diff --git a/release-notes-v1.1.0.md b/release-notes-v1.1.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4015e05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-notes-v1.1.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+## New Features
+
+### OIDC Authentication (#606, #612)
+- **OIDC login** with PKCE flow, auto-discovery, and group-based admin mapping
+- **Auto-provisioning** of OIDC users (configurable) and email-based account linking
+- **Password fallback** when OIDC is enabled to prevent admin lockout
+- Backwards compatible with all existing auth modes (no-auth, builtin, proxy, CWA)
+
+### Multi-User Support (#606, #612, #613)
+- **User management** -create, edit, and delete users with admin/user roles
+- **Per-user settings** -custom download destinations, BookLore library/path, email recipients, and `{User}` template variable
+- **Per-user download visibility** -non-admins only see their own downloads
+
+### Multi-User Request System (#615, #617, #620)
+- **Book request workflow** -users can request books with notes; admins review, approve, and fulfil requests
+- **Policy-based configuration** -set download/request/block policies per content type or per source (e.g. allow direct downloads, set Prowlarr to request-only)
+- **Per-user policy overrides** for tailored access control
+- **New Activity Sidebar** -replaces downloads sidebar, combining active downloads with requests; sidebar can now be pinned
+- Request retry support and admin-level request management
+
+### Notification Support (#618)
+- **Apprise-based notifications** for request events and download completions
+- Configurable globally or per user, with full customization of events and notification services
+- Expanded activity cards with detailed request info and file management
+
+### AudiobookBay Release Source (#619, #621, #623)
+- **New release source** -search AudiobookBay for audiobook torrents directly from the UI
+- Results include title, language, format, and size
+- Downloads via configured torrent client with audiobook-specific category support
+- Configurable hostname, max search pages, and rate limit delay
+
+### Email Output Mode (#603, #604)
+- **Email delivery** as an alternative output mode for downloaded books
+- Per-user email recipient configuration
+
+## Improvements
+- Admin-configurable visibility for self-settings options (delivery preferences, notifications) (#625)
+- BookLore Bookdrop API destination support as an alternative to specific library selection (#625)
+- Download path options for all torrent clients (#625)
+- Add tag support to qBittorrent downloads (#610 by @dawescc)
+- Add threading to file system operations for improved performance (#602)
+- Enhanced custom scripting -JSON download info, more consistent activation, decoupled from staging (#591)
+- Hardlink-before-move optimization for file transfers (#591)
+- New BookLore API file formats (#591)
+- Improved login cookie naming for reverse proxy compatibility (#591)
+- Fix Transmission URL parsing (#591)
+- Fix healthcheck starvation during large file processing (#591)
diff --git a/shelfmark/download/http.py b/shelfmark/download/http.py
index 82907ee..a31291d 100644
--- a/shelfmark/download/http.py
+++ b/shelfmark/download/http.py
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ def html_get_page(
     allow_bypasser_fallback: bool = True,
     include_response_url: bool = False,
     success_delay: float = 1.0,
+    session: Optional[requests.Session] = None,
 ) -> str | tuple[str, str]:
     """Fetch HTML content from a URL with retry mechanism.
 
@@ -252,7 +253,8 @@ def html_get_page(
             while True:
                 # Try with CF cookies/UA if available (from previous bypass)
                 cookies = _apply_cf_bypass(current_url, headers)
-                response = requests.get(
+                request_client = session or requests
+                response = request_client.get(
                     current_url,
                     proxies=get_proxies(current_url),
                     timeout=REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
diff --git a/shelfmark/release_sources/audiobookbay/scraper.py b/shelfmark/release_sources/audiobookbay/scraper.py
index 12841ec..6c8573a 100644
--- a/shelfmark/release_sources/audiobookbay/scraper.py
+++ b/shelfmark/release_sources/audiobookbay/scraper.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import time
 from typing import List, Optional, Dict
 from urllib.parse import quote
 
+import requests
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
 from shelfmark.core.config import config
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ DEFAULT_TRACKERS = [
 # ABB request behavior tuning
 SEARCH_PAGE_RETRY_ATTEMPTS = 2
 DETAIL_PAGE_RETRY_ATTEMPTS = 2
+FIRST_PAGE_SESSION_REFRESH_ATTEMPTS = 2
 
