-server#14 added /transcribe.)
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            f"the WhisperX server at {server_url} has no /transcribe endpoint (404) — it "
+            f"predates remote transcription support. Update the server, or use 'Check for "
+            f"update' if it is the plugin-managed one."
         )
-
     if resp.status_code != 200:
-        raise RuntimeError(f"WhisperX server error ({resp.status_code}): {resp.text[:300]}")
+        raise RuntimeError(f"WhisperX server error ({resp.status_code}): {_err_body(resp)}")
 
     data = resp.json()
 

lib/metadata_db.py

@@ -1085,26 +1085,57 @@ class MetadataDB:
         vals["artist"], vals["title"] = self._romaji_display(filename, vals["artist"], vals["title"])
         return vals
 
-    # Effective genre = a per-song genre OVERRIDE (Fix-metadata popup) else the
+    # Effective genre precedence: per-song OVERRIDE (Fix-metadata popup) →
-    # scanned pack genre. Applied at FILTER/FACET time (like the P4 artist alias)
+    # scanned pack genre → MusicBrainz enrichment primary genre (matched/manual rows
-    # so a corrected genre is browsable — the correlated subquery is used ONLY
+    # only — a 'review'/'failed' candidate's genres could belong to the wrong
-    # when genre overrides actually exist; the common case stays on the plain
+    # recording). Applied at FILTER/FACET time (like the P4 artist alias) so a
-    # indexed `genre` column. Genre stays a library-only overlay (it isn't a
+    # corrected or enriched genre is browsable. The vast majority of converted
-    # write-to-file field), so it never touches the pack.
+    # packs carry no `genres` manifest key, so without the enrichment leg the
-    _EFFECTIVE_GENRE_SQL = (
+    # genre facet (and career passports) starve on real libraries. The
+    # correlated subqueries are used ONLY when overrides/enrichment genres
+    # actually exist; the common case stays on the plain indexed `genre`
+    # column. Genre stays a library-only overlay (it isn't a write-to-file
+    # field), so it never touches the pack.
+    _EFFECTIVE_GENRE_OVERRIDE_SQL = (
         "COALESCE((SELECT o.value FROM song_field_override o "
         "WHERE o.filename = songs.filename AND o.field = 'genre' "
         "AND o.value IS NOT NULL AND o.value != ''), genre)"
     )
+    _EFFECTIVE_GENRE_SQL = (
+        "COALESCE((SELECT o.value FROM song_field_override o "
+        "WHERE o.filename = songs.filename AND o.field = 'genre' "
+        "AND o.value IS NOT NULL AND o.value != ''), "
+        "NULLIF(genre, ''), "
+        "(SELECT json_extract(e.genres, '$[0]') FROM song_enrichment e "
+        "WHERE e.filename = songs.filename AND e.match_state IN ('matched', 'manual') "
+        "AND e.genres IS NOT NULL AND e.genres NOT IN ('', '[]')), "
+        "'')"
+    )
 
     def _has_genre_overrides(self) -> bool:
         return self.conn.execute(
             "SELECT 1 FROM song_field_override WHERE field = 'genre' "
             "AND value IS NOT NULL AND value != '' LIMIT 1").fetchone() is not None
 
+    def _has_enrichment_genres(self) -> bool:
+        try:
+            return self.conn.execute(
+                "SELECT 1 FROM song_enrichment WHERE match_state IN ('matched', 'manual') "
+                "AND genres IS NOT NULL AND genres NOT IN ('', '[]') "
+                "LIMIT 1").fetchone() is not None
+        except sqlite3.OperationalError:
+            return False  # stand-ins / DBs without the enrichment table
+
     def _effective_genre_expr(self) -> str:
-        """`genre` normally; the override-aware COALESCE only when overrides exist."""
+        """`genre` normally; the enrichment-aware COALESCE only when trusted
-        return self._EFFECTIVE_GENRE_SQL if self._has_genre_overrides() else "genre"
+        enrichment genres exist (which also proves the table exists — a
+        stand-in DB without song_enrichment must never receive SQL that
+        references it); the override-only form when just overrides exist."""
+        if self._has_enrichment_genres():
+            return self._EFFECTIVE_GENRE_SQL
+        if self._has_genre_overrides():
+            return self._EFFECTIVE_GENRE_OVERRIDE_SQL
+        return "genre"
 
     def set_song_tags(self, filename: str, tags) -> list:
         """Replace ALL of a song's tags with the given set (each normalized;
@@ -2130,16 +2161,25 @@ class MetadataDB:
         return self._stats_row(filename, int(arrangement))
 
     def add_play_seconds(self, filename: str, arrangement: int, seconds: float) -> dict:
-        """Accrue wall-clock play time only (no plays/score/position change) —
+        """Accrue wall-clock play time (no plays/score/position change) —
         the recorder's seconds-only flush for unscored plays that ran to the
         song's natural end (no resume position to touch there: `song:ended`
-        must not overwrite Continue with the end-of-song offset)."""
+        must not overwrite Continue with the end-of-song offset). Stamps
+        last_played_at like touch_position does: the song WAS played, so
+        /api/stats/recent and Continue ordering must see it. Accepted skew:
+        the recorder retries FAILED flushes later, which stamps recency at
+        retry time — rare (offline corner), self-healing on the next play,
+        and preferable to the alternative (keep-existing would leave repeat
+        plays looking stale, the common case)."""
         with self._lock:
             self.conn.execute(
-                """INSERT INTO song_stats (filename, arrangement, seconds_total, updated_at)
+                """INSERT INTO song_stats (filename, arrangement, seconds_total,
-                   VALUES (?, ?, ?, strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%f','now'))
+                                           last_played_at, updated_at)
+                   VALUES (?, ?, ?, strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%f','now'),
+                           strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%f','now'))
                    ON CONFLICT(filename, arrangement) DO UPDATE SET
                        seconds_total = song_stats.seconds_total + excluded.seconds_total,
+                       last_played_at = excluded.last_played_at,
                        updated_at = excluded.updated_at""",
                 (filename, int(arrangement), float(seconds)),
             )

lib/routers/ws_highway.py

@@ -321,11 +321,16 @@ async def highway_ws(websocket: WebSocket, filename: str, arrangement: int = -1,
         audio_url = None
         audio_error: str | None = None  # Surfaced in song_info when audio_url is None
         stems_payload: list[dict] = []
-        # URL of the single full-mix audio (sloppak `original_audio:`), when the
+        # URL of the pack's complete mixdown — the RESERVED `full` stem (spec
-        # pack ships one. The stems plugin uses this to play the untouched mix
+        # §5.3), which sloppak.load_song() lifts out of `stems` because it is a
-        # while every stem slider is at unity; None otherwise (separate stems
+        # mixdown, not a layer. The stems plugin plays it while every stem slider
-        # only, loose folder, or archive).
+        # is at unity (separation is lossy, so it beats re-summing the stems) and
-        original_audio_url: str | None = None
+        # crosses to the separated stems as soon as one is attenuated.
+        #
+        # None when the pack has no mixdown to offer separately from its stems:
+        # a single-mix pack (its one stem IS the mixdown), a loose folder, or an
+        # archive.
+        full_mix_url: str | None = None
         if is_loose:
             # Loose folder filenames are relative paths (artist/album/song).
             # Hash the *canonical* dlc-relative path (so two URL spellings
@@ -365,21 +370,25 @@ async def highway_ws(websocket: WebSocket, filename: str, arrangement: int = -1,
                 url = f"/api/sloppak/{q_fn}/file/{quote(s['file'])}"
                 stems_payload.append({"id": s["id"], "url": url, "default": s["default"]})
             # Full-mix URL (served by the same /api/sloppak/.../file/ endpoint).
-            if loaded_slop is not None and loaded_slop.original_audio:
+            if loaded_slop is not None and loaded_slop.full_mix:
-                original_audio_url = (
+                full_mix_url = (
-                    f"/api/sloppak/{q_fn}/file/{quote(loaded_slop.original_audio)}"
+                    f"/api/sloppak/{q_fn}/file/{quote(loaded_slop.full_mix)}"
                 )
             if stems_payload:
                 # Stems present: keep the core <audio> pointed at stem[0]. This
                 # URL is only ever heard in the degraded path (stems plugin
                 # refuses takeover / decode fails); the full-mix↔stems switch is
-                # driven client-side by `original_audio_url`, not `audio_url`.
+                # driven client-side by `full_mix_url`, not `audio_url`.
                 audio_url = stems_payload[0]["url"]
-            elif original_audio_url:
+            elif full_mix_url:
                 # Stem-less full-mix pack: nothing to separate, so play the full
                 # mix natively through the core <audio>. The stems plugin's
                 # onSongReady returns early on an empty stems list (no graph).
-                audio_url = original_audio_url
+                # Reachable only via the deprecated `original_audio:` key, whose
+                # packs put the mixdown outside `stems` — a pack that carries its
+                # mixdown as the `full` stem has it IN `stems`, so it lands in the
+                # branch above with stems_payload == [full].
+                audio_url = full_mix_url
             else:
                 audio_error = "This sloppak has no playable stems."
         else:
@@ -521,16 +530,31 @@ async def highway_ws(websocket: WebSocket, filename: str, arrangement: int = -1,
             # for the credits overlay, so minigames / synthetic highway uses
             # (no manifest) never trigger it.
             "authors": _sanitize_authors(loaded_slop.manifest) if (is_slop and loaded_slop is not None) else [],
+            # Instrument stems ONLY. The pack's complete mixdown (the RESERVED
+            # `full` stem, spec §5.3) is deliberately NOT in this list: consumers
+            # sum `stems` into one mix and render one fader per entry, and the
+            # mixdown is neither a layer nor an instrument — summing it would
+            # double the whole song. It is surfaced separately, below.
             "stems": stems_payload,
-            # Full-mix audio (sloppak `original_audio:`) served alongside the
+            # The complete mixdown, served by the same /api/sloppak/.../file/
-            # separate `stems`. The stems plugin plays this single file while
+            # endpoint as the stems. The stems plugin plays this single file
-            # every stem slider is at unity and switches to the separate stems
+            # while every stem slider is at unity and crosses to the separated
-            # the moment one drops below 100%. None when the pack ships stems
+            # stems the moment one drops below 100% — separation is lossy, so the
-            # only. `has_*` flags mirror the has_drum_tab/has_keys convention so
+            # mixdown is strictly better audio when nothing is muted. None when
-            # a client can branch without re-deriving from the URLs.
+            # the pack has no mixdown apart from its stems. The `has_*` flags
-            "original_audio_url": original_audio_url,
+            # mirror the has_drum_tab/has_keys convention so a client can branch
-            "has_original_audio": bool(original_audio_url),
+            # without re-deriving from the URLs.
+            "full_mix_url": full_mix_url,
+            "has_full_mix": bool(full_mix_url),
             "has_stems": bool(stems_payload),
+            # DEPRECATED aliases of the two keys above, kept so a client built
+            # against the old frame keeps working across one release. They were
+            # named after `original_audio:` — a manifest key this repo invented
+            # and the feedpak spec never had (#933). The key is gone; the mixdown
+            # is a stem. Remove these once the shipped stems plugin reads
+            # `full_mix_url` (#945).
+            "original_audio_url": full_mix_url,
+            "has_original_audio": bool(full_mix_url),
             # Surface a drum_tab presence flag so the visualization picker
             # can auto-activate the drums plugin even when the chosen
             # arrangement isn't named "Drums" (drum_tab.json lives next

lib/sloppak.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
 import math
+import os
 import shutil
 import threading
 import zipfile
@@ -34,6 +35,21 @@ FEEDPAK_EXT = ".feedpak"
 SLOPPAK_EXT = ".sloppak"
 SONG_EXTS = (FEEDPAK_EXT, SLOPPAK_EXT)  # accepted on read/discovery
 
+# ── The full mix ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+#
+# Spec §5.3 RESERVES the stem id `full` for the song's complete mixdown: the
+# whole song in one file, as heard before source separation. It is a stem — it
+# lives in `stems` like every other audio file in a pack — but it is a *mixdown,
+# not a layer*. A reader that sums stems must never include it in the sum: it
+# already contains every instrument, so summing it doubles the whole song and
+# muting `guitar` still leaves guitar audible inside it.
+#
+# Keeping it matters because separation is lossy: re-summing guitar+bass+drums+
+# vocals does NOT reproduce the file they came from. The mixdown is the only
+# faithful rendering of the song a pack can carry, so we play it whenever every
+# stem sits at unity and nothing is muted.
+FULL_MIX_STEM_ID = "full"
+
 import yaml
 
 from jsonc import load_json
@@ -51,6 +67,97 @@ import drums as drums_mod
 import notation as notation_mod
 
 
+def find_full_mix(stems: list[dict]) -> dict | None:
+    """The RESERVED `full` stem (spec §5.3) — the pack's complete mixdown — or None.
+
+    Answers "what is this pack's master audio", which is what fingerprinting
+    wants. For playback use partition_stems() instead: a pack whose *only* stem
+    is `full` has no mixdown to play *separately from* its stems, and this
+    function still returns it.
+    """
+    return next(
+        (s for s in stems if str(s.get("id", "")) == FULL_MIX_STEM_ID), None
+    )
+
+
+def partition_stems(stems: list[dict]) -> tuple[dict | None, list[dict]]:
+    """Split stem descriptors into (mixdown, instrument_stems) for PLAYBACK.
+
+    The mixdown is lifted OUT of the stem list because every consumer of `stems`
+    treats that list as layers to sum or to show as mixer channels, and `full` is
+    neither (spec §5.3). Leaving it in is precisely the bug that made the packer
+    invent `original_audio` in the first place: a listed full mix plays on top of
+    the stems.
+
+    A pack whose only stem is `full` is a single-mix pack, not a separated one:
+    there are no instruments to be pristine *against*, so `full` stays the sole
+    playable stem and no mixdown is surfaced. That keeps the freshly-converted
+    single-stem pack — much the most common shape — behaving exactly as before.
+
+    EVERY entry with the reserved id is removed, not just the one we surface. A
+    malformed pack that lists `full` twice would otherwise leave a copy of the
+    whole song behind in the stem list, to be summed with the instruments — the
+    precise failure this function exists to prevent, reintroduced by a duplicate.
+    """
+    if len(stems) < 2:
+        return None, stems
+    full = find_full_mix(stems)
+    if full is None:
+        return None, stems
+    return full, [s for s in stems if str(s.get("id", "")) != FULL_MIX_STEM_ID]
+
+
+def _legacy_full_mix(manifest: dict, source_dir: Path) -> str | None:
+    """Full mix from the DEPRECATED `original_audio:` manifest key, or None.
+
+    Before feedpak 1.15.0 reserved `full`, §5.3 said the mixdown was "commonly
+    replaced" by the per-instrument stems on splitting — so it had nowhere to
+    live, and this repo invented a top-level key pointing at a parallel
+    `original/` directory (#583) to hold it. That key was never in the spec, and
+    #933 removed our dependence on it: the mixdown is a stem.
+
+    We still READ it, because every pack written before the spec caught up
+    carries `original_audio: original/full.ogg` and would otherwise lose its full
+    mix. We never write it. Delete this once those packs are migrated (#945);
+    `tools/migrate_full_mix_stem.py` is the migration.
+
+    NOTE the string literal below. tools/check_spec_conformance.py AST-scans for
+    `manifest.get("<literal>")` to prove every manifest key core reads is one the
+    spec declares. Hoisting "original_audio" into a named constant would hide
+    this read from that scan — the gate would conclude core no longer touches the
+    key, and the grandfather entry that documents this debt would go stale. The
+    literal is what keeps the deprecation honest and visible to CI. Leave it.
+
+    Same permissive, path-traversal-guarded posture as the optional side-files: a
+    missing / escaping / unreadable file leaves the pack without a full mix (the
+    player falls back to the separated stems) rather than aborting the load.
+    Returns the manifest-relative string, so callers build its URL exactly as
+    they build a stem's.
+    """
+    rel_raw = manifest.get("original_audio")
+    if not isinstance(rel_raw, str) or not rel_raw.strip():
+        return None
+    rel = rel_raw.strip()
+    try:
+        target = (source_dir / rel).resolve()
+        target.relative_to(source_dir.resolve())
+    except ValueError:
+        log.warning("sloppak: original_audio path %r escapes source_dir — skipped", rel)
+        return None
+    except OSError as e:
+        log.warning("sloppak: original_audio path resolution failed (%s) — skipped", e)
+        return None
+    if not target.is_file():
+        return None
+    log.info(
+        "sloppak: pack uses the deprecated `original_audio:` key (%r) — the full mix "
+        "is a stem (id `full`, feedpak spec §5.3). Re-pack with "
+        "tools/migrate_full_mix_stem.py; support for this key will be removed.",
+        rel,
+    )
+    return rel
+
+
 # ── Format detection ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 def is_sloppak(path: Path) -> bool:
@@ -81,6 +188,116 @@ _unpack_semaphore = threading.BoundedSemaphore(_UNPACK_MAX_CONCURRENCY)
 _unpack_locks: dict[str, threading.Lock] = {}
 _unpack_locks_guard = threading.Lock()
 
+# Destinations with an unpack in flight right now. Eviction MUST skip these: two
+# unpacks run concurrently, so one finishing could otherwise rmtree the other's
+# half-written directory and leave that resolver caching an incomplete song.
+_unpacking: set[Path] = set()
+_unpacking_guard = threading.Lock()
+
+# Cap the unpack cache. Stems are already-compressed audio, so an unpacked song
+# is ~1.1x its zip — the cache is effectively a second, DECOMPRESSED copy of
+# every song it holds, and it used to grow without any bound at all. A tester
+# reached 60 GB from a 1800-song library: their whole library, unpacked, because
+# one caller looped the library calling load_song(). Nothing ever deleted any of
+# it — not even when the song itself was deleted.
+#
+# Default 4 GB ≈ 130 average songs of recency, which is far more than the "the
+# song I'm playing, and the last few I played" that this cache actually exists
+# to serve. Override with FEEDBACK_SLOPPAK_CACHE_MAX_MB (0 disables eviction).
+def _unpack_cache_cap_bytes() -> int:
+    raw = os.environ.get("FEEDBACK_SLOPPAK_CACHE_MAX_MB", "").strip()
+    try:
+        mb = int(raw) if raw else 4096
+    except ValueError:
+        mb = 4096
+    return max(0, mb) * 1024 * 1024
+
+
+def _dir_size(path: Path) -> int:
+    total = 0
+    for f in path.rglob("*"):
+        try:
+            if f.is_file():
+                total += f.stat().st_size
+        except OSError:
+            continue
+    return total
+
+
+def _touch(path: Path) -> None:
+    """Bump mtime so the LRU sweep below treats this song as recently used.
+
+    Reading files out of an unpacked dir doesn't change the DIRECTORY's mtime,
+    so without this the song you are actively playing looks as stale as one you
+    unpacked days ago — and a burst of unpacks could evict it mid-song.
+    """
+    try:
+        os.utime(path, None)
+    except OSError:
+        pass
+
+
+def _evict_unpack_cache(root: Path, keep: Path | None = None) -> None:
+    """Bound the unpack cache: drop least-recently-used songs until under the cap.
+
+    `keep` is never evicted — it's the song the caller just resolved, i.e. almost
+    certainly the one about to be played.
+
+    Evicting a directory MUST also drop its `_source_cache` entry. Otherwise
+    get_cached_source_dir() keeps handing out a path that no longer exists and
+    the media route 404s on every stem instead of re-unpacking (it only falls
+    back to resolve_source_dir when the cache returns None).
+    """
+    cap = _unpack_cache_cap_bytes()
+    if cap <= 0:
+        return
+    try:
+        entries = []
+        total = 0
+        for d in root.iterdir():
+            if not d.is_dir():
+                continue
+            try:
+                size = _dir_size(d)
+                mtime = d.stat().st_mtime
+            except OSError:
+                continue
+            entries.append((mtime, size, d))
+            total += size
+        if total <= cap:
+            return
+
+        keep_resolved = keep.resolve() if keep else None
+        entries.sort(key=lambda e: e[0])          # oldest first
+        for _mtime, size, d in entries:
+            if total <= cap:
+                break
+            try:
+                if keep_resolved and d.resolve() == keep_resolved:
+                    continue
+            except OSError:
+                continue
+            # Check-and-delete under ONE hold of the guard. Releasing between the
+            # two would let a resolver mark this dest in-flight and start writing
+            # into it in the gap, and we'd rmtree a song mid-unpack. A resolver
+            # that blocks here simply proceeds afterwards — _unpack_zip recreates
+            # the directory anyway.
+            with _unpacking_guard:
+                if d in _unpacking:
+                    continue                      # another thread is writing this
+                shutil.rmtree(d, ignore_errors=True)
+            if d.exists():
+                continue                          # couldn't remove — don't claim the bytes back
+            total -= size
+            with _source_lock:
+                for fn, (cached_dir, _m, _s) in list(_source_cache.items()):
+                    if cached_dir == d:
+                        _source_cache.pop(fn, None)
+            log.info("sloppak: evicted %s from the unpack cache (%.0f MB)",
+                     d.name, size / 1e6)
+    except OSError:
+        log.warning("sloppak: unpack-cache eviction failed", exc_info=True)
+
 
 def _unpack_lock_for(filename: str) -> threading.Lock:
     """Return a stable per-file lock so concurrent unpacks of the same sloppak
@@ -145,10 +362,17 @@ def resolve_source_dir(
                       re-unpacks if mtime/size changed, then returns that dir.
 
     Caches the resolution so subsequent calls are ~free.
+
+    NOTE: this writes the WHOLE pack — every stem — to disk. Only call it for a
+    song you are about to play. To read a *part* of a song (an arrangement, the
+    lyrics, a tone blob), use read_member_bytes(): unpacking a pack to read a few
+    KB of JSON is ~45x write amplification, and doing it in a loop over the
+    library fills the disk with a decompressed copy of every song.
     """
     path = dlc_root / filename
     stat = path.stat()
     mtime, size = stat.st_mtime, stat.st_size
+    guarded: Path | None = None   # a dir WE unpacked, shielded from eviction
 
     with _source_lock:
         cached = _source_cache.get(filename)
@@ -159,42 +383,76 @@ def resolve_source_dir(
                 and cached_size == size
                 and cached_dir.exists()
             ):
+                # Mark it recently-used before returning — see _touch().
+                if cached_dir != path:
+                    _touch(cached_dir)
                 return cached_dir
 
-    if path.is_dir():
+    try:
-        resolved = path
+        if path.is_dir():
-    else:
+            resolved = path
-        # Zip form — unpack to the cache. Serialize per-file (so concurrent
+        else:
-        # callers don't rmtree + re-extract the same dest at once) and cap
+            # Zip form — unpack to the cache. Serialize per-file (so concurrent
-        # global unpack concurrency (so a burst can't saturate disk/CPU).
+            # callers don't rmtree + re-extract the same dest at once) and cap
-        dest = unpack_cache_root / _safe_id(filename)
+            # global unpack concurrency (so a burst can't saturate disk/CPU).
-        with _unpack_lock_for(filename):
+            dest = unpack_cache_root / _safe_id(filename)
-            # Re-check the cache inside the per-file lock — a prior holder may
+            with _unpack_lock_for(filename):
-            # have just finished unpacking this exact (mtime, size).
+                # Re-check the cache inside the per-file lock — a prior holder may
-            with _source_lock:
+                # have just finished unpacking this exact (mtime, size).
-                cached = _source_cache.get(filename)
+                with _source_lock:
-            if (
+                    cached = _source_cache.get(filename)
-                cached
+                if (
-                and cached[1] == mtime
+                    cached
-                and cached[2] == size
+                    and cached[1] == mtime
-                and cached[0].exists()
+                    and cached[2] == size
-            ):
+                    and cached[0].exists()
-                resolved = cached[0]
+                ):
-            else:
+                    resolved = cached[0]
-                with _unpack_semaphore:
+                else:
-                    _unpack_zip(path, dest)
+                    # Shield `dest` from eviction from the moment we start writing
-                resolved = dest
+                    # until it is safely in _source_cache. `keep` only shields it
+                    # from OUR OWN sweep — a concurrent resolver sweeping with a
+                    # different `keep` would delete it, and we would then cache and
+                    # return a path that no longer exists. The `finally` below
+                    # releases it on EVERY exit, including a failed unpack: leaving
+                    # a dest marked in-flight would make it un-evictable forever.
+                    with _unpacking_guard:
+                        _unpacking.add(dest)
+                    guarded = dest
+                    with _unpack_semaphore:
+                        _unpack_zip(path, dest)
+                    resolved = dest
+                    # The only moment this cache grows. Sweep here rather than on a
+                    # timer so it can never drift far past the cap.
+                    _evict_unpack_cache(unpack_cache_root, keep=dest)
 
-    with _source_lock:
+        with _source_lock:
-        _source_cache[filename] = (resolved, mtime, size)
+            _source_cache[filename] = (resolved, mtime, size)
-    return resolved
+        return resolved
+    finally:
+        if guarded is not None:
+            with _unpacking_guard:
+                _unpacking.discard(guarded)
 
 
 def get_cached_source_dir(filename: str) -> Path | None:
-    """Return the cached source dir for a sloppak if one is known."""
+    """Return the cached source dir for a sloppak if one is known AND still there.
+
+    The existence check is load-bearing: callers (media.py) only fall back to
+    resolve_source_dir() when this returns None, so handing back a path that has
+    been evicted — or that the user deleted by hand to reclaim disk — would 404
+    every stem for the rest of the process instead of re-unpacking.
+    """
     with _source_lock:
         cached = _source_cache.get(filename)
-        return cached[0] if cached else None
+        if not cached:
+            return None
+        src = cached[0]
+        if not src.is_dir():
+            _source_cache.pop(filename, None)
+            return None
+        _touch(src)
+        return src
 
 
 # ── Manifest + song loading ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -233,6 +491,82 @@ def load_manifest(path: Path) -> dict:
     return _read_manifest_from_zip(path)
 
