From 60c0fe3b928dc400e730ffde95675db91f415a71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Pine <ijamespine@me.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 03:50:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] isolate shutdown unload calls so one failure doesn't block
 the other

---
 backend/app.py | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/app.py b/backend/app.py
index dfe1e1a0..fb6dc89c 100644
--- a/backend/app.py
+++ b/backend/app.py
@@ -202,8 +202,14 @@ def _register_lifecycle(application: FastAPI) -> None:
     @application.on_event("shutdown")
     async def shutdown_event():
         logger.info("Voicebox server shutting down...")
-        tts.unload_tts_model()
-        transcribe.unload_whisper_model()
+        try:
+            tts.unload_tts_model()
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception("Failed to unload TTS model")
+        try:
+            transcribe.unload_whisper_model()
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception("Failed to unload Whisper model")
 
 
 app = create_app()