{"record":{"id":"6268584e99c9a9ef","repo":"zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw","slug":"failed-to-build-http-client-for-piper-tts","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Failed to build HTTP client for Piper TTS","messagePattern":"Failed to build HTTP client for Piper TTS","errorType":"panic","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"crates/zeroclaw-channels/src/tts.rs","lineNumber":848,"sourceCode":"    client: reqwest::Client,\n    api_url: String,\n}\n\nimpl PiperTtsProvider {\n    /// Create a new Piper TTS model_provider from config. Falls back to\n    /// `http://127.0.0.1:5000/v1/audio/speech` when no `api_url` is supplied.\n    pub fn new(alias: &str, config: &TtsProviderConfig) -> Self {\n        let api_url = config\n            .uri\n            .clone()\n            .filter(|u| !u.trim().is_empty())\n            .unwrap_or_else(|| \"http://127.0.0.1:5000/v1/audio/speech\".to_string());\n        Self {\n            alias: alias.to_string(),\n            client: reqwest::Client::builder()\n                .timeout(TTS_HTTP_TIMEOUT)\n                .build()\n                .expect(\"Failed to build HTTP client for Piper TTS\"),\n            api_url,\n        }\n    }\n}\n\n#[async_trait::async_trait]\nimpl TtsProvider for PiperTtsProvider {\n    fn name(&self) -> &str {\n        \"piper\"\n    }\n\n    fn output_format(&self) -> &str {\n        // Piper's OpenAI-compatible server returns WAV when no response_format\n        // is requested (the body below omits it).\n        \"wav\"\n    }\n\n    async fn synthesize(&self, text: &str, voice: &str) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {","sourceCodeStart":830,"sourceCodeEnd":866,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/88bb9c8533fc57ed7a03e36ca7c9ed2bf8336dcc/crates/zeroclaw-channels/src/tts.rs#L830-L866","documentation":"Error \"Failed to build HTTP client for Piper TTS\" thrown in zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at crates/zeroclaw-channels/src/tts.rs:848 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Verify system TLS certificates and HTTP client configuration, then restart the TTS service.","Check proxy/environment settings that could prevent building the HTTP client."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"88bb9c8533fc57ed7a03e36ca7c9ed2bf8336dcc","analyzedAt":"2026-08-23T01:07:41.857Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-23T08:06:27.607Z"}