 
+_ZIP_ROOT = Path("/_root").resolve()
+
+
+def _zip_member_key(name: str) -> str | None:
+    """Canonical lookup key for a zip member name, or None if it escapes the root.
+
+    Collapses './', 'a/../b' and backslash separators — the same normalization
+    _unpack_zip()/safe_join() apply when extracting. Both the name the caller asks
+    for AND the names the archive actually stores must go through this, or a pack
+    that stores './arrangements/lead.json' unpacks fine but reads back as missing.
+    """
+    safe = safe_join(_ZIP_ROOT, name or "")
+    # None → escapes the root; == root → a degenerate name like "." or "a/..".
+    if safe is None or safe == _ZIP_ROOT:
+        return None
+    return safe.relative_to(_ZIP_ROOT).as_posix()
+
+
+def read_member_bytes(path: Path, rel: str) -> bytes | None:
+    """Return the bytes of ONE file inside a sloppak, or None if it isn't there.
+
+    For a zipped sloppak this opens that single member instead of unpacking the
+    archive — the same trick read_cover_bytes() uses to keep the library grid
+    from exploding every pack just to show a cover.
+
+    Reach for this whenever you want a *part* of a song (an arrangement's JSON,
+    the lyrics, a tone blob) rather than a song you're about to play. The
+    alternative, load_song(), calls resolve_source_dir() and writes the WHOLE
+    pack — every stem — into the unpack cache. That is a ~45x write amplification
+    when all you wanted was a few KB of JSON, and looping the library on it
+    unpacks the entire library (got-feedBack/feedBack: a tester hit 60 GB that
+    way). Stems are already-compressed audio, so an unpacked song is ~1.1x its
+    zip: the cache becomes a second, decompressed copy of everything it touches.
+    """
+    rel = (rel or "").strip()
+    if not rel:
+        return None
+
+    if path.is_dir():
+        target = safe_join(path.resolve(), rel)
+        if target is None or not target.is_file():
+            return None
+        try:
+            return target.read_bytes()
+        except OSError:
+            return None
+
+    # Zip form — read just that member, no unpack. Zip-slip is rejected before we
+    # open anything, and both sides of the comparison are normalized, so a
+    # non-canonical-but-valid name ('./arrangements/lead.json') resolves the same
+    # way it did when we unpacked first.
+    member = _zip_member_key(rel)
+    if member is None:
+        log.warning("sloppak: rejected unsafe member name %r in %r", rel, path)
+        return None
+    try:
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(str(path), "r") as zf:
+            # Match on the NORMALIZED stored name, and take the LAST match — the
+            # archive may store './x' or a backslash path (Windows tooling), and
+            # if it stores two names that normalize to the same file, _unpack_zip
+            # writes them in order so the last one wins. Reading the raw member by
+            # exact name would miss the first case and return the wrong bytes in
+            # the second. A pack has a handful of members; the scan is free.
+            info = None
+            for cand in zf.infolist():
+                if _zip_member_key(cand.filename) == member:
+                    info = cand
+            if info is None or info.is_dir():
+                return None
+            with zf.open(info) as f:
+                return f.read()
+    except (zipfile.BadZipFile, OSError, RuntimeError) as e:
+        log.warning("sloppak: failed to read %r from %s: %s", rel, path.name, e)
+        return None
+
+
 _COVER_MEDIA_TYPES = {
     ".jpg": "image/jpeg", ".jpeg": "image/jpeg",
     ".png": "image/png", ".webp": "image/webp",
@@ -367,14 +701,21 @@ class LoadedSloppak:
     # song.arrangements (not to manifest["arrangements"]) — skipped entries are
     # absent so indexing by song.arrangements index is safe.
     arrangement_ids: list[str | None] = field(default_factory=list)
-    # Manifest-relative path to the single full-mix audio file, taken from the
+    # Manifest-relative path to the pack's complete mixdown — the whole song in
-    # manifest `original_audio:` key (e.g. "original/full.ogg"). This is the
+    # one file, as heard before source separation. This is the RESERVED `full`
-    # pre-separation mixdown that exists alongside the per-instrument `stems`.
+    # stem (spec §5.3), lifted out of `stems` above precisely because it is NOT
-    # None when the key is absent, points outside source_dir, or the file is
+    # an instrument layer: summing it with the per-instrument stems it was split
-    # missing on disk. Served to the front-end via the highway WS as
+    # into would double the entire song. See partition_stems().
-    # `original_audio_url`; the stems plugin uses it to play the untouched mix
+    #
-    # when every stem slider is at unity (and the separate stems otherwise).
+    # None when the pack has no mixdown to offer *separately* from its stems —
-    original_audio: str | None = None
+    # which includes the common single-mix pack, whose only stem IS the mixdown
+    # (there is nothing to be pristine against, so it stays in `stems`).
+    #
+    # Served to the front-end via the highway WS as `full_mix_url`; the stems
+    # plugin plays it while every stem slider sits at unity and crosses to the
+    # separated stems the moment one drops below 100% — demucs recombination is
+    # lossy, so the mixdown is strictly the better audio when nothing is muted.
+    full_mix: str | None = None
 
 
 def load_song(
@@ -766,6 +1107,13 @@ def load_song(
             default_on = bool(default_val)
         stems.append({"id": sid, "file": sfile, "default": default_on})
 
+    # The complete mixdown is a stem (spec §5.3), but it is not a *layer*: lift
+    # it out so that no consumer of `stems` — the mixer, the library's stem
+    # chips, the WS payload — sums it with, or lists it beside, the instruments
+    # it was separated into. `full_mix_stem` is None for a single-mix pack,
+    # whose only stem IS the mixdown and stays in the list.
+    full_mix_stem, stems = partition_stems(stems)
+
     # Optional keys.json — song-level, instrument-independent key/scale track
     # (manifest `keys:` key, spec §7.7). Permissive like the other side-files:
     # missing / unreadable / malformed -> None, never fatal. Stored as a
@@ -828,28 +1176,22 @@ def load_song(
                     }
 
     _fpv = manifest.get("feedpak_version")
-    # Optional full-mix audio — manifest `original_audio:` key. The single
+    # The pack's full mix. Normally the RESERVED `full` stem partitioned out
-    # pre-separation mixdown that ships alongside the per-instrument stems.
+    # above (spec §5.3) — no path work needed, it was validated with the other
-    # Same permissive, path-traversal-guarded posture as drum_tab above: a
+    # stems and its URL is built the same way. Only when the pack has no `full`
-    # missing/escaping/absent file simply leaves the full mix unavailable (the
+    # stem do we fall back to the DEPRECATED `original_audio:` key, which is the
-    # player falls back to the separate stems) rather than aborting the load.
+    # shape every pack written before feedpak 1.15.0 uses.
-    # We store the manifest-relative string so server.py can build its URL the
+    if full_mix_stem is not None:
-    # same way it builds stem URLs (via the /api/sloppak/.../file/ endpoint).
+        full_mix_data: str | None = full_mix_stem["file"]
-    original_audio_data: str | None = None
+    elif find_full_mix(stems) is not None:
-    original_audio_rel = manifest.get("original_audio")
+        # Single-mix pack: its ONE stem is the mixdown, so there is no mixdown to
-    if isinstance(original_audio_rel, str) and original_audio_rel.strip():
+        # offer *apart from* the stems. Never fall through to the legacy key here
-        rel = original_audio_rel.strip()
+        # — a pack that both carries a `full` stem and names the old key would
-        try:
+        # otherwise surface the mixdown twice (once as the stem the player is
-            oa_path = (source_dir / rel).resolve()
+        # already playing, once as a "pristine" track to cross to).
-            oa_path.relative_to(source_dir.resolve())
+        full_mix_data = None
-        except ValueError:
+    else:
-            log.warning("sloppak: original_audio path %r escapes source_dir — skipped", rel)
+        full_mix_data = _legacy_full_mix(manifest, source_dir)
-            oa_path = None
-        except OSError as e:
-            log.warning("sloppak: original_audio path resolution failed (%s) — skipped", e)
-            oa_path = None
-        if oa_path is not None and oa_path.is_file():
-            original_audio_data = rel
 
     return LoadedSloppak(
         song=song,
@@ -864,7 +1206,7 @@ def load_song(
         keys=keys_data,
         notation_by_id=notation_by_id_data,
         arrangement_ids=arrangement_ids_acc,
-        original_audio=original_audio_data,
+        full_mix=full_mix_data,
     )
 
 
@@ -909,7 +1251,7 @@ def extract_meta(path: Path) -> dict:
     tuning_offsets = _tuning_for_meta(arr_list)
 
     stems_list = manifest.get("stems", []) or []
-    stem_ids: list[str] = []
+    valid_stems: list[dict] = []
     for s in stems_list:
         if not isinstance(s, dict):
             continue
@@ -923,7 +1265,13 @@ def extract_meta(path: Path) -> dict:
             isinstance(sid, str) and sid
             and isinstance(sfile, str) and sfile
         ):
-            stem_ids.append(sid)
+            valid_stems.append({"id": sid, "file": sfile})
+    # Partition exactly as load_song() does, for the same reason the library
+    # filter must not lie: `full` is the mixdown, not an instrument (spec §5.3).
+    # A separated pack that retains it would otherwise offer the user a "full"
+    # stem chip alongside guitar/bass/drums and count it as a seventh stem.
+    _full, instrument_stems = partition_stems(valid_stems)
+    stem_ids = [s["id"] for s in instrument_stems]
     stem_count = len(stem_ids)
 
     return {

plugins/career/assets/career.css

@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@
 .pp-inst-plus { color: #6b7280; }
 
 /* Leather covers — per-instrument hue, embossed with layered shadows and a
-   subtle grain gradient (no image assets). */
+   subtle grain gradient (no image assets). Keep the hex pairs in sync with
+   PP_LEATHER_HEX in screen.js (the canvas card draws the same leather). */
 .pp-leather-guitar { background: linear-gradient(160deg, #5c2321, #401412); }
 .pp-leather-bass { background: linear-gradient(160deg, #1f3252, #131f36); }
 .pp-leather-keys { background: linear-gradient(160deg, #1e4034, #122a21); }
@@ -524,7 +525,18 @@
     pointer-events: none;
 }
 
-/* Gold foil preview — honest "coming", never earnable-looking. */
+/* Gold ink — a REAL gold badge (comb-verified improv). */
+.pp-stamp-gold {
+    border-color: #b8860b;
+    color: #a97b1b;
+    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 3px #f3e8c8, inset 0 0 0 4px #b8860b;
+}
+.pp-stamp-mini.pp-stamp-gold {
+    color: #f0c75e;
+    border-color: #f0c75e;
+    box-shadow: none;
+}
+/* Gold foil chip — rendered only alongside an earned gold stamp. */
 .pp-gold-foil {
     position: relative;
     overflow: hidden;
@@ -534,8 +546,8 @@
     margin-top: 0.9rem;
     padding: 0.28rem 0.85rem;
     border-radius: 999px;
-    border: 2px dashed #c8b273;
+    border: 2px solid #d9a253;
-    color: #a8946d;
+    color: #c89040;
     font-size: 0.58rem;
     font-weight: 700;
     letter-spacing: 0.32em;
@@ -559,3 +571,221 @@
     /* The hover glint is motion theatrics too — not just the JS tilt. */
     .pp-tilt::after { display: none; }
 }
+
+/* Practice invitations — closest stamps + bring-these-up */
+.pp-closest {
+    border: 1px solid rgba(75, 85, 99, 0.45);
+    border-radius: 0.6rem;
+    background: linear-gradient(165deg, rgba(45, 55, 72, 0.4), rgba(31, 41, 55, 0.4));
+    padding: 0.6rem 0.75rem;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    gap: 0.3rem;
+}
+.pp-closest-head {
+    font-size: 0.62rem;
+    letter-spacing: 0.22em;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+    color: #9ca3af;
+}
+.pp-closest-row {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: baseline;
+    gap: 0.75rem;
+    text-align: left;
+    font-size: 0.8rem;
+    padding: 0.15rem 0.25rem;
+    border-radius: 0.35rem;
+}
+.pp-closest-row:hover { background: rgba(55, 65, 81, 0.5); }
+.pp-closest-genre { color: #e5e7eb; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; }
+.pp-closest-ask { color: #9ca3af; font-size: 0.72rem; }
+.pp-closest-ask em { color: #cbd5e1; font-style: italic; }
+
+.pp-nearest { margin-top: 0.6rem; border-top: 1px dashed rgba(138, 122, 94, 0.4); padding-top: 0.5rem; }
+.pp-nearest-head {
+    font-size: 0.58rem;
+    letter-spacing: 0.22em;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+    color: #8a7a5e;
+    margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
+}
+.pp-nearest-row { font-size: 0.7rem; color: #6d5d40; padding: 0.1rem 0; }
+.pp-nearest-row em { color: #3f3428; }
+/* ── Career surfaces outside the plugin: profile wall + home card ───────── */
+
+.pp-wall { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 0.6rem; }
+.pp-wall-head {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: baseline;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+    font-weight: 600;
+    color: #e5e7eb;
+    font-size: 0.9rem;
+}
+.pp-wall-meta { color: #9ca3af; font-size: 0.7rem; font-weight: 400; }
+.pp-wall-shelf {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    gap: 0.5rem;
+    padding: 0.35rem 0;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(75, 85, 99, 0.25);
+}
+.pp-wall-inst {
+    font-size: 0.62rem;
+    letter-spacing: 0.18em;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+    color: #6b7280;
+    min-width: 3.6rem;
+}
+.pp-wall-cover {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    gap: 0.1rem;
+    width: 4.2rem;
+    height: 5.6rem;
+    border-radius: 0.3rem 0.45rem 0.45rem 0.3rem;
+    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.07),
+        inset 0.25rem 0 0.4rem -0.25rem rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8),
+        0 3px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
+    padding: 0.3rem;
+    transition: transform 0.15s ease;
+}
+.pp-wall-cover:hover { transform: translateY(-3px); }
+.pp-wall-cover span {
+    font-size: 0.5rem;
+    font-weight: 700;
+    letter-spacing: 0.1em;
+    color: rgba(240, 226, 195, 0.9);
+    overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+    text-align: center;
+}
+.pp-wall-cover em {
+    font-size: 0.42rem;
+    letter-spacing: 0.22em;
+    font-style: normal;
+    color: #d9a253;
+}
+.pp-wall-none { font-size: 0.7rem; color: #6b7280; font-style: italic; }
+.pp-wall-link {
+    align-self: flex-end;
+    font-size: 0.72rem;
+    color: #22d3ee;
+    padding: 0.15rem 0.3rem;
+}
+.pp-wall-link:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
+
+/* The home-page career card — a trading card among stat tiles. */
+.pp-dash-card {
+    position: relative;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    width: 100%;
+    height: 100%;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    justify-content: center;
+    gap: 0.2rem;
+    text-align: left;
+    padding: 1rem;
+    border-radius: 0.5rem;
+    border: 1px solid rgba(217, 162, 83, 0.35);
+    background:
+        linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(92, 35, 33, 0.85), rgba(30, 27, 34, 0.92)),
+        linear-gradient(160deg, #2b1414, #17111c);
+    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05), 0 4px 14px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35);
+    transition: transform 0.15s ease, box-shadow 0.15s ease;
+}
+.pp-dash-card:hover { transform: translateY(-2px); box-shadow: 0 8px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); }
+.pp-dash-shine {
+    position: absolute;
+    inset: 0;
+    background: linear-gradient(105deg, transparent 42%, rgba(255, 223, 128, 0.18) 50%, transparent 58%);
+    transform: translateX(-130%);
+    pointer-events: none;
+}
+.pp-dash-card:hover .pp-dash-shine { animation: pp-foil 1.4s ease-out; }
+.pp-dash-head {
+    font-size: 0.58rem;
+    letter-spacing: 0.3em;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+    color: #d9a253;
+}
+.pp-dash-badges { color: #f3ead2; font-size: 1.05rem; }
+.pp-dash-badges b { font-weight: 700; margin: 0 0.25rem 0 0.35rem; }
+.pp-dash-meta { color: #b5a488; font-size: 0.72rem; }
+.pp-dash-ask { color: #8d9aa8; font-size: 0.66rem; }
+.pp-dash-ask em { color: #cbd5e1; }
+
+.pp-card-actions { display: flex; gap: 0.5rem; margin-top: 0.9rem; }
+
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+    .pp-dash-card:hover .pp-dash-shine { animation: none; }
+    .pp-wall-cover, .pp-dash-card { transition: none; }
+}
+
+/* ── Gigs: poster, runner strip, summary, log ───────────────────────────── */
+
+.pp-poster {
+    position: relative;
+    width: min(92vw, 420px);
+    padding: 2rem 1.6rem 1.4rem;
+    border-radius: 0.5rem;
+    background: linear-gradient(180deg, #141019, #241318);
+    border: 2px solid rgba(217, 162, 83, 0.45);
+    box-shadow: 0 10px 32px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 0.35rem;
+    text-align: center;
+}
+.pp-poster-venue { color: rgba(240, 226, 195, 0.7); font-size: 0.95rem; letter-spacing: 0.08em; }
+.pp-poster-presents { color: rgba(240, 226, 195, 0.4); font-size: 0.58rem; letter-spacing: 0.4em; text-transform: uppercase; }
+.pp-poster-title {
+    color: #d9a253;
+    font-size: 1.7rem;
+    font-weight: 800;
+    letter-spacing: 0.1em;
+    line-height: 1.15;
+    overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+}
+.pp-poster-inst { color: rgba(240, 226, 195, 0.5); font-size: 0.68rem; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase; }
+.pp-poster-bill { margin: 0.9rem 0 0.5rem; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 0.35rem; width: 100%; }
+.pp-poster-line { color: rgba(240, 226, 195, 0.85); font-size: 0.85rem; }
+.pp-poster-line span { color: rgba(217, 162, 83, 0.7); margin-right: 0.35rem; }
+.pp-poster-line em { color: rgba(240, 226, 195, 0.5); font-style: italic; font-size: 0.72rem; }
+.pp-poster-line b { color: #f3d179; margin-left: 0.3rem; }
+.pp-poster-actions { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 0.5rem; justify-content: center; margin-top: 0.6rem; }
+.pp-poster-summary { cursor: default; }
+
+.pp-gig-strip {
+    position: fixed;
+    top: 0.5rem;
+    left: 50%;
+    transform: translateX(-50%);
+    z-index: 35; /* above the rail (30), under popovers (40) — the chrome invariant */
+    background: rgba(10, 8, 14, 0.85);
+    border: 1px solid rgba(217, 162, 83, 0.4);
+    border-radius: 999px;
+    color: rgba(240, 226, 195, 0.85);
+    font-size: 0.72rem;
+    padding: 0.3rem 0.9rem;
+    pointer-events: none;
+    backdrop-filter: blur(2px);
+}
+.pp-gig-strip b { color: #d9a253; letter-spacing: 0.2em; }
+.pp-gig-strip em { color: #f3ead2; font-style: italic; }
+
+.pp-giglog { margin-top: 0.6rem; border-top: 1px dashed rgba(138, 122, 94, 0.4); padding-top: 0.5rem; }
+.pp-giglog-head {
+    font-size: 0.58rem;
+    letter-spacing: 0.22em;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+    color: #8a7a5e;
+    margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
+}
+.pp-giglog-row { font-size: 0.7rem; color: #6d5d40; padding: 0.1rem 0; }
+.pp-giglog-row b { color: #9a5b16; letter-spacing: 0.06em; }

plugins/career/passports.json

@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@
         "songs": 5,
         "min_stars": 2
     },
+    "gig": {
+        "min_songs": 3,
+        "max_songs": 5,
+        "stakes_songs": 2,
+        "encore_accuracy": 0.75
+    },
+    "families": [
+        { "key": "metal", "match": ["metal", "djent", "grindcore", "thrash", "doom"] },
+        { "key": "blues", "match": ["blues"] },
+        { "key": "jazz", "match": ["jazz", "bebop", "swing", "bossa"] },
+        { "key": "funk", "match": ["funk", "disco"] },
+        { "key": "rock", "match": ["rock", "punk", "grunge", "shoegaze"] }
+    ],
     "genres": {
         "blues": { "virtuoso_nodes": { "guitar": ["blues_shuffle"] } },
         "rock": { "virtuoso_nodes": { "guitar": ["rock_power_backbeat"] } },

plugins/career/routes.py

@@ -26,11 +26,14 @@ Endpoints (all under /api/plugins/career/):
   POST   /passports/commit            commit to an instrument (the wax seal, Stage 0)
   POST   /passports/open              open a genre passport for an instrument
   POST   /drill-state                 relayed virtuoso.progress snapshot (drill intake)
+  POST   /gigs/propose                build a playable setlist for a genre gig
+  POST   /gigs                        log a COMPLETED gig (abandoned sets never log)
 """
 
 import hashlib
 import json
 import logging
+import random
 import re
 import shutil
 import tempfile
@@ -114,10 +117,9 @@ def _stars():
     detail = []
     for filename, acc, title, artist in rows:
         acc = acc or 0.0
-        stars = sum(1 for t in thresholds if acc >= t)
+        stars, next_at = _star_progress(acc, thresholds)
         if stars:
             per_song[filename] = stars
-        next_at = next((t for t in thresholds if acc < t), None)
         detail.append({
             "filename": filename,
             "title": title or filename,
@@ -249,10 +251,18 @@ def _played_by_instrument_genre():
         for stub in stubs.values():
             acc = stub["best_accuracy"]
             stub["best_accuracy"] = round(acc, 4)
-            stub["stars"] = sum(1 for t in thresholds if acc >= t)
+            stub["stars"], stub["next_star_at"] = _star_progress(acc, thresholds)
     return out, seconds
 
 
+def _star_progress(acc, thresholds):
+    """(stars, next_star_at) — the one place the ascending-thresholds
+    assumption lives; _stars() and the passport stubs both use it."""
+    stars = sum(1 for t in thresholds if acc >= t)
+    next_at = next((t for t in thresholds if acc < t), None)
+    return stars, next_at
+
+
 def _library_genres():
     """Distinct effective genres across the live library (the brochure rack)."""
     db = _state["meta_db"]
@@ -276,12 +286,33 @@ def _library_genres():
                   key=lambda r: (-r["songs_in_library"], r["genre_key"]))
 
 
+def _genre_family(gkey):
+    """First family whose keyword appears in the genre key (substring — MB's
+    vocabulary is open: 'metalcore' must hit the 'metal' family without an
+    exact alias). List order decides ambiguity: families are checked top to
+    bottom, so 'blues rock' lands on whichever of blues/rock is listed first."""
+    for fam in _state["passports_content"].get("families") or []:
+        if not isinstance(fam, dict):
+            continue
+        for kw in fam.get("match") or []:
+            if isinstance(kw, str) and kw and kw in gkey:
+                return fam.get("key")
+    return None
+
+
 def _badge_requirement(gkey, instrument="guitar"):
     cfg = _state["passports_content"]
     req = dict(cfg.get("badge_requirement") or {})
     req.setdefault("songs", 5)
     req.setdefault("min_stars", 2)
-    override = (cfg.get("genres") or {}).get(gkey)
+    # Exact per-genre override wins; otherwise the genre inherits its FAMILY's
+    # requirement — so 'death metal' / 'metalcore' passports carry the metal
+    # drill without curating every MB sub-genre by hand.
+    genres_cfg = cfg.get("genres") or {}
+    override = genres_cfg.get(gkey)
+    if not isinstance(override, dict):
+        family = _genre_family(gkey)
+        override = genres_cfg.get(family) if family else None
     if isinstance(override, dict):
         req.update(override)
     # virtuoso_nodes: {instrument: [node_ids]} — a passport only carries its
@@ -299,10 +330,11 @@ def _badge_requirement(gkey, instrument="guitar"):
 def _drill_by_node():
     doc = _load_json(_drill_file(), {})
     if not isinstance(doc, dict):
-        return None, {}
+        return None, {}, {}
     snapshot = doc.get("snapshot") if isinstance(doc.get("snapshot"), dict) else {}
     by_node = snapshot.get("byNode") if isinstance(snapshot.get("byNode"), dict) else {}
-    return doc.get("received_at"), by_node
+    gold = snapshot.get("goldImprov") if isinstance(snapshot.get("goldImprov"), dict) else {}
+    return doc.get("received_at"), by_node, gold
 
 
 def _merge_drill_nodes(old, new):
@@ -336,6 +368,16 @@ def _merge_drill_nodes(old, new):
     return out
 
 
+def _merge_gold(old, new):
+    """Gained-only merge of goldImprov artifacts: a minted style never
+    un-mints via a stale relay; the FIRST artifact per style is kept."""
+    out = dict(old)
+    for style_id, art in (new or {}).items():
+        if isinstance(art, dict) and style_id not in out:
+            out[style_id] = art
+    return out
+
+
 def _node_cleared(by_node, node_id):
     """A drill counts as cleared on real completion evidence: mastered, any
     depth rung flipped true, or a key cleared (a top-tier clean pass in one
@@ -355,8 +397,9 @@ def _passports_view():
     cfg = _state["passports_content"]
     graded = set(cfg.get("graded_instruments") or [])
     st = _career_state()
+    all_gigs = st.get("gigs") if isinstance(st.get("gigs"), list) else []
     played, played_seconds = _played_by_instrument_genre()
-    received_at, by_node = _drill_by_node()
+    received_at, by_node, gold_improv = _drill_by_node()
     instruments = {}
     for inst in cfg.get("instruments") or []:
         committed_at = (st["instruments"].get(inst) or {}).get("committed_at")
@@ -382,9 +425,33 @@ def _passports_view():
                 # false badge denial — the doc's shown-not-judged rule.
                 badge = "shown_not_judged"
             elif qualifying >= req["songs"] and len(cleared) == len(required):
-                badge = "earned"
+                # Bronze is earned; GOLD upgrades it when a verified improv
+                # artifact exists for this genre's jam style. Virtuoso mints
+                # under raw STYLE_PALETTES ids ('punk', 'djent', 'disco', ...),
+                # which are mostly NOT family keys — so match in family space:
+                # the same keyword bucketing genres get ('punk' and 'punk
+                # rock' both bucket to 'rock'), with the exact key as a direct
+                # hit. Bronze remains a standalone win; gold never becomes an
+                # obligation.
+                fam = _genre_family(gkey)
+                gold = any(
+                    s == gkey or (fam is not None and _genre_family(s) == fam)
+                    for s in gold_improv
+                )
+                badge = "gold" if gold else "earned"
             else:
                 badge = "in_progress"
+            # Practice invitation: the non-qualifying songs closest to the
+            # QUALIFYING bar (the badge ask), nearest first — invitation
+            # data, the UI voices it without meters.
+            thresholds = _state["content"]["star_accuracy_thresholds"]
+            bar = (thresholds[req["min_stars"] - 1]
+                   if 0 < req["min_stars"] <= len(thresholds) else None)
+            nearest = [] if bar is None else sorted(
+                (s for s in songs if not s["qualifies"]),
+                key=lambda s: bar - s["best_accuracy"])[:3]
+            for s in nearest:
+                s["bar_at"] = bar
             passports.append({
                 "genre_key": gkey,
                 "genre": meta.get("genre") or gkey,
@@ -393,13 +460,18 @@ def _passports_view():
                 "graded": is_graded,
                 "songs": songs,
                 "qualifying_count": qualifying,
+                "nearest": nearest,
                 # Honest hours odometer (Stage 5 post-cap): a true fact that
                 # only grows — never a target, never a meter.
                 "seconds_total": round(played_seconds.get((inst, gkey), 0.0), 1),
                 "drills": {"required": required, "cleared": cleared},
                 "badge": badge,
             })
-        instruments[inst] = {"committed_at": committed_at, "passports": passports}
+        inst_gigs = [g for g in all_gigs if g.get("instrument") == inst]
+        for p in passports:
+            p["gigs"] = [g for g in inst_gigs if g.get("genre_key") == p["genre_key"]][-20:][::-1]
+        instruments[inst] = {"committed_at": committed_at, "passports": passports,
+                             "gig_count": len(inst_gigs)}
     return {
         "config": {
             "badge_requirement": cfg.get("badge_requirement") or {},
@@ -414,6 +486,60 @@ def _passports_view():
     }
 
