Fall back on invalid remote transcripts (V-675)

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internal/stt/http.go

@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"math"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/audio"
@@ -46,9 +49,19 @@ func NewHTTPTranscriber(url, token, lang string, timeout time.Duration) *HTTPTra
 // rather than sent to a model that expects something else.
 var ErrFormat = errors.New("stt: audio is not 16kHz mono pcm_s16le")
 
+// ErrInvalidTranscript means a peer returned HTTP success without a usable
+// transcript contract. It is an error so Pair can fall back to mavsttd rather
+// than dropping the turn on a valid-looking 200 response.
+var ErrInvalidTranscript = errors.New("stt: invalid transcript response")
+
+// MaxTranscriptResponseBytes bounds the JSON envelope returned by remote STT.
+// A transcript is plain text for one utterance, so 64 KiB is already far above
+// useful output and keeps a malformed LAN peer from allocating without bound.
+const MaxTranscriptResponseBytes int64 = 64 << 10
+
 type httpTranscript struct {
-	Text       string  `json:"text"`
-	Confidence float64 `json:"confidence"`
+	Text       *string  `json:"text"`
+	Confidence *float64 `json:"confidence"`
 }
 
 // Transcribe posts the raw PCM and reads back the text.
@@ -82,11 +95,35 @@ func (t *HTTPTranscriber) Transcribe(ctx context.Context, a audio.Audio) (string
 		return "", 0, fmt.Errorf("stt: remote returned %d", resp.StatusCode)
 	}
 
+	raw, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, MaxTranscriptResponseBytes+1))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", 0, fmt.Errorf("stt: read transcript: %w", err)
+	}
+	if int64(len(raw)) > MaxTranscriptResponseBytes {
+		return "", 0, fmt.Errorf("%w: response exceeds %d bytes", ErrInvalidTranscript, MaxTranscriptResponseBytes)
+	}
 	var out httpTranscript
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&out); err != nil {
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &out); err != nil {
 		return "", 0, fmt.Errorf("stt: decode transcript: %w", err)
 	}
-	return out.Text, out.Confidence, nil
+	if out.Text == nil || out.Confidence == nil {
+		return "", 0, fmt.Errorf("%w: text and confidence are required", ErrInvalidTranscript)
+	}
+	text := strings.TrimSpace(*out.Text)
+	if err := validateTranscript(text, *out.Confidence); err != nil {
+		return "", 0, err
+	}
+	return text, *out.Confidence, nil
+}
+
+func validateTranscript(text string, confidence float64) error {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(text) == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: text is blank", ErrInvalidTranscript)
+	}
+	if math.IsNaN(confidence) || math.IsInf(confidence, 0) || confidence < 0 || confidence > 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: confidence %v is outside [0,1]", ErrInvalidTranscript, confidence)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 var _ Transcriber = (*HTTPTranscriber)(nil)

internal/stt/http_test.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ func TestHTTPTranscriberOmitsEmptyToken(t *testing.T) {
 	var auth string
 	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		auth = r.Header.Get("Authorization")
-		_, _ = io.WriteString(w, `{"text":"x"}`)
+		_, _ = io.WriteString(w, `{"text":"x","confidence":0}`)
 	}))
 	defer srv.Close()
 	a := audio.Audio{Format: audio.PCM16kMono, Bytes: []byte("x")}
@@ -66,6 +67,46 @@ func TestHTTPTranscriberOmitsEmptyToken(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestHTTPTranscriberRejectsInvalidSuccessResponse(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		body string
+	}{
+		{name: "empty object", body: `{}`},
+		{name: "blank text", body: `{"text":"  ","confidence":0.5}`},
+		{name: "missing confidence", body: `{"text":"hello"}`},
+		{name: "negative confidence", body: `{"text":"hello","confidence":-0.1}`},
+		{name: "confidence above one", body: `{"text":"hello","confidence":1.1}`},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+				_, _ = io.WriteString(w, tc.body)
+			}))
+			defer srv.Close()
+			_, _, err := NewHTTPTranscriber(srv.URL, "", "ru", time.Second).
+				Transcribe(context.Background(), audio.Audio{Format: audio.PCM16kMono, Bytes: []byte("x")})
+			if !errors.Is(err, ErrInvalidTranscript) {
+				t.Fatalf("error = %v, want ErrInvalidTranscript", err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHTTPTranscriberRejectsOversizeResponse(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		_, _ = io.WriteString(w, strings.Repeat("x", int(MaxTranscriptResponseBytes+1)))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+	_, _, err := NewHTTPTranscriber(srv.URL, "", "ru", time.Second).
+		Transcribe(context.Background(), audio.Audio{Format: audio.PCM16kMono, Bytes: []byte("x")})
+	if !errors.Is(err, ErrInvalidTranscript) {
+		t.Fatalf("error = %v, want ErrInvalidTranscript", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestHTTPTranscriberRefusesWrongFormat(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	a := audio.Audio{Format: audio.Format{SampleRate: 44100, Channels: 2, SampleBits: 16, Encoding: "pcm_s16le"}}

internal/stt/pair.go

@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ func (p *Pair) Transcribe(ctx context.Context, a audio.Audio) (string, float64,
 	}
 	if p.Available() {
 		text, conf, err := p.remote.Transcribe(ctx, a)
+		if err == nil {
+			err = validateTranscript(text, conf)
+		}
 		if err == nil {
 			log.Print("stt: transcribed on the workstation")
 			return text, conf, nil

internal/stt/pair_test.go

@@ -86,6 +86,24 @@ func TestPairFallsBackWhenRemoteFails(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestPairFallsBackWhenRemoteReturnsBlankSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	remote := &scripted{text: "   "}
+	floor := &scripted{text: "с homesrv"}
+	p := up(remote, floor)
+
+	text, _, err := p.Transcribe(context.Background(), sample())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("invalid remote success must fall back: %v", err)
+	}
+	if text != "с homesrv" || floor.calls.Load() != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("got text=%q floor calls=%d, want floor transcript once", text, floor.calls.Load())
+	}
+	if p.Available() {
+		t.Fatal("invalid remote response must correct cached availability")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPairWithNoRemoteIsTheFloor(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	floor := &scripted{text: "с homesrv"}