feat: RSS sync worker (#91)

.sqlx/query-7fa29678b941e5eb680db2dcb11ed1912b950a84d1ce7eaa406339b024aac82d.json

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "SQLite",
+  "query": "SELECT original_language FROM movies WHERE id = ?",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "name": "original_language",
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "type_info": "Text"
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Right": 1
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      true
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "7fa29678b941e5eb680db2dcb11ed1912b950a84d1ce7eaa406339b024aac82d"
+}

.sqlx/query-d318af0005db414990095d0d86e312f26fd0e57018ba6a4667d53b590080d4a7.json

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "SQLite",
+  "query": "\n        SELECT   m.id      AS \"id!: i64\",\n                 m.tmdb_id AS \"tmdb_id!: i64\",\n                 m.title   AS \"title!: String\",\n                 m.year\n        FROM     movies m\n        WHERE    m.wanted = 1\n          AND    NOT EXISTS (\n                     SELECT 1 FROM media_files f\n                     WHERE  f.owner_kind = 'movie' AND f.owner_id = m.id\n                 )\n          AND    NOT EXISTS (\n                     SELECT 1 FROM grabs g\n                     WHERE  g.target_kind = 'movie' AND g.target_id = m.id\n                       AND  g.state IN ('sent', 'downloaded', 'imported')\n                 )\n        ORDER BY m.id\n        ",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "name": "id!: i64",
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "type_info": "Integer"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "tmdb_id!: i64",
+        "ordinal": 1,
+        "type_info": "Integer"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "title!: String",
+        "ordinal": 2,
+        "type_info": "Text"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "year",
+        "ordinal": 3,
+        "type_info": "Integer"
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Right": 0
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      false,
+      false,
+      false,
+      true
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "d318af0005db414990095d0d86e312f26fd0e57018ba6a4667d53b590080d4a7"
+}

crates/arr-api/src/search.rs

@@ -831,6 +831,7 @@ mod tests {
             seeders: Some(8),
             publish_date: None,
             download_url: "https://tracker/release".into(),
+            tmdb_id: None,
         };
         let parsed = arr_parse::parse(&release.name);
         let core_score = score(&policy, Candidate::PreGrab(&parsed), 0, 8);

crates/arr-core/src/lib.rs

@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ use std::{collections::BTreeMap, fmt, path::PathBuf, time::SystemTime};
 
 pub mod lang;
 pub mod layout;
+pub mod matching;
 pub mod policy;
 pub mod score;
 pub mod status;
 pub mod tracking;
 
 pub use arr_parse::NameClaims as ParsedRelease;
+pub use matching::{match_movie, MatchKind, MovieMatch, WantedMovie};
 pub use score::{Score, ScoreWeights};
 pub use status::{derive_series_status, SeriesStatus};
 

