fix: book generation logging

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/app/ui/hub.py b/app/ui/hub.py
index c1f5dce..9282fa7 100644
--- a/app/ui/hub.py
+++ b/app/ui/hub.py
@@ -1405,15 +1405,24 @@ def _prepare_run_config(backend: str, kwargs: dict
     if info is not None:
         label = info.label
     log_path = str(LOGS_FOLDER / f"audiobook_{datetime.now():%Y%m%d}.log")
+    # The run view points failures at this file, so make sure it exists
+    # from the moment a run starts — even when the run dies before the
+    # converter's setup_logging creates it.
+    LOGS_FOLDER.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    Path(log_path).touch()
     autostart = kwargs.pop("autostart", None)
+    # book_files/planned travel on the dedicated RunConfig fields; keeping
+    # them in kwargs too would collide with convert()'s named parameters.
+    book_files = kwargs.pop("book_files", None) or []
+    planned = kwargs.pop("planned", None) or []
     api_url = kwargs.get("api_url")
 
     if api_url:
         identity = _remote_identity(backend, kwargs)
         return runview.RunConfig(
             backend=backend, backend_label=f"{label} [remote]",
-            kwargs=kwargs, book_files=kwargs.get("book_files") or [],
-            planned=kwargs.get("planned") or [],
+            kwargs=kwargs, book_files=book_files,
+            planned=planned,
             server_url=api_url, server_identity=identity,
             log_path=log_path)
 
@@ -1434,8 +1443,7 @@ def _prepare_run_config(backend: str, kwargs: dict
         notice = (f"no server named '{autostart}' — starting it was skipped")
     return runview.RunConfig(
         backend=backend, backend_label=label, kwargs=kwargs,
-        book_files=kwargs.get("book_files") or [],
-        planned=kwargs.get("planned") or [],
+        book_files=book_files, planned=planned,
         server_name=spec.name if spec is not None else None,
         server_url=spec.url if spec is not None else None,
         server_identity=spec.identity if spec is not None else None,