fix: always randomize start points for all collections the first time they are used

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
   - Future periodic scans will update titles in ETV automatically (deep scans will not be required to update titles)
 - Randomize start points on playlist items in classic schedules when setting is enabled
   - Playlists ignored this setting in earlier builds
+- Always randomize start points for all collections the first time they are used
+  - Previously, only collections scheduled during the first day of a playout build had their start points randomized
 
 ## [26.6.0] - 2026-07-09
 ### Added

ErsatzTV.Core/Domain/CollectionEnumeratorState.cs

@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ public class CollectionEnumeratorState
 {
     public int Seed { get; set; }
     public int Index { get; set; }
-    public CollectionEnumeratorState Clone() => new() { Seed = Seed, Index = Index };
+    public bool Started { get; set; }
+    public CollectionEnumeratorState Clone() => new() { Seed = Seed, Index = Index, Started = Started };
 }

ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/BlockScheduling/BlockPlayoutShuffledMediaCollectionEnumerator.cs

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public class BlockPlayoutShuffledMediaCollectionEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnu
         {
             State.Seed = state.Seed;
             State.Index = state.Index;
+            State.Started = state.Started;
 
             _shuffled = Shuffle(_mediaItems);
         }
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ public class BlockPlayoutShuffledMediaCollectionEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnu
         {
             _shuffled = Shuffle(_mediaItems);
         }
+
+        State.Started = true;
     }
 
     public Option<TimeSpan> MinimumDuration => _lazyMinimumDuration.Value;

ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/ChronologicalMediaCollectionEnumerator.cs

@@ -36,9 +36,12 @@ public sealed class ChronologicalMediaCollectionEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnu
         }
     }
 
-    public void ResetState(CollectionEnumeratorState state) =>
+    public void ResetState(CollectionEnumeratorState state)
+    {
         // seed doesn't matter in chronological
         State.Index = state.Index;
+        State.Started = state.Started;
+    }
 
     public string SchedulingContextName => "Chronological";
 
@@ -53,6 +56,8 @@ public sealed class ChronologicalMediaCollectionEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnu
         {
             State.Index = (State.Index + 1) % _sortedMediaItems.Count;
         }
+
+        State.Started = true;
     }
 
     public Option<TimeSpan> MinimumDuration => _lazyMinimumDuration.Value;

ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/CustomOrderCollectionEnumerator.cs

@@ -32,9 +32,12 @@ public class CustomOrderCollectionEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnumerator
         }
     }
 
-    public void ResetState(CollectionEnumeratorState state) =>
+    public void ResetState(CollectionEnumeratorState state)
+    {
         // seed doesn't matter here
         State.Index = state.Index;
+        State.Started = state.Started;
+    }
 
     public string SchedulingContextName => "Custom Order";
 
@@ -43,8 +46,11 @@ public class CustomOrderCollectionEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnumerator
     public Option<MediaItem> Current => _sortedMediaItems.Count != 0 ? _sortedMediaItems[State.Index] : None;
     public Option<bool> CurrentIncludeInProgramGuide { get; }
 
-    public void MoveNext(Option<DateTimeOffset> scheduledAt) =>
+    public void MoveNext(Option<DateTimeOffset> scheduledAt)
+    {
         State.Index = (State.Index + 1) % _sortedMediaItems.Count;
+        State.Started = true;
+    }
 
     public Option<TimeSpan> MinimumDuration => _lazyMinimumDuration.Value;
 

ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/OrderedScheduleItemsEnumerator.cs

@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ public class OrderedScheduleItemsEnumerator : IScheduleItemsEnumerator
 
     public ProgramScheduleItem Current => _sortedScheduleItems[State.Index];
 
-    public void MoveNext() => State.Index = (State.Index + 1) % _sortedScheduleItems.Count;
+    public void MoveNext()
+    {
+        State.Index = (State.Index + 1) % _sortedScheduleItems.Count;
+        State.Started = true;
+    }
 
     public ProgramScheduleItem Peek(int offset) =>
         _sortedScheduleItems[(State.Index + offset) % _sortedScheduleItems.Count];

ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/PlaylistEnumerator.cs

@@ -31,9 +31,12 @@ public class PlaylistEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnumerator
 
     public int EnumeratorIndex { get; private set; }
 
-    public void ResetState(CollectionEnumeratorState state) =>
+    public void ResetState(CollectionEnumeratorState state)
+    {
         // seed doesn't matter here
         State.Index = state.Index;
+        State.Started = state.Started;
+    }
 
     public string SchedulingContextName => "Playlist";
 
@@ -111,6 +114,8 @@ public class PlaylistEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnumerator
                 _sortedEnumerators = ShufflePlaylistItems();
             }
         }
+
+        State.Started = true;
     }
 
     public void SetEnumeratorIndex(int enumeratorIndex) => EnumeratorIndex = enumeratorIndex % _sortedEnumerators.Count;
@@ -134,7 +139,7 @@ public class PlaylistEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnumerator
 
         // random start points only apply to a fresh build with no saved state
         var random = new Random(state.Seed);
-        randomStartPoint = randomStartPoint && state.Index == 0;
+        randomStartPoint = randomStartPoint && !state.Started;
 
         // collections should share enumerators
         var enumeratorMap = new Dictionary<CollectionKey, IMediaCollectionEnumerator>();

ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/PlayoutBuilder.cs

@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ public class PlayoutBuilder : IPlayoutBuilder
             parameters.Start,
             parameters.Finish,
             parameters.CollectionMediaItems,
-            false,
             cancellationToken);
     }
 
@@ -314,7 +313,6 @@ public class PlayoutBuilder : IPlayoutBuilder
             parameters.Start,
             parameters.Finish,
             parameters.CollectionMediaItems,
-            true,
             cancellationToken);
 
         foreach (BaseError error in maybeResult.LeftToSeq())
@@ -362,7 +360,6 @@ public class PlayoutBuilder : IPlayoutBuilder
             parameters.Start,
             parameters.Finish,
             parameters.CollectionMediaItems,
-            false,
             cancellationToken);
     }
 
@@ -437,7 +434,6 @@ public class PlayoutBuilder : IPlayoutBuilder
         DateTimeOffset playoutStart,
         DateTimeOffset playoutFinish,
         Map<CollectionKey, List<MediaItem>> collectionMediaItems,
-        bool randomStartPoint,
         CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         DateTimeOffset trimBefore = playoutStart.AddHours(-4);
@@ -476,7 +472,6 @@ public class PlayoutBuilder : IPlayoutBuilder
                 finish,
                 collectionMediaItems,
                 true,
-                randomStartPoint,
                 cancellationToken);
 
             foreach (BaseError error in buildResult.LeftToSeq())
@@ -489,9 +484,6 @@ public class PlayoutBuilder : IPlayoutBuilder
                 result = r;
             }
 
-            // only randomize once (at the start of the playout)
-            randomStartPoint = false;
-
             start = playout.Anchor?.NextStartOffset ?? start;
             finish = finish.AddDays(1);
         }
@@ -513,7 +505,6 @@ public class PlayoutBuilder : IPlayoutBuilder
                 playoutFinish,
                 collectionMediaItems,
                 false,
-                randomStartPoint,
                 cancellationToken);
 
             foreach (BaseError error in buildResult.LeftToSeq())
@@ -565,7 +556,6 @@ public class PlayoutBuilder : IPlayoutBuilder
         DateTimeOffset playoutFinish,
         Map<CollectionKey, List<MediaItem>> collectionMediaItems,
         bool saveAnchorDate,
-        bool randomStartPoint,
         CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         var random = new Random(playout.Seed);
@@ -589,9 +579,6 @@ public class PlayoutBuilder : IPlayoutBuilder
 
