refactor: large scale refactor regarding selection & fetchers

.gitignore

@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ wheels/
 .*
 !.gitignore
 !.python-version
+
+TODO.md
+PENDING.md
+SOLVED.md

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "lrx-cli"
-version = "0.5.6"
+version = "0.6.0"
 description = "Fetch line-synced lyrics for your music player."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.13"

src/lrx_cli/cache.py

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 """
 Author: Uyanide pywang0608@foxmail.com
 Date: 2026-03-25 10:18:03
-Description: SQLite-based lyric cache with per-source storage and TTL expiration.
+Description: SQLite-based lyric cache with per-source storage, TTL expiration,
+             and lightweight schema migrations (including confidence versioning).
 """
 
 import json
@@ -13,11 +14,7 @@ from loguru import logger
 
 from .lrc import LRCData
 from .normalize import normalize_for_match as _normalize_for_match
-from .config import (
+from .config import DURATION_TOLERANCE_MS, LEGACY_CONFIDENCE, CONFIDENCE_ALGO_VERSION
-    DURATION_TOLERANCE_MS,
-    LEGACY_CONFIDENCE_SYNCED,
-    LEGACY_CONFIDENCE_UNSYNCED,
-)
 from .models import TrackMeta, LyricResult, CacheStatus
 
 
@@ -79,7 +76,14 @@ class CacheEngine:
         self._init_db()
 
     def _init_db(self) -> None:
-        """Create or migrate the cache and credentials tables."""
+        """Create or migrate cache schema and credentials table.
+
+        Migration notes:
+        - Add structural columns introduced after initial releases.
+        - When introducing confidence versioning, rebalance legacy unsynced
+          confidence (+10, capped at 100) and stamp migrated rows with the
+          current algorithm version.
+        """
         with sqlite3.connect(self.db_path) as conn:
             conn.execute("""
                 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS cache (
@@ -91,7 +95,10 @@ class CacheEngine:
                     expires_at INTEGER,
                     artist TEXT,
                     title TEXT,
-                    album TEXT
+                    album TEXT,
+                    length INTEGER,
+                    confidence REAL,
+                    confidence_version INTEGER
                 )
             """)
             conn.execute("""
@@ -101,12 +108,28 @@ class CacheEngine:
                     expires_at INTEGER
                 )
             """)
-            # Migrations
+            # Incremental, idempotent migrations for existing databases.
             cols = {r[1] for r in conn.execute("PRAGMA table_info(cache)").fetchall()}
             if "length" not in cols:
                 conn.execute("ALTER TABLE cache ADD COLUMN length INTEGER")
             if "confidence" not in cols:
                 conn.execute("ALTER TABLE cache ADD COLUMN confidence REAL")
+            if "confidence_version" not in cols:
+                conn.execute("ALTER TABLE cache ADD COLUMN confidence_version INTEGER")
+                # First-time confidence-version migration: boost unsynced rows
+                # from older scoring assumptions while preserving upper bound.
+                conn.execute(
+                    """
+                    UPDATE cache
+                    SET confidence = MIN(100.0, COALESCE(confidence, ?) + 10.0)
+                    WHERE status = ?
+                    """,
+                    (LEGACY_CONFIDENCE, CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED.value),
+                )
+                conn.execute(
+                    "UPDATE cache SET confidence_version = ? WHERE confidence_version IS NULL",
+                    (CONFIDENCE_ALGO_VERSION,),
+                )
             conn.commit()
 
     # Read
@@ -155,10 +178,8 @@ class CacheEngine:
             )
             status = CacheStatus(status_str)
             if confidence is None:
-                if status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED:
+                if status in (CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED, CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED):
-                    confidence = LEGACY_CONFIDENCE_SYNCED
+                    confidence = LEGACY_CONFIDENCE
-                elif status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED:
-                    confidence = LEGACY_CONFIDENCE_UNSYNCED
                 else:
                     confidence = 0.0  # negative statuses: no confidence
 
@@ -207,7 +228,11 @@ class CacheEngine:
         result: LyricResult,
         ttl_seconds: Optional[int] = None,
     ) -> None:
-        """Store a lyric result in the cache."""
+        """Store a lyric result in the cache.
+
+        New/updated rows are tagged with the current confidence algorithm
+        version so future migrations can be applied deterministically.
+        """
         try:
             key = _generate_key(track, source)
         except ValueError:
@@ -221,8 +246,8 @@ class CacheEngine:
             conn.execute(
                 """INSERT OR REPLACE INTO cache
                    (key, source, status, lyrics, created_at, expires_at,
-                    artist, title, album, length, confidence)
+                          artist, title, album, length, confidence, confidence_version)
-                   VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)""",
+                         VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)""",
                 (
                     key,
                     source,
@@ -235,6 +260,7 @@ class CacheEngine:
                     track.album,
                     track.length,
                     result.confidence,
+                    CONFIDENCE_ALGO_VERSION,
                 ),
             )
             conn.commit()
@@ -288,7 +314,9 @@ class CacheEngine:
 
     # Exact cross-source search
 
-    def find_best_positive(self, track: TrackMeta) -> Optional[LyricResult]:
+    def find_best_positive(
+        self, track: TrackMeta, status: CacheStatus
+    ) -> Optional[LyricResult]:
         """Find the best positive (synced/unsynced) cache entry for *track*.
 
         Uses exact metadata match (artist + title + album) across all sources.
@@ -303,21 +331,16 @@ class CacheEngine:
             rows = conn.execute(
                 f"SELECT status, lyrics, source, confidence FROM cache"
                 f" WHERE {_TRACK_WHERE}"
-                "   AND status IN (?, ?)"
+                "   AND status = ?"
                 "   AND (expires_at IS NULL OR expires_at > ?)"
-                " ORDER BY COALESCE(confidence,"
+                " ORDER BY COALESCE(confidence, ?) DESC,"
-                "   CASE status WHEN ? THEN ? ELSE ? END"
-                " ) DESC,"
                 " CASE status WHEN ? THEN 0 ELSE 1 END,"
-                " created_at DESC LIMIT 1",
+                " created_at DESC",
                 _track_where_params(track)
                 + [
-                    CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED.value,
+                    status.value,
-                    CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED.value,
                     now,
-                    CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED.value,
+                    LEGACY_CONFIDENCE,
-                    LEGACY_CONFIDENCE_SYNCED,
-                    LEGACY_CONFIDENCE_UNSYNCED,
                     CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED.value,
                 ],
             ).fetchall()
@@ -328,11 +351,7 @@ class CacheEngine:
         row = dict(rows[0])
         confidence = row["confidence"]
         if confidence is None:
-            confidence = (
+            confidence = LEGACY_CONFIDENCE
-                LEGACY_CONFIDENCE_SYNCED
-                if row["status"] == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED.value
-                else LEGACY_CONFIDENCE_UNSYNCED
-            )
         return LyricResult(
             status=CacheStatus(row["status"]),
             lyrics=LRCData(row["lyrics"]) if row["lyrics"] else None,

src/lrx_cli/cli.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import cyclopts
 from loguru import logger
 
 from .config import DB_PATH, enable_debug
-from .models import TrackMeta, CacheStatus
+from .models import TrackMeta
 from .mpris import get_current_track
 from .core import LrcManager
 from .fetchers import FetcherMethodType
@@ -88,10 +88,12 @@ def fetch(
             name="--no-cache", negative="", help="Bypass the cache for this request."
         ),
     ] = False,
-    only_synced: Annotated[
+    allow_unsynced: Annotated[
         bool,
         cyclopts.Parameter(
-            name="--only-synced", negative="", help="Only accept synced (timed) lyrics."
+            name="--allow-unsynced",
+            negative="",
+            help="Allow unsynced lyrics (will be displayed with all time tags set to [00:00.00]).",
         ),
     ] = False,
     plain: Annotated[
@@ -110,16 +112,17 @@ def fetch(
 
     logger.info(f"Track: {track.display_name()}")
 
-    result = manager.fetch_for_track(track, force_method=method, bypass_cache=no_cache)
+    result = manager.fetch_for_track(
+        track,
+        force_method=method,
+        bypass_cache=no_cache,
+        allow_unsynced=allow_unsynced,
+    )
 
     if not result or not result.lyrics:
         logger.error("No lyrics found.")
         sys.exit(1)
 
-    if only_synced and result.status != CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED:
-        logger.error("Only unsynced lyrics available (--only-synced requested).")
-        sys.exit(1)
-
     print(result.lyrics.to_lrc(plain=plain))
 
 
@@ -165,10 +168,12 @@ def search(
             name="--no-cache", negative="", help="Bypass the cache for this request."
         ),
     ] = False,
-    only_synced: Annotated[
+    allow_unsynced: Annotated[
         bool,
         cyclopts.Parameter(
-            name="--only-synced", negative="", help="Only accept synced (timed) lyrics."
+            name="--allow-unsynced",
+            negative="",
+            help="Allow unsynced lyrics (will be displayed with all time tags set to [00:00.00]).",
         ),
     ] = False,
     plain: Annotated[
@@ -198,16 +203,17 @@ def search(
 
     logger.info(f"Track: {track.display_name()}")
 
