fix: silently failing whisper transcription

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/app/backends/audiocpp/wizard.py b/app/backends/audiocpp/wizard.py
index 91a8522..46b6638 100644
--- a/app/backends/audiocpp/wizard.py
+++ b/app/backends/audiocpp/wizard.py
@@ -600,6 +600,19 @@ def _execute_lanes(settings: dict,
             transcripts, write_prompt = {}, False
         state["transcripts"] = transcripts
         state["write_prompt"] = write_prompt
+        # A blank transcript means the affected clone voices cannot work:
+        # transcript-conditioned families (Qwen3-TTS Base ICL) reject every
+        # request without it. Report the step as failed instead of a silent
+        # [OK]; the setup continues (warn-and-continue) and still writes
+        # server.json and prompt_text.
+        blank = sorted(name for name, text in transcripts.items()
+                       if not text.strip())
+        if blank:
+            print("[ERROR] No transcript for: " + ", ".join(blank))
+            print("[ERROR] Those clone voices will NOT work until prompt_text "
+                  "carries an accurate transcript for each one; see the "
+                  "summary below for how to fix them by hand.")
+            return 1
         return 0
 
     def write(emit, cancel):