- Configure Sparks gains a vLLM port field (blank => 8888, our launch-cluster.sh
default); VLLM_PORT plumbed configureSparks -> sparkConfig.yaml -> main.ts env
-> config.py. So an adopter whose vLLM listens elsewhere (e.g. 8000) can fix
the "vLLM unreachable" health check without rebuilding the package.
- Harden numeric env parsing (config._env_int): a blank or malformed port now
falls back to its default instead of crashing daemon startup (closes a P3
tech-debt item; the Configure panel passes unset optional fields as "").
- Add scripts/gitea-release.sh + `make release` to publish the built s9pk to
Gitea Releases, so the OpenClaw adopter pulls updates with a read-only token
instead of being hand-sent the package.
- Capture the OpenClaw/Johnny-5 coexistence epic and the "control plane, not a
job runner" stance in ROADMAP.md and Current state.
After five hotfix iterations on the WhisperX install (v0.12.0:0–:4) we
never got a working docker build. The fundamental constraint isn't
patchable from outside NVIDIA: NGC PyTorch on ARM64 (the only base that
runs on Spark 2's GB10 Blackwell) ships a custom-versioned torch
2.10.0a0+b558c98 that has no pre-built torchaudio match anywhere.
WhisperX → pyannote → torchaudio is a hard dependency chain we couldn't
satisfy without rebuilding torchaudio against torch 2.10's alpha API.
Walking away cleanly is better than another night of chasing.
Removed from the codebase:
- image/whisperx_container/* (Dockerfile + requirements + app/main.py)
- image/app/whisperx_install.py (install manager + SSH ship-context logic)
- image/Dockerfile COPY whisperx_container
- WHISPERX_* config keys in config.py
- whisperx service entry in services.py
- WhisperX-preferred branch in audio_proxy.py
- /api/whisperx/* endpoints in server.py
- install banner + progress dialog in index.html
- render + handlers in app.js
- .whisperx-install styles in style.css
Spark 2 cleaned in tandem (user-authorized): container removed,
~/whisperx-build/ removed, 5.4 GB of dangling image layers + 1.3 GB of
builder cache reclaimed. parakeet-asr and magpie-tts unaffected and
healthy throughout.
The audio path is back to exactly what shipped in v0.11.0:3:
POST /api/audio/transcribe-with-speakers
→ Parakeet (transcription) + Sortformer (diarization) in parallel
→ merged by timestamp into speaker-labeled blocks
v0.13.0:1+ will add the actually-needed fixes that the WhisperX detour
was meant to address:
1. memory cap on the parakeet-asr container so a long-audio crash
can't swap-thrash Spark 2 again
2. a chunking proxy in /api/audio/transcribe-with-speakers that
splits inputs >10 min before Sortformer
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replaces the manual rsync+build+run with a proper spark-control feature.
First in the audio path that doesn't require shell access on Spark 2.
What's in the box
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* image/whisperx_container/ - the build context (Dockerfile, requirements,
app/main.py FastAPI wrapper). Mainline pipeline: faster-whisper for STT +
pyannote 3.1 for diarization + wav2vec2 forced alignment. Single endpoint
/v1/audio/transcribe-with-speakers returns the exact same shape spark-
control's existing endpoint does, so the recap-relay PR spec needs no
changes when we cut over.
* image/app/whisperx_install.py - install manager. ships build context to
Spark 2 over SSH, runs `docker build`, runs `docker run` with 40 GB
memory cap (vs Sortformer's unbounded which thrashed Spark 2 on a 90-min
file), polls /health until both Whisper + pyannote report loaded.
* Audio proxy: /api/audio/transcribe-with-speakers now prefers WhisperX
when its /health reports diarizer_loaded=true, falls back to the legacy
Parakeet + Sortformer path otherwise. Same response shape either way.
Clean cutover, easy rollback (`docker rm whisperx-asr`).
* Dashboard (Audio / Speech tab):
- "Add WhisperX" banner appears when not installed, with a primary
"Install WhisperX" button. One click triggers the install.
- Build progress dialog with phase + elapsed timer + live build log via
SSE (`/api/whisperx/install/{job_id}/stream`).
- After install, WhisperX auto-registers as a managed service alongside
Parakeet and Magpie (Start/Restart/Stop, deep-check, auto-restart).
- Banner self-hides once /api/whisperx/status reports healthy.