 
+def _gig_config():
+    cfg = _state["passports_content"].get("gig")
+    cfg = cfg if isinstance(cfg, dict) else {}
+
+    def _num(key, default, cast):
+        # Tuning data, not code: junk falls back instead of 500ing both gig
+        # endpoints, and a legitimate 0 (stakes_songs: 0) is respected.
+        val = cfg.get(key)
+        if isinstance(val, bool) or not isinstance(val, (int, float)):
+            return default
+        return cast(val)
+
+    return {
+        "min_songs": max(1, _num("min_songs", 3, int)),
+        "max_songs": max(1, _num("max_songs", 5, int)),
+        "stakes_songs": max(0, _num("stakes_songs", 2, int)),
+        "encore_accuracy": _num("encore_accuracy", 0.75, float),
+    }
+
+
+def _current_venue():
+    """Highest unlocked venue (the room you can book today)."""
+    stars_total, _, _ = _stars()
+    best = None
+    for v in _state["content"]["venues"]:
+        if stars_total >= v["star_threshold"]:
+            if best is None or v["star_threshold"] >= best["star_threshold"]:
+                best = v
+    return best
+
+
+def _unplayed_genre_songs(gkey, exclude, limit):
+    """Library songs of a genre with no stats yet — a young passport's gig
+    still gets a full set (playing them is how stubs start).
+    ponytail: full stat-less scan + python-side genre match (a few ms at 7k
+    songs, single-user); push the match into SQL if propose ever feels slow."""
+    db = _state["meta_db"]
+    if db is None:
+        return []
+    rows = db.conn.execute(
+        f"SELECT filename, title, artist, {_genre_expr(db)} AS g FROM songs "
+        "WHERE filename NOT IN (SELECT filename FROM song_stats)"
+    ).fetchall()
+    out = []
+    for filename, title, artist, genre in rows:
+        if _genre_key(genre) != gkey or filename in exclude:
+            continue
+        out.append({"filename": filename, "title": title or filename,
+                    "artist": artist or ""})
+        if len(out) >= limit:
+            break
+    return out
+
+
 def _validate_pack_dir(pack_dir: Path):
     """Raise ValueError unless pack_dir holds a complete venue pack."""
     manifest_path = pack_dir / "manifest.json"
@@ -585,16 +711,150 @@ def setup(app, context):
         # drops junk entries, which must not become a size-guard bypass.
         if len(json.dumps(body["byNode"])) > DRILL_SNAPSHOT_MAX_BYTES:
             raise HTTPException(413, "Snapshot too large.")
+        gold_in = body.get("goldImprov", {})
+        if not isinstance(gold_in, dict):
+            # A relay bug must be LOUD, not a silent 200 that drops gold.
+            raise HTTPException(400, "goldImprov must be an object keyed by style id.")
+        # Keep only plausible artifacts: a dict that names its verifier —
+        # an empty {} must not mint an evidence-free gold.
+        gold_in = {k: v for k, v in gold_in.items()
+                   if isinstance(v, dict) and v.get("verifier")}
+        # Same pre-merge bound byNode gets: the gained-only merge dropping
+        # junk must not become a size-guard bypass (nor lock-held CPU burn).
+        if len(json.dumps(gold_in)) > DRILL_SNAPSHOT_MAX_BYTES:
+            raise HTTPException(413, "Snapshot too large.")
         with _lock:
-            _, existing = _drill_by_node()
+            _, existing, existing_gold = _drill_by_node()
             snapshot = {"mode": body.get("mode"), "xp": body.get("xp"),
-                        "byNode": _merge_drill_nodes(existing, body["byNode"])}
+                        "byNode": _merge_drill_nodes(existing, body["byNode"]),
+                        "goldImprov": _merge_gold(existing_gold, gold_in)}
             if len(json.dumps(snapshot)) > DRILL_SNAPSHOT_MAX_BYTES:
                 raise HTTPException(413, "Snapshot too large.")
             _save_json(_drill_file(), {"received_at": _now_iso(),
                                        "snapshot": snapshot})
         return {"ok": True}
 
+    @app.post(f"/api/plugins/{PLUGIN_ID}/gigs/propose")
+    def propose_gig(body: dict = Body(...)):
+        inst = str((body or {}).get("instrument") or "")
+        genre = _genre_display((body or {}).get("genre"))
+        gkey = genre.lower()
+        if inst not in (_state["passports_content"].get("instruments") or []):
+            raise HTTPException(400, "Unknown instrument.")
+        if not gkey or len(genre) > GENRE_MAX_LEN:
+            raise HTTPException(400, "Provide a genre.")
+        cfg = _gig_config()
+        try:
+            size = int((body or {}).get("size") or 4)
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            raise HTTPException(400, "size must be a number.")
+        size = max(cfg["min_songs"], min(cfg["max_songs"], size))
+        played, _seconds = _played_by_instrument_genre()
+        stubs = list(played.get((inst, gkey), {}).values())
+        req = _badge_requirement(gkey, inst)
+        qualifying = [s for s in stubs if s["stars"] >= req["min_stars"]]
+        rest = [s for s in stubs if s["stars"] < req["min_stars"]]
+        # The set: mostly songs you own, plus a couple of stakes songs near
+        # the bar; a young passport fills from unplayed genre songs so the
+        # first gig is how stubs start. random per call = free re-roll.
+        random.shuffle(qualifying)
+        rest.sort(key=lambda s: -s["best_accuracy"])
+        qtaken = max(1, size - cfg["stakes_songs"])
+        picks = qualifying[:qtaken]
+        for s in rest:
+            if len(picks) >= size:
+                break
+            picks.append(s)
+        # Surplus qualifying songs backfill a short set — a mature passport
+        # with no near-bar songs left must still fill the bill. Offset by how
+        # many QUALIFYING songs were taken, not len(picks): rest's stakes
+        # additions would otherwise skip eligible qualifying songs entirely.
+        for s in qualifying[qtaken:]:
+            if len(picks) >= size:
+                break
+            picks.append(s)
+        if len(picks) < size:
+            exclude = {s["filename"] for s in picks}
+            picks.extend(_unplayed_genre_songs(gkey, exclude, size - len(picks)))
+        if not picks:
+            raise HTTPException(404, "No songs of this genre in the library.")
+        venue = _current_venue()
+        return {
+            "instrument": inst,
+            "genre": genre,
+            "genre_key": gkey,
+            "venue_id": venue["id"] if venue else None,
+            "venue_name": venue["name"] if venue else "",
+            "songs": [{"filename": s["filename"], "title": s.get("title") or s["filename"],
+                       "artist": s.get("artist") or ""} for s in picks[:size]],
+        }
+
+    @app.post(f"/api/plugins/{PLUGIN_ID}/gigs")
+    def log_gig(body: dict = Body(...)):
+        # Called by the runner ONLY when the set completed — an abandoned set
+        # never logs (no fail state; the gig you finished is the gig you
+        # played). Accuracies come from song_stats, freshly written by the
+        # set's own plays.
+        inst = str((body or {}).get("instrument") or "")
+        genre = _genre_display((body or {}).get("genre"))
+        gkey = genre.lower()
+        venue_id = str((body or {}).get("venue_id") or "")
+        songs = (body or {}).get("songs")
+        if inst not in (_state["passports_content"].get("instruments") or []):
+            raise HTTPException(400, "Unknown instrument.")
+        if not gkey or len(genre) > GENRE_MAX_LEN:
+            raise HTTPException(400, "Provide a genre.")
+        if venue_id and (not VENUE_ID_RE.fullmatch(venue_id) or _venue(venue_id) is None):
+            raise HTTPException(400, "Unknown venue.")
+        if (not isinstance(songs, list) or not songs or len(songs) > 8
+                or not all(isinstance(f, str) and f.strip() for f in songs)):
+            raise HTTPException(400, "songs must be 1-8 filenames.")
+        db = _state["meta_db"]
+        entries = []
+        accuracies = []
+        for filename in songs:
+            title = filename
+            accuracy = None
+            if db is not None:
+                # The NEWEST row is the set's own just-recorded play — a
+                # MAX(last_accuracy) across arrangements would happily log a
+                # stale higher score from another instrument's old session.
+                row = db.conn.execute(
+                    "SELECT last_accuracy FROM song_stats WHERE filename = ? "
+                    "ORDER BY last_played_at DESC LIMIT 1",
+                    (filename,)).fetchone()
+                if row and row[0] is not None:
+                    accuracy = round(float(row[0]), 4)
+                    accuracies.append(accuracy)
+                trow = db.conn.execute(
+                    "SELECT title FROM songs WHERE filename = ?", (filename,)).fetchone()
+                if trow and trow[0]:
+                    title = trow[0]
+            entries.append({"filename": filename, "title": title, "accuracy": accuracy})
+        # Encore needs the WHOLE set scored at the bar — one scored song must
+        # not earn an encore for a set that was 4/5 unheard.
+        encore = (len(accuracies) == len(songs) and
+                  sum(accuracies) / len(accuracies) >= _gig_config()["encore_accuracy"])
+        gig = {
+            "at": _now_iso(),
+            "venue_id": venue_id or None,
+            "instrument": inst,
+            "genre": genre,
+            "genre_key": gkey,
+            "songs": entries,
+            "encore": encore,
+        }
+        with _lock:
+            st = _career_state()
+            if not isinstance(st.get("gigs"), list):
+                st["gigs"] = []
+            st["gigs"].append(gig)
+            # ponytail: hard cap — nothing reads past the last 20 per
+            # passport; the state file must not grow (and export) forever.
+            st["gigs"] = st["gigs"][-500:]
+            _save_json(_state_file(), st)
+        return {"ok": True, "gig": gig}
+
     @app.post(f"/api/plugins/{PLUGIN_ID}/packs/{{venue_id}}/download")
     def start_download(venue_id: str):
         venue = _venue(venue_id) if VENUE_ID_RE.fullmatch(venue_id) else None

plugins/career/screen.html

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     <div id="career-tab-passports" class="hidden" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="career-tab-btn-passports">
         <p class="text-sm text-gray-400 mb-4">Commit to an instrument, pick a genre, and stamp your way to its badge — five ★★ songs mint a Bronze. Your passport wall is who you are as a musician.</p>
         <div id="pp-instruments" class="pp-instruments"></div>
+        <div id="pp-closest" class="mt-4"></div>
         <div id="pp-shelf-wrap" class="mt-5">
             <div id="pp-shelf" class="pp-shelf"></div>
         </div>

plugins/career/screen.js

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
     let _ppCeremonyActive = false;
     let _ppBootstrapped = false;
     let _ppNotified = {};        // badges chimed this session (slam still pending)
+    let _ppGigProposal = null;   // the booking poster's proposal, while open
+    let _ppGigRun = null;        // {songs, venue_id, genre, genre_key, instrument, idx} mid-set
 
     function $(id) { return document.getElementById(id); }
 
@@ -302,11 +304,15 @@
         } catch (_) { return {}; }
     }
 
-    function badgeId(inst, gkey) { return inst + '/' + gkey; }
+    // Bronze keeps the legacy un-suffixed id, so badges seen before the Gold
+    // tier existed stay seen; gold is a distinct moment with its own id.
+    function badgeId(inst, gkey, tier) { return inst + '/' + gkey + (tier === 'gold' ? '@gold' : ''); }
 
-    function markBadgeSeen(inst, gkey) {
+    function markBadgeSeen(inst, gkey, tier) {
         const seen = seenBadges();
-        seen[badgeId(inst, gkey)] = 1;
+        seen[badgeId(inst, gkey, tier)] = 1;
+        // A gold slam covers the bronze moment too — never queue both.
+        if (tier === 'gold') seen[badgeId(inst, gkey)] = 1;
         lsSet(PP_SEEN_KEY, JSON.stringify(seen));
     }
 
@@ -318,15 +324,19 @@
         const seen = seenBadges();
         for (const inst of Object.keys(view.instruments || {})) {
             for (const p of (view.instruments[inst].passports || [])) {
-                const id = badgeId(inst, p.genre_key);
+                if (p.badge !== 'earned' && p.badge !== 'gold') continue;
-                if (p.badge !== 'earned' || seen[id] || _ppNotified[id]) continue;
+                const gold = p.badge === 'gold';
+                const id = badgeId(inst, p.genre_key, p.badge);
+                if (seen[id] || _ppNotified[id]) continue;
                 _ppNotified[id] = true;
                 sfx('chime');
                 if (window.fbNotify && typeof window.fbNotify.show === 'function') {
                     window.fbNotify.show({
-                        big: true, icon: '🛂', accent: '#b45309',
+                        big: true, icon: gold ? '🏅' : '🛂', accent: gold ? '#d9a253' : '#b45309',
-                        title: 'Badge earned!',
+                        title: gold ? 'Gold — a verified improv!' : 'Badge earned!',
-                        message: `${p.genre} — Bronze, ready to stamp into your ${ppLabel(inst)} passport.`,
+                        message: gold
+                            ? `${p.genre} — your ${ppLabel(inst)} badge turns gold.`
+                            : `${p.genre} — Bronze, ready to stamp into your ${ppLabel(inst)} passport.`,
                     });
                 }
                 badgeCeremony(inst, p);
@@ -375,11 +385,11 @@
         el.innerHTML = `
             <canvas class="pp-confetti"></canvas>
             <div class="pp-ceremony-card">
-                <div class="pp-stamp pp-stamp-page pp-ceremony-stamp" style="--pp-rot:${ppJitter(p.genre_key, 7).toFixed(1)}deg">
+                <div class="pp-stamp pp-stamp-page pp-ceremony-stamp${p.badge === 'gold' ? ' pp-stamp-gold' : ''}" style="--pp-rot:${ppJitter(p.genre_key, 7).toFixed(1)}deg">
                     <span class="pp-stamp-genre">${esc(p.genre.toUpperCase())}</span>
-                    <span class="pp-stamp-tier">BRONZE</span>
+                    <span class="pp-stamp-tier">${p.badge === 'gold' ? 'GOLD' : 'BRONZE'}</span>
                 </div>
-                <div class="pp-ceremony-title">Badge earned</div>
+                <div class="pp-ceremony-title">${p.badge === 'gold' ? 'Gold — a verified improv' : 'Badge earned'}</div>
                 <div class="pp-ceremony-sub">${esc(p.genre)} — ${esc(ppLabel(inst))} passport</div>
             </div>`;
         let timer = 0;
@@ -443,7 +453,11 @@
             fetch(`${API}/drill-state`, {
                 method: 'POST',
                 headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-                body: JSON.stringify({ mode: snap.mode, xp: snap.xp, byNode: snap.byNode }),
+                body: JSON.stringify({
+                    mode: snap.mode, xp: snap.xp, byNode: snap.byNode,
+                    ...(snap.goldImprov && typeof snap.goldImprov === 'object' && !Array.isArray(snap.goldImprov)
+                        ? { goldImprov: snap.goldImprov } : {}),
+                }),
             }).then(() => refreshPassports()).catch(() => { /* next event retries */ });
         }, 1500);
     }
@@ -458,6 +472,8 @@
         _pp = view;
         detectNewBadges(view);
         renderPassports();
+        renderProfileWall();
+        renderDashCard();
         if (!_ppBootstrapped) {
             _ppBootstrapped = true;
             // Sync the local drill snapshot once per session — drill progress
@@ -479,9 +495,9 @@
 
     function ppCoverHTML(inst, p) {
         const rot = ppJitter(inst + p.genre_key, 1.6).toFixed(2);
-        const earned = p.badge === 'earned';
+        const earned = p.badge === 'earned' || p.badge === 'gold';
         const stamp = earned
-            ? `<span class="pp-stamp pp-stamp-mini" style="--pp-rot:${ppJitter(p.genre_key, 8).toFixed(1)}deg">BRONZE</span>`
+            ? `<span class="pp-stamp pp-stamp-mini${p.badge === 'gold' ? ' pp-stamp-gold' : ''}" style="--pp-rot:${ppJitter(p.genre_key, 8).toFixed(1)}deg">${p.badge === 'gold' ? 'GOLD' : 'BRONZE'}</span>`
             : '';
         const stubs = p.qualifying_count === 1 ? '1 stub' : `${p.qualifying_count} stubs`;
         const hours = fmtHours(p.seconds_total);
@@ -497,6 +513,56 @@
         </button>`;
     }
 
+    // Practice invitations: which stamps are closest, and what would bring
+    // them home. Invitations only — no meters, no obligations.
+
+    // Floor, never round: 74.9% must not display as the already-met "75%".
+    function pct(frac) { return Math.floor((Number(frac) || 0) * 100); }
+
+    function ppNeed(p) {
+        return Math.max(0, ((p.requirement || {}).songs || 0) - (p.qualifying_count || 0));
+    }
+
+    // The one blocker phrase — shared by the Closest-stamps strip and the
+    // passport book's invite line so they can never contradict each other.
+    function ppAskHTML(p, withHint) {
+        const req = p.requirement || {};
+        const need = ppNeed(p);
+        const starGl = '★'.repeat(req.min_stars || 0);
+        if (need > 0) {
+            const near = withHint ? (p.nearest || [])[0] : null;
+            const hint = near
+                ? ` · nearest: <em>${esc(near.title)}</em> at ${pct(near.best_accuracy)}%`
+                : '';
+            return `${need === 1 ? `one more ${starGl} song` : `${need} more ${starGl} songs`}${hint}`;
+        }
+        const labels = ((_pp && _pp.config) || {}).drill_labels || {};
+        const drills = p.drills || {};
+        const pending = (drills.required || []).filter((n) => !(drills.cleared || []).includes(n));
+        return `clear ${pending.map((n) => esc(labels[n] || n)).join(', ') || 'the genre drill'} in Virtuoso`;
+    }
+
+    function closestLineHTML(p) {
+        return `<button class="pp-closest-row" data-pp-open="${esc(p.genre_key)}">
+            <span class="pp-closest-genre">${esc(p.genre)}</span>
+            <span class="pp-closest-ask">${ppAskHTML(p, true)}</span>
+        </button>`;
+    }
+
+    function renderClosest(inst, data) {
+        const host = $('pp-closest');
+        if (!host) return;
+        const candidates = (data.passports || [])
+            .filter((p) => p.badge === 'in_progress')
+            .sort((a, b) => ppNeed(a) - ppNeed(b))
+            .slice(0, 3);
+        if (!candidates.length) { host.innerHTML = ''; return; }
+        host.innerHTML = `<div class="pp-closest">
+            <div class="pp-closest-head">Closest stamps</div>
+            ${candidates.map(closestLineHTML).join('')}
+        </div>`;
+    }
+
     function renderShelf(inst, data) {
         const shelf = $('pp-shelf');
         if (!shelf) return;
@@ -545,12 +611,13 @@
         const data = (_pp.instruments || {})[inst] || { passports: [] };
         host.innerHTML = ((_pp.config || {}).instruments || []).map((i) => {
             const d = (_pp.instruments || {})[i] || {};
-            const earned = (d.passports || []).filter((p) => p.badge === 'earned').length;
+            const earned = (d.passports || []).filter((p) => p.badge === 'earned' || p.badge === 'gold').length;
             const committed = !!d.committed_at;
             return `<button class="pp-inst${i === inst ? ' active' : ''}${committed ? '' : ' uncommitted'}" data-pp-inst="${esc(i)}">
                 ${esc(ppLabel(i))}${earned ? ` <span class="pp-inst-badges">⚡${earned}</span>` : ''}${committed ? '' : ' <span class="pp-inst-plus">+</span>'}
             </button>`;
         }).join('');
+        renderClosest(inst, data);
         renderShelf(inst, data);
         renderRack(inst, data);
     }
@@ -576,39 +643,36 @@
 
     function ppBookHTML(inst, p, pendingSlam) {
         const req = p.requirement || {};
-        const need = Math.max(0, (req.songs || 0) - p.qualifying_count);
         const starGl = '★'.repeat(req.min_stars || 0);
         const reqNodes = (p.drills || {}).required || [];
         const clearedNodes = new Set((p.drills || {}).cleared || []);
         const labels = ((_pp && _pp.config) || {}).drill_labels || {};
-        const pendingDrills = reqNodes.filter((n) => !clearedNodes.has(n));
+        // The invite names what actually blocks the stamp — same shared
-        // The invite names what actually blocks the stamp: songs first, then
+        // phrase as the Closest-stamps strip, so they can't contradict.
-        // the genre drill once the song bar is met.
+        const invite = `${ppAskHTML(p, false)} mints this stamp.`;
-        let invite;
-        if (need > 0) {
-            invite = need === 1 ? `One more ${starGl} song mints this stamp.`
-                : `${need} more ${starGl} songs mint this stamp.`;
-        } else {
-            const names = pendingDrills.map((n) => labels[n] || n).join(', ');
-            invite = `Clear ${names || 'the genre drill'} in Virtuoso to mint this stamp.`;
-        }
         let badgeArea = '';
         if (p.badge === 'shown_not_judged') {
             badgeArea = `<div class="pp-snj">Shown, not judged — your ${esc(ppLabel(inst).toLowerCase())} repertoire speaks for itself.</div>`;
-        } else if (p.badge === 'earned') {
+        } else if (p.badge === 'earned' || p.badge === 'gold') {
-            badgeArea = `<div class="pp-stamp pp-stamp-page${pendingSlam ? ' pp-stamp-hidden' : ' pp-tilt'}" style="--pp-rot:${ppJitter(p.genre_key, 7).toFixed(1)}deg">
+            const gold = p.badge === 'gold';
+            badgeArea = `<div class="pp-stamp pp-stamp-page${pendingSlam ? ' pp-stamp-hidden' : ' pp-tilt'}${gold ? ' pp-stamp-gold' : ''}" style="--pp-rot:${ppJitter(p.genre_key, 7).toFixed(1)}deg">
                 <span class="pp-stamp-genre">${esc(p.genre.toUpperCase())}</span>
-                <span class="pp-stamp-tier">BRONZE</span>
+                <span class="pp-stamp-tier">${gold ? 'GOLD' : 'BRONZE'}</span>
             </div>
-            <div class="pp-gold-foil" aria-hidden="true">GOLD</div>
+            ${gold
-            <div class="pp-gold-note">Gold rung coming — improvise it, verified.</div>`;
+        ? '<div class="pp-gold-foil" aria-hidden="true">GOLD</div><div class="pp-gold-note">A verified improv — the comb heard it live.</div>'
+        : '<div class="pp-gold-note">Gold rung: improvise over this style in a Virtuoso jam — verified, not self-reported.</div>'}
+            <div class="pp-card-actions">
+                <button class="career-btn career-btn-ghost" data-pp-card="save">Save card</button>
+                <button class="career-btn career-btn-ghost" data-pp-card="copy">Copy card</button>
+            </div>`;
         } else {
             const fill = (ppFillFraction(p) * 100).toFixed(0);
             badgeArea = `<div class="pp-stamp pp-stamp-page pp-stamp-ghost" style="--pp-rot:${ppJitter(p.genre_key, 7).toFixed(1)}deg; --pp-fill:${fill}%">
                 <span class="pp-stamp-genre">${esc(p.genre.toUpperCase())}</span>
                 <span class="pp-stamp-tier">BRONZE</span>
             </div>
-            <div class="pp-invite">${esc(invite)}</div>`;
+            <div class="pp-invite">${invite.charAt(0).toUpperCase()}${invite.slice(1)}</div>`;
         }
         const hours = fmtHours(p.seconds_total);
         const odometer = hours
@@ -628,15 +692,34 @@
             : `Play ${esc(p.genre)} songs at ${starGl} to collect ticket stubs.`;
         const stubsHTML = stubs.length ? stubs.map(ppStubHTML).join('')
             : `<div class="pp-stub-empty">${emptyLine}</div>`;
+        // Bring-these-up: nearest-to-the-bar songs (graded, unearned only —
+        // an earned page is memorabilia, not homework).
+        let nearest = '';
+        if (p.badge === 'in_progress' && (p.nearest || []).length) {
+            nearest = `<div class="pp-nearest">
+                <div class="pp-nearest-head">Bring these up</div>
+                ${p.nearest.map((s) =>
+                    `<div class="pp-nearest-row"><em>${esc(s.title)}</em> — best ${pct(s.best_accuracy)}%, ${starGl} at ${pct(s.bar_at)}%</div>`).join('')}
+            </div>`;
+        }
+        let gigLog = '';
+        if ((p.gigs || []).length) {
+            gigLog = `<div class="pp-giglog">
+                <div class="pp-giglog-head">Gigs played</div>
+                ${p.gigs.slice(0, 6).map((g) =>
+                    `<div class="pp-giglog-row">${esc((g.at || '').slice(0, 10))} · ${esc(_venueName(g.venue_id))}${g.encore ? ' · <b>encore</b>' : ''}</div>`).join('')}
+            </div>`;
+        }
         return `<div class="pp-book-wrap" data-pp-close-bg="1" role="dialog" aria-modal="true" aria-label="${esc(p.genre)} ${esc(ppLabel(inst))} passport">
             <div class="pp-book">
                 <div class="pp-page pp-page-left">
                     <div class="pp-page-head">${esc(p.genre)} — ${esc(ppLabel(inst))}</div>
                     ${badgeArea}${odometer}${drills}
+                    <button class="career-btn career-btn-primary pp-gig-book" data-pp-gig="${esc(p.genre_key)}">Book a gig</button>
                 </div>
                 <div class="pp-page pp-page-right">
                     <div class="pp-page-head">Ticket stubs</div>
-                    <div class="pp-stubs">${stubsHTML}</div>
+                    <div class="pp-stubs">${stubsHTML}${nearest}${gigLog}</div>
                 </div>
                 <div class="pp-book-cover pp-leather-${esc(inst)}">
                     <span class="pp-cover-title">${esc(p.genre.toUpperCase())}</span>
@@ -655,7 +738,8 @@
         if (!p || !overlay) return;
         _ppBook = { inst, gkey };
         _ppReturnFocus = document.activeElement;
-        const pending = p.badge === 'earned' && !seenBadges()[badgeId(inst, gkey)];
+        const pending = (p.badge === 'earned' || p.badge === 'gold')
+            && !seenBadges()[badgeId(inst, gkey, p.badge)];
         overlay.innerHTML = ppBookHTML(inst, p, pending);
         overlay.classList.remove('hidden');
         const close = overlay.querySelector('.pp-book-close');
@@ -677,7 +761,7 @@
                 stamp.classList.add('pp-tilt'); // freshly slammed = trading card too
                 if (book) book.classList.add('pp-shake');
                 sfx('stamp');
-                markBadgeSeen(inst, gkey);
+                markBadgeSeen(inst, gkey, p.badge);
                 renderPassports(); // the shelf cover gains its mini-stamp
             }, 950);
         }
@@ -685,6 +769,7 @@
 
     function closeBook() {
         _ppBook = null;
+        _ppGigProposal = null;   // a dismissed poster is a dismissed booking
         const overlay = $('pp-overlay');
         if (overlay) { overlay.classList.add('hidden'); overlay.innerHTML = ''; }
         if (_ppReturnFocus && typeof _ppReturnFocus.focus === 'function' &&
@@ -771,6 +856,523 @@
         if (_tiltEl) { resetTilt(_tiltEl); _tiltEl = null; }
     }
 
