fix(loops): take the DB lock for the count+insert and the list read

Two pre-existing races in the loops routes, flagged by CodeRabbit on #839 (the
verbatim extraction moved them unchanged from server.py, so they correctly
weren't fixed there):

1. save_loop computed `COUNT(*)` OUTSIDE meta_db._lock, then inserted inside it.
   Two simultaneous unnamed POSTs read the same count and both mint "Loop N".
   Fix: one lock scope around COUNT + INSERT.
2. list_loops read the shared single connection (check_same_thread=False) with
   no lock, so it could overlap a POST/DELETE commit. Fix: read under the lock,
   like every writer.

Low severity in context — FeedBack is single-user (Principle I), so concurrent
unnamed-loop POSTs essentially can't happen — but each fix is one lock scope.

tests/test_loops_concurrency.py pins both with a threading.Barrier that releases
16 workers into save_loop at once. Negative-checked: reverting the COUNT back
outside the lock fails the uniqueness assertion 5/5 runs; the fix passes 3/3.
pytest 2400 passed; on-device two unnamed POSTs -> ['Loop 1','Loop 2'].

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,81 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+- **The packaged desktop app could not start (`ModuleNotFoundError: No module named
+  'appstate'`).** feedback-desktop's `scripts/bundle-slopsmith.sh` copies a *hardcoded
+  list* of core files into the app bundle — `server.py`, `VERSION`, `lib/`, `data/`,
+  `static/`, `plugins/__init__.py`. The root-level `appstate.py` and `routers/` added in
+  R3 shipped correctly in Docker and passed every test, and were then silently dropped
+  from the packaged app, which died at startup. Both now live under **`lib/`** — the one
+  core directory the Dockerfile (`COPY lib/`), `docker-compose.yml`, and the desktop
+  bundler (`cp -r lib`) all copy wholesale, and that all three put on `sys.path` (on
+  Windows via the embeddable-Python `._pth`, where `PYTHONPATH` is ignored). This needs no
+  change in feedback-desktop and no new release to take effect. Placing them there is also
+  correct under Principle V: with the injection seam, `appstate.py` constructs nothing and
+  does no import-time IO, and a route module only builds an `APIRouter`. The
+  `Dockerfile` / `.dockerignore` / `docker-compose.yml` entries added for the root layout
+  are reverted. New `tests/test_packaging.py` walks `server.py`'s module-level imports and
+  fails if any first-party module resolves outside a directory the packagers copy, so the
+  next root-level module can't ship broken.
+
+### Added
+- **`routers/` — extracting `server.py`'s route layer, cheapest-first (R3).** Each PR moves a cohesive route group into a `fastapi.APIRouter` under `lib/routers/`, mounted with `app.include_router(...)` at its original site (FastAPI matches in registration order; the full route table stays byte-identical). Bodies are verbatim — only the decorator receiver (`@app` → `@router`) and singleton reads (`meta_db` → `appstate.meta_db`, resolved at call time) change. So far: `audio_effects` (5), `artist_aliases` (5), `loops` (3 — saved A/B practice regions). The next cut is picked by a dependency-closure scan that ranks groups by how many `monkeypatch.setattr(server, …)` targets they'd drag along.
+- **`routers/` — the first extracted route module (R3).** The five audio-effects mapping
+  endpoints move out of `server.py` into `lib/routers/audio_effects.py` as a
+  `fastapi.APIRouter`, mounted with `app.include_router(...)` **at the point in the file
+  where they used to be defined** — FastAPI matches routes in registration order, so the
+  mount site preserves it. Verified: the full 143-route table (paths, methods, *and*
+  order) is byte-for-byte identical to `main`. Bodies are verbatim; the only edits are
+  the decorator receiver (`@app.get` → `@router.get`) and the singleton read
+  (`audio_effect_mappings` → `appstate.audio_effect_mappings`, a module attribute
+  resolved at call time). This proves the seam from #833 under a real consumer, including
+  the second slot. The `_demo_mode_guard` middleware still blocks all four moved write
+  routes with 403, and `Query(...)` validation still 422s — both checked against a running
+  server. `server.py`: **9,445 → 9,386 lines**.
+- **`appstate.py` — the router seam (R3).** Route modules moving out of `server.py`
+  need `meta_db` and friends but must not `import server`, or the import graph goes
+  circular the moment `server` imports them back. So `server.py` keeps *constructing*
+  its singletons and now **injects** them once — `appstate.configure(meta_db=…,
+  audio_effect_mappings=…)` — and a router reads them back as module attributes at call
+  time (`import appstate; appstate.meta_db.…`). This is the Python analogue of the
+  frontend refactor's injected `configureX({…})` seams and of the plugin
+  `setup(app, context)` contract: dependencies flow one way, `server → routers →
+  appstate`. Two properties are load-bearing and pinned by `tests/test_appstate.py`:
+  (1) `import appstate` constructs nothing and touches no disk, so the ~49 test fixtures
+  that `sys.modules.pop("server")` + re-import (to rebuild `meta_db` under a patched
+  `CONFIG_DIR`) keep working untouched — a singleton *owned* by `appstate` would survive
+  that pop and go stale; (2) reads must be late-bound (`appstate.meta_db`, never
+  `from appstate import meta_db`), since a `from` import freezes the binding and defeats
+  both a later `configure()` and `monkeypatch.setattr` — the same read-only-binding trap
+  as ES `import`. `configure()` rejects an unknown slot rather than silently creating a
+  global nothing reads, and the suite asserts `server` actually calls it (a seam whose
+  wiring can no-op undetected is worse than no seam). Lives at `lib/appstate.py`.
+
+### Changed
+- **`AudioEffectsMappingDB` moved out of `server.py` into `lib/audio_effects_db.py`
+  (R3, move-only).** The core-owned song/tone → provider routing index follows
+  `MetadataDB` out of the host file, byte-identical apart from the same constructor
+  seam (`__init__` takes `config_dir`; `audio_effect_mappings = AudioEffectsMappingDB(CONFIG_DIR)`),
+  so the module does no IO at import. The singleton stays in `server.py`; no route,
+  no test and no `monkeypatch.setattr(server, …)` target moves. `server.py`:
+  **9,705 → 9,433 lines**.
+- **`MetadataDB` moved out of `server.py` into `lib/metadata_db.py` (R3, move-only).**
+  The library metadata cache — the `MetadataDB` class (4,018 lines) plus the query
+  helpers it owns (keyset paging cursors, the tuning grouping key, smart-arrangement
+  naming, tag normalisation, the startup DB-restore swap) — now lives in its own flat
+  `lib/` module. `server.py` drops from **14,037 → 9,705 lines** and keeps the
+  `meta_db` singleton, so `server.meta_db` and `server.app` resolve exactly as before
+  and every route is untouched. The only non-verbatim change is the seam that lets the
+  class leave `server.py`: `MetadataDB.__init__` now takes `config_dir` explicitly
+  (`meta_db = MetadataDB(CONFIG_DIR)`) instead of reading the module-level `CONFIG_DIR`,
+  which also means `lib/metadata_db.py` performs no IO at import (Principle V). Logging
+  still goes through the `feedBack.server` logger, so existing log filters and `caplog`
+  assertions resolve to the same logger object. `tests/test_settings_export_library_db.py`
+  now imports `_apply_pending_db_restore` from `metadata_db` (the test moved with its
+  subject); no other test changed. Every moved block is byte-identical to its
+  `server.py` original.
+
 ### Added
 - **Plugins can ship an ES-module `src/` tree (module-migration rails, R0).** The host gains three things so a plugin can move off a single global-scope `screen.js` IIFE onto native ES modules with **no build step**: (1) a new sandboxed `GET /api/plugins/{id}/src/{path}` route that serves a plugin's `src/` source subtree, containment-checked by the same `safe_join` guard as `assets/` (traversal/absolute/NUL → 404); (2) the live-edit cache contract — `Cache-Control: no-cache` + a weak mtime/size `ETag` + `If-None-Match`→`304` — applied to `src/`, `screen.js`, and `assets/` (previously `screen.js` sent no cache headers and `assets/` emitted an ETag but never revalidated), so an edited module reloads on refresh while unchanged ones `304`; and (3) `scriptType`/`minHost` passthrough from `plugin.json` to `/api/plugins`, with the loader injecting a plugin that declares `"scriptType":"module"` as `<script type="module">` (its screen.js becomes `import './src/main.js'`). A `<script type=module>` fires its load event only after its whole static-import graph evaluates, preserving the loader's completion-by-`onload` + `_loadingPluginId` contract. Classic plugins are unaffected; `minHost` is passthrough-only for now (enforcement deferred). Tests: `tests/test_plugin_src_route.py` (serve/media-type/traversal/304/no-stale-304/screen.js+assets conditional), `tests/js/plugin_loader_script_type.test.js` (guarded module injection).
 - **Module-migration governance & rails (R0).** Constitution amended to **v1.2.0**: Principle II now names native ES modules as a first-class, *build-free* extension mechanism (the `scriptType:"module"` load path, both plugins and — over time — core's `static/js/`), keeping the no-bundler/no-transpiler/source-served rule intact; Operating Constraints gains a "Module load contract" clause (a `<script type=module>` load event awaits the whole static-import graph, so completion-by-`onload` is preserved; per-visit re-init comes from the `screen:changed` event, not screen.js re-execution). Mirrored into `CLAUDE.md`. New `docs/plugin-modules.md` (the migration playbook — layering, import-time purity, `import.meta.url` assets, the ETag live-edit loop) and `docs/size-exemptions.md` (the signed 1,500-line size-norm register; Byron signs core/bundled rows, Christian the authored virtuoso row). Adds a **maintainer/CI-only** ESLint gate (`eslint.config.js` + a `lint` CI job): `max-lines` warns at 1,500 as a non-blocking ratchet (ceilings for exempt files mirror the register), and `import-x/no-unresolved` + `import-x/no-cycle` hard-error on ES-module graphs — dormant until module code lands, never on the serve/Docker path.

