exclude tiny range requests from logging

analytics.py

@@ -114,10 +114,13 @@ def parse_timestamp(ts_str):
         # If it's some other ValueError, re-raise it.
         raise
 
-def log_file_access(rel_path, filesize, mime, ip_address, user_agent, device_id, cached):
+def log_file_access(rel_path, filesize, mime, ip_address, user_agent, device_id, cached, method="GET"):
     """Insert a file access record into the database and prune entries older than 10 minutes,
-    and track today’s files separately in folder_today."""
+    and track today’s files separately in folder_today. HTTP method is *not* persisted to the
+    database; it is kept only in the in-memory buffer to distinguish HEAD vs GET for the
+    recent-logs feed."""
     global file_access_temp, folder_today, folder_yesterday
+    http_method = (method or "GET").upper()
 
     # Create a timezone-aware timestamp
     now = datetime.now(timezone.utc).astimezone()
@@ -192,6 +195,7 @@ def log_file_access(rel_path, filesize, mime, ip_address, user_agent, device_id,
 
     # Finally, insert the new access at the top of the temp log
     # Keep existing columns stable; append raw geo data for map use.
+    # Keep method only in memory for the 10-minute feed (DB remains untouched by method).
     file_access_temp.insert(0, [
         iso_ts,            # 0 timestamp
         rel_path,          # 1 path
@@ -204,7 +208,8 @@ def log_file_access(rel_path, filesize, mime, ip_address, user_agent, device_id,
         city,              # 8 city
         country,           # 9 country
         lat,               # 10 latitude
-        lon                # 11 longitude
+        lon,               # 11 longitude
+        http_method        # 12 http method (in-memory only)
     ])
 
     return True
@@ -263,6 +268,25 @@ def return_file_access():
             ".ogg", ".wma", ".aiff", ".alac", ".opus"
         ))
 
+    def is_get(entry):
+        """Allow only GET requests in the recent feed to avoid HEAD-prefetch noise."""
+        method_val = "GET"
+        if len(entry) > 12 and entry[12]:
+            method_val = str(entry[12]).upper()
+        return method_val != "HEAD"
+
+    def has_bytes(entry):
+        """Ignore zero-byte requests (e.g., Apple prefetches asking for 0 bytes)."""
+        try:
+            size_val = entry[2]
+            if size_val is None:
+                return False
+            # handle str or numeric
+            size_num = float(size_val)
+            return size_num > 0
+        except Exception:
+            return False
+
     if not file_access_temp:
         return []
 
@@ -273,8 +297,11 @@ def return_file_access():
         entry for entry in file_access_temp
         if datetime.fromisoformat(entry[0]) >= cutoff_time
     ]
-    # Only expose audio file accesses to the UI
+    audio_entries = [
-    return [entry for entry in file_access_temp if is_audio(entry)]
+        entry for entry in file_access_temp
+        if is_audio(entry) and is_get(entry) and has_bytes(entry)
+    ]
+    return audio_entries
 
 
 def return_file_access_with_geo():

app.py

@@ -781,12 +781,36 @@ def serve_file(subpath):
     is_audio_get     = mime.startswith('audio/') and request.method == 'GET'
     ip_address = request.remote_addr
     user_agent = request.headers.get('User-Agent')
+    range_header = request.headers.get('Range', '')
+
+    def is_range_prefetch(header, ua):
+        """
+        Detect tiny range requests (common Apple prefetch) so we can skip logging duplicates.
+        """
+        if not header:
+            return False
+        try:
+            if not header.lower().startswith('bytes='):
+                return False
+            range_spec = header.split('=', 1)[1]
+            start_str, end_str = range_spec.split('-', 1)
+            if not start_str.isdigit() or not end_str.isdigit():
+                return False
+            start = int(start_str)
+            end = int(end_str)
+            length = end - start + 1
+            if length <= 1024 and start == 0:
+                return True
+        except Exception:
+            return False
+        return False
 
     # Logging: log every client GET (cached or not), but skip CDN prefetches (X-Cache-Request)
-    # and HEAD probes to avoid double-counting.
+    # and HEAD probes to avoid double-counting. Also skip tiny range-prefetches (e.g., Apple).
     do_log = (
         not is_cache_request    # skip if upstream CDN asked us to cache
         and request.method != 'HEAD'
+        and not is_range_prefetch(range_header, user_agent)
     )
 
     # 3) Pick cache
@@ -869,7 +893,8 @@ def serve_file(subpath):
                 ip_address,
                 user_agent,
                 session['device_id'],
-                cached_hit
+                cached_hit,
+                request.method
             )
         return response
 
@@ -1023,7 +1048,8 @@ def serve_file(subpath):
             ip_address,
             user_agent,
             session['device_id'],
-            cached_hit
+            cached_hit,
+            request.method
         )
     return response