Closes the 6 Codex review findings on the Day 1 mic-capture work
(commits 96980c7 + 41db162). Detail in
output/reports/kon-codex-mic-capture-followup-2026-04-17.md (CORBEL
workspace).
src-tauri/src/commands/audio.rs:
- D1: Sending an explicit stop signal before dropping stop_tx, so the
accumulator task wakes up immediately rather than waiting for the
Disconnected detection added below.
- D2: Wrapping MicrophoneCapture::start() in tokio::task::spawn_blocking.
start() can spend up to 350ms × N_devices × 2 passes; running it on
the async runtime froze other Tauri commands.
- M3: Match on rx.try_recv() error variants. Empty -> sleep + continue.
Disconnected -> exit accumulator task immediately. Previous behaviour
was an infinite loop after the capture stream died.
crates/audio/src/capture.rs:
- D3: Added DEAD_SILENCE_FLOOR (1e-7) gate that applies even in the
fallback pass. PulseAudio/PipeWire can stream zero-valued bytes from
a borked device; that is worse than failing fast.
- M1: Validation requeue (`for chunk in collected { try_send }`) now
counts drops in the same dropped_chunks counter.
- M2: New CaptureRuntimeError type. The cpal stream error callback now
forwards errors via a separate sync_channel (capacity 16) that the
live session can drain via take_error_rx() and surface as toasts.
Re-exported from kon_audio crate root.
cargo check -p kon-audio passes clean.
NOT YET DONE (M4): JACK-specific monitor name patterns. Defers until
testing on a JACK host. Current is_monitor_name() may miss JACK
conventions.
Wiring the new error_rx into the live session and surfacing as toasts
lands with the Day 3 error-toast system commit.
Day 1 follow-up to 96980c7. The device-picker UI in Settings now
actually takes effect: settings.microphoneDevice flows from the Svelte
store, through the Tauri invoke, into MicrophoneCapture::start_with_device
on the Rust side.
Touched paths (back-to-front):
- src-tauri/src/commands/audio.rs:start_native_capture — new optional
`device_name: Option<String>` parameter; routes to start_with_device
when set, falls back to auto-select start() when None or empty.
- src-tauri/src/commands/live.rs:StartLiveTranscriptionConfig — new
optional `microphone_device: Option<String>` field with same
semantics (rename_all = "camelCase" maps it to microphoneDevice on
the wire).
- src-tauri/src/commands/live.rs:run_live_session — picks
start_with_device when an explicit name is provided.
- src/lib/pages/DictationPage.svelte — passes
microphoneDevice: settings.microphoneDevice || null in the invoke.
Behaviour:
- "Auto" in the picker (empty string) -> backend auto-selects, skipping
monitor sources and validating by RMS energy.
- Specific device -> backend opens that device by exact name; if it has
been disconnected the user gets a clear error pointing them back at
Settings.
cargo check -p kon-audio passes clean. Tauri-crate cargo check requires
cmake (pre-existing infra dependency for whisper-rs-sys); install via
`sudo dnf install cmake clang-devel`.
Day 1 of the upgrade plan (output/reports/kon-upgrade-plan-2026-04-17.md
in the CORBEL workspace). Fixes the HANDOVER.md blocker: native live
transcription was capturing silence because PulseAudio/PipeWire monitor
sources (speaker loopback) were winning the device-selection race —
they deliver zero-valued bytes that satisfied the original
"any device that produces data within 350ms" check.
