From 1ff9a635bd9b033b631a6b525891b7eb44e189d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: historia <historiavg@proton.me>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:08:33 -0400
Subject: feat: clearer split between local (managed) and remote URLs and
 server status

---
 app/backends/faster.py | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'app/backends/faster.py')

diff --git a/app/backends/faster.py b/app/backends/faster.py
index 77b9c8a..3dc30dd 100755
--- a/app/backends/faster.py
+++ b/app/backends/faster.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from backends import (
     common,
     envs,
     format_launch_hint,
+    probe,
     servers,
 )
 from backends.common import (
@@ -348,7 +349,6 @@ def detect() -> BackendStatus:
     cloned = _is_cloned()
     voices_json = _checkout() / "voices.json"
     configured = installed and cloned and voices_json.exists()
-    running = common.server_running(config.FASTER_API_URL)
     details: List[str] = []
     details.append("pip: installed" if installed else
                    "not installed — run setup to pip install")
@@ -364,11 +364,31 @@ def detect() -> BackendStatus:
                 "--voices", str(voices_json), "--port", str(_config_port())]
         specs = [ServerSpec("faster", config.FASTER_API_URL, argv)]
         launch = format_launch_hint(specs)
+    managed = servers.manages(specs)
+    remote_running, remote_urls = _detect_remote(managed)
     return BackendStatus("faster", "faster-qwen3-tts",
                          installed=installed and cloned,
-                         configured=configured, running=running,
+                         configured=configured,
+                         running=managed or remote_running,
                          details=details, launch_hint=launch,
-                         servers=specs, managed=servers.manages(specs))
+                         servers=specs, managed=managed,
+                         remote=remote_running, remote_urls=remote_urls)
+
+
+def _detect_remote(managed: bool = False):
+    """Detect an externally-run faster server at the remote URL.
+
+    Returns ``(running, {spec_name: url})``; see audiocpp._detect_remote for
+    the shared semantics (empty URL disables, own server not counted twice).
+    """
+    url = (config.FASTER_REMOTE_URL or "").strip()
+    if not url:
+        return False, {}
+    if managed and probe.same_endpoint(url, config.FASTER_API_URL):
+        return False, {}
+    if probe.identify_server(url) == probe.IDENTITY_FASTER:
+        return True, {"faster": url}
+    return False, {}
 
 
 def _run_voices_only_tui() -> int:
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