chore: bump version to 2.0.1 [skip ci]

Major version bump reflecting the architecture change from PySide6/Qt
to Tauri v2 + Svelte 5 with cross-platform support for Windows,
macOS, and Linux.

Key changes since v1.4.0:
- Tauri v2 native desktop shell replacing PySide6/Qt
- Svelte 5 reactive frontend
- Headless Python backend as a downloadable sidecar
- Deepgram cloud transcription (managed + BYOK)
- Gitea CI/CD with per-OS builds and automated releases
- Sidecar auto-update checking on startup
- 63-test suite (Python + Svelte + Rust)

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

.gitea/workflows/release.yml

@@ -3,11 +3,45 @@ name: Release
 on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - 'src/**'
+      - 'src-tauri/**'
+      - 'package.json'
+      - 'vite.config.ts'
+      - 'index.html'
 
 jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Run Tests
+    if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ci]')"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+
+      - name: Install npm deps
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Frontend tests
+        run: npx vitest run
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        run: |
+          curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
+          echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
+      - name: Python tests
+        run: |
+          uv venv .testvenv
+          VIRTUAL_ENV=.testvenv uv pip install pytest httpx pytest-asyncio anyio fastapi pydantic pyyaml uvicorn requests
+          .testvenv/bin/python -m pytest backend/tests/ client/tests/ -v --tb=short
+
   bump-version:
     name: Bump version and tag
-    if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ci]')"
+    needs: test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       new_version: ${{ steps.bump.outputs.new_version }}
@@ -89,3 +123,45 @@ jobs:
               "${REPO_API}/actions/workflows/${workflow}/dispatches")
             echo "  -> HTTP ${HTTP_CODE}"
           done
+
+      - name: Clean up old app releases
+        env:
+          BUILD_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BUILD_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          REPO_API="${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
+          KEEP=3
+          PROTECT_TAG="v1.4.0"
+
+          echo "Cleaning up old app releases (keeping latest ${KEEP} + ${PROTECT_TAG})..."
+
+          # Get all app releases (v* tags, not sidecar-v*)
+          RELEASES=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token ${BUILD_TOKEN}" \
+            "${REPO_API}/releases?limit=50" | jq -c '[.[] | select(.tag_name | startswith("v")) | select(.tag_name | startswith("sidecar") | not)]')
+
+          TOTAL=$(echo "$RELEASES" | jq 'length')
+          echo "Found ${TOTAL} app releases"
+
+          if [ "$TOTAL" -le "$KEEP" ]; then
+            echo "Nothing to clean up"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          # Skip the newest KEEP releases, delete the rest (except protected)
+          echo "$RELEASES" | jq -c ".[$KEEP:][]" | while read -r release; do
+            ID=$(echo "$release" | jq -r '.id')
+            TAG=$(echo "$release" | jq -r '.tag_name')
+
+            if [ "$TAG" = "$PROTECT_TAG" ]; then
+              echo "  Protecting ${TAG}"
+              continue
+            fi
+
+            echo "  Deleting release ${TAG} (ID: ${ID})..."
+            curl -s -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token ${BUILD_TOKEN}" \
+              "${REPO_API}/releases/${ID}"
+
+            # Also delete the tag
+            curl -s -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token ${BUILD_TOKEN}" \
+              "${REPO_API}/tags/${TAG}"
+          done
+          echo "Cleanup complete"

