test(491): run the dedupe fixture against MySql in CI; correct the collation claim

The dedupe DML had zero automated coverage on MySql: the migrations job only
applies migrations to a fresh EMPTY database, so no dedupe row ever executed
there. Two MySql-only collation defects escaped that gate in this session and
were caught only by hand-run containers.

Parameterize LibraryFolderDedupeMigrationTests over both providers from ONE
fixture body - same seeded rows, same expected survivors - rather than adding a
MySql-only copy that would drift and recreate the gap. Assertions no longer use
WHERE Path = '...', which is itself collation-dependent and would quietly mean
something different per provider; rows are read once and compared ordinally in
memory. A new step in the existing migrations job runs it against that job's
mysql:8.4 service, on a per-test database of its own.

Proven red when the collation is wrong: restoring COLLATE utf8mb4_bin fails the
MySql half with survivors [1,4,5,6,7,9] - the trailing-space sibling deleted -
while SQLite stays green. Proven non-skippable: without
ETV_TEST_MYSQL_CONNECTION the fixture ignores visibly, and with
ETV_REQUIRE_MYSQL_TESTS=1 (which CI sets) that skip becomes a hard failure, so
it cannot pass having connected to nothing. Local runs need no MySql.

Also correct an overstated comment. The schema pins only the utf8mb4 charset,
never a collation, so the effective comparison is the server default: always
case-insensitive, but PAD SPACE only on utf8mb4_general_ci - 8.4's default
utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci is NO PAD, verified on the real column. The migration bug was
independent of that because the old code applied an EXPLICIT utf8mb4_bin, which
is PAD SPACE everywhere; the runtime simply tolerates both.

Refs #488 #308
fix #491

.gitea/workflows/docker-build.yml

@@ -408,6 +408,26 @@ jobs:
           done
           echo "::endgroup::"
 
+      # The two checks above only ever apply migrations to a fresh EMPTY database, so they execute no
+      # rows of any data-migration logic. The #491 LibraryFolder dedupe DELETES rows irreversibly and its
+      # correctness depends on MySql string-comparison semantics that SQLite does not share — two
+      # MySql-only collation defects (a case-insensitive grouping, then a PAD SPACE one) escaped exactly
+      # this gate and were caught only by hand-run servers. LibraryFolderDedupeMigrationTests is
+      # parameterized over both providers from ONE fixture, so running it here against the live service
+      # closes that gap and keeps the two providers from silently diverging.
+      # ETV_REQUIRE_MYSQL_TESTS turns "no MySql reachable" from a skip into a failure, so this can never
+      # quietly pass having connected to nothing. It reuses the `mysql` service already declared by this
+      # job, on its own per-test database, so it does not disturb the fresh-DB apply above.
+      - name: MySql — data-migration fixture (#491 dedupe, same fixture as SQLite)
+        if: steps.detect.outputs.docs_only != 'true' && steps.revalidate.outputs.skip != 'true'
+        env:
+          ETV_TEST_MYSQL_CONNECTION: "Server=mysql;Port=3306;Uid=root;Pwd=ersatztv;DefaultCommandTimeout=300;"
+          ETV_REQUIRE_MYSQL_TESTS: "1"
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          dotnet test ErsatzTV.Tests/ErsatzTV.Tests.csproj --no-build --configuration Release \
+            --filter "FullyQualifiedName~LibraryFolderDedupeMigrationTests"
+
   functional-e2e:
     name: Functional E2E (curl + UI contracts)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

