diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 3a4392d..72c049e 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 from starlette.middleware.sessions import SessionMiddleware
 
 from app.db import enable_beets_db_wal, init_db
-from app.routers import auth, dashboard, import_, library
+from app.routers import auth, dashboard, dedup, genres, import_, library
 from app.services import scheduler_service
 from app.settings import settings
 
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ def create_app() -> FastAPI:
     app.include_router(dashboard.router)
     app.include_router(library.router)
     app.include_router(import_.router)
+    app.include_router(dedup.router)
+    app.include_router(genres.router)
 
     return app
 
diff --git a/app/routers/dedup.py b/app/routers/dedup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1beea99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/routers/dedup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Request
+from fastapi.responses import RedirectResponse
+from fastapi.templating import Jinja2Templates
+
+from app.security.deps import require_auth
+from app.services import dedup_review_service
+
+router = APIRouter(prefix="/dedup", tags=["dedup"])
+templates = Jinja2Templates(directory="app/templates")
+
+
+@router.get("")
+async def dedup_index(request: Request, user: dict = Depends(require_auth)):
+    candidates = dedup_review_service.list_pending_candidates()
+    return templates.TemplateResponse(request, "dedup/index.html", {"candidates": candidates})
+
+
+@router.post("/scan")
+async def scan(user: dict = Depends(require_auth)):
+    await dedup_review_service.scan(triggered_by="manual")
+    return RedirectResponse(url="/dedup", status_code=303)
+
+
+@router.post("/confirm")
+async def confirm(request: Request, user: dict = Depends(require_auth)):
+    form = await request.form()
+    candidate_ids = [int(v) for k, v in form.multi_items() if k == "candidate_id"]
+    confirmed_by = user.get("email") or user.get("sub", "unknown")
+    await dedup_review_service.confirm_and_apply(candidate_ids, confirmed_by)
+    return RedirectResponse(url="/dedup", status_code=303)
diff --git a/app/routers/genres.py b/app/routers/genres.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee3a539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/routers/genres.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Form, Request
+from fastapi.responses import RedirectResponse
+from fastapi.templating import Jinja2Templates
+from sqlalchemy import select
+
+from app.db import get_db
+from app.models import GenreCandidate, GenreRun
+from app.security.deps import require_auth
+from app.services import genre_review_service
+
+router = APIRouter(prefix="/genres", tags=["genres"])
+templates = Jinja2Templates(directory="app/templates")
+
+
+@router.get("")
+async def genres_index(request: Request, user: dict = Depends(require_auth), db=Depends(get_db)):
+    latest_run = db.execute(select(GenreRun).order_by(GenreRun.id.desc())).scalars().first()
+    candidates = []
+    if latest_run is not None:
+        candidates = list(
+            db.execute(
+                select(GenreCandidate).where(GenreCandidate.genre_run_id == latest_run.id)
+            ).scalars()
+        )
+    return templates.TemplateResponse(
+        request, "genres/index.html", {"latest_run": latest_run, "candidates": candidates}
+    )
+
+
+@router.post("/scan")
+async def scan(force: bool = Form(False), user: dict = Depends(require_auth)):
+    await genre_review_service.run(apply=False, force=force, triggered_by="manual")
+    return RedirectResponse(url="/genres", status_code=303)
+
+
+@router.post("/lock")
+async def lock(
+    artist: str = Form(...),
+    genre: str = Form(...),
+    user: dict = Depends(require_auth),
+):
+    changed_by = user.get("email") or user.get("sub", "unknown")
+    await genre_review_service.lock_artist_genre(artist, genre, changed_by)
+    return RedirectResponse(url="/genres", status_code=303)
diff --git a/app/services/dedup_review_service.py b/app/services/dedup_review_service.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b06896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/dedup_review_service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+import json
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from sqlalchemy import select
+
+from app.db import SessionLocal
+from app.models import DedupCandidate, DedupRun
+from app.services import pipeline_runner
+from app.settings import settings
+
+_SCRIPT = "dedup-library.sh"
+
+
+def _parse_json_lines(output: str) -> list[dict]:
+    candidates = []
+    for line in output.splitlines():
+        line = line.strip()
+        if not line.startswith("{"):
+            continue
+        try:
+            candidates.append(json.loads(line))
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            continue
+    return candidates
+
+
+async def scan(triggered_by: str = "manual") -> DedupRun:
+    """Dry-run dedup-library.sh --json, persist every candidate deletion
+    into a fresh dedup_runs/dedup_candidates pair. Never deletes anything
+    -- the scheduled maintenance:dedup job also only ever calls this (no
+    --apply), matching the false-negative-biased dedup preference; actual
+    deletion only ever happens through confirm_and_apply() below."""
+    script = str(settings.pipeline_dir / "lib" / _SCRIPT)
+    job_run, output = await pipeline_runner.run_job_capture(
+        "dedup:scan", [script, "--json"], triggered_by=triggered_by
+    )
+    candidates = _parse_json_lines(output)
+
+    db = SessionLocal()
+    try:
+        dedup_run = DedupRun(
+            started_at=job_run.started_at,
+            finished_at=job_run.finished_at,
+            mode="dry_run",
+            groups_found=len({(c["pass"], c["keep_path"]) for c in candidates}),
+            kept=len({(c["pass"], c["keep_path"]) for c in candidates}),
+            deleted=0,
+            log_path=job_run.log_path,
+        )
+        db.add(dedup_run)
+        db.commit()
+        db.refresh(dedup_run)
+
+        for c in candidates:
+            db.add(
+                DedupCandidate(
+                    dedup_run_id=dedup_run.id,
+                    pass_name=c.get("pass", "unknown"),
+                    keep_path=c["keep_path"],
+                    delete_path=c["delete_path"],
+                    delete_size_bytes=c.get("delete_size_bytes"),
+                )
+            )
+        db.commit()
+        db.refresh(dedup_run)
+        return dedup_run
+    finally:
+        db.close()
+
+
+async def confirm_and_apply(candidate_ids: list[int], confirmed_by: str) -> DedupRun | None:
+    """Apply only the confirmed candidate deletions.
+
+    Cheap pre-check here: skip anything where delete_path or keep_path no
+    longer exists (something already changed it since the scan). The real
+    re-verification of ranking happens for free inside dedup-library.sh
+    itself: --apply --only-paths re-runs all 4 passes from scratch and
+    recomputes keep/delete for every group before consulting the only-paths
+    allowlist, so if a group's ranking flipped since the scan (e.g. the old
+    keep_path is gone and delete_path is now the last copy), the script's
+    fresh pass will assign delete_path the KEEP role instead -- it never
+    reaches a DELETE branch for it, so --only-paths naming it is simply
+    never consulted. No duplicate ranking logic needed here.
+    """
+    db = SessionLocal()
+    try:
+        candidates = [db.get(DedupCandidate, cid) for cid in candidate_ids]
+        candidates = [c for c in candidates if c is not None and not c.applied]
+
+        now = time.time()
+        confirmed_candidates = []
+        for c in candidates:
+            if not Path(c.delete_path).exists() or not Path(c.keep_path).exists():
+                continue
+            c.confirmed = True
+            c.confirmed_by = confirmed_by
+            c.confirmed_at = now
+            confirmed_candidates.append(c)
+        db.commit()
+
+        if not confirmed_candidates:
+            return None
+
+        confirm_file = settings.logs_dir / f"dedup-confirm-{int(now * 1000)}.txt"
+        confirm_file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        confirm_file.write_text("\n".join(c.delete_path for c in confirmed_candidates) + "\n")
+
+        script = str(settings.pipeline_dir / "lib" / _SCRIPT)
+        job_run, _output = await pipeline_runner.run_job_capture(
+            "dedup:apply",
+            [script, "--apply", "--only-paths", str(confirm_file), "--json"],
+            triggered_by=f"manual:{confirmed_by}",
+        )
+
+        still_there = {c.delete_path for c in confirmed_candidates if Path(c.delete_path).exists()}
+        actually_deleted = 0
+        for c in confirmed_candidates:
+            if c.delete_path not in still_there:
+                c.applied = True
+                actually_deleted += 1
+        db.commit()
+
+        apply_run = DedupRun(
+            started_at=job_run.started_at,
+            finished_at=job_run.finished_at,
+            mode="apply",
+            deleted=actually_deleted,
+            kept=len(confirmed_candidates) - actually_deleted,
+            log_path=job_run.log_path,
+        )
+        db.add(apply_run)
+        db.commit()
+        db.refresh(apply_run)
+        return apply_run
+    finally:
+        db.close()
+
+
+def list_pending_candidates(dedup_run_id: int | None = None) -> list[DedupCandidate]:
+    db = SessionLocal()
+    try:
+        query = select(DedupCandidate).where(
+            DedupCandidate.applied == False,  # noqa: E712
+            DedupCandidate.confirmed == False,  # noqa: E712
+        )
+        if dedup_run_id is not None:
+            query = query.where(DedupCandidate.dedup_run_id == dedup_run_id)
+        return list(db.execute(query).scalars())
+    finally:
+        db.close()
diff --git a/app/services/genre_review_service.py b/app/services/genre_review_service.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f3823d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/genre_review_service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import json
+
+from app.db import SessionLocal
+from app.models import GenreCandidate, GenreRun
+from app.services import genre_fix, pipeline_runner
+from app.settings import settings
+
+_SCRIPT = "spotify-genre.py"
+
+
+def _parse_json_lines(output: str) -> list[dict]:
+    candidates = []
+    for line in output.splitlines():
+        line = line.strip()
+        if not line.startswith("{"):
+            continue
+        try:
+            candidates.append(json.loads(line))
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            continue
+    return candidates
+
+
+async def run(apply: bool, force: bool = False, triggered_by: str = "schedule") -> GenreRun:
+    """Run spotify-genre.py --json (dry-run or --apply), persisting the
+    diff into a fresh genre_runs/genre_candidates pair either way.
+
+    Unlike dedup, genre writes stay auto-apply on the weekly schedule
+    (low-risk/reversible, GENRE_LOCK-protected) -- this wraps that same
+    scheduled run so its diff becomes reviewable after the fact, rather
+    than being a separate preview-only mode. scheduler_service's
+    maintenance:spotify_genre job calls this with apply=True."""
+    args = ["--json"]
+    if apply:
+        args.append("--apply")
+    if force:
+        args.append("--force")
+
+    script = str(settings.pipeline_dir / "lib" / _SCRIPT)
+    job_run, output = await pipeline_runner.run_job_capture(
+        "genre:run", [script] + args, triggered_by=triggered_by
+    )
+    candidates = _parse_json_lines(output)
+
+    db = SessionLocal()
+    try:
+        genre_run = GenreRun(
+            started_at=job_run.started_at,
+            finished_at=job_run.finished_at,
+            mode="apply" if apply else "dry_run",
+            written=len(candidates) if apply else 0,
+            unchanged=None,
+            no_match=None,
+            no_meta=None,
+            log_path=job_run.log_path,
+        )
+        db.add(genre_run)
+        db.commit()
+        db.refresh(genre_run)
+
+        for c in candidates:
+            db.add(
+                GenreCandidate(
+                    genre_run_id=genre_run.id,
+                    artist=c.get("artist"),
+                    title=c.get("title"),
+                    old_genre=c.get("old_genre"),
+                    new_genre=c.get("new_genre"),
+                )
+            )
+        db.commit()
+        db.refresh(genre_run)
+        return genre_run
+    finally:
+        db.close()
+
+
+async def lock_artist_genre(artist: str, genre: str, changed_by: str):
+    """One-click 'lock this artist's genre' action from the review UI, for
+    when a scheduled run got something wrong -- wraps
+    genre_fix.set_artist_genre (fix-genre.sh sets GENRE_LOCK=1 as part of
+    applying, which is what makes future spotify-genre runs leave it alone)."""
+    return await genre_fix.set_artist_genre(artist, genre, changed_by)
diff --git a/app/services/pipeline_runner.py b/app/services/pipeline_runner.py
index 449fa7b..34a9eb4 100644
--- a/app/services/pipeline_runner.py
+++ b/app/services/pipeline_runner.py
@@ -143,6 +143,95 @@ async def run_job(
         _lock.release()
 
 
+async def run_job_capture(
+    job_key: str,
+    argv: list[str],
+    triggered_by: str = "manual",
+    timeout: float | None = None,
+) -> tuple[JobRun, str]:
+    """Like run_job(), but captures stdout+stderr as text and returns it
+    alongside the JobRun, instead of only writing it to the log file --
+    for callers that need to parse structured (JSON-lines) output, e.g.
+    dedup_review_service's dry-run scan. The full output is still written
+    to a log file afterward so job_runs.log_path works the same as any
+    other job. Shares the same lock as run_job()."""
+    started_at = time.time()
+
+    if not await _try_acquire_nowait():
+        db = SessionLocal()
+        run = JobRun(
+            job_key=job_key,
+            started_at=started_at,
+            finished_at=started_at,
+            status="skipped_lock",
+            triggered_by=triggered_by,
+        )
+        db.add(run)
+        db.commit()
+        db.refresh(run)
+        db.close()
+        return run, ""
+
+    try:
+        log_dir = settings.logs_dir / job_key.replace(":", "_")
+        log_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        log_path = log_dir / f"{time.strftime('%Y%m%d-%H%M%S')}.log"
+
+        db = SessionLocal()
+        run = JobRun(
+            job_key=job_key,
+            started_at=started_at,
+            status="running",
+            triggered_by=triggered_by,
+            log_path=str(log_path),
+        )
+        db.add(run)
+        db.commit()
+        db.refresh(run)
+        run_id = run.id
+        db.close()
+
+        output_text = ""
+        exit_code: int | None
+        try:
+            proc = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec(
+                *argv,
+                stdout=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
+                stderr=asyncio.subprocess.STDOUT,
+                env=_subprocess_env(),
+            )
+            try:
+                stdout_bytes, _ = await asyncio.wait_for(proc.communicate(), timeout=timeout)
+                exit_code = proc.returncode
+                output_text = stdout_bytes.decode(errors="replace")
+            except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+                proc.kill()
+                await proc.wait()
+                exit_code = -1
+                output_text += f"\n[pipeline_runner] TIMEOUT after {timeout}s -- process killed\n"
+            status = "success" if exit_code == 0 else "failed"
+        except Exception as exc:
+            exit_code = None
+            status = "failed"
+            output_text += f"\n[pipeline_runner] exception before/while running: {exc!r}\n"
+
+        log_path.write_text(output_text)
+
+        finished_at = time.time()
+        db = SessionLocal()
+        run = db.get(JobRun, run_id)
+        run.finished_at = finished_at
+        run.status = status
+        run.exit_code = exit_code
+        run.summary = _summarize_log(log_path)
+        db.commit()
+        db.refresh(run)
+        db.close()
+        return run, output_text
+    finally:
+        _lock.release()
+
+
 async def run_playlist(playlist_name: str, no_m3u: bool = False, triggered_by: str = "schedule") -> JobRun:
     script = settings.pipeline_dir / "bin" / "run-playlist.sh"
     argv = [str(script)]
diff --git a/app/services/scheduler_service.py b/app/services/scheduler_service.py
index 105a1a0..8cc6f77 100644
--- a/app/services/scheduler_service.py
+++ b/app/services/scheduler_service.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from sqlalchemy import select
 
