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Fixes #1561.

What

  • backend/core/event_bus.pyemit() called from a threadpool worker (sync FastAPI endpoint: profile rename/delete/revoke-consent, history star/clear/delete, export recorders) used to hit the RuntimeError branch of asyncio.get_running_loop() and silently drop the event. subscribe() now captures the serving loop and foreign threads hand off via call_soon_threadsafe; async callers take the same create_task path as before.
  • frontend/src/hooks/useAppData.js + utils/initialLoadRetry.js — the initial list loads retry (exponential backoff) until first success; WS-triggered reloads keep the existing keep-previous-list-on-failure behavior. Loaders gained { rethrow: true } for the initial path so the retry actually engages — they swallow errors by design everywhere else, and without this the retry resolves on attempt one (caught during self-review).

Why

The UI refetches the voice list only on the WS profiles event, so a rename left every open tab stale; a reload in that window with a transient first-fetch failure presented an empty voices panel — indistinguishable from data loss to a user, though nothing was deleted (#1561 has the full repro and the live-socket evidence).

Verification

  • tests/test_event_bus_thread_emit.py: fails on the original emit (re-verified by stashing the fix), passes with it. Drives the real shape: serving loop in its own thread, emit() from a loop-less worker.
  • Live two-instance probe (isolated OMNIVOICE_DATA_DIR, throwaway ports): PUT rename → {"kind":"profiles","action":"updated"} arrives on the WS with the fix; nothing arrives within 3s on the original build.
  • frontend vitest suite (4 tests incl. a wiring pin that fails if { rethrow: true } ever disappears from the call site) and bun run build both green.
  • tests/test_api.py: 4 failures that pre-date this branch (non-loopback 401-vs-403 class; identical with/without this diff).

Notes for reviewers

  • Events emitted before any WS client ever subscribed are still dropped (no serving loop captured) — same as before; there is nobody to notify. MCP-side profile mutations go through async paths that already worked.
  • The altitude call (loop capture in subscribe() vs lifespan vs per-endpoint asyncification) was reviewed and subscribe() chosen: it is the first point the serving loop provably exists, and converting endpoints to async would move their DB I/O onto the event loop for no gain.

The event bus now forwards WebSocket events from synchronous threadpool endpoints, and initial frontend list loads retry with exponential backoff. This prevents stale cross-tab data and empty lists after transient failures while preserving existing WebSocket reload behavior. Review event-loop lifecycle handling and retry cancellation paths; four tests/test_api.py failures are pre-existing.

TASK-1: stuck model loads (>1200s), unkillable abandoned workers holding device
TASK-2: exploration of durable fixes (flush caches, CPU engine, timeout, shorter text)
…eft every open tab stale

PUT/DELETE /profiles (rename, delete, revoke consent) and the history/export
mutators are sync FastAPI endpoints: their bodies run in threadpool workers
where asyncio.get_running_loop() raises, so event_bus.emit() hit the
RuntimeError branch and silently dropped the "profiles" event. The UI only
refetches the voice list on that event, so after a rename the list kept stale
state, and a reload during that window could land on an empty panel (no
retry on the initial load either) — which reads to a user as "all my voices
are gone" even though nothing was deleted.

emit() now captures the serving loop in subscribe() and hands off from
foreign threads via call_soon_threadsafe (async callers are unchanged).
Also: the initial list loads in useAppData retry until FIRST success via
retryInitialLoad — a WS-triggered reload failure still keeps the previous
list, but the first load has nothing to keep. Loaders gained {rethrow: true}
for the initial path so the retry actually engages (they swallow errors by
design elsewhere); an integration test pins that wiring.

Tests: tests/test_event_bus_thread_emit.py fails on the old emit (verified
by stashing the fix) and passes with it; a live two-instance probe confirmed
PUT rename → WS event arrives on the fixed build and never on the original.
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The PR restores WebSocket event delivery from synchronous backend endpoints and retries initial frontend list loads after transient failures.

  • Captures the serving event loop and schedules broadcasts from threadpool workers safely.
  • Adds retrying, generation-aware initial loading for profiles, histories, projects, and exports.
  • Adds backend thread-emission and frontend retry regression coverage.
  • Corrects the Unreleased changelog entry requested in the previous review.