 # Legacy search parameter used by older ABB flows
 LEGACY_CATEGORY_QUERY = "undefined%2Cundefined"
@@ -47,7 +49,11 @@ def _build_search_url(
     include_legacy_category: bool = False,
 ) -> str:
     """Build an ABB search URL, optionally including legacy category params."""
-    url = f"https://{hostname}/page/{page}/?s={query_encoded}"
+    # Page 1 uses ABB's root search endpoint; pagination continues via /page/{n}/.
+    if page <= 1:
+        url = f"https://{hostname}/?s={query_encoded}"
+    else:
+        url = f"https://{hostname}/page/{page}/?s={query_encoded}"
     if include_legacy_category:
         return f"{url}&cat={LEGACY_CATEGORY_QUERY}"
     return url
@@ -69,6 +75,37 @@ def _encode_search_query(query: str, exact_phrase: bool) -> str:
     return search_query.replace('"', "%22").replace(" ", "+")
 
 
+def _normalize_result_url(url: str, hostname: str) -> str:
+    """Normalize ABB result URLs to absolute HTTPS URLs."""
+    normalized_url = (url or "").strip()
+    if not normalized_url:
+        return ""
+    if normalized_url.startswith(("http://", "https://")):
+        return normalized_url
+    if normalized_url.startswith("//"):
+        return f"https:{normalized_url}"
+    if normalized_url.startswith("/"):
+        return f"https://{hostname}{normalized_url}"
+    return f"https://{hostname}/{normalized_url.lstrip('/')}"
+
+
+def _bootstrap_abb_session(
+    hostname: str,
+    session: requests.Session,
+    retry_attempts: int,
+) -> None:
+    """Warm up ABB session cookies (best effort)."""
+    downloader.html_get_page(
+        f"https://{hostname}/",
+        retry=retry_attempts,
+        use_bypasser=False,
+        allow_bypasser_fallback=False,
+        include_response_url=True,
+        success_delay=0,
+        session=session,
+    )
+
+
 def search_audiobookbay(
     query: str,
     max_pages: int = 1,
@@ -88,13 +125,24 @@ def search_audiobookbay(
     """
     results = []
     rate_limit_delay = config.get("ABB_RATE_LIMIT_DELAY", 1.0)
+    session = requests.Session()
+
+    # Bootstrap ABB session cookie (PHPSESSID). ABB increasingly serves reliable
+    # search/detail pages only after session initialization, similar to browsers.
+    _bootstrap_abb_session(hostname, session, SEARCH_PAGE_RETRY_ATTEMPTS)
     
     # Iterate through pages
     for page in range(1, max_pages + 1):
         # Construct URL - use + for spaces (matching audiobookbay-automated implementation)
         # This avoids aggressive encoding that PHP-based sites may reject.
         query_encoded = _encode_search_query(query, exact_phrase)
-        primary_url = _build_search_url(hostname, page, query_encoded)
+        # ABB search expects the legacy category query parameter.
+        primary_url = _build_search_url(
+            hostname,
+            page,
+            query_encoded,
+            include_legacy_category=True,
+        )
         
         try:
             # Reuse shared HTTP fetch logic (without bypasser)
@@ -105,35 +153,41 @@ def search_audiobookbay(
                 allow_bypasser_fallback=False,
                 include_response_url=True,
                 success_delay=0,
+                session=session,
             )
 
-            # Legacy compatibility fallback: retry once with legacy category param if the
-            # first request fails/redirects unexpectedly.
-            if not page_html or _is_homepage_redirect(final_url, hostname):
-                legacy_url = _build_search_url(
-                    hostname,
-                    page,
-                    query_encoded,
-                    include_legacy_category=True,
-                )
-                legacy_html, legacy_final_url = downloader.html_get_page(
-                    legacy_url,
-                    retry=SEARCH_PAGE_RETRY_ATTEMPTS,
-                    use_bypasser=False,
-                    allow_bypasser_fallback=False,
-                    include_response_url=True,
-                    success_delay=0,
-                )
-                if legacy_html:
-                    page_html = legacy_html
-                    final_url = legacy_final_url
-            
+            was_home_redirect = _is_homepage_redirect(final_url, hostname)
+
+            # ABB can intermittently fail even with a valid URL.
+            # If page 1 fails, refresh the session and retry the exact same URL.
+            if page == 1 and (not page_html or was_home_redirect):
+                for refresh_attempt in range(1, FIRST_PAGE_SESSION_REFRESH_ATTEMPTS + 1):
+                    session = requests.Session()
+                    _bootstrap_abb_session(hostname, session, SEARCH_PAGE_RETRY_ATTEMPTS)
+                    page_html, final_url = downloader.html_get_page(
+                        primary_url,
+                        retry=SEARCH_PAGE_RETRY_ATTEMPTS,
+                        use_bypasser=False,
+                        allow_bypasser_fallback=False,
+                        include_response_url=True,
+                        success_delay=0,
+                        session=session,
+                    )
+                    was_home_redirect = _is_homepage_redirect(final_url, hostname)
+                    if page_html and not was_home_redirect:
+                        break
+                    logger.debug(
+                        "ABB page 1 session refresh %d/%d failed",
+                        refresh_attempt,
+                        FIRST_PAGE_SESSION_REFRESH_ATTEMPTS,
+                    )
+
             if not page_html:
                 logger.warning(f"Failed to fetch page {page}")
                 break
             