         // _logger.LogDebug("Active schedule is: {Schedule}", activeSchedule.Name);
 
-        // random start points are disabled in some scenarios, so ensure it's enabled and active
-        randomStartPoint = randomStartPoint && activeSchedule.RandomStartPoint;
-
         var sortedScheduleItems = activeSchedule.Items.OrderBy(i => i.Index).ToList();
         CollectionEnumeratorState scheduleItemsEnumeratorState =
             playout.Anchor?.ScheduleItemsEnumeratorState ?? new CollectionEnumeratorState
@@ -619,7 +606,7 @@ public class PlayoutBuilder : IPlayoutBuilder
                         scheduleItem.MarathonShuffleGroups,
                         scheduleItem.MarathonShuffleItems,
                         scheduleItem.MarathonBatchSize,
-                        randomStartPoint,
+                        activeSchedule.RandomStartPoint,
                         random,
                         cancellationToken);
 
@@ -640,7 +627,7 @@ public class PlayoutBuilder : IPlayoutBuilder
                         marathonShuffleGroups: false,
                         marathonShuffleItems: false,
                         marathonBatchSize: null,
-                        randomStartPoint,
+                        activeSchedule.RandomStartPoint,
                         random,
                         cancellationToken);
 
@@ -718,7 +705,7 @@ public class PlayoutBuilder : IPlayoutBuilder
                     scheduleItem.MarathonShuffleGroups,
                     scheduleItem.MarathonShuffleItems,
                     scheduleItem.MarathonBatchSize,
-                    randomStartPoint,
+                    activeSchedule.RandomStartPoint,
                     random,
                     cancellationToken);
 
@@ -1347,8 +1334,7 @@ public class PlayoutBuilder : IPlayoutBuilder
             }
         }
 
-        // index shouldn't ever be greater than zero with randomStartPoint since anchors shouldn't exist, but
+        randomStartPoint = randomStartPoint && !state.Started;
-        randomStartPoint = randomStartPoint && state.Index == 0;
 
         switch (playbackOrder)
         {

ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/RandomizedMediaCollectionEnumerator.cs

@@ -37,9 +37,12 @@ public class RandomizedMediaCollectionEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnumerator
         }
     }
 
-    public void ResetState(CollectionEnumeratorState state) =>
+    public void ResetState(CollectionEnumeratorState state)
+    {
         // seed never changes here, no need to reset
         State.Index = state.Index;
+        State.Started = state.Started;
+    }
 
     public string SchedulingContextName => "Random";
 
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ public class RandomizedMediaCollectionEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnumerator
 
         _index = _random.Next() % _mediaItems.Count;
         State.Index++;
+        State.Started = true;
     }
 
     public Option<TimeSpan> MinimumDuration => _lazyMinimumDuration.Value;

ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/RandomizedRotatingMediaCollectionEnumerator.cs

@@ -61,9 +61,12 @@ public class RandomizedRotatingMediaCollectionEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnume
         }
     }
 
-    public void ResetState(CollectionEnumeratorState state) =>
+    public void ResetState(CollectionEnumeratorState state)
+    {
         // seed never changes here, no need to reset
         State.Index = state.Index;
+        State.Started = state.Started;
+    }
 
     public string SchedulingContextName => "Random Rotating";
 
@@ -102,6 +105,7 @@ public class RandomizedRotatingMediaCollectionEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnume
         int itemNumber = nextRandom % _groupMedia[groups[_groupNumber]].Count;
         _index = _groupMedia[groups[_groupNumber]][itemNumber];
         State.Index++;
+        State.Started = true;
     }
 
     public Option<TimeSpan> MinimumDuration => _lazyMinimumDuration.Value;

ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/SeasonEpisodeMediaCollectionEnumerator.cs

@@ -35,9 +35,12 @@ public sealed class SeasonEpisodeMediaCollectionEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnu
         }
     }
 
