Preview a track as its whole album, starting on that track

[IanHoar]

⚠️ this could be a controversial change, so might be worth adding an options toggle, or some other UX to go from the track to the whole album. Open to suggestions

Previewing a track that belongs to an album (e.g. "x bought a track" in the feed) now shows the whole album in the side player, with that track loaded. Standalone singles still show on their own.

Review notes

• The track details response includes album_id, so the loader fetches the album and starts on the track. If that fetch fails, it falls back to showing the track alone.

Testing

Preview a "bought a track" story in the feed: the full album shows with the purchased track loaded.

Screen recording

Screen.Recording.2026-10-01.at.12.21.13.PM.mov

[sabjorn]

it looks like this isn't exclusive to Feed page -- and so I am unsure what the intended effect is for Artist/Label page and so if there isn't one, please move implementation to be feed page only

this could be a controversial change, so might be worth adding an options toggle
Also -- yes -- I agree. There is global settings system you can use -- it's the same one that drives the 'show waveform'. It's safe to use in multiple places simultaneously and persists between page loads.

feel free to add the toggle to the Feed page and to the User Settings drawer