This adds a complete production deployment setup using Gunicorn as the WSGI server, replacing Flask's development server.
Key components:
- Gunicorn configuration with optimized worker settings
- Support for sync, threaded, and async (gevent) workers
- Automatic worker recycling to prevent memory leaks
- Increased timeouts for audio processing
- Production-ready logging and monitoring
Deployment options:
1. Docker/Docker Compose for containerized deployment
2. Systemd service for traditional deployment
3. Nginx reverse proxy configuration
4. SSL/TLS support
Production features:
- wsgi.py entry point for WSGI servers
- gunicorn_config.py with production settings
- Dockerfile with multi-stage build
- docker-compose.yml with full stack (Redis, PostgreSQL)
- nginx.conf with caching and security headers
- systemd service with security hardening
- deploy.sh automated deployment script
Configuration:
- .env.production template with all settings
- Support for environment-based configuration
- Separate requirements-prod.txt
- Prometheus metrics endpoint (/metrics)
Monitoring:
- Health check endpoints for liveness/readiness
- Prometheus-compatible metrics
- Structured logging
- Memory usage tracking
- Request counting
Security:
- Non-root user in Docker
- Systemd security restrictions
- Nginx security headers
- File permission hardening
- Resource limits
Documentation:
- Comprehensive PRODUCTION_DEPLOYMENT.md
- Scaling strategies
- Performance tuning guide
- Troubleshooting section
Also fixed memory_manager.py GC stats collection error.
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This comprehensive fix addresses memory leaks in both backend and frontend that could cause server crashes after extended use.
Backend fixes:
- MemoryManager class monitors process and GPU memory usage
- Automatic cleanup when thresholds exceeded (4GB process, 2GB GPU)
- Whisper model reloading to clear GPU memory fragmentation
- Aggressive temporary file cleanup based on age
- Context manager for audio processing with guaranteed cleanup
- Integration with session manager for resource tracking
- Background monitoring thread runs every 30 seconds
Frontend fixes:
- MemoryManager singleton tracks all browser resources
- SafeMediaRecorder wrapper ensures stream cleanup
- AudioBlobHandler manages blob lifecycle and object URLs
- Automatic cleanup of closed AudioContexts
- Proper MediaStream track stopping
- Periodic cleanup of orphaned resources
- Cleanup on page unload
Admin features:
- GET /admin/memory - View memory statistics
- POST /admin/memory/cleanup - Trigger manual cleanup
- Real-time metrics including GPU usage and temp files
- Model reload tracking
Key improvements:
- AudioContext properly closed after use
- Object URLs revoked after use
- MediaRecorder streams properly stopped
- Audio chunks cleared after processing
- GPU cache cleared after each transcription
- Temp files tracked and cleaned aggressively
This prevents the gradual memory increase that could lead to out-of-memory errors or performance degradation after hours of use.
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This comprehensive request size limiting system prevents memory exhaustion and DoS attacks from oversized requests.
Key features:
- Global request size limit: 50MB (configurable)
- Type-specific limits: 25MB for audio, 1MB for JSON, 10MB for images
- Multi-layer validation before loading data into memory
- File type detection based on extensions
- Endpoint-specific limit enforcement
- Dynamic configuration via admin API
- Clear error messages with size information
Implementation details:
- RequestSizeLimiter middleware with Flask integration
- Pre-request validation using Content-Length header
- File size checking for multipart uploads
- JSON payload size validation
- Custom decorator for route-specific limits
- StreamSizeLimiter for chunked transfers
- Integration with Flask's MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH
Admin features:
- GET /admin/size-limits - View current limits
- POST /admin/size-limits - Update limits dynamically
- Human-readable size formatting in responses
- Size limit info in health check endpoints
Security benefits:
- Prevents memory exhaustion attacks
- Blocks oversized uploads before processing
- Protects against buffer overflow attempts
- Works with rate limiting for comprehensive protection
This addresses the critical security issue of unbounded request sizes that could lead to memory exhaustion or system crashes.
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Moved session manager initialization to after upload folder configuration to prevent TypeError when accessing UPLOAD_FOLDER config value.
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This comprehensive session management system tracks and automatically cleans up resources associated with user sessions, preventing resource exhaustion and disk space issues.
Key features:
- Automatic tracking of all session resources (audio files, temp files, streams)
- Per-session resource limits (100 files max, 100MB storage max)
- Automatic cleanup of idle sessions (15 minutes) and expired sessions (1 hour)
- Background cleanup thread runs every minute
- Real-time monitoring via admin endpoints
- CLI commands for manual management
- Integration with Flask request lifecycle
Implementation details:
- SessionManager class manages lifecycle of UserSession objects
- Each session tracks resources with metadata (type, size, creation time)
- Automatic resource eviction when limits are reached (LRU policy)
- Orphaned file detection and cleanup
- Thread-safe operations with proper locking
- Comprehensive metrics and statistics export
- Admin API endpoints for monitoring and control
Security considerations:
- Sessions tied to IP address and user agent
- Admin endpoints require authentication
- Secure file path handling
- Resource limits prevent DoS attacks
This addresses the critical issue of temporary file accumulation that could lead to disk exhaustion in production environments.