crates/arr-core/src/matching.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,278 @@
+//! Matching an RSS result against the wanted list (`DESIGN.md` §6.2).
+//!
+//! RSS is an empty-query feed: every item is offered to the whole wanted list
+//! and nothing about the query says which title an item is for. That makes a
+//! false positive expensive — it grabs the wrong film — and a false negative
+//! nearly free, because the feed is read again ten minutes later and the
+//! targeted search still runs. So every rule here is deliberately strict:
+//!
+//! - an ID the tracker itself supplied beats anything read off the name, and
+//!   an ID that matches nothing wanted ends the comparison rather than
+//!   falling back to the title;
+//! - a title match needs the years to agree, and a wanted title with a known
+//!   year is never matched by a release that does not state one;
+//! - anything that matches two wanted titles matches neither.
+
+use crate::MovieId;
+use arr_parse::NameClaims;
+
+/// A wanted title, in the shape matching needs.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub struct WantedMovie {
+    pub id: MovieId,
+    /// TMDB id, compared against the one the tracker attached to the item.
+    pub tmdb_id: Option<u32>,
+    pub title: String,
+    pub year: Option<u16>,
+}
+
+/// What tied a release to a wanted title.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub enum MatchKind {
+    /// The tracker supplied a TMDB id and it is one of ours.
+    TmdbId,
+    /// The parsed release name and the wanted title agree, years included.
+    TitleAndYear,
+}
+
+/// One wanted title an RSS item was matched to.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub struct MovieMatch {
+    pub movie: MovieId,
+    pub kind: MatchKind,
+}
+
+/// The wanted title an RSS item belongs to, or `None` when nothing matches
+/// conservatively.
+///
+/// `tmdb_id` is what the indexer attached to the item, not anything inferred
+/// from the name; `claims` is the parsed release name.
+#[must_use]
+pub fn match_movie(
+    wanted: &[WantedMovie],
+    tmdb_id: Option<u32>,
+    claims: &NameClaims,
+) -> Option<MovieMatch> {
+    if let Some(tmdb_id) = tmdb_id {
+        return unique(
+            wanted
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|movie| movie.tmdb_id == Some(tmdb_id))
+                .map(|movie| MovieMatch {
+                    movie: movie.id,
+                    kind: MatchKind::TmdbId,
+                }),
+        );
+    }
+
+    // A season or episode tag makes this a TV release, whatever the title
+    // says. Movies are the only thing RSS grabs today (§13, phase 4).
+    if claims.episode.is_some() {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let title = match_key(claims.title.as_deref()?);
+    if title.is_empty() {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    unique(
+        wanted
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|movie| {
+                match_key(&movie.title) == title && years_agree(movie.year, claims.year)
+            })
+            .map(|movie| MovieMatch {
+                movie: movie.id,
+                kind: MatchKind::TitleAndYear,
+            }),
+    )
+}
+
+/// A release with no year matches only a title that has none either: films
+/// share titles across decades, and the remake is not the one that is wanted.
+fn years_agree(wanted: Option<u16>, release: Option<u16>) -> bool {
+    match (wanted, release) {
+        (Some(wanted), Some(release)) => wanted == release,
+        (None, None) => true,
+        _ => false,
+    }
+}
+
+/// Two matches are an ambiguity, and an ambiguity is not a match.
+fn unique(mut matches: impl Iterator<Item = MovieMatch>) -> Option<MovieMatch> {
+    let first = matches.next()?;
+    matches.next().is_none().then_some(first)
+}
+
+/// The form two titles are compared in: lower case, accents folded to ASCII,
+/// `&` spelled out, and every run of anything else one space.
+///
+/// This absorbs the separators and punctuation a release name loses ("Dune:
+/// Part Two" against `Dune.Part.Two`) without absorbing a word, so a longer
+/// or shorter title stays a different title.
+fn match_key(title: &str) -> String {
+    let mut key = String::with_capacity(title.len());
+    let mut gap = false;
+    for character in title.chars() {
+        if let Some(folded) = fold(character) {
+            separate(&mut key, &mut gap);
+            key.push_str(folded);
+        } else if character.is_alphanumeric() {
+            separate(&mut key, &mut gap);
+            key.extend(character.to_lowercase());
+        } else {
+            gap = !key.is_empty();
+        }
+    }
+    key
+}
+
+fn separate(key: &mut String, gap: &mut bool) {
+    if *gap {
+        key.push(' ');
+    }
+    *gap = false;
+}
+
+/// The ASCII a letter is written as when a tracker cannot spell the accent,
+/// and the word an `&` is spelled out as. `None` leaves the character to
+/// [`match_key`], which keeps any other letter or digit as it is.
+fn fold(character: char) -> Option<&'static str> {
+    Some(match character {
+        '&' => "and",
+        'à' | 'á' | 'â' | 'ã' | 'ä' | 'å' | 'À' | 'Á' | 'Â' | 'Ã' | 'Ä' | 'Å' => "a",
+        'ç' | 'Ç' => "c",
+        'è' | 'é' | 'ê' | 'ë' | 'È' | 'É' | 'Ê' | 'Ë' => "e",
+        'ì' | 'í' | 'î' | 'ï' | 'Ì' | 'Í' | 'Î' | 'Ï' => "i",
+        'ñ' | 'Ñ' => "n",
+        'ò' | 'ó' | 'ô' | 'õ' | 'ö' | 'ø' | 'Ò' | 'Ó' | 'Ô' | 'Õ' | 'Ö' | 'Ø' => "o",
+        'ù' | 'ú' | 'û' | 'ü' | 'Ù' | 'Ú' | 'Û' | 'Ü' => "u",
+        'ý' | 'ÿ' | 'Ý' => "y",
+        'ß' => "ss",
+        'æ' | 'Æ' => "ae",
+        _ => return None,
+    })
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::{match_key, match_movie, MatchKind, MovieMatch, WantedMovie};
+    use crate::MovieId;
+
+    fn wanted() -> Vec<WantedMovie> {
+        vec![
+            WantedMovie {
+                id: MovieId(1),
+                tmdb_id: Some(693_134),
+                title: "Dune: Part Two".to_owned(),
+                year: Some(2024),
+            },
+            WantedMovie {
+                id: MovieId(2),
+                tmdb_id: Some(438_631),
+                title: "Dune".to_owned(),
+                year: Some(2021),
+            },
+            WantedMovie {
+                id: MovieId(3),
+                tmdb_id: Some(194),
+                title: "Amélie".to_owned(),
+                year: Some(2001),
+            },
+        ]
+    }
+
+    fn matched(name: &str, tmdb_id: Option<u32>) -> Option<MovieMatch> {
+        match_movie(&wanted(), tmdb_id, &arr_parse::parse(name))
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_supplied_id_matches_whatever_the_name_says() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            matched("Some.Scene.Name.2024.2160p.WEB-DL", Some(693_134)),
+            Some(MovieMatch {
+                movie: MovieId(1),
+                kind: MatchKind::TmdbId,
+            })
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// The tracker said which film this is and it is not one of ours. Falling
+    /// back to the title here is how a wrong film gets grabbed.
+    #[test]
+    fn a_supplied_id_that_is_not_wanted_ends_the_comparison() {
+        assert_eq!(matched("Dune.Part.Two.2024.2160p.WEB-DL", Some(11)), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn separators_punctuation_and_accents_do_not_block_a_title_match() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            matched("Dune.Part.Two.2024.2160p.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.Atmos-GROUP", None),
+            Some(MovieMatch {
+                movie: MovieId(1),
+                kind: MatchKind::TitleAndYear,
+            })
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            matched("Amelie.2001.1080p.BluRay.x264-GROUP", None),
+            Some(MovieMatch {
+                movie: MovieId(3),
+                kind: MatchKind::TitleAndYear,
+            })
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// The near miss: one title is a prefix of the other, same year band,
+    /// same franchise. Nothing here may match.
+    #[test]
+    fn a_near_miss_does_not_match() {
+        assert_eq!(matched("Dune.2024.2160p.WEB-DL-GROUP", None), None);
+        assert_eq!(matched("Dune.Part.One.2021.1080p.WEB-DL", None), None);
+        assert_eq!(matched("Dune.Part.Two.2023.1080p.WEB-DL", None), None);
+        assert_eq!(matched("Dune.Prophecy.2024.1080p.WEB-DL", None), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_release_with_no_year_is_not_matched_to_a_title_that_has_one() {
+        assert_eq!(matched("Dune.Part.Two.2160p.WEB-DL", None), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn an_episode_tag_is_never_a_movie() {
+        let wanted = vec![WantedMovie {
+            id: MovieId(4),
+            tmdb_id: Some(1),
+            title: "Fallout".to_owned(),
+            year: Some(2024),
+        }];
+        let claims = arr_parse::parse("Fallout.2024.S01E03.1080p.WEB-DL");
+        assert_eq!(match_movie(&wanted, None, &claims), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn two_wanted_titles_that_both_match_are_an_ambiguity() {
+        let wanted = vec![
+            WantedMovie {
+                id: MovieId(5),
+                tmdb_id: Some(1),
+                title: "The Thing".to_owned(),
+                year: Some(1982),
+            },
+            WantedMovie {
+                id: MovieId(6),
+                tmdb_id: Some(2),
+                title: "The Thing".to_owned(),
+                year: Some(1982),
+            },
+        ];
+        let claims = arr_parse::parse("The.Thing.1982.1080p.BluRay");
+        assert_eq!(match_movie(&wanted, None, &claims), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ampersands_and_spelling_agree() {
+        assert_eq!(match_key("Fast & Furious"), "fast and furious");
+        assert_eq!(match_key("Fast and Furious"), "fast and furious");
+        assert_eq!(match_key("  Dune:  Part Two  "), "dune part two");
+    }
+}

crates/arr-daemon/src/grab.rs

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
+use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
 use arr_core::policy::{evaluate, Candidate};
 use arr_core::{score::score, Language, Policy, TitleOverrides, Verdict};
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ use arr_dl::{AddTorrent, TorrentSource, TransmissionClient};
 use arr_indexer::{ProwlarrClient, SearchRelease, SearchRequest};
 use arr_meta::TmdbClient;
 
+use crate::indexers::{DiscoveryError, IndexerDirectory};
 use crate::reconcile::{Action, ActionFuture, Outcome};
 
 /// How many titles one tick may search. The reconcile lane has a 25 s budget
@@ -33,16 +34,6 @@ use crate::reconcile::{Action, ActionFuture, Outcome};
 /// and release-date gating are issue #26.
 const MOVIES_PER_TICK: i64 = 5;
 
-/// How long a discovered indexer list is reused. Prowlarr enumerates one
-/// indexer per call plus a `t=caps` probe each, all sequential, so paying for
-/// it every 30 s would leave the tick no room to search.
-const INDEXER_CACHE_TTL: Duration = Duration::from_mins(15);
-
-/// The share of the reconcile lane's 25 s budget discovery may spend. One
-/// unresponsive tracker must not cancel the whole action before a single
-/// targeted search has run; past this the last known list is used instead.
-const INDEXER_DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(8);
-
 /// Seeding obligations, per tracker in principle (§7.3) and per install in
 /// practice until issue #25 gives them a home. Both are set on the torrent at
 /// add time and enforced by Transmission.
@@ -79,8 +70,8 @@ pub enum GrabError {
     Database(#[from] sqlx::Error),
     #[error("policy: {0}")]
     Policy(#[from] arr_db::PolicyError),
-    #[error("prowlarr: {0}")]
+    #[error("{0}")]
-    Prowlarr(#[from] arr_indexer::Error),
+    Discovery(#[from] DiscoveryError),
     #[error("TMDB: {0}")]
     Metadata(#[from] arr_meta::Error),
     #[error("movie {0} has an invalid TMDB id")]
@@ -92,15 +83,6 @@ pub enum GrabError {
         name: String,
         source: serde_json::Error,
     },
-    #[error("indexer discovery timed out after {0:?} and none is known yet")]
-    IndexerDiscoveryTimeout(Duration),
-}
-
-/// The searchable indexer ids, and when they were last discovered.
-#[derive(Debug, Default)]
-struct IndexerCache {
-    ids: Vec<i64>,
-    refreshed_at: Option<Instant>,
 }
 
