Two bugs from the v0.4.2 rename sweep:
- The lazy model import was rewritten to `from omnivoice.models.omnivoice import VoiceStudio`, a class the library does not export. ImportError is not ModuleNotFoundError, so the #564 source fallback never caught it and /generate 500'd on every default-engine request. The class keeps its library name — it is a checkpoint-referenced identifier, not branding.
- alembic resolved a bare relative script_location against the process cwd, and the desktop shell launches the backend from frontend/src-tauri, so a pending migration killed startup. script_location and prepend_sys_path are now anchored with %(here)s, with path_separator = os so Windows drive letters and paths with spaces survive. alembic floor raised to >=1.16.
Regression tests verified fail-before/pass-after for both.
Renames what users see. The app, the installers, the window title, the
docs and all 21 locales now say VoiceStudio, with "(previously
OmniVoice-Studio)" noted near the title of each doc surface so people
recognise it.
Deliberately NOT renamed, because renaming any of them silently breaks
an existing install — there is no legacy-path fallback anywhere in this
codebase:
- bundle identifier com.debpalash.omnivoice-studio (MSI UpgradeCode,
macOS TCC grants, managed venv, WebView localStorage, the
single-instance lock)
- data directories OmniVoice / .omnivoice and omnivoice.db
- the ~150 OMNIVOICE_* environment variables
- the X-OmniVoice-* HTTP headers (a wire protocol)
- the published Docker image paths
- the OmniVoice ENGINE, which is a model name and not this product
tests/test_identity_paths_survive_the_rename.py pins every one of those
so a future well-meaning sweep cannot orphan a user's library.
Linux .deb users install a new package name and should apt remove
omnivoice-studio; that note is in the changelog.
Harvested and verified every CodeRabbit/Greptile finding from PRs #1175,
#1189, #1192, #1195: 16 real ones fixed (fallback ASR preflight bypass,
VRAM release on stream exit, typed 409 parity, uv env independence,
path-privacy in errors, MCP clone_voice hardening, CaptureWidget WS
guard, test hygiene), 4 refuted with evidence, rest documented as
deliberate design or deferred.
Deterministic CI replaces hand-enforcement: tests/test_changelog_style.py
(quiet one-liner format) and tests/test_locale_parity.py (21-locale
key/placeholder lockstep with a ratchet baseline) — the latter surfaced
and fixes 151 already-broken locale strings. CodeRabbit/Greptile carry
the house rules via .coderabbit.yaml + greptile.json; CLAUDE.md gains
the harvest-before-merge and never-accept-as-is rules.
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- validate managed binaries before exec; 0-byte GGUF placeholders fail
actionably instead of "Exec format error" (#1172)
- KittenTTS: tokenizer-measured chunking to the ONNX 512-token cap;
clear 400 for unspeakable input (#1173)
- clean SIGTERM during weight load: shutdown-aware loader, benign
cancelled-load classification, lifespan hardening, scoped log
silencers (transformers load + alembic fileConfig) (#1174)
- broken ASR deep-imports (lightning_fabric) mark the engine
unavailable with a repair hint and fall through (#1185)
- uv cache + managed Python follow the chosen install drive on
Windows (cherry-picked cross-drive class fix + spaces/D: tests) (#1186)
- adaptive silence-removal ladder for quiet clone references; localized
actionable error for truly silent clips, all 21 locales (#1188)
- CHANGELOG: consolidated Unreleased into the quiet one-liner style
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Only the TTS model (~2.4 GB) is required on first run; ASR models are
per-platform curated picks (curated_on in models.yaml) installed on demand.
Every transcription surface returns a typed asr_model_missing error with a
one-click download CTA instead of silently pulling multi-GB Whisper weights.
Settings -> Models is a grouped, platform-aware catalog. New guided
permissions UX (wizard System Check + Settings -> Permissions + mic
pre-flight) with native mic-state checks and OS settings deep-links. New
parakeet-mlx engine brings Parakeet TDT v3 to Apple Silicon (language-gated
capture preference so multilingual dictation never regresses). Docs:
expressive-speech page, Flush/Unload + CPU-fallback triage, clone-length FAQ.
Hardening: preflight fails open for custom model pins, ROCm curation no
longer inherits NVIDIA picks, Windows mic probe reads the NonPackaged
consent key, CaptureWidget setup race fixed, offline-cache CI simulation
fixes so empty-cache runners stay green.
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* fix(audio): remove hidden reverb from the mastering pre-stage — reverb is preset-declared only (#TBD)
Field report (Discord): baked-in echo/reverb on some voices. apply_mastering()
hardcoded a Reverb that ran on every non-raw synthesis before the user's
preset chain — broadcast shipped reverb it never declared, podcast broke its
"no reverb" promise, cinematic/warm got doubled reverb.
The mastering pre-stage is now data-driven (MASTERING_CHAIN: highpass +
compressor, same params as before) and reverb-free; cinematic/warm keep their
user-chosen reverb. Regression tests pin the contract, incl. a burst-then-
silence echo-tail check and pedalboard-missing passthrough.
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* docs(changelog): hidden mastering reverb entry (#986)
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Palash Debnath