slop refactor/dedup

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/app/converter/clients/base.py b/app/converter/clients/base.py
index 8a0b4e4..9cf6979 100644
--- a/app/converter/clients/base.py
+++ b/app/converter/clients/base.py
@@ -68,14 +68,17 @@ class BaseTTSClient:
     cancel = None
     quiet = False
 
-    def __init__(self, chunks_dir: Path, quiet: bool = False):
+    def __init__(self, chunks_dir: Path, quiet: bool = False,
+                 cancel: Optional[threading.Event] = None):
         self.chunks_dir = Path(chunks_dir)
         # Quiet silences console prints (the run view owns the screen).
         self.quiet = bool(quiet)
         # Set by the converter when the run is cancellable (the TUI run
         # view): a threading.Event that, once set, aborts the run between
-        # requests (and interrupts retry back-off sleeps).
-        self.cancel = None
+        # requests (and interrupts retry back-off sleeps). Assigned here —
+        # before the subclass's connect logic runs — so a cancel pressed
+        # while the client is still connecting is not lost.
+        self.cancel = cancel
 
     def _report(self, message: str) -> None:
         """Print a console line unless quiet (the run view owns the screen)."""