docs/size-exemptions.md

@@ -54,8 +54,12 @@ without a *signed* exemption" is unenforceable.
 
 ## Planned, NOT exempt (owned by split plans — listed so nothing falls between states)
 
-core `static/app.js` (11,821) · `static/highway.js` (4,154, whole file) · `server.py`
-(13,948) · `static/v3/songs.js` (4,134) · `static/capabilities/audio-session.js`
+core `static/app.js` (11,852) · `static/highway.js` (4,168, whole file) · `server.py`
+(9,302 — was 14,037; ratcheted by the R3 `MetadataDB` + `AudioEffectsMappingDB`
+extractions and the first three `routers/` modules) ·
+`lib/metadata_db.py` (4,373 — new in R3; the `MetadataDB` class alone is 4,018 lines
+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
 train in the refactor plan. Test files (e.g. `tests/test_plugins.py`) are out of scope

lib/appstate.py

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+"""Shared application state — the seam that lets route modules reach core
+singletons without importing ``server``.
+
+``server.py`` is the host: it owns the FastAPI ``app``, constructs the DB
+singletons, and runs the lifecycle. As routes move out into ``routers/`` (R3),
+those modules need ``meta_db`` and friends — but they must not ``import
+server``, or the import graph goes circular the moment ``server`` imports them
+back.
+
+So ``server`` **injects** its singletons here once, at the point it builds them::
+
+    # server.py
+    meta_db = MetadataDB(CONFIG_DIR)
+    appstate.configure(meta_db=meta_db, ...)
+
+and a router reads them back as **module attributes, at call time**::
+
+    # routers/artists.py
+    import appstate
+
+    @router.get("/api/artist/{name}/page")
+    def artist_page(name):
+        return appstate.meta_db.artist_page(name)
+
+This is the Python analogue of the injected `configureX({...})` seams the
+frontend refactor uses (stems' ``configureStreaming``, studio's
+``configureAudioGraph``, the editor's ``src/host.js``), and of the plugin
+``setup(app, context)`` contract in Principle III: dependencies flow one way,
+``server -> routers -> appstate``, and nothing imports back up.
+
+Two properties this shape buys, both load-bearing:
+
+* **``import appstate`` performs no IO and constructs nothing.** ``server``
+  still owns construction, so the ~49 test fixtures that do
+  ``sys.modules.pop("server")`` + re-import (to rebuild ``meta_db`` under a
+  patched ``CONFIG_DIR``) keep working untouched — a singleton *owned* here
+  would survive that pop and go stale.
+* **Reads are late-bound.** Routers must use ``appstate.meta_db``, never
+  ``from appstate import meta_db`` — a ``from`` import freezes the binding at
+  its current value, so a later ``configure()`` (or a
+  ``monkeypatch.setattr(appstate, "meta_db", fake)``) would not reach the
+  router. This is the same read-only-binding trap as ES ``import``.
+
+Defaults are ``None`` on purpose: they are inert but *type-honest*, so a router
+that runs before ``configure()`` fails loudly on ``NoneType`` instead of
+quietly operating on a stand-in.
+
+Slots are added here only when a router actually needs one — this is a seam,
+not a grab-bag for everything in ``server.py``.
+
+**Why this lives in ``lib/`` and not the repo root.** Because it constructs
+nothing and does no import-time IO, it satisfies Principle V's rule for ``lib/``
+modules — and ``lib/`` is the only core directory every packaging path already
+copies: the Dockerfile (``COPY lib/``), ``docker-compose.yml``, and
+feedback-desktop's ``bundle-slopsmith.sh`` (``cp -r lib``). All three also put
+both the bundle root and ``lib/`` on ``sys.path``. A root-level module ships in
+Docker but is silently dropped from the packaged desktop app, whose bundler
+copies a hardcoded file list — that regression is what moved this file here.
+"""
+
+# The singletons routers may read. Every name here must also be a `_SLOTS` key.
+meta_db = None
+audio_effect_mappings = None
+
+# Declared up front so `configure()` can reject a typo'd or stale keyword
+# instead of silently creating a new global that nothing ever reads. A seam
+# whose wiring can no-op undetected is worse than no seam.
+_SLOTS = frozenset({"meta_db", "audio_effect_mappings"})
+
+
+def configure(**kwargs) -> None:
+    """Publish `server`'s singletons into this module. Called once per
+    `server` import (and again on re-import), so it must be idempotent."""
+    unknown = set(kwargs) - _SLOTS
+    if unknown:
+        raise TypeError(
+            f"appstate.configure() got unknown slot(s): {sorted(unknown)}. "
+            f"Known slots: {sorted(_SLOTS)}. Add the name to _SLOTS if a router "
+            f"genuinely needs it."
+        )
+    globals().update(kwargs)