ErsatzTV.Infrastructure/Data/Repositories/LibraryRepository.cs

@@ -322,16 +322,29 @@ public class LibraryRepository(IFileSystem fileSystem, IDbContextFactory<TvConte
     ///     Resolve a folder by its exact path within a library path.
     ///     <para>
     ///         The SQL equality is only a *narrowing* filter, not the identity test. On MySQL, `Path` is a
-    ///         `longtext` compared under the server default, which differs from byte equality on two axes:
+    ///         `longtext` whose collation the schema does not pin — only the `utf8mb4` charset — so the
-    ///         it is case-INsensitive (the collation the codebase names in
+    ///         effective comparison is whatever the server defaults to, and it differs from byte equality:
-    ///         <see cref="TvContext.CaseInsensitiveCollation" />), and it is PAD SPACE, so trailing spaces
+    ///         <list type="bullet">
-    ///         are insignificant. `Path = @folder` therefore also matches siblings differing only in case
+    ///             <item>
-    ///         or in trailing whitespace — all legal on a case-sensitive filesystem, and all preserved by
+    ///                 always case-INsensitive: both plausible defaults are `_ci` (8.4 verified:
-    ///         the #491 migration. Crucially the SQL predicate is a *superset*: both quirks make it more
+    ///                 `utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci`; older servers `utf8mb4_general_ci`), which is why
-    ///         permissive, never less, so it cannot miss a byte-exact match. Identity is then settled in
+    ///                 <see cref="TvContext.CaseInsensitiveCollation" /> exists at all;
-    ///         memory by <see cref="ResolveExact" /> with an ORDINAL comparison, matching
+    ///             </item>
-    ///         <c>PathUtils.GetPathHash</c>, which hashes the exact bytes. Without this the lookup and the
+    ///             <item>
-    ///         hash disagree, and the PathHash heal could stamp one sibling's hash onto the other's row.
+    ///                 possibly PAD SPACE, making trailing spaces insignificant — true of
+    ///                 `utf8mb4_general_ci`, but NOT of `utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci`, which is NO PAD. So this axis
+    ///                 is server-dependent rather than guaranteed, and must be tolerated rather than
+    ///                 assumed either way.
+    ///             </item>
+    ///         </list>
+    ///         `Path = @folder` can therefore also match siblings differing only in case, or (on a PAD
+    ///         SPACE server) in trailing whitespace — all legal on a case-sensitive filesystem, and all
+    ///         preserved by the #491 migration. Crucially the SQL predicate is a *superset*: every such
+    ///         quirk makes it more permissive, never less, so it cannot miss a byte-exact match. Identity
+    ///         is then settled in memory by <see cref="ResolveExact" /> with an ORDINAL comparison,
+    ///         matching <c>PathUtils.GetPathHash</c>, which hashes the exact bytes. Without this the lookup
+    ///         and the hash disagree, and the PathHash heal could stamp one sibling's hash onto the other's
+    ///         row.
     ///     </para>
     ///     <para>
     ///         Ordered by Id so the result is deterministic: an unordered <c>FirstOrDefault</c> may return a

ErsatzTV.Tests/Integration/LibraryFolderDedupeMigrationTests.cs

@@ -1,69 +1,155 @@
 using Dapper;
 using ErsatzTV.Infrastructure;
 using ErsatzTV.Infrastructure.Data;
+using ErsatzTV.Infrastructure.MySql.Data;
 using ErsatzTV.Infrastructure.Sqlite.Data;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
+using MySqlConnector;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using Shouldly;
 
 namespace ErsatzTV.Tests.Integration;
 
+public enum TestProvider
+{
+    Sqlite,
+    MySql
+}
+
 /// <summary>
 ///     ersatztv#491: the unique index on <c>LibraryFolder(LibraryPathId, PathHash)</c> ships with an
 ///     audit/cleanup of pre-existing duplicate rows (reachable before #488, when the folder lookup read a
 ///     scan-start in-memory snapshot and could not see a folder created earlier in the same scan). This
-///     drives the REAL Sqlite migration against a database seeded at the previous migration, so the
+///     drives the REAL migration against a database seeded at the previous migration, so the cleanup SQL
-///     cleanup SQL is exercised rather than restated.
+///     is exercised rather than restated.
+///     <para>
+///         Runs against BOTH providers from ONE fixture body. The dedupe deletes rows irreversibly and its
+///         correctness turns on string-comparison semantics that differ per provider — two MySQL-only
+///         collation defects escaped review in the #491 session (a case-insensitive grouping, then a PAD
+///         SPACE one), and neither was reachable from a SQLite-only test, nor from CI's MySQL job, which
+///         only applies migrations to a fresh EMPTY database and so executes no dedupe rows at all.
+///         Parameterizing one fixture is what makes "the two providers agree" a checked property rather
+///         than an assumption; a separate MySQL-only copy would drift and recreate the gap.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         MySQL needs a live server, supplied via <c>ETV_TEST_MYSQL_CONNECTION</c>. Without it the MySQL
+///         fixture <b>ignores</b> — a visible skip, never a silent pass — so local runs need no MySQL. CI
+///         sets <c>ETV_REQUIRE_MYSQL_TESTS=1</c>, which turns that skip into a hard failure, so the gate
+///         cannot quietly degrade into "connected to nothing and passed".
+///     </para>
 /// </summary>
-[TestFixture]
+[TestFixture(TestProvider.Sqlite)]
-public class LibraryFolderDedupeMigrationTests
+[TestFixture(TestProvider.MySql)]
+[NonParallelizable]
+public class LibraryFolderDedupeMigrationTests(TestProvider provider)
 {
     // the migration immediately preceding Add_LibraryFolder_PathHash_UniqueIndex
     private const string PreviousMigration = "Add_Channel_Origin";
 