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Filename Overview
backend/core/event_bus.py Routes event emissions from worker threads onto the captured WebSocket-serving event loop.
frontend/src/hooks/useAppData.js Adds retrying initial list loads while retaining failure-tolerant WebSocket refresh behavior.
frontend/src/utils/initialLoadRetry.js Implements cancellable exponential-backoff retries until the first successful load.
tests/test_event_bus_thread_emit.py Verifies that a loop-less worker thread can deliver an event to a listener on the serving loop.
frontend/src/test/initialLoadRetry.test.js Covers retry success, cancellation, and initial-loader error propagation wiring.
CHANGELOG.md The entry now satisfies the previously requested Highlights placement, issue reference, and community-credit format.

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The backend routes worker-thread WebSocket events through the serving event loop. The frontend retries initial dataset loads until success and cancels retries during cleanup.

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State synchronization and initial loading

Layer / File(s) Summary
Thread-safe serving-loop event delivery
backend/core/event_bus.py, tests/test_event_bus_thread_emit.py, CHANGELOG.md
The event bus captures the serving loop and schedules worker-thread emissions through it. The regression test validates delivery of the profiles payload.
Initial data load retry flow
frontend/src/utils/initialLoadRetry.js, frontend/src/hooks/useAppData.js, frontend/src/test/initialLoadRetry.test.js
Initial loaders retry with exponential backoff until success, support cancellation, rethrow initial-load errors, and prevent stale results from overwriting newer data. WebSocket-triggered reloads retain existing failure handling.

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The change restores WebSocket updates from synchronous endpoints and retries initial data loads without changing the established reload behavior; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes address issue #1561 by forwarding thread-emitted WebSocket events and retrying initial list loads.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The implementation, tests, and changelog updates are directly related to the objectives in issue #1561.
Cross-Platform Default Parity ✅ Passed The default changes contain no OS-specific branches; they use portable asyncio loop handoff and browser setTimeout, so macOS, Windows, and Linux follow the same behavior.
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In `@CHANGELOG.md`:
- Line 37: Update the changelog entry to remain a single line and append the
required issue or pull-request reference in the form (`#NNN`), using the correct
reference for this change.

In `@frontend/src/hooks/useAppData.js`:
- Around line 175-179: Update the initial-loading flow in useAppData and the
related list loaders to track a request generation per list, and apply results
only when the completing request matches the latest generation; older initial
responses must be ignored when they finish after WebSocket-triggered reloads.
Preserve current loading behavior and add a regression test that completes the
overlapping requests in reverse order and verifies stale data does not replace
the newer list.

In `@tests/test_event_bus_thread_emit.py`:
- Around line 72-79: Replace the deadline loop and asyncio.sleep polling around
q with a single asyncio.wait_for(q.get(), timeout=2.0) await, append the
returned item to received, and preserve the test’s existing timeout/failure
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CodeRabbit debpalash#1562 findings, both real:

- makeLoader is now generation-guarded: the initial retry loop overlaps
  freely with WS-triggered reloads, and a slow in-flight response could
  resolve AFTER a fresher reload and overwrite its list with stale data.
  Each invocation bumps a generation; only the newest may setState.
- The regression test awaited the queue via sleep-polling; it now uses
  asyncio.wait_for(q.get()) so a failure surfaces as TimeoutError instead
  of depending on 10ms poll timing (repo rule: no sleeps as sync).
…dpool-emit

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Heads-up: the Tests (backend + frontend) failure on the latest run is pre-existing on main — upstream's own CI run for main @ 31886909245 (commit fix: require remote voice render parity, 13:19Z today) fails the identical test, before any of my commits:

FAILED tests/test_watermark_route_coverage.py::test_every_synthesis_module_routes_through_mark_synthetic
AssertionError: Modules synthesize audio but never reference the mark_synthetic chokepoint (EU AI Act Art. 50(2), #1169): ['worker/transport/server.py']

My branch contains no changes to worker/transport/server.py, watermark code, or that test — the failure arrived with the merge of upstream main (the branch was conflict-free against e4c1ef0d and is kept current with main per repo convention). Nothing in this PR touches that path; every check that this PR can affect (lint, format, build, both new suites, CodeQL, Bandit, gitleaks, Greptile, CodeRabbit) is green.

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[Bug] Renaming a voice makes the list look stale or empty in other tabs (WS event dropped from sync endpoints)

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