-    public void ResetState(CollectionEnumeratorState state) =>
+    public void ResetState(CollectionEnumeratorState state)
+    {
         // seed doesn't matter here
         State.Index = state.Index;
+        State.Started = state.Started;
+    }
 
     public string SchedulingContextName => "Season, Episode";
 
@@ -54,6 +57,7 @@ public sealed class SeasonEpisodeMediaCollectionEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnu
         }
 
         State.Index = (State.Index + 1) % _sortedMediaItems.Count;
+        State.Started = true;
     }
 
     public Option<TimeSpan> MinimumDuration => _lazyMinimumDuration.Value;

ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/ShuffleInOrderCollectionEnumerator.cs

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ public class ShuffleInOrderCollectionEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnumerator
 
         State.Seed = state.Seed;
         State.Index = state.Index;
+        State.Started = state.Started;
     }
 
     public string SchedulingContextName => "Shuffle in Order";
@@ -95,6 +96,8 @@ public class ShuffleInOrderCollectionEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnumerator
         {
             State.Index %= _shuffled.Length;
         }
+
+        State.Started = true;
     }
 
     public Option<TimeSpan> MinimumDuration => _lazyMinimumDuration.Value;

ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/ShuffledMediaCollectionEnumerator.cs

@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ public class ShuffledMediaCollectionEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnumerator
         {
             State.Index %= _mediaItemCount;
         }
+
+        State.Started = true;
     }
 
     public Option<TimeSpan> MinimumDuration => _lazyMinimumDuration.Value;

ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/ShuffledScheduleItemsEnumerator.cs

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ public class ShuffledScheduleItemsEnumerator : IScheduleItemsEnumerator
         }
 
         State.Index %= _scheduleItemsCount;
+        State.Started = true;
     }
 
     public ProgramScheduleItem Peek(int offset)

ErsatzTV.Infrastructure.MySql/Migrations/20260722002414_Add_CollectionEnumeratorState_Started.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace ErsatzTV.Infrastructure.MySql.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class Add_CollectionEnumeratorState_Started : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<bool>(
+                name: "Started",
+                table: "ScheduleItemsEnumeratorState",
+                type: "tinyint(1)",
+                nullable: false,
+                defaultValue: false);
+
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<bool>(
+                name: "Started",
+                table: "FillGroupEnumeratorState",
+                type: "tinyint(1)",
+                nullable: false,
+                defaultValue: false);
+
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<bool>(
+                name: "Started",
+                table: "CollectionEnumeratorState",
+                type: "tinyint(1)",
+                nullable: false,
+                defaultValue: false);
+
+            // treat all existing enumerators as started so upgrades never yank an in-progress
+            // enumerator to a random start point; only enumerators created after this get a random start
+            migrationBuilder.Sql("UPDATE `ScheduleItemsEnumeratorState` SET `Started` = 1");
+            migrationBuilder.Sql("UPDATE `FillGroupEnumeratorState` SET `Started` = 1");
+            migrationBuilder.Sql("UPDATE `CollectionEnumeratorState` SET `Started` = 1");
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "Started",
+                table: "ScheduleItemsEnumeratorState");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "Started",
+                table: "FillGroupEnumeratorState");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "Started",
+                table: "CollectionEnumeratorState");
+        }
+    }
+}

ErsatzTV.Infrastructure.MySql/Migrations/TvContextModelSnapshot.cs

@@ -5207,6 +5207,9 @@ namespace ErsatzTV.Infrastructure.MySql.Migrations
                                     b2.Property<int>("Seed")
                                         .HasColumnType("int");
 
+                                    b2.Property<bool>("Started")
+                                        .HasColumnType("tinyint(1)");
+
                                     b2.HasKey("PlayoutAnchorPlayoutId");
 
                                     b2.ToTable("ScheduleItemsEnumeratorState", (string)null);
@@ -5355,6 +5358,9 @@ namespace ErsatzTV.Infrastructure.MySql.Migrations
                             b1.Property<int>("Seed")
                                 .HasColumnType("int");
 