             # Check if we were redirected to the homepage (search was rejected/blocked)
-            if _is_homepage_redirect(final_url, hostname):
+            if was_home_redirect:
                 # Search was redirected to homepage - this means the search failed
                 # This can happen due to geo-blocking, rate limiting, or invalid query format
                 if page == 1:
@@ -163,18 +217,15 @@ def search_audiobookbay(
                     if not href:
                         continue
                     
-                    if href.startswith('http'):
-                        link = href
-                    else:
-                        link = f"https://{hostname}{href}"
+                    link = _normalize_result_url(href, hostname)
+                    if not link:
+                        continue
                     
                     # Extract cover image (try .postContent .center img first, then fallback to any img)
                     cover = None
                     cover_elem = post.select_one('.postContent .center img') or post.select_one('img')
                     if cover_elem:
-                        cover = cover_elem.get('src', '')
-                        if cover and not cover.startswith('http'):
-                            cover = f"https://{hostname}{cover}"
+                        cover = _normalize_result_url(cover_elem.get('src', ''), hostname) or None
                     
                     # Extract language from .postInfo
                     language = None
@@ -259,6 +310,9 @@ def extract_magnet_link(
         Magnet link, or None if extraction fails
     """
     try:
+        session = requests.Session()
+        _bootstrap_abb_session(hostname, session, DETAIL_PAGE_RETRY_ATTEMPTS)
+
         # Fetch detail page
         detail_html = downloader.html_get_page(
             details_url,
@@ -266,7 +320,20 @@ def extract_magnet_link(
             use_bypasser=False,
             allow_bypasser_fallback=False,
             success_delay=0,
+            session=session,
         )
+
+        if not detail_html:
+            session = requests.Session()
+            _bootstrap_abb_session(hostname, session, DETAIL_PAGE_RETRY_ATTEMPTS)
+            detail_html = downloader.html_get_page(
+                details_url,
+                retry=DETAIL_PAGE_RETRY_ATTEMPTS,
+                use_bypasser=False,
+                allow_bypasser_fallback=False,
+                success_delay=0,
+                session=session,
+            )
         
         if not detail_html:
             logger.warning("Failed to fetch details page")
diff --git a/shelfmark/release_sources/audiobookbay/source.py b/shelfmark/release_sources/audiobookbay/source.py
index 6e81145..751c138 100644
--- a/shelfmark/release_sources/audiobookbay/source.py
+++ b/shelfmark/release_sources/audiobookbay/source.py
@@ -170,42 +170,73 @@ class AudiobookBaySource(ReleaseSource):
         max_pages = config.get("ABB_PAGE_LIMIT", 1)
         exact_phrase = bool(config.get("ABB_EXACT_PHRASE", False))
         
-        # Build search query from plan
+        # Build search query candidates from plan.
+        query_candidates: list[str] = []
         if plan.manual_query:
-            query = plan.manual_query
+            query_candidates.append(plan.manual_query.strip())
         elif plan.title_variants:
-            # Use first title variant with author
             variant = plan.title_variants[0]
-            query = f"{variant.title} {variant.author}".strip()
-        else:
-            query = book.title or ""
-        
-        if not query:
+            combined_query = f"{variant.title} {variant.author}".strip()
+            title_only_query = (variant.title or "").strip()
+            if combined_query:
+                query_candidates.append(combined_query)
+            if title_only_query and title_only_query.lower() != combined_query.lower():
+                query_candidates.append(title_only_query)
+        elif book.title:
+            query_candidates.append(book.title.strip())
+
+        # Remove empty and duplicate queries while preserving order.
+        deduped_queries: list[str] = []
+        seen_queries: set[str] = set()
+        for candidate in query_candidates:
+            normalized = candidate.strip()
+            if not normalized:
+                continue
+            key = normalized.lower()
+            if key in seen_queries:
+                continue
+            seen_queries.add(key)
+            deduped_queries.append(normalized)
+
+        if not deduped_queries:
             logger.debug("No search query available")
             return []
-        
-        # Convert to lowercase (matching audiobookbay-automated implementation)
-        query_lower = query.lower()
-        logger.info(f"Searching AudiobookBay for: {query_lower}")
+
+        results = []
+        query_lower = deduped_queries[0].lower()
         
