chore: bump version to 2.0.11 [skip ci]

When apiPost throws (e.g. 400 "Already transcribing"), pollStatus
never ran because it was in the try block. The button stayed stuck
on "Start" even though transcription was running.

Moved pollStatus to the finally block so it always syncs the UI
with actual backend state. Also suppresses the error message for
400 responses since they just mean the state is already correct.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.gitea/workflows/release.yml

@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ jobs:
     name: Bump version and tag
     needs: test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      new_version: ${{ steps.bump.outputs.new_version }}
-      tag: ${{ steps.bump.outputs.tag }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -50,7 +47,6 @@ jobs:
           git config user.email "actions@gitea.local"
 
       - name: Bump patch version
-        id: bump
         run: |
           CURRENT=$(grep '"version"' package.json | head -1 | sed 's/.*"version": *"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/')
           echo "Current version: ${CURRENT}"
@@ -68,35 +64,34 @@ jobs:
           sed -i "s/__version__ = \"${CURRENT}\"/__version__ = \"${NEW_VERSION}\"/" version.py
           sed -i "s/__version_info__ = .*/__version_info__ = (${MAJOR}, ${MINOR}, ${NEW_PATCH})/" version.py
 
-          echo "new_version=${NEW_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "tag=v${NEW_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          # Write to env file instead of step outputs (avoids act runner bug)
+          echo "NEW_VERSION=${NEW_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "RELEASE_TAG=v${NEW_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Commit and tag
         env:
           BUILD_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BUILD_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          NEW_VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.new_version }}"
           git add package.json src-tauri/tauri.conf.json src-tauri/Cargo.toml version.py
           git commit -m "chore: bump version to ${NEW_VERSION} [skip ci]"
-          git tag "v${NEW_VERSION}"
+          git tag "${RELEASE_TAG}"
 
           REMOTE_URL=$(git remote get-url origin | sed "s|://|://gitea-actions:${BUILD_TOKEN}@|")
           git pull --rebase "${REMOTE_URL}" main || true
           git push "${REMOTE_URL}" HEAD:main
-          git push "${REMOTE_URL}" "v${NEW_VERSION}"
+          git push "${REMOTE_URL}" "${RELEASE_TAG}"
 
       - name: Create Gitea release
         env:
           BUILD_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BUILD_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           REPO_API="${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
-          TAG="${{ steps.bump.outputs.tag }}"
-          RELEASE_NAME="Local Transcription ${TAG}"
+          RELEASE_NAME="Local Transcription ${RELEASE_TAG}"
 
           curl -s -X POST \
             -H "Authorization: token ${BUILD_TOKEN}" \
             -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-            -d "{\"tag_name\": \"${TAG}\", \"name\": \"${RELEASE_NAME}\", \"body\": \"Automated build.\", \"draft\": false, \"prerelease\": false}" \
+            -d "{\"tag_name\": \"${RELEASE_TAG}\", \"name\": \"${RELEASE_NAME}\", \"body\": \"Automated build.\", \"draft\": false, \"prerelease\": false}" \
             "${REPO_API}/releases"
           echo "Created release: ${RELEASE_NAME}"
 
@@ -105,18 +100,14 @@ jobs:
           BUILD_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BUILD_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           REPO_API="${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
-          TAG="${{ steps.bump.outputs.tag }}"
 
           for workflow in build-app-linux.yml build-app-windows.yml build-app-macos.yml; do
-            echo "Dispatching ${workflow} for ${TAG}..."
+            echo "Dispatching ${workflow} for ${RELEASE_TAG}..."
             HTTP_CODE=$(curl -s -w "%{http_code}" -o /tmp/dispatch_resp.txt -X POST \
               -H "Authorization: token ${BUILD_TOKEN}" \
               -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-              -d "{\"ref\": \"main\", \"inputs\": {\"tag\": \"${TAG}\"}}" \
+              -d "{\"ref\": \"main\", \"inputs\": {\"tag\": \"${RELEASE_TAG}\"}}" \
               "${REPO_API}/actions/workflows/${workflow}/dispatches")
             echo "  -> HTTP ${HTTP_CODE}"
-            [ "$HTTP_CODE" != "204" ] && cat /tmp/dispatch_resp.txt && echo ""
+            if [ "$HTTP_CODE" != "204" ]; then cat /tmp/dispatch_resp.txt; echo ""; fi
           done
-
-      # NOTE: Automatic cleanup disabled -- it races with async builds.
-      # Clean up old releases manually from the Gitea UI when needed.

