Review fixes: CUDA restore in finally, os._exit on Windows, taskkill /T for process tree, build-server-cuda error handling, db-init path

backend/build_binary.py

@@ -168,17 +168,18 @@ def build_server(cuda=False):
             restore_cuda = True
 
     # Run PyInstaller
-    PyInstaller.__main__.run(args)
-
-    # Restore CUDA torch if we swapped it out
-    if restore_cuda:
-        print("Restoring CUDA torch...")
-        import subprocess
-        subprocess.run(
-            [sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", "torch", "torchvision", "torchaudio",
-             "--index-url", "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu126", "--force-reinstall", "-q"],
-            check=True
-        )
+    try:
+        PyInstaller.__main__.run(args)
+    finally:
+        # Restore CUDA torch if we swapped it out (even on build failure)
+        if restore_cuda:
+            print("Restoring CUDA torch...")
+            import subprocess
+            subprocess.run(
+                [sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", "torch", "torchvision", "torchaudio",
+                 "--index-url", "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu126", "--force-reinstall", "-q"],
+                check=True
+            )
     
     print(f"Binary built in {backend_dir / 'dist' / binary_name}")
 

backend/server.py

@@ -119,7 +119,13 @@ def _start_parent_watchdog(parent_pid, data_dir=None):
         while True:
             if not _is_pid_alive(parent_pid):
                 watchdog_logger.info(f"Parent process {parent_pid} gone, shutting down server...")
-                os.kill(os.getpid(), signal.SIGTERM)
+                if sys.platform == "win32":
+                    # sys.exit triggers SystemExit, allowing uvicorn to run
+                    # shutdown handlers. os.kill(SIGTERM) on Windows calls
+                    # TerminateProcess which hard-kills without cleanup.
+                    os._exit(0)
+                else:
+                    os.kill(os.getpid(), signal.SIGTERM)
                 return
             time.sleep(2)
 

justfile

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ dev: _ensure-venv _ensure-sidecar
         Start-Sleep -Seconds 2; \
     }; \
     Write-Host "Starting Tauri desktop app..."; \
-    try { Set-Location "{{ tauri_dir }}"; bun run tauri dev } finally { if ($backendJob) { Stop-Process -Id $backendJob.Id -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } }
+    try { Set-Location "{{ tauri_dir }}"; bun run tauri dev } finally { if ($backendJob) { taskkill /PID $backendJob.Id /T /F 2>$null | Out-Null } }
 
 # Start backend only
 [unix]
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ dev-web: _ensure-venv
         Start-Sleep -Seconds 2; \
     }; \
     Write-Host "Starting web app..."; \
-    try { Set-Location "{{ web_dir }}"; bun run dev } finally { if ($backendJob) { Stop-Process -Id $backendJob.Id -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } }
+    try { Set-Location "{{ web_dir }}"; bun run dev } finally { if ($backendJob) { taskkill /PID $backendJob.Id /T /F 2>$null | Out-Null } }
 
 # Kill all dev processes
 [unix]
@@ -201,8 +201,10 @@ build-server: _ensure-venv
 # Build CUDA server binary and place in app data dir for local testing
 [windows]
 build-server-cuda: _ensure-venv
+    $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"; \
     $env:PATH = "{{ venv_bin }};$env:PATH"; \
     & "{{ python }}" backend/build_binary.py --cuda; \
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "build_binary.py --cuda failed with exit code $LASTEXITCODE" }; \
     $dest = "$env:APPDATA/com.voicebox.app/backends"; \
     New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $dest -Force | Out-Null; \
     Copy-Item "backend/dist/voicebox-server-cuda.exe" "$dest/voicebox-server-cuda.exe" -Force; \
@@ -253,11 +255,11 @@ fix:
 # Initialize SQLite database
 [unix]
 db-init: _ensure-venv
-    cd {{ backend_dir }} && {{ python }} -c "from database import init_db; init_db()"
+    {{ python }} -c "from backend.database import init_db; init_db()"
 
 [windows]
 db-init: _ensure-venv
-    Set-Location "{{ backend_dir }}"; & "{{ python }}" -c "from database import init_db; init_db()"
+    & "{{ python }}" -c "from backend.database import init_db; init_db()"
 
 # Reset database (delete + reinit)
 [unix]