 from app.db import SessionLocal
 from app.models import Playlist, ScheduledJob
-from app.services import pipeline_runner
+from app.services import dedup_review_service, genre_review_service, pipeline_runner
 from app.settings import settings
 
 TIMEZONE = "America/Edmonton"
@@ -44,6 +44,21 @@ def _beet(job_key: str, args: list[str]):
     return _run
 
 
+async def _dedup_scan(triggered_by: str = "schedule"):
+    """Dry-run only, ever, on the schedule -- see module docstring. Populates
+    dedup_candidates for review; deletion only ever happens through a
+    confirmed dedup_review_service.confirm_and_apply() call from the UI."""
+    return await dedup_review_service.scan(triggered_by=triggered_by)
+
+
+async def _genre_run(triggered_by: str = "schedule"):
+    """Keeps its current auto-apply behavior (unlike dedup) -- genre writes
+    are low-risk/reversible and GENRE_LOCK-protected -- but now goes through
+    genre_review_service so every run's diff is persisted for after-the-fact
+    review instead of only living in a log file."""
+    return await genre_review_service.run(apply=True, force=True, triggered_by=triggered_by)
+
+
 async def _log_rotation(triggered_by: str = "schedule"):
     """Replaces `find /var/log/sldl -name '*.log' -mtime +30 -delete`."""
     cutoff = time.time() - 30 * 86400
@@ -68,7 +83,7 @@ MAINTENANCE_JOBS: dict[str, tuple[dict, callable]] = {
     ),
     "maintenance:dedup": (
         dict(minute=55, hour=8),
-        _lib("maintenance:dedup", "dedup-library.sh"),  # no --apply: dry-run only
+        _dedup_scan,  # no --apply, ever, on schedule -- see _dedup_scan docstring
     ),
     "maintenance:gen_djmix_playlist": (
         dict(minute=57, hour=8),
@@ -125,7 +140,7 @@ MAINTENANCE_JOBS: dict[str, tuple[dict, callable]] = {
     ),
     "maintenance:spotify_genre": (
         dict(minute=50, hour=8, day_of_week="sun"),
-        _lib("maintenance:spotify_genre", "spotify-genre.py", ["--apply", "--force"]),
+        _genre_run,  # goes through genre_review_service -- see its docstring
     ),
     "maintenance:beets_update_sync": (
         dict(minute=53, hour=8, day_of_week="sun"),
diff --git a/app/templates/dedup/index.html b/app/templates/dedup/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7853a7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/templates/dedup/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+{% block title %}Dedup — alembic{% endblock %}
+{% block content %}
+<h1>Dedup review</h1>
+<p class="muted">
+  Scheduled dedup runs dry-run only, every day. Nothing is ever deleted
+  without an explicit confirm below.
+</p>
+
+<form method="post" action="/dedup/scan">
+  <button type="submit">Scan now</button>
+</form>
+
+<h2>Pending candidates</h2>
+<form method="post" action="/dedup/confirm">
+  <table>
+    <thead>
+      <tr><th></th><th>Pass</th><th>Keep</th><th>Delete</th><th>Size</th></tr>
+    </thead>
+    <tbody>
+      {% for c in candidates %}
+      <tr>
+        <td><input type="checkbox" name="candidate_id" value="{{ c.id }}"></td>
+        <td>{{ c.pass_name }}</td>
+        <td class="muted">{{ c.keep_path }}</td>
+        <td>{{ c.delete_path }}</td>
+        <td>{{ (c.delete_size_bytes / 1024 / 1024) | round(1) if c.delete_size_bytes else '?' }} MB</td>
+      </tr>
+      {% else %}
+      <tr><td colspan="5" class="muted">No pending candidates. Run a scan.</td></tr>
+      {% endfor %}
+    </tbody>
+  </table>
+  {% if candidates %}
+  <button type="submit">Delete selected</button>
+  {% endif %}
+</form>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/app/templates/genres/index.html b/app/templates/genres/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfd7cb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/templates/genres/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+{% block title %}Genres — alembic{% endblock %}
+{% block content %}
+<h1>Genre review</h1>
+<p class="muted">
+  The weekly scheduled run still writes genres automatically (low-risk,
+  reversible, GENRE_LOCK-protected) -- this shows what the last run changed.
+</p>
+
+<form method="post" action="/genres/scan">
+  <label><input type="checkbox" name="force" value="true"> force (overwrite existing genres)</label>
+  <button type="submit">Preview now (dry run)</button>
+</form>
+
+<h2>Last run</h2>
+{% if latest_run %}
+<p class="muted">{{ latest_run.mode }} — {{ candidates | length }} change(s)</p>
+<table>
+  <thead><tr><th>Artist</th><th>Title</th><th>Old genre</th><th>New genre</th><th></th></tr></thead>
+  <tbody>
+    {% for c in candidates %}
+    <tr>
+      <td>{{ c.artist }}</td>
+      <td>{{ c.title }}</td>
+      <td class="muted">{{ c.old_genre or '(empty)' }}</td>
+      <td>{{ c.new_genre }}</td>
+      <td>
+        <form method="post" action="/genres/lock" style="display:inline">
+          <input type="hidden" name="artist" value="{{ c.artist }}">
+          <input type="hidden" name="genre" value="{{ c.old_genre or '' }}">
+          <button type="submit" title="Revert to old genre and lock it">lock old genre</button>
+        </form>
+      </td>
+    </tr>
+    {% else %}
+    <tr><td colspan="5" class="muted">No changes in the last run.</td></tr>
+    {% endfor %}
+  </tbody>
+</table>
+{% else %}
+<p class="muted">No runs yet.</p>
+{% endif %}
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/pipeline/lib/dedup-library.sh b/pipeline/lib/dedup-library.sh
index 088d736..71b6c6b 100755
--- a/pipeline/lib/dedup-library.sh
+++ b/pipeline/lib/dedup-library.sh
@@ -16,16 +16,57 @@
 # "Best" is always: FLAC > MP3/other, then largest file within the same format.
 #
 # DRY RUN by default. Pass --apply to actually delete.
+#
+# --json: additionally emit one JSON line per candidate deletion to stdout
+#   (NDJSON), on top of the normal human log -- for dedup_review_service to
+#   parse into dedup_runs/dedup_candidates. Purely additive; the human log
+#   format is unchanged.
+# --only-paths FILE: in --apply mode, only actually delete a candidate if
+#   its delete_path appears (one per line) in FILE -- everything else in a
+#   group still gets ranked/logged/reported as normal, just not deleted.
+#   This lets the confirm step in the dedup UI re-run the exact same
+#   ranking/safety logic and apply only what a human explicitly approved,
+#   without --only-paths this flag is a no-op and --apply deletes everything
+#   as before (preserves existing behavior for anyone invoking this
+#   directly).
 
 set -u
 APPLY=0
-[[ "${1:-}" == "--apply" ]] && APPLY=1
+JSON_MODE=0
+ONLY_PATHS_FILE=""
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --apply) APPLY=1; shift ;;
+    --json) JSON_MODE=1; shift ;;
+    --only-paths) ONLY_PATHS_FILE="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    *) shift ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+declare -A ONLY_PATHS=()
+if [[ -n "$ONLY_PATHS_FILE" ]]; then
+  while IFS= read -r p; do
+    [[ -n "$p" ]] && ONLY_PATHS["$p"]=1
+  done < "$ONLY_PATHS_FILE"
+fi
 
 LOG=${ALEMBIC_CONFIG_DIR:-/config}/logs/dedup-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).log
 mkdir -p "$(dirname "$LOG")"
 
 log() { echo "$*" | tee -a "$LOG"; }
 
+# JSON lines go to stdout ONLY (never through log()/tee, so they never end
+# up interleaved with the human-readable $LOG file -- a caller wanting
+# structured output should capture this process's stdout separately).
+json_emit() { [[ $JSON_MODE -eq 1 ]] && printf '%s\n' "$1"; }
+
+json_escape() {
+  local s="$1"
+  s="${s//\\/\\\\}"
+  s="${s//\"/\\\"}"
+  printf '%s' "$s"
+}
+
 if [[ $APPLY -eq 1 ]]; then
   log "[$(date -Iseconds)] === DEDUP (APPLY) ==="
 else
@@ -106,17 +147,35 @@ process_group() {
   log ""
   log "--- $label ---"
 
+  # Pass name for JSON output, matching dedup_candidates.pass_name's
+  # convention (numbered_sibling|case_insensitive|normalized|cross_album_fuzzy).
+  local pass_name="unknown"
+  case "$label" in
+    "P1 numbered-sibling"*) pass_name="numbered_sibling" ;;
+    "P2 case-insensitive"*) pass_name="case_insensitive" ;;
+    "P3 normalized"*)       pass_name="normalized" ;;
+    "P4 cross-album"*)      pass_name="cross_album_fuzzy" ;;
+  esac
+
   local first=1
+  local keep_path=""
   while IFS="$SEP" read -r _sk id hp; do
     [[ -z "$hp" ]] && continue
-    local size_h; size_h=$(numfmt --to=iec --suffix=B "$(stat -c '%s' "$hp" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)")
+    local size_bytes; size_bytes=$(stat -c '%s' "$hp" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+    local size_h; size_h=$(numfmt --to=iec --suffix=B "$size_bytes")
     if [[ $first -eq 1 ]]; then
       log "  KEEP   ($size_h) $hp"
+      keep_path="$hp"
       first=0
     else
       log "  DELETE ($size_h) $hp"
+      json_emit "{\"pass\":\"${pass_name}\",\"keep_path\":\"$(json_escape "$keep_path")\",\"delete_path\":\"$(json_escape "$hp")\",\"delete_size_bytes\":${size_bytes}}"
       if [[ $APPLY -eq 1 ]]; then
-        if [[ -n "$id" ]]; then
+        # With --only-paths given, only delete entries the caller explicitly
+        # confirmed; without it, delete everything (original behavior).
+        if [[ -n "$ONLY_PATHS_FILE" && -z "${ONLY_PATHS[$hp]:-}" ]]; then
+          log "    (skipped — not in --only-paths confirm list)"
+        elif [[ -n "$id" ]]; then
           # In beets — beet remove -d removes from DB + disk.
           beet remove -d -f "id:${id}" >> "$LOG" 2>&1
         else
diff --git a/pipeline/lib/spotify-genre.py b/pipeline/lib/spotify-genre.py
index 64804c9..52c8449 100755
--- a/pipeline/lib/spotify-genre.py
+++ b/pipeline/lib/spotify-genre.py
@@ -277,6 +277,10 @@ def main():
                     help="Overwrite existing GENRE tags (default: only fill empty)")
     ap.add_argument("--query", help="Beets query to limit which tracks are processed")
     ap.add_argument("--limit", type=int, help="Stop after N tracks (debug)")
+    ap.add_argument("--json", action="store_true",
+                    help="Additionally emit one JSON line per candidate change to stdout, "
+                         "for genre_review_service to parse into genre_runs/genre_candidates. "
+                         "Purely additive -- normal output is unchanged.")
     args = ap.parse_args()
 
     whitelist = load_whitelist()
@@ -333,11 +337,21 @@ def main():
             ok = write_genre(p, new_value)
             if ok:
                 written += 1
+                if args.json:
+                    print(json.dumps({
+                        "artist": primary_artist, "title": title,
+                        "old_genre": current_genre, "new_genre": new_value,
+                    }))
                 # Quiet — only print every 50th
                 if written % 50 == 0:
                     print(f"  [{written}] {primary_artist} - {title}: {new_value}", flush=True)
         else:
             print(f"  WOULD-SET {primary_artist} - {title}  →  {new_value}")
+            if args.json:
+                print(json.dumps({
+                    "artist": primary_artist, "title": title,
+                    "old_genre": current_genre, "new_genre": new_value,
+                }))
             written += 1  # count as 'planned'
 
     print(f"\n[spotify-genre] {('written' if args.apply else 'plan')}: {written}, "