+    // ── Shareable passport card (canvas → PNG, save or clipboard) ─────────
+    // Keep in sync with the .pp-leather-* gradients in assets/career.css —
+    // canvas can't consume a CSS class, so the pairs live twice on purpose.
+    const PP_LEATHER_HEX = {
+        guitar: ['#5c2321', '#401412'],
+        bass: ['#1f3252', '#131f36'],
+        keys: ['#1e4034', '#122a21'],
+        drums: ['#3f3f46', '#26262b'],
+    };
+
+    function drawPassportCard(inst, p) {
+        const W = 480;
+        const H = 640;
+        const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+        canvas.width = W;
+        canvas.height = H;
+        const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
+        const [c1, c2] = PP_LEATHER_HEX[inst] || PP_LEATHER_HEX.guitar;
+        const bg = ctx.createLinearGradient(0, 0, W, H);
+        bg.addColorStop(0, c1);
+        bg.addColorStop(1, c2);
+        ctx.fillStyle = bg;
+        ctx.fillRect(0, 0, W, H);
+        // Emboss frame
+        ctx.strokeStyle = 'rgba(240,226,195,0.35)';
+        ctx.lineWidth = 3;
+        ctx.strokeRect(18, 18, W - 36, H - 36);
+        // Genre title
+        ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(240,226,195,0.95)';
+        ctx.textAlign = 'center';
+        ctx.font = '700 34px Georgia, serif';
+        ctx.fillText(p.genre.toUpperCase(), W / 2, 92, W - 80);
+        ctx.font = '400 15px Georgia, serif';
+        ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(240,226,195,0.55)';
+        ctx.fillText(`${ppLabel(inst).toUpperCase()} PASSPORT`, W / 2, 122);
+        // Stamp ring
+        const gold = p.badge === 'gold';
+        const ink = gold ? '#d9a253' : '#b06a2a';
+        const cy = 330;
+        ctx.strokeStyle = ink;
+        ctx.lineWidth = 6;
+        ctx.beginPath();
+        ctx.arc(W / 2, cy, 118, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+        ctx.stroke();
+        ctx.lineWidth = 2;
+        ctx.beginPath();
+        ctx.arc(W / 2, cy, 106, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+        ctx.stroke();
+        ctx.fillStyle = ink;
+        ctx.font = '800 26px Georgia, serif';
+        ctx.fillText(p.genre.toUpperCase(), W / 2, cy - 6, 190);
+        ctx.font = '600 16px Georgia, serif';
+        ctx.fillText(gold ? 'G O L D' : 'B R O N Z E', W / 2, cy + 28);
+        // Facts
+        const stubCount = (p.songs || []).filter((sng) => sng.qualifies).length;
+        const hours = fmtHours(p.seconds_total);
+        ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(240,226,195,0.75)';
+        ctx.font = '400 17px Georgia, serif';
+        ctx.fillText(`${stubCount} ticket stub${stubCount === 1 ? '' : 's'}${hours ? ` · ${hours} played` : ''}`, W / 2, 512);
+        ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(240,226,195,0.4)';
+        ctx.font = '400 13px Georgia, serif';
+        ctx.fillText('fee[dB]ack · career passport', W / 2, H - 44);
+        return canvas;
+    }
+
+    // One export path for every canvas artifact: copy (with download
+    // fallback + notice) or save, failures audible.
+    function exportCanvasPng(canvas, filename, mode, noun) {
+        canvas.toBlob(async (blob) => {
+            const fail = (why) => {
+                if (window.fbNotify) window.fbNotify.show({ icon: '⚠️', title: `${noun} export failed`, message: why });
+            };
+            if (!blob) { fail('The canvas produced no image.'); return; }
+            try {
+                const io = await import('/static/js/blob-io.js');
+                if (mode === 'copy') {
+                    const ok = await io.copyImageBlob(blob);
+                    if (ok) {
+                        if (window.fbNotify) window.fbNotify.show({ icon: '📋', title: `${noun} copied`, message: 'Paste it anywhere.' });
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    if (window.fbNotify) window.fbNotify.show({ icon: '💾', title: 'Clipboard unavailable', message: `Saved the ${noun.toLowerCase()} instead.` });
+                }
+                io.downloadBlob(blob, filename);
+            } catch (e) { fail('Export helper unavailable.'); }
+        }, 'image/png');
+    }
+
+    function exportPassportCard(mode) {
+        if (!_ppBook || !_pp) return;
+        const { inst, gkey } = _ppBook;
+        const p = (((_pp.instruments || {})[inst] || {}).passports || [])
+            .find((x) => x.genre_key === gkey);
+        if (!p) return;
+        const canvas = drawPassportCard(inst, p);
+        exportCanvasPng(canvas, `passport-${inst}-${gkey.replace(/[^a-z0-9-]+/g, '-')}.png`, mode, 'Card');
+    }
+
+    // ── Career surfaces outside the plugin screen ─────────────────────────
+    // Profile passport wall + the home-page career card. Both inject into
+    // core-owned mounts announced by v3:profile-rendered /
+    // v3:dashboard-rendered (the achievements seam). Absent-not-empty: with
+    // no committed instrument they render nothing and the dashboard keeps
+    // its built-in fallback stat.
+
+    function careerTotals() {
+        if (!_pp) return null;
+        let badges = 0;
+        let seconds = 0;
+        let gigs = 0;
+        const walls = [];
+        for (const inst of (_pp.config || {}).instruments || []) {
+            const d = (_pp.instruments || {})[inst];
+            // A commitment with no opened passport isn't a wall yet — the
+            // external surfaces (profile, home card) stay ABSENT until a
+            // passport exists (absent-not-empty).
+            if (!d || !d.committed_at || !(d.passports || []).length) continue;
+            const earned = (d.passports || []).filter((p) => p.badge === 'earned' || p.badge === 'gold');
+            badges += earned.length;
+            seconds += (d.passports || []).reduce((t, p) => t + (p.seconds_total || 0), 0);
+            gigs += d.gig_count || 0;
+            walls.push({ inst, earned, opened: d.passports.length });
+        }
+        if (!walls.length) return null;
+        return { badges, seconds, gigs, walls };
+    }
+
+    function closestAskHTML() {
+        if (!_pp) return '';
+        let best = null;
+        for (const inst of (_pp.config || {}).instruments || []) {
+            for (const p of (((_pp.instruments || {})[inst] || {}).passports || [])) {
+                if (p.badge !== 'in_progress') continue;
+                const need = Math.max(0, ((p.requirement || {}).songs || 0) - p.qualifying_count);
+                if (!best || need < best.need) best = { p, need };
+            }
+        }
+        if (!best) return '';
+        const starGl = '★'.repeat((best.p.requirement || {}).min_stars || 0);
+        if (best.need > 0) {
+            return `${esc(best.p.genre)} — ${best.need === 1 ? `one more ${starGl} song` : `${best.need} more ${starGl} songs`}`;
+        }
+        return `${esc(best.p.genre)} — one drill away`;
+    }
+
+    function renderProfileWall() {
+        const mount = document.getElementById('v3-profile-passports-mount');
+        if (!mount) return;
+        const totals = careerTotals();
+        if (!totals) { mount.innerHTML = ''; return; }
+        const shelves = totals.walls.map(({ inst, earned, opened }) => {
+            const covers = earned.map((p) =>
+                `<button class="pp-wall-cover pp-leather-${esc(inst)}" data-pp-wall-inst="${esc(inst)}" data-pp-wall-gkey="${esc(p.genre_key)}" title="${esc(p.genre)}">
+                    <span>${esc(p.genre.toUpperCase())}</span>
+                    <em>${p.badge === 'gold' ? 'GOLD' : 'BRONZE'}</em>
+                </button>`).join('');
+            const line = earned.length
+                ? covers
+                : `<span class="pp-wall-none">${opened} passport${opened === 1 ? '' : 's'} open — first stamp pending</span>`;
+            return `<div class="pp-wall-shelf"><span class="pp-wall-inst">${esc(ppLabel(inst))}</span>${line}</div>`;
+        }).join('');
+        const hours = fmtHours(totals.seconds);
+        mount.innerHTML = `<div class="bg-fb-card/80 backdrop-blur rounded-lg p-4 border border-fb-border/50 pp-wall">
+            <div class="pp-wall-head">
+                <span>Passport wall</span>
+                <span class="pp-wall-meta">${totals.badges} badge${totals.badges === 1 ? '' : 's'}${hours ? ` · ${hours} played` : ''}${totals.gigs ? ` · ${totals.gigs} gig${totals.gigs === 1 ? '' : 's'}` : ''}</span>
+            </div>
+            ${shelves}
+            <button class="pp-wall-link" data-pp-wall-career="1">Open career →</button>
+        </div>`;
+        if (!mount.dataset.ppWired) {
+            mount.dataset.ppWired = '1';
+            mount.addEventListener('click', onWallClick);
+        }
+    }
+
+    function onWallClick(e) {
+        const open = e.target.closest('[data-pp-wall-inst]');
+        if (open) {
+            // Two attributes, not a '/'-joined pair: a genre key may itself
+            // contain '/' ("drum/bass") and must round-trip intact.
+            const inst = open.dataset.ppWallInst;
+            const gkey = open.dataset.ppWallGkey;
+            lsSet(PP_INST_KEY, inst);
+            if (window.showScreen) window.showScreen('plugin-career');
+            showCareerTab('passports');
+            renderPassports();
+            openBook(inst, gkey);
+            return;
+        }
+        if (e.target.closest('[data-pp-wall-career]')) {
+            if (window.showScreen) window.showScreen('plugin-career');
+            showCareerTab('passports');
+        }
+    }
+
+    function renderDashCard() {
+        const slot = document.getElementById('v3-dash-career-slot');
+        if (!slot) return;
+        const totals = careerTotals();
+        if (!totals) return; // keep core's fallback stat card
+        const hours = fmtHours(totals.seconds);
+        const ask = closestAskHTML();
+        slot.innerHTML = `<button class="pp-dash-card" data-pp-wall-career="1">
+            <span class="pp-dash-shine" aria-hidden="true"></span>
+            <span class="pp-dash-head">Career</span>
+            <span class="pp-dash-badges">${'⚡'.repeat(Math.min(totals.badges, 5))}<b>${totals.badges}</b> badge${totals.badges === 1 ? '' : 's'}</span>
+            <span class="pp-dash-meta">${hours ? `${hours} played` : 'the stage is set'}${totals.gigs ? ` · ${totals.gigs} gig${totals.gigs === 1 ? '' : 's'}` : ''}</span>
+            ${ask ? `<span class="pp-dash-ask">closest: ${ask}</span>` : ''}
+        </button>`;
+        if (!slot.dataset.ppWired) {
+            slot.dataset.ppWired = '1';
+            slot.addEventListener('click', onWallClick);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // ── Gigs: booking poster → set runner → summary ──────────────────────
+
+    function _venueName(venueId) {
+        const v = (_state && _state.venues || []).find((x) => x.id === venueId);
+        return v ? v.name : (venueId || 'the stage');
+    }
+
+    function gigPosterHTML(prop) {
+        const bill = prop.songs.map((s, i) =>
+            `<div class="pp-poster-line"><span>${i + 1}.</span> ${esc(s.title)}${s.artist ? ` <em>${esc(s.artist)}</em>` : ''}</div>`).join('');
+        return `<div class="pp-book-wrap" data-pp-close-bg="1" role="dialog" aria-modal="true" aria-label="Gig poster">
+            <div class="pp-poster">
+                <div class="pp-poster-venue">${esc(prop.venue_name || 'The stage')}</div>
+                <div class="pp-poster-presents">presents</div>
+                <div class="pp-poster-title">${esc(prop.genre.toUpperCase())} NIGHT</div>
+                <div class="pp-poster-inst">${esc(ppLabel(prop.instrument))} · tonight</div>
+                <div class="pp-poster-bill">${bill}</div>
+                <div class="pp-poster-actions">
+                    <button class="career-btn career-btn-primary" data-pp-gig-play="1">Play the gig</button>
+                    <button class="career-btn career-btn-ghost" data-pp-gig-reroll="1">Re-roll</button>
+                    <button class="career-btn career-btn-ghost" data-pp-poster="save">Save</button>
+                    <button class="career-btn career-btn-ghost" data-pp-poster="copy">Copy</button>
+                </div>
+                <button class="pp-book-close" data-pp-close="1" aria-label="Close">✕</button>
+            </div>
+        </div>`;
+    }
+
+    async function bookGig(gkey) {
+        if (!_pp) return;
+        const inst = activeInstrument();
+        const p = (((_pp.instruments || {})[inst] || {}).passports || [])
+            .find((x) => x.genre_key === gkey);
+        if (!p) return;
+        try {
+            const res = await fetch(`${API}/gigs/propose`, {
+                method: 'POST',
+                headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+                body: JSON.stringify({ instrument: inst, genre: p.genre }),
+            });
+            if (!res.ok) return;
+            _ppGigProposal = await res.json();
+        } catch (_) { return; }
+        const overlay = $('pp-overlay');
+        if (!overlay) return;
+        _ppBook = null; // the poster replaces the book in the overlay
+        overlay.innerHTML = gigPosterHTML(_ppGigProposal);
+        overlay.classList.remove('hidden');
+        sfx('page');
+    }
+
+    function startGig() {
+        const prop = _ppGigProposal;
+        const q = window.feedBack && window.feedBack.playQueue;
+        if (!prop || !q || typeof q.start !== 'function' || typeof window.playSong !== 'function') return;
+        // The gig BORROWS the stage: stash whatever venue/viz the user had so
+        // the set ending gives it back (unlike "Play here", which is an
+        // explicit persistent choice on the venue card).
+        let restore = null;
+        if (prop.venue_id) {
+            // Capture the restore snapshot BEFORE any write: if a later write
+            // (or setViz) throws, the stage must still be returnable.
+            try {
+                restore = {
+                    venue: localStorage.getItem(VENUE_OVERRIDE_KEY),
+                    viz: localStorage.getItem('vizSelection'),
+                };
+            } catch (_) { restore = null; }
+            try {
+                localStorage.setItem(VENUE_OVERRIDE_KEY, prop.venue_id);
+                localStorage.setItem('vizSelection', 'venue');
+                if (typeof window.setViz === 'function') window.setViz('venue');
+            } catch (_) { /* viz optional — restore stays intact */ }
+        }
+        _appliedManifestVenue = null;
+        _ppGigRun = {
+            songs: prop.songs,
+            venue_id: prop.venue_id,
+            genre: prop.genre,
+            genre_key: prop.genre_key,
+            instrument: prop.instrument,
+            idx: 0,
+            restore,
+        };
+        closeBook();
+        _ppGigProposal = null;
+        // RAW filenames: the queue itself encodes for playSong — pre-encoding
+        // double-encodes and breaks loading + the stats/gig filename join.
+        if (!q.start(prop.songs.map((s) => s.filename), { source: 'gig' })) {
+            _ppGigRun = null;
+            return;
+        }
+        renderGigStrip();
+    }
+
+    function restoreGigStage(run) {
+        const r = run && run.restore;
+        if (!r) return;
+        try {
+            if (r.venue == null) localStorage.removeItem(VENUE_OVERRIDE_KEY);
+            else localStorage.setItem(VENUE_OVERRIDE_KEY, r.venue);
+            if (r.viz && r.viz !== 'venue') {
+                localStorage.setItem('vizSelection', r.viz);
+                if (typeof window.setViz === 'function') window.setViz(r.viz);
+            }
+        } catch (_) { /* best effort */ }
+        _appliedManifestVenue = null;
+    }
+
+    function renderGigStrip() {
+        if (!_ppGigRun || !document.body || typeof document.createElement !== 'function') return;
+        let strip = document.getElementById('pp-gig-strip');
+        if (!strip) {
+            strip = document.createElement('div');
+            strip.id = 'pp-gig-strip';
+            strip.className = 'pp-gig-strip';
+            document.body.appendChild(strip);
+        }
+        const run = _ppGigRun;
+        const next = run.songs[run.idx + 1];
+        strip.innerHTML = `<b>GIG</b> · ${esc(run.genre)} at ${esc(_venueName(run.venue_id))} · set ${Math.min(run.idx + 1, run.songs.length)}/${run.songs.length}${next ? ` — next: <em>${esc(next.title)}</em>` : ' — closer!'}`;
+    }
+
+    function removeGigStrip() {
+        const strip = document.getElementById('pp-gig-strip');
+        if (strip) strip.remove();
+    }
+
+    function abandonGig() {
+        // No fail state: an abandoned set logs nothing and says nothing.
+        const run = _ppGigRun;
+        _ppGigRun = null;
+        removeGigStrip();
+        restoreGigStage(run);
+    }
+
+    function completeGig() {
+        const run = _ppGigRun;
+        _ppGigRun = null;
+        removeGigStrip();
+        restoreGigStage(run);
+        // The final song's own stats POST races this moment (both ride
+        // song:ended): wait for its stats:recorded — or a short timeout, since
+        // an UNSCORED play never emits one — so /gigs reads the set's real
+        // accuracies, not last week's.
+        const lastFile = run.songs[run.songs.length - 1].filename;
+        const sm = window.feedBack;
+        let done = false;
+        const proceed = () => {
+            if (done) return;
+            done = true;
+            if (sm && typeof sm.off === 'function') { try { sm.off('stats:recorded', onRec); } catch (_) { /* ok */ } }
+            postGig(run);
+        };
+        const onRec = (e) => {
+            const d = (e && e.detail) || {};
+            if (d.filename === lastFile) proceed();
+        };
+        if (sm && typeof sm.on === 'function') sm.on('stats:recorded', onRec);
+        setTimeout(proceed, 3500);
+    }
+
+    async function postGig(run) {
+        let gig = null;
+        try {
+            const res = await fetch(`${API}/gigs`, {
+                method: 'POST',
+                headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+                body: JSON.stringify({
+                    instrument: run.instrument,
+                    genre: run.genre,
+                    venue_id: run.venue_id,
+                    songs: run.songs.map((s) => s.filename),
+                }),
+            });
+            if (res.ok) gig = (await res.json()).gig;
+        } catch (_) { /* summary still shows, unlogged */ }
+        showGigSummary(run, gig);
+        refreshPassports();
+    }
+
+    function showGigSummary(run, gig) {
+        if (!document.body || typeof document.createElement !== 'function') return;
+        const entries = (gig && gig.songs) || run.songs.map((s) => ({ filename: s.filename, title: s.title, accuracy: null }));
+        const encore = !!(gig && gig.encore);
+        if (encore && !reducedMotion()) {
+            const crowd = window.v3VenueCrowd;
+            if (crowd && typeof crowd.celebrate === 'function') {
+                try { crowd.celebrate(); } catch (_) { /* optional */ }
+            }
+        }
+        const el = document.createElement('div');
+        el.id = 'pp-gig-summary';
+        el.className = 'pp-ceremony-overlay';
+        el.innerHTML = `<canvas class="pp-confetti"></canvas>
+            <div class="pp-poster pp-poster-summary">
+                <div class="pp-poster-venue">${esc(_venueName(run.venue_id))}</div>
+                <div class="pp-poster-title">${esc(run.genre.toUpperCase())} NIGHT</div>
+                <div class="pp-poster-inst">${encore ? 'ENCORE! ' : ''}the set, as played</div>
+                <div class="pp-poster-bill">${entries.map((s, i) =>
+                    `<div class="pp-poster-line"><span>${i + 1}.</span> ${esc(s.title)}${s.accuracy != null ? ` <b>${Math.floor(s.accuracy * 100)}%</b>` : ''}</div>`).join('')}</div>
+                <div class="pp-poster-actions">
+                    <button class="career-btn career-btn-ghost" data-pp-poster="save">Save poster</button>
+                    <button class="career-btn career-btn-ghost" data-pp-poster="copy">Copy poster</button>
+                    <button class="career-btn career-btn-primary" data-pp-gig-done="1">Done</button>
+                </div>
+            </div>`;
+        el.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
+            if (e.target === el || e.target.closest('[data-pp-gig-done]')) {
+                el.remove();
+            } else if (e.target.closest('[data-pp-poster]')) {
+                exportGigPoster(e.target.closest('[data-pp-poster]').dataset.ppPoster,
+                    { ...run, encore, entries });
+            }
+        });
+        document.body.appendChild(el);
+        if (encore && !reducedMotion()) confettiBurst(el.querySelector('.pp-confetti'));
+    }
+
+    function drawGigPoster(data) {
+        const W = 480;
+        const H = 640;
+        const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+        canvas.width = W;
+        canvas.height = H;
+        const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
+        const bg = ctx.createLinearGradient(0, 0, 0, H);
+        bg.addColorStop(0, '#141019');
+        bg.addColorStop(1, '#241318');
+        ctx.fillStyle = bg;
+        ctx.fillRect(0, 0, W, H);
+        ctx.strokeStyle = 'rgba(217,162,83,0.5)';
+        ctx.lineWidth = 3;
+        ctx.strokeRect(16, 16, W - 32, H - 32);
+        ctx.textAlign = 'center';
+        ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(240,226,195,0.65)';
+        ctx.font = '400 18px Georgia, serif';
+        ctx.fillText(_venueName(data.venue_id), W / 2, 76, W - 80);
+        ctx.font = '400 12px Georgia, serif';
+        ctx.fillText('P R E S E N T S', W / 2, 102);
+        ctx.fillStyle = '#d9a253';
+        ctx.font = '800 40px Georgia, serif';
+        ctx.fillText(`${data.genre.toUpperCase()}`, W / 2, 160, W - 60);
+        ctx.font = '800 26px Georgia, serif';
+        ctx.fillText('NIGHT', W / 2, 194);
+        if (data.encore) {
+            ctx.fillStyle = '#f3d179';
+            ctx.font = '700 16px Georgia, serif';
+            ctx.fillText('— E N C O R E —', W / 2, 226);
+        }
+        ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(240,226,195,0.85)';
+        ctx.font = '400 18px Georgia, serif';
+        const entries = data.entries || data.songs || [];
+        entries.slice(0, 6).forEach((sng, i) => {
+            const acc = sng.accuracy != null ? `  ·  ${Math.floor(sng.accuracy * 100)}%` : '';
+            ctx.fillText(`${sng.title}${acc}`, W / 2, 290 + i * 44, W - 80);
+        });
+        ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(240,226,195,0.4)';
+        ctx.font = '400 13px Georgia, serif';
+        ctx.fillText(`${ppLabel(data.instrument || 'guitar')} · fee[dB]ack career`, W / 2, H - 42);
+        return canvas;
+    }
+
+    function exportGigPoster(mode, data) {
+        exportCanvasPng(drawGigPoster(data),
+            `gig-${(data.genre_key || 'set').replace(/[^a-z0-9-]+/g, '-')}.png`, mode, 'Poster');
+    }
+
+    // Queue lifecycle: advance the strip per song; complete or abandon.
+    function onGigSongLoading() {
+        if (!_ppGigRun) return;
+        renderGigStrip();
+    }
+
+    function onGigSongEnded() {
+        if (!_ppGigRun) return;
+        const q = window.feedBack && window.feedBack.playQueue;
+        if (!q || typeof q.remaining !== 'function') return;
+        // Only OUR live queue counts: remaining()===0 is also true for a
+        // cleared/foreign queue (a manual play silently clears the gig queue,
+        // and that unrelated song's end must not log a gig).
+        if (q.source && q.source() !== 'gig') { abandonGig(); return; }
+        if (!q.remaining()) {
+            if (q.active && q.active()) completeGig();
+            else abandonGig();
+            return;
+        }
+        _ppGigRun.idx = Math.min(_ppGigRun.idx + 1, _ppGigRun.songs.length - 1);
+        renderGigStrip();
+    }
+
+    function onGigSongStop() {
+        // A deliberate quit mid-set (Escape clears the queue) abandons the
+        // gig — but the LAST song's teardown also fires song:stop after
+        // song:ended, so only abandon while songs genuinely remain.
+        if (!_ppGigRun) return;
+        const q = window.feedBack && window.feedBack.playQueue;
+        const active = q && typeof q.active === 'function' ? q.active() : false;
+        if (!active) abandonGig();
+    }
+
     function openGenre(inst, genre) {
         fetch(`${API}/passports/open`, {
             method: 'POST',
@@ -820,6 +1422,23 @@
             closeBook();
             return;
         }
+        const gigBtn = e.target.closest('[data-pp-gig]');
+        if (gigBtn) { bookGig(gigBtn.dataset.ppGig); return; }
+        if (e.target.closest('[data-pp-gig-play]')) { startGig(); return; }
+        if (e.target.closest('[data-pp-gig-reroll]')) {
+            if (_ppGigProposal) bookGig(_ppGigProposal.genre_key);
+            return;
+        }
+        const posterBtn = e.target.closest('[data-pp-poster]');
+        if (posterBtn && _ppGigProposal) {
+            exportGigPoster(posterBtn.dataset.ppPoster, _ppGigProposal);
+            return;
+        }
+        const cardBtn = e.target.closest('[data-pp-card]');
+        if (cardBtn) {
+            exportPassportCard(cardBtn.dataset.ppCard);
+            return;
+        }
         const dlBtn = e.target.closest('[data-career-download]');
         const delBtn = e.target.closest('[data-career-delete]');
         const playBtn = e.target.closest('[data-career-play]');
@@ -870,6 +1489,10 @@
         if (sm && typeof sm.on === 'function') {
             // New song stats can add stars → thresholds may cross mid-session.
             sm.on('stats:recorded', () => refresh());
+            // Gig runner lifecycle (no-ops when no gig is live).
+            sm.on('song:loading', onGigSongLoading);
+            sm.on('song:ended', onGigSongEnded);
+            sm.on('song:stop', onGigSongStop);
             // Virtuoso's progress emits are the drill-state relay trigger; the
             // payload is a thin delta, so the relay reads the full localStorage
             // snapshot instead (see relayDrillState).
@@ -877,8 +1500,14 @@
         }
         showCareerTab(lsGet(PP_TAB_KEY) === 'passports' ? 'passports' : 'venues');
         document.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
-            if (e.key === 'Escape' && _ppBook) closeBook();
+            if (e.key !== 'Escape') return;
+            const overlay = $('pp-overlay');
+            if (_ppBook || (overlay && !overlay.classList.contains('hidden'))) closeBook();
         });
+        // Core re-renders profile/dashboard shells (innerHTML wipe) and
+        // announces the fresh mount points — same seam achievements uses.
+        document.addEventListener('v3:profile-rendered', renderProfileWall);
+        document.addEventListener('v3:dashboard-rendered', renderDashCard);
         refresh();
     }
 
