fix(library): Navidrome artist letter buckets + safer index open/swap (#1144) (#1145)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -160,6 +160,19 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * With rows selected, **Play all** / **Add all to queue** become **Play selected** / **Add selected to queue** and act on the checked tracks only.
 * Bulk add now snapshots every checked row when the picker opens so all selected tracks land in the playlist, not just the last one.
 
+### Artists letter index — Navidrome ignored articles
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+**By [@cucadmuh](https://github.com/cucadmuh), PR [#1145](https://github.com/Psychotoxical/psysonic/pull/1145)**, closes [#1144](https://github.com/Psychotoxical/psysonic/issues/1144)
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+* On the **Artists** page (and **Composers**), the A–Z filter now groups names like Navidrome: leading articles such as **The** are skipped before picking the letter — **The Beatles** lands under **B**, not **T**. The bucket follows the server's own `ignoredArticles` list when the local index knows it.
+* The local library index stores `name_sort` and the server's `ignoredArticles` from `getArtists`, sorts browse SQL by the sort key (now indexed), and repairs stale keys once on upgrade.
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+### Library index — safer open, swap and recovery
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+**By [@cucadmuh](https://github.com/cucadmuh), PR [#1145](https://github.com/Psychotoxical/psysonic/pull/1145)**
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+* The local library database now opens, swaps and restores through one pipeline, so a swapped or restored file always picks up pending migrations and one-time repairs instead of serving a stale schema.
+* A panic or a poisoned lock in one query no longer wedges the whole library index — connections recover and report the error instead, and the new sort-key migration applies idempotently so a half-applied upgrade self-heals on the next launch.
 
 ## [1.48.1] - 2026-06-15