cjpais/Handy · error

Failed to initialize transcription manager

Error message

Failed to initialize transcription manager

What it means

Error "Failed to initialize transcription manager" thrown in cjpais/Handy.

Source

Thrown at src-tauri/src/lib.rs:861

        .manage(cli_args.clone())
        .setup(move |app| {
            specta_builder.mount_events(app);

            // Headless one-shot path (`--transcribe-file` / `--list-devices` /
            // `--list-models`): initialize only what transcription needs — the
            // store/paths plugins, the model + transcription managers, and the
            // transcribe-cpp backend + accelerator settings — then run on a worker
            // thread and exit. Deliberately skips the window, tray, overlay, audio
            // recorder (so it never opens the mic, even with always_on_microphone),
            // signal handlers, and autostart that initialize_core_logic sets up.
            if headless_mode {
                let app_handle = app.handle().clone();
                let model_manager = Arc::new(
                    ModelManager::new(&app_handle).expect("Failed to initialize model manager"),
                );
                let transcription_manager = Arc::new(
                    TranscriptionManager::new(&app_handle, model_manager.clone())
                        .expect("Failed to initialize transcription manager"),
                );
                app_handle.manage(model_manager);
                app_handle.manage(transcription_manager);
                managers::transcription::init_transcribe_backend();
                managers::transcription::apply_accelerator_settings(&app_handle);

                let handle = app_handle.clone();
                let args = cli_args.clone();
                std::thread::spawn(move || {
                    let code = run_headless_guarded(|| run_headless_transcription(&handle, &args));
                    // Drop the loaded engine before teardown: ggml-metal's global
                    // device free asserts (SIGABRT) if a model's Metal resources
                    // are still alive at C++ static-destructor time.
                    if let Some(tm) = handle.try_state::<Arc<TranscriptionManager>>() {
                        let _ = tm.unload_model();
                    }
                    // process::exit (not app.exit, which exits 0 regardless) so the
                    // exit code propagates to the shell for CI gating. Flush first

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src-tauri/src/lib.rs:861 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of cjpais/Handy@98a4d80cce (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/0b637dc1c5627e65. Report an issue: GitHub.