From a57da0feb582ab4965ec6111cf5f9e50697ba923 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jake
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:04:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat(llm B.1 #27): Test LLM button with classified error
diagnostics
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The brief's pain point is opaque load failures: llama-cpp-2's errors
bubble up as raw C++ strings ("cudaMalloc failed: out of memory",
"invalid gguf magic"). A user seeing that has no path to recovery.
New backend command test_llm_model runs a staged diagnostic:
1. Model not downloaded → `not-downloaded` + download hint.
2. File size ≤90% of expected → `incomplete` (stalled download)
+ re-download hint. Matters because llama-cpp-2 can segfault
on truncated GGUF rather than returning cleanly.
3. Requested model already loaded → `ready`, no side effects.
4. Otherwise attempt a real load. On failure, classify_llm_load_error
maps the raw string to one of:
- load-failed-vram (OOM / cudaMalloc / allocation)
- load-failed-corrupt (GGUF magic / unsupported format)
- load-failed-permission (permission denied / access denied)
- load-failed-other (catch-all)
Each category has a prewritten actionable hint pointing at the
specific Settings surface (tier picker, re-download, file perms).
classify_llm_load_error is pure-string and unit-tested — 8 cases
covering the main categories plus edge cases (OOM alias, Windows
"Access is denied", unknown errors). Ordered narrow-to-broad so
overlap doesn't misclassify.
Settings UI gets a "Test" button in the AI section's action row,
visible whenever the model is downloaded (both downloaded-idle and
loaded states). Shows inline hint below the status line when the
test surfaces one. Refreshes both local and global LLM status after
the test since a successful test implicitly loads the model.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context)
---
src-tauri/src/commands/llm.rs | 210 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
src-tauri/src/lib.rs | 1 +
src/lib/pages/SettingsPage.svelte | 46 +++++++
3 files changed, 257 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/commands/llm.rs b/src-tauri/src/commands/llm.rs
index ecd4822..5d99017 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/commands/llm.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/commands/llm.rs
@@ -120,6 +120,216 @@ pub fn get_llm_status(state: State<'_, AppState>) -> Result {
Ok(state.llm_engine.is_loaded())
}
+/// Diagnostic result for the Settings "Test LLM" button (brief item
+/// B.1 #27). Classifies LLM setup failures into actionable categories
+/// instead of surfacing a raw llama.cpp error string.
+#[derive(Debug, serde::Serialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct LlmTestResult {
+ /// One of: "ready", "not-downloaded", "incomplete",
+ /// "load-failed-vram", "load-failed-corrupt",
+ /// "load-failed-permission", "load-failed-other".
+ pub category: String,
+ /// `true` when the LLM is healthy and usable after the test.
+ pub ok: bool,
+ /// One-line status copy for the Settings chip ("Qwen3 4B ready").
+ pub message: String,
+ /// Optional actionable next step ("Click Download", "Delete and
+ /// re-download", "Pick a smaller tier"). Absent when the state is
+ /// healthy.
+ pub hint: Option,
+}
+
+/// Best-effort LLM health check. Behaviour:
+/// 1. Model not downloaded → reports `not-downloaded` with a
+/// download hint.
+/// 2. File present but size is ≤90% of expected → reports
+/// `incomplete` (stalled download) with a re-download hint.
+/// 3. Same model already loaded → returns `ready` without disturbing
+/// the engine.
+/// 4. Otherwise attempts `engine.load_model(...)` and classifies any
+/// error string via `classify_llm_load_error` — VRAM exhaustion,
+/// GGUF magic mismatch, filesystem permissions, or
+/// everything-else. Success returns `ready`.
+///
+/// The point is that the user sees "Not enough GPU memory — pick a
+/// smaller tier" rather than a raw C++ exception bubbled up from
+/// llama.cpp. Mirrors OpenWhispr's "Test connection" UX for cloud
+/// LLMs, adapted to Kon's local stack.
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn test_llm_model(
+ state: State<'_, AppState>,
+ model_id: String,
+) -> Result {
+ let id = parse_model_id(model_id)?;
+ let info = model_info(id);
+ let path = model_manager::model_path(id);
+
+ if !path.exists() {
+ return Ok(LlmTestResult {
+ category: "not-downloaded".into(),
+ ok: false,
+ message: format!("{} is not downloaded.", info.display_name),
+ hint: Some(format!(
+ "Click Download in Settings → AI (~{} MB).",
+ info.size_bytes / 1_000_000
+ )),
+ });
+ }
+
+ // Partial-download detection: llama-cpp-2 will segfault or panic
+ // on a truncated GGUF rather than returning a clean error, so
+ // catch it here before we attempt a load. 10% tolerance because
+ // the expected size is rounded in model_manager.
+ if let Ok(metadata) = std::fs::metadata(&path) {
+ let actual = metadata.len();
+ let minimum = info.size_bytes.saturating_sub(info.size_bytes / 10);
+ if actual < minimum {
+ return Ok(LlmTestResult {
+ category: "incomplete".into(),
+ ok: false,
+ message: format!(
+ "{} file is incomplete ({} MB of expected {} MB).",
+ info.display_name,
+ actual / 1_000_000,
+ info.size_bytes / 1_000_000
+ ),
+ hint: Some("Delete and re-download from Settings → AI.".into()),
+ });
+ }
+ }
+
+ // Already loaded — no need to disturb the engine just to confirm.
+ if state.llm_engine.loaded_model_id().as_deref() == Some(id.as_str()) {
+ return Ok(LlmTestResult {
+ category: "ready".into(),
+ ok: true,
+ message: format!("{} loaded and ready.", info.display_name),
+ hint: None,
+ });
+ }
+
+ // Not currently loaded. Attempt a real load (with GPU by default
+ // — matches load_llm_model's default) and classify any failure.
+ let engine = state.llm_engine.clone();
+ let load_result = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || engine.load_model(id, &path, true))
+ .await
+ .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+
+ match load_result {
+ Ok(()) => Ok(LlmTestResult {
+ category: "ready".into(),
+ ok: true,
+ message: format!("{} loaded and ready.", info.display_name),
+ hint: None,
+ }),
+ Err(err) => {
+ let raw = err.to_string();
+ let (category, hint) = classify_llm_load_error(&raw);
+ Ok(LlmTestResult {
+ category: category.into(),
+ ok: false,
+ message: format!("Load failed: {raw}"),
+ hint: Some(hint.into()),
+ })
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+/// Pure string classifier so the test_llm_model command stays
+/// unit-testable without spinning up an actual LlmEngine. Order of
+/// checks matters — permission errors can contain the word "failed"
+/// too, so we check narrower categories before the catch-all.
+fn classify_llm_load_error(raw: &str) -> (&'static str, &'static str) {
+ let lower = raw.to_lowercase();
+ if lower.contains("out of memory")
+ || lower.contains("oom")
+ || lower.contains("allocation failed")
+ || lower.contains("vram")
+ || lower.contains("cudamalloc")
+ {
+ (
+ "load-failed-vram",
+ "Not enough GPU memory. Pick a smaller tier in Settings → AI, or disable GPU acceleration (Advanced → GPU Tuning).",
+ )
+ } else if lower.contains("magic")
+ || lower.contains("invalid gguf")
+ || lower.contains("unsupported file format")
+ || lower.contains("tensor shape")
+ {
+ (
+ "load-failed-corrupt",
+ "Model file appears corrupt or unsupported. Delete and re-download from Settings → AI.",
+ )
+ } else if lower.contains("permission denied") || lower.contains("access is denied") {
+ (
+ "load-failed-permission",
+ "Permission denied reading the model file. Check ownership of ~/.kon/models/llm/.",
+ )
+ } else {
+ (
+ "load-failed-other",
+ "Unexpected load error. See Settings → About → Diagnostics bundle.",
+ )
+ }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+ use super::classify_llm_load_error;
+
+ #[test]
+ fn classifies_vram_exhaustion() {