-    result = manager.fetch_for_track(track, force_method=method, bypass_cache=no_cache)
+    result = manager.fetch_for_track(
+        track,
+        force_method=method,
+        bypass_cache=no_cache,
+        allow_unsynced=allow_unsynced,
+    )
 
     if not result or not result.lyrics:
         logger.error("No lyrics found.")
         sys.exit(1)
 
-    if only_synced and result.status != CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED:
-        logger.error("Only unsynced lyrics available (--only-synced requested).")
-        sys.exit(1)
-
     print(result.lyrics.to_lrc(plain=plain))
 
 
@@ -236,6 +242,14 @@ def export(
             name=["--overwrite", "-f"], negative="", help="Overwrite existing file."
         ),
     ] = False,
+    allow_unsynced: Annotated[
+        bool,
+        cyclopts.Parameter(
+            name="--allow-unsynced",
+            negative="",
+            help="Allow unsynced lyrics (will be exported with all time tags set to [00:00.00] if --plain is not present).",
+        ),
+    ] = False,
     plain: Annotated[
         bool,
         cyclopts.Parameter(
@@ -249,7 +263,12 @@ def export(
         logger.error("No active playing track found.")
         sys.exit(1)
 
-    result = manager.fetch_for_track(track, force_method=method, bypass_cache=no_cache)
+    result = manager.fetch_for_track(
+        track,
+        force_method=method,
+        bypass_cache=no_cache,
+        allow_unsynced=allow_unsynced,
+    )
     if not result or not result.lyrics:
         logger.error("No lyrics available to export.")
         sys.exit(1)

src/lrx_cli/config.py

@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ SCORE_W_ARTIST = 30.0
 SCORE_W_ALBUM = 10.0
 SCORE_W_DURATION = 10.0
 SCORE_W_SYNCED = 10.0
+CONFIDENCE_ALGO_VERSION = 1
 
 # Confidence thresholds
-MIN_CONFIDENCE = 25.0  # below this, candidate is rejected
+MIN_CONFIDENCE = 40.0  # below this, candidate is rejected
 HIGH_CONFIDENCE = 80.0  # at or above this, stop searching early
 
 # Multi-candidate fetching
@@ -54,8 +55,7 @@ MULTI_CANDIDATE_LIMIT = 3  # max candidates to try per search-based fetcher
 MULTI_CANDIDATE_DELAY_S = 0.2  # delay between sequential lyric fetches
 
 # Legacy cache rows (no confidence stored) get a base score by sync status
-LEGACY_CONFIDENCE_SYNCED = 50.0
+LEGACY_CONFIDENCE = 50.0
-LEGACY_CONFIDENCE_UNSYNCED = 40.0
 
 # User-Agents
 UA_BROWSER = "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:149.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/149.0"

src/lrx_cli/core.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from typing import Optional
 from loguru import logger
 
 from .fetchers import FetcherMethodType, build_plan, create_fetchers
-from .fetchers.base import BaseFetcher
+from .fetchers.base import BaseFetcher, FetchResult
 from .authenticators import create_authenticators
 from .cache import CacheEngine
 from .lrc import LRCData
@@ -34,28 +34,91 @@ _STATUS_TTL: dict[CacheStatus, Optional[int]] = {
 }
 
 
-def _is_better(new: LyricResult, old: LyricResult) -> bool:
+def _is_better(new: LyricResult, old: LyricResult, allow_unsynced: bool) -> bool:
-    """Compare two results: higher confidence wins; synced breaks ties."""
+    """Compare two results: higher confidence wins; if equal, synced > unsynced.
+    If allow_unsynced is False, treat unsynced as strictly worse than any synced."""
+
+    # If new is negative, it's definitely not better
+    if new.status not in (CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED, CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED):
+        return False
+    # If old is negative, the result is better or equal regardless of other factors
+    if old.status not in (CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED, CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED):
+        return True
+    # If unsynced results are not allowed, treat them as strictly worse than any synced result
+    if not allow_unsynced:
+        if (
+            new.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED
+            and old.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED
+        ):
+            return False
+        if (
+            old.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED
+            and new.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED
+        ):
+            return True
+    # Compare confidence
     if new.confidence != old.confidence:
         return new.confidence > old.confidence
     # Equal confidence — prefer synced as tiebreaker
+    # Will return false if unsynced results are not allowed
     return (
         new.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED
         and old.status != CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED
     )
 
 
-def _normalize_result(result: LyricResult) -> LyricResult:
+def _pick_for_return(
-    """Normalize unsynced lyrics before returning."""
+    result: FetchResult,
-    if result.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED and result.lyrics:
+    allow_unsynced: bool,
-        return LyricResult(
+) -> Optional[LyricResult]:
-            status=result.status,
+    """Pick which lyric result should participate in final selection."""
-            lyrics=result.lyrics.normalize_unsynced(),
+    candidates: list[LyricResult] = []
-            source=result.source,
+    if result.synced and result.synced.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED:
-            ttl=result.ttl,
+        candidates.append(result.synced)
-            confidence=result.confidence,
+    if (
-        )
+        allow_unsynced
-    return result
+        and result.unsynced
+        and result.unsynced.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED
+    ):
+        candidates.append(result.unsynced)
+
+    if not candidates:
+        return None
+
+    best = candidates[0]
+    for c in candidates[1:]:
+        if _is_better(c, best, allow_unsynced=True):
+            best = c
+    return best
+
+
+def _pick_for_cache(result: FetchResult) -> Optional[LyricResult]:
+    """Pick a single cacheable result from FetchResult for legacy one-slot cache schema."""
+    slots = [r for r in (result.synced, result.unsynced) if r is not None]
+    if not slots:
+        return None
+
+    positives = [
+        r
+        for r in slots
+        if r.status in (CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED, CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED)
+    ]
+    if positives:
+        best = positives[0]
+        for p in positives[1:]:
+            if _is_better(p, best, allow_unsynced=True):
+                best = p
+        return best
+
+    # If there is no positive result, prefer caching NETWORK_ERROR over NOT_FOUND
+    # to avoid long false-negative TTL when error signals disagree between slots.
+    for r in slots:
+        if r.status == CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR:
+            return r
+    for r in slots:
+        if r.status == CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND:
+            return r
+    return None
 
 
 class LrcManager:
@@ -72,6 +135,7 @@ class LrcManager:
         group: list[BaseFetcher],
         track: TrackMeta,
         bypass_cache: bool,
+        allow_unsynced: bool,
     ) -> list[tuple[str, LyricResult]]:
         """Run one group: cache-check first, then parallel-fetch uncached. Returns (source, result) pairs."""
         cached_results: list[tuple[str, LyricResult]] = []
@@ -129,25 +193,30 @@ class LrcManager:
                         logger.debug(f"[{source}] returned None")
                         continue
 
-                    if not fetcher.self_cached and not bypass_cache:
+                    cache_result = _pick_for_cache(result)
-                        ttl = result.ttl or _STATUS_TTL.get(
+                    return_result = _pick_for_return(result, allow_unsynced)
-                            result.status, TTL_NOT_FOUND
-                        )
-                        self.cache.set(track, source, result, ttl_seconds=ttl)
-
-                    if result.status in (
-                        CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED,
-                        CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED,
-                    ):
-                        logger.info(
-                            f"[{source}] got {result.status.value} lyrics"
-                            f" (confidence={result.confidence:.0f})"
-                        )
-                    cached_results.append((source, result))
 
                     if (
-                        result.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED
+                        cache_result is not None
-                        and result.confidence >= HIGH_CONFIDENCE
+                        and not fetcher.self_cached
+                        and not bypass_cache
+                    ):
+                        ttl = cache_result.ttl or _STATUS_TTL.get(
+                            cache_result.status, TTL_NOT_FOUND
+                        )
+                        self.cache.set(track, source, cache_result, ttl_seconds=ttl)
+
+                    if return_result is not None:
+                        logger.info(
+                            f"[{source}] got {return_result.status.value} lyrics"
+                            f" (confidence={return_result.confidence:.0f})"
+                        )
+                        cached_results.append((source, return_result))
+
+                    if (
+                        return_result is not None
+                        and return_result.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED
+                        and return_result.confidence >= HIGH_CONFIDENCE
                     ):
                         found_trusted = True
 
@@ -164,6 +233,7 @@ class LrcManager:
         track: TrackMeta,
         force_method: Optional[FetcherMethodType],
         bypass_cache: bool,
+        allow_unsynced: bool,
     ) -> Optional[LyricResult]:
         track = await enrich_track(track, self.enrichers)
         logger.info(f"Fetching lyrics for: {track.display_name()}")
@@ -175,7 +245,12 @@ class LrcManager:
         best_result: Optional[LyricResult] = None
 
         for group in plan:
-            group_results = await self._run_group(group, track, bypass_cache)
+            group_results = await self._run_group(
+                group,
+                track,
+                bypass_cache,
+                allow_unsynced,
+            )
 
             for source, result in group_results:
                 if result.status not in (
@@ -192,16 +267,26 @@ class LrcManager:
                         f"Returning {result.status.value} lyrics from {source}"
                         f" (confidence={result.confidence:.0f})"
                     )
-                    return _normalize_result(result)
+                    return result
 
-                if best_result is None or _is_better(result, best_result):
+                if best_result is None or _is_better(
+                    result, best_result, allow_unsynced
+                ):
                     best_result = result
 
         if best_result:
+            if (
+                best_result.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED
+                and not allow_unsynced
+            ):
+                logger.info(
+                    f"Unsynced lyrics found from {best_result.source}, but unsynced results are not allowed"
+                )
+                return None
             logger.info(
                 f"Returning {best_result.status.value} lyrics from {best_result.source}"
             )
-            return _normalize_result(best_result)
+            return best_result
 
         logger.info(f"No lyrics found for {track.display_name()}")
         return None
@@ -211,9 +296,17 @@ class LrcManager:
         track: TrackMeta,
         force_method: Optional[FetcherMethodType] = None,
         bypass_cache: bool = False,
+        allow_unsynced: bool = False,
     ) -> Optional[LyricResult]:
         """Fetch lyrics for *track* using the group-based parallel pipeline."""
-        return asyncio.run(self._fetch_for_track(track, force_method, bypass_cache))
+        return asyncio.run(
+            self._fetch_for_track(
+                track,
+                force_method,
+                bypass_cache,
+                allow_unsynced,
+            )
+        )
 
     def manual_insert(
         self,

src/lrx_cli/fetchers/base.py

@@ -6,8 +6,35 @@ Description: Base fetcher class and common interfaces.
 
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from typing import Optional
+from dataclasses import dataclass
 
-from ..models import TrackMeta, LyricResult
+from ..models import CacheStatus, TrackMeta, LyricResult
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class FetchResult:
+    synced: Optional[LyricResult] = None
+    unsynced: Optional[LyricResult] = None
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_not_found() -> "FetchResult":
+        return FetchResult(
+            synced=LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, lyrics=None, source=None),
+            unsynced=LyricResult(
+                status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, lyrics=None, source=None
+            ),
+        )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_network_error() -> "FetchResult":
+        return FetchResult(
+            synced=LyricResult(
+                status=CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR, lyrics=None, source=None
+            ),
+            unsynced=LyricResult(
+                status=CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR, lyrics=None, source=None
+            ),
+        )
 
 
 class BaseFetcher(ABC):
@@ -28,8 +55,6 @@ class BaseFetcher(ABC):
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
-    async def fetch(
+    async def fetch(self, track: TrackMeta, bypass_cache: bool = False) -> FetchResult:
-        self, track: TrackMeta, bypass_cache: bool = False
-    ) -> Optional[LyricResult]:
         """Fetch lyrics for the given track. Returns None if unable to fetch."""
         pass

src/lrx_cli/fetchers/cache_search.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from typing import Optional
 from loguru import logger
 
 
-from .base import BaseFetcher
+from .base import BaseFetcher, FetchResult
 from .selection import SearchCandidate, select_best
 from ..models import TrackMeta, LyricResult, CacheStatus
 from ..cache import CacheEngine
@@ -34,61 +34,50 @@ class CacheSearchFetcher(BaseFetcher):
     def is_available(self, track: TrackMeta) -> bool:
         return bool(track.title)
 
-    async def fetch(
+    def _get_exact(self, track: TrackMeta, synced: bool) -> Optional[LyricResult]:
-        self, track: TrackMeta, bypass_cache: bool = False
+        exact = self._cache.find_best_positive(
-    ) -> Optional[LyricResult]:
+            track,
-        if bypass_cache:
+            CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED if synced else CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED,
-            logger.debug("Cache-search: bypassed by caller")
-            return None
-
-        if not track.title:
-            logger.debug("Cache-search: skipped — no title")
-            return None
-
-        # Fast path: exact metadata match (artist+title+album), single SQL query
-        exact = self._cache.find_best_positive(track)
-        if exact:
-            logger.info(f"Cache-search: exact hit ({exact.status.value})")
-            return exact
-
-        # Slow path: fuzzy cross-album search
-        matches = self._cache.search_by_meta(
-            title=track.title,
-            length=track.length,
         )
-
+        if exact and exact.lyrics is not None:
-        if not matches:
+            logger.info(
-            logger.debug(f"Cache-search: no match for {track.display_name()}")
+                f"Cache-search: exact {'synced' if synced else 'unsynced'} hit ({exact.status.value})"
+            )
+            return exact
         return None
 
-        # Pick best by confidence scoring
+    def _get_fuzzy(
-        candidates = [
+        self, matches: list, track: TrackMeta, synced: bool
+    ) -> Optional[LyricResult]:
+        filtered = [
             SearchCandidate(
                 item=m,
                 duration_ms=float(m["length"]) if m.get("length") else None,
-                is_synced=m.get("status") == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED.value,
+                is_synced=synced,
                 title=m.get("title"),
                 artist=m.get("artist"),
                 album=m.get("album"),
             )
             for m in matches
             if m.get("lyrics")
+            and (synced and m.get("status") == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED.value)
+            or (not synced and m.get("status") == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED.value)
         ]
+
         best, confidence = select_best(
-            candidates,
+            filtered,
             track.length,
             title=track.title,
             artist=track.artist,
             album=track.album,
         )
-
+        if best and best.get("lyrics") is not None:
-        if not best:
+            status = (
-            return None
+                CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED if synced else CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED
-
+            )
-        status = CacheStatus(best["status"])
             logger.info(
-            f"Cache-search: fuzzy hit from [{best.get('source')}] "
+                f"Cache-search: fuzzy {'synced' if synced else 'unsynced'} hit from "
-            f"album={best.get('album')!r} ({status.value}, confidence={confidence:.0f})"
+                f"[{best.get('source')}] album={best.get('album')!r} (confidence={confidence:.0f})"
             )
             return LyricResult(
                 status=status,
@@ -96,3 +85,36 @@ class CacheSearchFetcher(BaseFetcher):
                 source=self.source_name,
                 confidence=confidence,
             )
+        return None
+
+    async def fetch(self, track: TrackMeta, bypass_cache: bool = False) -> FetchResult:
+        if bypass_cache:
+            logger.debug("Cache-search: bypassed by caller")
+            return FetchResult()
+
+        if not track.title:
+            logger.debug("Cache-search: skipped — no title")
+            return FetchResult()
+
+        res_synced: Optional[LyricResult] = None
+        res_unsynced: Optional[LyricResult] = None
+
+        # Fast path: exact metadata match (artist+title+album), single SQL query
+        res_synced = self._get_exact(track, synced=True)
+        res_unsynced = self._get_exact(track, synced=False)
+        if res_synced and res_unsynced:
+            return FetchResult(synced=res_synced, unsynced=res_unsynced)
+
+        # Slow path: fuzzy cross-album search
+        matches = self._cache.search_by_meta(title=track.title, length=track.length)
+
+        if not matches:
+            logger.debug(f"Cache-search: no match for {track.display_name()}")
+            return FetchResult(synced=res_synced, unsynced=res_unsynced)
+
+        if not res_synced:
+            res_synced = self._get_fuzzy(matches, track, synced=True)
+        if not res_unsynced:
+            res_unsynced = self._get_fuzzy(matches, track, synced=False)
+
+        return FetchResult(synced=res_synced, unsynced=res_unsynced)

src/lrx_cli/fetchers/local.py

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ from loguru import logger
 from mutagen._file import File
 from mutagen.flac import FLAC
 
-from .base import BaseFetcher
+from .base import BaseFetcher, FetchResult
-from ..models import TrackMeta, LyricResult
+from ..models import CacheStatus, TrackMeta, LyricResult
 from ..lrc import get_audio_path, get_sidecar_path, LRCData
 
 
@@ -25,17 +25,18 @@ class LocalFetcher(BaseFetcher):
     def is_available(self, track: TrackMeta) -> bool:
         return track.is_local
 
-    async def fetch(
+    async def fetch(self, track: TrackMeta, bypass_cache: bool = False) -> FetchResult:
-        self, track: TrackMeta, bypass_cache: bool = False
-    ) -> Optional[LyricResult]:
         """Attempt to read lyrics from local filesystem."""
         if not track.is_local or not track.url:
-            return None
+            return FetchResult()
 
         audio_path = get_audio_path(track.url, ensure_exists=False)
         if not audio_path:
             logger.debug(f"Local: audio URL is not a valid file path: {track.url}")
-            return None
+            return FetchResult()
+
+        synced_result: Optional[LyricResult] = None
+        unsynced_result: Optional[LyricResult] = None
 
         lrc_path = get_sidecar_path(
             track.url, ensure_audio_exists=False, ensure_exists=True
@@ -50,11 +51,19 @@ class LocalFetcher(BaseFetcher):
                     logger.info(
                         f"Local: found .lrc sidecar ({status.value}) for {audio_path.name}"
                     )
-                    return LyricResult(
+                    if status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED:
+                        synced_result = LyricResult(
                             status=status,
                             lyrics=lrc,
-                        source=self.source_name,
+                            source=f"{self.source_name} (sidecar)",
                         )
+                    else:
+                        unsynced_result = LyricResult(
+                            status=status,
+                            lyrics=lrc,
+                            source=f"{self.source_name} (sidecar)",
+                        )
+
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.error(f"Local: error reading {lrc_path}: {e}")
         else:
@@ -63,7 +72,7 @@ class LocalFetcher(BaseFetcher):
         # Embedded metadata
         if not audio_path.exists():
             logger.debug(f"Local: audio file does not exist: {audio_path}")
-            return None
+        else:
             try:
                 audio = File(audio_path)
                 if audio is not None:
@@ -87,7 +96,14 @@ class LocalFetcher(BaseFetcher):
                         logger.info(
                             f"Local: found embedded lyrics ({status.value}) for {audio_path.name}"
                         )
-                    return LyricResult(
+                        if status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED and not synced_result:
+                            synced_result = LyricResult(
+                                status=status,
+                                lyrics=lrc,
+                                source=f"{self.source_name} (embedded)",
+                            )
+                        elif not unsynced_result:
+                            unsynced_result = LyricResult(
                                 status=status,
                                 lyrics=lrc,
                                 source=f"{self.source_name} (embedded)",
@@ -97,5 +113,4 @@ class LocalFetcher(BaseFetcher):
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.error(f"Local: error reading metadata for {audio_path}: {e}")
 
