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Problem

Every app that ships local speech-to-text downloads its own copy of the same models. T3 Code always fetched from Hugging Face into its own folder, even when the identical file was already on the machine.

Fix

• Download looks first. Before fetching, the model store checks Handy's models folder and the Hugging Face cache for the pinned file and links it instead of downloading.
• Use existing. Settings → Voice has a path field under the model list. Paste a model file or a folder; the server searches it (five levels deep) and links every catalog model it finds.
• Only catalog files. A candidate must match a catalog model's size and SHA-256, so the store still never loads a file the catalog does not pin. Other formats (Core ML, ONNX, MLX) are not usable.
• No copy. A match is installed as a symlink, with a hard-link fallback where symlinks are not allowed.
• Way out. A linked model shows the file it uses, and its delete button becomes unlink. Removing it deletes only the link.

Older servers do not report supportsModelLinking, so the path field is hidden for them. Mobile has no path field; linked models appear there as installed and can be selected.

Evidence

Before: the model list with the new path field.

After linking a folder that holds Moonshine Tiny:

Live run on a dev server: linked a real 34 MB model from a separate folder, POST /api/voice/models/prepare returned 200 with the native engine loading through the link, and unlinking left the original file in place. The Windows hard-link fallback was not exercised.

Tests: two new cases in SpeechModelStore.test.ts (link from a folder, and Download using a Hugging Face cache copy with zero requests).

Claude Fable 5.2 in Claude Code.

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Approvability

Verdict: Needs Human Approval

Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — Download now automatically reuses verified Handy or Hugging Face model files, alongside a new manual linking option. Human review is needed for this default behavior change, which can make model availability depend on another application's files.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.5 KiB	21.5 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.9 KiB	21.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: 17a6a01 · PR result: f2e0793 · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Walkthrough

The speech model store can reuse verified model files from known locations or a supplied path. The speech API exposes model linking and linked-source information. Voice settings provide path-based linking and display linked model details.

Changes: Speech model reuse

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Model discovery and linking apps/server/src/speech/SpeechModelStore.ts, apps/server/src/speech/SpeechModelStore.test.ts, docs/internals/voice-input.md	The store searches known locations and supplied paths, verifies candidate files against catalog models, and links matches. Tests cover source preservation and Hugging Face cache reuse.
Speech linking API packages/contracts/src/speech.ts, packages/contracts/src/environmentHttp.ts, apps/server/src/speech/SpeechService.ts, apps/server/src/speech/http.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/voice-input/*, apps/server/src/speech/SpeechService.test.ts, apps/server/src/speech/http.test.ts	Contracts and API handlers accept link requests and return model information. The service reports linking support and includes linked sources for ready models. The HTTP layer limits access to linking and filters linked paths by filesystem-read scope.
Voice settings and guidance apps/web/src/components/settings/VoiceSettingsPanel.tsx, docs/user/voice-input.md	Voice settings accept a path for linking, show linked model sources, and distinguish unlinking from deleting. User documentation describes supported model reuse.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant VoiceSettingsPanel
  participant linkEnvironmentSpeechModels
  participant SpeechHTTP
  participant SpeechService
  participant SpeechModelStore
  VoiceSettingsPanel->>linkEnvironmentSpeechModels: Submit source path
  linkEnvironmentSpeechModels->>SpeechHTTP: POST /api/voice/models/link
  SpeechHTTP->>SpeechService: linkModels(path)
  SpeechService->>SpeechModelStore: link(catalog models, path)
  SpeechModelStore-->>SpeechService: Linked model IDs
  SpeechService-->>SpeechHTTP: Updated model list
  SpeechHTTP-->>linkEnvironmentSpeechModels: Model response
  linkEnvironmentSpeechModels-->>VoiceSettingsPanel: Model list

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Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#30623: Adds the environment dictation and Voice settings model-management flow that this change extends with verified local-file linking.
• pingdotgg/t3code#30625: Introduces the speech model store, service, and API extended here with local-file linking and cache reuse.
• pingdotgg/t3code#28844: Adds environment speech model management and Voice settings, which this change updates to reuse verified local copies.

Suggested reviewers: maria-rcks, yash-singh1

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to f2e07

The server does not offer the model-linking action on platforms where it rejects linking. No identified issue remains to address before merge.

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apps/server/src/speech/SpeechService.ts: 1

958-972: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value

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The linkModels error and selection behavior need review.

1. If nothing links, the code fails with SpeechModelNotFoundError({ modelId: source }). The HTTP layer maps this to invalid_command. The UI then shows only a generic toast. This is acceptable, but source is a user path placed into a modelId field.
2. Lines 969-970 read selectedModel(settings) readiness after linking. If the selected model was not ready, the first linked model becomes selected. This is a reasonable behavior.
3. store.link takes SPEECH_MODELS, so every catalog model whose size matches is hashed. See the performance note in SpeechModelStore.ts.

No change is required. Consider a distinct error tag for "nothing found" to avoid reusing modelId for a path.

apps/web/src/components/settings/VoiceSettingsPanel.tsx: 1

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The path input is not cleared on failure, and the form has no in-progress state.

setExistingPath("") runs only after success. This is correct. The submit button is disabled through controlsDisabled while busy is true. The UI gives no other sign that hashing is running, and it can run for several minutes. Consider changing the button label while the operation runs.

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Review comments at @apps/server/src/speech/http.ts:
- Around line 167-173: The linkModels handler authorizes model linking with
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search and linking results. Update the handler to require filesystem:read in
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/speech/SpeechModelStore.ts:
- Around line 258-260: Update the link-installation flow to create the symlink,
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rename it over finalPath only after the link succeeds. Remove the preemptive
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apps/web/src/components/settings/VoiceSettingsPanel.tsx: 1

1002-1033: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift

Show an actionable message when no model is found at the path.

When store.link links nothing, SpeechService.linkModels fails with SpeechModelNotFoundError. mapSpeechError turns that into failEnvironmentInvalidRequest("invalid_command"). The error message is then "The environment rejected the request (invalid_command)." This is the most likely failure of this form. This includes the case where every matching model is already installed. The toast title is neutral, and the description does not tell the user what to fix.

Show a specific message near the form. For example: "No model in the catalog was found at that path, or it is already installed." Distinguish this case from network and scope errors.

This follows the learning that a failed submission should show feedback near the form and that the feedback should clear when the user edits the field. This needs a dedicated error state, or a typed reason from the server. run currently only raises a toast.

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/settings/VoiceSettingsPanel.tsx around lines 1002 - 1033:
Update the existing-model submission flow around linkEnvironmentSpeechModels to show inline feedback for a missing or already-installed model, rather than relying only on run’s toast. Distinguish this case from network and scope errors using a dedicated error state or an established typed reason, and clear the inline feedback when existingPath changes.

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