+    private const string MySqlConnectionVariable = "ETV_TEST_MYSQL_CONNECTION";
+    private const string MySqlRequiredVariable = "ETV_REQUIRE_MYSQL_TESTS";
+
     private string _databasePath = null!;
+    private string _mySqlConnectionString;
 
     // Seeding writes deliberately partial object graphs (a LibraryPath with no Library, a MediaFile with
-    // no MediaVersion), so it needs foreign keys OFF — as every other harness in this suite does.
+    // no MediaVersion), so it runs with foreign keys OFF.
     private DbContextOptions<TvContext> _seedOptions = null!;
 
-    // The migration itself runs with foreign keys ON, matching production (`Startup.cs` builds the SQLite
+    // The migration itself runs with foreign keys ON, matching production. This matters: the single most
-    // connection string with `foreign keys=true`). This matters: the single most dangerous statement in
+    // dangerous statement in the #491 migration is DELETE FROM LibraryFolder against two Restrict foreign
-    // the #491 migration is `DELETE FROM LibraryFolder` against two Restrict foreign keys
+    // keys (MediaFile.LibraryFolderId, LibraryFolder.ParentId). With enforcement off, a wrong repoint
-    // (MediaFile.LibraryFolderId, LibraryFolder.ParentId). With enforcement off, a wrong repoint order
+    // order would still pass; with it on, the delete fails loudly.
-    // would still pass; with it on, the delete fails loudly.
     private DbContextOptions<TvContext> _migrateOptions = null!;
 
     [SetUp]
-    public void SetUp()
+    public async Task SetUp()
     {
-        TvContext.IsSqlite = true;
+        if (provider is TestProvider.Sqlite)
-        TvContext.IsUniqueConstraintViolation = SqliteErrorClassifier.IsUniqueConstraintViolation;
+        {
+            TvContext.IsSqlite = true;
+            TvContext.LastInsertedRowId = "last_insert_rowid()";
+            TvContext.CaseInsensitiveCollation = "NOCASE";
+            TvContext.IsUniqueConstraintViolation = SqliteErrorClassifier.IsUniqueConstraintViolation;
 
-        _databasePath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"etv491-{Guid.NewGuid():N}.sqlite3");
+            _databasePath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"etv491-{Guid.NewGuid():N}.sqlite3");
-        _seedOptions = BuildOptions(foreignKeys: false);
+            _seedOptions = SqliteOptions(foreignKeys: false);
-        _migrateOptions = BuildOptions(foreignKeys: true);
+            _migrateOptions = SqliteOptions(foreignKeys: true);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        string baseConnectionString = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(MySqlConnectionVariable);
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(baseConnectionString))
+        {
+            string message =
+                $"{MySqlConnectionVariable} is not set, so the MySql half of the #491 dedupe fixture cannot "
+                + "run. The dedupe deletes rows irreversibly and its correctness is provider-specific, so "
+                + "this coverage is not optional in CI.";
+
+            // A skip is fine locally; in CI it is the very failure mode this fixture exists to prevent.
+            if (IsTrue(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(MySqlRequiredVariable)))
+            {
+                Assert.Fail($"{message} {MySqlRequiredVariable} is set, so this is a failure, not a skip.");
+            }
+
+            Assert.Ignore($"{message} Set it to run this locally.");
+        }
+
+        // Use a database of our own rather than the one the surrounding CI step migrates, rebuilt per test
+        // so each starts from nothing.
+        var builder = new MySqlConnectionStringBuilder(baseConnectionString);
+        var database = $"etv491_{Guid.NewGuid():N}";
+        builder.Database = string.Empty;
+
+        await using (var connection = new MySqlConnection(builder.ConnectionString))
+        {
+            await connection.OpenAsync();
+            await connection.ExecuteAsync($"CREATE DATABASE `{database}`");
+        }
+
+        builder.Database = database;
+        _mySqlConnectionString = builder.ConnectionString;
+
+        TvContext.IsSqlite = false;
+        TvContext.LastInsertedRowId = "last_insert_id()";
+        TvContext.CaseInsensitiveCollation = "utf8mb4_general_ci";
+        TvContext.IsUniqueConstraintViolation = MySqlErrorClassifier.IsUniqueConstraintViolation;
+
+        _seedOptions = MySqlOptions();
+        _migrateOptions = MySqlOptions();
     }
 
-    private DbContextOptions<TvContext> BuildOptions(bool foreignKeys) =>
-        new DbContextOptionsBuilder<TvContext>()
-            .UseSqlite(
-                $"Data Source={_databasePath};Foreign Keys={foreignKeys}",
-                o => o.MigrationsAssembly("ErsatzTV.Infrastructure.Sqlite"))
-            .Options;
-
     [TearDown]
-    public void TearDown()
+    public async Task TearDown()
     {
-        Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteConnection.ClearAllPools();
+        if (provider is TestProvider.Sqlite)
-        foreach (string path in new[] { _databasePath, $"{_databasePath}-wal", $"{_databasePath}-shm" })
         {
-            if (File.Exists(path))
+            Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteConnection.ClearAllPools();
+            foreach (string path in new[] { _databasePath, $"{_databasePath}-wal", $"{_databasePath}-shm" })
             {
-                File.Delete(path);
+                if (File.Exists(path))
+                {
+                    File.Delete(path);
+                }
             }
+
+            return;
         }
+
+        if (_mySqlConnectionString is null)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var builder = new MySqlConnectionStringBuilder(_mySqlConnectionString);
+        string database = builder.Database;
+        builder.Database = string.Empty;
+        _mySqlConnectionString = null;
+
+        await using var connection = new MySqlConnection(builder.ConnectionString);
+        await connection.OpenAsync();
+        await connection.ExecuteAsync($"DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS `{database}`");
     }
 
     [Test]
@@ -72,12 +158,19 @@ public class LibraryFolderDedupeMigrationTests
         await using (TvContext context = SeedContext())
         {
             await context.Database.MigrateAsync(PreviousMigration);
+            await using SeedSession seed = await SeedSession.OpenAsync(context, provider);
 
-            // one library path with the SAME folder recorded three times (ids 1, 2, 3) plus an unrelated
+            // one library path with the SAME folder recorded three times (ids 1, 2, 3), an unrelated
-            // folder (id 4) and a child parented on one of the duplicates (id 5)
+            // folder (4), a child parented on one of the duplicates (5), a case-differing sibling (6),
-            await context.Connection.ExecuteAsync(
+            // a folder parented on its own duplicate (7/8 — the cycle the ParentId null-out guards), and
+            // a sibling differing only by a TRAILING SPACE (9/10). The last two pairs are distinct legal
+            // directories on Linux that hash differently, so the unique index accepts both and the dedupe
+            // must not collapse them. On MySql a case-insensitive grouping deletes 6, and a PAD SPACE one
+            // deletes 10 — utf8mb4_bin, the obvious fix for the first, is itself PAD SPACE, which is why
+            // the migration groups on CONVERT(Path USING binary) instead.
+            await seed.ExecuteAsync(
                 "INSERT INTO LibraryPath (Id, LibraryId, Path) VALUES (1, 1, '/data/music')");
-            await context.Connection.ExecuteAsync(
+            await seed.ExecuteAsync(
                 """
                 INSERT INTO LibraryFolder (Id, LibraryPathId, Path, ParentId, Etag) VALUES
                     (1, 1, '/data/music/artist1', NULL, 'etag-keeper'),
@@ -85,33 +178,25 @@ public class LibraryFolderDedupeMigrationTests
                     (3, 1, '/data/music/artist1', NULL, 'etag-dupe-b'),
                     (4, 1, '/data/music/artist2', NULL, NULL),
                     (5, 1, '/data/music/artist1/album', 3, NULL),
-                    -- a case-differing sibling, legal on a case-sensitive filesystem: must SURVIVE
                     (6, 1, '/data/music/ARTIST2', NULL, NULL),
-                    -- duplicate 3 is parented on duplicate 2: repointing both would make the survivor
-                    -- its own parent, the cycle the ParentId null-out guards
                     (7, 1, '/data/music/artist3', 8, NULL),
                     (8, 1, '/data/music/artist3', NULL, NULL),
-                    -- a sibling differing only by a TRAILING SPACE. Two distinct legal directories on
-                    -- Linux, and PathUtils.GetPathHash hashes them differently, so the unique index would
-                    -- accept both — the dedupe must not collapse them. MySql's string comparison is PAD
-                    -- SPACE (verified on 8.4, for utf8mb4_bin as well as the ci default), so grouping
-                    -- under any collation rather than binary would delete row 10 irreversibly.
                     (9, 1, '/data/music/pad', NULL, NULL),
                     (10, 1, '/data/music/pad ', NULL, NULL)
                 """);
 
-            // a media file on each duplicate, and an image-folder-duration on a duplicate only
+            // a media file on each duplicate and on each half of the trailing-space pair, plus an
-            await context.Connection.ExecuteAsync(
+            // image-folder-duration on duplicates only
+            await seed.ExecuteAsync(
                 """
                 INSERT INTO MediaFile (Id, Path, PathHash, MediaVersionId, LibraryFolderId) VALUES
                     (1, '/data/music/artist1/a.mkv', 'hash-a', 1, 1),
                     (2, '/data/music/artist1/b.mkv', 'hash-b', 2, 2),
                     (3, '/data/music/artist1/c.mkv', 'hash-c', 3, 3),
-                    -- dependents of the trailing-space pair: must stay attached to their OWN folder
                     (4, '/data/music/pad/d.mkv', 'hash-d', 4, 9),
                     (5, '/data/music/pad /e.mkv', 'hash-e', 5, 10)
                 """);
-            await context.Connection.ExecuteAsync(
+            await seed.ExecuteAsync(
                 """
                 INSERT INTO ImageFolderDuration (Id, LibraryFolderId, DurationSeconds) VALUES
                     (1, 2, 30.0),
@@ -127,70 +212,53 @@ public class LibraryFolderDedupeMigrationTests
 
         await using (TvContext context = MigrateContext())
         {
-            // the duplicates are gone; the lowest id survives
+            // Read the surviving rows once and assert in memory. Deliberately NOT `WHERE Path = '...'`:
-            List<int> folderIds =
+            // that predicate is itself collation-dependent (on MySQL it would also match the
-                (await context.Connection.QueryAsync<int>(
+            // case-differing and trailing-space siblings), so an assertion written that way would quietly
-                    "SELECT Id FROM LibraryFolder WHERE Path = '/data/music/artist1'")).ToList();
+            // mean something different on each provider — the exact class of bug this fixture guards.
-            folderIds.ShouldBe([1]);
+            List<FolderRow> folders = (await context.Connection.QueryAsync<FolderRow>(
+                "SELECT Id, Path, ParentId, Etag FROM LibraryFolder ORDER BY Id")).ToList();
 
             // survivors: keeper 1, artist2 (4), the child (5), the case-differing sibling (6), artist3's
             // keeper (7), and BOTH halves of the trailing-space pair (9, 10). Losers 2, 3 and 8 are gone.
-            List<int> survivors =
+            folders.Select(f => f.Id).ToList().ShouldBe([1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10]);
-                (await context.Connection.QueryAsync<int>(
-                    "SELECT Id FROM LibraryFolder ORDER BY Id")).ToList();
-            survivors.ShouldBe([1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10]);
 
-            // a folder differing only in case is NOT a duplicate — it must survive untouched
+            // and their paths survive BYTE-exactly (ordinal comparison here, matching the hash)
-            (await context.Connection.ExecuteScalarAsync<int>(
+            folders.Select(f => f.Path).ToList().ShouldBe(
-                "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM LibraryFolder WHERE Path = '/data/music/ARTIST2'")).ShouldBe(1);
+            [
-
+                "/data/music/artist1",
-            // nor is one differing only by a trailing space, and each keeps its OWN dependents
+                "/data/music/artist2",
-            List<string> padded =
+                "/data/music/artist1/album",
-                (await context.Connection.QueryAsync<string>(
+                "/data/music/ARTIST2",
-                    "SELECT Id || '=[' || Path || ']' FROM LibraryFolder WHERE Id IN (9, 10) ORDER BY Id"))
+                "/data/music/artist3",
-                .ToList();
+                "/data/music/pad",
-            padded.ShouldBe(["9=[/data/music/pad]", "10=[/data/music/pad ]"]);
+                "/data/music/pad "
-
+            ]);
-            List<int> padMediaFolderIds =
-                (await context.Connection.QueryAsync<int>(
-                    "SELECT LibraryFolderId FROM MediaFile WHERE Id IN (4, 5) ORDER BY Id")).ToList();
-            padMediaFolderIds.ShouldBe([9, 10]);
 
             // the keeper's etag is cleared: which duplicate the scanner was writing to was arbitrary, so
             // MIN(Id)'s etag could suppress the rescan that repairs the collapsed folder
-            (await context.Connection.ExecuteScalarAsync<string>(
+            folders.Single(f => f.Id == 1).Etag.ShouldBeNull();
-                "SELECT Etag FROM LibraryFolder WHERE Id = 1")).ShouldBeNull();
-
-            // the folder parented on its own duplicate did not become its own parent
-            (await context.Connection.ExecuteScalarAsync<int?>(
-                "SELECT ParentId FROM LibraryFolder WHERE Id = 7")).ShouldBeNull();
-
-            // every media file follows the keeper — nothing orphaned, nothing deleted
-            List<int> mediaFolderIds =
-                (await context.Connection.QueryAsync<int>(
-                    "SELECT LibraryFolderId FROM MediaFile WHERE Id IN (1, 2, 3) ORDER BY Id")).ToList();
-            mediaFolderIds.ShouldBe([1, 1, 1]);
 
             // the child folder is reparented off the deleted duplicate onto the keeper
-            (await context.Connection.ExecuteScalarAsync<int>(
+            folders.Single(f => f.Id == 5).ParentId.ShouldBe(1);
-                "SELECT ParentId FROM LibraryFolder WHERE Id = 5")).ShouldBe(1);
+
+            // the folder parented on its own duplicate did not become its own parent
+            folders.Single(f => f.Id == 7).ParentId.ShouldBeNull();
+
+            // every media file follows the keeper — nothing orphaned, nothing deleted — while the
+            // trailing-space pair's dependents stay attached to their OWN folder
+            List<int> mediaFolderIds = (await context.Connection.QueryAsync<int>(
+                "SELECT LibraryFolderId FROM MediaFile ORDER BY Id")).ToList();
+            mediaFolderIds.ShouldBe([1, 1, 1, 9, 10]);
 
             // the keeper had no ImageFolderDuration, so exactly one duplicate's setting is promoted to it
             // (the lowest id) and the rest are dropped — the 1:1 unique index cannot hold both
-            List<string> durations =
+            List<int> durationFolderIds = (await context.Connection.QueryAsync<int>(
-                (await context.Connection.QueryAsync<string>(
+                "SELECT LibraryFolderId FROM ImageFolderDuration ORDER BY Id")).ToList();
-                    "SELECT Id || ':' || LibraryFolderId FROM ImageFolderDuration ORDER BY Id")).ToList();
+            durationFolderIds.ShouldBe([1]);
-            durations.ShouldBe(["1:1"]);
 
-            // the helper tables the cleanup used are not left behind
+            await AssertHelperTablesDropped(context);
-            (await context.Connection.ExecuteScalarAsync<int>(
+            await AssertUniqueIndexExists(context);
-                "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name LIKE '__LibraryFolderDedupe%'"))
-                .ShouldBe(0);
-
-            // and the unique index is now in place and enforcing
-            (await context.Connection.ExecuteScalarAsync<int>(
-                "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'index' AND name = 'IX_LibraryFolder_LibraryPathId_PathHash'"))
-                .ShouldBe(1);
         }
     }
 