+                            b1.Property<bool>("Started")
+                                .HasColumnType("tinyint(1)");
+
                             b1.HasKey("PlayoutProgramScheduleAnchorId");
 
                             b1.ToTable("CollectionEnumeratorState", (string)null);
@@ -5405,6 +5411,9 @@ namespace ErsatzTV.Infrastructure.MySql.Migrations
                             b1.Property<int>("Seed")
                                 .HasColumnType("int");
 
+                            b1.Property<bool>("Started")
+                                .HasColumnType("tinyint(1)");
+
                             b1.HasKey("PlayoutScheduleItemFillGroupIndexId");
 
                             b1.ToTable("FillGroupEnumeratorState", (string)null);

ErsatzTV.Infrastructure.Sqlite/Migrations/20260722002327_Add_CollectionEnumeratorState_Started.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace ErsatzTV.Infrastructure.Sqlite.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class Add_CollectionEnumeratorState_Started : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<bool>(
+                name: "Started",
+                table: "ScheduleItemsEnumeratorState",
+                type: "INTEGER",
+                nullable: false,
+                defaultValue: false);
+
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<bool>(
+                name: "Started",
+                table: "FillGroupEnumeratorState",
+                type: "INTEGER",
+                nullable: false,
+                defaultValue: false);
+
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<bool>(
+                name: "Started",
+                table: "CollectionEnumeratorState",
+                type: "INTEGER",
+                nullable: false,
+                defaultValue: false);
+
+            // treat all existing enumerators as started so upgrades never yank an in-progress
+            // enumerator to a random start point; only enumerators created after this get a random start
+            migrationBuilder.Sql("""UPDATE "ScheduleItemsEnumeratorState" SET "Started" = 1""");
+            migrationBuilder.Sql("""UPDATE "FillGroupEnumeratorState" SET "Started" = 1""");
+            migrationBuilder.Sql("""UPDATE "CollectionEnumeratorState" SET "Started" = 1""");
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "Started",
+                table: "ScheduleItemsEnumeratorState");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "Started",
+                table: "FillGroupEnumeratorState");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "Started",
+                table: "CollectionEnumeratorState");
+        }
+    }
+}

ErsatzTV.Infrastructure.Sqlite/Migrations/TvContextModelSnapshot.cs

@@ -5034,6 +5034,9 @@ namespace ErsatzTV.Infrastructure.Sqlite.Migrations
                                     b2.Property<int>("Seed")
                                         .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
 
+                                    b2.Property<bool>("Started")
+                                        .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
                                     b2.HasKey("PlayoutAnchorPlayoutId");
 
                                     b2.ToTable("ScheduleItemsEnumeratorState", (string)null);
@@ -5182,6 +5185,9 @@ namespace ErsatzTV.Infrastructure.Sqlite.Migrations
                             b1.Property<int>("Seed")
                                 .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
 
+                            b1.Property<bool>("Started")
+                                .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
                             b1.HasKey("PlayoutProgramScheduleAnchorId");
 
                             b1.ToTable("CollectionEnumeratorState", (string)null);
@@ -5232,6 +5238,9 @@ namespace ErsatzTV.Infrastructure.Sqlite.Migrations
                             b1.Property<int>("Seed")
                                 .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
 
+                            b1.Property<bool>("Started")
+                                .HasColumnType("INTEGER");
+
                             b1.HasKey("PlayoutScheduleItemFillGroupIndexId");
 
                             b1.ToTable("FillGroupEnumeratorState", (string)null);

ErsatzTV.Infrastructure/Scheduling/MultiEpisodeShuffleCollectionEnumerator.cs

@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ public class MultiEpisodeShuffleCollectionEnumerator : IMediaCollectionEnumerato
         }
 
         State.Index = state.Index;
+        State.Started = state.Started;
     }
 
     public string SchedulingContextName => "Multi-Episode Shuffle";