lib/audio_effects_db.py

@@ -0,0 +1,287 @@
+"""Core-owned song/tone -> audio-effect-provider mapping index.
+
+Extracted verbatim from ``server.py`` (R3). ``server.py`` still owns the
+``audio_effect_mappings`` singleton; this module only supplies the class, so
+nothing here touches config paths at import time — the caller passes
+``config_dir`` in.
+"""
+
+import json
+import sqlite3
+import threading
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+class AudioEffectsMappingDB:
+    """Core-owned public song/tone -> provider mapping index.
+
+    Providers own the preset/chain rows addressed by provider_ref. Core owns
+    the cross-provider routing index and the active mapping per song/tone.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, config_dir: Path):
+        config_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        self.db_path = str(config_dir / "audio_effects.db")
+        self.conn = sqlite3.connect(self.db_path, check_same_thread=False)
+        self.conn.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL")
+        self.conn.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON")
+        self.conn.execute("""
+            CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS audio_effect_mappings (
+                id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+                song_key TEXT NOT NULL,
+                filename TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+                tone_key TEXT NOT NULL,
+                provider_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+                provider_ref TEXT NOT NULL,
+                label TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+                source TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'manual',
+                metadata_json TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '{}',
+                created_at TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+                updated_at TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+                UNIQUE(song_key, tone_key, provider_id)
+            )
+        """)
+        self.conn.execute("""
+            CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS audio_effect_active_mappings (
+                song_key TEXT NOT NULL,
+                tone_key TEXT NOT NULL,
+                mapping_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
+                updated_at TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+                PRIMARY KEY (song_key, tone_key),
+                FOREIGN KEY (mapping_id) REFERENCES audio_effect_mappings(id) ON DELETE CASCADE
+            )
+        """)
+        self.conn.execute(
+            "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_audio_effect_mappings_provider "
+            "ON audio_effect_mappings(provider_id)"
+        )
+        self.conn.execute(
+            "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_audio_effect_mappings_filename "
+            "ON audio_effect_mappings(filename)"
+        )
+        self.conn.commit()
+        self._lock = threading.Lock()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _text(value, *, field: str, limit: int, allow_empty: bool = False) -> str:
+        if value is None:
+            text = ""
+        elif not isinstance(value, str):
+            raise ValueError(f"{field} must be a string")
+        else:
+            text = value.strip()
+        if not text and not allow_empty:
+            raise ValueError(f"{field} is required")
+        if len(text) > limit:
+            raise ValueError(f"{field} is too long")
+        return text
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _mapping_id(value) -> int | None:
+        # Bind only values SQLite can store as an INTEGER; an out-of-range id is a
+        # clean miss (404), not a 500 at bind time.
+        if isinstance(value, int) and not isinstance(value, bool) and -(2 ** 63) <= value < 2 ** 63:
+            return value
+        return None
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _field(data: dict, *keys):
+        # Select the first present snake/camel alias by key, not by truthiness, so a
+        # falsey non-string value (false/0) still reaches _text() and is rejected
+        # instead of being silently swallowed by an `or` chain.
+        for key in keys:
+            if key in data:
+                return data[key]
+        return None
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _metadata(value) -> str:
+        if value is None:
+            return "{}"
+        if not isinstance(value, dict):
+            raise ValueError("metadata must be an object")
+        encoded = json.dumps(value, ensure_ascii=True, sort_keys=True)
+        if len(encoded) > 8192:
+            raise ValueError("metadata is too large")
+        return encoded
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _row(row) -> dict | None:
+        if row is None:
+            return None
+        metadata = {}
+        try:
+            metadata = json.loads(row[8]) if row[8] else {}
+        except Exception:
+            metadata = {}
+        return {
+            "id": int(row[0]),
+            "song_key": row[1],
+            "filename": row[2] or "",
+            "tone_key": row[3],
+            "provider_id": row[4],
+            "provider_ref": row[5],
+            "label": row[6] or "",
+            "source": row[7] or "manual",
+            "metadata": metadata if isinstance(metadata, dict) else {},
+            "created_at": row[9] or "",
+            "updated_at": row[10] or "",
+            "active": bool(row[11]),
+        }
+
+    def _select_sql(self) -> str:
+        return """
+            SELECT m.id, m.song_key, m.filename, m.tone_key, m.provider_id,
+                   m.provider_ref, m.label, m.source, m.metadata_json,
+                   m.created_at, m.updated_at,
+                   CASE WHEN a.mapping_id IS NULL THEN 0 ELSE 1 END AS active
+            FROM audio_effect_mappings m
+            LEFT JOIN audio_effect_active_mappings a
+              ON a.song_key = m.song_key AND a.tone_key = m.tone_key AND a.mapping_id = m.id
+        """
+
+    def list(self, *, song_key: str = "", filename: str = "", tone_key: str = "", provider_id: str = "") -> list[dict]:
+        clauses: list[str] = []
+        params: list[str] = []
+        song_key = self._text(song_key, field="song_key", limit=240, allow_empty=True)
+        filename = self._text(filename, field="filename", limit=500, allow_empty=True)
+        tone_key = self._text(tone_key, field="tone_key", limit=160, allow_empty=True)
+        provider_id = self._text(provider_id, field="provider_id", limit=96, allow_empty=True)
+        if song_key and filename:
+            clauses.append("(m.song_key = ? OR m.filename = ?)")
+            params.extend([song_key, filename])
+        elif song_key:
+            clauses.append("m.song_key = ?")
+            params.append(song_key)
+        elif filename:
+            clauses.append("(m.song_key = ? OR m.filename = ?)")
+            params.extend([filename, filename])
+        if tone_key:
+            clauses.append("m.tone_key = ?")
+            params.append(tone_key)
+        if provider_id:
+            clauses.append("m.provider_id = ?")
+            params.append(provider_id)
+        sql = self._select_sql()
+        if clauses:
+            sql += " WHERE " + " AND ".join(clauses)
+        sql += " ORDER BY m.song_key COLLATE NOCASE, m.tone_key COLLATE NOCASE, m.provider_id COLLATE NOCASE"
+        with self._lock:
+            rows = self.conn.execute(sql, params).fetchall()
+        return [self._row(row) for row in rows]
+
+    def get(self, mapping_id: int) -> dict | None:
+        mapping_id = self._mapping_id(mapping_id)
+        if mapping_id is None:
+            return None
+        with self._lock:
+            row = self.conn.execute(self._select_sql() + " WHERE m.id = ?", (mapping_id,)).fetchone()
+        return self._row(row)
+
+    def upsert(self, data: dict) -> dict:
+        if not isinstance(data, dict):
+            raise ValueError("mapping body must be an object")
+        filename = self._text(data.get("filename", ""), field="filename", limit=500, allow_empty=True)
+        song_key_raw = self._field(data, "song_key", "songKey")
+        if song_key_raw is None or song_key_raw == "":
+            song_key_raw = filename
+        song_key = self._text(song_key_raw, field="song_key", limit=240)
+        tone_key = self._text(self._field(data, "tone_key", "toneKey"), field="tone_key", limit=160, allow_empty=True)
+        provider_id = self._text(self._field(data, "provider_id", "providerId"), field="provider_id", limit=96)
+        provider_ref = self._text(self._field(data, "provider_ref", "providerRef"), field="provider_ref", limit=240)
+        label = self._text(data.get("label", ""), field="label", limit=160, allow_empty=True)
+        source = self._text(data.get("source", "manual"), field="source", limit=40, allow_empty=True) or "manual"
+        metadata_json = self._metadata(data.get("metadata", {}))
+        with self._lock:
+            self.conn.execute(
+                """
+                INSERT INTO audio_effect_mappings
+                    (song_key, filename, tone_key, provider_id, provider_ref, label, source, metadata_json, updated_at)
+                VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, datetime('now'))
+                ON CONFLICT(song_key, tone_key, provider_id) DO UPDATE SET
+                    -- Only overwrite filename when a non-empty one was supplied; an
+                    -- omitted/empty filename must preserve the stored value (it's an
+                    -- alternate lookup key for list(..., filename=...)).
+                    filename=CASE WHEN excluded.filename <> '' THEN excluded.filename ELSE audio_effect_mappings.filename END,
+                    provider_ref=excluded.provider_ref,
+                    label=excluded.label,
+                    source=excluded.source,
+                    metadata_json=excluded.metadata_json,
+                    updated_at=datetime('now')
+                """,
+                (song_key, filename, tone_key, provider_id, provider_ref, label, source, metadata_json),
+            )
+            row = self.conn.execute(
+                "SELECT id FROM audio_effect_mappings WHERE song_key = ? AND tone_key = ? AND provider_id = ?",
+                (song_key, tone_key, provider_id),
+            ).fetchone()
+            if row is None:
+                raise ValueError("failed to create audio-effects mapping")
+            mapping_id = int(row[0])
+            if data.get("active") is True:
+                self.conn.execute(
+                    """
+                    INSERT INTO audio_effect_active_mappings (song_key, tone_key, mapping_id, updated_at)
+                    VALUES (?, ?, ?, datetime('now'))
+                    ON CONFLICT(song_key, tone_key) DO UPDATE SET
+                        mapping_id=excluded.mapping_id,
+                        updated_at=datetime('now')
+                    """,
+                    (song_key, tone_key, mapping_id),
+                )
+            self.conn.commit()
+        return self.get(mapping_id)
+
+    def delete(self, mapping_id: int, *, provider_id: str = "") -> bool:
+        mapping_id = self._mapping_id(mapping_id)
+        if mapping_id is None:
+            return False
+        provider_id = self._text(provider_id, field="provider_id", limit=96, allow_empty=True)
+        with self._lock:
+            if provider_id:
+                cur = self.conn.execute(
+                    "DELETE FROM audio_effect_mappings WHERE id = ? AND provider_id = ?",
+                    (mapping_id, provider_id),
+                )
+            else:
+                cur = self.conn.execute("DELETE FROM audio_effect_mappings WHERE id = ?", (mapping_id,))
+            self.conn.commit()
+            return cur.rowcount > 0
+
+    def activate(self, mapping_id: int, *, provider_id: str = "") -> dict | None:
+        mapping_id = self._mapping_id(mapping_id)
+        if mapping_id is None:
+            return None
+        provider_id = self._text(provider_id, field="provider_id", limit=96, allow_empty=True)
+        with self._lock:
+            row = self.conn.execute(
+                self._select_sql() + " WHERE m.id = ?",
+                (mapping_id,),
+            ).fetchone()
+            mapping = self._row(row)
+            if not mapping or (provider_id and mapping["provider_id"] != provider_id):
+                return None
+            self.conn.execute(
+                """
+                INSERT INTO audio_effect_active_mappings (song_key, tone_key, mapping_id, updated_at)
+                VALUES (?, ?, ?, datetime('now'))
+                ON CONFLICT(song_key, tone_key) DO UPDATE SET
+                    mapping_id=excluded.mapping_id,
+                    updated_at=datetime('now')
+                """,
+                (mapping["song_key"], mapping["tone_key"], mapping_id),
+            )
+            self.conn.commit()
+            selected = self.conn.execute(self._select_sql() + " WHERE m.id = ?", (mapping_id,)).fetchone()
+        return self._row(selected)
+
+    def clear_active(self, *, song_key: str, tone_key: str) -> bool:
+        song_key = self._text(song_key, field="song_key", limit=240)
+        tone_key = self._text(tone_key, field="tone_key", limit=160, allow_empty=True)
+        with self._lock:
+            cur = self.conn.execute(
+                "DELETE FROM audio_effect_active_mappings WHERE song_key = ? AND tone_key = ?",
+                (song_key, tone_key),
+            )
+            self.conn.commit()
+            return cur.rowcount > 0