 /// Sends the best eligible release for every wanted movie that has neither a
@@ -108,14 +90,9 @@ struct IndexerCache {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct GrabAction {
     prowlarr: ProwlarrClient,
-    transmission: TransmissionClient,
+    grabber: Grabber,
-    download_dir: PathBuf,
-    seeding: SeedingRules,
     tmdb: Option<Arc<TmdbClient>>,
-    indexers: tokio::sync::RwLock<IndexerCache>,
+    indexers: IndexerDirectory,
-    /// [`INDEXER_DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT`], overridden by tests that cannot wait
-    /// out the real one. Mirrors `ReconcileLoop`'s action timeout override.
-    discovery_timeout: Duration,
 }
 
 impl GrabAction {
@@ -127,13 +104,10 @@ impl GrabAction {
         seeding: SeedingRules,
     ) -> Self {
         Self {
+            indexers: IndexerDirectory::new(prowlarr.clone()),
             prowlarr,
-            transmission,
+            grabber: Grabber::new(transmission, download_dir, seeding),
-            download_dir,
-            seeding,
             tmdb: None,
-            indexers: tokio::sync::RwLock::new(IndexerCache::default()),
-            discovery_timeout: INDEXER_DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT,
         }
     }
 
@@ -165,7 +139,7 @@ impl GrabAction {
             if !search_due(&movie) {
                 continue;
             }
-            let searchable = self.searchable_indexers().await?;
+            let searchable = self.indexers.searchable().await?;
             if searchable.is_empty() {
                 tracing::warn!("no indexer advertises a text search; nothing can be grabbed");
                 return Ok(outcomes);
@@ -290,6 +264,7 @@ impl GrabAction {
         }
 
         let torrents: HashMap<String, f64> = self
+            .grabber
             .transmission
             .list_torrents()
             .await?
@@ -327,51 +302,6 @@ impl GrabAction {
         Ok(outcomes)
     }
 
-    /// The indexers that accept a text search, cached across ticks.
-    ///
-    /// Discovery is bounded and its result is reused, because Prowlarr probes
-    /// capabilities one indexer at a time: a single slow tracker would
-    /// otherwise burn the whole reconcile budget before any search runs. A
-    /// refresh that fails or times out keeps the previous list rather than
-    /// stopping the tick, and only an empty cache turns that into an error.
-    async fn searchable_indexers(&self) -> Result<Vec<i64>, GrabError> {
-        {
-            let cache = self.indexers.read().await;
-            if cache
-                .refreshed_at
-                .is_some_and(|at| at.elapsed() < INDEXER_CACHE_TTL)
-            {
-                return Ok(cache.ids.clone());
-            }
-        }
-
-        let discovered =
-            tokio::time::timeout(self.discovery_timeout, self.prowlarr.indexers()).await;
-        let mut cache = self.indexers.write().await;
-        match discovered {
-            Ok(Ok(indexers)) => {
-                cache.ids = indexers
-                    .iter()
-                    .filter(|indexer| indexer.capabilities.search.available)
-                    .map(|indexer| indexer.id)
-                    .collect();
-                cache.refreshed_at = Some(Instant::now());
-            }
-            Ok(Err(error)) if cache.ids.is_empty() => return Err(error.into()),
-            Err(_) if cache.ids.is_empty() => {
-                return Err(GrabError::IndexerDiscoveryTimeout(self.discovery_timeout))
-            }
-            Ok(Err(error)) => {
-                tracing::warn!(%error, "indexer discovery failed; using the last known list");
-            }
-            Err(_) => tracing::warn!(
-                timeout_seconds = self.discovery_timeout.as_secs(),
-                "indexer discovery timed out; using the last known list"
-            ),
-        }
-        Ok(cache.ids.clone())
-    }
-
     /// Search every indexer for one title, cache each candidate with its
     /// verdict and score (§9.3), and return the eligible ones best first.
     ///
@@ -475,9 +405,67 @@ impl GrabAction {
             return Ok(None);
         };
 
-        self.send_winner(database, movie, &loaded, &blacklist, winner)
+        self.grabber
+            .send_winner(
+                database,
+                &GrabTarget {
+                    movie_id: movie.id,
+                    title: &movie.title,
+                    counts_as_attempt: true,
+                },
+                &loaded,
+                &blacklist,
+                winner,
+            )
             .await
     }
+}
+
+/// Sending a chosen release to Transmission and recording the grab.
+///
+/// Targeted search and RSS (§6.2) differ in how a title is chosen and in
+/// whether a failed attempt counts toward a backoff; from the winning
+/// release onward they are the same writes, so they share this.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub(crate) struct Grabber {
+    transmission: TransmissionClient,
+    download_dir: PathBuf,
+    seeding: SeedingRules,
+}
+
+/// The title a winning release is being grabbed for.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub(crate) struct GrabTarget<'a> {
+    pub(crate) movie_id: i64,
+    pub(crate) title: &'a str,
+    /// Whether a grab that does not complete counts toward the targeted
+    /// search backoff (§6.2). RSS never backs off, so it passes `false`.
+    pub(crate) counts_as_attempt: bool,
+}
+
+impl Grabber {
+    pub(crate) fn new(
+        transmission: TransmissionClient,
+        download_dir: PathBuf,
+        seeding: SeedingRules,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            transmission,
+            download_dir,
+            seeding,
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn record_attempt(
+        &self,
+        database: &Db,
+        target: &GrabTarget<'_>,
+    ) -> Result<(), GrabError> {
+        if target.counts_as_attempt {
+            record_search(database, target.movie_id).await?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
 
     /// Add the winning release to Transmission and record the grab.
     ///
@@ -485,10 +473,10 @@ impl GrabAction {
     /// not a completed grab — a Transmission error or a blacklisted-infohash
     /// drop must not leave the same release to repeat next tick with no
     /// backoff.
-    async fn send_winner(
+    pub(crate) async fn send_winner(
         &self,
         database: &Db,
-        movie: &PendingMovie,
+        target: &GrabTarget<'_>,
         loaded: &MoviePolicy,
         blacklist: &Blacklist,
         winner: Eligible,
@@ -507,7 +495,7 @@ impl GrabAction {
         {
             Ok(added) => added,
             Err(error) => {
-                record_search(database, movie.id).await?;
+                self.record_attempt(database, target).await?;
                 return Err(error.into());
             }
         };
@@ -517,8 +505,8 @@ impl GrabAction {
         // Transmission has fetched it, so the same blacklisted torrent can
         // reach here under a new name.
         if blacklist.blocks_infohash(&infohash) {
-            record_search(database, movie.id).await?;
+            self.record_attempt(database, target).await?;
-            self.drop_blacklisted_torrent(database, movie, &winner, &added)
+            self.drop_blacklisted_torrent(database, target, &winner, &added)
                 .await?;
             return Ok(None);
         }
@@ -531,7 +519,7 @@ impl GrabAction {
                ON CONFLICT (infohash) DO NOTHING
                RETURNING id AS "id!: i64""#,
             winner.id,
-            movie.id,
+            target.movie_id,
             infohash
         )
         .fetch_optional(database.pool())
@@ -540,14 +528,14 @@ impl GrabAction {
             "UPDATE movies SET state = 'downloading',
                     updated_at = strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%fZ', 'now')
              WHERE id = ?",
-            movie.id
+            target.movie_id
         )
         .execute(database.pool())
         .await?;
 
