fixes to scrubbing and offline issues

lib/downloads/download_manager.dart

@@ -67,19 +67,25 @@ class DownloadInfo {
         error: error,
       );
 
+  /// Serialize a completed record. The path is written as *relative* to the
+  /// app-support directory by [DownloadController._persist] (key `relPath`) —
+  /// absolute paths embed the iOS app-container UUID, which changes across app
+  /// updates and would orphan every download. See [DownloadController].
   Map<String, dynamic> toJson() => {
         'song': song.toJson(),
-        'path': path,
         if (bitRate != null) 'bitRate': bitRate,
         if (format != null) 'format': format,
         if (sizeBytes != null) 'sizeBytes': sizeBytes,
       };
 
-  /// Rebuild a completed record from the manifest.
+  /// Rebuild a completed record from the manifest. [path] is the absolute path
-  factory DownloadInfo.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> j) => DownloadInfo(
+  /// resolved by the controller from the stored relative (or legacy absolute)
+  /// path against the *current* app-support directory.
+  factory DownloadInfo.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> j, {String? path}) =>
+      DownloadInfo(
         song: Song.fromJson((j['song'] as Map).cast<String, dynamic>()),
         status: DownloadStatus.done,
-        path: j['path'] as String?,
+        path: path,
         bitRate: (j['bitRate'] as num?)?.toInt(),
         format: j['format'] as String?,
         sizeBytes: (j['sizeBytes'] as num?)?.toInt(),
@@ -139,6 +145,42 @@ class DownloadController extends StateNotifier<DownloadState> {
   final List<String> _queue = [];
   int _active = 0;
 
+  /// Cached app-support directory path. Manifests store paths *relative* to
+  /// this so downloads survive the app-container path changing across updates;
+  /// we re-root them against the current directory at load time.
+  String? _supportDirPath;
+
+  Future<String> _supportPath() async =>
+      _supportDirPath ??= (await getApplicationSupportDirectory()).path;
+
+  /// Strip the app-support prefix so the manifest stores a stable relative path
+  /// (`downloads/<key>/<file>`). Falls back to the `downloads/` segment if the
+  /// absolute path doesn't sit under the cached base.
+  String? _relativize(String? absPath) {
+    if (absPath == null) return null;
+    final base = _supportDirPath;
+    if (base != null && absPath.startsWith('$base/')) {
+      return absPath.substring(base.length + 1);
+    }
+    final i = absPath.indexOf('downloads/');
+    return i >= 0 ? absPath.substring(i) : absPath;
+  }
+
+  /// Resolve a manifest entry's stored path to an absolute path under the
+  /// *current* app-support directory. Prefers the new relative `relPath`; for a
+  /// legacy absolute `path` it re-roots the trailing `downloads/...` segment so
+  /// downloads made before this change (or before an app update) still resolve.
+  String? _resolveStoredPath(Map<String, dynamic> j) {
+    final base = _supportDirPath;
+    final rel = j['relPath'] as String?;
+    if (rel != null) return base != null ? '$base/$rel' : rel;
+    final legacy = j['path'] as String?;
+    if (legacy == null) return null;
+    final i = legacy.indexOf('downloads/');
+    if (i >= 0 && base != null) return '$base/${legacy.substring(i)}';
+    return legacy;
+  }
+
   /// Path to a downloaded file if (and only if) it is fully downloaded — read
   /// synchronously by the playback stream-URI resolver.
   String? localPathFor(String id) {
@@ -177,6 +219,7 @@ class DownloadController extends StateNotifier<DownloadState> {
       return;
     }
 
+    await _supportPath();
     try {
       final file = await _manifestFile(key);
       if (!await file.exists()) {
@@ -185,16 +228,23 @@ class DownloadController extends StateNotifier<DownloadState> {
       }
       final raw = jsonDecode(await file.readAsString());
       final byId = <String, DownloadInfo>{};
+      var migrated = false;
       if (raw is List) {
         for (final e in raw.whereType<Map>()) {
-          final info = DownloadInfo.fromJson(e.cast<String, dynamic>());
+          final map = e.cast<String, dynamic>();
-          final path = info.path;
+          final path = _resolveStoredPath(map);
-          if (path != null && await File(path).exists()) {
+          if (path == null || !await File(path).exists()) continue;
-            byId[info.song.id] = info;
+          final info = DownloadInfo.fromJson(map, path: path);
-          }
+          byId[info.song.id] = info;
+          // A legacy absolute-path entry re-persists as relative on next save.
+          if (map['relPath'] == null) migrated = true;
         }
       }
-      if (gen == _generation) state = DownloadState(byId: byId);
+      if (gen == _generation) {
+        state = DownloadState(byId: byId);
+        // Self-migrate the manifest to relative paths.
+        if (migrated) await _persist();
+      }
     } catch (_) {
       if (gen == _generation) state = const DownloadState();
     }
@@ -360,10 +410,16 @@ class DownloadController extends StateNotifier<DownloadState> {
     final key = _serverKeyGetter();
     if (key == null) return;
     try {
+      await _supportPath();
       final file = await _manifestFile(key);
       final tmp = File('${file.path}.tmp');
       await tmp.writeAsString(
-        jsonEncode(state.completed.map((d) => d.toJson()).toList()),
+        jsonEncode(state.completed.map((d) {
+          final j = d.toJson();
+          final rel = _relativize(d.path);
+          if (rel != null) j['relPath'] = rel;
+          return j;
+        }).toList()),
       );
       await tmp.rename(file.path);
     } catch (_) {}

lib/playback/playback_engine.dart

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import 'dart:io' show File, Platform;
 import 'dart:math' show Random;
 
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/services.dart' show PlatformException;
 import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
 import 'package:just_audio/just_audio.dart';
 import 'package:just_audio_background/just_audio_background.dart';
@@ -15,6 +16,15 @@ import 'package:path_provider/path_provider.dart';
 
 import '../subsonic/models.dart';
 
+/// Why playback halted. Surfaced to the UI so a failed source pauses with an
+/// explanation instead of the platform player silently thrashing (restart /
+/// auto-skip). Null when there is no active error.
+enum PlaybackError {
+  /// The current source could not be loaded and no local copy exists — almost
+  /// always a dropped network connection with a remote (streaming) track.
+  offline,
+}
+
 /// Immutable snapshot of the player, mirroring Timbre's `QueueState` +
 /// player-event stream (`timbre-player/src/engine.rs`).
 class PlaybackState {
@@ -27,6 +37,7 @@ class PlaybackState {
     this.shuffle = false,
     this.loop = LoopMode.off,
     this.supported = true,
+    this.error,
   });
 
   final List<Song> queue;
@@ -37,6 +48,10 @@ class PlaybackState {
   final bool shuffle;
   final LoopMode loop;
 
+  /// Non-null when playback is halted by a load failure (see [PlaybackError]).
+  /// Cleared on the next successful play/jump or an in-place recovery.
+  final PlaybackError? error;
+
   /// False on platforms without a just_audio backend (e.g. Linux desktop
   /// without media_kit). The UI still reflects the selected track; only audio
   /// output is unavailable.
@@ -47,8 +62,19 @@ class PlaybackState {
           ? queue[currentIndex!]
           : null;
 
+  /// Duration to display/compute progress against. Prefers the value reported
+  /// by `just_audio`'s `durationStream`, but falls back to the current song's
+  /// known length from Subsonic metadata when the stream hasn't emitted yet (or
+  /// desynced after a cold start / audio-session interruption). Without this
+  /// fallback the bar renders "0:00 / 0:00" while audio actually plays.
+  Duration get effectiveDuration {
+    if (duration > Duration.zero) return duration;
+    final secs = current?.duration;
+    return secs != null ? Duration(seconds: secs) : Duration.zero;
+  }
+
   double get progress {
-    final total = duration.inMilliseconds;
+    final total = effectiveDuration.inMilliseconds;
     if (total <= 0) return 0;
     return (position.inMilliseconds / total).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
   }
@@ -62,6 +88,8 @@ class PlaybackState {
     bool? shuffle,
     LoopMode? loop,
     bool? supported,
+    PlaybackError? error,
+    bool clearError = false,
   }) {
     return PlaybackState(
       queue: queue ?? this.queue,
@@ -72,6 +100,7 @@ class PlaybackState {
       shuffle: shuffle ?? this.shuffle,
       loop: loop ?? this.loop,
       supported: supported ?? this.supported,
+      error: clearError ? null : (error ?? this.error),
     );
   }
 }
@@ -134,6 +163,7 @@ class PlaybackController extends StateNotifier<PlaybackState> {
       if (i == null) return;
       state = state.copyWith(currentIndex: i);
       _notifyCurrent();
+      _maybeUpgradeToLocal();
     });
     player.playerStateStream.listen((s) {
       state = state.copyWith(playing: s.playing);
@@ -144,6 +174,14 @@ class PlaybackController extends StateNotifier<PlaybackState> {
     player.durationStream.listen((d) {
       if (d != null) state = state.copyWith(duration: d);
     });
+    // just_audio surfaces load/decode failures (e.g. an unreachable remote
+    // source after the network drops) as errors on the event stream. Without a
+    // handler the platform player runs its own recovery — restarting the item
+    // at 0 or auto-advancing — which is the reported "scrub back / skip" bug.
+    player.playbackEventStream.listen(
+      (_) {},
+      onError: (Object e, StackTrace st) => _onPlayerError(e),
+    );
   }
 
   /// Id of the song we last ran play side effects for. Queue edits shift
@@ -157,6 +195,16 @@ class PlaybackController extends StateNotifier<PlaybackState> {
   /// keys its notification off the tag id, so duplicate ids would confuse it.
   int _tagSeq = 0;
 
+  /// Song ids whose currently-loaded source resolved to a *remote* stream URL
+  /// (as opposed to a `file://` local download). Used to cheaply decide whether
+  /// a track can be upgraded to a now-available local copy, and to avoid
+  /// rebuilding when it can't. Populated as sources are built.
+  final Set<String> _remoteSourceIds = {};
+
+  /// Guards the in-place source rebuild used by error recovery / local upgrade
+  /// so its own `currentIndexStream` re-emission can't re-enter the rebuild.
+  bool _rebuilding = false;
+
   void _notifyCurrent() {
     final song = state.current;
     if (song == null) return;
@@ -167,8 +215,16 @@ class PlaybackController extends StateNotifier<PlaybackState> {
     _onPlay(song);
   }
 
+  /// Build the player source list for [songs], resetting the remote-id tracking
+  /// so [_maybeUpgradeToLocal] reflects exactly what is now loaded.
+  List<AudioSource> _buildSources(List<Song> songs) {
+    _remoteSourceIds.clear();
+    return songs.map(_sourceFor).toList();
+  }
+
   AudioSource _sourceFor(Song song) {
     final uri = _streamUriFor(song)!;
+    if (!uri.isScheme('file')) _remoteSourceIds.add(song.id);
     final art = _coverArtUriFor(song);
     return AudioSource.uri(
       uri,
@@ -201,6 +257,7 @@ class PlaybackController extends StateNotifier<PlaybackState> {
         queue: songs,
         currentIndex: startIndex.clamp(0, songs.length - 1),
         position: Duration.zero,
+        clearError: true,
       );
       _lastNotifiedId = null;
       _notifyCurrent();
@@ -233,6 +290,7 @@ class PlaybackController extends StateNotifier<PlaybackState> {
       queue: ordered,
       currentIndex: start,
       position: Duration.zero,
+      clearError: true,
     );
     // An explicit play should always (re)scrobble, even if it's the same song.
     _lastNotifiedId = null;
@@ -244,12 +302,16 @@ class PlaybackController extends StateNotifier<PlaybackState> {
       _notifyCurrent();
       return;
     }
-    await player.setAudioSources(
+    try {
-      ordered.map(_sourceFor).toList(),
+      await player.setAudioSources(
-      initialIndex: start,
+        _buildSources(ordered),
-    );
+        initialIndex: start,
-    await player.play();
+      );
-    // currentIndexStream fires _notifyCurrent for the started track.
+      await player.play();
+      // currentIndexStream fires _notifyCurrent for the started track.
+    } catch (e) {
+      await _onPlayerError(e);
+    }
   }
 
   /// Start playing the queue entry at [index] without rebuilding the queue —
@@ -260,13 +322,19 @@ class PlaybackController extends StateNotifier<PlaybackState> {
     if (index < 0 || index >= q.length) return;
     final player = _player;
     if (player == null) {
-      state = state.copyWith(currentIndex: index, position: Duration.zero);
+      state = state.copyWith(
+          currentIndex: index, position: Duration.zero, clearError: true);
       _notifyCurrent();
       return;
     }
-    await player.seek(Duration.zero, index: index);
+    try {
-    await player.play();
+      await player.seek(Duration.zero, index: index);
-    // currentIndexStream fires _notifyCurrent for the jumped-to track.
+      await player.play();
+      if (state.error != null) state = state.copyWith(clearError: true);
+      // currentIndexStream fires _notifyCurrent for the jumped-to track.
+    } catch (e) {
+      await _onPlayerError(e);
+    }
   }
 
   /// Insert [song] right after the current track (Timbre's "play next").
@@ -399,7 +467,7 @@ class PlaybackController extends StateNotifier<PlaybackState> {
   /// out of alignment — the playing track is reloaded at its current position,
   /// so at most it re-buffers briefly. `currentIndex` follows the playing track
   /// to its new slot.
-  Future<void> _applyOrder(List<Song> target) async {
+  Future<void> _applyOrder(List<Song> target, {bool forcePlay = false}) async {
     final cur = state.current;
     var newIndex = state.currentIndex ?? 0;
     if (cur != null) {
@@ -414,14 +482,113 @@ class PlaybackController extends StateNotifier<PlaybackState> {
     final player = _player;
     if (player == null) return;
 
-    // The current song is unchanged, so [_notifyCurrent]'s id dedupe suppresses
+    // Guard the rebuild so the `currentIndexStream` re-emission it triggers
-    // a spurious re-scrobble when currentIndexStream re-fires for the rebuild.
+    // can't re-enter [_maybeUpgradeToLocal] and rebuild again.
-    await player.setAudioSources(
+    _rebuilding = true;
-      target.map(_sourceFor).toList(),
+    try {
-      initialIndex: newIndex,
+      // The current song is unchanged, so [_notifyCurrent]'s id dedupe
-      initialPosition: position,
+      // suppresses a spurious re-scrobble when currentIndexStream re-fires.
+      await player.setAudioSources(
+        _buildSources(target),
+        initialIndex: newIndex,
+        initialPosition: position,
+      );
+      if (wasPlaying || forcePlay) await player.play();
+      if (state.error != null) state = state.copyWith(clearError: true);
+    } finally {
+      _rebuilding = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /// Handle a load/decode failure from the player. Deliberately conservative:
+  /// it never seeks to zero or auto-advances (that thrashing IS the reported
+  /// bug). If a local download now exists for the failing track it swaps the
+  /// dead remote source for the local file in place and keeps playing;
+  /// otherwise it pauses and surfaces an offline error rather than letting the
+  /// platform player restart or skip the track.
+  Future<void> _onPlayerError(Object error) async {
+    // Ignore transient hiccups — just_audio recovers from brief buffer
+    // underruns on its own. Only genuine load failures reach recovery.
+    if (!_isFatalLoadError(error)) return;
+    final player = _player;
+    final song = state.current;
+    if (player == null || song == null) return;
+    if (_rebuilding) return;
+
+    // A local copy may now be available (e.g. a download that finished, or a
+    // track that was always downloaded but got baked as a remote source).
+    final uri = _streamUriFor(song);
+    if (uri != null && uri.isScheme('file')) {
+      try {
+        await _applyOrder([...state.queue], forcePlay: true);
+        return;
+      } catch (_) {
+        // Fall through to the graceful pause below.
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Nothing local to fall back to: stop the platform's restart/skip recovery
+    // loop and surface the error, leaving the playhead where it is.
+    try {
+      await player.pause();
+    } catch (_) {}
+    state = state.copyWith(error: PlaybackError.offline);
+  }
+
+  static bool _isFatalLoadError(Object e) =>
+      e is PlayerException || e is PlatformException;
+
+  /// Re-attempt the current queue after an [PlaybackError] (e.g. the network
+  /// came back). Rebuilds sources from the current queue — re-resolving each
+  /// URI, so any now-available local download is preferred — and resumes.
+  Future<void> retry() async {
+    if (state.queue.isEmpty) return;
+    try {
+      await _applyOrder([...state.queue], forcePlay: true);
+    } catch (e) {
+      await _onPlayerError(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /// When the current track advances to one that was loaded as a remote source
+  /// but now has a local download, transparently swap to the local file. Cheap
+  /// no-op in the common case (guarded by [_remoteSourceIds] membership).
+  Future<void> _maybeUpgradeToLocal() async {
+    if (_rebuilding) return;
+    final song = state.current;
+    if (song == null || !_remoteSourceIds.contains(song.id)) return;
+    final uri = _streamUriFor(song);
+    if (uri == null || !uri.isScheme('file')) return;
+    await _applyOrder([...state.queue]);
+  }
+
+  /// Re-read authoritative position/duration/playing/index from the player.
+  ///
+  /// `positionStream`/`durationStream` can go stale while the app is
+  /// backgrounded or across an audio-session interruption, leaving the playhead
+  /// frozen (often at 0:00) when the app returns to the foreground. Called from
+  /// the app-lifecycle `resumed` hook. Reads only — never rebuilds sources or
+  /// touches the queue order, so the queue-index==source-index invariant holds.
+  void resyncFromPlayer() {
+    final player = _player;
+    if (player == null) return;
+    final pos = player.position;
+    final dur = player.duration ?? state.duration;
+    final playing = player.playing;
+    final idx = player.currentIndex ?? state.currentIndex;
+    // Skip the write (and the save tick it triggers) when nothing changed.
+    if (pos == state.position &&
+        dur == state.duration &&
+        playing == state.playing &&
+        idx == state.currentIndex) {
+      return;
+    }
+    state = state.copyWith(
+      position: pos,
+      duration: dur,
+      playing: playing,
+      currentIndex: idx,
     );
-    if (wasPlaying) await player.play();
   }
 