         try:
-            # Search AudiobookBay
-            results = scraper.search_audiobookbay(
-                query=query_lower,
-                max_pages=max_pages,
-                hostname=hostname,
-                exact_phrase=exact_phrase,
-            )
+            for index, query in enumerate(deduped_queries):
+                query_lower = query.lower()
+                logger.info(f"Searching AudiobookBay for: {query_lower}")
 
-            # For auto-generated queries, fallback to broad matching if exact phrase returns nothing.
-            if exact_phrase and not results and not plan.manual_query:
-                logger.info("No exact phrase results, retrying AudiobookBay search without quotes")
+                # Search AudiobookBay
                 results = scraper.search_audiobookbay(
                     query=query_lower,
                     max_pages=max_pages,
                     hostname=hostname,
-                    exact_phrase=False,
+                    exact_phrase=exact_phrase,
                 )
+
+                # For auto-generated queries, fallback to broad matching if exact phrase returns nothing.
+                if exact_phrase and not results and not plan.manual_query:
+                    logger.info("No exact phrase results, retrying AudiobookBay search without quotes")
+                    results = scraper.search_audiobookbay(
+                        query=query_lower,
+                        max_pages=max_pages,
+                        hostname=hostname,
+                        exact_phrase=False,
+                    )
+
+                if results:
+                    break
+
+                if index < len(deduped_queries) - 1:
+                    logger.info(
+                        "No AudiobookBay results for '%s', retrying with '%s'",
+                        query_lower,
+                        deduped_queries[index + 1].lower(),
+                    )
             
             # Extract query words for relevance checking
             query_words = set(word.lower() for word in query_lower.split() if len(word) > 2)
diff --git a/tests/audiobookbay/test_scraper.py b/tests/audiobookbay/test_scraper.py
index f47dd08..beb7b37 100644
--- a/tests/audiobookbay/test_scraper.py
+++ b/tests/audiobookbay/test_scraper.py
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ class TestSearchAudiobookbay:
         """Test pagination through multiple pages."""
         mock_config_get.return_value = 0.0  # No delay for faster tests
         mock_html_get.side_effect = [
+            (EMPTY_SEARCH_HTML, "https://audiobookbay.lu/"),  # Session bootstrap
             (SAMPLE_SEARCH_HTML, "https://audiobookbay.lu/page/1/?s=test&cat=undefined%2Cundefined"),
             (EMPTY_SEARCH_HTML, "https://audiobookbay.lu/page/2/?s=test&cat=undefined%2Cundefined"),
         ]
@@ -136,7 +137,46 @@ class TestSearchAudiobookbay:
         results = scraper.search_audiobookbay("test", max_pages=2, hostname="audiobookbay.lu")
         
         assert len(results) == 2  # Only from first page
+        assert mock_html_get.call_count == 3
+
+    @patch('shelfmark.release_sources.audiobookbay.scraper.downloader.html_get_page')
+    @patch('shelfmark.release_sources.audiobookbay.scraper.config.get')
+    def test_search_audiobookbay_page_one_uses_root_search_endpoint(self, mock_config_get, mock_html_get):
+        """Test page 1 search uses ABB root endpoint instead of /page/1/."""
+        mock_config_get.return_value = 0.0
+        mock_html_get.return_value = (
+            SAMPLE_SEARCH_HTML,
+            "https://audiobookbay.lu/?s=test",
+        )
+
+        results = scraper.search_audiobookbay("test", max_pages=1, hostname="audiobookbay.lu")
+
+        assert len(results) == 2
+        requested_url = mock_html_get.call_args.args[0]
+        assert requested_url.startswith("https://audiobookbay.lu/?s=test")
+        assert "/page/1/" not in requested_url
+        assert "cat=undefined%2Cundefined" in requested_url
+
+    @patch('shelfmark.release_sources.audiobookbay.scraper.downloader.html_get_page')
+    @patch('shelfmark.release_sources.audiobookbay.scraper.config.get')
+    def test_search_audiobookbay_bootstraps_and_reuses_session(self, mock_config_get, mock_html_get):
+        """Test ABB search initializes and reuses a request session for cookie continuity."""
+        mock_config_get.return_value = 0.0
+        mock_html_get.side_effect = [
+            ("", "https://audiobookbay.lu/"),  # Bootstrap attempt
+            (SAMPLE_SEARCH_HTML, "https://audiobookbay.lu/?s=test&cat=undefined%2Cundefined"),
+        ]
+
+        results = scraper.search_audiobookbay("test", max_pages=1, hostname="audiobookbay.lu")
+
+        assert len(results) == 2
         assert mock_html_get.call_count == 2
+        bootstrap_call = mock_html_get.call_args_list[0]
+        search_call = mock_html_get.call_args_list[1]
+        assert bootstrap_call.args[0] == "https://audiobookbay.lu/"
+        assert search_call.args[0].startswith("https://audiobookbay.lu/?s=test")
+        assert bootstrap_call.kwargs["session"] is not None
+        assert search_call.kwargs["session"] is bootstrap_call.kwargs["session"]
 
