Network errors abort import process #5903
Description
Problem
If beets encounters a (transient) network error, the entire import process is aborted. It would be nice if beets instead skipped the particular files that failed and continued with the import.
When running beet import ~/Music/Music/ --quiet --quiet-fallback=skip --incremental:
2025-07-29 00:35:14 musicbrainzngs.musicbrainz DEBUG: GET request for https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release/f11c115e-afe8-45ab-a94f-91cc92656fe4?inc=isrcs+release-groups+artist-credits+release-rels+artist-rels+tags+aliases+work-level-rels+recording-level-rels+artists+work-rels+url-rels+media+labels+recordings
2025-07-29 00:50:44 beets ERROR: Error: MusicBrainz not reachable in get release by ID with query 'f11c115e-afe8-45ab-a94f-91cc92656fe4'
2025-07-29 00:50:44 beets DEBUG: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/nix/store/f1jvr1vx9mwnj5sp7azx9mf0y52jcws5-python3.13-musicbrainzngs-0.7.1/lib/python3.13/site-packages/musicbrainzngs/musicbrainz.py", line 501, in _safe_read
f = opener.open(req, timeout=timeout)
...
ConnectionResetError: [Errno 54] Connection reset by peer
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/nix/store/lfv9ns20hz2bg6d44js378vcxjfm9261-beets-2.3.1/lib/python3.13/site-packages/beetsplug/musicbrainz.py", line 845, in album_for_id
res = musicbrainzngs.get_release_by_id(albumid, RELEASE_INCLUDES)
...
File "/nix/store/f1jvr1vx9mwnj5sp7azx9mf0y52jcws5-python3.13-musicbrainzngs-0.7.1/lib/python3.13/site-packages/musicbrainzngs/musicbrainz.py", line 536, in _safe_read
raise NetworkError(cause=exc)
musicbrainzngs.musicbrainz.NetworkError: caused by: [Errno 54] Connection reset by peer
Debug logs / stack trace
2025-07-29 00:35:14 musicbrainzngs.musicbrainz DEBUG: GET request for https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release/f11c115e-afe8-45ab-a94f-91cc92656fe4?inc=isrcs+release-groups+artist-credits+release-rels+artist-rels+tags+aliases+work-level-rels+recording-level-rels+artists+work-rels+url-rels+media+labels+recordings
2025-07-29 00:35:14 musicbrainzngs.musicbrainz DEBUG: requesting with UA beets/2.3.1 python-musicbrainzngs/0.7.1 ( https://beets.io/ )
2025-07-29 00:50:44 beets DEBUG: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/nix/store/f1jvr1vx9mwnj5sp7azx9mf0y52jcws5-python3.13-musicbrainzngs-0.7.1/lib/python3.13/site-packages/musicbrainzngs/musicbrainz.py", line 501, in _safe_read
f = opener.open(req, timeout=timeout)
File "/nix/store/riv3i1wrig5kaf89wgpx46581f71gfqb-python3-3.13.5/lib/python3.13/urllib/request.py", line 489, in open
response = self._open(req, data)
File "/nix/store/riv3i1wrig5kaf89wgpx46581f71gfqb-python3-3.13.5/lib/python3.13/urllib/request.py", line 506, in _open
result = self._call_chain(self.handle_open, protocol, protocol +
'_open', req)
File "/nix/store/riv3i1wrig5kaf89wgpx46581f71gfqb-python3-3.13.5/lib/python3.13/urllib/request.py", line 466, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/nix/store/riv3i1wrig5kaf89wgpx46581f71gfqb-python3-3.13.5/lib/python3.13/urllib/request.py", line 1367, in https_open
return self.do_open(http.client.HTTPSConnection, req,
~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
context=self._context)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/nix/store/riv3i1wrig5kaf89wgpx46581f71gfqb-python3-3.13.5/lib/python3.13/urllib/request.py", line 1323, in do_open
r = h.getresponse()
File "/nix/store/riv3i1wrig5kaf89wgpx46581f71gfqb-python3-3.13.5/lib/python3.13/http/client.py", line 1430, in getresponse
response.begin()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/nix/store/riv3i1wrig5kaf89wgpx46581f71gfqb-python3-3.13.5/lib/python3.13/http/client.py", line 331, in begin
version, status, reason = self._read_status()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/nix/store/riv3i1wrig5kaf89wgpx46581f71gfqb-python3-3.13.5/lib/python3.13/http/client.py", line 292, in _read_status
line = str(self.fp.readline(_MAXLINE + 1), "iso-8859-1")
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/nix/store/riv3i1wrig5kaf89wgpx46581f71gfqb-python3-3.13.5/lib/python3.13/socket.py", line 719, in readinto
return self._sock.recv_into(b)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^
File "/nix/store/riv3i1wrig5kaf89wgpx46581f71gfqb-python3-3.13.5/lib/python3.13/ssl.py", line 1304, in recv_into
return self.read(nbytes, buffer)
~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/nix/store/riv3i1wrig5kaf89wgpx46581f71gfqb-python3-3.13.5/lib/python3.13/ssl.py", line 1138, in read
return self._sslobj.read(len, buffer)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ConnectionResetError: [Errno 54] Connection reset by peer
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/nix/store/lfv9ns20hz2bg6d44js378vcxjfm9261-beets-2.3.1/lib/python3.13/site-packages/beetsplug/musicbrainz.py", line 845, in album_for_id
res = musicbrainzngs.get_release_by_id(albumid, RELEASE_INCLUDES)
File "/nix/store/f1jvr1vx9mwnj5sp7azx9mf0y52jcws5-python3.13-musicbrainzngs-0.7.1/lib/python3.13/site-packages/musicbrainzngs/musicbrainz.py", line 885, in get_release_by_id
return _do_mb_query("release", id, includes, params)
File "/nix/store/f1jvr1vx9mwnj5sp7azx9mf0y52jcws5-python3.13-musicbrainzngs-0.7.1/lib/python3.13/site-packages/musicbrainzngs/musicbrainz.py", line 734, in _do_mb_query
return _mb_request(path, 'GET', auth_required, args=args)
File "/nix/store/f1jvr1vx9mwnj5sp7azx9mf0y52jcws5-python3.13-musicbrainzngs-0.7.1/lib/python3.13/site-packages/musicbrainzngs/musicbrainz.py", line 421, in __call__
return self.fun(*args, **kwargs)
~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/nix/store/f1jvr1vx9mwnj5sp7azx9mf0y52jcws5-python3.13-musicbrainzngs-0.7.1/lib/python3.13/site-packages/musicbrainzngs/musicbrainz.py", line 694, in _mb_request
resp = _safe_read(opener, req, body)
File "/nix/store/f1jvr1vx9mwnj5sp7azx9mf0y52jcws5-python3.13-musicbrainzngs-0.7.1/lib/python3.13/site-packages/musicbrainzngs/musicbrainz.py", line 536, in _safe_read
raise NetworkError(cause=exc)
musicbrainzngs.musicbrainz.NetworkError: caused by: [Errno 54] Connection reset by peer
2025-07-29 00:50:44 beets ERROR: Error: MusicBrainz not reachable in get release by ID with query 'f11c115e-afe8-45ab-a94f-91cc92656fe4'
2025-07-29 00:50:44 httpcore.connection DEBUG: close.started
2025-07-29 00:50:44 httpcore.connection DEBUG: close.complete
2025-07-29 00:50:44 httpcore.connection DEBUG: close.started
2025-07-29 00:50:44 httpcore.connection DEBUG: close.complete
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Setup
- OS: macOS Sequoia 15.5 (24F74)
- Python version: 3.13.5
- beets version:
masteras of 0fec858 (2.3.1), plus some patches: - Turning off plugins made problem go away (yes/no): N/A, probably yes if beets doesn't make network requests unless plugins are enabled? This particular stack trace is for the MusicBrainz integration, but I believe the other API bindings are vulnerable to this issue as well.