         let Some(inserted) = inserted else {
             tracing::info!(
-                movie_id = movie.id,
+                movie_id = target.movie_id,
                 infohash,
                 "grab already recorded for this torrent"
             );
@@ -555,8 +543,8 @@ impl GrabAction {
         };
 
         tracing::info!(
-            movie_id = movie.id,
+            movie_id = target.movie_id,
-            title = movie.title,
+            title = target.title,
             release = winner.name,
             score = winner.score,
             infohash,
@@ -564,7 +552,7 @@ impl GrabAction {
             "grabbed"
         );
         Ok(Some(Outcome::new(
-            format!("movie {} wanted with no file", movie.id),
+            format!("movie {} wanted with no file", target.movie_id),
             format!("grabbed {} as grab {}", winner.name, inserted.id),
         )))
     }
@@ -577,7 +565,7 @@ impl GrabAction {
     async fn drop_blacklisted_torrent(
         &self,
         database: &Db,
-        movie: &PendingMovie,
+        target: &GrabTarget<'_>,
         winner: &Eligible,
         added: &arr_dl::AddedTorrent,
     ) -> Result<(), GrabError> {
@@ -604,7 +592,7 @@ impl GrabAction {
             // The earlier grab's torrent, still working off its seeding
             // obligation (§7.3). Nothing here deletes a torrent.
             tracing::warn!(
-                movie_id = movie.id,
+                movie_id = target.movie_id,
                 release = release_name,
                 infohash = added.hash,
                 "blacklisted torrent re-listed under a new name; left seeding"
@@ -614,7 +602,7 @@ impl GrabAction {
             // obligation and has nothing on disk worth keeping.
             self.transmission.remove_torrent(added.id, true).await?;
             tracing::warn!(
-                movie_id = movie.id,
+                movie_id = target.movie_id,
                 release = release_name,
                 infohash = added.hash,
                 "blacklisted torrent re-listed under a new name; removed"
@@ -652,13 +640,13 @@ struct PendingMovie {
 
 /// The eligible view of a stored release, ranked for selection.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-struct Eligible {
+pub(crate) struct Eligible {
     id: i64,
-    indexer_id: i64,
+    pub(crate) indexer_id: i64,
-    guid: String,
+    pub(crate) guid: String,
-    name: String,
+    pub(crate) name: String,
     download_url: String,
-    score: i64,
+    pub(crate) score: i64,
 }
 
 /// The gap, straight out of the domain rows (§8).
@@ -759,7 +747,7 @@ fn is_digitally_released(digital_release: Option<&str>) -> bool {
 /// trigger (§6.3: "including by RSS") and so the stored row says why — a
 /// blacklisted release is rejected under the `blacklisted` rule, which is
 /// what stops §9.3's manual view from offering it as a clean match.
-async fn store_release(
+pub(crate) async fn store_release(
     database: &Db,
     movie_id: i64,
     release: &SearchRelease,
@@ -919,6 +907,7 @@ fn rfc3339(time: SystemTime) -> Option<String> {
 #[allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
 mod tests {
     use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+    use std::time::Duration;
 
     use serde_json::{json, Value};
     use wiremock::matchers::{method, path, query_param};
@@ -1697,14 +1686,17 @@ mod tests {
         let (downloader, fake) = transmission().await;
 
         let mut action = action(&indexer, &downloader);
-        action.discovery_timeout = Duration::from_millis(50);
+        action.indexers.discovery_timeout = Duration::from_millis(50);
 
         let error = action
             .tick(&database)
             .await
             .expect_err("discovery cannot complete");
 
-        assert!(matches!(error, GrabError::IndexerDiscoveryTimeout(_)));
+        assert!(matches!(
+            error,
+            GrabError::Discovery(DiscoveryError::Timeout(_))
+        ));
         assert!(fake.torrents().is_empty());
     }
 

crates/arr-daemon/src/indexers.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+//! The searchable indexer list, discovered once and reused. See DESIGN.md
+//! §6.1.
+//!
+//! Prowlarr enumerates one indexer per call and probes `t=caps` for each,
+//! sequentially, so both the 30 s grab lane and the 10 min RSS lane would
+//! spend most of their budget rediscovering the same list. Each lane keeps
+//! its own directory: they run concurrently and neither should wait on the
+//! other's HTTP calls.
+
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use arr_indexer::ProwlarrClient;
+
+/// How long a discovered indexer list is reused.
+const CACHE_TTL: Duration = Duration::from_mins(15);
+
+/// The share of a tick's budget discovery may spend. One unresponsive
+/// tracker must not cancel the whole action before a single search has run;
+/// past this the last known list is used instead.
+const DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(8);
+
+/// A discovery that produced nothing usable at all.
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum DiscoveryError {
+    #[error("prowlarr: {0}")]
+    Prowlarr(#[from] arr_indexer::Error),
+    #[error("indexer discovery timed out after {0:?} and none is known yet")]
+    Timeout(Duration),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+struct Cache {
+    ids: Vec<i64>,
+    refreshed_at: Option<Instant>,
+}
+
+/// The indexers that accept a text search, cached across ticks.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct IndexerDirectory {
+    prowlarr: ProwlarrClient,
+    cache: tokio::sync::RwLock<Cache>,
+    /// [`DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT`], overridden by tests that cannot wait out the
+    /// real one. Mirrors `ReconcileLoop`'s action timeout override.
+    pub(crate) discovery_timeout: Duration,
+}
+
+impl IndexerDirectory {
+    pub fn new(prowlarr: ProwlarrClient) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            prowlarr,
+            cache: tokio::sync::RwLock::new(Cache::default()),
+            discovery_timeout: DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The ids of every indexer advertising a text search — which is also
+    /// the RSS feed, an empty-query text search (§6.2).
+    ///
+    /// A refresh that fails or times out keeps the previous list rather than
+    /// stopping the tick, and only an empty cache turns that into an error.
+    pub async fn searchable(&self) -> Result<Vec<i64>, DiscoveryError> {
+        {
+            let cache = self.cache.read().await;
+            if cache
+                .refreshed_at
+                .is_some_and(|at| at.elapsed() < CACHE_TTL)
+            {
+                return Ok(cache.ids.clone());
+            }
+        }
+
+        let discovered =
+            tokio::time::timeout(self.discovery_timeout, self.prowlarr.indexers()).await;
+        let mut cache = self.cache.write().await;
+        match discovered {
+            Ok(Ok(indexers)) => {
+                cache.ids = indexers
+                    .iter()
+                    .filter(|indexer| indexer.capabilities.search.available)
+                    .map(|indexer| indexer.id)
+                    .collect();
+                cache.refreshed_at = Some(Instant::now());
+            }
+            Ok(Err(error)) if cache.ids.is_empty() => return Err(error.into()),
+            Err(_) if cache.ids.is_empty() => {
+                return Err(DiscoveryError::Timeout(self.discovery_timeout))
+            }
+            Ok(Err(error)) => {
+                tracing::warn!(%error, "indexer discovery failed; using the last known list");
+            }
+            Err(_) => tracing::warn!(
+                timeout_seconds = self.discovery_timeout.as_secs(),
+                "indexer discovery timed out; using the last known list"
+            ),
+        }
+        Ok(cache.ids.clone())
+    }
+}

crates/arr-daemon/src/main.rs

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 mod config;
 mod grab;
 mod import;
+mod indexers;
 mod reaper;
 pub mod reconcile;
+mod rss;
 mod web;
 
 use std::process::ExitCode;
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ use grab::{GrabAction, SeedingLimits, SeedingRules};
 use import::ImportAction;
 use reaper::ReaperAction;
 use reconcile::{ReconcileLoop, Tick};
+use rss::RssAction;
 use tower_http::trace::TraceLayer;
 