WHAT CHANGED:
crates/audio/src/capture.rs (rewrite):
- New `DeviceInfo` struct (serde-derived) for the Settings device picker
- New `MicrophoneCapture::list_devices()` enumerates inputs with metadata
- New `MicrophoneCapture::start_with_device(name)` for explicit selection
- Refactored `start()` with monitor-source filtering by name pattern
(.monitor suffix, "Monitor of " prefix, "loopback" substring) and
RMS-energy validation in a 350ms window
- Two-pass selection: real inputs first, monitor sources only as
last-resort fallback with explicit warning log
- Drop counter (Arc<AtomicU64>) tracks chunks dropped by `try_send`
failure under load — Codex review caught this as a silent-failure risk
- `dropped_chunks()` accessor for the live session
- Verbose tracing at every step for diagnosis
- Unit test for monitor-name detection
- `cargo check -p kon-audio` passes clean
crates/audio/src/lib.rs:
- Re-export `DeviceInfo`
crates/audio/Cargo.toml:
- Add serde dependency (for DeviceInfo derives)
src-tauri/src/commands/audio.rs:
- New `list_audio_devices` Tauri command (returns Vec<DeviceInfo>)
src-tauri/src/lib.rs:
- Register `list_audio_devices` in invoke_handler
src/lib/pages/SettingsPage.svelte:
- New "Audio" section with microphone picker dropdown
- Auto-populates on mount via `list_audio_devices`
- Refresh button + clear messaging about monitor sources
- Likely-monitor entries marked disabled in the dropdown
- Auto mode is the default (empty string in settings.microphoneDevice)
src/lib/stores/page.svelte.js:
- New `microphoneDevice` field in defaults (empty = auto-select)
NEXT STEPS (per the upgrade plan):
- Wire `microphoneDevice` from settings into `MicrophoneCapture::start_with_device`
in the live and standalone capture paths (currently both still call
the auto-selecting `start()`)
- Test on real hardware (Wayland + multiple input devices)
- Codex sanity-check of this diff is running in parallel; addendum to
follow if anything substantive comes back
Refs: /home/jake/Documents/CORBEL-Projects/kon/HANDOVER.md
output/reports/kon-upgrade-plan-2026-04-17.md (CORBEL workspace)
WebKitGTK denies getUserMedia by default with no permission prompt.
Connect to the permission-request signal and auto-allow, plus enable
media-stream and media-capabilities in WebKit settings.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add kon-hotkey crate with evdev-based global hotkey capture that works on
Wayland (and X11). Patterns from whisper-overlay: per-device async listeners,
inotify hotplug with udev permission retry, watch channel for live config
updates. Frontend detects Wayland at startup and selects evdev or
tauri-plugin-global-shortcut automatically.
Model downloads now support HTTP Range resume for interrupted downloads and
optional SHA256 integrity verification (incremental, no second pass).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Share single System::new_all() in probe_system() instead of calling it twice
- Rename CpuInfo::core_count to logical_processors (sys.cpus().len() returns logical, not physical)
- Add fallback arm to probe_os() for unsupported cfg targets
- Add serde::Serialize to KonError for structured frontend error reporting
- Annotate dead code (ProviderRegistry, TranscriptMetadata) with #[allow(dead_code)] + TODO comments
- Update downstream references in recommendation tests and tauri hardware command
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Security fixes from code audit:
- CSP re-enabled in tauri.conf.json with strict directives
(was null — critical vulnerability)
- XSS fix in viewer highlightText(): HTML entities escaped before
inserting <mark> tags via {@html}
- Removed 3 unwrap() calls in rule_based.rs British English conversion
— replaced with safe let-else guards
- Removed unwrap() on main window lookup in lib.rs setup — now uses
if-let for graceful handling
- Wrapped JSON.parse in DictationPage transcription-result listener
with try/catch
Rebrand cleanup:
- Renamed all localStorage keys from ramble_* to kon_* across
7 files (stores, viewer, float, history)
12 tests passing, clippy clean.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- New probe_system command: returns RAM, CPU, OS info
- New rank_models command: scores models against detected hardware
- FirstRunPage.svelte: hardware summary, ranked model list with
"Recommended" badge on top pick, download progress bar, skip option
- First-run detection in layout: checks list_models + list_parakeet_models,
shows wizard if both empty
- Sidebar hidden during first-run for clean wizard experience
- clippy clean
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- New copy_to_clipboard Tauri command using arboard 3.6
- Replaced all 5 navigator.clipboard.writeText() calls across
DictationPage, HistoryPage, FilesPage, and viewer with invoke()
- Native clipboard access independent of WebView permissions
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