@@ -886,7 +1515,11 @@
     // the badge-diff logic; nothing here touches the DOM.
     window.__careerPassportTest = {
         ppKey, ppJitter, ppLabel, detectNewBadges, seenBadges, markBadgeSeen,
-        fmtHours, ppFillFraction,
+        fmtHours, ppFillFraction, careerTotals, closestAskHTML,
+        onGigSongEnded, onGigSongStop,
+        setGigRun(r) { _ppGigRun = r; },
+        getGigRun() { return _ppGigRun; },
+        setView(v) { _pp = v; },
     };
 
     if (document.readyState === 'loading') {

plugins/career/tests/passports.test.js

@@ -150,3 +150,100 @@ test('ppFillFraction: song progress toward the bar, in-progress only', () => {
     assert.equal(ppFillFraction(p('in_progress', 3, 0)), 0);   // no bar → no fill
     assert.equal(ppFillFraction(null), 0);
 });
+
+test('careerTotals / wall + dash card stay absent without commitment', () => {
+    const w = load();
+    const t = w.__careerPassportTest;
+    // No _pp at all → null; committed-less view → null (absent-not-empty).
+    assert.equal(t.careerTotals(), null);
+    t.setView({ config: { instruments: ['guitar'] },
+        instruments: { guitar: { committed_at: null, passports: [] } } });
+    assert.equal(t.careerTotals(), null);
+    // Committed but zero passports opened: still absent (no zero-wall).
+    t.setView({ config: { instruments: ['guitar'] },
+        instruments: { guitar: { committed_at: 'x', passports: [] } } });
+    assert.equal(t.careerTotals(), null);
+    // Committed with an earned badge + hours → totals aggregate.
+    t.setView({ config: { instruments: ['guitar', 'bass'] },
+        instruments: {
+            guitar: { committed_at: 'x', passports: [
+                { badge: 'earned', seconds_total: 3600, genre: 'Blues', genre_key: 'blues' },
+                { badge: 'in_progress', seconds_total: 120, genre: 'Funk', genre_key: 'funk',
+                  qualifying_count: 4, requirement: { songs: 5, min_stars: 2 } }] },
+            bass: { committed_at: null, passports: [] },
+        } });
+    const totals = t.careerTotals();
+    assert.equal(totals.badges, 1);
+    assert.equal(totals.seconds, 3720);
+    assert.equal(totals.walls.length, 1);
+});
+
+test('gig runner lifecycle: advance on ended, abandon on dead-queue stop', () => {
+    const w = load();
+    const t = w.__careerPassportTest;
+    let remaining = 1;
+    w.feedBack = { playQueue: { remaining: () => remaining, active: () => remaining > 0 } };
+    t.setGigRun({
+        songs: [{ filename: 'a', title: 'A' }, { filename: 'b', title: 'B' }],
+        venue_id: null, genre: 'Soul', genre_key: 'soul', instrument: 'guitar', idx: 0,
+    });
+    // First song ends, one remains → the strip advances, no completion.
+    t.onGigSongEnded();
+    assert.equal(t.getGigRun().idx, 1);
+    // Stop while the queue is still active (end-of-song teardown) → run survives.
+    t.onGigSongStop();
+    assert.notEqual(t.getGigRun(), null);
+    // User quits: queue cleared → stop with a dead queue abandons (no log).
+    remaining = 0;
+    t.onGigSongStop();
+    assert.equal(t.getGigRun(), null);
+});
+
+test('a gold upgrade notifies even when the bronze moment was already seen', () => {
+    // Bronze seen under the legacy un-suffixed id; the badge then turns gold.
+    const w = load({ 'feedBack-career-badges-seen': '{"guitar/blues":1}' });
+    const t = w.__careerPassportTest;
+    const view = { instruments: { guitar: { passports: [
+        { genre_key: 'blues', genre: 'Blues', badge: 'gold' }] } } };
+    t.detectNewBadges(view);
+    assert.equal(w.notifications.length, 1);
+    assert.match(w.notifications[0].title, /Gold/);
+    // Same session: no duplicate.
+    t.detectNewBadges(view);
+    assert.equal(w.notifications.length, 1);
+    // Gold slam seen → fresh session stays silent.
+    t.markBadgeSeen('guitar', 'blues', 'gold');
+    const w2 = load({ 'feedBack-career-badges-seen': JSON.stringify(t.seenBadges()) });
+    w2.__careerPassportTest.detectNewBadges(view);
+    assert.equal(w2.notifications.length, 0);
+});
+
+test('a gold slam marks the bronze moment seen too — never both ceremonies', () => {
+    const w = load();
+    const t = w.__careerPassportTest;
+    t.markBadgeSeen('guitar', 'blues', 'gold');
+    const seen = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(t.seenBadges()));
+    assert.equal(seen['guitar/blues@gold'], 1);
+    assert.equal(seen['guitar/blues'], 1);
+    // A later view where the badge reads 'earned' (e.g. gold state lost
+    // server-side) must not replay the bronze ceremony.
+    const view = { instruments: { guitar: { passports: [
+        { genre_key: 'blues', genre: 'Blues', badge: 'earned' }] } } };
+    const w2 = load({ 'feedBack-career-badges-seen': JSON.stringify(seen) });
+    w2.__careerPassportTest.detectNewBadges(view);
+    assert.equal(w2.notifications.length, 0);
+});
+
+test('careerTotals counts gold badges on the wall', () => {
+    const t = load().__careerPassportTest;
+    t.setView({
+        config: { instruments: ['guitar'] },
+        instruments: { guitar: { committed_at: 1, gig_count: 0, passports: [
+            { genre_key: 'blues', genre: 'Blues', badge: 'gold', seconds_total: 60 },
+            { genre_key: 'funk', genre: 'Funk', badge: 'in_progress', seconds_total: 0 },
+        ] } },
+    });
+    const totals = t.careerTotals();
+    assert.equal(totals.badges, 1);
+    assert.equal(totals.walls[0].earned[0].badge, 'gold');
+});

static/highway.js

@@ -1908,17 +1908,21 @@ function createHighway() {
                                     // never routable.
                                     const isAudioUrl = msg.audio_url.startsWith('/audio/');
                                     // "Full mix" covers BOTH single-mix pack shapes:
-                                    //  - stem-less packs (original_audio: in the manifest,
+                                    //  - single-stem packs (stems: [full.ogg] only) — the pack's
-                                    //    audio_url == original_audio_url), and
+                                    //    one stem IS its mixdown, so the server leaves it in the
-                                    //  - single-stem packs (stems: [full.ogg] only) — the server
+                                    //    stems list, has_full_mix is false, and audio_url points
-                                    //    puts the full mix in the stems list, has_original_audio
+                                    //    at that one stem; and
-                                    //    is false, and audio_url points at the one stem. With one
+                                    //  - legacy stem-less packs, whose mixdown sits outside stems
-                                    //    stem there is no per-stem mix to preserve, so routing it
+                                    //    behind the deprecated original_audio: key, so has_stems
-                                    //    natively loses nothing. Real multi-stem (>1) stays out
+                                    //    is false and audio_url == full_mix_url.
-                                    //    until Phase 2.
+                                    // Either way there is one audible source and no per-stem mix
+                                    // to preserve, so routing it natively loses nothing. A pack
+                                    // that retains its `full` stem ALONGSIDE separated stems is
+                                    // multi-stem (has_full_mix && has_stems) and stays out until
+                                    // Phase 2 — routing it natively would drop the mixer.
                                     const isFeedpakFullMix = !isAudioUrl
                                         && msg.audio_url.startsWith('/api/sloppak/')
-                                        && ((!!msg.has_original_audio && !msg.has_stems)
+                                        && ((!!msg.has_full_mix && !msg.has_stems)
                                             || (msg.stems || []).length === 1);
                                     // Record the loaded song's audio so app.js can re-route it
                                     // between the HTML5 and JUCE paths if the audio engine is
@@ -1943,7 +1947,7 @@ function createHighway() {
                                         'isFeedpakFullMix=', isFeedpakFullMix,
                                         'has_stems=', !!msg.has_stems,
                                         'stems=', (msg.stems || []).length,
-                                        'has_original_audio=', !!msg.has_original_audio,
+                                        'has_full_mix=', !!msg.has_full_mix,
                                         'format=', msg.format,
                                         'alreadyLoaded=', alreadyLoaded,
                                         'juceApi=', !!window.feedBackDesktop?.audio);

static/js/blob-io.js

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Blob export helpers — the download idiom that used to be duplicated in
+// settings-io.js and diagnostics-export.js, plus image-to-clipboard for
+// shareable cards/posters. A LEAF module: imports nothing. Classic-script
+// plugins reach it via dynamic import('/static/js/blob-io.js').
+
+export function downloadBlob(blob, filename) {
+    const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+    const a = document.createElement('a');
+    a.href = url;
+    a.download = filename;
+    document.body.appendChild(a);
+    a.click();
+    document.body.removeChild(a);
+    URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
+}
+
+// Copy an image blob to the system clipboard. Returns true on success, false
+// when the Clipboard API is unavailable or refuses (insecure context, no user
+// gesture, permission denied) — callers fall back to downloadBlob and say so.
+export async function copyImageBlob(blob) {
+    try {
+        if (!navigator.clipboard || typeof ClipboardItem === 'undefined') return false;
+        await navigator.clipboard.write([new ClipboardItem({ [blob.type || 'image/png']: blob })]);
+        return true;
+    } catch (_) {
+        return false;
+    }
+}

static/js/diagnostics-export.js

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 //      redact toggles.
 //   3. Stream the returned zip to disk.
 
+import { downloadBlob } from './blob-io.js';
+
 function _diagIncludeFromUI() {
     const v = (id) => document.getElementById(id)?.checked !== false;
     return {
@@ -265,14 +267,7 @@ export async function exportDiagnostics() {
     }
     try {
         const blob = await resp.blob();
-        const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+        downloadBlob(blob, filename);
-        const a = document.createElement('a');
-        a.href = url;
-        a.download = filename;
-        document.body.appendChild(a);
-        a.click();
-        document.body.removeChild(a);
-        URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
         status.textContent = `Exported ${filename}`;
     } catch (e) {
         status.textContent = `Export failed during download: ${e.message}`;

static/js/settings-io.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Settings backup — the export / import bundle.
 //
-// Carved verbatim out of static/app.js (R3a). A LEAF module: imports nothing.
+// Carved verbatim out of static/app.js (R3a). Imports only the blob-io leaf.
 //
 // Two entry points, both inline handlers on the Settings screen, so app.js keeps
 // re-exposing them on window. The import is two-phase (server first, atomic; then
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 // phase 2; the localStorage side is best-effort merge after server
 // success. Failures are reported, never silenced.
 
+import { downloadBlob } from './blob-io.js';
+
 export async function exportSettings() {
     const status = document.getElementById('backup-status');
     status.textContent = 'Exporting...';
@@ -66,14 +68,7 @@ export async function exportSettings() {
             if (match) filename = match[1];
         }
         const blob = new Blob([JSON.stringify(bundle, null, 2)], { type: 'application/json' });
-        const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+        downloadBlob(blob, filename);
-        const a = document.createElement('a');
-        a.href = url;
-        a.download = filename;
-        document.body.appendChild(a);
-        a.click();
-        document.body.removeChild(a);
-        URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
         status.textContent = `Exported ${filename}`;
     } catch (e) {
         status.textContent = `Export failed: ${e.message}`;

static/v3/dashboard.js

@@ -208,12 +208,17 @@
             '</div></div></div>' +
             continueCard +
             '</div>' +
-            // Stats row
+            // Stats row. The third slot belongs to the career plugin (it
+            // replaces the slot's content on v3:dashboard-rendered); the
+            // plugin-count stat is the built-in fallback when career is
+            // absent or has no state yet.
             '<div class="grid md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 mt-6">' +
             audioRoutingCard() +
             statCard(String(songCount), 'songs', 'text-fb-gold') +
+            '<div id="v3-dash-career-slot" class="grid">' +
             statCard(String(pluginCount), 'active', 'text-fb-good') +
             '</div>' +
+            '</div>' +
             recentSection +
             '</div>';
 

static/v3/profile.js

@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@
             '<div class="space-y-6">' +
             headerCard +
             bestsCard +
+            // Passport wall — rendered by the career plugin on
+            // v3:profile-rendered (absent-not-empty: nothing shows until a
+            // passport exists).
+            '<div id="v3-profile-passports-mount"></div>' +
             // Feats of Power trophy shelf — rendered by the achievements plugin
             // (earned Feats only; hidden-until-earned, so empty when none).
             '<div id="v3-profile-feats-slot"></div>' +

static/v3/stats-recorder.js

@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@
                 headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
                 body: JSON.stringify(body),
             });
+            // A 4xx/5xx JSON error body must read as FAILURE — callers
+            // re-queue accrued seconds on null, and a parsed error object
+            // would silently drop them.
+            if (!r.ok) return null;
             try { return await r.json(); } catch (e) { return null; }
         } catch (e) { return null; /* offline / endpoint absent — non-fatal */ }
     }

tests/plugins/career/conftest.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class FakeMetaDb:
         self.conn.execute(
             """CREATE TABLE song_stats (
                    filename TEXT, arrangement TEXT, best_accuracy REAL,
-                   last_played_at TEXT,
+                   last_accuracy REAL, last_played_at TEXT,
                    seconds_total REAL NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
                )"""
         )
@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@ class FakeMetaDb:
         )
 
     def add(self, filename, arrangement, best_accuracy, in_library=True,
-            genre="", arrangements=None, last_played_at=None, seconds_total=0):
+            genre="", arrangements=None, last_played_at=None, seconds_total=0,
-        self.conn.execute("INSERT INTO song_stats VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)",
+            last_accuracy=None):
-                          (filename, arrangement, best_accuracy, last_played_at,
+        self.conn.execute("INSERT INTO song_stats VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)",
-                           seconds_total))
+                          (filename, arrangement, best_accuracy,
+                           last_accuracy if last_accuracy is not None else best_accuracy,
+                           last_played_at, seconds_total))
         if in_library:
             self.conn.execute(
                 "INSERT INTO songs SELECT ?, ?, ?, ?, ? WHERE NOT EXISTS "

tests/plugins/career/test_passports.py

@@ -208,3 +208,240 @@ def test_drill_state_merge_is_gained_only(client, meta_db):
     p = _passport(client)
     assert p["drills"]["cleared"] == ["blues_shuffle"]
     assert p["badge"] == "earned"
+
+
+def test_genre_families_inherit_drills(client, meta_db):
+    # 'death metal' has no exact entry — it inherits the metal family's drill.
+    for i in range(5):
+        meta_db.add(f"dm{i}.feedpak", 0, 0.9, genre="Death Metal", arrangements=LEAD)
+    _open(client, "guitar", "Death Metal")
+    p = _passport(client, "guitar", "death metal")
+    assert p["drills"]["required"] == ["melodic_metal_gallop"]
+    assert p["badge"] == "in_progress"
+    # 'metalcore' (single word) matches by substring, no alias needed.
+    _open(client, "guitar", "Metalcore")
+    assert _passport(client, "guitar", "metalcore")["drills"]["required"] == \
+        ["melodic_metal_gallop"]
+    # 'blues rock' resolves by family LIST ORDER: blues comes before rock.
+    _open(client, "guitar", "Blues Rock")
+    assert _passport(client, "guitar", "blues rock")["drills"]["required"] == \
+        ["blues_shuffle"]
+    # A genre outside every family stays songs-only.
+    _open(client, "guitar", "Reggae")
+    assert _passport(client, "guitar", "reggae")["drills"]["required"] == []
+    # Exact per-genre entries still beat the family (the shipped 'metal' entry
+    # IS the exact entry for genre key 'metal').
+    _open(client, "guitar", "Metal")
+    assert _passport(client, "guitar", "metal")["drills"]["required"] == \
+        ["melodic_metal_gallop"]
+
+
+def test_family_drills_stay_per_instrument(client, meta_db):
+    # Family inheritance must not leak guitar drills onto other instruments.
+    keys_arr = [{"type": "lead", "name": "Keys"}]
+    for i in range(5):
+        meta_db.add(f"kdm{i}.feedpak", 0, 0.9, genre="Death Metal", arrangements=keys_arr)
+    _open(client, "keys", "Death Metal")
+    p = _passport(client, "keys", "death metal")
+    assert p["drills"]["required"] == []
+    assert p["badge"] == "earned"
+
+
+def test_nearest_invitations_order_and_exclusions(client, meta_db):
+    # Non-qualifying songs sorted by distance to the QUALIFYING bar;
+    # qualifying songs never appear; capped at 3.
+    meta_db.add("q.feedpak", 0, 0.80, genre="Soul", arrangements=LEAD)      # qualifies
+    meta_db.add("close.feedpak", 0, 0.74, genre="Soul", arrangements=LEAD)  # 1% to 2★
+    meta_db.add("mid.feedpak", 0, 0.70, genre="Soul", arrangements=LEAD)    # 5% to 2★
+    meta_db.add("far.feedpak", 0, 0.30, genre="Soul", arrangements=LEAD)    # 30% to 1★
+    meta_db.add("far2.feedpak", 0, 0.25, genre="Soul", arrangements=LEAD)
+    _open(client, "guitar", "Soul")
+    p = _passport(client, "guitar", "soul")
+    names = [s["filename"] for s in p["nearest"]]
+    assert names == ["close.feedpak", "mid.feedpak", "far.feedpak"]
+    assert all(s["next_star_at"] is not None for s in p["nearest"])
+    assert "q.feedpak" not in names
+
+
+def test_nearest_targets_the_qualifying_bar_not_next_star(client, meta_db):
+    # A 0★ song 1% from its NEXT star is farther from the ★★ badge bar than
+    # a 1★ song 5% from it — nearest must rank by the badge bar.
+    meta_db.add("one_star.feedpak", 0, 0.70, genre="Soul", arrangements=LEAD)   # 5% to bar
+    meta_db.add("zero_star.feedpak", 0, 0.59, genre="Soul", arrangements=LEAD)  # 1% to next ★, 16% to bar
+    _open(client, "guitar", "Soul")
+    p = _passport(client, "guitar", "soul")
+    assert [s["filename"] for s in p["nearest"]] == ["one_star.feedpak", "zero_star.feedpak"]
+    assert all(s["bar_at"] == 0.75 for s in p["nearest"])
+# ── Gigs ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def test_gig_propose_mixes_owned_and_stakes(client, meta_db):
+    for i in range(4):
+        meta_db.add(f"own{i}.feedpak", 0, 0.85, genre="Soul", arrangements=LEAD)
+    meta_db.add("stake.feedpak", 0, 0.70, genre="Soul", arrangements=LEAD)
+    meta_db.add_song_only("fresh.feedpak", genre="Soul")
+    res = client.post("/api/plugins/career/gigs/propose",
+                      json={"instrument": "guitar", "genre": "Soul", "size": 4})
+    assert res.status_code == 200
+    gig = res.json()
+    files = [s["filename"] for s in gig["songs"]]
+    assert len(files) == 4
+    assert "stake.feedpak" in files          # a near-bar song gives the set stakes
+    assert gig["venue_id"] == "bar"          # 9 stars < 50: the dive bar
+
+    # A young passport (nothing played) still gets a playable set from the
+    # library's unplayed genre songs.
+    res2 = client.post("/api/plugins/career/gigs/propose",
+                       json={"instrument": "guitar", "genre": "Ska"})
+    assert res2.status_code == 404           # no ska in the library at all
+    meta_db.add_song_only("ska1.feedpak", genre="Ska")
+    res3 = client.post("/api/plugins/career/gigs/propose",
+                       json={"instrument": "guitar", "genre": "Ska"})
+    assert [s["filename"] for s in res3.json()["songs"]] == ["ska1.feedpak"]
+
+
+def test_gig_log_computes_encore_and_surfaces_in_passports(client, meta_db):
+    for i in range(2):
+        meta_db.add(f"s{i}.feedpak", 0, 0.9, genre="Soul", arrangements=LEAD,
+                    last_accuracy=0.9)
+    _open(client, "guitar", "Soul")
+    res = client.post("/api/plugins/career/gigs", json={
+        "instrument": "guitar", "genre": "Soul", "venue_id": "bar",
+        "songs": ["s0.feedpak", "s1.feedpak"]})
+    assert res.status_code == 200
+    gig = res.json()["gig"]
+    assert gig["encore"] is True             # avg 0.9 ≥ 0.75
+    assert gig["songs"][0]["accuracy"] == 0.9
+    view = client.get("/api/plugins/career/passports").json()
+    assert view["instruments"]["guitar"]["gig_count"] == 1
+    p = _passport(client, "guitar", "soul")
+    assert len(p["gigs"]) == 1 and p["gigs"][0]["encore"] is True
+
+
+def test_gig_log_validation_and_no_fail_state(client):
+    # Unknown venue / bad songs shapes are rejected; nothing is ever logged
+    # as a failed gig — the endpoint only appends completed sets.
+    assert client.post("/api/plugins/career/gigs", json={
+        "instrument": "guitar", "genre": "Soul", "venue_id": "nope",
+        "songs": ["x"]}).status_code == 400
+    assert client.post("/api/plugins/career/gigs", json={
+        "instrument": "guitar", "genre": "Soul", "songs": []}).status_code == 400
+    assert client.post("/api/plugins/career/gigs", json={
+        "instrument": "guitar", "genre": "Soul",
+        "songs": ["f"] * 9}).status_code == 400
+
+
+def test_gig_accuracy_reads_newest_row_and_encore_needs_full_set(client, meta_db):
+    # Newest row wins: a stale higher accuracy on another arrangement must
+    # not inflate the gig log.
+    meta_db.add("dual.feedpak", 1, 0.95, genre="Soul", arrangements=BASS,
+                last_accuracy=0.95, last_played_at="2026-06-01T00:00:00")
+    meta_db.add("dual.feedpak", 0, 0.60, genre="Soul", arrangements=LEAD,
+                last_accuracy=0.60, last_played_at="2026-07-14T00:00:00")
+    res = client.post("/api/plugins/career/gigs", json={
+        "instrument": "guitar", "genre": "Soul", "songs": ["dual.feedpak"]})
+    assert res.json()["gig"]["songs"][0]["accuracy"] == 0.6
+
+    # A set with an unscored song never earns the encore off one good song.
+    meta_db.add("scored.feedpak", 0, 0.9, genre="Soul", arrangements=LEAD,
+                last_accuracy=0.9, last_played_at="2026-07-14T00:01:00")
+    res2 = client.post("/api/plugins/career/gigs", json={
+        "instrument": "guitar", "genre": "Soul",
+        "songs": ["scored.feedpak", "ghost.feedpak"]})
+    assert res2.json()["gig"]["encore"] is False
+
+
+def test_gig_propose_backfills_from_surplus_qualifying(client, meta_db):
+    # Mature passport: plenty of qualifying songs, nothing near the bar,
+    # nothing unplayed — the set still fills to size.
+    for i in range(8):
+        meta_db.add(f"own{i}.feedpak", 0, 0.9, genre="Ska", arrangements=LEAD)
+    res = client.post("/api/plugins/career/gigs/propose",
+                      json={"instrument": "guitar", "genre": "Ska", "size": 5})
+    assert len(res.json()["songs"]) == 5
+
+
+def test_gig_propose_backfill_offset_survives_stakes(client, meta_db):
+    # 4 qualifying + 1 near-bar stake, size 5: the stake must not shift the
+    # qualifying backfill window past eligible songs.
+    for i in range(4):
+        meta_db.add(f"q{i}.feedpak", 0, 0.9, genre="Reggae", arrangements=LEAD)
+    meta_db.add("near.feedpak", 0, 0.7, genre="Reggae", arrangements=LEAD)
+    res = client.post("/api/plugins/career/gigs/propose",
+                      json={"instrument": "guitar", "genre": "Reggae", "size": 5})
+    files = [s["filename"] for s in res.json()["songs"]]
+    assert len(files) == 5 and len(set(files)) == 5
+    assert "near.feedpak" in files
+
+
+# ── Gold rung ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def test_gold_upgrades_bronze_via_family_style_artifact(client, meta_db):
+    # Bronze earned on 'death metal' (family: metal); a metal gold artifact
+    # from the jam verifier upgrades it — bronze-only stays 'earned' elsewhere.
+    for i in range(5):
+        meta_db.add(f"dm{i}.feedpak", 0, 0.9, genre="Death Metal", arrangements=LEAD)
+    career_routes._state["passports_content"]["genres"]["metal"] = {}  # no drill gate for this test
+    _open(client, "guitar", "Death Metal")
+    client.post("/api/plugins/career/drill-state", json={"byNode": {}})
+    assert _passport(client, "guitar", "death metal")["badge"] == "earned"
+    client.post("/api/plugins/career/drill-state", json={
+        "byNode": {}, "goldImprov": {"metal": {"at": 1, "verifier": "comb", "inKeyPct": 0.9}}})
+    assert _passport(client, "guitar", "death metal")["badge"] == "gold"
+
+
+def test_gold_without_bronze_stays_in_progress(client, meta_db):
+    meta_db.add("one.feedpak", 0, 0.9, genre="Soul", arrangements=LEAD)
+    _open(client, "guitar", "Soul")
+    client.post("/api/plugins/career/drill-state", json={
+        "byNode": {}, "goldImprov": {"soul": {"at": 1, "verifier": "comb"}}})
+    assert _passport(client, "guitar", "soul")["badge"] == "in_progress"
+
+
+def test_gold_merge_is_gained_only(client, meta_db):
+    for i in range(5):
+        meta_db.add(f"s{i}.feedpak", 0, 0.9, genre="Soul", arrangements=LEAD)
+    _open(client, "guitar", "Soul")
+    client.post("/api/plugins/career/drill-state", json={
+        "byNode": {}, "goldImprov": {"soul": {"at": 1, "verifier": "comb"}}})
+    assert _passport(client, "guitar", "soul")["badge"] == "gold"
+    # A stale relay without the artifact never un-mints.
+    client.post("/api/plugins/career/drill-state", json={"byNode": {}})
+    assert _passport(client, "guitar", "soul")["badge"] == "gold"
+    # And a different artifact for the same style never overwrites the first —
+    # asserted against the PERSISTED snapshot (the view doesn't expose
+    # artifact contents), so a last-write-wins regression can't stay green.
+    client.post("/api/plugins/career/drill-state", json={
+        "byNode": {}, "goldImprov": {"soul": {"at": 999, "verifier": "yin"}}})
+    _, _, gold = career_routes._drill_by_node()
+    assert gold["soul"] == {"at": 1, "verifier": "comb"}
+
+
+def test_gold_matches_raw_style_id_through_family(client, meta_db):
+    # Virtuoso mints under raw STYLE_PALETTES ids ('punk', not 'rock'): a
+    # 'punk rock' passport (family rock) must go gold from a 'punk' artifact.
+    for i in range(5):
+        meta_db.add(f"pk{i}.feedpak", 0, 0.9, genre="Punk Rock", arrangements=LEAD)
+    career_routes._state["passports_content"]["genres"]["rock"] = {}  # no drill gate
+    _open(client, "guitar", "Punk Rock")
+    client.post("/api/plugins/career/drill-state", json={
+        "byNode": {}, "goldImprov": {"punk": {"at": 1, "verifier": "comb"}}})
+    assert _passport(client, "guitar", "punk rock")["badge"] == "gold"
+
+
+def test_gold_intake_rejects_junk(client, meta_db):
+    # A non-dict goldImprov is a relay bug: loud 400, never a silent drop.
+    res = client.post("/api/plugins/career/drill-state",
+                      json={"byNode": {}, "goldImprov": ["metal"]})
+    assert res.status_code == 400
+    # Evidence-free artifacts (no verifier) never mint.
+    for i in range(5):
+        meta_db.add(f"j{i}.feedpak", 0, 0.9, genre="Soul", arrangements=LEAD)
+    _open(client, "guitar", "Soul")
+    client.post("/api/plugins/career/drill-state", json={
+        "byNode": {}, "goldImprov": {"soul": {}}})
+    assert _passport(client, "guitar", "soul")["badge"] == "earned"
+    # An oversized goldImprov is bounded BEFORE the merge, like byNode.
+    blob = {f"s{i}": {"verifier": "comb", "pad": "x" * 4096} for i in range(200)}
+    res = client.post("/api/plugins/career/drill-state",
+                      json={"byNode": {}, "goldImprov": blob})
+    assert res.status_code == 413