.gitea/workflows/sidecar-release.yml

@@ -12,8 +12,27 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Run Tests
+    if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ci]')"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        run: |
+          curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
+          echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
+      - name: Python tests
+        run: |
+          uv venv .testvenv
+          VIRTUAL_ENV=.testvenv uv pip install pytest httpx pytest-asyncio anyio fastapi pydantic pyyaml uvicorn requests
+          .testvenv/bin/python -m pytest backend/tests/ client/tests/ -v --tb=short
+
   bump-sidecar-version:
     name: Bump sidecar version and tag
+    needs: test
     if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ci]')"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
@@ -62,8 +81,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "New sidecar version: ${NEW_VERSION}"
 
           sed -i "s/^version = \"${CURRENT}\"/version = \"${NEW_VERSION}\"/" pyproject.toml
-          sed -i "s/__version__ = \"${CURRENT}\"/__version__ = \"${NEW_VERSION}\"/" version.py
-          sed -i "s/__version_info__ = .*/__version_info__ = (${MAJOR}, ${MINOR}, ${NEW_PATCH})/" version.py
 
           echo "version=${NEW_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "tag=sidecar-v${NEW_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -75,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           NEW_VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version }}"
           TAG="${{ steps.bump.outputs.tag }}"
-          git add pyproject.toml version.py
+          git add pyproject.toml
           git commit -m "chore: bump sidecar version to ${NEW_VERSION} [skip ci]"
           git tag "${TAG}"
 
@@ -118,3 +135,40 @@ jobs:
               "${REPO_API}/actions/workflows/${workflow}/dispatches")
             echo "  -> HTTP ${HTTP_CODE}"
           done
+
+      - name: Clean up old sidecar releases
+        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}"
+          KEEP=2
+
+          echo "Cleaning up old sidecar releases (keeping latest ${KEEP})..."
+
+          # Get all sidecar releases (sidecar-v* tags)
+          RELEASES=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token ${BUILD_TOKEN}" \
+            "${REPO_API}/releases?limit=50" | jq -c '[.[] | select(.tag_name | startswith("sidecar-v"))]')
+
+          TOTAL=$(echo "$RELEASES" | jq 'length')
+          echo "Found ${TOTAL} sidecar releases"
+
+          if [ "$TOTAL" -le "$KEEP" ]; then
+            echo "Nothing to clean up"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          # Skip the newest KEEP releases, delete the rest
+          echo "$RELEASES" | jq -c ".[$KEEP:][]" | while read -r release; do
+            ID=$(echo "$release" | jq -r '.id')
+            TAG=$(echo "$release" | jq -r '.tag_name')
+
+            echo "  Deleting sidecar release ${TAG} (ID: ${ID})..."
+            curl -s -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token ${BUILD_TOKEN}" \
+              "${REPO_API}/releases/${ID}"
+
+            # Also delete the tag
+            curl -s -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token ${BUILD_TOKEN}" \
+              "${REPO_API}/tags/${TAG}"
+          done
+          echo "Cleanup complete"

.gitea/workflows/test.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
     branches: [main]
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   python-tests:
@@ -13,12 +14,20 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Install test dependencies
+      - name: Install uv
         run: |
-          pip install --break-system-packages pytest httpx pytest-asyncio anyio fastapi pydantic pyyaml uvicorn requests
+          if command -v uv &> /dev/null; then
+            echo "uv already installed: $(uv --version)"
+          else
+            curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
+            echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+          fi
 
       - name: Run pytest
-        run: python3 -m pytest backend/tests/ client/tests/ -v --tb=short
+        run: |
+          uv venv .testvenv
+          VIRTUAL_ENV=.testvenv uv pip install pytest httpx pytest-asyncio anyio fastapi pydantic pyyaml uvicorn requests
+          .testvenv/bin/python -m pytest backend/tests/ client/tests/ -v --tb=short
 
   frontend-tests:
     name: Frontend Tests

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "local-transcription",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "1.4.18",
+  "version": "2.0.1",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite dev",

src-tauri/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "local-transcription"
-version = "1.4.18"
+version = "2.0.1"
 description = "Real-time speech-to-text transcription for streamers"
 authors = ["Local Transcription Contributors"]
 edition = "2021"

src-tauri/src/sidecar/mod.rs

@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ fn read_installed_version() -> Option<String> {
 }
 
 fn sidecar_dir_for_version(version: &str) -> PathBuf {
-    data_dir().join(format!("sidecar-{version}"))
+    // version is the full tag name, e.g. "sidecar-v1.0.3" -- use it directly
+    data_dir().join(version)
 }
 
