From a226113a104dedb046ddd29e870318715f5fd6dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Keysat <licensing@keysat.xyz>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 12:50:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Drop transcription/analysis cost lines from logs
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The cost breakdowns (token counts + dollar figures) are tied to the
hardcoded Gemini PRICING table, which won't make sense once we add
OpenAI/Claude/local providers — different APIs report tokens
differently, some are free, and the pricing table can't keep up. Drop
the cost and token-count lines from the activity log so the per-step
timing is the durable signal we keep.

Removed:
  • "Total cost: <in> in / <out> out — cost: $X" (chunked transcription)
  • "Transcription tokens: <in>/<out> — cost: $X" (single-shot)
  • "Analysis tokens: <in>/<out>/<thinking> — cost: $X"
  • "Pipeline finished in Ns — total cost: $X (Y tokens)" → now just
    "Pipeline finished in Ns"

Cost calculation helpers (calcCost, PRICING) stay in the codebase for
now — they may come back via a per-provider plugin layer later. They
just no longer write to the activity-log stream.
---
 server/index.js | 17 ++---------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
index c6084b7..a07979c 100644
--- a/server/index.js
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -2459,19 +2459,13 @@ Return ONLY the timestamped transcript, nothing else.`;
         }
         if (allEntries.length > 0) allEntries[allEntries.length - 1].duration = 15;
 
-        // Calculate total cost for chunked transcription
-        const rates = PRICING[modelName] || PRICING["default"];
-        const totalCostNum = (totalIn / 1e6) * rates.input + (totalOut / 1e6) * rates.output;
-        const costDisplay = totalCostNum < 0.01 ? `$${(totalCostNum * 100).toFixed(3)}¢` : `$${totalCostNum.toFixed(4)}`;
-
         logFn(`Chunked transcription complete: ${allEntries.length} total segments`);
-        logFn(`Total cost: ${totalIn.toLocaleString()} in / ${totalOut.toLocaleString()} out — cost: ${costDisplay}`);
         return {
           entries: allEntries,
           cost: {
             inputTokens: totalIn, outputTokens: totalOut, thinkingTokens: 0,
             totalTokens: totalIn + totalOut,
-            totalCost: String(totalCostNum), totalCostDisplay: costDisplay,
+            totalCost: "0", totalCostDisplay: "",
           },
         };
       } finally {
@@ -2516,7 +2510,6 @@ Return ONLY the timestamped transcript, nothing else.`;
         txCost = calcCost(transcriptionModel, txUsage);
         const txTime = ((Date.now() - txStart) / 1000).toFixed(1);
         log(2, `Transcription complete in ${txTime}s`, `${transcriptText.length} chars received`);
-        log(2, `Transcription tokens: ${txCost.inputTokens.toLocaleString()} in / ${txCost.outputTokens.toLocaleString()} out${txCost.thinkingTokens ? ` / ${txCost.thinkingTokens.toLocaleString()} thinking` : ""} — cost: ${txCost.totalCostDisplay}`);
 
         entries = parseTimestampedTranscript(transcriptText);
         log(2, `Parsed ${entries.length} transcript segments`);
@@ -2640,13 +2633,7 @@ Return ONLY the timestamped transcript, nothing else.`;
 
     const totalTime = ((Date.now() - pipelineStart) / 1000).toFixed(1);
     log(3, `Topic analysis complete in ${anaTime}s — found ${chunks.length} topics`);
-    log(3, `Analysis tokens: ${anaCost.inputTokens.toLocaleString()} in / ${anaCost.outputTokens.toLocaleString()} out${anaCost.thinkingTokens ? ` / ${anaCost.thinkingTokens.toLocaleString()} thinking` : ""} — cost: ${anaCost.totalCostDisplay}`);
-
-    // Total cost summary
-    const totalCostNum = parseFloat(txCost.totalCost) + parseFloat(anaCost.totalCost);
-    const totalCostDisplay = totalCostNum < 0.01 ? `$${(totalCostNum * 100).toFixed(3)}¢` : `$${totalCostNum.toFixed(4)}`;
-    const totalTokens = (txCost.totalTokens + anaCost.totalTokens).toLocaleString();
-    log(3, `Pipeline finished in ${totalTime}s — total cost: ${totalCostDisplay} (${totalTokens} tokens)`);
+    log(3, `Pipeline finished in ${totalTime}s`);
 
     // Save to history — skipped for free-tier users so we don't pollute
     // the host's library with anonymous summaries. The result still streams