-        logger.debug(f"Local: no lyrics found for {audio_path}")
+        return FetchResult(synced=synced_result, unsynced=unsynced_result)
-        return None

src/lrx_cli/fetchers/lrclib.py

@@ -5,19 +5,17 @@ Description: LRCLIB fetcher — queries lrclib.net for synced/plain lyrics.
              Requires complete track metadata (artist, title, album, duration).
 """
 
-from typing import Optional
 import httpx
 from loguru import logger
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 
-from .base import BaseFetcher
+from .base import BaseFetcher, FetchResult
 from ..models import TrackMeta, LyricResult, CacheStatus
 from ..lrc import LRCData
 from ..config import (
     HTTP_TIMEOUT,
     TTL_UNSYNCED,
     TTL_NOT_FOUND,
-    TTL_NETWORK_ERROR,
     UA_LRX,
 )
 
@@ -32,13 +30,11 @@ class LrclibFetcher(BaseFetcher):
     def is_available(self, track: TrackMeta) -> bool:
         return track.is_complete
 
-    async def fetch(
+    async def fetch(self, track: TrackMeta, bypass_cache: bool = False) -> FetchResult:
-        self, track: TrackMeta, bypass_cache: bool = False
-    ) -> Optional[LyricResult]:
         """Fetch lyrics from LRCLIB. Requires complete metadata."""
         if not track.is_complete:
             logger.debug("LRCLIB: skipped — incomplete metadata")
-            return None
+            return FetchResult()
 
         params = {
             "track_name": track.title,
@@ -55,48 +51,51 @@ class LrclibFetcher(BaseFetcher):
 
             if resp.status_code == 404:
                 logger.debug(f"LRCLIB: not found for {track.display_name()}")
-                return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND)
+                return FetchResult.from_not_found()
 
             if resp.status_code != 200:
                 logger.error(f"LRCLIB: API returned {resp.status_code}")
-                return LyricResult(
+                return FetchResult.from_network_error()
-                    status=CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR, ttl=TTL_NETWORK_ERROR
-                )
 
             data = resp.json()
             if not isinstance(data, dict):
                 logger.error(f"LRCLIB: unexpected response type: {type(data).__name__}")
-                return LyricResult(
+                return FetchResult.from_network_error()
-                    status=CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR, ttl=TTL_NETWORK_ERROR
-                )
 
             synced = data.get("syncedLyrics")
             unsynced = data.get("plainLyrics")
 
+            res_synced: LyricResult = LyricResult(
+                status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND
+            )
+            res_unsynced: LyricResult = LyricResult(
+                status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND
+            )
+
             if isinstance(synced, str) and synced.strip():
                 lyrics = LRCData(synced)
                 logger.info(f"LRCLIB: got synced lyrics ({len(lyrics)} lines)")
-                return LyricResult(
+                res_synced = LyricResult(
                     status=CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED,
                     lyrics=lyrics,
                     source=self.source_name,
                 )
-            elif isinstance(unsynced, str) and unsynced.strip():
+
+            if isinstance(unsynced, str) and unsynced.strip():
                 lyrics = LRCData(unsynced)
                 logger.info(f"LRCLIB: got unsynced lyrics ({len(lyrics)} lines)")
-                return LyricResult(
+                res_unsynced = LyricResult(
                     status=CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED,
                     lyrics=lyrics,
                     source=self.source_name,
                     ttl=TTL_UNSYNCED,
                 )
-            else:
+
-                logger.debug(f"LRCLIB: empty response for {track.display_name()}")
+            return FetchResult(synced=res_synced, unsynced=res_unsynced)
-                return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND)
 
         except httpx.HTTPError as e:
             logger.error(f"LRCLIB: HTTP error: {e}")
-            return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR, ttl=TTL_NETWORK_ERROR)
+            return FetchResult.from_network_error()
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"LRCLIB: unexpected error: {e}")
-            return None
+            return FetchResult()

src/lrx_cli/fetchers/lrclib_search.py

@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ Description: LRCLIB search fetcher — fuzzy search via lrclib.net /api/search.
 
 import asyncio
 import httpx
-from typing import Optional
 from loguru import logger
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 
-from .base import BaseFetcher
+from .base import BaseFetcher, FetchResult
 from .selection import SearchCandidate, select_best
 from ..models import TrackMeta, LyricResult, CacheStatus
 from ..lrc import LRCData
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ from ..config import (
     HTTP_TIMEOUT,
     TTL_UNSYNCED,
     TTL_NOT_FOUND,
-    TTL_NETWORK_ERROR,
     UA_LRX,
 )
 
@@ -62,12 +60,10 @@ class LrclibSearchFetcher(BaseFetcher):
 
         return queries
 
-    async def fetch(
+    async def fetch(self, track: TrackMeta, bypass_cache: bool = False) -> FetchResult:
-        self, track: TrackMeta, bypass_cache: bool = False
-    ) -> Optional[LyricResult]:
         if not track.title:
             logger.debug("LRCLIB-search: skipped — no title")
-            return None
+            return FetchResult()
 
         queries = self._build_queries(track)
         logger.info(f"LRCLIB-search: searching for {track.display_name()}")
@@ -110,11 +106,9 @@ class LrclibSearchFetcher(BaseFetcher):
 
             if not candidates:
                 if had_error:
-                    return LyricResult(
+                    return FetchResult.from_network_error()
-                        status=CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR, ttl=TTL_NETWORK_ERROR
-                    )
                 logger.debug(f"LRCLIB-search: no results for {track.display_name()}")
-                return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND)
+                return FetchResult.from_not_found()
 
             logger.debug(
                 f"LRCLIB-search: got {len(candidates)} unique candidates "
@@ -144,41 +138,48 @@ class LrclibSearchFetcher(BaseFetcher):
             )
             if best is None:
                 logger.debug("LRCLIB-search: no valid candidate found")
-                return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND)
+                return FetchResult.from_not_found()
 
             synced = best.get("syncedLyrics")
             unsynced = best.get("plainLyrics")
 
+            res_synced: LyricResult = LyricResult(
+                status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND
+            )
+            res_unsynced: LyricResult = LyricResult(
+                status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND
+            )
+
             if isinstance(synced, str) and synced.strip():
                 lyrics = LRCData(synced)
                 logger.info(
                     f"LRCLIB-search: got synced lyrics ({len(lyrics)} lines, confidence={confidence:.0f})"
                 )
-                return LyricResult(
+                res_synced = LyricResult(
                     status=CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED,
                     lyrics=lyrics,
                     source=self.source_name,
                     confidence=confidence,
                 )
-            elif isinstance(unsynced, str) and unsynced.strip():
+
+            if isinstance(unsynced, str) and unsynced.strip():
                 lyrics = LRCData(unsynced)
                 logger.info(
                     f"LRCLIB-search: got unsynced lyrics ({len(lyrics)} lines, confidence={confidence:.0f})"
                 )
-                return LyricResult(
+                res_unsynced = LyricResult(
                     status=CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED,
                     lyrics=lyrics,
                     source=self.source_name,
                     ttl=TTL_UNSYNCED,
                     confidence=confidence,
                 )
-            else:
+
-                logger.debug("LRCLIB-search: best candidate has empty lyrics")
+            return FetchResult(synced=res_synced, unsynced=res_unsynced)
-                return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND)
 
         except httpx.HTTPError as e:
             logger.error(f"LRCLIB-search: HTTP error: {e}")
-            return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR, ttl=TTL_NETWORK_ERROR)
+            return FetchResult.from_network_error()
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"LRCLIB-search: unexpected error: {e}")
-            return None
+            return FetchResult()

src/lrx_cli/fetchers/musixmatch.py

@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@ import json
 from typing import Optional
 from loguru import logger
 
-from .base import BaseFetcher
+from .base import BaseFetcher, FetchResult
 from .selection import SearchCandidate, select_best
 from ..authenticators.musixmatch import MusixmatchAuthenticator
 from ..lrc import LRCData
 from ..models import CacheStatus, LyricResult, TrackMeta
-from ..config import TTL_NETWORK_ERROR, TTL_NOT_FOUND
 