lib/routers/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+"""FastAPI route modules extracted from ``server.py`` (R3).
+
+Each module here exposes a module-level ``router`` (a ``fastapi.APIRouter``)
+that ``server.py`` mounts with ``app.include_router(...)`` at the point in the
+file where those routes used to be defined — FastAPI matches routes in
+registration order, so keeping the mount site preserves it.
+
+**Routers must never ``import server``.** They reach core singletons through
+the injected seam instead::
+
+    import appstate
+
+    @router.get("/api/thing")
+    def get_thing():
+        return appstate.meta_db.thing()
+
+and always as a **module attribute, at call time** — never
+``from appstate import meta_db``, which freezes the binding and defeats both a
+later ``appstate.configure()`` and ``monkeypatch.setattr``. See ``appstate.py``.
+
+Dependencies flow one way: ``server -> routers -> appstate``.
+
+**Why this lives under ``lib/``.** ``lib/`` is the only core directory every
+packaging path already copies wholesale — the Dockerfile (``COPY lib/``),
+``docker-compose.yml``, and feedback-desktop's ``bundle-slopsmith.sh``
+(``cp -r lib``) — and all three put it on ``sys.path``. A root-level package
+ships in Docker but is silently dropped from the packaged desktop app, whose
+bundler copies a hardcoded file list. Route modules import nothing at module
+scope beyond FastAPI and ``appstate``, so they do no import-time IO and satisfy
+Principle V's rule for ``lib/``.
+"""

lib/routers/artist_aliases.py

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+"""Artist aliases / Tidy-up (P4) — canonicalize messy artist tags at DISPLAY
+("ACDC" -> "AC/DC") without touching feedpak files or the scanner-derived
+songs.artist. All DB-only.
+
+Extracted verbatim from ``server.py`` (R3); only the decorator receiver
+(``@app`` -> ``@router``) and the singleton read (``meta_db`` ->
+``appstate.meta_db``) changed. The read stays a module attribute so a re-imported
+``server`` re-publishes a fresh DB into the seam — see ``appstate.py``.
+"""
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter
+from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
+
+import appstate
+
+router = APIRouter()
+
+
+@router.get("/api/artist-aliases")
+def list_artist_aliases():
+    """Existing raw→canonical overrides (the Tidy-up 'current merges' list)."""
+    return {"aliases": appstate.meta_db.list_artist_aliases()}
+
+
+@router.get("/api/artists/raw")
+def list_raw_artists(limit: int = 2000):
+    """Distinct RAW artist names + song counts + current canonical — the Tidy-up
+    picker (you merge raw variants into one canonical)."""
+    return {"artists": appstate.meta_db.raw_artists(limit)}
+
+
+@router.post("/api/artist-aliases")
+def set_artist_alias(data: dict):
+    """Upsert one override: {raw_name, canonical_name, mb_artist_id?}. A self-alias
+    (raw == canonical) clears the row instead (un-merge)."""
+    raw = (data.get("raw_name") or "").strip()
+    canon = (data.get("canonical_name") or "").strip()
+    if not raw or not canon:
+        return JSONResponse({"error": "raw_name and canonical_name are required"}, 400)
+    result = appstate.meta_db.set_artist_alias(raw, canon, (data.get("mb_artist_id") or None))
+    if not result.get("ok"):
+        # Would form a cycle (raw → … → raw) — refuse rather than corrupt the chain.
+        return JSONResponse(
+            {"error": "alias would create a cycle", "raw_name": raw, "canonical_name": canon},
+            409)
+    return {"ok": True, "raw_name": raw, "canonical_name": result.get("canonical_name", canon)}
+
+
+@router.post("/api/artist-aliases/merge")
+def merge_artist_aliases(data: dict):
+    """Merge several raw artist variants into one canonical:
+    {raw_names: [...], canonical_name}. The canonical's own self-alias is skipped.
+    Returns {merged: N}."""
+    canon = (data.get("canonical_name") or "").strip()
+    raws = data.get("raw_names")
+    if not canon:
+        return JSONResponse({"error": "canonical_name is required"}, 400)
+    if not isinstance(raws, list) or not raws:
+        return JSONResponse({"error": "raw_names must be a non-empty array"}, 400)
+    n = appstate.meta_db.merge_artists(raws, canon)
+    return {"merged": n, "canonical_name": canon}
+
+
+@router.delete("/api/artist-aliases/{raw_name:path}")
+def delete_artist_alias(raw_name: str):
+    """Remove one override so that raw artist stands on its own again."""
+    appstate.meta_db.remove_artist_alias(raw_name)
+    return {"ok": True}

lib/routers/audio_effects.py

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+"""Audio-effects mapping API — the core-owned song/tone -> provider routing index.
+
+Extracted verbatim from ``server.py`` (R3); only the decorator receiver
+(``@app`` -> ``@router``) and the singleton read (``audio_effect_mappings`` ->
+``appstate.audio_effect_mappings``) changed. The read must stay a module
+attribute so a re-imported ``server`` re-publishes a fresh DB into the seam and
+`monkeypatch.setattr` reaches this module — see ``appstate.py``.
+"""
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Body, Query
+from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
+
+import appstate
+
+router = APIRouter()
+
+
+def _audio_effects_error(exc: Exception):
+    return JSONResponse({"error": str(exc)}, status_code=400)
+
+
+@router.get("/api/audio-effects/mappings")
+def list_audio_effect_mappings(
+    song_key: str = Query(""),
+    filename: str = Query(""),
+    tone_key: str = Query(""),
+    provider_id: str = Query(""),
+):
+    try:
+        return {
+            "mappings": appstate.audio_effect_mappings.list(
+                song_key=song_key,
+                filename=filename,
+                tone_key=tone_key,
+                provider_id=provider_id,
+            )
+        }
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        return _audio_effects_error(exc)
+
+
+@router.post("/api/audio-effects/mappings")
+def upsert_audio_effect_mapping(data: dict = Body(...)):
+    try:
+        mapping = appstate.audio_effect_mappings.upsert(data)
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        return _audio_effects_error(exc)
+    return {"ok": True, "mapping": mapping}
+
+
+@router.delete("/api/audio-effects/mappings/{mapping_id}")
+def delete_audio_effect_mapping(mapping_id: int, provider_id: str = Query("")):
+    try:
+        deleted = appstate.audio_effect_mappings.delete(mapping_id, provider_id=provider_id)
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        return _audio_effects_error(exc)
+    if not deleted:
+        return JSONResponse({"error": "mapping not found"}, status_code=404)
+    return {"ok": True}
+
+
+@router.post("/api/audio-effects/mappings/{mapping_id}/activate")
+def activate_audio_effect_mapping(mapping_id: int, data: dict = Body(default_factory=dict)):
+    try:
+        provider_id = data.get("provider_id") if "provider_id" in data else data.get("providerId")
+        mapping = appstate.audio_effect_mappings.activate(mapping_id, provider_id="" if provider_id is None else provider_id)
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        return _audio_effects_error(exc)
+    if not mapping:
+        return JSONResponse({"error": "mapping not found"}, status_code=404)
+    return {"ok": True, "mapping": mapping}
+
+
+@router.delete("/api/audio-effects/active-mapping")
+def clear_audio_effect_active_mapping(song_key: str = Query(...), tone_key: str = Query("")):
+    try:
+        cleared = appstate.audio_effect_mappings.clear_active(song_key=song_key, tone_key=tone_key)
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        return _audio_effects_error(exc)
+    return {"ok": True, "cleared": cleared}

lib/routers/loops.py

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+"""Practice loops — saved A/B regions per song.
+
+Extracted verbatim from ``server.py`` (R3); only the decorator receiver
+(``@app`` -> ``@router``) and the singleton reads (``meta_db`` ->
+``appstate.meta_db``) changed. See ``appstate.py`` for why the reads stay
+module attributes.
+"""
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter
+
+import appstate
+
+router = APIRouter()
+
+
+@router.get("/api/loops")
+def list_loops(filename: str):
+    # Hold the DB lock for the read: the shared single connection
+    # (check_same_thread=False) is serialized through meta_db._lock by every
+    # writer, so an unlocked SELECT here can overlap a POST/DELETE commit.
+    db = appstate.meta_db
+    with db._lock:
+        rows = db.conn.execute(
+            "SELECT id, name, start_time, end_time FROM loops WHERE filename = ? ORDER BY start_time",
+            (filename,)
+        ).fetchall()
+    return [{"id": r[0], "name": r[1], "start": r[2], "end": r[3]} for r in rows]
+
+
+@router.post("/api/loops")
+def save_loop(data: dict):
+    filename = data.get("filename", "")
+    name = data.get("name", "").strip()
+    start = data.get("start")
+    end = data.get("end")
+    if not filename or start is None or end is None:
+        return {"error": "Missing fields"}
+    db = appstate.meta_db
+    with db._lock:
+        # COUNT + INSERT under one lock so two unnamed POSTs can't read the same
+        # count and both mint "Loop N" (the count is only used to name the row).
+        if not name:
+            count = db.conn.execute(
+                "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM loops WHERE filename = ?", (filename,)
+            ).fetchone()[0]
+            name = f"Loop {count + 1}"
+        db.conn.execute(
+            "INSERT INTO loops (filename, name, start_time, end_time) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)",
+            (filename, name, float(start), float(end))
+        )
+        db.conn.commit()
+    return {"ok": True, "name": name}
+
+
+@router.delete("/api/loops/{loop_id}")
+def delete_loop(loop_id: int):
+    with appstate.meta_db._lock:
+        appstate.meta_db.conn.execute("DELETE FROM loops WHERE id = ?", (loop_id,))
+        appstate.meta_db.conn.commit()
+    return {"ok": True}

lib/scan_worker.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 This module is deliberately kept apart from ``server.py`` so that
 ``ProcessPoolExecutor`` workers can import and unpickle ``_scan_one``
 without dragging in ``server.py``'s import-time side effects
-(``configure_logging()``, ``meta_db = MetadataDB()`` opening/migrating
+(``configure_logging()``, ``meta_db = MetadataDB(CONFIG_DIR)`` opening/migrating
 SQLite, and ``register_plugin_api(app)`` registering routes).
 
 The background scan spawns its pool with the ``spawn`` start method (see

tests/test_appstate.py

@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+"""The router seam (`appstate.py`).
+
+The load-bearing assertion here is `test_server_wires_the_seam`: that `server`
+actually calls `appstate.configure(...)`. Every other test in this file would
+pass just fine against a seam nothing ever wires up — the same class of silent
+no-op that bit the frontend refactor twice when a scripted `setHostHooks` edit
+stopped matching its anchor. Unit tests cannot see wiring unless you make them
+look at it.
+"""
+
+import importlib
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+
+import appstate
+
+
+def _close_server_dbs(mod):
+    conn = getattr(getattr(mod, "meta_db", None), "conn", None)
+    if conn is not None:
+        getattr(mod, "_join_background_db_threads", lambda: None)()
+        conn.close()
+    ae_conn = getattr(getattr(mod, "audio_effect_mappings", None), "conn", None)
+    if ae_conn is not None:
+        ae_conn.close()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def isolated_server(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """A freshly imported `server` bound to a throwaway CONFIG_DIR.
+
+    Importing `server` constructs `MetadataDB` + `AudioEffectsMappingDB` at
+    module level, so it MUST be re-imported under a patched CONFIG_DIR — an
+    unguarded `import server` would create/mutate the developer's real
+    `~/.local/share/feedback` databases. Same idiom as the other ~49
+    server-importing suites.
+
+    Teardown restores the appstate slots as well as closing the connections:
+    leaving `appstate.meta_db` published but pointing at a closed sqlite handle
+    would hand a later test (or router) a live-looking, dead singleton.
+    """
+    previous = (appstate.meta_db, appstate.audio_effect_mappings)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CONFIG_DIR", str(tmp_path))
+    sys.modules.pop("server", None)
+    mod = importlib.import_module("server")
+    yield mod
+    _close_server_dbs(mod)
+    # Leave no half-torn-down `server` behind: the next fixture re-imports it.
+    sys.modules.pop("server", None)
+    appstate.configure(meta_db=previous[0], audio_effect_mappings=previous[1])
+
+
+def test_import_is_side_effect_free():
+    """`import appstate` must construct nothing and touch no disk.
+
+    This is why the ~49 fixtures that `sys.modules.pop("server")` and re-import
+    (to rebuild `meta_db` under a patched CONFIG_DIR) keep working untouched:
+    server owns construction, appstate only mirrors it. A singleton *owned*
+    here would survive that pop and go stale.
+    """
+    sys.modules.pop("appstate", None)
+    fresh = importlib.import_module("appstate")
+    try:
+        assert fresh.meta_db is None
+        assert fresh.audio_effect_mappings is None
+    finally:
+        sys.modules["appstate"] = appstate
+
+
+def test_configure_publishes_known_slots():
+    sentinel = object()
+    original = appstate.meta_db
+    try:
+        appstate.configure(meta_db=sentinel)
+        assert appstate.meta_db is sentinel
+    finally:
+        appstate.configure(meta_db=original)
+
+
+def test_configure_is_idempotent():
+    """server re-imports call configure() again; the last write must win."""
+    original = appstate.meta_db
+    try:
+        appstate.configure(meta_db="first")
+        appstate.configure(meta_db="second")
+        assert appstate.meta_db == "second"
+    finally:
+        appstate.configure(meta_db=original)
+
+
+def test_configure_rejects_an_unknown_slot():
+    """A typo'd or stale keyword must raise, not silently create a global that
+    nothing reads. A seam whose wiring can no-op undetected is worse than none."""
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="unknown slot"):
+        appstate.configure(met_db="typo")
+    assert not hasattr(appstate, "met_db")
+
+
+def test_late_bound_read_sees_a_later_configure():
+    """Routers must read `appstate.meta_db`, never `from appstate import meta_db`.
+    This pins the property that makes that rule work."""
+    def router_style_read():
+        return appstate.meta_db          # module attribute, resolved at call time
+
+    original = appstate.meta_db
+    try:
+        appstate.configure(meta_db="before")
+        assert router_style_read() == "before"
+        appstate.configure(meta_db="after")
+        assert router_style_read() == "after"
+    finally:
+        appstate.configure(meta_db=original)
+
+
+def test_server_wires_the_seam(isolated_server):
+    """The one that catches a dropped `appstate.configure(...)` call.
+
+    Identity, not truthiness, so a stray re-assignment or a half-applied edit
+    fails here rather than in some router months later.
+    """
+    assert appstate.meta_db is isolated_server.meta_db
+    assert appstate.audio_effect_mappings is isolated_server.audio_effect_mappings
+    assert appstate.meta_db is not None
+
+
+def test_reimporting_server_republishes_the_fresh_singletons(
+    isolated_server, tmp_path, monkeypatch
+):
+    """The 49-fixture contract, exercised end to end.
+
+    Those fixtures `sys.modules.pop("server")` + re-import to rebuild `meta_db`
+    under a new CONFIG_DIR, and know nothing about appstate. So the seam must
+    re-publish on that second import. This is the test that would fail if
+    `appstate` ever *owned* the singletons: a module-level `meta_db` there
+    survives the pop and the assertions below would still see the FIRST DB.
+    """
+    first_db = isolated_server.meta_db
+    assert appstate.meta_db is first_db
+    assert str(tmp_path) in first_db.db_path
+
+    second_config = tmp_path / "second"
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CONFIG_DIR", str(second_config))
+    sys.modules.pop("server", None)
+    second_server = importlib.import_module("server")
+    try:
+        assert second_server.meta_db is not first_db          # genuinely rebuilt
+        assert str(second_config) in second_server.meta_db.db_path
+        assert appstate.meta_db is second_server.meta_db      # ...and re-published
+        assert appstate.audio_effect_mappings is second_server.audio_effect_mappings
+    finally:
+        _close_server_dbs(second_server)
+        sys.modules.pop("server", None)

tests/test_loops_concurrency.py

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+"""Concurrent unnamed loop saves must get unique names.
+
+`save_loop` auto-names an unnamed loop `Loop {count+1}`. If the `COUNT(*)` runs
+outside the DB lock (as it did before the fix), two simultaneous unnamed POSTs
+read the same count and both mint the same name. A `threading.Barrier` releases
+all workers into `save_loop` at once to force that interleave.
+
+Single-user app, so this race is unlikely in practice — but the fix is one lock
+scope, and the test pins it.
+"""
+
+import threading
+
+import pytest
+
+import appstate
+from metadata_db import MetadataDB
+from routers import loops
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def meta_db(tmp_path):
+    prev = appstate.meta_db
+    db = MetadataDB(tmp_path)
+    appstate.configure(meta_db=db)
+    yield db
+    db.conn.close()
+    appstate.configure(meta_db=prev)
+
+
+def test_concurrent_unnamed_saves_get_unique_names(meta_db):
+    workers = 16
+    barrier = threading.Barrier(workers)
+    names, errors = [], []
+    lock = threading.Lock()
+
+    def save():
+        try:
+            barrier.wait()                       # release all at once
+            r = loops.save_loop({"filename": "song.feedpak", "start": 0.0, "end": 1.0})
+            with lock:
+                names.append(r["name"])
+        except Exception as e:                   # noqa: BLE001 — surface any thread error
+            with lock:
+                errors.append(e)
+
+    threads = [threading.Thread(target=save) for _ in range(workers)]
+    for t in threads:
+        t.start()
+    for t in threads:
+        t.join()
+
+    assert not errors, errors
+    assert len(names) == workers
+    # The load-bearing assertion: no two auto-named loops collide.
+    assert len(set(names)) == workers, f"duplicate loop names: {sorted(names)}"
+    # And the DB agrees — every insert landed.
+    stored = meta_db.conn.execute(
+        "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM loops WHERE filename = ?", ("song.feedpak",)
+    ).fetchone()[0]
+    assert stored == workers
+
+
+def test_list_and_save_do_not_error_under_interleave(meta_db):
+    """A read overlapping writes must not raise (shared connection, one lock)."""
+    stop = threading.Event()
+    errors = []
+
+    def reader():
+        while not stop.is_set():
+            try:
+                loops.list_loops("song.feedpak")
+            except Exception as e:               # noqa: BLE001
+                errors.append(e)
+
+    r = threading.Thread(target=reader)
+    r.start()
+    try:
+        for i in range(40):
+            loops.save_loop({"filename": "song.feedpak", "name": f"n{i}", "start": 0.0, "end": 1.0})
+    finally:
+        stop.set()
+        r.join()
+    assert not errors, errors