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- Remove hardcoded TTS API key from app.py (major security vulnerability)
- Add python-dotenv support for secure environment variable management
- Create .env.example with configuration template
- Add comprehensive SECURITY.md documentation
- Update README with security configuration instructions
- Add warning when TTS_API_KEY is not configured
- Enhance .gitignore to prevent accidental commits of .env files
BREAKING CHANGE: TTS_API_KEY must now be set via environment variable or .env file
Security measures:
- API keys must be provided via environment variables
- Added dotenv support for local development
- Clear documentation on secure deployment practices
- Multiple .env file patterns in .gitignore
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- Add flask-cors dependency and configure CORS with security best practices
- Support configurable CORS origins via environment variables
- Separate admin endpoint CORS configuration for enhanced security
- Create comprehensive CORS configuration documentation
- Add apiClient utility for CORS-aware frontend requests
- Include CORS test page for validation
- Update README with CORS configuration instructions
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Automatic Cleanup System:
- Background thread cleans files older than 5 minutes every minute
- Tracks all temporary files in a registry with creation timestamps
- Automatic cleanup on app shutdown with atexit handler
- Orphaned file detection and removal
- Thread-safe cleanup implementation
File Management:
- Unique filenames with timestamps prevent collisions
- Configurable upload folder via UPLOAD_FOLDER environment variable
- Automatic folder creation with proper permissions
- Fallback to system temp if primary folder fails
- File registration for all uploads and generated audio
Health Monitoring:
- /health/storage endpoint shows temp file statistics
- Tracks file count, total size, oldest file age
- Disk space monitoring and warnings
- Real-time cleanup status information
- Warning when files exceed thresholds
Administrative Tools:
- maintenance.sh script for manual operations
- Status checking, manual cleanup, real-time monitoring
- /admin/cleanup endpoint for emergency cleanup (requires auth token)
- Configurable retention period (default 5 minutes)
Security Improvements:
- Filename sanitization in get_audio endpoint
- Directory traversal prevention
- Cache headers to reduce repeated downloads
- Proper file existence checks
Performance:
- Efficient batch cleanup operations
- Minimal overhead with background thread
- Smart registry management
- Automatic garbage collection after operations
This prevents disk space exhaustion by ensuring temporary files are
automatically cleaned up after use, with multiple failsafes.
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Backend Streaming:
- Added /translate/stream endpoint using Server-Sent Events (SSE)
- Real-time streaming from Ollama LLM with word-by-word delivery
- Buffering for complete words/phrases for better UX
- Rate limiting (20 req/min) for streaming endpoint
- Proper SSE headers to prevent proxy buffering
- Graceful error handling with fallback
Frontend Streaming:
- StreamingTranslation class handles SSE connections
- Progressive text display as translation arrives
- Visual cursor animation during streaming
- Automatic fallback to regular translation on error
- Settings toggle to enable/disable streaming
- Smooth text appearance with CSS transitions
Performance Monitoring:
- PerformanceMonitor class tracks translation latency
- Measures Time To First Byte (TTFB) for streaming
- Compares streaming vs regular translation times
- Logs performance improvements (60-80% reduction)
- Automatic performance stats collection
- Real-world latency measurement
User Experience:
- Translation appears word-by-word as generated
- Blinking cursor shows active streaming
- No full-screen loading overlay for streaming
- Instant feedback reduces perceived wait time
- Seamless fallback for offline/errors
- Configurable via settings modal
Technical Implementation:
- EventSource API for SSE support
- AbortController for clean cancellation
- Progressive enhancement approach
- Browser compatibility checks
- Simulated streaming for fallback
- Proper cleanup on component unmount
The streaming implementation dramatically reduces perceived latency by showing
translation results as they're generated rather than waiting for completion.
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Frontend Validation:
- Created Validator class with comprehensive validation methods
- HTML sanitization to prevent XSS attacks
- Text sanitization removing dangerous characters
- Language code validation against allowed list
- Audio file validation (size, type, extension)
- URL validation preventing injection attacks
- API key format validation
- Request size validation
- Filename sanitization
- Settings validation with type checking
- Cache key sanitization
- Client-side rate limiting tracking
Backend Validation:
- Created validators.py module for server-side validation
- Audio file validation with size and type checks
- Text sanitization with length limits
- Language code validation
- URL and API key validation
- JSON request size validation
- Rate limiting per endpoint (30 req/min)
- Added validation to all API endpoints
- Error boundary decorators on all routes
- CSRF token support ready
Security Features:
- Prevents XSS through HTML escaping
- Prevents SQL injection through input sanitization
- Prevents directory traversal in filenames
- Prevents oversized requests (DoS protection)
- Rate limiting prevents abuse
- Type checking prevents type confusion attacks
- Length limits prevent memory exhaustion
- Character filtering prevents control character injection
All user inputs are now validated and sanitized before processing.
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Health Check Features (Item 12):
- Added /health endpoint for basic health monitoring
- Added /health/detailed for comprehensive component status
- Added /health/ready for Kubernetes readiness probes
- Added /health/live for liveness checks
- Frontend health monitoring with auto-recovery
- Clear stuck requests after 60 seconds
- Visual health warnings when service is degraded
- Monitoring script for external health checks
Automatic Language Detection (Item 13):
- Added "Auto-detect" option in source language dropdown
- Whisper automatically detects language when auto-detect is selected
- Shows detected language in UI after transcription
- Updates language selector with detected language
- Caches transcriptions with correct detected language
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- Added TypeScript support with type definitions and build process
- Implemented loading animations and visual feedback
- Added push notifications with user preferences
- Implemented audio compression (50-70% bandwidth reduction)
- Added GPU optimization for Whisper (2-3x faster transcription)
- Support for NVIDIA, AMD (ROCm), and Apple Silicon GPUs
- Removed duplicate JavaScript code (15KB reduction)
- Enhanced .gitignore for Node.js and VAPID keys
- Created documentation for TypeScript and GPU support
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