My configuration (output of beet config) is:
directory: ~/Music/beets
# --------------- Plugins ---------------
plugins: bandcamp chroma convert discogs duplicates embedart fetchart fromfilename lastgenre lyrics spotify
# --------------- UI ---------------
verbose: yes
logging:
format: '{asctime} {name} {levelname}: {message}'
levels:
beets.plugins: INFO
musicbrainzngs.mbxml: WARNING
lyrics:
auto: yes
sources: lrclib genius tekstowo
synced: yes
translate:
api_key: REDACTED
from_languages: []
to_language:
dist_thresh: 0.11
google_API_key: REDACTED
google_engine_ID: REDACTED
genius_api_key: REDACTED
fallback:
force: no
local: no
print: no
import:
move: yes
copy: no
duplicate_action: skip
log: ~/.cache/beets/beets.log
languages: [en]
group_albums: yes
musicbrainz:
external_ids:
discogs: yes
spotify: yes
bandcamp: yes
deezer: no
tidal: no
source_weight: 0.5
host: musicbrainz.org
https: no
ratelimit: 1
ratelimit_interval: 1
searchlimit: 5
genres: no
extra_tags: []
chroma:
auto: yes
source_weight: 0.5
convert:
delete_originals: yes
formats:
mp3: ffmpeg -y -i $source -c:a libmp3lame -q:a 0 -map_metadata 0 -map_metadata 0:s:0 $dest
aac:
command: ffmpeg -i $source -y -vn -acodec aac -aq 1 $dest
extension: m4a
alac:
command: ffmpeg -i $source -y -vn -acodec alac $dest
extension: m4a
flac: ffmpeg -i $source -y -vn -acodec flac $dest
opus: ffmpeg -i $source -y -vn -acodec libopus -ab 96k $dest
ogg: ffmpeg -i $source -y -vn -acodec libvorbis -aq 3 $dest
wma: ffmpeg -i $source -y -vn -acodec wmav2 -vn $dest
dest:
pretend: no
link: no
hardlink: no
threads: 12
format: mp3
id3v23: inherit
max_bitrate:
auto: no
auto_keep: no
tmpdir:
quiet: no
embed: yes
paths: {}
no_convert: ''
never_convert_lossy_files: no
copy_album_art: no
album_art_maxwidth: 0
playlist:
bandcamp:
source_weight: 0.5
art: yes
comments_separator: "\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\n"
genre:
capitalize: yes
mode: progressive
maximum: 0
always_include: []
include_digital_only_tracks: yes
search_max: 2
exclude_extra_fields: []
truncate_comments: no
fetchart:
cautious: yes
sources: itunes *
auto: yes
minwidth: 0
maxwidth: 0
quality: 0
max_filesize: 0
enforce_ratio: no
cover_names:
- cover
- front
- art
- album
- folder
store_source: no
high_resolution: no
deinterlace: no
cover_format:
google_key: REDACTED
google_engine: REDACTED
lastfm_key: REDACTED
fanarttv_key: REDACTED
duplicates:
album: yes
merge: yes
checksum: ''
copy: ''
count: no
delete: no
format: ''
full: no
keys: []
move: ''
path: no
tiebreak: {}
strict: no
tag: ''
remove: no
lastgenre:
canonical: yes
count: 5
force: yes
min_weight: 10
separator: '; '
whitelist: yes
fallback:
source: album
keep_existing: no
auto: yes
prefer_specific: no
title_case: yes
extended_debug: no
embedart:
maxwidth: 0
auto: yes
compare_threshold: 0
ifempty: no
remove_art_file: no
quality: 0
spotify:
source_weight: 0.5
mode: list
tiebreak: popularity
show_failures: no
artist_field: albumartist
album_field: album
track_field: title
region_filter:
regex: []
client_id: REDACTED
client_secret: REDACTED
tokenfile: spotify_token.json
search_query_ascii: no
discogs:
source_weight: 0.5
apikey: REDACTED
apisecret: REDACTED
tokenfile: discogs_token.json
user_token: REDACTED
separator: ', '
index_tracks: no
append_style_genre: no
search_limit: 5