 fn binary_path_for_version(version: &str) -> PathBuf {
@@ -371,12 +372,12 @@ fn extract_zip(zip_path: &std::path::Path, dest: &std::path::Path) -> Result<(),
 
 fn cleanup_old_versions(current_version: &str) {
     let data = data_dir();
-    let current_dir_name = format!("sidecar-{current_version}");
+    // current_version is already the full tag, e.g. "sidecar-v1.0.3"
     if let Ok(entries) = std::fs::read_dir(data) {
         for entry in entries.flatten() {
             let name = entry.file_name().to_string_lossy().to_string();
-            if name.starts_with("sidecar-v")      // e.g. sidecar-v1.0.1
-                && name != current_dir_name
+            if name.starts_with("sidecar-")
+                && name != current_version
                 && entry.path().is_dir()
             {
                 let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(entry.path());
@@ -433,6 +434,20 @@ impl SidecarManager {
                 .ok_or_else(|| "Sidecar running but port unknown".into());
         }
 
+        // Clear stale PID lock from a previous crash so the sidecar can start.
+        // The Python InstanceLock writes to ~/.local-transcription/app.lock
+        if let Ok(home) = std::env::var("USERPROFILE")
+            .or_else(|_| std::env::var("HOME"))
+        {
+            let lock_file = PathBuf::from(home)
+                .join(".local-transcription")
+                .join("app.lock");
+            if lock_file.exists() {
+                eprintln!("[sidecar] Removing stale lock file: {}", lock_file.display());
+                let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&lock_file);
+            }
+        }
+
         let is_dev = cfg!(debug_assertions)
             || std::env::var("LOCAL_TRANSCRIPTION_DEV")
                 .map(|v| v == "1")
@@ -463,11 +478,63 @@ impl SidecarManager {
             .take()
             .ok_or("Failed to capture sidecar stdout")?;
 
-        let port = Self::wait_for_ready(stdout)?;
+        // Capture stderr in a background thread so we can log it
+        let stderr = child
+            .stderr
+            .take()
+            .ok_or("Failed to capture sidecar stderr")?;
 
-        self.child = Some(child);
-        self.port = Some(port);
-        Ok(port)
+        let log_dir = DIRS.get().map(|d| d.data_dir.clone());
+        std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            use std::io::BufRead;
+            let reader = std::io::BufReader::new(stderr);
+            let mut log_file = log_dir.and_then(|d| {
+                std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+                    .create(true)
+                    .append(true)
+                    .open(d.join("sidecar.log"))
+                    .ok()
+            });
+            for line in reader.lines() {
+                if let Ok(line) = line {
+                    eprintln!("[sidecar-stderr] {}", line);
+                    if let Some(ref mut f) = log_file {
+                        use std::io::Write;
+                        let _ = writeln!(f, "{}", line);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        match Self::wait_for_ready(stdout) {
+            Ok(port) => {
+                self.child = Some(child);
+                self.port = Some(port);
+                Ok(port)
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                // Kill the child if ready failed
+                let _ = child.kill();
+                let _ = child.wait();
+
+                // Read the sidecar.log for context
+                let log_hint = DIRS
+                    .get()
+                    .and_then(|d| std::fs::read_to_string(d.data_dir.join("sidecar.log")).ok())
+                    .and_then(|s| {
+                        let lines: Vec<&str> = s.lines().collect();
+                        let tail: Vec<&str> = lines.iter().rev().take(10).rev().cloned().collect();
+                        if tail.is_empty() { None } else { Some(tail.join("\n")) }
+                    })
+                    .unwrap_or_default();
+
+                if log_hint.is_empty() {
+                    Err(e)
+                } else {
+                    Err(format!("{e}\n\nSidecar stderr (last 10 lines):\n{log_hint}"))
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /// Stop the sidecar process if running.
@@ -739,7 +806,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn sidecar_dir_for_version_contains_version() {
         let data = ensure_dirs_initialised();
         let dir = sidecar_dir_for_version("sidecar-v1.2.3");
-        assert_eq!(dir, data.join("sidecar-sidecar-v1.2.3"));
+        assert_eq!(dir, data.join("sidecar-v1.2.3"));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -784,9 +851,8 @@ mod tests {
             std::fs::create_dir_all(data.join(d)).unwrap();
         }
 