@@ -201,15 +269,17 @@ public class LibraryFolderDedupeMigrationTests
         await using (TvContext context = SeedContext())
         {
             await context.Database.MigrateAsync(PreviousMigration);
-            await context.Connection.ExecuteAsync(
+            await using SeedSession seed = await SeedSession.OpenAsync(context, provider);
+
+            await seed.ExecuteAsync(
                 "INSERT INTO LibraryPath (Id, LibraryId, Path) VALUES (1, 1, '/data/music')");
-            await context.Connection.ExecuteAsync(
+            await seed.ExecuteAsync(
                 """
                 INSERT INTO LibraryFolder (Id, LibraryPathId, Path, ParentId, Etag) VALUES
                     (1, 1, '/data/music/artist1', NULL, 'etag-1'),
                     (2, 1, '/data/music/artist2', 1, 'etag-2')
                 """);
-            await context.Connection.ExecuteAsync(
+            await seed.ExecuteAsync(
                 "INSERT INTO ImageFolderDuration (Id, LibraryFolderId, DurationSeconds) VALUES (1, 2, 30.0)");
         }
 
@@ -221,9 +291,14 @@ public class LibraryFolderDedupeMigrationTests
 
         await using (TvContext context = MigrateContext())
         {
-            (await context.Connection.ExecuteScalarAsync<int>("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM LibraryFolder")).ShouldBe(2);
+            List<FolderRow> folders = (await context.Connection.QueryAsync<FolderRow>(
-            (await context.Connection.ExecuteScalarAsync<int>("SELECT ParentId FROM LibraryFolder WHERE Id = 2"))
+                "SELECT Id, Path, ParentId, Etag FROM LibraryFolder ORDER BY Id")).ToList();
-                .ShouldBe(1);
+
+            folders.Select(f => f.Id).ToList().ShouldBe([1, 2]);
+            folders.Single(f => f.Id == 1).Etag.ShouldBe("etag-1");
+            folders.Single(f => f.Id == 2).Etag.ShouldBe("etag-2");
+            folders.Single(f => f.Id == 2).ParentId.ShouldBe(1);
+
             (await context.Connection.ExecuteScalarAsync<int>(
                 "SELECT LibraryFolderId FROM ImageFolderDuration WHERE Id = 1")).ShouldBe(2);
 
@@ -233,17 +308,61 @@ public class LibraryFolderDedupeMigrationTests
         }
     }
 
-    // The `Foreign Keys=True` keyword above is the whole point of splitting the contexts, so prove it took
+    // Foreign-key enforcement is the whole point of splitting the seed and migrate contexts, so prove it
-    // effect rather than trusting the connection string: a typo or a pragma reset would silently revert
+    // took effect rather than trusting a connection-string keyword: a typo, a pragma reset or a leaked
-    // this test to its weaker "enforcement off" form and still pass every assertion.
+    // SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 would silently revert this to its weaker form and still pass everything.
-    private static async Task AssertForeignKeysEnforced(TvContext context)
+    private async Task AssertForeignKeysEnforced(TvContext context)
     {
-        (await context.Connection.ExecuteScalarAsync<long>("PRAGMA foreign_keys")).ShouldBe(
+        string sql = provider is TestProvider.Sqlite
+            ? "PRAGMA foreign_keys"
+            : "SELECT @@SESSION.foreign_key_checks";
+
+        (await context.Connection.ExecuteScalarAsync<long>(sql)).ShouldBe(
             1,
             "the migration must run with foreign keys ENFORCED — otherwise DELETE FROM LibraryFolder is "
             + "not actually tested against the Restrict constraints it must not violate");
     }
 