tests/test_field_overrides.py

@@ -273,3 +273,51 @@ def test_title_keyset_paging_is_complete_with_overrides(client, server):
         if not cursor:
             break
     assert sorted(seen) == ["a.archive", "b.archive", "c.archive"]   # each exactly once
+
+
+def test_enrichment_genre_fallback_precedence(client, server):
+    # Precedence: override → pack genre → MusicBrainz enrichment (matched only).
+    _put(server, "a.archive", title="A", genre="Rock")   # pack wins over enrichment
+    _put(server, "b.archive", title="B", genre="")       # falls back to enrichment
+    _put(server, "c.archive", title="C", genre="")       # override beats enrichment
+    _put(server, "d.archive", title="D", genre="")       # unmatched candidate: ignored
+    ins = "INSERT INTO song_enrichment (filename, match_state, genres) VALUES (?, ?, ?)"
+    server.meta_db.conn.execute(ins, ("a.archive", "matched", '["metal"]'))
+    server.meta_db.conn.execute(ins, ("b.archive", "matched", '["progressive rock", "rock"]'))
+    server.meta_db.conn.execute(ins, ("c.archive", "matched", '["jazz"]'))
+    server.meta_db.conn.execute(ins, ("d.archive", "review", '["country"]'))
+    _put(server, "e.archive", title="E", genre="")       # manual pin is trusted too
+    server.meta_db.conn.execute(ins, ("e.archive", "manual", '["ska"]'))
+    server.meta_db.conn.commit()
+    server.meta_db.set_song_override("c.archive", "genre", value="City Pop")
+
+    genres = client.get("/api/library/genres").json()["genres"]
+    assert "Rock" in genres                 # pack value kept for a
+    assert "metal" not in genres            # enrichment never overrides a pack genre
+    assert "progressive rock" in genres     # b: enrichment primary ([0]) surfaces
+    assert "City Pop" in genres and "jazz" not in genres   # override beats enrichment
+    assert "country" not in genres          # review/failed candidates never leak
+    assert "ska" in genres                  # user-pinned (manual) matches count
+
+    # Filtering by the enriched genre finds the song.
+    r = client.get("/api/library", params={"genre": "progressive rock"}).json()
+    assert [s["filename"] for s in r["songs"]] == ["b.archive"]
+
+
+def test_no_enrichment_and_no_overrides_uses_plain_column(server):
+    _put(server, "a.archive", title="A", genre="Rock")
+    assert server.meta_db._effective_genre_expr() == "genre"
+
+
+def test_overrides_without_enrichment_table_stay_safe(server):
+    # A stand-in scenario: overrides exist but song_enrichment is gone — the
+    # expression must not reference the missing table.
+    server.meta_db.conn.execute("DROP TABLE song_enrichment")
+    _put(server, "a.archive", title="A", genre="")
+    server.meta_db.set_song_override("a.archive", "genre", value="City Pop")
+    expr = server.meta_db._effective_genre_expr()
+    assert "song_enrichment" not in expr
+    # And it still evaluates: the override surfaces through the facet query.
+    row = server.meta_db.conn.execute(
+        f"SELECT {expr} FROM songs WHERE filename = 'a.archive'").fetchone()
+    assert row[0] == "City Pop"

tests/test_lyrics_transcribe_remote.py

@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+"""The remote transcription REQUEST — the thing that was never tested and never worked.
+
+`transcribe_vocals_remote()` POSTed the vocal stem to `/align`. That endpoint is *forced
+alignment*: "here are the lyrics, tell me when each word is sung". Its `text` field is required,
+and we have no lyrics — transcribing them is the entire point. So the server rejected every
+request with a 422 from FastAPI's validation layer, before its handler ever ran, and remote
+transcription had never worked for anybody (feedBack-plugin-stem-splitter#17).
+
+Nothing caught it because every test of this module tested the *mapper* — `_whisperx_to_sloppak`,
+fed a hand-written dict. The mapper was always fine. The request was never exercised, and the
+request was the bug.
+
+So these tests assert the request: which endpoint, and how `language` is carried. Both are
+invisible to a mapper test, and both are wrong in ways that fail quietly rather than loudly.
+"""
+from pathlib import Path
+from unittest import mock
+
+import pytest
+
+from lyrics_transcribe import transcribe_vocals_remote
+
+_ALIGNED = {
+    "segments": [{
+        "start": 1.0, "end": 2.0, "text": "hello world",
+        "words": [
+            {"word": "hello", "start": 1.0, "end": 1.4, "score": 0.9},
+            {"word": "world", "start": 1.5, "end": 2.0, "score": 0.9},
+        ],
+    }]
+}
+
+
+class _Resp:
+    def __init__(self, status=200, payload=None, text=""):
+        self.status_code = status
+        self._payload = payload if payload is not None else _ALIGNED
+        self.text = text
+
+    def json(self):
+        return self._payload
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def vocals(tmp_path: Path) -> Path:
+    p = tmp_path / "vocals.ogg"
+    p.write_bytes(b"not really ogg, we never decode it here")
+    return p
+
+
+def _post_call(vocals: Path, resp: _Resp, **kw):
+    with mock.patch("requests.post", return_value=resp) as post:
+        out = transcribe_vocals_remote(vocals, "http://server:7865", **kw)
+    return post.call_args, out
+
+
+def test_it_posts_to_transcribe_not_align(vocals):
+    """THE regression. /align requires `text`; we have none, so it 422s every time."""
+    call, out = _post_call(vocals, _Resp())
+
+    url = call.args[0]
+    assert url.endswith("/transcribe"), (
+        f"posted to {url!r} — /align is forced alignment and its `text` field is required, so "
+        f"this request is rejected with a 422 before the server's handler ever runs"
+    )
+    assert "/align" not in url
+    assert out, "a successful transcription must return syllables"
+
+
+def test_the_language_hint_is_a_form_field_not_a_query_param(vocals):
+    """The server reads `language` with Form(""). Sent as a query param it is silently ignored —
+    so an explicit hint does nothing, Whisper's auto-detection quietly decides instead, and the
+    wrong wav2vec2 aligner gets loaded. It "works", it's just wrong: the failure mode that hides
+    for months."""
+    call, _ = _post_call(vocals, _Resp(), language="es")
+
+    assert (call.kwargs.get("data") or {}).get("language") == "es", (
+        "the language hint must ride in the form body — the server reads Form('language'), and "
+        "a query param is dropped without a word"
+    )
+    assert "language" not in (call.kwargs.get("params") or {})
+
+
+def test_no_language_sends_no_hint(vocals):
+    # Absent is not the empty string: "" would pin detection to a language named "".
+    call, _ = _post_call(vocals, _Resp())
+    assert not (call.kwargs.get("data") or {})
+
+
+def test_the_file_is_sent_as_a_multipart_upload(vocals):
+    call, _ = _post_call(vocals, _Resp())
+    files = call.kwargs.get("files") or {}
+    assert "file" in files, "the server reads File('file')"
+    assert files["file"][0] == "vocals.ogg"
+
+
+def test_an_api_key_is_sent_as_a_bearer_token(vocals):
+    call, _ = _post_call(vocals, _Resp(), api_key="secret")
+    assert (call.kwargs.get("headers") or {})["Authorization"] == "Bearer secret"
+
+
+def test_an_instrumental_is_an_answer_not_a_crash(vocals):
+    # The server returns 200 + no segments for a stem with no singing in it. That is a valid
+    # answer ("this song has no vocals"), and it must not read as a failure.
+    _, out = _post_call(vocals, _Resp(payload={"segments": [], "language": "en"}))
+    assert out == []
+
+
+def test_a_server_error_surfaces_the_whole_body(vocals):
+    """The error body IS the diagnosis. A 422's JSON names the field it rejected; a 500's
+    traceback answers on its last line. The old 300-char cap decapitated both — which is how
+    this bug stayed invisible: the message explaining it was inside the part that got cut."""
+    tb = "Traceback (most recent call last):\n" + ("  File x, line 1\n" * 40) + \
+         "RuntimeError: CUDA out of memory"
+    assert len(tb) > 300 and "CUDA out of memory" not in tb[:300]
+
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError) as exc:
+        _post_call(vocals, _Resp(status=500, text=tb))
+    assert "CUDA out of memory" in str(exc.value)
+
+
+def test_truncation_keeps_the_exception_line_not_just_the_header():
+    """A traceback's ANSWER is its last line. Head-only truncation throws it away.
+
+    This is the same mistake as the 300-char cap, one level up: cutting off precisely the part
+    the function exists to preserve. A 4000-char window that contains "Traceback (most recent
+    call last)" and none of the exception is a window onto nothing."""
+    from lyrics_transcribe import _MAX_ERR_BODY, _err_body
+
+    frames = "".join(f'  File "/app/server.py", line {i}, in run\n    step()\n'
+                     for i in range(2000))          # far over the cap on its own
+    tb = "Traceback (most recent call last):\n" + frames + \
+         "RuntimeError: CUDA out of memory. Tried to allocate 2.20 GiB"
+
+    body = _err_body(_Resp(text=tb))
+    assert len(body) <= _MAX_ERR_BODY
+    assert "CUDA out of memory" in body, (
+        "the exception line is the diagnosis — a truncation that drops it keeps the part that "
+        "says work was happening and discards the part that says what went wrong"
+    )
+    assert "Traceback (most recent call last)" in body, "the head is context worth keeping too"
+    assert "truncated" in body
+
+
+def test_the_cap_is_a_bound_not_a_suggestion():
+    """The truncation marker must fit INSIDE _MAX_ERR_BODY, not be appended past it.
+
+    Otherwise the cap is advisory, and the callers who trust it — a log line, a job record
+    persisted to disk and re-read on every load — are the ones that get surprised."""
+    from lyrics_transcribe import _MAX_ERR_BODY, _err_body
+
+    body = _err_body(_Resp(text="x" * 500_000))
+    assert len(body) <= _MAX_ERR_BODY, (
+        f"body is {len(body)} chars, over the {_MAX_ERR_BODY} cap it claims to enforce"
+    )
+    assert "truncated" in body and "500000" in body
+
+
+def test_trailing_whitespace_is_not_content():
+    # A 300-char JSON body followed by 3900 blanks is not a long body, and cutting real content
+    # to make room for whitespace would be a silly way to lose the diagnosis.
+    from lyrics_transcribe import _err_body
+
+    payload = '{"detail":"nope"}'
+    assert _err_body(_Resp(text=payload + " " * 8000)) == payload
+
+
+def test_a_404_explains_that_the_server_is_too_old(vocals):
+    """A bare "404" sends someone hunting for a typo in their URL. The real answer is that their
+    server predates the endpoint, and only we can know that."""
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError) as exc:
+        _post_call(vocals, _Resp(status=404, text='{"detail":"Not Found"}'))
+    msg = str(exc.value)
+    assert "404" in msg
+    assert "/transcribe" in msg
+    assert "predates" in msg or "Update the server" in msg
+
+
+class TestEverythingFailsAsRuntimeError:
+    """The docstring promises one failure mode: RuntimeError. The caller
+    (`_maybe_transcribe_lyrics`) catches exactly that so one song's failed lyrics don't take down
+    the batch around it. A transport error escaping as requests.RequestException walks straight
+    past that handler — turning "this song's lyrics failed" into "the whole batch died"."""
+
+    def test_a_connection_failure(self, vocals):
+        import requests
+        with mock.patch("requests.post",
+                        side_effect=requests.ConnectionError("name resolution failed")):
+            with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="could not reach"):
+                transcribe_vocals_remote(vocals, "http://nope:7865")
+
+    def test_a_timeout(self, vocals):
+        import requests
+        with mock.patch("requests.post", side_effect=requests.Timeout("timed out")):
+            with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="could not reach"):
+                transcribe_vocals_remote(vocals, "http://server:7865")
+
+    def test_an_unreadable_stem(self, tmp_path):
+        missing = tmp_path / "gone.ogg"      # never created
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="could not read"):
+            transcribe_vocals_remote(missing, "http://server:7865")

tests/test_migrate_full_mix_stem.py

@@ -0,0 +1,429 @@
+"""tools/migrate_full_mix_stem.py — packs off the deprecated `original_audio:` key.
+
+The migration moves real audio inside tens of thousands of archives, so the
+interesting cases are the ones where it must NOT act: a pack it would corrupt, a
+pack it has already done, a pack whose mixdown isn't where the key claims.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import importlib.util
+import zipfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+import yaml
+
+_SPEC = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
+    "migrate_full_mix_stem",
+    Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "tools" / "migrate_full_mix_stem.py",
+)
+mig = importlib.util.module_from_spec(_SPEC)
+_SPEC.loader.exec_module(mig)
+
+
+def _manifest(**extra) -> dict:
+    m = {
+        "feedpak_version": "1.13.0",
+        "title": "T",
+        "artist": "A",
+        "duration": 1.0,
+        "arrangements": [{"id": "lead", "file": "arrangements/lead.json"}],
+        "stems": [
+            {"id": "guitar", "file": "stems/guitar.ogg", "default": "on"},
+            {"id": "drums", "file": "stems/drums.ogg", "default": "on"},
+        ],
+        "original_audio": "original/full.ogg",
+    }
+    m.update(extra)
+    return m
+
+
+def _write_pack(path: Path, manifest: dict, files: dict[str, bytes] | None = None) -> Path:
+    files = files or {
+        "original/full.ogg": b"MIXDOWN",
+        "stems/guitar.ogg": b"g",
+        "stems/drums.ogg": b"d",
+        "arrangements/lead.json": b"{}",
+    }
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(path, "w", zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as zf:
+        zf.writestr("manifest.yaml", yaml.safe_dump(manifest, sort_keys=False))
+        for name, data in files.items():
+            zf.writestr(name, data)
+    return path
+
+
+def _read(path: Path) -> tuple[dict, set[str]]:
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(path) as zf:
+        return yaml.safe_load(zf.read("manifest.yaml")), set(zf.namelist())
+
+
+# ── plan_manifest: the decisions, without the archives ──────────────────────
+
+def test_plan_adds_the_full_stem_and_drops_the_key():
+    new, move = mig.plan_manifest(_manifest())
+    assert move == "original/full.ogg"
+    assert "original_audio" not in new
+    assert new["stems"][0] == {
+        "id": "full",
+        "file": "stems/full.ogg",
+        "default": "off",
+    }
+    # The separated stems survive, in order, untouched.
+    assert [s["id"] for s in new["stems"]] == ["full", "guitar", "drums"]
+    assert new["feedpak_version"] == "1.15.0"
+
+
+def test_plan_marks_the_retained_mixdown_default_off():
+    """The one line that keeps a pre-1.15.0 reader from doubling the song: a
+    reader that sums every stem still won't play `full` on open if it honours
+    `default`, which has been normative since 1.0.0."""
+    new, _ = mig.plan_manifest(_manifest())
+    assert new["stems"][0]["default"] == "off"
+
+
+def test_plan_marks_a_sole_mixdown_default_on():
+    """With no separated stems the mixdown IS the audio — off would mute the pack."""
+    new, _ = mig.plan_manifest(_manifest(stems=[]))
+    assert new["stems"] == [{"id": "full", "file": "stems/full.ogg", "default": "on"}]
+
+
+def test_plan_preserves_unknown_keys_verbatim():
+    """Spec §3: a writer that re-emits a pack SHOULD preserve unknown keys."""
+    new, _ = mig.plan_manifest(_manifest(source_tool="ExampleTool v1.2.3", rigs="rigs.json"))
+    assert new["source_tool"] == "ExampleTool v1.2.3"
+    assert new["rigs"] == "rigs.json"
+
+
+def test_plan_skips_an_already_migrated_pack():
+    m = _manifest(
+        stems=[{"id": "full", "file": "stems/full.ogg", "default": "off"}],
+    )
+    del m["original_audio"]
+    with pytest.raises(mig.Skip):
+        mig.plan_manifest(m)
+
+
+def test_plan_skips_a_pack_that_never_had_the_key():
+    m = _manifest()
+    del m["original_audio"]
+    with pytest.raises(mig.Skip):
+        mig.plan_manifest(m)
+
+
+def test_plan_drops_a_stale_key_without_moving_anything():
+    """Mixdown already a stem, dead key lingering beside it."""
+    new, move = mig.plan_manifest(
+        _manifest(stems=[{"id": "full", "file": "stems/full.ogg", "default": "off"}])
+    )
+    assert move == ""
+    assert "original_audio" not in new
+    assert [s["id"] for s in new["stems"]] == ["full"]
+
+
+def test_plan_forces_an_existing_full_stem_off_beside_instrument_stems():
+    """Dropping the stale key is not enough if the mixdown it duplicated is left
+    ENABLED: a reader that honours `default` would then play the whole song on top
+    of the stems on open. The migration must not hand back a pack in the exact
+    state it exists to remove."""
+    new, move = mig.plan_manifest(
+        _manifest(
+            stems=[
+                {"id": "full", "file": "stems/full.ogg", "default": "on"},
+                {"id": "guitar", "file": "stems/guitar.ogg", "default": "on"},
+            ]
+        )
+    )
+    assert move == ""
+    assert new["stems"][0] == {"id": "full", "file": "stems/full.ogg", "default": "off"}
+    assert new["stems"][1]["default"] == "on"  # instruments untouched
+
+
+def test_plan_leaves_a_sole_full_stem_enabled_when_dropping_a_stale_key():
+    """No instruments beside it — the mixdown IS the audio. Forcing it off here
+    would mute the pack."""
+    new, _ = mig.plan_manifest(
+        _manifest(stems=[{"id": "full", "file": "stems/full.ogg", "default": "on"}])
+    )
+    assert new["stems"] == [{"id": "full", "file": "stems/full.ogg", "default": "on"}]
+
+
+def test_plan_needs_no_move_when_the_key_already_points_at_the_canonical_path():
+    new, move = mig.plan_manifest(_manifest(original_audio="stems/full.ogg"))
+    assert move == ""
+    assert new["stems"][0]["file"] == "stems/full.ogg"
+
+
+# ── migrate_zip: the archive rewrite ────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def test_migrate_moves_the_audio_and_rewrites_the_manifest(tmp_path: Path):
+    pak = _write_pack(tmp_path / "song.feedpak", _manifest())
+    assert mig.migrate_zip(pak, dry_run=False) == "migrated"
+
+    manifest, names = _read(pak)
+    assert "original/full.ogg" not in names       # the invented directory is gone
+    assert "stems/full.ogg" in names              # audio lives where the format says
+    assert "original_audio" not in manifest
+    assert manifest["stems"][0]["id"] == "full"
+    assert mig.verify_zip(pak) == "ok"
+
+
+def test_migrate_preserves_the_mixdown_bytes(tmp_path: Path):
+    """It is a rename, not a re-encode. Losing a byte here loses the master audio."""
+    pak = _write_pack(tmp_path / "song.feedpak", _manifest())
+    mig.migrate_zip(pak, dry_run=False)
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(pak) as zf:
+        assert zf.read("stems/full.ogg") == b"MIXDOWN"
+        assert zf.read("stems/guitar.ogg") == b"g"
+
+
+def test_migrate_is_idempotent(tmp_path: Path):
+    pak = _write_pack(tmp_path / "song.feedpak", _manifest())
+    assert mig.migrate_zip(pak, dry_run=False) == "migrated"
+    before = pak.read_bytes()
+    assert mig.migrate_zip(pak, dry_run=False) == "skip"
+    assert pak.read_bytes() == before  # a re-run touches nothing
+
+
+def test_dry_run_changes_nothing(tmp_path: Path):
+    pak = _write_pack(tmp_path / "song.feedpak", _manifest())
+    before = pak.read_bytes()
+    assert mig.migrate_zip(pak, dry_run=True) == "would-migrate"
+    assert pak.read_bytes() == before
+
+
+def test_migrate_refuses_when_the_mixdown_is_absent(tmp_path: Path):
+    """The key points at audio the archive doesn't contain. Fabricating a stem
+    entry for a missing file would break every reader — refuse, don't guess."""
+    pak = _write_pack(
+        tmp_path / "song.feedpak",
+        _manifest(),
+        files={"stems/guitar.ogg": b"g", "arrangements/lead.json": b"{}"},
+    )
+    before = pak.read_bytes()
+    assert mig.migrate_zip(pak, dry_run=False) == "missing-audio"
+    assert pak.read_bytes() == before
+
+
+def test_migrate_refuses_when_the_target_path_is_taken(tmp_path: Path):
+    """A `stems/full.ogg` that is NOT the mixdown already occupies the target.
+    Overwriting it would destroy a stem."""
+    pak = _write_pack(
+        tmp_path / "song.feedpak",
+        _manifest(),
+        files={
+            "original/full.ogg": b"MIXDOWN",
+            "stems/full.ogg": b"SOMETHING-ELSE",
+            "arrangements/lead.json": b"{}",
+        },
+    )
+    assert mig.migrate_zip(pak, dry_run=False) == "target-occupied"
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(pak) as zf:
+        assert zf.read("stems/full.ogg") == b"SOMETHING-ELSE"
+
+
+def test_migrate_drops_a_stale_key_beside_a_non_canonical_full_stem(tmp_path: Path):
+    """The mixdown is already a stem, but at a path of the pack's own choosing —
+    which is legal (§2.2: readers resolve through the manifest, never by
+    filename). Only the dead key needs removing. Demanding `stems/full.ogg` here
+    would reject a perfectly valid pack as `missing-audio`."""
+    m = _manifest(stems=[{"id": "full", "file": "audio/mixdown.ogg", "default": "off"}])
+    pak = _write_pack(
+        tmp_path / "song.feedpak",
+        m,
+        files={"audio/mixdown.ogg": b"MIXDOWN", "arrangements/lead.json": b"{}"},
+    )
+    assert mig.migrate_zip(pak, dry_run=False) == "migrated"
+
+    manifest, names = _read(pak)
+    assert "original_audio" not in manifest
+    assert manifest["stems"] == [
+        {"id": "full", "file": "audio/mixdown.ogg", "default": "off"}
+    ]
+    assert "audio/mixdown.ogg" in names  # the audio never moved
+    assert mig.verify_zip(pak) == "ok"
+
+
+# ── verify_zip ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def test_verify_rejects_a_retained_mixdown_that_plays_on_open(tmp_path: Path):
+    """The hazard the migration must never create: `full` alongside instrument
+    stems AND default-on means a summing reader plays the whole song twice."""
+    m = _manifest(
+        stems=[
+            {"id": "full", "file": "stems/full.ogg", "default": "on"},
+            {"id": "guitar", "file": "stems/guitar.ogg", "default": "on"},
+        ]
+    )
+    del m["original_audio"]
+    pak = _write_pack(
+        tmp_path / "song.feedpak",
+        m,
+        files={"stems/full.ogg": b"M", "stems/guitar.ogg": b"g"},
+    )
+    assert mig.verify_zip(pak) == "full-stem-default-on"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "default, expected",
+    [
+        ({"default": "off"}, "ok"),          # the one safe, canonical shape
+        ({"default": "OFF"}, "ok"),          # case-insensitive
+        ({"default": " off "}, "ok"),        # surrounding whitespace tolerated
+        ({}, "full-stem-default-not-off"),   # MISSING — core defaults to True (ON)
+        ({"default": ""}, "full-stem-default-not-off"),      # empty → ON in core
+        ({"default": False}, "full-stem-default-not-off"),   # boolean, not the string
+        ({"default": True}, "full-stem-default-on"),         # boolean truthy → plays
+        ({"default": "false"}, "full-stem-default-not-off"), # off-ish but non-canonical
+        ({"default": "0"}, "full-stem-default-not-off"),
+        ({"default": "no"}, "full-stem-default-not-off"),
+        ({"default": "maybe"}, "full-stem-default-not-off"), # malformed
+        ({"default": "on"}, "full-stem-default-on"),
+        ({"default": "yes"}, "full-stem-default-on"),
+        ({"default": "1"}, "full-stem-default-on"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_verify_requires_an_explicit_off_on_a_retained_mixdown(tmp_path, default, expected):
+    """Beside instrument stems, `full` is safe only with an explicit normalized
+    `off`. Core defaults an ABSENT `default` to ON and treats empty/unknown as
+    ON, so a missing or blank default is the double-audio hazard itself, not a
+    lesser one — `verify` must not certify it."""
+    m = _manifest(
+        stems=[
+            {"id": "full", "file": "stems/full.ogg", **default},
+            {"id": "guitar", "file": "stems/guitar.ogg", "default": "on"},
+        ]
+    )
+    del m["original_audio"]
+    pak = _write_pack(
+        tmp_path / f"{tmp_path.name}.feedpak",
+        m,
+        files={"stems/full.ogg": b"M", "stems/guitar.ogg": b"g"},
+    )
+    assert mig.verify_zip(pak) == expected
+
+
+def test_verify_ignores_default_on_a_sole_full_stem(tmp_path: Path):
+    """A single `full` stem IS the audio — the len>1 gate means its default is
+    not policed, so an on/absent default is fine (off would mute the pack)."""
+    for default in ({"default": "on"}, {}, {"default": ""}):
+        m = _manifest(stems=[{"id": "full", "file": "stems/full.ogg", **default}])
+        del m["original_audio"]
+        pak = _write_pack(
+            tmp_path / f"{tmp_path.name}-{len(default)}.feedpak",
+            m,
+            files={"stems/full.ogg": b"M"},
+        )
+        assert mig.verify_zip(pak) == "ok"
+
+
+def test_verify_rejects_an_unmigrated_pack(tmp_path: Path):
+    pak = _write_pack(tmp_path / "song.feedpak", _manifest())
+    assert mig.verify_zip(pak) == "still-has-key"
+
+
+# ── Unsafe manifest paths must not be laundered into playable audio ─────────
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "rel", ["../outside.ogg", "/etc/passwd", "a/../../x.ogg", "C:/x.ogg", "a\\b.ogg"]
+)
+def test_migrate_refuses_an_unsafe_full_mix_path(tmp_path: Path, rel: str):
+    """Core's loader REFUSES a full-mix path that escapes the pack — such a pack
+    simply has no full mix, and the audio is inert. Migrating it into
+    `stems/full.ogg` would take content the reader deliberately rejected and hand
+    it back as a valid, playable stem. Report it; never promote it."""
+    pak = _write_pack(
+        tmp_path / "song.feedpak",
+        _manifest(original_audio=rel),
+        files={rel: b"EVIL", "stems/guitar.ogg": b"g"},
+    )
+    before = pak.read_bytes()
+    assert mig.migrate_zip(pak, dry_run=False) == "unsafe-path"
+    assert pak.read_bytes() == before
+
+
+def test_safe_relpath_accepts_ordinary_pack_paths():
+    assert mig.is_safe_relpath("stems/full.ogg")
+    assert mig.is_safe_relpath("original/full.ogg")
+    assert not mig.is_safe_relpath("")
+    assert not mig.is_safe_relpath("a//b.ogg")
+
+
+# ── Damaged packs must not abort the run ────────────────────────────────────
+
+def test_a_corrupt_archive_is_reported_not_fatal(tmp_path: Path, capsys):
+    """A real library has damage in it — a truncated download, an archive left
+    half-written by an interrupted converter. One of those must not kill a
+    50,000-pack run and throw away the summary: the pack is reported, skipped,
+    and everything else still migrates."""
+    good = _write_pack(tmp_path / "good.feedpak", _manifest())
+    bad = tmp_path / "bad.feedpak"
+    bad.write_bytes(b"this is not a zip file at all")
+
+    rc = mig.main([str(tmp_path)])
+    out = capsys.readouterr().out
+
+    assert rc == 1                       # a problem pack fails the run's exit code
+    assert "corrupt-zip" in out
+    assert "migrated" in out
+    assert mig.verify_zip(good) == "ok"  # the healthy pack still got migrated
+    assert bad.read_bytes() == b"this is not a zip file at all"  # untouched
+
+
+# ── Directory-form (authoring) packs are discovered, not silently skipped ────
+
+def _write_dir_pack(path: Path, manifest: dict, files: dict[str, bytes] | None = None) -> Path:
+    """Build a directory-form pack (`song.sloppak/`), the authoring shape."""
+    files = files or {
+        "original/full.ogg": b"MIXDOWN",
+        "stems/guitar.ogg": b"g",
+        "stems/drums.ogg": b"d",
+        "arrangements/lead.json": b"{}",
+    }
+    path.mkdir()
+    (path / "manifest.yaml").write_text(yaml.safe_dump(manifest, sort_keys=False))
+    for name, data in files.items():
+        p = path / name
+        p.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        p.write_bytes(data)
+    return path
+
+
+def test_iter_packs_discovers_directory_form_packs(tmp_path: Path):
+    """A `song.sloppak/` directory is a pack; os.walk must yield it whole and
+    NOT descend into it (its stems/ are contents, not packs)."""
+    d = _write_dir_pack(tmp_path / "song.sloppak", _manifest())
+    z = _write_pack(tmp_path / "other.feedpak", _manifest())
+    found = set(mig.iter_packs(tmp_path))
+    assert d in found and z in found
+    # Nothing inside the directory pack was yielded as its own pack.
+    assert not any(d in p.parents for p in found)
+
+
+def test_iter_packs_yields_a_directly_passed_dir_pack(tmp_path: Path):
+    d = _write_dir_pack(tmp_path / "song.sloppak", _manifest())
+    assert list(mig.iter_packs(d)) == [d]
+
+
+def test_directory_form_pack_is_reported_not_silently_skipped(tmp_path: Path, capsys):
+    """The migrator rewrites single-file packs atomically; a directory can't be
+    swapped that way, so it is surfaced as a problem rather than vanishing from
+    the run (the silent-skip this guards against) or being rewritten unsafely."""
+    d = _write_dir_pack(tmp_path / "song.sloppak", _manifest())
+    good = _write_pack(tmp_path / "good.feedpak", _manifest())
+
+    rc = mig.main([str(tmp_path)])
+    out = capsys.readouterr().out
+
+    assert rc == 1                              # a reported problem fails the exit code
+    assert "dir-form-unsupported" in out
+    assert mig.verify_zip(good) == "ok"         # the zip pack still migrated
+    # The directory pack is untouched: legacy key intact, mixdown not moved.
+    manifest = yaml.safe_load((d / "manifest.yaml").read_text())
+    assert manifest.get("original_audio") == "original/full.ogg"
+    assert (d / "original" / "full.ogg").read_bytes() == b"MIXDOWN"
+
+
+def test_verify_reports_directory_form_packs(tmp_path: Path):
+    d = _write_dir_pack(tmp_path / "song.sloppak", _manifest())
+    assert mig.verify_pack(d) == "dir-form-unsupported"