     @patch('shelfmark.release_sources.audiobookbay.scraper.downloader.html_get_page')
     @patch('shelfmark.release_sources.audiobookbay.scraper.config.get')
@@ -214,6 +254,36 @@ class TestSearchAudiobookbay:
         assert len(results) == 1
         assert results[0]['link'] == "https://audiobookbay.lu/abss/relative-link/"
 
+    @patch('shelfmark.release_sources.audiobookbay.scraper.downloader.html_get_page')
+    @patch('shelfmark.release_sources.audiobookbay.scraper.config.get')
+    def test_search_audiobookbay_protocol_relative_links(self, mock_config_get, mock_html_get):
+        """Test protocol-relative links are normalized without duplicating hostname."""
+        mock_config_get.return_value = 0.0
+
+        html_with_protocol_relative_links = """
+        <div class="post">
+            <div class="postTitle"><h2><a href="//audiobookbay.lu/abss/protocol-relative/">Protocol Relative Book</a></h2></div>
+            <div class="postInfo">Language: English</div>
+            <div class="postContent">
+                <div class="center">
+                    <img src="//audiobookbay.lu/wp-content/uploads/cover.jpg" alt="Cover" />
+                </div>
+                <p style="text-align:center;">Posted: 01 Jan 2024<br>Format: M4B<br>File Size: 100 MBs</p>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+        """
+
+        mock_html_get.return_value = (
+            html_with_protocol_relative_links,
+            "https://audiobookbay.lu/?s=test",
+        )
+
+        results = scraper.search_audiobookbay("test", max_pages=1, hostname="audiobookbay.lu")
+
+        assert len(results) == 1
+        assert results[0]["link"] == "https://audiobookbay.lu/abss/protocol-relative/"
+        assert results[0]["cover"] == "https://audiobookbay.lu/wp-content/uploads/cover.jpg"
+
     @patch('shelfmark.release_sources.audiobookbay.scraper.downloader.html_get_page')
     @patch('shelfmark.release_sources.audiobookbay.scraper.config.get')
     def test_search_audiobookbay_exact_phrase_query(self, mock_config_get, mock_html_get):
@@ -234,26 +304,26 @@ class TestSearchAudiobookbay:
         assert len(results) == 2
         requested_url = mock_html_get.call_args.args[0]
         assert "s=%22test+query%22" in requested_url
-        assert "cat=undefined%2Cundefined" not in requested_url
+        assert "cat=undefined%2Cundefined" in requested_url
 
     @patch('shelfmark.release_sources.audiobookbay.scraper.downloader.html_get_page')
     @patch('shelfmark.release_sources.audiobookbay.scraper.config.get')
-    def test_search_audiobookbay_legacy_category_fallback(self, mock_config_get, mock_html_get):
-        """Test fallback to legacy category query when primary search request fails."""
+    def test_search_audiobookbay_always_uses_legacy_category_query(self, mock_config_get, mock_html_get):
+        """Test ABB search always includes legacy category query and does not fallback."""
         mock_config_get.return_value = 0.0
-        mock_html_get.side_effect = [
-            ("", "https://audiobookbay.lu/page/1/?s=test"),  # Primary fetch failed
-            (SAMPLE_SEARCH_HTML, "https://audiobookbay.lu/page/1/?s=test&cat=undefined%2Cundefined"),
-        ]
+        mock_html_get.return_value = ("", "https://audiobookbay.lu/?s=test&cat=undefined%2Cundefined")
 
         results = scraper.search_audiobookbay("test", max_pages=1, hostname="audiobookbay.lu")
 