 /// Dump the `OpenAPI` document and exit, instead of serving. `just gen-client`
@@ -103,49 +106,7 @@ async fn run() -> Result<(), Error> {
     } else {
         None
     };
-    let mut reconcile = ReconcileLoop::new(database.clone());
+    let reconcile = reconcile_loop(&database, &config, &transmission, tmdb.as_ref())?;
-    // Without a Prowlarr key nothing can be searched, so the grab lane stays
-    // unregistered rather than failing a tick every 30 seconds.
-    if let (Some(key), Some(tmdb)) = (config.prowlarr_api_key.clone(), tmdb.clone()) {
-        let prowlarr = arr_indexer::ProwlarrClient::new(config.prowlarr_url.clone(), key)?;
-        reconcile = reconcile.register(
-            Tick::Reconcile,
-            GrabAction::new(
-                prowlarr,
-                transmission.clone(),
-                config.download_dir.clone(),
-                SeedingRules::new(
-                    SeedingLimits {
-                        ratio: config.seed_ratio_limit,
-                        idle_minutes: config.seed_idle_limit_minutes,
-                    },
-                    config
-                        .tracker_seeding
-                        .iter()
-                        .map(|(&id, rule)| {
-                            (
-                                id,
-                                SeedingLimits {
-                                    ratio: rule.ratio,
-                                    idle_minutes: rule.min_seed_time,
-                                },
-                            )
-                        })
-                        .collect(),
-                ),
-            )
-            .with_tmdb(tmdb),
-        );
-    } else {
-        tracing::warn!("Prowlarr or TMDB is not configured: nothing will be grabbed");
-    }
-    // Grab before import, so a download that completes on this tick is
-    // imported on this tick.
-    reconcile = reconcile.register(
-        Tick::Reconcile,
-        ImportAction::new(transmission.clone(), arr_probe::Prober::new()),
-    );
-    reconcile = reconcile.register(Tick::Reaper, ReaperAction::new(transmission));
 
     // Jellyseerr's Radarr shim (DESIGN.md §9.4) reads the same database and
     // needs its own TMDB client for `movie/lookup`.
@@ -202,6 +163,77 @@ async fn run() -> Result<(), Error> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Wire the reconcile lanes (DESIGN.md §8). Grab and RSS both need a
+/// Prowlarr key and grab needs TMDB as well; a lane whose upstream is not
+/// configured stays unregistered rather than failing every tick.
+fn reconcile_loop(
+    database: &Db,
+    config: &Config,
+    transmission: &arr_dl::TransmissionClient,
+    tmdb: Option<&Arc<TmdbClient>>,
+) -> Result<ReconcileLoop, Error> {
+    let mut reconcile = ReconcileLoop::new(database.clone());
+    let seeding = SeedingRules::new(
+        SeedingLimits {
+            ratio: config.seed_ratio_limit,
+            idle_minutes: config.seed_idle_limit_minutes,
+        },
+        config
+            .tracker_seeding
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(&id, rule)| {
+                (
+                    id,
+                    SeedingLimits {
+                        ratio: rule.ratio,
+                        idle_minutes: rule.min_seed_time,
+                    },
+                )
+            })
+            .collect(),
+    );
+    let prowlarr = config
+        .prowlarr_api_key
+        .clone()
+        .map(|key| arr_indexer::ProwlarrClient::new(config.prowlarr_url.clone(), key))
+        .transpose()?;
+
+    if let (Some(prowlarr), Some(tmdb)) = (prowlarr.as_ref(), tmdb) {
+        reconcile = reconcile.register(
+            Tick::Reconcile,
+            GrabAction::new(
+                prowlarr.clone(),
+                transmission.clone(),
+                config.download_dir.clone(),
+                seeding.clone(),
+            )
+            .with_tmdb(Arc::clone(tmdb)),
+        );
+    } else {
+        tracing::warn!("Prowlarr or TMDB is not configured: nothing will be grabbed");
+    }
+    // RSS needs no TMDB: it matches what the feeds already carry against the
+    // wanted list (§6.2).
+    if let Some(prowlarr) = prowlarr {
+        reconcile = reconcile.register(
+            Tick::Rss,
+            RssAction::new(
+                prowlarr,
+                transmission.clone(),
+                config.download_dir.clone(),
+                seeding,
+            ),
+        );
+    }
+    // Grab before import, so a download that completes on this tick is
+    // imported on this tick.
+    reconcile = reconcile.register(
+        Tick::Reconcile,
+        ImportAction::new(transmission.clone(), arr_probe::Prober::new()),
+    );
+    Ok(reconcile.register(Tick::Reaper, ReaperAction::new(transmission.clone())))
+}
+
 /// Stop accepting on Ctrl-C, or on the SIGTERM a service manager sends.
 async fn shutdown() {
     let interrupt = async {

crates/arr-daemon/src/rss.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,574 @@
+//! RSS sync: one empty-query Torznab call per indexer, matched against the
+//! whole wanted list locally. See DESIGN.md §6.2.
+//!
+//! The property this lane is built around is that its cost is one call per
+//! indexer, whatever the library holds. Nothing here is per-title, so every
+//! wanted item is compared against every result on every pass, forever:
+//! there is no backoff, no attempt counter, and no release-date gate. Those
+//! belong to targeted search, which pays per title.
+//!
+//! `blocked` is honoured the other way round from targeted search (§6.3): it
+//! stops a title being searched for, and leaves it matching RSS.
+
+use std::collections::hash_map::Entry;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use arr_core::matching::{match_movie, MatchKind, WantedMovie};
+use arr_core::{Language, MovieId};
+use arr_db::{Blacklist, Db, MoviePolicy};
+use arr_dl::TransmissionClient;
+use arr_indexer::{ProwlarrClient, SearchRelease, SearchRequest};
+
+use crate::grab::{store_release, Eligible, GrabError, GrabTarget, Grabber, SeedingRules};
+use crate::indexers::IndexerDirectory;
+use crate::reconcile::{Action, ActionFuture, Outcome};
+
+/// Reads every indexer's feed and grabs what it can tie to a wanted title.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct RssAction {
+    prowlarr: ProwlarrClient,
+    grabber: Grabber,
+    indexers: IndexerDirectory,
+}
+
+impl RssAction {
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn new(
+        prowlarr: ProwlarrClient,
+        transmission: TransmissionClient,
+        download_dir: PathBuf,
+        seeding: SeedingRules,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            indexers: IndexerDirectory::new(prowlarr.clone()),
+            prowlarr,
+            grabber: Grabber::new(transmission, download_dir, seeding),
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn tick(&self, database: &Db) -> Result<Vec<Outcome>, GrabError> {
+        let wanted = wanted_movies(database).await?;
+        if wanted.is_empty() {
+            return Ok(Vec::new());
+        }
+        let indexers = self.indexers.searchable().await?;
+        if indexers.is_empty() {
+            tracing::warn!("no indexer advertises a text search; no RSS feed to read");
+            return Ok(Vec::new());
+        }
+
+        let releases = self.feeds(&indexers).await;
+        let blacklist = Blacklist::load(database.pool()).await?;
+        let winners = self
+            .match_feeds(database, &wanted, releases, &blacklist)
+            .await?;
+
+        let mut outcomes = Vec::new();
+        for (movie, winner) in winners {
+            let outcome = self
+                .grabber
+                .send_winner(
+                    database,
+                    &GrabTarget {
+                        movie_id: movie.id,
+                        title: &movie.title,
+                        // §6.2: RSS never backs off, so a failed grab here
+                        // must not spend one of targeted search's attempts.
+                        counts_as_attempt: false,
+                    },
+                    &movie.policy,
+                    &blacklist,
+                    winner,
+                )
+                .await?;
+            outcomes.extend(outcome);
+        }
+        Ok(outcomes)
+    }
+
+    /// One empty-query call per indexer (§6.2). A tracker that fails is
+    /// logged and skipped: the next pass is ten minutes away.
+    async fn feeds(&self, indexers: &[i64]) -> Vec<SearchRelease> {
+        let mut releases = Vec::new();
+        for search in self
+            .prowlarr
+            .search_indexers(indexers, &SearchRequest::Rss)
+            .await
+        {
+            if let Some(error) = search.error {
+                tracing::warn!(indexer_id = search.indexer_id, %error, "RSS feed failed");
+            }
+            releases.extend(search.releases);
+        }
+        releases
+    }
+
+    /// Tie each feed item to a wanted title, cache it with its verdict, and
+    /// keep the best eligible candidate per title.
+    ///
+    /// One title takes at most one torrent per pass, and the ordering is the
+    /// same total order targeted search uses, so the two triggers agree on
+    /// which release wins.
+    async fn match_feeds(
+        &self,
+        database: &Db,
+        wanted: &[WantedMovie],
+        releases: Vec<SearchRelease>,
+        blacklist: &Blacklist,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<(Grabbable, Eligible)>, GrabError> {
+        let mut policies: HashMap<i64, Option<Grabbable>> = HashMap::new();
+        let mut best: HashMap<i64, Eligible> = HashMap::new();
+
+        for release in releases {
+            let claims = arr_parse::parse(&release.name);
+            let Some(matched) = match_movie(wanted, release.tmdb_id, &claims) else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            let movie_id = matched.movie.0;
+            let grabbable = match policies.entry(movie_id) {
+                Entry::Occupied(entry) => entry.into_mut(),
+                Entry::Vacant(entry) => {
+                    entry.insert(load_grabbable(database, wanted, movie_id).await?)
+                }
+            };
+            let Some(grabbable) = grabbable.as_ref() else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            tracing::info!(
+                movie_id,
+                release = release.name,
+                by = match matched.kind {
+                    MatchKind::TmdbId => "tmdb id",
+                    MatchKind::TitleAndYear => "title and year",
+                },
+                "RSS result matched a wanted title"
+            );
+            let stored = store_release(
+                database,
+                movie_id,
+                &release,
+                &grabbable.policy.policy,
+                &grabbable.policy.overrides,
+                &grabbable.language,
+                blacklist,
+            )
+            .await?;
+            let Some(candidate) = stored else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            let incumbent = best.get(&movie_id);
+            if incumbent.is_none_or(|incumbent| beats(&candidate, incumbent)) {
+                best.insert(movie_id, candidate);
+            }
+        }
+
+        let mut winners: Vec<(Grabbable, Eligible)> = best
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter_map(|(movie_id, candidate)| {
+                let grabbable = policies.get(&movie_id).and_then(Clone::clone)?;
+                Some((grabbable, candidate))
+            })
+            .collect();
+        winners.sort_by_key(|(movie, _)| movie.id);
+        Ok(winners)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Action for RssAction {
+    fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
+        "rss"
+    }
+
+    fn run<'a>(&'a self, database: &'a Db) -> ActionFuture<'a> {
+        Box::pin(async move { self.tick(database).await.map_err(Into::into) })
+    }
+}
+
+/// A matched title with everything a grab needs loaded.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+struct Grabbable {
+    id: i64,
+    title: String,
+    policy: MoviePolicy,
+    language: Language,
+}
+
+/// Better score first, then the tiebreaks targeted search sorts by, so both
+/// triggers pick the same release out of the same candidates.
+fn beats(candidate: &Eligible, incumbent: &Eligible) -> bool {
+    candidate
+        .score
+        .cmp(&incumbent.score)
+        .then_with(|| incumbent.indexer_id.cmp(&candidate.indexer_id))
+        .then_with(|| incumbent.guid.cmp(&candidate.guid))
+        == std::cmp::Ordering::Greater
+}
+
+/// Every wanted title with neither a file nor a grab in flight.
+///
+/// Unlike targeted search's work list this is not limited or ordered by when
+/// a title was last searched: matching is local, so the cost of carrying the
+/// whole list is a string comparison per title per feed item (§6.2). Blocked
+/// titles are here on purpose (§6.3).
+async fn wanted_movies(database: &Db) -> Result<Vec<WantedMovie>, GrabError> {
+    let rows = sqlx::query!(
+        r#"
+        SELECT   m.id      AS "id!: i64",
+                 m.tmdb_id AS "tmdb_id!: i64",
+                 m.title   AS "title!: String",
+                 m.year
+        FROM     movies m
+        WHERE    m.wanted = 1
+          AND    NOT EXISTS (
+                     SELECT 1 FROM media_files f
+                     WHERE  f.owner_kind = 'movie' AND f.owner_id = m.id
+                 )
+          AND    NOT EXISTS (
+                     SELECT 1 FROM grabs g
+                     WHERE  g.target_kind = 'movie' AND g.target_id = m.id
+                       AND  g.state IN ('sent', 'downloaded', 'imported')
+                 )
+        ORDER BY m.id
+        "#
+    )
+    .fetch_all(database.pool())
+    .await?;
+
+    Ok(rows
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|row| WantedMovie {
+            id: MovieId(row.id),
+            tmdb_id: u32::try_from(row.tmdb_id).ok(),
+            title: row.title,
+            year: row.year.and_then(|year| u16::try_from(year).ok()),
+        })
+        .collect())
+}
+
+/// The policy and original language a matched title needs, or `None` when
+/// the title cannot be evaluated yet.
+async fn load_grabbable(
+    database: &Db,
+    wanted: &[WantedMovie],
+    movie_id: i64,
+) -> Result<Option<Grabbable>, GrabError> {
+    let Some(title) = wanted
+        .iter()
+        .find(|movie| movie.id == MovieId(movie_id))
+        .map(|movie| movie.title.clone())
+    else {
+        return Ok(None);
+    };
+    let Some(policy) = database.movie_policy(movie_id).await? else {
+        return Ok(None);
+    };
+    // §5.2: every language rule is expressed against the title's own
+    // original language, and guessing it is worse than not grabbing.
+    let language: Option<String> = sqlx::query_scalar!(
+        "SELECT original_language FROM movies WHERE id = ?",
+        movie_id
+    )
+    .fetch_optional(database.pool())
+    .await?
+    .flatten();
+    let Some(language) = language else {
+        tracing::warn!(movie_id, "no original language yet; not grabbing from RSS");
+        return Ok(None);
+    };
+
+    Ok(Some(Grabbable {
+        id: movie_id,
+        title,
+        policy,
+        language: arr_db::policy::language(&language),
+    }))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+
+    use serde_json::{json, Value};
+    use wiremock::matchers::{method, path, query_param, query_param_is_missing};
+    use wiremock::{Mock, MockServer, Request, Respond, ResponseTemplate};
+
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::grab::SeedingLimits;
+    use arr_dl::TransmissionClient;
+
+    /// The recorded feed: two releases of one wanted title, one that only a
+    /// TMDB id identifies, one near miss, one TV item and one film nobody
+    /// asked for.
+    const FEED: &str = include_str!("../tests/fixtures/rss.xml");
+
+    const INDEXERS: [i64; 2] = [7, 9];
+
+    /// Enough of Transmission to add a torrent and list nothing back.
+    #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
+    struct FakeTransmission {
+        added: Arc<Mutex<Vec<String>>>,
+    }
+
+    impl Respond for FakeTransmission {
+        fn respond(&self, request: &Request) -> ResponseTemplate {
+            let body: Value = serde_json::from_slice(&request.body).unwrap();
+            match body["method"].as_str().unwrap_or_default() {
+                "torrent-add" => {
+                    let source = body["arguments"]["filename"]
+                        .as_str()
+                        .unwrap_or_default()
+                        .to_owned();
+                    let mut added = self.added.lock().unwrap();
+                    added.push(source.clone());
+                    let id = i64::try_from(added.len()).unwrap();
+                    success(&json!({"torrent-added": {
+                        "id": id, "name": source, "hashString": format!("{id:040x}")
+                    }}))
+                }
+                "torrent-get" => success(&json!({"torrents": []})),
+                _ => success(&json!({})),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn success(arguments: &Value) -> ResponseTemplate {
+        ResponseTemplate::new(200).set_body_json(json!({
+            "result": "success", "arguments": arguments
+        }))
+    }
+
+    /// Two indexers, both advertising a text search, both serving the same
+    /// feed to an empty query.
+    async fn prowlarr() -> MockServer {
+        let server = MockServer::start().await;
+        Mock::given(method("GET"))
+            .and(path("/api/v1/indexer"))
+            .respond_with(ResponseTemplate::new(200).set_body_json(json!([
+                {"id": 7, "name": "alpha", "enable": true},
+                {"id": 9, "name": "beta", "enable": true},
+            ])))
+            .mount(&server)
+            .await;
+        for id in INDEXERS {
+            Mock::given(method("GET"))
+                .and(path(format!("/{id}/api")))
+                .and(query_param("t", "caps"))
+                .respond_with(ResponseTemplate::new(200).set_body_string(
+                    r#"<caps><searching><search available="yes" supportedParams="q"/></searching></caps>"#,
+                ))
+                .mount(&server)
+                .await;
+            // The RSS call is `t=search` with no `q` at all (§6.2).
+            Mock::given(method("GET"))
+                .and(path(format!("/{id}/api")))
+                .and(query_param("t", "search"))
+                .and(query_param_is_missing("q"))
+                .respond_with(ResponseTemplate::new(200).set_body_string(FEED))
+                .mount(&server)
+                .await;
+        }
+        server
+    }
+
+    async fn transmission() -> (MockServer, FakeTransmission) {
+        let server = MockServer::start().await;
+        let fake = FakeTransmission::default();
+        Mock::given(method("POST"))
+            .respond_with(fake.clone())
+            .mount(&server)
+            .await;
+        (server, fake)
+    }
+
+    /// `(tmdb_id, title, year, blocked)`.
+    async fn wanted(movies: &[(i64, &str, i64, bool)]) -> (tempfile::TempDir, Db) {
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let database = Db::connect(dir.path().join("arr.db")).await.unwrap();
+        database.migrate().await.unwrap();
+        for &(tmdb_id, title, year, blocked) in movies {
+            sqlx::query(
+                "INSERT INTO movies (tmdb_id, title, year, original_language, blocked, root_id)
+                 SELECT ?, ?, ?, 'en', ?, id
+                 FROM roots WHERE kind = 'movie' AND audience = 'main'",
+            )
+            .bind(tmdb_id)
+            .bind(title)
+            .bind(year)
+            .bind(i64::from(blocked))
+            .execute(database.pool())
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        }
+        (dir, database)
+    }
+
+    fn action(prowlarr: &MockServer, transmission: &MockServer) -> RssAction {
+        RssAction::new(
+            ProwlarrClient::new(prowlarr.uri(), "key").unwrap(),
+            TransmissionClient::new(&transmission.uri()).unwrap(),
+            PathBuf::from("/mnt/media/transmission/complete"),
+            SeedingRules::new(
+                SeedingLimits {
+                    ratio: 1.0,
+                    idle_minutes: 60,
+                },
+                HashMap::new(),
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+
+    /// `(movie title, grabbed release name)` for every grab that was made.
+    async fn grabbed(database: &Db) -> Vec<(String, String)> {
+        sqlx::query_as::<_, (String, String)>(
+            "SELECT m.title, r.name
+             FROM   grabs g
+             JOIN   movies m ON m.id = g.target_id
+             JOIN   releases r ON r.id = g.release_id
+             ORDER BY m.title",
+        )
+        .fetch_all(database.pool())
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+    }
+
+    async fn stored_releases(database: &Db) -> Vec<String> {
+        sqlx::query_scalar::<_, String>("SELECT DISTINCT guid FROM releases ORDER BY guid")
+            .fetch_all(database.pool())
+            .await
+            .unwrap()
+    }
+
+    /// The acceptance case: a recorded feed against a seeded wanted list
+    /// grabs exactly the intended titles, by TMDB id where the tracker
+    /// supplied one.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn exactly_the_intended_titles_match() {
+        let (_dir, database) = wanted(&[
+            (693_134, "Dune: Part Two", 2024, false),
+            (933_260, "The Substance", 2024, false),
+            (438_631, "Dune", 2021, false),
+        ])
+        .await;
+        let indexer = prowlarr().await;
+        let (downloader, fake) = transmission().await;
+
+        let outcomes = action(&indexer, &downloader).tick(&database).await.unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(outcomes.len(), 3);
+        assert_eq!(
+            grabbed(&database).await,
+            vec![
+                (
+                    "Dune".to_owned(),
+                    "Dune.2021.2160p.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.Atmos.H.265-GROUP".to_owned()
+                ),
+                (
+                    "Dune: Part Two".to_owned(),
+                    "Dune.Part.Two.2024.2160p.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.Atmos.H.265-GROUP".to_owned()
+                ),
+                (
+                    "The Substance".to_owned(),
+                    "La.Sustancia.2024.2160p.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.265-GRUPO".to_owned()
+                ),
+            ],
+            "one torrent per title, and the 1080p Dune: Part Two loses to the 2160p one"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(fake.added.lock().unwrap().len(), 3);
+        // The TV item and the film nobody asked for are not cached against
+        // any title: an unmatched release belongs to nothing. Both indexers
+        // carry the same four, under their own indexer id.
+        assert_eq!(
+            stored_releases(&database).await,
+            vec!["alpha-1", "alpha-2", "alpha-3", "alpha-4"]
+        );
+        let rows: i64 = sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT count(*) FROM releases")
+            .fetch_one(database.pool())
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(rows, 8);
+    }
+
+    /// The near miss. "Dune: Part Three" is one word from a release that is
+    /// in the feed, from the same franchise, in the same year.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn a_near_miss_is_not_grabbed() {
+        let (_dir, database) = wanted(&[(9_999_999, "Dune: Part Three", 2024, false)]).await;
+        let indexer = prowlarr().await;
+        let (downloader, fake) = transmission().await;
+
+        let outcomes = action(&indexer, &downloader).tick(&database).await.unwrap();
+
+        assert!(outcomes.is_empty());
+        assert!(fake.added.lock().unwrap().is_empty());
+        assert!(stored_releases(&database).await.is_empty());
+    }
+
+    /// §6.2: RSS never backs off, so nothing it does may spend one of
+    /// targeted search's attempts.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn matching_never_touches_the_search_backoff() {
+        let (_dir, database) = wanted(&[
+            (693_134, "Dune: Part Two", 2024, false),
+            (9_999_999, "Dune: Part Three", 2024, false),
+        ])
+        .await;
+        let indexer = prowlarr().await;
+        let (downloader, _fake) = transmission().await;
+
+        action(&indexer, &downloader).tick(&database).await.unwrap();
+
+        let attempts: Vec<(i64, Option<String>)> =
+            sqlx::query_as("SELECT search_attempts, last_searched_at FROM movies ORDER BY id")
+                .fetch_all(database.pool())
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(attempts, vec![(0, None), (0, None)]);
+    }
+
+    /// §6.3: `blocked` stops targeted search and leaves RSS matching on.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn a_blocked_title_still_matches_rss() {
+        let (_dir, database) = wanted(&[(693_134, "Dune: Part Two", 2024, true)]).await;
+        let indexer = prowlarr().await;
+        let (downloader, _fake) = transmission().await;
+
+        let outcomes = action(&indexer, &downloader).tick(&database).await.unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(outcomes.len(), 1);
+    }
+
+    /// The property the whole lane exists for: cost is one call per indexer,
+    /// whatever the wanted list holds.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn one_empty_query_call_per_indexer() {
+        let (_dir, database) = wanted(&[
+            (693_134, "Dune: Part Two", 2024, false),
+            (933_260, "The Substance", 2024, false),
+            (438_631, "Dune", 2021, false),
+        ])
+        .await;
+        let indexer = prowlarr().await;
+        let (downloader, _fake) = transmission().await;
+
+        action(&indexer, &downloader).tick(&database).await.unwrap();
+
+        for id in INDEXERS {
+            let feeds = indexer
+                .received_requests()
+                .await
+                .unwrap()
+                .into_iter()
+                .filter(|request| {
+                    request.url.path() == format!("/{id}/api")
+                        && request
+                            .url
+                            .query_pairs()
+                            .any(|(name, value)| name == "t" && value == "search")
+                })
+                .count();
+            assert_eq!(feeds, 1);
+        }
+    }
+}

crates/arr-daemon/tests/fixtures/rss.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<rss version="2.0" xmlns:torznab="http://torznab.com/schemas/2015/feed">
+  <channel>
+    <title>Alpha Tracker</title>
+    <item>
+      <title>Dune.Part.Two.2024.2160p.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.Atmos.H.265-GROUP</title>
+      <guid>alpha-1</guid>
+      <link>https://indexer.invalid/download/alpha-1</link>
+      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
+      <enclosure url="https://indexer.invalid/download/alpha-1" length="23622320128"
+                 type="application/x-bittorrent"/>
+      <torznab:attr name="seeders" value="41"/>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <title>Dune.Part.Two.2024.1080p.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-OTHER</title>
+      <guid>alpha-2</guid>
+      <link>https://indexer.invalid/download/alpha-2</link>
+      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 08:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
+      <enclosure url="https://indexer.invalid/download/alpha-2" length="8589934592"
+                 type="application/x-bittorrent"/>
+      <torznab:attr name="seeders" value="12"/>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <title>La.Sustancia.2024.2160p.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.265-GRUPO</title>
+      <guid>alpha-3</guid>
+      <link>https://indexer.invalid/download/alpha-3</link>
+      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
+      <enclosure url="https://indexer.invalid/download/alpha-3" length="21474836480"
+                 type="application/x-bittorrent"/>
+      <torznab:attr name="seeders" value="30"/>
+      <torznab:attr name="tmdbid" value="933260"/>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <title>Dune.2021.2160p.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.Atmos.H.265-GROUP</title>
+      <guid>alpha-4</guid>
+      <link>https://indexer.invalid/download/alpha-4</link>
+      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 06:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
+      <enclosure url="https://indexer.invalid/download/alpha-4" length="22548578304"
+                 type="application/x-bittorrent"/>
+      <torznab:attr name="seeders" value="88"/>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <title>Dune.Prophecy.S01E03.2024.2160p.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.265-GROUP</title>
+      <guid>alpha-5</guid>
+      <link>https://indexer.invalid/download/alpha-5</link>
+      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 06:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
+      <enclosure url="https://indexer.invalid/download/alpha-5" length="6442450944"
+                 type="application/x-bittorrent"/>
+      <torznab:attr name="seeders" value="55"/>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <title>Nosferatu.2024.2160p.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.Atmos.H.265-GROUP</title>
+      <guid>alpha-6</guid>
+      <link>https://indexer.invalid/download/alpha-6</link>
+      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
+      <enclosure url="https://indexer.invalid/download/alpha-6" length="20401094656"
+                 type="application/x-bittorrent"/>
+      <torznab:attr name="seeders" value="14"/>
+    </item>
+  </channel>
+</rss>