   /// Cycle off → all → one → off (Timbre's queue-loop toggle, extended with
@@ -551,7 +718,7 @@ class PlaybackController extends StateNotifier<PlaybackState> {
     final player = _player;
     if (player == null) return; // desktop: UI-only, already reflected above.
     await player.setAudioSources(
-      streamable.map(_sourceFor).toList(),
+      _buildSources(streamable),
       initialIndex: start,
     );
     // The persisted queue is already stored in play order, so shuffle is a UI

lib/screens/now_playing_screen.dart

@@ -84,6 +84,26 @@ class _NowPlayingScreenState extends ConsumerState<NowPlayingScreen> {
             style: TextStyle(color: TimbreColors.dimmed, fontSize: 11),
           ),
         ),
+      if (state.error == PlaybackError.offline)
+        Padding(
+          padding: const EdgeInsets.only(top: TimbreSpacing.sm),
+          child: Row(
+            mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
+            children: [
+              const Flexible(
+                child: Text(
+                  "Can't reach the server — playback paused.",
+                  style: TextStyle(color: Color(0xFFE06C75), fontSize: 11),
+                ),
+              ),
+              const SizedBox(width: TimbreSpacing.sm),
+              TextButton(
+                onPressed: () => ref.read(playbackProvider.notifier).retry(),
+                child: Text('Retry', style: TextStyle(color: accent)),
+              ),
+            ],
+          ),
+        ),
     ];
 
     const padding = EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(
@@ -533,7 +553,8 @@ class _NowPlayingProgress extends ConsumerWidget {
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context, WidgetRef ref) {
     final position = ref.watch(playbackProvider.select((s) => s.position));
-    final duration = ref.watch(playbackProvider.select((s) => s.duration));
+    final duration =
+        ref.watch(playbackProvider.select((s) => s.effectiveDuration));
     final progress = ref.watch(playbackProvider.select((s) => s.progress));
     return Row(
       children: [

lib/shell/app_shell.dart

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ class AppShell extends ConsumerStatefulWidget {
   ConsumerState<AppShell> createState() => _AppShellState();
 }
 
-class _AppShellState extends ConsumerState<AppShell> {
+class _AppShellState extends ConsumerState<AppShell>
+    with WidgetsBindingObserver {
   static const _tabs = ['Home', 'Browse', 'Now Playing'];
 
   // Home and Browse push detail screens, so each owns a nested Navigator whose
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ class _AppShellState extends ConsumerState<AppShell> {
   @override
   void initState() {
     super.initState();
+    WidgetsBinding.instance.addObserver(this);
     ref.listenManual<AppSettings>(settingsProvider, (prev, next) {
       if (_browseSeeded) return;
       _browseSeeded = true;
@@ -45,6 +47,23 @@ class _AppShellState extends ConsumerState<AppShell> {
     });
   }
 
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    WidgetsBinding.instance.removeObserver(this);
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void didChangeAppLifecycleState(AppLifecycleState state) {
+    // Returning to the foreground: re-read authoritative position/duration from
+    // the player, which can go stale while backgrounded or across an audio
+    // interruption and otherwise leaves the playhead frozen (see
+    // PlaybackController.resyncFromPlayer).
+    if (state == AppLifecycleState.resumed) {
+      ref.read(playbackProvider.notifier).resyncFromPlayer();
+    }
+  }
+
   GlobalKey<NavigatorState>? _navKeyForTab(int tab) => switch (tab) {
         0 => _homeNavKey,
         1 => _browseNavKey,