New endpoints
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GET /api/whisperx/status
POST /api/whisperx/install
GET /api/whisperx/install/{job_id}
GET /api/whisperx/install/{job_id}/stream (SSE phase + log)
Config additions (env)
──────────────────────
WHISPERX_HOST (defaults to spark2_host)
WHISPERX_USER (defaults to spark2_user)
WHISPERX_CONTAINER (default: whisperx-asr)
WHISPERX_PORT (default: 8002)
WHISPERX_MODEL (default: medium; tiny/base/small/medium/large-v3)
Dockerfile
──────────
Added COPY whisperx_container /app/whisperx_container so the runtime
install manager can read the build context from inside the spark-control
image and ship it over SSH.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Hotfix (was v0.3.1):
- services.py: cache 'unreachable' per (host,user) for 25s so a dead Spark doesn't hang every /api/services call behind 6s ssh timeout
- ssh_run timeout reduced 10 -> 6s for docker_state probes
- hardware probe: shorter SSH timeout (6s), longer cache TTL for failures (25s)
- JS pollStatus retries loadModels() if state.models is empty (recovers from cold-start proxy timeout)
- Unreachable hardware card now includes troubleshooting steps (Spark Control cannot SSH into an unreachable Spark to restart it)
v0.4 NIM installer:
- nim.py module: curated SUGGESTED_NIMS list (Parakeet, Magpie, Riva) + NimManager that runs docker login nvcr.io + docker pull + docker run -d --gpus all -p PORT:PORT -v VOL:/opt/nim/.cache -e NGC_API_KEY -e ... --restart=unless-stopped + chown the volume to uid 1000 + restart. Streams all output via SSE; redacts the API key from log lines.
- custom_services.py: persists installed NIMs to /data/services-overrides.yaml so they appear in the services panel after install
- services.py: merges custom services into the panel
- /api/nim/catalog GET, /api/nim/install POST + GET/SSE
- /api/services/{name} DELETE for custom services
- UI: '+ Install NIM' button next to 'Always-on services'; modal lists curated images each with a 'Pick' button + a custom-image form; installation runs in a second dialog with phase + elapsed timer + collapsible log
- NGC API key field added to Configure Sparks (masked); injected as NGC_API_KEY env var into the container
Package: bump 0.4.0:0; main.ts adds SERVICES_OVERRIDES + NGC_API_KEY env vars
Hardware dashboard:
- New hardware.py module: SSH probes each Spark for hostname, uptime, load+cores, RAM, disk, GPU (name, util, temp, power) + per-process GPU memory sum
- DGX Spark uses unified memory (nvidia-smi memory.total returns N/A); fall back to per-process compute memory and compute fraction against system RAM. Marks with gpu_unified_memory=true.
- 4s TTL cache in HardwareProbe to avoid hammering
- /api/hardware returns per-Spark snapshot
- UI: 'Spark hardware' section at the top with per-Spark cards (CPU load, RAM, GPU mem (unified), GPU util + temp + power, disk) — bars with warn threshold styling
- Polls every 8s
Knob context (tied to live hardware):
- Each Advanced knob now shows plain-English help text
- 'GPU memory %' shows '~N GB allocated · ~M GB left for OS/buffers' computed from actual Spark RAM
- 'Max context' shows '~N pages of text'
- Toggles show tradeoff descriptions
Explain context:
- '✨ Explain context' button on the update banner
- /api/explain-updates POST: forwards pending commits to the loaded vLLM model and streams its response back as SSE
- Renders into an expandable 'Explained by the loaded LLM' section under Pending commits
- Reasoning tokens shown italicized when the model emits them
Open WebUI integration:
- New 'Open WebUI URL' optional field in Configure Sparks
- /api/config exposes it; UI shows 'Open chat ↗' button in the top bar if set
Downloads:
- Third radio option: Spark 1 only / Spark 2 only / Both Sparks
- Backend picks SSH target based on mode
- HF repo link icon next to the input
- Helper line about NVFP4 for Blackwell
Model cards:
- Repo name is now a clickable link to its Hugging Face page
Package: bump 0.3.0:0
Bug fix:
- config.py: empty PARAKEET_CONTAINER / MAGPIE_CONTAINER env vars (from migrating to v0.2.0+ where the field is optional and saved as '') now fall back to 'parakeet-asr' / 'magpie-tts' via the 'or' idiom. Confirmed live: services classify as 'running' instead of 'unknown'.
UX:
- Replaced text 'Copy' buttons with compact icon buttons (clipboard SVG)
- Endpoint Base URL + Model ID + curl snippet are now click-to-copy themselves (the value AND a separate icon button)
- Service cards: host, base URL, and model are now three separate copyable rows
- Update banner: leading explanatory line — 'Updates to eugr/spark-vllm-docker — the upstream project that orchestrates vLLM on your Sparks. These are not firmware, OS, or model updates.' with a link to the repo.
Dashboard:
- New 'Always-on services' section with cards for Parakeet and Magpie
- Each card: host:port, model loaded, status pill (Healthy/Unhealthy/Starting/Not configured)
- Start, Restart, Stop buttons. Buttons disabled when not applicable for current state
- Restart counter shown when > 1 (would have surfaced the old magpie crash loop)
Backend:
- New /api/services GET: docker container state + http health for each support service
- New POST /api/services/{name}/{action} for start | stop | restart
- services.py module: docker_state, run_action via SSH
- config.py: PARAKEET_HOST/USER/CONTAINER and MAGPIE_* env vars, default to spark2_*
- health.py: use per-service hosts (no longer hard-wired to spark2_host)
Package:
- sparkConfig.yaml.ts: add 6 new optional fields
- configureSparks action: optional 'Parakeet host', 'Parakeet container', 'Magpie host', 'Magpie container' fields; descriptions explain they default to Spark 2 when blank
- Handler normalizes nulls to empty strings before merge
- main.ts: pass new env vars to container
- bump to 0.2.0:0
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