 _MUSIXMATCH_MACRO_URL = "https://apic-desktop.musixmatch.com/ws/1.1/macro.subtitles.get"
 _MUSIXMATCH_SEARCH_URL = "https://apic-desktop.musixmatch.com/ws/1.1/track.search"
@@ -156,9 +155,7 @@ class MusixmatchSpotifyFetcher(BaseFetcher):
     def is_available(self, track: TrackMeta) -> bool:
         return bool(track.trackid) and not self.auth.is_cooldown()
 
-    async def fetch(
+    async def fetch(self, track: TrackMeta, bypass_cache: bool = False) -> FetchResult:
-        self, track: TrackMeta, bypass_cache: bool = False
-    ) -> Optional[LyricResult]:
         logger.info(f"Musixmatch-Spotify: fetching lyrics for {track.display_name()}")
 
         try:
@@ -167,22 +164,27 @@ class MusixmatchSpotifyFetcher(BaseFetcher):
                 {"track_spotify_id": track.trackid},  # type: ignore[dict-item]
             )
         except AttributeError:
-            return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND)
+            return FetchResult.from_not_found()
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Musixmatch-Spotify: fetch failed: {e}")
-            return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR, ttl=TTL_NETWORK_ERROR)
+            return FetchResult.from_network_error()
 
         if lrc is None:
             logger.debug(
                 f"Musixmatch-Spotify: no lyrics found for {track.display_name()}"
             )
-            return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND)
+            return FetchResult.from_not_found()
 
         logger.info(f"Musixmatch-Spotify: got SUCCESS_SYNCED lyrics ({len(lrc)} lines)")
-        return LyricResult(
+        return FetchResult(
+            synced=LyricResult(
                 status=CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED,
                 lyrics=lrc,
                 source=self.source_name,
+            ),
+            # Fetching unsynced lyrics is not possible with current endpoint,
+            # so no need to cache NOT_FOUND to avoid repeated failed attempts
+            unsynced=None,
         )
 
 
@@ -258,38 +260,40 @@ class MusixmatchFetcher(BaseFetcher):
             logger.debug("Musixmatch: no suitable candidate found")
         return best_id, confidence
 
-    async def fetch(
+    async def fetch(self, track: TrackMeta, bypass_cache: bool = False) -> FetchResult:
-        self, track: TrackMeta, bypass_cache: bool = False
-    ) -> Optional[LyricResult]:
         logger.info(f"Musixmatch: fetching lyrics for {track.display_name()}")
 
         try:
             commontrack_id, confidence = await self._search(track)
             if commontrack_id is None:
                 logger.debug(f"Musixmatch: no match found for {track.display_name()}")
-                return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND)
+                return FetchResult.from_not_found()
 
             lrc = await _fetch_macro(
                 self.auth,
                 {"commontrack_id": str(commontrack_id)},
             )
         except AttributeError:
-            return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND)
+            return FetchResult.from_not_found()
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Musixmatch: fetch failed: {e}")
-            return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR, ttl=TTL_NETWORK_ERROR)
+            return FetchResult.from_network_error()
 
         if lrc is None:
             logger.debug(f"Musixmatch: no lyrics for commontrack_id={commontrack_id}")
-            return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND)
+            return FetchResult.from_not_found()
 
         logger.info(
             f"Musixmatch: got SUCCESS_SYNCED lyrics "
             f"for commontrack_id={commontrack_id} ({len(lrc)} lines)"
         )
-        return LyricResult(
+        return FetchResult(
+            synced=LyricResult(
                 status=CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED,
                 lyrics=lrc,
                 source=self.source_name,
                 confidence=confidence,
+            ),
+            # Same as above
+            unsynced=None,
         )

src/lrx_cli/fetchers/netease.py

@@ -8,18 +8,16 @@ Description: Netease Cloud Music fetcher.
 """
 
 import asyncio
-from typing import Optional
 import httpx
 from loguru import logger
 
-from .base import BaseFetcher
+from .base import BaseFetcher, FetchResult
 from .selection import SearchCandidate, select_ranked
 from ..models import TrackMeta, LyricResult, CacheStatus
 from ..lrc import LRCData
 from ..config import (
     HTTP_TIMEOUT,
     TTL_NOT_FOUND,
-    TTL_NETWORK_ERROR,
     MULTI_CANDIDATE_DELAY_S,
     UA_BROWSER,
 )
@@ -112,9 +110,7 @@ class NeteaseFetcher(BaseFetcher):
             logger.error(f"Netease: search failed: {e}")
             return []
 
-    async def _get_lyric(
+    async def _get_lyric(self, song_id: int, confidence: float = 0.0) -> FetchResult:
-        self, song_id: int, confidence: float = 0.0
-    ) -> Optional[LyricResult]:
         logger.debug(f"Netease: fetching lyrics for song_id={song_id}")
 
         try:
@@ -141,21 +137,19 @@ class NeteaseFetcher(BaseFetcher):
                 logger.error(
                     f"Netease: lyric response is not dict: {type(data).__name__}"
                 )
-                return LyricResult(
+                return FetchResult.from_network_error()
-                    status=CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR, ttl=TTL_NETWORK_ERROR
-                )
 
             lrc_obj = data.get("lrc")
             if not isinstance(lrc_obj, dict):
                 logger.debug(
                     f"Netease: no 'lrc' object in response for song_id={song_id}"
                 )
-                return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND)
+                return FetchResult.from_not_found()
 
             lrc: str = lrc_obj.get("lyric", "")
             if not isinstance(lrc, str) or not lrc.strip():
                 logger.debug(f"Netease: empty lyrics for song_id={song_id}")
-                return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND)
+                return FetchResult.from_not_found()
 
             lrcdata = LRCData(lrc)
             status = lrcdata.detect_sync_status()
@@ -163,38 +157,78 @@ class NeteaseFetcher(BaseFetcher):
                 f"Netease: got {status.value} lyrics for song_id={song_id} "
                 f"({len(lrcdata)} lines)"
             )
-            return LyricResult(
+            not_found = LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND)
-                status=status,
+            if status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED:
+                return FetchResult(
+                    synced=LyricResult(
+                        status=CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED,
                         lyrics=lrcdata,
                         source=self.source_name,
                         confidence=confidence,
+                    ),
+                    unsynced=not_found,
+                )
+            return FetchResult(
+                synced=not_found,
+                unsynced=LyricResult(
+                    status=CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED,
+                    lyrics=lrcdata,
+                    source=self.source_name,
+                    confidence=confidence,
+                ),
             )
 
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Netease: lyric fetch failed for song_id={song_id}: {e}")
-            return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR, ttl=TTL_NETWORK_ERROR)
+            return FetchResult.from_network_error()
 
-    async def fetch(
+    async def fetch(self, track: TrackMeta, bypass_cache: bool = False) -> FetchResult:
-        self, track: TrackMeta, bypass_cache: bool = False
-    ) -> Optional[LyricResult]:
         query = f"{track.artist or ''} {track.title or ''}".strip()
         if not query:
             logger.debug("Netease: skipped — insufficient metadata")
-            return None
+            return FetchResult()
 
         logger.info(f"Netease: fetching lyrics for {track.display_name()}")
         candidates = await self._search(track)
         if not candidates:
             logger.debug(f"Netease: no match found for {track.display_name()}")
-            return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND)
+            return FetchResult.from_not_found()
+
+        res_synced: LyricResult = LyricResult(
+            status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND
+        )
+        res_unsynced: LyricResult = LyricResult(
+            status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND
+        )
 
         for i, (song_id, confidence) in enumerate(candidates):
             if i > 0:
                 await asyncio.sleep(MULTI_CANDIDATE_DELAY_S)
             result = await self._get_lyric(song_id, confidence=confidence)
-            if result is None or result.status == CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR:
+            if result.synced and result.synced.status == CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR:
                 return result
-            if result.status != CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND:
+            if result.unsynced and result.unsynced.status == CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR:
                 return result
 
-        return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND)
+            if (
+                res_synced.status == CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND
+                and result.synced
+                and result.synced.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED
+            ):
+                res_synced = result.synced
+            if (
+                res_unsynced.status == CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND
+                and result.unsynced
+                and result.unsynced.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED
+            ):
+                res_unsynced = result.unsynced
+
+            # Netease API is quite expensive, so we stop after finding synced lyrics,
+            # instead of trying to find both synced and unsynced versions
+            if (
+                res_synced.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED
+                # and res_unsynced.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED
+            ):
+                break
+
+        return FetchResult(synced=res_synced, unsynced=res_unsynced)

src/lrx_cli/fetchers/qqmusic.py

@@ -10,18 +10,16 @@ Description: QQ Music fetcher via self-hosted API proxy.
 """
 
 import asyncio
-from typing import Optional
 import httpx
 from loguru import logger
 
-from .base import BaseFetcher
+from .base import BaseFetcher, FetchResult
 from .selection import SearchCandidate, select_ranked
 from ..models import TrackMeta, LyricResult, CacheStatus
 from ..lrc import LRCData
 from ..config import (
     HTTP_TIMEOUT,
     TTL_NOT_FOUND,
-    TTL_NETWORK_ERROR,
     MULTI_CANDIDATE_DELAY_S,
 )
 
@@ -104,9 +102,7 @@ class QQMusicFetcher(BaseFetcher):
             logger.error(f"QQMusic: search failed: {e}")
             return []
 
-    async def _get_lyric(
+    async def _get_lyric(self, mid: str, confidence: float = 0.0) -> FetchResult:
-        self, mid: str, confidence: float = 0.0
-    ) -> Optional[LyricResult]:
         logger.debug(f"QQMusic: fetching lyrics for mid={mid}")
 
         try:
@@ -120,56 +116,94 @@ class QQMusicFetcher(BaseFetcher):
 
             if data.get("code") != 0:
                 logger.error(f"QQMusic: lyric API error: {data}")
-                return LyricResult(
+                return FetchResult.from_network_error()
-                    status=CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR, ttl=TTL_NETWORK_ERROR
-                )
 
             lrc = data.get("data", {}).get("lyric", "")
             if not isinstance(lrc, str) or not lrc.strip():
                 logger.debug(f"QQMusic: empty lyrics for mid={mid}")
-                return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND)
+                return FetchResult.from_not_found()
 
             lrcdata = LRCData(lrc)
             status = lrcdata.detect_sync_status()
             logger.info(
                 f"QQMusic: got {status.value} lyrics for mid={mid} ({len(lrcdata)} lines)"
             )
-            return LyricResult(
+            not_found = LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND)
-                status=status,
+            if status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED:
+                return FetchResult(
+                    synced=LyricResult(
+                        status=CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED,
                         lyrics=lrcdata,
                         source=self.source_name,
                         confidence=confidence,
+                    ),
+                    unsynced=not_found,
+                )
+            return FetchResult(
+                synced=not_found,
+                unsynced=LyricResult(
+                    status=CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED,
+                    lyrics=lrcdata,
+                    source=self.source_name,
+                    confidence=confidence,
+                ),
             )
 
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"QQMusic: lyric fetch failed for mid={mid}: {e}")
-            return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR, ttl=TTL_NETWORK_ERROR)
+            return FetchResult.from_network_error()
 
-    async def fetch(
+    async def fetch(self, track: TrackMeta, bypass_cache: bool = False) -> FetchResult:
-        self, track: TrackMeta, bypass_cache: bool = False
-    ) -> Optional[LyricResult]:
         if not self.auth.is_configured():
             logger.debug("QQMusic: skipped — Auth not configured")
-            return None
+            return FetchResult()
 
         query = f"{track.artist or ''} {track.title or ''}".strip()
         if not query:
             logger.debug("QQMusic: skipped — insufficient metadata")
-            return None
+            return FetchResult()
 
         logger.info(f"QQMusic: fetching lyrics for {track.display_name()}")
         candidates = await self._search(track)
         if not candidates:
             logger.debug(f"QQMusic: no match found for {track.display_name()}")
-            return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND)
+            return FetchResult.from_not_found()
+
+        res_synced: LyricResult = LyricResult(
+            status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND
+        )
+        res_unsynced: LyricResult = LyricResult(
+            status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND
+        )
 
         for i, (mid, confidence) in enumerate(candidates):
             if i > 0:
                 await asyncio.sleep(MULTI_CANDIDATE_DELAY_S)
             result = await self._get_lyric(mid, confidence=confidence)
-            if result is None or result.status == CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR:
+            if result.synced and result.synced.status == CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR:
                 return result
-            if result.status != CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND:
+            if result.unsynced and result.unsynced.status == CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR:
                 return result
 
-        return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND)
+            if (
+                res_synced.status == CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND
+                and result.synced
+                and result.synced.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED
+            ):
+                res_synced = result.synced
+            if (
+                res_unsynced.status == CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND
+                and result.unsynced
+                and result.unsynced.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED
+            ):
+                res_unsynced = result.unsynced
+
+            # QQMusic API is quite expensive, so we stop after finding synced lyrics,
+            # instead of trying to find both synced and unsynced versions
+            if (
+                res_synced.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED
+                # and res_unsynced.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED
+            ):
+                break
+
+        return FetchResult(synced=res_synced, unsynced=res_unsynced)

src/lrx_cli/fetchers/selection.py

@@ -70,15 +70,13 @@ def _score_candidate(
 
     Scoring works in two tiers:
 
-    1. **Metadata score** — computed from fields available on *both* sides,
+    Metadata score — computed from fields available on both sides,
     then rescaled to fill the 0-90 range so that missing fields don't
     inflate the score.  Fields missing on both sides are simply excluded
     from the calculation (neutral).  Fields present on only one side
     contribute 0 to the numerator but their weight still counts in the
     denominator (penalty for asymmetric absence).
 
-    2. **Synced bonus** — a flat 10 pts, always applied independently.
-
     Field weights (before rescaling):
       - Title:    40
       - Artist:   30
@@ -141,7 +139,10 @@ def _score_candidate(
         metadata_score = 0.0
 
     # Synced bonus (always 10 pts, independent of metadata)
-    synced_score = _W_SYNCED if c.is_synced else 0.0
+    # synced_score = _W_SYNCED if c.is_synced else 0.0
+    # EDIT: synced or not should not affect the score that indicates metadata similarity.
+    #       Always apply synced bonus regardless of is_synced.
+    synced_score = _W_SYNCED
 
     return metadata_score + synced_score
 

src/lrx_cli/fetchers/spotify.py

@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@ Description: Spotify fetcher — obtains synced lyrics via Spotify's internal co
 """
 
 import httpx
-from typing import Optional
 from loguru import logger
 
-from .base import BaseFetcher
+from .base import BaseFetcher, FetchResult
 from ..authenticators.spotify import SpotifyAuthenticator, SPOTIFY_BASE_HEADERS
 from ..models import TrackMeta, LyricResult, CacheStatus
 from ..lrc import LRCData
-from ..config import HTTP_TIMEOUT, TTL_NOT_FOUND, TTL_NETWORK_ERROR
+from ..config import HTTP_TIMEOUT, TTL_NOT_FOUND
 
 _SPOTIFY_LYRICS_URL = "https://spclient.wg.spotify.com/color-lyrics/v2/track/"
 
@@ -46,19 +45,17 @@ class SpotifyFetcher(BaseFetcher):
                 continue
         return False
 
-    async def fetch(
+    async def fetch(self, track: TrackMeta, bypass_cache: bool = False) -> FetchResult:
-        self, track: TrackMeta, bypass_cache: bool = False
-    ) -> Optional[LyricResult]:
         if not track.trackid:
             logger.debug("Spotify: skipped — no trackid in metadata")
-            return None
+            return FetchResult()
 
         logger.info(f"Spotify: fetching lyrics for trackid={track.trackid}")
 
         token = await self.auth.authenticate()
         if not token:
             logger.error("Spotify: cannot fetch lyrics without a token")
-            return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR, ttl=TTL_NETWORK_ERROR)
+            return FetchResult.from_network_error()
 
         url = f"{_SPOTIFY_LYRICS_URL}{track.trackid}?format=json&vocalRemoval=false&market=from_token"
         headers = {
@@ -73,21 +70,17 @@ class SpotifyFetcher(BaseFetcher):
 
                 if res.status_code == 404:
                     logger.debug(f"Spotify: 404 for trackid={track.trackid}")
-                    return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND)
+                    return FetchResult.from_not_found()
 
                 if res.status_code != 200:
                     logger.error(f"Spotify: lyrics API returned {res.status_code}")
-                    return LyricResult(
+                    return FetchResult.from_network_error()
-                        status=CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR, ttl=TTL_NETWORK_ERROR
-                    )
 
                 data = res.json()
 
             if not isinstance(data, dict) or "lyrics" not in data:
                 logger.error("Spotify: unexpected lyrics response structure")
-                return LyricResult(
+                return FetchResult.from_network_error()
-                    status=CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR, ttl=TTL_NETWORK_ERROR
-                )
 
             lyrics_data = data["lyrics"]
             sync_type = lyrics_data.get("syncType", "")
@@ -95,7 +88,7 @@ class SpotifyFetcher(BaseFetcher):
 
             if not isinstance(lines, list) or len(lines) == 0:
                 logger.debug("Spotify: response contained no lyric lines")
-                return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND)
+                return FetchResult.from_not_found()
 
             is_synced = sync_type == "LINE_SYNCED" and self._is_truly_synced(lines)
 
@@ -122,8 +115,25 @@ class SpotifyFetcher(BaseFetcher):
             )
 
             logger.info(f"Spotify: got {status.value} lyrics ({len(lrc_lines)} lines)")
-            return LyricResult(status=status, lyrics=content, source=self.source_name)
+            not_found = LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, ttl=TTL_NOT_FOUND)
+            if is_synced:
+                return FetchResult(
+                    synced=LyricResult(
+                        status=CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED,
+                        lyrics=content,
+                        source=self.source_name,
+                    ),
+                    unsynced=not_found,
+                )
+            return FetchResult(
+                synced=not_found,
+                unsynced=LyricResult(
+                    status=CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED,
+                    lyrics=content,
+                    source=self.source_name,
+                ),
+            )
 
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Spotify: lyrics fetch failed: {e}")
-            return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR, ttl=TTL_NETWORK_ERROR)
+            return FetchResult.from_network_error()

src/lrx_cli/lrc.py

@@ -271,6 +271,9 @@ class LRCData:
 
         return "\n".join(sorted_lines).strip()
 
+    def to_unsynced(self):
+        return LRCData(self.to_plain())
+
     def to_lrc(
         self,
         plain: bool = False,
@@ -279,9 +282,12 @@ class LRCData:
 
         Assumes text has been normalized by normalize.
         """
+        ret = self
+        if not self.is_synced():
+            ret = self.normalize_unsynced()
         if plain:
-            return self.to_plain()
+            return ret.to_plain()
-        return "\n".join(self._lines)
+        return "\n".join(ret._lines)
 
 
 def get_audio_path(audio_url: str, ensure_exists: bool = False) -> Optional[Path]:

src/lrx_cli/models.py

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ from enum import Enum
 from typing import Optional, TYPE_CHECKING
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
-from .config import SCORE_W_SYNCED
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .lrc import LRCData
 
@@ -69,6 +67,3 @@ class LyricResult:
     def __post_init__(self) -> None:
         if self.status in (CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND, CacheStatus.NETWORK_ERROR):
             self.confidence = 0.0
-        if self.status is CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED and self.confidence == 100.0:
-            # Fix: remove inflated confidence for unsynced results
-            self.confidence = 100 - SCORE_W_SYNCED

tests/test_cache.py

@@ -66,6 +66,63 @@ def test_generate_key_raises_when_metadata_missing() -> None:
         )
 
 
+def test_migrate_adds_confidence_version_and_boosts_unsynced(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """Legacy cache without confidence_version is migrated in-place.
+
+    Expected behavior:
+    - add confidence_version column
+    - boost SUCCESS_UNSYNCED confidence by +10 with cap at 100
+    - keep SUCCESS_SYNCED confidence unchanged
+    """
+    db_path = tmp_path / "legacy-cache.db"
+
+    with sqlite3.connect(db_path) as conn:
+        conn.execute(
+            """
+            CREATE TABLE cache (
+                key TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+                source TEXT NOT NULL,
+                status TEXT NOT NULL,
+                lyrics TEXT,
+                created_at INTEGER NOT NULL,
+                expires_at INTEGER,
+                artist TEXT,
+                title TEXT,
+                album TEXT,
+                length INTEGER,
+                confidence REAL
+            )
+            """
+        )
+        conn.execute(
+            """
+            INSERT INTO cache
+                (key, source, status, lyrics, created_at, expires_at, artist, title, album, length, confidence)
+            VALUES
+                ('u1', 's1', 'SUCCESS_UNSYNCED', 'u1', 1, NULL, 'A', 'T', 'AL', 180000, 85.0),
+                ('u2', 's2', 'SUCCESS_UNSYNCED', 'u2', 1, NULL, 'A', 'T', 'AL', 180000, 98.0),
+                ('s1', 's3', 'SUCCESS_SYNCED', 's1', 1, NULL, 'A', 'T', 'AL', 180000, 70.0)
+            """
+        )
+        conn.commit()
+
+    CacheEngine(str(db_path))
+
+    with sqlite3.connect(db_path) as conn:
+        cols = {r[1] for r in conn.execute("PRAGMA table_info(cache)").fetchall()}
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT key, status, confidence, confidence_version FROM cache ORDER BY key"
+        ).fetchall()
+
+    assert "confidence_version" in cols
+    by_key = {
+        k: (status, confidence, version) for k, status, confidence, version in rows
+    }
+    assert by_key["u1"] == ("SUCCESS_UNSYNCED", 95.0, 1)
+    assert by_key["u2"] == ("SUCCESS_UNSYNCED", 100.0, 1)
+    assert by_key["s1"] == ("SUCCESS_SYNCED", 70.0, 1)
+
+
 def test_set_and_get_roundtrip_with_ttl(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, cache_db: CacheEngine
 ) -> None:
@@ -218,7 +275,7 @@ def test_find_best_positive_uses_exact_match_and_prefers_synced(
     cache_db.set(track, "s1", _result(CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED, "u", "s1"))
     cache_db.set(track, "s2", _result(CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED, "s", "s2"))
 
-    best = cache_db.find_best_positive(track)
+    best = cache_db.find_best_positive(track, CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED)
 
     assert best is not None
     assert best.status is CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED
@@ -227,6 +284,26 @@ def test_find_best_positive_uses_exact_match_and_prefers_synced(
     assert best.source == "cache-search"
 
 
+def test_find_best_positive_returns_status_specific_results(
+    cache_db: CacheEngine,
+) -> None:
+    track = _track(artist="Artist", title="Song", album="Album")
+    cache_db.set(track, "u-high", _result(CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED, "u", "u-high"))
+    cache_db.set(track, "s-low", _result(CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED, "s", "s-low"))
+    cache_db.update_confidence(track, 95.0, "u-high")
+    cache_db.update_confidence(track, 70.0, "s-low")
+
+    best_synced = cache_db.find_best_positive(track, CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED)
+    assert best_synced is not None
+    assert best_synced.status is CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED
+    assert str(best_synced.lyrics) == "s"
+
+    best_unsynced = cache_db.find_best_positive(track, CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED)
+    assert best_unsynced is not None
+    assert best_unsynced.status is CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED
+    assert str(best_unsynced.lyrics) == "u"
+
+
 def test_search_by_meta_fuzzy_rules_and_duration_sorting(cache_db: CacheEngine) -> None:
     # Same logical title/artist after normalization, different length quality.
     base = _track(
@@ -296,6 +373,7 @@ def test_search_by_meta_fuzzy_rules_and_duration_sorting(cache_db: CacheEngine)
     sources = [r["source"] for r in rows]
     assert "negative" not in sources
     assert "far-len" not in sources
+    assert "close-unsynced" in sources
     # Sorted by duration diff, then confidence for equal diff.
     assert sources[0] == "seed"
     assert sources[1] == "close-synced"
@@ -314,7 +392,7 @@ def test_update_confidence_targets_specific_source(cache_db: CacheEngine) -> Non
     assert updated == 1
     rows = {r["source"]: r for r in cache_db.query_track(track)}
     assert rows["s1"]["confidence"] == 75.0
-    assert rows["s2"]["confidence"] == 90.0  # unchanged (unsynced default)
+    assert rows["s2"]["confidence"] == 100.0  # unchanged default
 
 
 def test_update_confidence_returns_zero_for_missing_source(

tests/test_fetchers.py

@@ -37,9 +37,14 @@ def lrc_manager(tmp_path: Path) -> LrcManager:
 
 
 def _fetch_and_assert(
-    lrc_manager: LrcManager, method: FetcherMethodType, expect_fail: bool = False
+    lrc_manager: LrcManager,
+    method: FetcherMethodType,
+    expect_fail: bool = False,
+    bypass_cache: bool = True,
 ) -> None:
-    result = lrc_manager.fetch_for_track(SAMPLE_SPOTIFY_TRACK, force_method=method)
+    result = lrc_manager.fetch_for_track(
+        SAMPLE_SPOTIFY_TRACK, force_method=method, bypass_cache=bypass_cache
+    )
     if expect_fail:
         assert result is None
     else:
@@ -48,7 +53,7 @@ def _fetch_and_assert(
 
 
 def test_cache_search_fetcher_without_cache(lrc_manager: LrcManager):
-    _fetch_and_assert(lrc_manager, "cache-search", expect_fail=True)
+    _fetch_and_assert(lrc_manager, "cache-search", expect_fail=True, bypass_cache=False)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -68,7 +73,9 @@ def test_cache_search_fetcher_with_fuzzy_metadata(
     expected_lrc = "[00:00.01]lyrics"
     lrc_manager.manual_insert(SAMPLE_SPOTIFY_TRACK, expected_lrc)
 
-    result = lrc_manager.fetch_for_track(query_track, force_method="cache-search")
+    result = lrc_manager.fetch_for_track(
+        query_track, force_method="cache-search", bypass_cache=False
+    )
 
     assert result is not None
     assert result.lyrics is not None
@@ -84,7 +91,7 @@ def test_cache_search_fetcher_prefer_better_match(lrc_manager: LrcManager):
     )
 
     result = lrc_manager.fetch_for_track(
-        SAMPLE_SPOTIFY_TRACK, force_method="cache-search"
+        SAMPLE_SPOTIFY_TRACK, force_method="cache-search", bypass_cache=False
     )
 
     assert result is not None

tests/test_pipeline.py

@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
 from unittest.mock import patch
+import pytest
 
 from lrx_cli.config import HIGH_CONFIDENCE
 from lrx_cli.core import LrcManager
-from lrx_cli.fetchers.base import BaseFetcher
+from lrx_cli.fetchers.base import BaseFetcher, FetchResult
 from lrx_cli.lrc import LRCData
 from lrx_cli.models import CacheStatus, LyricResult, TrackMeta
 
@@ -41,8 +42,15 @@ def _not_found() -> LyricResult:
     return LyricResult(status=CacheStatus.NOT_FOUND)
 
 
+def _fr(
+    synced: LyricResult | None = None,
+    unsynced: LyricResult | None = None,
+) -> FetchResult:
+    return FetchResult(synced=synced, unsynced=unsynced)
+
+
 class MockFetcher(BaseFetcher):
-    def __init__(self, name: str, result: LyricResult | None, delay: float = 0.0):
+    def __init__(self, name: str, result: FetchResult, delay: float = 0.0):
         self._name = name
         self._result = result
         self._delay = delay
@@ -56,9 +64,7 @@ class MockFetcher(BaseFetcher):
     def is_available(self, track: TrackMeta) -> bool:
         return True
 
-    async def fetch(
+    async def fetch(self, track: TrackMeta, bypass_cache: bool = False) -> FetchResult:
-        self, track: TrackMeta, bypass_cache: bool = False
-    ) -> LyricResult | None:
         self.called = True
         try:
             if self._delay:
@@ -78,8 +84,8 @@ def make_manager(tmp_path) -> LrcManager:
 
 def test_unsynced_does_not_stop_next_group(tmp_path):
     """Unsynced result should not stop the pipeline — next group must still run."""
-    a = MockFetcher("a", _unsynced("a"))
+    a = MockFetcher("a", _fr(unsynced=_unsynced("a")))
-    b = MockFetcher("b", _synced("b"))
+    b = MockFetcher("b", _fr(synced=_synced("b")))
     manager = make_manager(tmp_path)
     with patch("lrx_cli.core.build_plan", return_value=[[a], [b]]):
         result = manager.fetch_for_track(_track())
@@ -90,8 +96,8 @@ def test_unsynced_does_not_stop_next_group(tmp_path):
 
 def test_trusted_synced_stops_next_group(tmp_path):
     """Trusted synced from group1 must prevent group2 from running."""
-    a = MockFetcher("a", _synced("a"))
+    a = MockFetcher("a", _fr(synced=_synced("a")))
-    b = MockFetcher("b", _synced("b"))
+    b = MockFetcher("b", _fr(synced=_synced("b")))
     manager = make_manager(tmp_path)
     with patch("lrx_cli.core.build_plan", return_value=[[a], [b]]):
         result = manager.fetch_for_track(_track())
@@ -102,8 +108,8 @@ def test_trusted_synced_stops_next_group(tmp_path):
 
 def test_negative_continues_next_group(tmp_path):
     """NOT_FOUND from group1 must cause group2 to be tried."""
-    a = MockFetcher("a", _not_found())
+    a = MockFetcher("a", _fr(synced=_not_found(), unsynced=_not_found()))
-    b = MockFetcher("b", _synced("b"))
+    b = MockFetcher("b", _fr(synced=_synced("b")))
     manager = make_manager(tmp_path)
     with patch("lrx_cli.core.build_plan", return_value=[[a], [b]]):
         result = manager.fetch_for_track(_track())
@@ -119,8 +125,8 @@ def test_negative_continues_next_group(tmp_path):
 def test_trusted_synced_cancels_sibling(tmp_path):
     """When a fast fetcher returns trusted synced, the slow sibling must be cancelled.
     If cancellation is broken this test will block for 10 seconds."""
-    fast = MockFetcher("fast", _synced("fast"))
+    fast = MockFetcher("fast", _fr(synced=_synced("fast")))
-    slow = MockFetcher("slow", _synced("slow"), delay=10.0)
+    slow = MockFetcher("slow", _fr(synced=_synced("slow")), delay=10.0)
     manager = make_manager(tmp_path)
     with patch("lrx_cli.core.build_plan", return_value=[[fast, slow]]):
         result = manager.fetch_for_track(_track())
@@ -132,22 +138,56 @@ def test_trusted_synced_cancels_sibling(tmp_path):
 
 
 def test_best_confidence_within_group(tmp_path):
-    """When no trusted synced result, highest-confidence result from group is returned."""
+    """When allow_unsynced=True and no trusted synced result, highest-confidence unsynced is returned."""
-    low = MockFetcher("low", _unsynced("low", confidence=40.0))
+    low = MockFetcher("low", _fr(unsynced=_unsynced("low", confidence=40.0)))
-    high = MockFetcher("high", _unsynced("high", confidence=70.0))
+    high = MockFetcher("high", _fr(unsynced=_unsynced("high", confidence=70.0)))
     manager = make_manager(tmp_path)
     with patch("lrx_cli.core.build_plan", return_value=[[low, high]]):
-        result = manager.fetch_for_track(_track())
+        result = manager.fetch_for_track(_track(), allow_unsynced=True)
     assert result is not None
     assert result.source == "high"
 
 
+def test_unsynced_only_returns_none_when_not_allowed(tmp_path):
+    """When allow_unsynced=False, unsynced-only pipeline result must be rejected."""
+    only_unsynced = MockFetcher(
+        "u",
+        _fr(unsynced=_unsynced("u", confidence=95.0)),
+    )
+    manager = make_manager(tmp_path)
+    with patch("lrx_cli.core.build_plan", return_value=[[only_unsynced]]):
+        result = manager.fetch_for_track(_track(), allow_unsynced=False)
+    assert result is None
+
+
+def test_allow_unsynced_flag_controls_return_type(tmp_path):
+    """With both slots available, allow_unsynced controls whether unsynced can be returned."""
+    dual = MockFetcher(
+        "dual",
+        _fr(
+            synced=_synced("dual", confidence=55.0),
+            unsynced=_unsynced("dual", confidence=95.0),
+        ),
+    )
+    manager = make_manager(tmp_path)
+
+    with patch("lrx_cli.core.build_plan", return_value=[[dual]]):
+        synced_only = manager.fetch_for_track(_track(), allow_unsynced=False)
+    assert synced_only is not None
+    assert synced_only.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED
+
+    with patch("lrx_cli.core.build_plan", return_value=[[dual]]):
+        allow_unsynced = manager.fetch_for_track(_track(), allow_unsynced=True)
+    assert allow_unsynced is not None
+    assert allow_unsynced.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_UNSYNCED
+
+
 # Cache interaction
 
 
 def test_cache_negative_skips_fetch(tmp_path):
     """A cached NOT_FOUND entry must prevent the fetcher from being called."""
-    fetcher = MockFetcher("src", _synced("src"))
+    fetcher = MockFetcher("src", _fr(synced=_synced("src")))
     manager = make_manager(tmp_path)
     track = _track()
     manager.cache.set(track, "src", _not_found(), ttl_seconds=3600)
@@ -159,7 +199,7 @@ def test_cache_negative_skips_fetch(tmp_path):
 
 def test_cache_trusted_synced_no_fetch(tmp_path):
     """A trusted synced cache hit must be returned without calling the fetcher."""
-    fetcher = MockFetcher("src", None)
+    fetcher = MockFetcher("src", _fr())
     manager = make_manager(tmp_path)
     track = _track()
     manager.cache.set(track, "src", _synced("src"), ttl_seconds=3600)
@@ -168,3 +208,27 @@ def test_cache_trusted_synced_no_fetch(tmp_path):
     assert not fetcher.called
     assert result is not None
     assert result.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED
+
+
+@pytest.mark.xfail(
+    strict=True,
+    reason=(
+        "Known limitation: cached unsynced currently blocks live fetch, "
+        "so allow_unsynced=False may return None instead of fresh synced"
+    ),
+)
+def test_xfail_cached_unsynced_should_not_block_live_synced_when_unsynced_disallowed(
+    tmp_path,
+):
+    """Known gap: cached unsynced prevents re-fetch, so this expected behavior is xfailed."""
+    fetcher = MockFetcher("src", _fr(synced=_synced("src", confidence=90.0)))
+    manager = make_manager(tmp_path)
+    track = _track()
+    manager.cache.set(track, "src", _unsynced("src", confidence=85.0), ttl_seconds=3600)
+
+    with patch("lrx_cli.core.build_plan", return_value=[[fetcher]]):
+        result = manager.fetch_for_track(track, allow_unsynced=False)
+
+    assert fetcher.called
+    assert result is not None
+    assert result.status == CacheStatus.SUCCESS_SYNCED

tests/test_selection.py

@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ def test_score_missing_one_side_gives_zero_for_field() -> None:
 
 
 def test_score_synced_bonus() -> None:
-    """Synced adds 10 points."""
+    """Synced state does not affect metadata score anymore."""
     base = SearchCandidate(item="x", title="My Love", is_synced=False)
     synced = SearchCandidate(item="x", title="My Love", is_synced=True)
     diff = _score_candidate(synced, "My Love", None, None, None) - _score_candidate(
         base, "My Love", None, None, None
     )
-    assert diff == 10.0
+    assert diff == 0.0
 
 
 def test_score_duration_linear_decay() -> None:
@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@ def test_score_duration_linear_decay() -> None:
     at_tol = SearchCandidate(item="x", duration_ms=232000.0 + 3000.0)
     score_edge = _score_candidate(at_tol, None, None, None, 232000)
 
-    # Only duration is comparable → rescaled to fill 0-90
+    # Only duration is comparable → metadata spans 0-90, plus a constant baseline +10
-    # exact=90, half=45, edge=0
+    # exact=100, half=55, edge=10
-    assert score_exact == 90.0
+    assert score_exact == 100.0
-    assert score_half == 45.0
+    assert score_half == 55.0
-    assert score_edge == 0.0
+    assert score_edge == 10.0
 
 
 def test_duration_hard_filter_rejects_all_mismatched() -> None:

uv.lock

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lrx-cli"
-version = "0.5.6"
+version = "0.6.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "cyclopts" },