tests/test_sloppak_full_mix_load.py

@@ -0,0 +1,277 @@
+"""The sloppak loader's handling of a pack's complete mixdown (#933).
+
+The mixdown is a stem: feedpak spec §5.3 RESERVES the id `full` for it. It is a
+mixdown, not a layer — it already contains every instrument, so a reader that
+sums `stems` must never include it in that sum, and `load_song()` therefore
+lifts it OUT of `LoadedSloppak.stems` and onto `LoadedSloppak.full_mix`.
+
+Also covers the DEPRECATED `original_audio:` manifest key — a key this repo
+invented (#583) before the spec reserved `full`, which every pack in the wild
+still carries. We read it as a fallback so those packs keep their full mix; we
+never write it. Those tests are the deprecation contract: they go when the key
+does (#945).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import yaml
+
+import sloppak as sloppak_mod
+
+
+def _write_dir_sloppak(
+    root: Path,
+    manifest_extras: dict,
+    *,
+    write_legacy_full_mix: bool = False,
+    stems: list[dict] | None = None,
+) -> Path:
+    """Build a minimal directory-form sloppak that load_song will accept.
+
+    Uses the tmp_path leaf name to make the sloppak filename unique per test,
+    avoiding the module-level ``resolve_source_dir`` cache being poisoned by a
+    previous test that happened to share the same "song.sloppak" filename.
+    """
+    pak = root / f"{root.name}.sloppak"
+    pak.mkdir()
+    arr_dir = pak / "arrangements"
+    arr_dir.mkdir()
+
+    arr = {
+        "name": "Lead",
+        "tuning": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+        "capo": 0,
+        "notes": [],
+        "chords": [],
+        "anchors": [],
+        "handshapes": [],
+        "templates": [],
+        "beats": [],
+        "sections": [],
+    }
+    (arr_dir / "lead.json").write_text(json.dumps(arr))
+
+    manifest = {
+        "title": "Test",
+        "artist": "Tester",
+        "album": "",
+        "year": 2026,
+        "duration": 10.0,
+        "arrangements": [{"id": "lead", "name": "Lead", "file": "arrangements/lead.json"}],
+        "stems": (
+            stems
+            if stems is not None
+            else [{"id": "guitar", "file": "stems/guitar.ogg", "default": True}]
+        ),
+    }
+    manifest.update(manifest_extras)
+    (pak / "manifest.yaml").write_text(yaml.safe_dump(manifest, sort_keys=False))
+
+    if write_legacy_full_mix:
+        orig_dir = pak / "original"
+        orig_dir.mkdir()
+        # The loader only checks presence (is_file); contents are irrelevant.
+        (orig_dir / "full.ogg").write_bytes(b"OggS-not-real")
+
+    return pak
+
+
+def _load(pak_path: Path, tmp_path: Path):
+    dlc_root = pak_path.parent
+    cache = tmp_path / "cache"
+    cache.mkdir()
+    return sloppak_mod.load_song(pak_path.name, dlc_root, cache)
+
+
+def _separated(**extra) -> list[dict]:
+    """A separated pack that RETAINS its mixdown, as spec §5.3 asks writers to."""
+    return [
+        {"id": "full", "file": "stems/full.ogg", "default": False, **extra},
+        {"id": "guitar", "file": "stems/guitar.ogg", "default": True},
+        {"id": "drums", "file": "stems/drums.ogg", "default": True},
+    ]
+
+
+# ── The `full` stem is the mixdown (spec §5.3) ───────────────────────────────
+
+def test_full_stem_is_surfaced_as_the_mixdown(tmp_path: Path):
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(tmp_path, {}, stems=_separated())
+    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
+    # Manifest-relative, so the WS builds its URL exactly as it builds a stem's.
+    assert loaded.full_mix == "stems/full.ogg"
+
+
+def test_full_stem_is_removed_from_the_stem_list(tmp_path: Path):
+    """The regression this whole change exists to prevent.
+
+    Every consumer sums `stems` into one mix and renders one fader per entry. The
+    mixdown already contains every instrument, so leaving it in the list doubles
+    the entire song — and muting `guitar` would still leave guitar audible inside
+    it. That exact trap is why the packer invented `original_audio` rather than
+    putting the mixdown where the format says it goes.
+    """
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(tmp_path, {}, stems=_separated())
+    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
+    assert [s["id"] for s in loaded.stems] == ["guitar", "drums"]
+
+
+def test_single_mix_pack_keeps_full_as_its_only_stem(tmp_path: Path):
+    """A pack whose ONLY stem is `full` is a single-mix pack, not a separated one.
+
+    There are no instruments to be pristine against, so the mixdown stays the sole
+    playable stem and nothing is surfaced separately. Anything else would strip the
+    stem list of the most common pack shape in the library and leave it silent.
+    """
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(
+        tmp_path, {}, stems=[{"id": "full", "file": "stems/full.ogg", "default": True}]
+    )
+    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
+    assert loaded.full_mix is None
+    assert [s["id"] for s in loaded.stems] == ["full"]
+
+
+def test_every_full_entry_is_removed_not_just_the_first(tmp_path: Path):
+    """A malformed pack listing `full` twice must not leave one behind.
+
+    Removing the mixdown by object identity would drop only the entry we surface
+    and leave its duplicate in the stem list — a whole copy of the song, summed
+    with the instruments. That is the exact bug this partition prevents, so a
+    duplicate must not smuggle it back in.
+    """
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(
+        tmp_path,
+        {},
+        stems=[
+            {"id": "full", "file": "stems/full.ogg", "default": False},
+            {"id": "guitar", "file": "stems/guitar.ogg", "default": True},
+            {"id": "full", "file": "original/full.ogg", "default": True},
+        ],
+    )
+    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
+    assert loaded.full_mix == "stems/full.ogg"
+    assert [s["id"] for s in loaded.stems] == ["guitar"]
+
+
+def test_separated_pack_without_a_full_stem_has_no_mixdown(tmp_path: Path):
+    """Stems only, mixdown discarded — the pre-1.15.0 shape. Nothing to surface."""
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(
+        tmp_path,
+        {},
+        stems=[
+            {"id": "guitar", "file": "stems/guitar.ogg", "default": True},
+            {"id": "drums", "file": "stems/drums.ogg", "default": True},
+        ],
+    )
+    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
+    assert loaded.full_mix is None
+    assert [s["id"] for s in loaded.stems] == ["guitar", "drums"]
+
+
+def test_single_mix_pack_ignores_a_lingering_deprecated_key(tmp_path: Path):
+    """`full` is the pack's only stem AND the old key is still there.
+
+    The stem wins, and it stays the sole playable stem — falling back to the key
+    would surface the mixdown twice: once as the stem the player is already
+    playing, and once as a "pristine" track for it to cross over to.
+    """
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(
+        tmp_path,
+        {"original_audio": "original/full.ogg"},
+        stems=[{"id": "full", "file": "stems/full.ogg", "default": True}],
+        write_legacy_full_mix=True,
+    )
+    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
+    assert loaded.full_mix is None
+    assert [s["id"] for s in loaded.stems] == ["full"]
+
+
+def test_full_stem_wins_over_the_deprecated_key(tmp_path: Path):
+    """A migrated pack that still carries the old key must use the stem."""
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(
+        tmp_path,
+        {"original_audio": "original/full.ogg"},
+        stems=_separated(),
+        write_legacy_full_mix=True,
+    )
+    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
+    assert loaded.full_mix == "stems/full.ogg"
+
+
+# ── The library index must not advertise the mixdown as an instrument ────────
+
+def test_extract_meta_excludes_the_mixdown_from_stem_ids(tmp_path: Path):
+    """The library's stem chips / stem_count come from here, and must agree with
+    load_song() — otherwise the filter offers a "full" chip beside guitar+drums
+    and counts a third stem that no mixer will ever show."""
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(tmp_path, {}, stems=_separated())
+    meta = sloppak_mod.extract_meta(pak)
+    assert meta["stem_ids"] == ["guitar", "drums"]
+    assert meta["stem_count"] == 2
+
+
+def test_extract_meta_keeps_full_for_a_single_mix_pack(tmp_path: Path):
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(
+        tmp_path, {}, stems=[{"id": "full", "file": "stems/full.ogg", "default": True}]
+    )
+    meta = sloppak_mod.extract_meta(pak)
+    assert meta["stem_ids"] == ["full"]
+    assert meta["stem_count"] == 1
+
+
+# ── DEPRECATED `original_audio:` fallback — delete with the key (#945) ───────
+
+def test_legacy_key_still_provides_the_full_mix(tmp_path: Path):
+    """Every pack written before the spec reserved `full` looks like this. Dropping
+    the read would silently take the pristine mix away from all of them."""
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(
+        tmp_path, {"original_audio": "original/full.ogg"}, write_legacy_full_mix=True
+    )
+    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
+    assert loaded.full_mix == "original/full.ogg"
+    # The legacy mixdown lives OUTSIDE `stems`, so the stem list is untouched.
+    assert [s["id"] for s in loaded.stems] == ["guitar"]
+
+
+def test_legacy_key_absent_means_no_full_mix(tmp_path: Path):
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(tmp_path, {}, write_legacy_full_mix=True)
+    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
+    assert loaded.full_mix is None
+
+
+def test_legacy_key_none_when_file_missing(tmp_path: Path):
+    # Manifest points at a full mix that isn't on disk — disabled silently.
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(
+        tmp_path, {"original_audio": "original/full.ogg"}, write_legacy_full_mix=False
+    )
+    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
+    assert loaded.full_mix is None
+
+
+def test_legacy_key_none_when_value_blank(tmp_path: Path):
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(
+        tmp_path, {"original_audio": "   "}, write_legacy_full_mix=True
+    )
+    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
+    assert loaded.full_mix is None
+
+
+# ── Security / path-traversal branches (legacy key only — a stem `file` is
+#    resolved through the same /api/sloppak/.../file/ guard as every other stem)
+
+def test_legacy_key_none_when_path_escapes_sloppak(tmp_path: Path):
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(
+        tmp_path, {"original_audio": "../outside.ogg"}, write_legacy_full_mix=True
+    )
+    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
+    assert loaded.full_mix is None
+
+
+def test_legacy_key_none_when_path_is_absolute(tmp_path: Path):
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(
+        tmp_path, {"original_audio": "/etc/passwd"}, write_legacy_full_mix=True
+    )
+    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
+    assert loaded.full_mix is None

tests/test_sloppak_original_audio_load.py

@@ -1,119 +0,0 @@
-"""End-to-end test for the sloppak loader recognising an `original_audio:`
-manifest key (the single full-mix file shipped alongside the separate stems)
-and surfacing the manifest-relative path on the LoadedSloppak."""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import json
-from pathlib import Path
-
-import yaml
-
-import sloppak as sloppak_mod
-
-
-def _write_dir_sloppak(root: Path, manifest_extras: dict, *, write_full_mix: bool) -> Path:
-    """Build a minimal directory-form sloppak that load_song will accept.
-
-    Uses the tmp_path leaf name to make the sloppak filename unique per test,
-    avoiding the module-level ``resolve_source_dir`` cache being poisoned by a
-    previous test that happened to share the same "song.sloppak" filename.
-    """
-    pak = root / f"{root.name}.sloppak"
-    pak.mkdir()
-    arr_dir = pak / "arrangements"
-    arr_dir.mkdir()
-
-    arr = {
-        "name": "Lead",
-        "tuning": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
-        "capo": 0,
-        "notes": [],
-        "chords": [],
-        "anchors": [],
-        "handshapes": [],
-        "templates": [],
-        "beats": [],
-        "sections": [],
-    }
-    (arr_dir / "lead.json").write_text(json.dumps(arr))
-
-    manifest = {
-        "title": "Test",
-        "artist": "Tester",
-        "album": "",
-        "year": 2026,
-        "duration": 10.0,
-        "arrangements": [{"id": "lead", "name": "Lead", "file": "arrangements/lead.json"}],
-        "stems": [{"id": "guitar", "file": "stems/guitar.ogg", "default": True}],
-    }
-    manifest.update(manifest_extras)
-    (pak / "manifest.yaml").write_text(yaml.safe_dump(manifest, sort_keys=False))
-
-    if write_full_mix:
-        orig_dir = pak / "original"
-        orig_dir.mkdir()
-        # The loader only checks presence (is_file); contents are irrelevant.
-        (orig_dir / "full.ogg").write_bytes(b"OggS-not-real")
-
-    return pak
-
-
-def _load(pak_path: Path, tmp_path: Path):
-    dlc_root = pak_path.parent
-    cache = tmp_path / "cache"
-    cache.mkdir()
-    return sloppak_mod.load_song(pak_path.name, dlc_root, cache)
-
-
-# ── Happy path ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-def test_load_song_attaches_original_audio_when_manifest_opts_in(tmp_path: Path):
-    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(
-        tmp_path, {"original_audio": "original/full.ogg"}, write_full_mix=True
-    )
-    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
-    # Stored as the manifest-relative string so server.py can build the URL the
-    # same way it builds stem URLs.
-    assert loaded.original_audio == "original/full.ogg"
-
-
-# ── Absent / degraded branches ───────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-def test_load_song_original_audio_none_when_manifest_silent(tmp_path: Path):
-    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(tmp_path, {}, write_full_mix=True)
-    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
-    assert loaded.original_audio is None
-
-
-def test_load_song_original_audio_none_when_file_missing(tmp_path: Path):
-    # Manifest points at a full mix that isn't on disk — disabled silently.
-    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(
-        tmp_path, {"original_audio": "original/full.ogg"}, write_full_mix=False
-    )
-    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
-    assert loaded.original_audio is None
-
-
-def test_load_song_original_audio_none_when_value_blank(tmp_path: Path):
-    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(tmp_path, {"original_audio": "   "}, write_full_mix=True)
-    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
-    assert loaded.original_audio is None
-
-
-# ── Security / path-traversal branches ──────────────────────────────────────
-
-def test_load_song_original_audio_none_when_path_escapes_sloppak(tmp_path: Path):
-    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(
-        tmp_path, {"original_audio": "../outside.ogg"}, write_full_mix=True
-    )
-    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
-    assert loaded.original_audio is None
-
-
-def test_load_song_original_audio_none_when_path_is_absolute(tmp_path: Path):
-    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(
-        tmp_path, {"original_audio": "/etc/passwd"}, write_full_mix=True
-    )
-    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
-    assert loaded.original_audio is None

