From afb2c2d5b297c5aa28bcced0e3f90e207d799c2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: historia <historiavg@proton.me>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:51:01 -0400
Subject: fix: remove backtrace from console output when using
 incorrect/incomplete cli flags

---
 audiobook.py | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'audiobook.py')

diff --git a/audiobook.py b/audiobook.py
index 0d0f5d7..811ffdf 100755
--- a/audiobook.py
+++ b/audiobook.py
@@ -187,8 +187,14 @@ def convert(backend: str = None, voice: str = None, clone: str = None,
         print("\n[WARNING] Shutdown requested by user")
         return 130
     except Exception as exc:
+        # Expected failures (bad flags, unreachable server, missing voice)
+        # raise RuntimeError/ValueError with an actionable message: show
+        # that once and keep the full traceback in the dated log file.
+        # Anything else is an actual crash, so also show the traceback.
+        logging_kit.log_traceback()
         print(f"[FATAL] Fatal error: {exc}")
-        traceback.print_exc()
+        if not isinstance(exc, (RuntimeError, ValueError)):
+            traceback.print_exc()
         if progress is not None:
             progress({"kind": "error", "message": str(exc)})
         return 1
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