+ let (category, hint) = classify_llm_load_error("cudaMalloc failed: out of memory");
+ assert_eq!(category, "load-failed-vram");
+ assert!(hint.contains("smaller tier"));
+ }
+
+ #[test]
+ fn classifies_oom_alias() {
+ let (category, _) = classify_llm_load_error("OOM while allocating 4096 MB");
+ assert_eq!(category, "load-failed-vram");
+ }
+
+ #[test]
+ fn classifies_generic_allocation_failure_as_vram() {
+ let (category, _) = classify_llm_load_error("allocation failed at step 7");
+ assert_eq!(category, "load-failed-vram");
+ }
+
+ #[test]
+ fn classifies_gguf_magic_mismatch() {
+ let (category, hint) = classify_llm_load_error("invalid gguf magic bytes");
+ assert_eq!(category, "load-failed-corrupt");
+ assert!(hint.contains("re-download"));
+ }
+
+ #[test]
+ fn classifies_unsupported_format() {
+ let (category, _) = classify_llm_load_error("Unsupported file format for model");
+ assert_eq!(category, "load-failed-corrupt");
+ }
+
+ #[test]
+ fn classifies_permission_denied() {
+ let (category, hint) = classify_llm_load_error("os error 13: Permission denied");
+ assert_eq!(category, "load-failed-permission");
+ assert!(hint.contains("ownership"));
+ }
+
+ #[test]
+ fn classifies_windows_access_denied() {
+ let (category, _) = classify_llm_load_error("Access is denied. (os error 5)");
+ assert_eq!(category, "load-failed-permission");
+ }
+
+ #[test]
+ fn classifies_unknown_error_as_other() {
+ let (category, _) = classify_llm_load_error("Quantum entanglement disrupted");
+ assert_eq!(category, "load-failed-other");
+ }
+}
+
#[tauri::command]
pub async fn cleanup_transcript_text_cmd(
state: State<'_, AppState>,
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 25b9cf1..4c8eb5d 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ pub fn run() {
commands::llm::unload_llm_model,
commands::llm::delete_llm_model,
commands::llm::get_llm_status,
+ commands::llm::test_llm_model,
commands::llm::cleanup_transcript_text_cmd,
// Parakeet model management
commands::models::download_parakeet_model,
diff --git a/src/lib/pages/SettingsPage.svelte b/src/lib/pages/SettingsPage.svelte
index 35b1cb4..9e03529 100644
--- a/src/lib/pages/SettingsPage.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/pages/SettingsPage.svelte
@@ -562,6 +562,37 @@
}
}
+ // Brief item B.1 #27: diagnostic button that classifies LLM setup
+ // failures into actionable categories. Result shape comes from the
+ // backend — category / ok / message / hint. `llmTestHint` is held
+ // separately so we can render it below the one-line status without
+ // stomping the existing llmStatus string.
+ let llmTestBusy = $state(false);
+ let llmTestHint = $state("");
+
+ async function testSelectedLlmModel() {
+ if (llmTestBusy) return;
+ const modelId = selectedLlmModelId();
+ llmTestBusy = true;
+ llmStatus = "Testing...";
+ llmTestHint = "";
+ try {
+ const result = await invoke("test_llm_model", { modelId });
+ llmStatus = result?.message ?? "Test complete";
+ llmTestHint = result?.hint ?? "";
+ // A successful test also means the model was loaded (or was
+ // already loaded) — refresh both Settings-local and global
+ // status so the sidebar chip and download/load buttons react.
+ await refreshLlmStatus();
+ await refreshGlobalLlmStatus(settings.aiTier);
+ } catch (err) {
+ llmStatus = typeof err === "string" ? err : "Test failed";
+ llmTestHint = "";
+ } finally {
+ llmTestBusy = false;
+ }
+ }
+
async function setAiTier(nextTier) {
settings.aiTier = nextTier;
if (nextTier === "off") {
@@ -1412,6 +1443,9 @@
{LLM_MODELS.find((model) => model.id === selectedLlmModelId())?.subtitle || "Local model"}
{llmStatus}
+ {#if llmTestHint}
+ {llmTestHint}
+ {/if}
@@ -1429,12 +1463,24 @@
class="px-3 py-2 rounded-lg bg-accent text-bg text-[12px] hover:bg-accent-hover"
onclick={loadSelectedLlmModel}
>Load
+
{:else}
+