From ea51d918d791a0dbe7a29fa1acfbec2d61dc4479 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: adabarbulescu <adabarbu2000@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:42:13 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(chat): keep streaming TTS visible to errors

---
 static/js/chat.js               | 3 ++-
 tests/test_chat_stream_scope.py | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/static/js/chat.js b/static/js/chat.js
index ea2d8c1bb..c00ed3a17 100644
--- a/static/js/chat.js
+++ b/static/js/chat.js
@@ -1367,6 +1367,7 @@ import { wireArrowUpRecall, getUserMessagesFromChatHistory } from './composerArr
     let _renderStream = () => {};
     let _cancelThinkingTimer = () => {};
     let _removeThinkingSpinner = () => {};
+    let streamingTTS = false;
     let timeoutId = null;
     let responseTimeoutCleared = false;
     let clearResponseTimeout = () => {};
@@ -1897,7 +1898,7 @@ import { wireArrowUpRecall, getUserMessagesFromChatHistory } from './composerArr
       let isThinking = false;
       let thinkingStartTime = null;
       // Streaming TTS: synthesize sentence-by-sentence during streaming
-      const streamingTTS = !!(window.aiTTSManager && window.aiTTSManager.autoPlay && window.aiTTSManager.available);
+      streamingTTS = !!(window.aiTTSManager && window.aiTTSManager.autoPlay && window.aiTTSManager.available);
       if (streamingTTS) window.aiTTSManager.streamingStart();
       // Multi-bubble agent tracking
       let roundHolder = holder;       // Current AI text bubble (changes per round)
diff --git a/tests/test_chat_stream_scope.py b/tests/test_chat_stream_scope.py
index a726c776d..8322e37ee 100644
--- a/tests/test_chat_stream_scope.py
+++ b/tests/test_chat_stream_scope.py
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ def test_stream_render_helpers_are_visible_to_catch_block():
     assert "let _renderStream = () => {};" in outer_scope
     assert "let _cancelThinkingTimer = () => {};" in outer_scope
     assert "let _removeThinkingSpinner = () => {};" in outer_scope
+    assert "let streamingTTS = false;" in outer_scope
 
     assert "_renderStream = () => {" in try_body
     assert "_cancelThinkingTimer = () => {" in try_body
     assert "_removeThinkingSpinner = () => {" in try_body
+    assert "streamingTTS = !!(" in try_body
     assert "function _renderStream()" not in try_body
+    assert "const streamingTTS" not in try_body