lastFM proceeds soon with database update (advantages: fix wrong artist names, delete scrobbles, unlove tracks, ...)

2018 August 14:

"We were hoping to deploy this last month,
however testing identified a number of issue that needed to be resolved before we can make this available to users,
so unfortunately we're running behind schedule by at least a month. 

As the new database completely replaces the existing scrobble storage solution,
it's extremely important that we ensure that the data and scrobble counts are correct for all users --
that's essentially why it's taking so long to complete.
Thanks for your patience and understanding in the meantime." (source)



original article (2018-06-21):

Soon lastFM will do a database update (to Apache Cassandra) which e.g.

• allows users to fix wrong artist names
• "This fixes numerous bugs people have been experiencing
  (e.g. not being able to delete scrobbles, not being able to unlove tracks, certain artists / albums appearing twice in the charts, other corrections weirdness, etc)." (1)
• overhaul of the developer API (e.g. the User.* methods) (2)

(1) https://www.reddit.com/r/lastfm/comments/8shwqf/database_update/e0ztylh/
(2) https://www.reddit.com/r/lastfm/comments/8shwqf/database_update/e11gcc3/