+    private async Task AssertHelperTablesDropped(TvContext context)
+    {
+        string sql = provider is TestProvider.Sqlite
+            ? "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name LIKE '__LibraryFolderDedupe%'"
+            : "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM information_schema.TABLES WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = DATABASE() "
+              + "AND TABLE_NAME LIKE '\\_\\_LibraryFolderDedupe%'";
+
+        (await context.Connection.ExecuteScalarAsync<int>(sql)).ShouldBe(0, "helper tables were left behind");
+    }
+
+    private async Task AssertUniqueIndexExists(TvContext context)
+    {
+        string sql = provider is TestProvider.Sqlite
+            ? "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'index' "
+              + "AND name = 'IX_LibraryFolder_LibraryPathId_PathHash'"
+            : "SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT INDEX_NAME) FROM information_schema.STATISTICS "
+              + "WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = DATABASE() AND TABLE_NAME = 'LibraryFolder' "
+              + "AND INDEX_NAME = 'IX_LibraryFolder_LibraryPathId_PathHash'";
+
+        (await context.Connection.ExecuteScalarAsync<int>(sql)).ShouldBe(1, "the unique index was not created");
+    }
+
+    private static bool IsTrue(string value) =>
+        value is "1" || string.Equals(value, "true", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+    private DbContextOptions<TvContext> SqliteOptions(bool foreignKeys) =>
+        new DbContextOptionsBuilder<TvContext>()
+            .UseSqlite(
+                $"Data Source={_databasePath};Foreign Keys={foreignKeys}",
+                o => o.MigrationsAssembly("ErsatzTV.Infrastructure.Sqlite"))
+            .Options;
+
+    private DbContextOptions<TvContext> MySqlOptions() =>
+        new DbContextOptionsBuilder<TvContext>()
+            .UseMySql(
+                _mySqlConnectionString,
+                ServerVersion.AutoDetect(_mySqlConnectionString),
+                o => o.MigrationsAssembly("ErsatzTV.Infrastructure.MySql"))
+            .Options;
+
     private TvContext SeedContext() => Create(_seedOptions);
 
     private TvContext MigrateContext() => Create(_migrateOptions);
@@ -253,4 +372,42 @@ public class LibraryFolderDedupeMigrationTests
             options,
             NullLoggerFactory.Instance,
             new SlowQueryInterceptor(NullLogger<SlowQueryInterceptor>.Instance));
+
+    // Settable properties rather than a positional record: SQLite hands back INTEGER as Int64 while MySQL
+    // hands back INT as Int32, and Dapper only narrows for property setters, not constructor matching.
+    private sealed class FolderRow
+    {
+        public int Id { get; set; }
+        public string Path { get; set; }
+        public int? ParentId { get; set; }
+        public string Etag { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Holds one connection open for the whole seeding block. SQLite disables foreign keys through a
+    ///     connection-string keyword, but MySQL's <c>foreign_key_checks</c> is a SESSION variable — and
+    ///     Dapper closes a connection it had to open itself, which would reset it between statements.
+    ///     Opening explicitly keeps the session, and therefore the setting, alive across every insert.
+    /// </summary>
+    private sealed class SeedSession : IAsyncDisposable
+    {
+        private readonly TvContext _context;
+
+        private SeedSession(TvContext context) => _context = context;
+
+        public static async Task<SeedSession> OpenAsync(TvContext context, TestProvider provider)
+        {
+            await context.Database.OpenConnectionAsync();
+            if (provider is TestProvider.MySql)
+            {
+                await context.Connection.ExecuteAsync("SET SESSION foreign_key_checks = 0");
+            }
+
+            return new SeedSession(context);
+        }
+
+        public Task ExecuteAsync(string sql) => _context.Connection.ExecuteAsync(sql);
+
+        public async ValueTask DisposeAsync() => await _context.Database.CloseConnectionAsync();
+    }
 }

ErsatzTV.Tests/Integration/LibraryRepositoryTests.cs

@@ -216,8 +216,9 @@ public class LibraryRepositoryTests
         LibraryRepository.ResolveExact([], "/x/foo").ShouldBeNull();
     }
 
-    // MySQL's default collation is not only case-insensitive, it is also PAD SPACE (verified on 8.4:
+    // MySQL's comparison is always case-insensitive and, on a PAD SPACE collation, also ignores trailing
-    // '/x/foo' = '/x/foo ' is TRUE under utf8mb4_bin and utf8mb4_general_ci alike), so the SQL narrowing
+    // spaces ('/x/foo' = '/x/foo ' is TRUE under utf8mb4_general_ci and utf8mb4_bin; 8.4's default
+    // utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci is NO PAD, so this axis is server-dependent). Where it applies, the SQL narrowing
     // hands back trailing-space siblings too. Those are distinct directories on Linux and hash
     // differently, so the ordinal settle has to keep them apart — same defect class as the case variant,
     // second axis. Ordinal compares length first, so this holds; pin it.