.gitea/workflows/sidecar-release.yml

@@ -27,40 +27,17 @@ jobs:
     needs: test
     if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ci]')"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      version: ${{ steps.bump.outputs.version }}
-      tag: ${{ steps.bump.outputs.tag }}
-      has_changes: ${{ steps.check_changes.outputs.has_changes }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2
 
-      - name: Check for backend changes
-        id: check_changes
-        run: |
-          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
-            echo "has_changes=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          CHANGED=$(git diff --name-only HEAD~1 HEAD -- client/ server/ backend/ pyproject.toml local-transcription-headless.spec 2>/dev/null || echo "")
-          if [ -n "$CHANGED" ]; then
-            echo "has_changes=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "Backend changes detected: $CHANGED"
-          else
-            echo "has_changes=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "No backend changes detected, skipping sidecar build"
-          fi
-
       - name: Configure git
-        if: steps.check_changes.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
         run: |
           git config user.name "Gitea Actions"
           git config user.email "actions@gitea.local"
 
       - name: Bump sidecar patch version
-        if: steps.check_changes.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
-        id: bump
         run: |
           CURRENT=$(grep '^version = ' pyproject.toml | head -1 | sed 's/version = "\(.*\)"/\1/')
           echo "Current sidecar version: ${CURRENT}"
@@ -74,56 +51,49 @@ jobs:
 
           sed -i "s/^version = \"${CURRENT}\"/version = \"${NEW_VERSION}\"/" pyproject.toml
 
-          echo "version=${NEW_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "tag=sidecar-v${NEW_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          # Write to env file instead of step outputs (avoids act runner bug)
+          echo "NEW_VERSION=${NEW_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "RELEASE_TAG=sidecar-v${NEW_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Commit and tag
-        if: steps.check_changes.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
         env:
           BUILD_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BUILD_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          NEW_VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version }}"
-          TAG="${{ steps.bump.outputs.tag }}"
           git add pyproject.toml
           git commit -m "chore: bump sidecar version to ${NEW_VERSION} [skip ci]"
-          git tag "${TAG}"
+          git tag "${RELEASE_TAG}"
 
           REMOTE_URL=$(git remote get-url origin | sed "s|://|://gitea-actions:${BUILD_TOKEN}@|")
           git pull --rebase "${REMOTE_URL}" main || true
           git push "${REMOTE_URL}" HEAD:main
-          git push "${REMOTE_URL}" "${TAG}"
+          git push "${REMOTE_URL}" "${RELEASE_TAG}"
 
       - name: Create Gitea release
-        if: steps.check_changes.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
         env:
           BUILD_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BUILD_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           REPO_API="${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
-          TAG="${{ steps.bump.outputs.tag }}"
-          VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version }}"
-          RELEASE_NAME="Sidecar v${VERSION}"
+          RELEASE_NAME="Sidecar v${NEW_VERSION}"
 
           curl -s -X POST \
             -H "Authorization: token ${BUILD_TOKEN}" \
             -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-            -d "{\"tag_name\": \"${TAG}\", \"name\": \"${RELEASE_NAME}\", \"body\": \"Automated sidecar build.\", \"draft\": false, \"prerelease\": false}" \
+            -d "{\"tag_name\": \"${RELEASE_TAG}\", \"name\": \"${RELEASE_NAME}\", \"body\": \"Automated sidecar build.\", \"draft\": false, \"prerelease\": false}" \
             "${REPO_API}/releases"
           echo "Created release: ${RELEASE_NAME}"
 