crates/arr-indexer/src/search.rs

@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ pub struct SearchRelease {
     pub seeders: Option<u32>,
     pub publish_date: Option<SystemTime>,
     pub download_url: String,
+    /// TMDB id the tracker attached to the item, when it attached one. An ID
+    /// the indexer supplies beats anything read off the release name.
+    pub tmdb_id: Option<u32>,
 }
 
 /// Results from one indexer in a multi-indexer search.
@@ -279,6 +282,7 @@ struct ReleaseBuilder {
     publish_date: Option<SystemTime>,
     link: Option<String>,
     enclosure_url: Option<String>,
+    tmdb_id: Option<u32>,
 }
 
 impl ReleaseBuilder {
@@ -295,6 +299,7 @@ impl ReleaseBuilder {
             seeders: self.seeders,
             publish_date: self.publish_date,
             download_url,
+            tmdb_id: self.tmdb_id,
         })
     }
 
@@ -417,6 +422,12 @@ fn read_element_attributes(
                         .and_then(|value| value.parse().ok())
                         .or(builder.seeders);
                 }
+                Some("tmdbid") => {
+                    builder.tmdb_id = value
+                        .and_then(|value| value.trim().parse().ok())
+                        .filter(|&id| id != 0)
+                        .or(builder.tmdb_id);
+                }
                 _ => {}
             }
         }
@@ -717,6 +728,38 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    /// An id the tracker attached to the item is what RSS matching prefers
+    /// over anything read off the release name (§6.2).
+    #[test]
+    fn a_torznab_tmdb_id_is_kept() {
+        let body = br#"
+            <rss version="2.0" xmlns:torznab="http://torznab.com/schemas/2015/feed">
+              <channel>
+                <item>
+                  <title>La.Sustancia.2024.2160p.WEB-DL</title>
+                  <guid>identified</guid>
+                  <link>https://indexer.invalid/download/identified</link>
+                  <torznab:attr name="tmdbid" value="933260"/>
+                </item>
+                <item>
+                  <title>Nosferatu.2024.2160p.WEB-DL</title>
+                  <guid>anonymous</guid>
+                  <link>https://indexer.invalid/download/anonymous</link>
+                  <torznab:attr name="tmdbid" value="0"/>
+                </item>
+              </channel>
+            </rss>
+        "#;
+
+        let releases = parse_releases(3, body).expect("feed structure is valid");
+
+        assert_eq!(releases[0].tmdb_id, Some(933_260));
+        assert_eq!(
+            releases[1].tmdb_id, None,
+            "a zero is the tracker saying it does not know"
+        );
+    }
+
     /// A pack and one episode of that pack carry the same series title, so
     /// the tag on the release name is the only thing separating them.
     #[test]