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From: Frank Stellmacher <171614930+Psychotoxical@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 03:01:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(album): hide Artist Bio button on Various-Artists
compilations (#733)
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* fix(album): hide Artist Bio button on Various-Artists compilations
The Album header showed an Artist Bio button on every album, but
when the album artist label is "Various Artists" / "Various" / "VA"
or a language equivalent there is no single artist to fetch a bio
for — the button opened an empty modal. Hide both the mobile icon
and the desktop button when the label matches that heuristic.
* docs(changelog): album bio button hidden for compilations (PR #733)
---
CHANGELOG.md | 6 +++++
src/components/AlbumHeader.tsx | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ac6844ad..c97252ff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -559,6 +559,12 @@ Foundational work: faster reviews, narrower diffs, and a safety net under the pa
* The Info tab rendered one frame on each track switch with the previous track's artist image URL paired with the new track's cache key — **`CachedImage`**'s IndexedDB then persisted that mismatched blob, so every subsequent track stayed stuck on the previous artist's image. Artist info and song detail are now held as **`{ id, info }`** tuples and the image render is gated on id-match, so source and cache key always come from the same track.
+### Album header — Artist Bio button hidden on Various-Artists compilations
+
+**By [@Psychotoxical](https://github.com/Psychotoxical), PR [#733](https://github.com/Psychotoxical/psysonic/pull/733)**
+
+* The Album header showed an **Artist Bio** button on every album, but when the album-artist label is **"Various Artists"**, **"Various"**, **"VA"** or a language equivalent there is no single artist to fetch a bio for and the button opened an empty modal. Both the mobile icon and the desktop button are now hidden when the album-artist label matches that compilation heuristic.
+
## [1.45.0] - 2026-05-04
## Added
diff --git a/src/components/AlbumHeader.tsx b/src/components/AlbumHeader.tsx
index 49ac4cf3..ef996005 100644
--- a/src/components/AlbumHeader.tsx
+++ b/src/components/AlbumHeader.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,22 @@ import { formatMb } from '../utils/format/formatBytes';
import { sanitizeHtml } from '../utils/sanitizeHtml';
import { OpenArtistRefInline } from './OpenArtistRefInline';
+/** True when the album artist label means "no single artist" — `getArtistInfo`
+ * has nothing meaningful to return for these, so the Artist Bio entry is hidden.
+ */
+function isVariousArtistsLabel(name: string | undefined | null): boolean {
+ if (!name) return false;
+ const trimmed = name.trim().toLowerCase();
+ return (
+ trimmed === 'various artists' ||
+ trimmed === 'various' ||
+ trimmed === 'va' ||
+ trimmed === 'multiple artists' ||
+ trimmed === 'verschiedene interpreten' ||
+ trimmed === 'verschiedene'
+ );
+}
+
function BioModal({ bio, onClose }: { bio: string; onClose: () => void }) {
const { t } = useTranslation();
return (
@@ -108,6 +124,7 @@ export default function AlbumHeader({
const totalSize = songs.reduce((acc, s) => acc + (s.size ?? 0), 0);
const formatLabel = [...new Set(songs.map(s => s.suffix).filter((f): f is string => !!f))].map(f => f.toUpperCase()).join(' / ');
const isNewAlbum = isAlbumRecentlyAdded(info.created);
+ const showBioButton = !isVariousArtistsLabel(info.artist);
const lightboxCoverSrc = useMemo(
() => (info.coverArt ? buildCoverArtUrl(info.coverArt, 2000) : ''),
@@ -248,14 +265,16 @@ export default function AlbumHeader({
-
+ {showBioButton && (
+
+ )}
{downloadProgress !== null ? (
@@ -338,9 +357,11 @@ export default function AlbumHeader({