-        // cleanup_old_versions builds `current_dir_name = "sidecar-{version}"`.
-        // Passing "v1.0.2" produces "sidecar-v1.0.2" which matches our dir name.
-        cleanup_old_versions("v1.0.2");
+        // current_version is the full tag, e.g. "sidecar-v1.0.2"
+        cleanup_old_versions("sidecar-v1.0.2");
 
         assert!(
             !data.join("sidecar-v1.0.0").exists(),

src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "productName": "Local Transcription",
-  "version": "1.4.18",
+  "version": "2.0.1",
   "identifier": "net.anhonesthost.local-transcription",
   "build": {
     "frontendDist": "../dist",

src/App.svelte

@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@
   import { backendStore } from "$lib/stores/backend";
   import { configStore } from "$lib/stores/config";
 
-  type SidecarState = "checking" | "needs_setup" | "starting" | "connected";
+  type SidecarState = "checking" | "needs_setup" | "update_available" | "starting" | "connected";
 
   let showSettings = $state(false);
   let sidecarState = $state<SidecarState>("checking");
   let debugLog = $state("");
+  let availableUpdate = $state("");
 
   let obsDisplayUrl = $derived(backendStore.obsUrl);
   let syncDisplayUrl = $derived(backendStore.syncUrl);
@@ -53,6 +54,20 @@
         return;
       }
 
+      // Check for sidecar updates before launching
+      try {
+        log("Checking for sidecar updates...");
+        const update = await invoke<string | null>("check_sidecar_update");
+        if (update) {
+          log(`Sidecar update available: ${update}`);
+          availableUpdate = update;
+          sidecarState = "update_available";
+          return;
+        }
+      } catch (err) {
+        log(`Update check failed (non-fatal): ${err}`);
+      }
+
       await launchSidecar();
     } catch (err) {
       // Not running in Tauri (browser dev mode) - skip sidecar check
@@ -118,6 +133,26 @@
 {:else if sidecarState === "needs_setup"}
   <SidecarSetup onComplete={onSidecarReady} />
 
+{:else if sidecarState === "update_available"}
+  <div class="connecting-overlay" style="background:#1e1e1e;color:#e0e0e0;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;height:100%;width:100%;">
+    <div class="connecting-content" style="text-align:center;max-width:400px;">
+      <h2 style="font-size:20px;margin:0 0 12px;">Sidecar Update Available</h2>
+      <p style="color:#a0a0a0;font-size:14px;margin:0 0 20px;">
+        A new version of the transcription engine is available ({availableUpdate}).
+      </p>
+      <div style="display:flex;gap:10px;justify-content:center;">
+        <button
+          style="padding:8px 20px;border:1px solid #555;border-radius:6px;background:transparent;color:#e0e0e0;cursor:pointer;"
+          onclick={() => launchSidecar()}
+        >Skip</button>
+        <button
+          style="padding:8px 20px;border:none;border-radius:6px;background:#4CAF50;color:white;cursor:pointer;font-weight:500;"
+          onclick={() => { sidecarState = "needs_setup"; }}
+        >Update Now</button>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+
 {:else if !isConnected}
   <div class="connecting-overlay" style="background:#1e1e1e;color:#e0e0e0;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;height:100%;width:100%;">
     <div class="connecting-content" style="text-align:center;">

version.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Version information for Local Transcription."""
 
-__version__ = "1.4.18"
-__version_info__ = (1, 4, 18)
+__version__ = "2.0.1"
+__version_info__ = (2, 0, 1)
 
 # Version history:
 # 1.4.0 - Auto-update feature: