fix(downloads): stop searching a list there is nothing to search with

Every pass attempted every request, each came back "no download clients
are enabled", and RecordAttempt wrote that down as an attempt and put a
retry on the clock -- so a wanted list built deliberately without a
client accrued failures and announced "next check in 6 hours" about a
check that cannot happen.

Wanting something with no way to fetch it is supported. Being told it
is being looked for is a lie, and the row says what is true instead.

Everything above the attempt still runs: an artist subscription still
expands, and a request satisfied by some other route -- ripped, bought,
copied in -- is still retired. Neither needs a provider.

TestReconcileRespectsBatchSize now installs a client that finds
nothing, because a batch size is about how many requests one pass
searches for and that only means something when there is something to
search with.

Refs #37

backend/download/reconcile.go

@@ -310,15 +310,35 @@ func (r *Reconciler) run(ctx context.Context, force bool) (Summary, error) {
 
 	summary.Synced = r.syncExternalLists(ctx)
 
-	attempted, started, err := r.attemptDue(ctx, force)
-	if err != nil {
-		return summary, err
+	// Nothing is searched for when there is nothing to search with, and
+	// the point is what that *does not* do to the list.
+	//
+	// Attempting anyway is not merely wasted work: every request comes
+	// back "no download clients are enabled", which RecordAttempt writes
+	// down as an attempt and schedules a retry for -- so a user who has
+	// deliberately built a wanted list with no client watched their
+	// requests accrue failures and announce "next check in 6 hours"
+	// about a check that cannot happen. Wanting something without a way
+	// to fetch it is a supported thing to do; being told it is being
+	// looked for is a lie.
+	//
+	// Everything above this line still runs: an artist subscription
+	// still expands, and a request the user satisfied by some other
+	// route -- ripped, bought, copied in -- is still retired, because
+	// neither needs a provider.
+	summary.NoProviders = len(r.manager.enabledProviders()) == 0
+
+	if !summary.NoProviders {
+		attempted, started, err := r.attemptDue(ctx, force)
+		if err != nil {
+			return summary, err
+		}
+
+		summary.Attempted = attempted
+		summary.Started = started
 	}
 
-	summary.Attempted = attempted
-	summary.Started = started
 	summary.Waiting = r.countWaiting(ctx)
-	summary.NoProviders = len(r.manager.enabledProviders()) == 0
 
 	r.logger.Info(
 		"reconciled request list",

backend/download/reconcile_test.go

@@ -453,6 +453,15 @@ func TestReconcileRespectsBatchSize(t *testing.T) {
 	f := newReconcileFixture(t)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
+	// A client that searches and finds nothing. The batch size is about
+	// how many requests one pass *searches for*, which only means
+	// anything when there is something to search with -- a pass with no
+	// provider now attempts nothing at all, deliberately.
+	f.manager.installProvider(
+		Config{ID: 1, Priority: 50},
+		NewFakeProvider(1, "finds-nothing", Caps{CanSearch: true}),
+	)
+
 	f.reconciler.SetBatch(2)
 
 	for _, mbid := range []string{"rg-1", "rg-2", "rg-3", "rg-4"} {
@@ -593,3 +602,72 @@ func TestSummaryReportsNoProviders(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("summary did not report that no download client is enabled")
 	}
 }
+
+// ...and it does not search, which is the part the user sees.
+//
+// Attempting with no provider fails every request with "no download
+// clients are enabled", and RecordAttempt writes that down as an
+// attempt and schedules a retry -- so a wanted list built deliberately
+// without a client accrued failures and announced "next check in 6
+// hours" about a check that cannot happen. Wanting something with no
+// way to fetch it is supported; being told it is being looked for is
+// a lie.
+func TestNoProvidersMeansNoAttempt(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	f := newReconcileFixture(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	id, err := f.store.AddRequest(ctx, Request{
+		MBID:      "rg-1",
+		Entity:    EntityReleaseGroup,
+		LibraryID: 1,
+		Title:     "OK Computer",
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("AddRequest: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	f.catalog.tracklists["rg-1"] = fourTrackDownload().Expected
+
+	summary, err := f.reconciler.RunNow(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("RunNow: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if summary.Attempted != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("attempted %d requests with no client to search with, want 0",
+			summary.Attempted)
+	}
+
+	// The list still knows what is on it: "nothing happened" has to be
+	// reportable as "nothing was searched for, of the one thing you
+	// want" rather than as silence.
+	if summary.Waiting != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("summary reported %d waiting, want 1", summary.Waiting)
+	}
+
+	req, err := f.store.GetRequest(ctx, id)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetRequest: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if req.Attempts != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("attempts = %d, want 0: a pass that could not search did not",
+			req.Attempts)
+	}
+
+	if req.LastError != "" {
+		t.Errorf("lastError = %q, want empty: the request did not fail, it "+
+			"was never tried", req.LastError)
+	}
+
+	// A new request is due immediately (next_try_at is set to now on
+	// insert), so the fault is not the presence of a time -- it is a
+	// time pushed into the future by a failed attempt, which is what the
+	// UI renders as "next check in 6 hours".
+	if req.NextTryAt.After(time.Now().Add(time.Minute)) {
+		t.Errorf("next try scheduled for %v: a check that cannot happen was "+
+			"put on the clock", req.NextTryAt)
+	}
+}

frontend/src/components/downloads-view/downloads-view.ts

@@ -512,7 +512,9 @@ export class DownloadsView extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
                         ${request.artist ? `${request.artist} — ` : ''}${request.title ||
                         request.mbid}
                     </div>
-                    <div class="detail">${requestDetail(request, this.nowMs)}</div>
+                    <div class="detail">
+                        ${requestDetail(request, this.nowMs, this.canDownload)}
+                    </div>
                 </div>
                 <div class="actions">
                     ${request.state === 'satisfied'
@@ -706,10 +708,20 @@ export class DownloadsView extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
  * looked for rather than as an error, because that is what it is — the
  * retry is already scheduled and there is nothing for the user to do.
  */
-function requestDetail(request: Request, nowMs: number): string {
+function requestDetail(
+    request: Request,
+    nowMs: number,
+    canDownload: boolean,
+): string {
     if (request.state === 'satisfied') return 'In your library';
     if (request.state === 'paused') return 'Paused — not being looked for';
 
+    // With no client there is no search and no retry clock — the
+    // backend stopped scheduling one — so a row must not imply either.
+    // "Queued" and "next check in 6 hours" are both promises nothing is
+    // in a position to keep.
+    if (!canDownload) return 'On your list — no download client to search with';
+
     if (request.attempts === 0) return 'Queued — not searched for yet';
 
     const tries = `Searched ${request.attempts} time${request.attempts === 1 ? '' : 's'}`;

frontend/test/components/downloads-no-client.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/**
+ * What a wanted list says when there is nothing to search with.
+ *
+ * Wanting something without a download client is a supported thing to
+ * do — the list is kept, and it starts moving when a client is added.
+ * What was not supported was the app *claiming to be looking*: every
+ * pass attempted each request, failed it with "no download clients are
+ * enabled", recorded that as an attempt and scheduled a retry, so a row
+ * read "Searched 3 times, no download clients are enabled · next check
+ * in 6 hours" about a check that could not happen.
+ *
+ * The backend half is `TestNoProvidersMeansNoAttempt`. This is the row.
+ */
+import { describe, expect, it, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import type { LitElement } from 'lit';
+
+import '@components/downloads-view/downloads-view';
+import { stub, emit, flush, resetHarness } from '@test/support/harness';
+import { Events } from '../../src/events';
+import { fixture, shadowAll } from '@test/support/render';
+
+/** A request that has been tried and is waiting on a retry — the shape
+ *  a list with a client in it produces. */
+const WAITING = {
+  id: 1,
+  mbid: 'rg-1',
+  entity: 'release-group',
+  libraryId: 1,
+  artist: 'Aurora Fields',
+  title: 'Glass Harbour',
+  state: 'wanted',
+  attempts: 3,
+  lastError: 'no source has it yet',
+  nextTryAt: new Date(Date.now() + 6 * 3600_000).toISOString(),
+};
+
+const PROVIDER = {
+  id: 1,
+  kind: 'slskd',
+  name: 'Sound',
+  enabled: true,
+  priority: 50,
+};
+
+/**
+ * The download store is a singleton whose `init()` runs once per
+ * session, so a second mount does not re-read the provider list. The
+ * event is how the app itself learns a client was added, and is what
+ * makes this test independent of which case ran first.
+ */
+async function view(providers: unknown[]): Promise<LitElement> {
+  stub('download.Service.ListProviders', providers);
+
+  const el = await fixture<LitElement>('downloads-view');
+
+  emit(Events.DownloadProvidersChanged);
+  await flush();
+  await el.updateComplete;
+
+  return el;
+}
+
+const details = (el: LitElement) =>
+  shadowAll(el, '.detail').map((d) => d.textContent!.trim());
+
+describe('a request row with no download client', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    resetHarness();
+    stub('download.Service.ProviderKinds', []);
+    stub('download.Service.ListProviders', []);
+    stub('download.Service.ListDownloads', []);
+    stub('download.Service.ListRequests', [WAITING]);
+  });
+
+  it('does not promise a check that cannot happen', async () => {
+    const el = await view([]);
+
+    expect(details(el)).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(details(el)[0]).toBe(
+      'On your list — no download client to search with',
+    );
+    expect(details(el)[0]).not.toMatch(/next check/);
+  });
+
+  it('reports the retry schedule again once a client exists', async () => {
+    const el = await view([PROVIDER]);
+
+    expect(details(el)[0]).toMatch(/next check/);
+  });
+});