-        assert len(results) == 2
-        assert mock_html_get.call_count == 2
-        first_url = mock_html_get.call_args_list[0].args[0]
-        second_url = mock_html_get.call_args_list[1].args[0]
-        assert "cat=undefined%2Cundefined" not in first_url
-        assert "cat=undefined%2Cundefined" in second_url
+        assert len(results) == 0
+        assert mock_html_get.call_count >= 2
+        search_urls = [
+            call.args[0]
+            for call in mock_html_get.call_args_list
+            if "?s=test" in call.args[0]
+        ]
+        assert search_urls
+        assert all(url == "https://audiobookbay.lu/?s=test&cat=undefined%2Cundefined" for url in search_urls)
 
 
 class TestExtractMagnetLink:
@@ -262,7 +332,10 @@ class TestExtractMagnetLink:
     @patch('shelfmark.release_sources.audiobookbay.scraper.downloader.html_get_page')
     def test_extract_magnet_link_success(self, mock_html_get):
         """Test successful magnet link extraction."""
-        mock_html_get.return_value = SAMPLE_DETAIL_HTML
+        mock_html_get.side_effect = [
+            ("", "https://audiobookbay.lu/"),  # Bootstrap attempt
+            SAMPLE_DETAIL_HTML,
+        ]
         
         magnet_link = scraper.extract_magnet_link(
             "https://audiobookbay.lu/abss/test-book/",
@@ -274,6 +347,27 @@ class TestExtractMagnetLink:
         assert "ABC123DEF456GHI789JKL012MNO345PQR678STU" in magnet_link
         assert "udp%3A//tracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80" in magnet_link
         assert "http%3A//tracker.example.com%3A8080" in magnet_link
+        assert mock_html_get.call_count == 2
+
+    @patch('shelfmark.release_sources.audiobookbay.scraper.downloader.html_get_page')
+    def test_extract_magnet_link_reuses_bootstrap_session(self, mock_html_get):
+        """Test detail page fetch reuses the bootstrap session for ABB cookies."""
+        mock_html_get.side_effect = [
+            ("", "https://audiobookbay.lu/"),
+            SAMPLE_DETAIL_HTML,
+        ]
+
+        scraper.extract_magnet_link(
+            "https://audiobookbay.lu/abss/test-book/",
+            hostname="audiobookbay.lu"
+        )
+
+        assert mock_html_get.call_count == 2
+        bootstrap_call = mock_html_get.call_args_list[0]
+        detail_call = mock_html_get.call_args_list[1]
+        assert bootstrap_call.args[0] == "https://audiobookbay.lu/"
+        assert detail_call.args[0] == "https://audiobookbay.lu/abss/test-book/"
+        assert detail_call.kwargs["session"] is bootstrap_call.kwargs["session"]
 
     @patch('shelfmark.release_sources.audiobookbay.scraper.downloader.html_get_page')
     def test_extract_magnet_link_fallback(self, mock_html_get):
diff --git a/tests/audiobookbay/test_source.py b/tests/audiobookbay/test_source.py
index e27f2be..7bca177 100644
--- a/tests/audiobookbay/test_source.py
+++ b/tests/audiobookbay/test_source.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class TestAudiobookBaySource:
 
     @patch('shelfmark.release_sources.audiobookbay.source.scraper.search_audiobookbay')
     def test_search_query_generation_from_variants(self, mock_search):
-        """Test search query generation from title variants."""
+        """Test search query generation from title variants with title-only retry."""
         mock_search.return_value = []
         
         source = AudiobookBaySource()
@@ -205,9 +205,11 @@ class TestAudiobookBaySource:
         
         source.search(book, plan, content_type="audiobook")
         
-        mock_search.assert_called_once()
-        call_args = mock_search.call_args
-        assert call_args.kwargs['query'] == "test book test author"
+        assert mock_search.call_count == 2
+        first_call = mock_search.call_args_list[0]
+        second_call = mock_search.call_args_list[1]
+        assert first_call.kwargs['query'] == "test book test author"
+        assert second_call.kwargs['query'] == "test book"
 
     @patch('shelfmark.release_sources.audiobookbay.source.scraper.search_audiobookbay')
     def test_search_query_generation_from_title_only(self, mock_search):