From c3eb1c4f57676d1af9010d69bd264aba0d290caf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Audiobook Producer <audiobook-producer@users.noreply.invalid>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 02:34:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Workflow: the early voice ping only warns; the process step
 owns the failure message

---
 .gitea/workflows/audiobook.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/audiobook.yml b/.gitea/workflows/audiobook.yml
index 3a87442..2c4eca5 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/audiobook.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/audiobook.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "voice endpoint: $AUDIOBOOK_VOICE_ENDPOINT"
           base="${AUDIOBOOK_VOICE_ENDPOINT%/tts}"
-          curl -sS --max-time 20 "$base/api/model-info" && echo
+          curl -sS --max-time 20 "$base/api/model-info" && echo || echo "WARNING: voice server not reachable from this job (the Process step will stop with a clear message if it is needed)"
       - name: Process
         run: bash _pipeline/ci/run.sh