feat: Display Whisper model status in frontend and add debug logging

- Add activeWhisperConfig tracking in main.js to expose current Whisper settings
- Expand get-sidecar-status IPC handler to return whisper config (model, device, compute, configSource)
- Add Whisper status display in meeting-detail.html transcript panel header
- Status updates every 5 seconds and shows: model, device, compute type, and ready state
- Add comprehensive debug logging for config loading and whisper config resolution
- Helps diagnose why config.json settings may not be passed correctly to sidecar

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

client/src/main.js

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ let sidecarProcess;
 let sidecarReady = false;
 let streamingActive = false;
 let appConfig = null;
+let activeWhisperConfig = null;
 
 /**
  * Load configuration from external config.json
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ let appConfig = null;
  * - Packaged: <app>/resources/config.json
  */
 function loadConfig() {
+  console.log("=== Config Loading Debug ===");
+  console.log("app.isPackaged:", app.isPackaged);
+  console.log("process.resourcesPath:", process.resourcesPath);
+  console.log("__dirname:", __dirname);
+
   const configPaths = [
     // Packaged app: resources folder
     app.isPackaged ? path.join(process.resourcesPath, "config.json") : null,
@@ -26,13 +32,18 @@ function loadConfig() {
     path.join(__dirname, "config.json"),
   ].filter(Boolean);
 
+  console.log("Config search paths:", configPaths);
+
   for (const configPath of configPaths) {
+    const exists = fs.existsSync(configPath);
+    console.log(`Checking: ${configPath} - exists: ${exists}`);
     try {
-      if (fs.existsSync(configPath)) {
+      if (exists) {
         const configData = fs.readFileSync(configPath, "utf-8");
         appConfig = JSON.parse(configData);
         console.log("Config loaded from:", configPath);
-        console.log("Config:", appConfig);
+        console.log("Config content:", JSON.stringify(appConfig, null, 2));
+        console.log("Whisper config:", appConfig.whisper);
         return appConfig;
       }
     } catch (error) {
@@ -51,7 +62,8 @@ function loadConfig() {
       compute: "int8"
     }
   };
-  console.log("Using default config:", appConfig);
+  console.log("WARNING: No config.json found, using defaults");
+  console.log("Default config:", JSON.stringify(appConfig, null, 2));
   return appConfig;
 }
 
@@ -125,7 +137,15 @@ function startSidecar() {
 
   try {
     // Get Whisper configuration from config.json or environment variables
+    console.log("=== Whisper Config Resolution ===");
+    console.log("appConfig:", appConfig);
+    console.log("appConfig?.whisper:", appConfig?.whisper);
+
     const whisperConfig = appConfig?.whisper || {};
+    console.log("whisperConfig (resolved):", whisperConfig);
+    console.log("process.env.WHISPER_MODEL:", process.env.WHISPER_MODEL);
+    console.log("whisperConfig.model:", whisperConfig.model);
+
     const whisperEnv = {
       ...process.env,
       WHISPER_MODEL: process.env.WHISPER_MODEL || whisperConfig.model || "medium",
@@ -133,12 +153,20 @@ function startSidecar() {
       WHISPER_COMPUTE: process.env.WHISPER_COMPUTE || whisperConfig.compute || "int8",
     };
 
-    console.log("Starting sidecar with:", sidecarExecutable, sidecarArgs.join(" "));
+    // Store the active whisper config for status reporting
-    console.log("Whisper config:", {
+    activeWhisperConfig = {
       model: whisperEnv.WHISPER_MODEL,
       device: whisperEnv.WHISPER_DEVICE,
       compute: whisperEnv.WHISPER_COMPUTE,
-    });
+      configSource: appConfig?.whisper ? "config.json" : "defaults"
+    };
+
+    console.log("=== Final Whisper Environment ===");
+    console.log("WHISPER_MODEL:", whisperEnv.WHISPER_MODEL);
+    console.log("WHISPER_DEVICE:", whisperEnv.WHISPER_DEVICE);
+    console.log("WHISPER_COMPUTE:", whisperEnv.WHISPER_COMPUTE);
+    console.log("Starting sidecar with:", sidecarExecutable, sidecarArgs.join(" "));
+    console.log("Active Whisper config:", activeWhisperConfig);
 
     sidecarProcess = spawn(sidecarExecutable, sidecarArgs, {
       cwd: sidecarDir,
@@ -239,7 +267,11 @@ ipcMain.handle("navigate", (event, page) => {
 });
 
 ipcMain.handle("get-sidecar-status", () => {
-  return { ready: sidecarReady, streaming: streamingActive };
+  return {
+    ready: sidecarReady,
+    streaming: streamingActive,
+    whisper: activeWhisperConfig
+  };
 });
 
 // === Streaming Mode IPC Handlers ===

client/src/pages/meeting-detail.html

@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@
       <div class="panel">
         <div class="panel-header">
           <span>Transcript (逐字稿)</span>
+          <span id="whisper-status" style="font-size: 11px; color: #666; margin-left: 10px;" title="Whisper Model Info">Loading...</span>
           <div class="recording-controls" style="padding: 0; display: flex; gap: 8px;">
             <button class="btn btn-danger" id="record-btn">Start Recording</button>
             <button class="btn btn-secondary" id="upload-audio-btn">Upload Audio</button>
@@ -281,6 +282,31 @@
     const uploadProgressEl = document.getElementById('upload-progress');
     const uploadProgressText = document.getElementById('upload-progress-text');
     const uploadProgressFill = document.getElementById('upload-progress-fill');
+    const whisperStatusEl = document.getElementById('whisper-status');
+
+    // Update Whisper status display
+    async function updateWhisperStatus() {
+      try {
+        const status = await window.electronAPI.getSidecarStatus();
+        if (status.whisper) {
+          const readyIcon = status.ready ? '✅' : '⏳';
+          whisperStatusEl.textContent = `${readyIcon} Model: ${status.whisper.model} | Device: ${status.whisper.device} | Compute: ${status.whisper.compute}`;
+          whisperStatusEl.title = `Config source: ${status.whisper.configSource || 'unknown'}`;
+          whisperStatusEl.style.color = status.ready ? '#28a745' : '#ffc107';
+        } else {
+          whisperStatusEl.textContent = status.ready ? '✅ Ready' : '⏳ Loading...';
+          whisperStatusEl.style.color = status.ready ? '#28a745' : '#ffc107';
+        }
+      } catch (error) {
+        whisperStatusEl.textContent = '❌ Error';
+        whisperStatusEl.style.color = '#dc3545';
+        console.error('Failed to get sidecar status:', error);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Initial status check and periodic updates
+    updateWhisperStatus();
+    const whisperStatusInterval = setInterval(updateWhisperStatus, 5000);
 
     // Load meeting data
     async function loadMeeting() {