1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/backends/common.py b/backends/common.py
index 2c6437f..d707fdc 100644
--- a/backends/common.py
+++ b/backends/common.py
@@ -141,6 +141,31 @@ def url_with_port(url: str, port: int) -> str:
         (parts.scheme or "http", f"{host}:{port}", parts.path, "", ""))
 
 
+def server_running(url: str, timeout: float = 0.3) -> bool:
+    """True when something accepts TCP connections at URL's host:port.
+
+    A protocol-agnostic socket connect: an HTTP TTS server that is up will
+    accept the connection (we do not need to speak HTTP to know it is
+    listening). Returns False on any parse or connection error, so a
+    misconfigured URL never blocks the hub — it just reports the backend
+    as not running. Used by each backend's ``detect()`` to set
+    ``BackendStatus.running``.
+    """
+    import socket
+    try:
+        parts = urllib.parse.urlsplit(url)
+        host = parts.hostname or "127.0.0.1"
+        port = parts.port or (443 if (parts.scheme or "http") == "https"
+                              else 80)
+    except ValueError:
+        return False
+    try:
+        with socket.create_connection((host, port), timeout=timeout):
+            return True
+    except OSError:
+        return False
+
+
 def update_config_value(key: str, value: str,
                         config_path: Optional[Path] = None) -> bool:
     """Rewrite a ``KEY = "value"`` line in converter/config.py.