       - name: Trigger per-OS sidecar builds
-        if: steps.check_changes.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
         env:
           BUILD_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BUILD_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           REPO_API="${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
-          TAG="${{ steps.bump.outputs.tag }}"
 
           for workflow in build-sidecar-linux.yml build-sidecar-windows.yml build-sidecar-macos.yml build-sidecar-cloud.yml; do
-            echo "Dispatching ${workflow} for ${TAG}..."
+            echo "Dispatching ${workflow} for ${RELEASE_TAG}..."
             HTTP_CODE=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -X POST \
               -H "Authorization: token ${BUILD_TOKEN}" \
               -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-              -d "{\"ref\": \"main\", \"inputs\": {\"tag\": \"${TAG}\"}}" \
+              -d "{\"ref\": \"main\", \"inputs\": {\"tag\": \"${RELEASE_TAG}\"}}" \
               "${REPO_API}/actions/workflows/${workflow}/dispatches")
             echo "  -> HTTP ${HTTP_CODE}"
           done

backend/api_server.py

@@ -151,14 +151,24 @@ class APIServer:
 
         @app.post("/api/start")
         async def start_transcription():
-            success, message = ctrl.start_transcription()
+            import asyncio
+            # Run in thread pool to avoid blocking the event loop
+            # (start_recording can block up to 15s waiting for Deepgram WS)
+            loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+            success, message = await loop.run_in_executor(
+                None, ctrl.start_transcription
+            )
             if not success:
                 raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=message)
             return {"status": "ok", "message": message}
 
         @app.post("/api/stop")
         async def stop_transcription():
-            success, message = ctrl.stop_transcription()
+            import asyncio
+            loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+            success, message = await loop.run_in_executor(
+                None, ctrl.stop_transcription
+            )
             if not success:
                 raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=message)
             return {"status": "ok", "message": message}
@@ -223,7 +233,11 @@ class APIServer:
 
         @app.post("/api/reload-engine")
         async def reload_engine():
-            success, message = ctrl.reload_engine()
+            import asyncio
+            loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+            success, message = await loop.run_in_executor(
+                None, ctrl.reload_engine
+            )
             if not success:
                 raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=message)
             return {"status": "ok", "message": message}

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "local-transcription",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "2.0.9",
+  "version": "2.0.11",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite dev",

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "local-transcription"
-version = "1.0.8"
+version = "1.0.9"
 description = "A standalone desktop application for real-time speech-to-text transcription using Whisper models"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"

src-tauri/Cargo.lock

@@ -1881,7 +1881,7 @@ checksum = "92daf443525c4cce67b150400bc2316076100ce0b3686209eb8cf3c31612e6f0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "local-transcription"
-version = "2.0.3"
+version = "2.0.8"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "chrono",

src-tauri/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "local-transcription"
-version = "2.0.9"
+version = "2.0.11"
 description = "Real-time speech-to-text transcription for streamers"
 authors = ["Local Transcription Contributors"]
 edition = "2021"

src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "productName": "Local Transcription",
-  "version": "2.0.9",
+  "version": "2.0.11",
   "identifier": "net.anhonesthost.local-transcription",
   "build": {
     "frontendDist": "../dist",

src/lib/components/Controls.svelte

@@ -20,14 +20,17 @@
       } else {
         await backendStore.apiPost("/api/start");
       }
-      // Poll status to update UI immediately instead of waiting
-      // for WebSocket broadcast (which can be delayed or missed)
-      await backendStore.pollStatus();
     } catch (err: unknown) {
       const msg = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
-      console.error("Failed to toggle transcription:", msg);
-      errorMessage = msg;
+      // Ignore "Already transcribing/not transcribing" -- just sync the state
+      if (!msg.includes("400")) {
+        console.error("Failed to toggle transcription:", msg);
+        errorMessage = msg;
+      }
     } finally {
+      // Always poll status to sync UI with actual backend state,
+      // even if the API call failed (e.g. "Already transcribing")
+      await backendStore.pollStatus();
       isLoading = false;
     }
   }

version.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Version information for Local Transcription."""
 
-__version__ = "2.0.9"
-__version_info__ = (2, 0, 9)
+__version__ = "2.0.11"
+__version_info__ = (2, 0, 11)
 
 # Version history:
 # 1.4.0 - Auto-update feature: