Adjusted changelog, added suggestions by copilot

Author: semohr

beets/autotag/match.py

@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ def _parse_search_terms_with_fallbacks(
     return the fallback terms.
     """
     if all(term for term, _ in pairs):
-        return tuple(term or default for term, default in pairs)
+        return tuple(term for term, _ in pairs)  # type: ignore[misc]
     else:
         return tuple(default for _, default in pairs)
 
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ def tag_album(
     items,
     search_artist: str | None = None,
     search_album: str | None = None,
-    search_ids: list[str] = [],
+    search_ids: list[str] | None = None,
 ) -> tuple[str, str, Proposal]:
     """Return a tuple of the current artist name, the current album
     name, and a `Proposal` containing `AlbumMatch` candidates.

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ For packagers:
 
 Other changes:
 
-- Standardized ``search_*`` parameter handling in autotag matchers. Manual album and
-  singleton searches now behave consistently: when the prompt does not specify a
-  search query, the system defaults to using the corresponding metadata value.
+- Standardized ``search_*`` parameter handling in autotag matchers. Manual album
+  and singleton searches now behave consistently: when a user does not specify a
+  search query in the prompt, the system defaults to using the corresponding
+  value from the metadata. This was already the case for albums but not for
+  singletons.
 
 2.5.1 (October 14, 2025)
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