grep -c prints zero and exits one, so every echo-0 fallback produced a two-line count

Arrs_Stack/lidarr_cleanup.sh

@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ ARTIST_RESPONSE=$(arr_get_tracked_data "lidarr" "$LIDARR_URL" "$LIDARR_API_KEY"
 }
 
 ARTIST_IDS=$(echo "$ARTIST_RESPONSE" | jq -r '.[].id' 2>/dev/null)
-ARTIST_COUNT=$(echo "$ARTIST_IDS" | grep -c "[0-9]" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+ARTIST_COUNT=$(echo "$ARTIST_IDS" | grep -c "[0-9]" 2>/dev/null || true)
 
 # Safety Layer 4 — artist count > 0
 if [[ "$ARTIST_COUNT" -eq 0 ]]; then

Arrs_Stack/playback_aware_lidarr_discovery.sh

@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ echo "━━━ $ICON_SYNC Existing Libraries ━━━"
 # fetch when it's stale, and waits out an active rescan before either.
 LIDARR_ARTISTS_JSON=$(arr_get_tracked_data "lidarr" "$LIDARR_URL" "$LIDARR_API_KEY" "v1") || { error "Could not fetch Lidarr artists"; exit 1; }
 LIDARR_NAMES=$(echo "$LIDARR_ARTISTS_JSON" | jq -r '.[].artistName' 2>/dev/null)
-LIDARR_COUNT=$(echo "$LIDARR_NAMES" | grep -c . 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+LIDARR_COUNT=$(echo "$LIDARR_NAMES" | grep -c . 2>/dev/null || true)
 log "$LIDARR_COUNT artists in Lidarr"
 
 EMBY_LIBRARY_JSON=$(emby_api "Items?IncludeItemTypes=MusicAlbum&Recursive=true&Fields=AlbumArtists&Limit=10000") || {
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ EMBY_LIBRARY_JSON=$(emby_api "Items?IncludeItemTypes=MusicAlbum&Recursive=true&F
     EMBY_ARTIST_NAMES=""
 }
 EMBY_ARTIST_NAMES=$(echo "$EMBY_LIBRARY_JSON" | jq -r '.Items[] | .AlbumArtists[]?.Name' 2>/dev/null)
-EMBY_ARTIST_COUNT=$(echo "$EMBY_ARTIST_NAMES" | grep -c . 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+EMBY_ARTIST_COUNT=$(echo "$EMBY_ARTIST_NAMES" | grep -c . 2>/dev/null || true)
 log "$EMBY_ARTIST_COUNT album artists in Emby library"
 
 # MusicBrainz's canonical name for some artists (e.g. "blink‐182") uses a Unicode

Arrs_Stack/radarr_cleanup.sh

@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ MOVIES_RESPONSE=$(arr_get_tracked_data "radarr" "$RADARR_URL" "$RADARR_API_KEY"
 }
 
 MOVIE_IDS=$(echo "$MOVIES_RESPONSE" | jq -r '.[].id' 2>/dev/null)
-MOVIE_COUNT=$(echo "$MOVIE_IDS" | grep -c "." 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+MOVIE_COUNT=$(echo "$MOVIE_IDS" | grep -c "." 2>/dev/null || true)
 
 # Safety Layer 4 — movie count > 0
 if [[ "$MOVIE_COUNT" -eq 0 ]]; then

Arrs_Stack/sonarr_cleanup.sh

@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ SERIES_RESPONSE=$(arr_get_tracked_data "sonarr" "$SONARR_URL" "$SONARR_API_KEY"
 }
 
 SERIES_IDS=$(echo "$SERIES_RESPONSE" | jq -r '.[].id' 2>/dev/null)
-SERIES_COUNT=$(echo "$SERIES_IDS" | grep -c "." 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+SERIES_COUNT=$(echo "$SERIES_IDS" | grep -c "." 2>/dev/null || true)
 
 # Safety Layer 4 — series count > 0
 if [[ "$SERIES_COUNT" -eq 0 ]]; then