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fix(asr): honor selected engine for reference transcription (#3176) - #3183
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Docstring coverage is 40.74% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 81 functions across 9 files. (2 skipped: … | Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold. |
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The PR changes default behavior without an opt-in. backend/services/model_manager.py:2925-2933 installs the reference-transcriber hook for every loaded TTS model. The hook uses active_backend_id()… |
Gate reference-transcriber installation behind an explicit setting or environment variable, or provide one platform-neutral default engine and a catalog entry that supports macOS, Windows, and Linux. Add default-route tests for Apple Silico… |
| I18n Completeness (21 Locales) | |
The PR changes no Electron files and adds no new or changed t(...) keys, so no locale key is missing. It adds hardcoded user-facing text: models.yaml:105 provides the catalogue label rendered directly… | Add stable localization IDs for the new catalogue label/note and loaded-ASR name/note. Resolve those IDs with t(...) in the Electron UI and add the keys to all 21 renderer locale files. |
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The PR activates an unsanctioned outbound ASR call. backend/services/model_manager.py:2925-2933 installs the new callback, omnivoice/models/omnivoice.py:1111-1115 invokes it for reference windows,… |
Make reference transcription local-only. Exclude openai-compat-asr from the new callback path and use an installed local engine or the bundled Whisper fallback. Alternatively, add an explicit consent gate and obtain owner approval before … |
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Check name Status Explanation Title check The title uses Conventional Commit format with the required scope and includes issue reference #3176. It accurately describes the ASR change.Linked Issues check Issue #3176requires selected-ASR reference transcription, an actionable fallback, a catalogue entry for the bundled Whisper model, and independent ASR unloading.omnivoice/models/omnivoice.pycheck…Out of Scope Changes check The changed files support issue #3176. The ASR adapter and OmniVoice changes implement selected-engine transcription and fallback. Catalogue, licence, and registry changes support the new installable …Backward Compatibility No backward-compatibility failure is introduced. The PR changes no database schema or persisted voice/project/settings format, so no Alembic migration is required. The existing asr_backendpreferenc…Description check The description clearly explains the problem, changes, validation, issue linkage, and review disposition. It omits the template's Type and Checklist sections, but the substantive PR information is com… Full details: Linked Issues check
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Issue
#3176requires selected-ASR reference transcription, an actionable fallback, a catalogue entry for the bundled Whisper model, and independent ASR unloading.omnivoice/models/omnivoice.pychecks the installed host transcriber before cached Whisper, handles long-reference windows and silent windows, and preserves the missing-model guidance.backend/config/models.yamladdsopenai/whisper-large-v3-turbo.model_lifecycle.pyandmodel_manager.pysupport independent ASR inventory and unloading while retaining the host hook. The added regression tests cover selection, fallback, WAV bridging, lifecycle, concurrency, and missing-model behavior. The issue's UI trim suggestion is not a blocking coding requirement because the documented behavior and actionable guidance address the stated failure.
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The changed files support issue
#3176. The ASR adapter and OmniVoice changes implement selected-engine transcription and fallback. Catalogue, licence, and registry changes support the new installable Whisper entry. Lifecycle changes implement independent ASR unloading and identity reporting. Documentation, changelog updates, and regression tests describe or verify these behaviors. No unrelated change is established by the supplied change summary.
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No backward-compatibility failure is introduced. The PR changes no database schema or persisted voice/project/settings format, so no Alembic migration is required. The existing
asr_backendpreference remains the selection source, and the new reference hook calls the existing local-firsttranscribe_referencepath. The fallback still searches cached snapshots withlocal_files_only=True; no changed path forces reinstall or model re-download. The revision helper also preserves existingvoicestudio-revisionorrefs/mainmarkers.
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The description clearly explains the problem, changes, validation, issue linkage, and review disposition. It omits the template's Type and Checklist sections, but the substantive PR information is complete.
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Docstring coverage is 40.74% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 81 functions across 9 files. (2 skipped: 2 unsupported.)
Resolution
Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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The PR changes default behavior without an opt-in.
backend/services/model_manager.py:2925-2933installs the reference-transcriber hook for every loaded TTS model. The hook usesactive_backend_id();backend/services/asr_backend.py:3006-3019selectsmlx-whisperon Apple Silicon macOS butwhisperxorfaster-whisperon Windows and Linux. The new fallback catalog entry atbackend/config/models.yaml:104-110also omitsdarwin-arm64. This creates platform-divergent default reference-transcription behavior.Resolution
Gate reference-transcriber installation behind an explicit setting or environment variable, or provide one platform-neutral default engine and a catalog entry that supports macOS, Windows, and Linux. Add default-route tests for Apple Silicon macOS, Windows, and Linux, including fallback catalog availability.
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The PR changes no Electron files and adds no new or changed t(...) keys, so no locale key is missing. It adds hardcoded user-facing text: models.yaml:105 provides the catalogue label rendered directly as model.label in model-library.tsx:899, and model_lifecycle.py:153 provides the loaded-ASR name rendered directly as model.name in performance-settings.tsx:351; the associated note fields are also hardcoded.
Resolution
Add stable localization IDs for the new catalogue label/note and loaded-ASR name/note. Resolve those IDs with t(...) in the Electron UI and add the keys to all 21 renderer locale files.
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The PR activates an unsanctioned outbound ASR call.
backend/services/model_manager.py:2925-2933installs the new callback,omnivoice/models/omnivoice.py:1111-1115invokes it for reference windows, andbackend/services/asr_backend.py:3414-3452routes it throughtranscribe_reference; whenopenai-compat-asris selected, that path permits the remote backend atbackend/services/asr_backend.py:3518-3527, which sends the request at lines 2613-2627..github/CONTRIBUTING.md:400-435does not sanction remote ASR calls, and this path has no first-run consent gate.Resolution
Make reference transcription local-only. Exclude
openai-compat-asrfrom the new callback path and use an installed local engine or the bundled Whisper fallback. Alternatively, add an explicit consent gate and obtain owner approval before adding the endpoint to the sanctioned outbound-call list.
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21-21: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winResolve OmniVoice when each test runs.
This collection-time import can retain a stale application module when another test replaces
sys.modules. Resolveomnivoice.models.omnivoiceat test execution time instead. As per path instructions: “no module-level imports of app modules that go stale under sys.modules pollution (resolve at run time)”.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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Review comments at @backend/services/asr_backend.py:
- Line 3437: Update the waveform write in _reference_transcriber_call to remove
the singleton channel dimension before passing the mono audio to sf.write, so
the writer receives a one-dimensional sequence of samples.
Review comments at @omnivoice/models/omnivoice.py:
- Around line 1076-1078: When _reference_transcript returns None in the
candidate loop, load cached reference ASR with _load_cached_reference_asr()
before calling self.transcribe(...), so the bundled fallback has _asr_pipe
initialized. Preserve the existing _ReferenceAsrNotInstalled handling.
Review comments at @tests/test_asr_lifecycle_3176.py:
- Around line 13-14: Move the application-module imports for
services.model_lifecycle and services.model_manager out of module scope in
tests/test_asr_lifecycle_3176.py; resolve them at test runtime in a
function-scoped fixture or within each test so each test uses the current
sys.modules entries.
Review comments at @tests/test_asr_model_missing.py:
- Around line 215-218: Update the tests calling
asr_backend.asr_model_missing_error() and the corresponding ASR selection test
to stub the installed-model and cached-snapshot checks, so they consistently
exercise the missing-checkpoint path regardless of local ASR weights.
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- Line 21: Move the module-level import of omnivoice.models.omnivoice out of
collection time and resolve it when each test runs, so tests use the current
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🟡 Minor · Unload ASR before TTS in unload_all(). · model_lifecycle.py:429-446
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winUnload ASR before TTS in
unload_all().When ASR is resident,
unload_all()unloads TTS first. TTS teardown drops the shared model and its bundled ASR pipeline, so the ASR step returns"success": false, "reason": "not loaded"and the aggregate response still reports"unloaded_all": true. Reorder the IDs so"asr"precedes"tts".Suggested fix
- model_ids = ["tts", "asr", "diarization", "sidecars", "capture-asr", "translation:nllb"] + model_ids = ["asr", "tts", "diarization", "sidecars", "capture-asr", "translation:nllb"]🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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I hit #3176 on v0.5.6 (macOS, Apple Silicon, 22.8s reference, faster-whisper-large-v3 selected), traced it, and then read this PR. Two things: The bug is already fixed on main by #2301 (merged 2026-09-24, shipped in So this PR isn't needed to fix the issue. If the goal is still to make the model-level fallback honor the selected engine, these need fixing first:
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🟡 Minor · Localize the displayed ASR name. · model_lifecycle.py:153
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winLocalize the displayed ASR name.
Reference Transcription ASRreaches the Settings tooltip and Header text as English. Add anasrtranslation key to all 21 locales and resolve it in the UI; localizenoteonly if a loaded-model consumer displays it.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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🟡 Minor · Add darwin-arm64 to the PyTorch Whisper fallback entry. · models.yaml:104-110
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winAdd
darwin-arm64to the PyTorch Whisper fallback entry.
PyTorchWhisperBackend._ensure_pipe()selects the MPS device on Apple Silicon, but the catalogue rejects this entry becausedarwin-arm64is absent and Apple Silicon is not tagged ascpu. Adddarwin-arm64to make the fallback selectable through the normal catalogue.Suggested fix
- platforms: [cuda, rocm, cpu] + platforms: [cuda, rocm, cpu, darwin-arm64]🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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🟡 Minor · Install the reference transcriber hook in the Apple Silicon sidecar. · model_manager.py:2929-2946
backend/services/model_manager.py:2929-2946
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winInstall the reference transcriber hook in the Apple Silicon sidecar.
For clips longer than five 15-second windows, the sidecar sends no transcript to
model.generate. OmniVoice then transcribes the clip without the host hook, so the selected recognizer is not used. Register the hook in the sidecar's_load_modelbefore it returns the model.Suggested fix
_send(stdout, {"op": "progress", "stage": "loading_model", "percent": 100}) + try: + from services.asr_backend import install_reference_transcriber + + install_reference_transcriber() + except Exception: # noqa: BLE001 + logging.getLogger(__name__).warning("reference transcriber hook not installed", exc_info=True) return _model🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Around line 104-110: Add darwin-arm64 to the platforms list for the
openai/whisper-large-v3-turbo catalogue entry so the PyTorch Whisper fallback is
selectable on Apple Silicon; preserve its existing platform values.
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- Line 153: Replace the hard-coded “Reference Transcription ASR” display name
with an `asr` translation key, add that key to all 21 locales, and update the
Settings tooltip and Header to resolve it through the existing localization
mechanism. Localize `note` only if a loaded-model consumer displays it.
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transcription uses the selected recognizer. Reuse install_reference_transcriber
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Problem
Voice cloning and profile previews can report that a speech-to-text model is missing even when a working recognizer is installed and selected. A saved transcript does not avoid passage selection for a reference longer than 20 seconds: the selected 15-second audio window needs its own matching transcript.
The bundled OmniVoice path only consulted Transformers-format Whisper snapshots. The initial host bridge also wrote channel-first mono tensors with the wrong soundfile shape and no explicit WAV format, so the selected recognizer never received valid audio. When that hook failed, long-reference fallback attempted transcription without loading cached Whisper.
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Validation
7dee4d70c: required backend/frontend tests, UI crawler, desktop UI and smoke tests on macOS/Windows/Linux, security, installer and identity checks. GitHub reportsCLEANandMERGEABLE.Fixes #3176
Review disposition
CodeRabbit and Greptile findings about WAV serialization, unloaded fallback, pipeline lifetime, lost engine selection, cache-dependent tests, test-module isolation, silent windows and concurrent unload are fixed with regression coverage. Unload-all ordering is corrected. The remaining CodeQL cyclic-import advisory is a deferred function-local dependency, invoked only after module initialization; targeted import/lifecycle tests pass, so it does not establish an import-time cycle failure.
The final CodeRabbit follow-up is addressed by exposing the PyTorch fallback on Apple Silicon (with a fail-before/pass-after catalogue eligibility test) and using the model brand “Whisper” in the resident-model list. The proposed sidecar hook is unnecessary: long references already go through
omnivoice_inline_referencein the parent; short references usetranscribe_reference(..., release_after=True)in the sidecar before loading TTS. Existing sidecar regression tests cover both paths and release ordering. Installing a second hook would duplicate that lifecycle.