tests/test_packaging.py

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+"""Guard: every first-party module `server.py` imports must be one the packagers copy.
+
+feedback-desktop's `scripts/bundle-slopsmith.sh` copies a **hardcoded list** from
+core into the app bundle — `server.py`, `VERSION`, `lib/`, `data/`, `static/`,
+`plugins/__init__.py`. A new root-level module (say `appstate.py`) ships fine in
+Docker, imports fine under pytest, and is then *silently dropped* from the
+packaged desktop app, which dies at startup with:
+
+    File ".../Resources/slopsmith/server.py", line 71, in <module>
+        import appstate
+    ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'appstate'
+
+That shipped once. This test is why it can't ship twice: it walks `server.py`'s
+module-level imports, keeps the ones that resolve inside this repo, and asserts
+each lives under a directory every packaging path already copies wholesale.
+
+If you add a first-party module for `server.py`, put it in `lib/` — the one core
+directory the Dockerfile (`COPY lib/`), `docker-compose.yml`, and the desktop
+bundler (`cp -r lib`) all copy, and that all three put on `sys.path`. If you
+genuinely need it at the repo root, you must also teach `bundle-slopsmith.sh`,
+the `Dockerfile`, `.dockerignore`, and `docker-compose.yml` about it — and then
+update `BUNDLED_ROOTS` below.
+"""
+
+import ast
+import importlib.util
+import pathlib
+
+import pytest
+
+REPO_ROOT = pathlib.Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+
+# Directories every packaging path copies wholesale, plus the files copied by name.
+BUNDLED_ROOTS = ("lib", "plugins", "data", "static")
+BUNDLED_FILES = ("server.py", "main.py")
+
+
+def _server_toplevel_imports():
+    """Module names imported at `server.py`'s top level (not inside a function)."""
+    tree = ast.parse((REPO_ROOT / "server.py").read_text())
+    names = set()
+    for node in tree.body:                      # top level only — lazy imports are fine
+        if isinstance(node, ast.Import):
+            names.update(a.name.split(".")[0] for a in node.names)
+        elif isinstance(node, ast.ImportFrom) and node.level == 0 and node.module:
+            names.add(node.module.split(".")[0])
+    return sorted(names)
+
+
+# `spec.origin` is not always a path: built-in and frozen stdlib modules use
+# these sentinels. `Path("frozen").resolve()` would land inside the repo and
+# report `os` as first-party — so filter them before touching the filesystem.
+_NON_PATH_ORIGINS = {"built-in", "frozen", "namespace"}
+
+
+def _first_party_origin(name):
+    """Path of `name` if it resolves inside this repo, else None (stdlib/site-package)."""
+    try:
+        spec = importlib.util.find_spec(name)
+    except (ImportError, ValueError):
+        return None
+    if spec is None:
+        return None
+
+    if spec.origin and spec.origin not in _NON_PATH_ORIGINS:
+        origin = pathlib.Path(spec.origin)
+    else:
+        # Namespace/frozen: fall back to the first search location, if any.
+        locations = list(getattr(spec, "submodule_search_locations", None) or [])
+        if not locations:
+            return None
+        origin = pathlib.Path(locations[0])
+
+    if not origin.is_absolute():
+        return None                              # a sentinel, not a real path
+    origin = origin.resolve()
+    try:
+        origin.relative_to(REPO_ROOT)
+    except ValueError:
+        return None                              # outside the repo → a dependency
+    return origin
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("name", _server_toplevel_imports())
+def test_server_import_is_bundled(name):
+    origin = _first_party_origin(name)
+    if origin is None:
+        return                                   # stdlib or an installed dependency
+
+    rel = origin.relative_to(REPO_ROOT)
+    if rel.as_posix() in BUNDLED_FILES or rel.parts[0] in BUNDLED_ROOTS:
+        return
+
+    raise AssertionError(
+        f"server.py imports `{name}` from {rel}, which no packager copies.\n"
+        f"The desktop bundler (scripts/bundle-slopsmith.sh) copies only "
+        f"{BUNDLED_FILES} and {BUNDLED_ROOTS}/, so the packaged app would die "
+        f"at startup with ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '{name}'.\n"
+        f"Move it under lib/, or teach bundle-slopsmith.sh + Dockerfile + "
+        f".dockerignore + docker-compose.yml about it and update BUNDLED_ROOTS."
+    )
+
+
+def test_the_seam_and_routers_live_under_lib():
+    """Pin the two that already caused a shipped break."""
+    for name in ("appstate", "routers"):
+        origin = _first_party_origin(name)
+        assert origin is not None, f"{name} does not resolve inside the repo"
+        assert origin.relative_to(REPO_ROOT).parts[0] == "lib", (
+            f"{name} resolved to {origin.relative_to(REPO_ROOT)}; it must live "
+            f"under lib/ or the packaged desktop app will not ship it"
+        )

tests/test_settings_api.py

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def client(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     # Point CONFIG_DIR at a per-test temp path BEFORE server's
     # import-time side effects run. server.py reads CONFIG_DIR from the
     # environment at module load (line 35) and immediately constructs
-    # `meta_db = MetadataDB()` at module level, which calls
+    # `meta_db = MetadataDB(CONFIG_DIR)` at module level, which calls
     # CONFIG_DIR.mkdir(...) and opens a sqlite file — a plain
     # post-import monkeypatch on server.CONFIG_DIR wouldn't catch those
     # side effects, and the real user config dir would get written to.

tests/test_settings_export_library_db.py

@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import pytest
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 
+# The startup DB swap lives with the DB layer it guards, not with server.py.
+# metadata_db reads no environment at import, so a plain module import is safe
+# alongside the env-patched `server_mod` fixture below.
+from metadata_db import _apply_pending_db_restore
+
 
 @pytest.fixture()
 def server_mod(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
@@ -219,7 +224,7 @@ def test_apply_pending_db_restore_swaps_and_clears_sidecars(server_mod, tmp_path
     (tmp_path / "web_library.db-shm").write_bytes(b"OLD-SHM")
     (tmp_path / "web_library.db.restore").write_bytes(new_db)
 
-    server_mod._apply_pending_db_restore(tmp_path)
+    _apply_pending_db_restore(tmp_path)
 
     assert main.read_bytes() == new_db                  # swapped in
     assert not (tmp_path / "web_library.db.restore").exists()
@@ -234,7 +239,7 @@ def test_apply_pending_db_restore_discards_corrupt_keeps_live(server_mod, tmp_pa
     main.write_bytes(b"LIVE-GOOD-DB")
     (tmp_path / "web_library.db.restore").write_bytes(b"SQLite format 3\x00" + b"\xff" * 64)
 
-    server_mod._apply_pending_db_restore(tmp_path)
+    _apply_pending_db_restore(tmp_path)
 
     assert main.read_bytes() == b"LIVE-GOOD-DB"          # live DB preserved
     assert not (tmp_path / "web_library.db.restore").exists()  # bad restore dropped
@@ -242,7 +247,7 @@ def test_apply_pending_db_restore_discards_corrupt_keeps_live(server_mod, tmp_pa
 
 def test_apply_pending_db_restore_noop_without_staging(server_mod, tmp_path):
     (tmp_path / "web_library.db").write_bytes(b"LIVE")
-    server_mod._apply_pending_db_restore(tmp_path)        # nothing staged
+    _apply_pending_db_restore(tmp_path)        # nothing staged
     assert (tmp_path / "web_library.db").read_bytes() == b"LIVE"
 
 
@@ -266,7 +271,7 @@ def test_full_db_backup_restore_round_trip(client, server_mod, tmp_path):
     # Simulate a restart: close the live conn, apply the staged restore,
     # reopen — the song is back.
     server_mod.meta_db.conn.close()
-    server_mod._apply_pending_db_restore(tmp_path)
+    _apply_pending_db_restore(tmp_path)
     conn = sqlite3.connect(str(tmp_path / "web_library.db"))
     try:
         rows = conn.execute(