fix(auth): put your own Spotify app first

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Summary

Spotify rate limits are per app, and the quick setup's shared ncspot client id is counted against every ncspot and spotatui user at once. My logs since 2026-08-28 show hundreds of 429s per session, a 429 on the first request of a process, and a 5 s playback poll throttled for hours while spotatui made about 12 requests a minute. Playlists stopped loading. The wizard's option 2 wrote the shared id as the primary client_id and the user's own app as fallback_client_id, and the fallback was only used when the shared id failed to authenticate, never on a rate limit. A hand-edited primary got no token either: a normal launch never opens a browser, and the shared id's cached token made the fallback win.

This PR puts the user's own app first:

1. Wizard option 2 writes the own app as client_id and the shared id as fallback_client_id, asks for the port before it prints the Redirect URI to register, and the option texts say which one shares its limit.
2. A client.yml from an older version, with the shared id first and a valid own app as the fallback, is read the other way round at load.
3. When a session runs on the shared id, the startup notice, the 429 status message and the log say so and name spotatui --reconfigure-auth (option 2) as the way out.
4. The pre-TUI wait for the browser callback gives up after three minutes with a hint about the Redirect URI, as the in-app login already did.
5. A 429 on the plan check at startup no longer disables native streaming for the session: the deferred check waits out the window (up to a minute, three attempts) and asks again.
6. ClientIdNotice::SharedWhilePersonalConfigured is gone: with the own app first it cannot occur.
7. Docs: docs/installation.md "Connecting to Spotify", a README paragraph, the CHANGELOG.

An existing option-2 user still runs on the shared id at the first launch after the upgrade, because a normal launch never opens a browser; the status bar says so, and one --reconfigure-auth run moves them.

Testing

• cargo fmt --all: clean
• cargo clippy --no-default-features --features telemetry,tui -- -D warnings, and the same on telemetry, telemetry,streaming, telemetry,tui,mcp-server, telemetry,tui,ai-dj, the five-sources set with audio-viz-cpal, and default: clean
• cargo test --no-default-features --features telemetry,tui: 962 passed; telemetry: 597; telemetry,tui,mcp-server: 1085; telemetry,tui,ai-dj: 1239; default: 1271
• tools/check_gates_ratchet.sh main: ok (test_attribute_total 1833 to 1837)
• Live on Windows with my own app as the primary.

Additional notes

Follow-ups that count against the app's own quota too: the client-side shuffle fetches the whole context in one burst with three fast retries, each playlist page adds a liked-status call, and the playback poll keeps running while another source plays.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Changed

  • Authentication setup now prioritizes your own Spotify app, with the shared app available as a fallback.
  • Setup displays the correct Redirect URI port and provides clearer configuration guidance.
  • Login callbacks now time out after three minutes with troubleshooting guidance.
  • Native streaming waits and retries when startup checks encounter rate limits.

• Bug Fixes

  • Rate-limit messages and logs identify shared-app usage and explain how to reconfigure authentication.

• Documentation

  • Updated installation and README guidance covers Spotify app setup, rate limits, and authentication configuration.

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The change makes a personal Spotify app the primary client ID, keeps the shared ID as fallback, adds rate-limit guidance, bounds OAuth callback waits, and retries rate-limited startup streaming plan checks.

Changes

Spotify authentication and rate-limit handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Primary client configuration src/core/config.rs	The wizard stores the personal client ID as client_id, stores the shared ID as fallback_client_id, uses the selected port in the Redirect URI, and migrates legacy configurations.
OAuth client selection and callback handling src/core/auth.rs, src/runtime/bootstrap.rs	Client-ID notices use the simplified fallback model. OAuth callback handling times out after 180 seconds and reports Redirect URI guidance.
Shared-client rate-limit guidance src/infra/network/mod.rs, README.md, docs/installation.md, CHANGELOG.md	Rate-limit messages identify shared-client usage and recommend spotatui --reconfigure-auth. Documentation describes the updated setup flow.
Startup streaming plan retries src/runtime/streaming/launch.rs, tools/gates.count	Deferred startup retries rate-limited /me plan checks up to three times. Credential caching keeps single-attempt behavior. Retry-delay tests and the test counter are updated.

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This change prioritizes personal Spotify app credentials, improves shared-client fallback guidance, bounds callback waits, and retries rate-limited startup checks. No current merge-blocking risk is identified.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant DeferredStartup
  participant PlanCheck
  participant SpotifyAPI
  DeferredStartup->>PlanCheck: Check account streaming plan
  PlanCheck->>SpotifyAPI: Request /me
  SpotifyAPI-->>PlanCheck: Return plan or rate-limit window
  PlanCheck->>PlanCheck: Wait and retry up to three attempts
  PlanCheck-->>DeferredStartup: Return streaming support result

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