## Summary
Added NVIDIA NIM as a second transcription option ( alongside local
Whisper). This lets you transcribe voice notes using NVIDIA's cloud API
instead of running Whisper locally.
## What changed
- **Transcription**: Now supports the two backends
- Local Whisper: Free, runs on your GPU/CPU (existing)
- NVIDIA NIM: Cloud API via Riva gRPC (new)
- **Supported models**: 8 NVIDIA NIM models added (Parakeet variants for
different languages, Whisper Large V3)
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Co-authored-by: Alishahryar1 <alishahryar2@gmail.com>
- `max_concurrency` is now always an `int` (default 5) — `None`/unlimited
is no longer a valid state; omitting the env var uses the default
- `GlobalRateLimiter`: semaphore is always created; `concurrency_slot()`
no longer has None guards; log message always includes concurrency
- `ProviderConfig.max_concurrency`: `int = 5` (was `int | None = None`)
- `Settings.provider_max_concurrency`: `int = Field(default=5, ...)` —
setting env var to an invalid value (e.g. empty string) raises
- `.env.example`: uncommented `PROVIDER_MAX_CONCURRENCY=5`
- README: updated config table default from `—` to `5`
- Tests: removed `test_concurrency_slot_noop_when_not_configured`;
updated mock settings to use `5` instead of `None`
https://claude.ai/code/session_014mrF1WMNgmNjtPBuoQHsbg
The max_sessions cap in CLISessionManager was the only thing enforcing
a limit on concurrent CLI processes. Now that provider concurrency is
controlled at the streaming layer (PROVIDER_MAX_CONCURRENCY semaphore),
the CLI session pool cap is redundant and removed entirely.
Changes:
- cli/manager.py: remove max_sessions param, cap check, _cleanup_idle_sessions_unlocked, max_sessions from get_stats()
- config/settings.py: remove max_cli_sessions field
- api/app.py: remove max_sessions=settings.max_cli_sessions from CLISessionManager constructor
- messaging/handler.py: remove "Waiting for slot" status check; stats display no longer shows Max CLI
- .env.example: remove MAX_CLI_SESSIONS line
- tests/cli/test_cli.py: remove max_sessions args and assertion from manager tests
- tests/cli/test_cli_manager_edge_cases.py: remove two tests for cap/cleanup behavior
- tests/api/test_app_lifespan_and_errors.py: remove max_cli_sessions from all SimpleNamespace settings
- tests/config/test_config.py: remove max_cli_sessions isinstance assertion
- tests/conftest.py: remove max_sessions from mock stats
- tests/messaging/test_handler.py: merge slot/capacity tests into single new-conversation test; remove Max CLI assertion from stats test
- tests/messaging/test_handler_markdown_and_status_edges.py: remove "Waiting for slot" assertion; drop max_sessions from all stats mocks
https://claude.ai/code/session_014mrF1WMNgmNjtPBuoQHsbg
Adds max_concurrency cap to GlobalRateLimiter using asyncio.Semaphore.
A request now waits for a concurrency slot before the sliding window rate
limit check, so at most N streams are open to the provider simultaneously,
even when the rate window would allow more.
Changes:
- providers/rate_limit.py: max_concurrency param, _concurrency_sem, concurrency_slot() asynccontextmanager
- providers/openai_compat.py: pass max_concurrency to limiter; wrap execute_with_retry + stream iteration in concurrency_slot()
- providers/base.py: max_concurrency field on ProviderConfig
- config/settings.py: provider_max_concurrency setting (PROVIDER_MAX_CONCURRENCY env var, default None = unlimited)
- api/dependencies.py: pass provider_max_concurrency into all three provider ProviderConfig instantiations
- .env.example: document PROVIDER_MAX_CONCURRENCY (commented out)
- tests/providers/test_provider_rate_limit.py: 5 new tests covering concurrency limit enforcement, slot release on exception, noop when unconfigured
- tests/api/test_dependencies.py: add provider_max_concurrency=None to mock settings helper
https://claude.ai/code/session_014mrF1WMNgmNjtPBuoQHsbg
Ali Khokhar