tests/test_sloppak_unpack_cache.py

@@ -0,0 +1,309 @@
+"""The unpack cache is bounded, and reading part of a song doesn't explode it.
+
+`sloppak_cache/` holds every song ever unpacked, fully decompressed. Stems are
+already-compressed audio, so an unpacked song is ~1.1x its zip — the cache is a
+second copy of the library. It used to have no cap, no LRU, and no cleanup at
+all: a tester reached 60 GB from an 1800-song library because one caller looped
+the library calling load_song() (rig_builder's library-wide tone batch), which
+unpacks the WHOLE pack — stems included — to read a few KB of tone JSON.
+
+Pins, so neither half can silently come back:
+  - resolve_source_dir() evicts LRU songs to stay under the cap,
+  - it never evicts the song the caller just asked for,
+  - an evicted song is dropped from _source_cache too (otherwise the media route
+    keeps serving a path that no longer exists and 404s every stem instead of
+    re-unpacking),
+  - get_cached_source_dir() self-heals if the cache dir is deleted by hand,
+  - read_member_bytes() reads one file WITHOUT unpacking anything.
+"""
+
+import importlib
+import zipfile
+
+import pytest
+import yaml
+
+import sloppak as sloppak_mod
+
+
+STEM = b"\x00" * (400 * 1024)   # 400 KB of "audio" — the bulk of a real pack
+ARR = b'{"tones": {"definitions": [{"Key": "clean"}]}}'
+
+
+def _zip_pack(path, stem_bytes=STEM):
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(path, "w") as zf:
+        zf.writestr("manifest.yaml", yaml.safe_dump({
+            "title": path.stem,
+            "arrangements": [{"file": "arrangements/lead.json", "name": "Lead"}],
+            "stems": [{"id": "full", "file": "stems/audio.ogg"}],
+        }))
+        zf.writestr("arrangements/lead.json", ARR)
+        zf.writestr("stems/audio.ogg", stem_bytes)
+    return path
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def _fresh_module_state():
+    # _source_cache is module state and would leak across tests.
+    importlib.reload(sloppak_mod)
+    yield
+    importlib.reload(sloppak_mod)
+
+
+def _cap_mb(monkeypatch, mb):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("FEEDBACK_SLOPPAK_CACHE_MAX_MB", str(mb))
+
+
+def test_read_member_bytes_does_not_unpack(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    dlc = tmp_path / "dlc"
+    dlc.mkdir()
+    cache = tmp_path / "cache"
+    cache.mkdir()
+    pack = _zip_pack(dlc / "song.feedpak")
+
+    data = sloppak_mod.read_member_bytes(pack, "arrangements/lead.json")
+
+    assert data == ARR
+    assert list(cache.iterdir()) == [], (
+        "reading one member must not unpack the pack — this is the whole point: "
+        "load_song() would have written the 400 KB stem to disk to get 45 bytes of JSON"
+    )
+
+
+def test_read_member_bytes_missing_member_is_none(tmp_path):
+    dlc = tmp_path / "dlc"
+    dlc.mkdir()
+    pack = _zip_pack(dlc / "song.feedpak")
+    assert sloppak_mod.read_member_bytes(pack, "arrangements/nope.json") is None
+    assert sloppak_mod.read_member_bytes(pack, "") is None
+
+
+def test_unpack_cache_evicts_lru_to_stay_under_cap(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    dlc = tmp_path / "dlc"
+    dlc.mkdir()
+    cache = tmp_path / "cache"
+    cache.mkdir()
+    _cap_mb(monkeypatch, 1)                       # 1 MB — holds ~2 of our 400 KB packs
+
+    for i in range(6):
+        _zip_pack(dlc / f"song{i}.feedpak")
+
+    for i in range(6):
+        sloppak_mod.resolve_source_dir(f"song{i}.feedpak", dlc, cache)
+
+    total = sum(f.stat().st_size for f in cache.rglob("*") if f.is_file())
+    assert total <= 1 * 1024 * 1024, (
+        f"unpack cache ran to {total/1e6:.1f} MB against a 1 MB cap — this is the "
+        "unbounded growth that reached 60 GB in the field"
+    )
+    # The most recent song must survive; the oldest must not.
+    names = {d.name for d in cache.iterdir()}
+    assert "song5.feedpak" in names, "the song just resolved must never be evicted"
+    assert "song0.feedpak" not in names, "the least-recently-used song should go first"
+
+
+def test_eviction_drops_the_source_cache_entry(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """An evicted song must not keep being handed out by get_cached_source_dir().
+
+    media.py only falls back to resolve_source_dir() when this returns None. If a
+    stale path survives, every stem 404s for the rest of the process instead of
+    re-unpacking — a silently broken song, not a slow one.
+    """
+    dlc = tmp_path / "dlc"
+    dlc.mkdir()
+    cache = tmp_path / "cache"
+    cache.mkdir()
+    _cap_mb(monkeypatch, 1)
+
+    for i in range(6):
+        _zip_pack(dlc / f"song{i}.feedpak")
+    for i in range(6):
+        sloppak_mod.resolve_source_dir(f"song{i}.feedpak", dlc, cache)
+
+    evicted = sloppak_mod.get_cached_source_dir("song0.feedpak")
+    assert evicted is None, "an evicted song must be dropped from _source_cache"
+
+    # ...and asking for it again just re-unpacks it. Self-healing, not broken.
+    again = sloppak_mod.resolve_source_dir("song0.feedpak", dlc, cache)
+    assert (again / "stems" / "audio.ogg").is_file()
+
+
+def test_get_cached_source_dir_self_heals_after_manual_delete(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """Telling a user to delete sloppak_cache/ to reclaim disk must be safe."""
+    import shutil
+    dlc = tmp_path / "dlc"
+    dlc.mkdir()
+    cache = tmp_path / "cache"
+    cache.mkdir()
+    _cap_mb(monkeypatch, 0)                       # eviction off — isolate the delete
+    _zip_pack(dlc / "song.feedpak")
+
+    src = sloppak_mod.resolve_source_dir("song.feedpak", dlc, cache)
+    assert sloppak_mod.get_cached_source_dir("song.feedpak") == src
+
+    shutil.rmtree(src)                            # the user clears the folder
+
+    assert sloppak_mod.get_cached_source_dir("song.feedpak") is None, (
+        "a path that no longer exists must not be served — the caller would 404 "
+        "every stem instead of re-unpacking"
+    )
+    assert (sloppak_mod.resolve_source_dir("song.feedpak", dlc, cache)
+            / "stems" / "audio.ogg").is_file()
+
+
+def test_cap_of_zero_disables_eviction(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    dlc = tmp_path / "dlc"
+    dlc.mkdir()
+    cache = tmp_path / "cache"
+    cache.mkdir()
+    _cap_mb(monkeypatch, 0)
+    for i in range(4):
+        _zip_pack(dlc / f"song{i}.feedpak")
+    for i in range(4):
+        sloppak_mod.resolve_source_dir(f"song{i}.feedpak", dlc, cache)
+    assert len(list(cache.iterdir())) == 4, "cap 0 must mean 'never evict'"
+
+
+def test_read_member_bytes_normalizes_non_canonical_names(tmp_path):
+    """A manifest may name a member './arrangements/lead.json' — valid, and it
+    resolved fine once unpacked. Reading the zip member by the raw string would
+    KeyError and silently report no tones. Same trap read_cover_bytes already hit."""
+    dlc = tmp_path / "dlc"
+    dlc.mkdir()
+    pack = _zip_pack(dlc / "song.feedpak")
+
+    assert sloppak_mod.read_member_bytes(pack, "./arrangements/lead.json") == ARR
+    assert sloppak_mod.read_member_bytes(pack, "stems/../arrangements/lead.json") == ARR
+    assert sloppak_mod.read_member_bytes(pack, "arrangements\\lead.json") == ARR
+
+
+def test_read_member_bytes_rejects_zip_slip(tmp_path):
+    dlc = tmp_path / "dlc"
+    dlc.mkdir()
+    pack = _zip_pack(dlc / "song.feedpak")
+    assert sloppak_mod.read_member_bytes(pack, "../../etc/passwd") is None
+    assert sloppak_mod.read_member_bytes(pack, "/etc/passwd") is None
+    assert sloppak_mod.read_member_bytes(pack, ".") is None
+
+
+def test_eviction_never_deletes_an_in_flight_unpack(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """Two unpacks run concurrently (_UNPACK_MAX_CONCURRENCY = 2). One finishing
+    must not rmtree the other's half-written dir — that resolver would then cache
+    an incomplete song and serve a broken pack.
+
+    Sized so the sweep genuinely has to reach the in-flight directory: each pack
+    is ~700 KB against a 1 MB cap, so once `keep` is protected the sweep must
+    delete EVERY other dir to get under the cap — including the one being written.
+    (A naive version of this test passes even without the guard, because a
+    freshly-created dir is the most-recently-used and the sweep never gets to it.)
+    """
+    import threading
+
+    big = b"\x00" * (700 * 1024)
+    dlc = tmp_path / "dlc"
+    dlc.mkdir()
+    cache = tmp_path / "cache"
+    cache.mkdir()
+    _cap_mb(monkeypatch, 1)
+    for i in range(3):
+        _zip_pack(dlc / f"song{i}.feedpak", stem_bytes=big)
+
+    victim = cache / "song2.feedpak"
+    started = threading.Event()
+    release = threading.Event()
+    real_unpack = sloppak_mod._unpack_zip
+
+    def slow_unpack(zip_path, dest):
+        real_unpack(zip_path, dest)          # dir now exists — "half written"
+        if dest == victim:
+            started.set()
+            release.wait(5)                  # hold it open while the other sweeps
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sloppak_mod, "_unpack_zip", slow_unpack)
+
+    t = threading.Thread(target=sloppak_mod.resolve_source_dir,
+                         args=("song2.feedpak", dlc, cache))
+    t.start()
+    assert started.wait(5), "victim unpack did not start"
+
+    # song0 lands and sweeps: keep=song0, cache holds song0+song2 = 1.4 MB > 1 MB,
+    # so the sweep MUST try to delete song2 — which is still being written.
+    sloppak_mod.resolve_source_dir("song0.feedpak", dlc, cache)
+    in_flight_survived = victim.is_dir()
+
+    release.set()
+    t.join(5)
+
+    assert in_flight_survived, (
+        "eviction deleted a directory another thread was still unpacking into — "
+        "that resolver caches an incomplete song and serves a broken pack"
+    )
+
+
+def test_read_member_bytes_finds_backslash_members(tmp_path):
+    """Windows-authored packs store members as 'arrangements\\lead.json'.
+    _unpack_zip() normalizes those on extract, so unpack-then-read found them.
+    An exact getinfo() would not — and we'd silently report the song has no tones."""
+    dlc = tmp_path / "dlc"
+    dlc.mkdir()
+    pack = dlc / "win.feedpak"
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(pack, "w") as zf:
+        zf.writestr("manifest.yaml", yaml.safe_dump({"title": "w"}))
+        zf.writestr("arrangements\\lead.json", ARR)      # backslash member name
+
+    assert sloppak_mod.read_member_bytes(pack, "arrangements/lead.json") == ARR
+
+
+def test_read_member_bytes_finds_non_canonical_STORED_names(tmp_path):
+    """The archive itself may store './arrangements/lead.json'. _unpack_zip()
+    normalizes stored names on extract, so unpack-then-read resolved it. Both the
+    requested path and the stored name must be normalized, or the tones vanish."""
+    dlc = tmp_path / "dlc"
+    dlc.mkdir()
+    pack = dlc / "odd.feedpak"
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(pack, "w") as zf:
+        zf.writestr("manifest.yaml", yaml.safe_dump({"title": "o"}))
+        zf.writestr("./arrangements/lead.json", ARR)     # stored non-canonically
+
+    assert sloppak_mod.read_member_bytes(pack, "arrangements/lead.json") == ARR
+
+
+def test_read_member_bytes_matches_unpack_last_write_wins(tmp_path):
+    """If a pack stores two names that normalize to the same file, _unpack_zip
+    writes them in order and the LAST one is what ends up on disk. Reading the
+    raw member by exact name would hand back the first — stale arrangement data
+    that no unpacked read would ever have produced."""
+    dlc = tmp_path / "dlc"
+    dlc.mkdir()
+    pack = dlc / "dupe.feedpak"
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(pack, "w") as zf:
+        zf.writestr("manifest.yaml", yaml.safe_dump({"title": "d"}))
+        zf.writestr("arrangements/lead.json", b'{"tones": {"definitions": [{"Key": "STALE"}]}}')
+        zf.writestr("./arrangements/lead.json", ARR)      # normalizes to the same path
+
+    assert sloppak_mod.read_member_bytes(pack, "arrangements/lead.json") == ARR
+
+
+def test_failed_unpack_does_not_leave_the_dir_un_evictable(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """A dir marked in-flight is skipped by eviction. If a failed unpack leaves the
+    marker behind, that dir becomes permanently un-evictable — a slow leak of
+    exactly the thing this cap exists to prevent."""
+    dlc = tmp_path / "dlc"
+    dlc.mkdir()
+    cache = tmp_path / "cache"
+    cache.mkdir()
+    _cap_mb(monkeypatch, 1)
+    _zip_pack(dlc / "boom.feedpak")
+
+    def blow_up(zip_path, dest):
+        dest.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        raise OSError("disk full")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sloppak_mod, "_unpack_zip", blow_up)
+    with pytest.raises(OSError):
+        sloppak_mod.resolve_source_dir("boom.feedpak", dlc, cache)
+
+    assert not sloppak_mod._unpacking, (
+        "a failed unpack left its destination marked in-flight — eviction will "
+        "skip it forever"
+    )

tests/test_song_stats_api.py

@@ -480,6 +480,11 @@ def test_seconds_only_post_accrues_without_touching_position(client):
     # overwrite Continue with the end-of-song offset).
     assert row["plays"] == 0
     assert row["last_position"] == pytest.approx(42.0)
+    # Recency must come from the seconds-only POST itself — prove it on a
+    # FRESH row (the position touch above already stamps last_played_at,
+    # which would make an assertion here vacuous).
+    r2 = client.post("/api/stats", json={"filename": "fresh.archive", "seconds": 30})
+    assert r2.json()["stats"]["last_played_at"]
     # Still counts as playing today for the streak.
     assert r.json()["progress"]["current_streak"] == 1
 

tools/migrate_full_mix_stem.py

@@ -0,0 +1,445 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Migrate packs off the deprecated `original_audio:` key — the full mix is a stem.
+
+Before feedpak 1.15.0 reserved the stem id `full`, spec §5.3 said the mixdown was
+"commonly replaced" by the per-instrument stems when a pack was split — so after
+separation it had nowhere to live. This repo worked around that by inventing a
+top-level `original_audio:` manifest key pointing at a parallel `original/`
+directory (#583). The key was never in the spec, and #933 removed core's
+dependence on it: the mixdown is a stem, and its id is `full`.
+
+This rewrites a pack into the shape the spec now defines:
+
+    original/full.ogg                  ->  stems/full.ogg          (entry moved)
+    original_audio: original/full.ogg  ->  stems: [{id: full, file: stems/full.ogg,
+                                                    default: 'off'}, ...]
+
+`default: 'off'` is what makes the retained mixdown safe: a reader that honours
+`default` (normative since feedpak 1.0.0) will not play it on open, so it never
+doubles the mix even in a reader that predates the reserved id.
+
+Nothing else in the pack is touched — every other key, file and stem is preserved
+verbatim, and `feedpak_version` is stamped to the version the result conforms to.
+
+The rewrite is atomic per pack: a new archive is built beside the original and
+renamed over it only on success, so an interrupted run leaves every pack either
+fully migrated or untouched — never truncated.
+
+Idempotent: a pack that already carries a `full` stem and no `original_audio:` is
+reported as `skip` and left alone, so a partial run can simply be re-run.
+
+Usage:
+    python tools/migrate_full_mix_stem.py --dry-run /path/to/packs   # report only
+    python tools/migrate_full_mix_stem.py /path/to/packs             # migrate
+    python tools/migrate_full_mix_stem.py --verify /path/to/packs    # check results
+
+Exit status is 0 only when every pack ended up in the migrated shape (or was
+already there).
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import shutil
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import threading
+import time
+import zipfile
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import yaml
+
+# The version this migration brings a pack up to: the one that reserved `full`.
+TARGET_FEEDPAK_VERSION = "1.15.0"
+FULL_MIX_STEM_ID = "full"
+LEGACY_KEY = "original_audio"
+# Where the mixdown lands. §2.1's conventional layout — readers resolve through
+# the manifest and never care about the path, but a pack that says `stems/` and
+# means it is the one a human can read.
+CANONICAL_FULL_MIX_PATH = "stems/full.ogg"
+
+PACK_EXTS = (".feedpak", ".sloppak")
+
+
+class Skip(Exception):
+    """Pack needs no migration."""
+
+
+def is_safe_relpath(rel: str) -> bool:
+    """True when `rel` is a manifest path the spec allows (§2.2 rule 2).
+
+    POSIX-style relative: forward slashes, no leading `/`, no `..` segments, no
+    empty segments, no colon (which excludes drive letters and NTFS alternate
+    data streams), no backslashes.
+
+    This is a TRUST BOUNDARY, not a tidiness check. Core's loader refuses a
+    full-mix path that escapes the pack and reports the pack as having no full
+    mix — the audio is inert. A migration that moved such an entry into
+    `stems/full.ogg` would take content the reader deliberately rejected and
+    hand it back as a valid, playable stem. So a pack like this is reported, not
+    migrated.
+    """
+    if not rel or rel.startswith("/") or "\\" in rel or ":" in rel:
+        return False
+    parts = rel.split("/")
+    return all(p and p != ".." for p in parts)
+
+
+def plan_manifest(manifest: dict) -> tuple[dict, str]:
+    """Return (new_manifest, relpath_of_audio_to_move); "" = no file needs moving.
+
+    Raises Skip when the pack needs no migration. Pure — no I/O — so the part
+    with the decisions in it is testable without building archives.
+    """
+    raw_stems = manifest.get("stems")
+    stems: list = raw_stems if isinstance(raw_stems, list) else []
+    has_full_stem = any(
+        isinstance(s, dict) and str(s.get("id", "")) == FULL_MIX_STEM_ID for s in stems
+    )
+    legacy_rel = manifest.get(LEGACY_KEY)
+    legacy_rel = legacy_rel.strip() if isinstance(legacy_rel, str) else ""
+
+    if not legacy_rel:
+        # Nothing invented to undo: either the pack already keeps its mixdown as
+        # the `full` stem, or it never carried one.
+        raise Skip("already migrated" if has_full_stem else "no original_audio key")
+
+    if has_full_stem:
+        # The mixdown is already a stem and the dead key merely lingers beside it.
+        # Drop the key; move nothing. But do NOT trust its `default`: a mixdown
+        # left enabled beside instrument stems is the double-audio hazard this
+        # migration exists to remove, and a reader that honours `default` would
+        # play the whole song on top of the stems on open. Force it off — unless
+        # `full` is the only stem, in which case it IS the audio.
+        others = [
+            s
+            for s in stems
+            if isinstance(s, dict) and str(s.get("id", "")) != FULL_MIX_STEM_ID
+        ]
+        new_stems = []
+        for s in stems:
+            if isinstance(s, dict) and str(s.get("id", "")) == FULL_MIX_STEM_ID and others:
+                s = {**s, "default": "off"}
+            new_stems.append(s)
+        to_move = ""
+    else:
+        # `default` decides whether a reader plays this on open, and that is the
+        # whole safety margin: alongside per-instrument stems the mixdown must be
+        # OFF (a reader that sums the list would otherwise double the song), but
+        # when it is the pack's only stem it IS the audio and must be ON.
+        entry = {
+            "id": FULL_MIX_STEM_ID,
+            "file": CANONICAL_FULL_MIX_PATH,
+            "default": "off" if stems else "on",
+        }
+        # First in the list, matching the spec's §5.3 example.
+        new_stems = [entry, *stems]
+        # If the key already pointed at the canonical path, only the manifest is wrong.
+        to_move = "" if legacy_rel == CANONICAL_FULL_MIX_PATH else legacy_rel
+
+    out: dict = {}
+    for k, v in manifest.items():
+        if k == LEGACY_KEY:
+            continue  # the invented key disappears
+        out[k] = new_stems if k == "stems" else v
+    out.setdefault("stems", new_stems)  # a pack that had no stems list gets one
+    out["feedpak_version"] = TARGET_FEEDPAK_VERSION
+    return out, to_move
+
+
+def migrate_zip(path: Path, dry_run: bool) -> str:
+    """Rewrite one zipped pack in place. Returns a one-word status."""
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(path) as zf:
+        try:
+            raw = zf.read("manifest.yaml")
+        except KeyError:
+            return "no-manifest"
+        manifest = yaml.safe_load(raw) or {}
+        try:
+            new_manifest, old_rel = plan_manifest(manifest)
+        except Skip:
+            return "skip"
+        names = set(zf.namelist())
+        if old_rel:
+            if not is_safe_relpath(old_rel):
+                # Core refuses this path and plays no full mix for the pack. Do
+                # not launder it into a valid stem — see is_safe_relpath().
+                return "unsafe-path"
+            if old_rel not in names:
+                # The key points at audio that isn't in the archive. Core already
+                # treats that as "no full mix"; migrating would fabricate a stem
+                # entry for a file that does not exist and break every reader.
+                return "missing-audio"
+            if CANONICAL_FULL_MIX_PATH in names:
+                return "target-occupied"
+        else:
+            # Manifest-only rewrite (a stale key beside a mixdown that is already
+            # a stem, or a key that already pointed at the canonical path). Check
+            # the file the resulting `full` stem will actually NAME — not the
+            # canonical path, which an already-migrated pack is free not to use:
+            # §2.2 says readers resolve through the manifest, so a valid pack may
+            # keep its mixdown anywhere.
+            full_file = next(
+                (
+                    s.get("file")
+                    for s in new_manifest.get("stems", [])
+                    if isinstance(s, dict) and str(s.get("id", "")) == FULL_MIX_STEM_ID
+                ),
+                None,
+            )
+            if full_file not in names:
+                return "missing-audio"
+        if dry_run:
+            return "would-migrate"
+
+        # Build the replacement beside the original, on the same filesystem, so
+        # the final rename is atomic and an interrupted run can't truncate a pack.
+        tmp_fd, tmp_name = tempfile.mkstemp(
+            dir=str(path.parent), prefix=f".{path.name}.", suffix=".tmp"
+        )
+        os.close(tmp_fd)
+        tmp_path = Path(tmp_name)
+        try:
+            with zipfile.ZipFile(tmp_path, "w", zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as out:
+                for item in zf.infolist():
+                    if item.filename == "manifest.yaml":
+                        out.writestr(
+                            item,
+                            yaml.safe_dump(
+                                new_manifest, sort_keys=False, allow_unicode=True
+                            ),
+                        )
+                        continue
+                    data = zf.read(item.filename)
+                    if old_rel and item.filename == old_rel:
+                        # Same bytes, same compression, new name: the mixdown moves
+                        # from original/ into stems/ where the format says audio goes.
+                        moved = zipfile.ZipInfo(
+                            CANONICAL_FULL_MIX_PATH, date_time=item.date_time
+                        )
+                        moved.compress_type = item.compress_type
+                        moved.external_attr = item.external_attr
+                        out.writestr(moved, data)
+                        continue
+                    out.writestr(item, data)
+        except BaseException:
+            tmp_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+            raise
+    shutil.copystat(path, tmp_path)
+    os.replace(tmp_path, path)  # atomic
+    return "migrated"
+
+
+def verify_zip(path: Path) -> str:
+    """Confirm a pack is in the migrated shape and its mixdown is really there."""
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(path) as zf:
+        try:
+            manifest = yaml.safe_load(zf.read("manifest.yaml")) or {}
+        except KeyError:
+            return "no-manifest"
+        if LEGACY_KEY in manifest:
+            return "still-has-key"
+        stems = manifest.get("stems") or []
+        full = next(
+            (
+                s
+                for s in stems
+                if isinstance(s, dict) and str(s.get("id", "")) == FULL_MIX_STEM_ID
+            ),
+            None,
+        )
+        if full is None:
+            return "no-full-stem"
+        if full.get("file") not in set(zf.namelist()):
+            return "full-stem-missing-file"
+        # A retained mixdown that plays on open would double the mix in any reader
+        # that sums the stem list — the whole hazard this migration must not create.
+        # Beside instrument stems, `full` MUST carry an explicit, normalized "off":
+        #   - core (lib/sloppak.py) defaults an ABSENT `default` to True (ON) and
+        #     treats an empty / unrecognized string as ON, so a missing or blank
+        #     default is not merely non-canonical — core would play the mixdown on
+        #     open, doubling the song. It is the exact hazard, not a lesser one.
+        #   - the migrator always writes the literal "off", so requiring it also
+        #     certifies the pack is in the shape this tool produces — the most
+        #     portable spelling, understood even by a reader that only knows
+        #     "on"/"off" and would choke on a boolean or `false`/`0`/`no`.
+        # So: `on`-ish values are reported as actively-playing; everything that is
+        # not a normalized "off" (missing, empty, boolean, `false`/`no`/`0`,
+        # malformed) is reported as an unsafe/non-canonical default.
+        if len(stems) > 1:
+            default = str(full.get("default", "")).strip().lower()
+            if default in ("true", "on", "yes", "1"):
+                return "full-stem-default-on"
+            if default != "off":
+                return "full-stem-default-not-off"
+    return "ok"
+
+
+def migrate_pack(path: Path, dry_run: bool) -> str:
+    """Dispatch by pack form. ZIP-file packs are rewritten in place; directory
+    (authoring) packs are REPORTED, not rewritten.
+
+    A single-file pack is replaced atomically — a fully-built temp archive
+    swapped in with one os.replace(), so an interrupted run leaves it either
+    fully migrated or untouched. A directory can't be swapped that way (no
+    atomic replace of a populated directory), so an in-place rewrite could leave
+    an authoring pack half-migrated. Rather than risk that, directory packs are
+    surfaced as `dir-form-unsupported` (a problem status, so the run's exit code
+    and summary flag them) for the operator to re-pack or migrate as a `.feedpak`.
+    """
+    if path.is_dir():
+        return "dir-form-unsupported"
+    return migrate_zip(path, dry_run)
+
+
+def verify_pack(path: Path) -> str:
+    """Verify a pack; directory (authoring) packs are reported, see migrate_pack."""
+    if path.is_dir():
+        return "dir-form-unsupported"
+    return verify_zip(path)
+
+
+def iter_packs(root: Path):
+    """Yield every pack under `root`. A pack is a suffix-named ZIP FILE or a
+    suffix-named DIRECTORY (the authoring form) — both are discovered so a
+    directory-form pack is never silently walked past. A directory pack is
+    yielded whole, not descended into: its `stems/` and `arrangements/` are pack
+    contents, not packs. (migrate/verify then report directory packs rather than
+    rewriting them in place — see migrate_pack.)"""
+    if root.is_file():
+        yield root
+        return
+    # A directory whose OWN name is a pack suffix is a single directory-form
+    # pack passed directly, not a tree of packs to search.
+    if root.name.endswith(PACK_EXTS):
+        yield root
+        return
+    for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(root):
+        for fn in sorted(filenames):
+            if fn.endswith(PACK_EXTS):
+                yield Path(dirpath) / fn
+        for dn in sorted(dn for dn in dirnames if dn.endswith(PACK_EXTS)):
+            yield Path(dirpath) / dn
+        # Don't descend INTO a pack directory — its contents aren't packs.
+        dirnames[:] = [dn for dn in dirnames if not dn.endswith(PACK_EXTS)]
+
+
+def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__.splitlines()[0])
+    ap.add_argument("root", type=Path, help="pack, or directory of packs")
+    ap.add_argument("--dry-run", action="store_true", help="report, change nothing")
+    ap.add_argument("--verify", action="store_true", help="check the migrated shape")
+    ap.add_argument("--jobs", type=int, default=8, help="parallel packs (default 8)")
+    args = ap.parse_args(argv)
+
+    if not args.root.exists():
+        print(f"error: {args.root} does not exist", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 2
+
+    packs = list(iter_packs(args.root))
+    if not packs:
+        print(f"no packs found under {args.root}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 2
+
+    action = verify_pack if args.verify else (lambda p: migrate_pack(p, args.dry_run))
+
+    def work(pack: Path) -> str:
+        """Never raise. One unreadable pack must not kill a 50,000-pack run.
+
+        A library this size has damage in it — a truncated download, an archive
+        left half-written by an interrupted converter. Letting that propagate
+        aborts the whole job partway through and throws away the summary, which
+        is exactly when you most need to know what happened. Report it as a
+        problem status instead: the pack is untouched, the run continues, and the
+        final report names it.
+        """
+        try:
+            return action(pack)
+        except zipfile.BadZipFile:
+            return "corrupt-zip"
+        except OSError as e:
+            return f"io-error ({e.__class__.__name__})"
+        except Exception as e:  # malformed YAML, unexpected manifest shape, …
+            return f"error ({e.__class__.__name__})"
+    counts: dict[str, int] = {}
+    problems: list[tuple[str, Path]] = []
+    # A real run rewrites every archive under `root` — tens of thousands of packs
+    # and hundreds of gigabytes. Printing only a final summary means hours of
+    # silence, in which a stall and steady progress look identical. Emit a
+    # heartbeat instead: rate and ETA come from the packs actually finished, so
+    # it stays honest when the disk slows down. stderr, so `> report.txt` keeps
+    # the summary clean.
+    total = len(packs)
+    started = time.monotonic()
+    # The heartbeat runs on its OWN CLOCK, in its own thread.
+    #
+    # Two weaker designs were tried and both go quiet exactly when you need them
+    # to speak. Ticking every N packs ties the cadence to how slow a pack is: 500
+    # packs is a blink in a --dry-run and many minutes in a real migration, so the
+    # run that most needs watching says the least. Ticking on time but only when a
+    # pack *finishes* is no better: if every worker is grinding on a huge archive,
+    # nothing completes, so nothing prints — and a stall becomes indistinguishable
+    # from progress, which is the one thing a progress meter must never allow.
+    #
+    # A daemon thread on a fixed interval reports regardless. If the count stops
+    # advancing between beats, you are looking at a stall, and you can see it.
+    HEARTBEAT_SECONDS = 10.0
+    done = 0  # only the main loop writes it; the beat thread only reads
+    stop_beat = threading.Event()
+
+    def heartbeat() -> None:
+        while not stop_beat.wait(HEARTBEAT_SECONDS):
+            elapsed = time.monotonic() - started
+            rate = done / elapsed if elapsed > 0 else 0.0
+            eta = (total - done) / rate if rate > 0 else 0.0
+            print(
+                f"  {done}/{total} ({100 * done / total:.1f}%)  "
+                f"{rate:.1f} packs/s  eta {eta / 60:.0f}m  "
+                f"[{len(problems)} problem(s)]",
+                file=sys.stderr,
+                flush=True,
+            )
+
+    print(
+        f"{total} pack(s) under {args.root} — "
+        f"{'verifying' if args.verify else 'dry run' if args.dry_run else 'migrating'} "
+        f"with {max(1, args.jobs)} job(s)",
+        file=sys.stderr,
+        flush=True,
+    )
+    beat = threading.Thread(target=heartbeat, daemon=True)
+    beat.start()
+
+    # as_completed, not pool.map: map yields in SUBMISSION order, so the counter
+    # would stall behind one slow pack while later ones were already done — a
+    # progress meter that lies about progress. Count each pack as it finishes.
+    try:
+        with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=max(1, args.jobs)) as pool:
+            futures = {pool.submit(work, p): p for p in packs}
+            for fut in as_completed(futures):
+                pack = futures[fut]
+                status = fut.result()
+                counts[status] = counts.get(status, 0) + 1
+                if status not in ("migrated", "skip", "would-migrate", "ok"):
+                    problems.append((status, pack))
+                done += 1
+    finally:
+        stop_beat.set()
+        beat.join(timeout=1)
+
+    print(f"\n{len(packs)} pack(s) under {args.root}")
+    for status, n in sorted(counts.items(), key=lambda kv: -kv[1]):
+        print(f"  {n:>7}  {status}")
+    if problems:
+        print(f"\n{len(problems)} pack(s) need a look:", file=sys.stderr)
+        for status, pack in problems[:20]:
+            print(f"  {status:<22} {pack}", file=sys.stderr)
+        if len(problems) > 20:
+            print(f"  … and {len(problems) - 20} more", file=sys.stderr)
+    return 1 if problems else 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())