music-assistant-server
Branch:dev-lidarr-plugin
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Fix the Apple TV progress bar disappearing after a track change (#6067)
# What does this implement/fix? On an Apple TV the Now Playing progress bar could disappear after a track change (until the tv app was exited and re-entered) and stay frozen after a cold start. The AirPlay metadata pushes alternated between two descriptions of the same track — the plain session media text and the composed player-state text (title with version, album fallbacks) — so the dedupe checksum flipped on every track change and seek, and each flip sent the Apple TV a full now-playing rewrite. This PR makes every push use the state-composed media whenever it describes the playing queue item, and bundles cover art into the connect-time push so a cold start rewrites the screen once instead of twice. The companion binary fix (playback-rate publish at start, plus skipping redundant metadata re-sends) is music-assistant/airplay-cli#73. **Related issue (if applicable):** - related issue https://github.com/music-assistant/support/issues/5279 ## Types of changes <!-- Tick exactly one box. CI (.github/workflows/pr-labels.yaml) derives the label from the ticked box and applies it automatically; the release-notes generator uses that same label to slot this change into the next release notes. --> - [x] Bugfix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue) — `bugfix` - [ ] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality) — `new-feature` - [ ] Enhancement to an existing feature — `enhancement` - [ ] New music/player/metadata/plugin provider — `new-provider` - [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected) — `breaking-change` - [ ] Refactor (no behaviour change) — `refactor` - [ ] Documentation only — `documentation` - [ ] Maintenance / chore — `maintenance` - [ ] CI / workflow change — `ci` - [ ] Dependencies bump — `dependencies` ## Checklist - [x] The code change is tested and works locally. - [x] `pre-commit run --all-files` passes. - [x] `pytest` passes, and tests have been added/updated under `tests/` where applicable. - [ ] For changes to shared models, the companion PR in `music-assistant/models` is linked. - [ ] For changes affecting the UI, the companion PR in `music-assistant/frontend` is linked. - [x] I have read and complied with the project's [AI Policy](https://github.com/music-assistant/.github/blob/main/AI_POLICY.md) for any AI-assisted contributions. - [ ] I have [raised a PR against the documentation repository](https://github.com/music-assistant/music-assistant.io/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) targeting the main or beta branch as appropriate.
Author
Marcel van der Veldt<[email protected]>
August 27, 2026 at 10:03 PM UTC
Committer
Marcel van der Veldt<[email protected]>
August 29, 2026 at 12:28 AM UTC
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music_assistant/providers/airplay/
tests/providers/airplay/
music_assistant/providers/airplay/stream.py
+57-7
tests/providers/airplay/test_stream.py
+105-2