API bug: Lyrics API returns an empty array no matter the song

[feyli]

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How did you download Cider?

Taproom

App Information

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Operating System

macOS

OS Version

macOS 15.4 Seqoia

How would you describe your issue?

Dev: Websocket

Commit Hash

378edcd9280d447549a105ade75ddc5bbc5a46a2

Describe the Bug

I tried to use the API, and figured out for some reason, since a recent update, the lyrics API no longer works. A request to the lyrics API will always return an empty array, no matter the song and the lyrics availability.

I'd like to add the result is the same for songs that have no lyrics, and whether the ID is the "id" or "catalogId" / "reportingId".

Steps to Reproduce

1. Start Cider
2. Play a song with or without lyrics, explicit or not, really any song
3. Get the ID of the song (either via the interface or through the API)
4. Attempt to get the lyrics using this endpoint: http://localhost:10767/api/v1/lyrics/ + id

Cider will respond with an empty array: []

Anything else?

I own a Raycast extension for anyone to interact with Cider using Raycast. It is meant to handle various tasks, including showing lyrics in real-time.

While using the extension, I noticed it wasn't showing any lyrics, but it was giving no error, which is supposed to happen when the song doesn't include lyrics.

Link to the Raycast extension:
https://raycast.com/feyli/cider

[cider-collective]

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