Updates

test/daemon.test.js

@@ -164,15 +164,14 @@ test('harness bridge recovers streamed text when final envelope is empty after a
   assert.equal(reply.text, 'Your computer is ready.');
 });
 
-test('ask with no spoken text after tools returns to listening without a Reply', async () => {
+test('ask with no spoken text reports failure and returns to listening', async () => {
   const daemon = new JarvisDaemon();
   daemon.harness = { ask: async () => ({ ok: true, text: '', reason: 'stop' }), cancel() {}, close: async () => {} };
   daemon.voiceLoop = null;
   const replies = [];
   daemon.on('Reply', (text) => replies.push(text));
   try {
-    const result = await daemon.ask('status');
-    assert.equal(result, '');
+    await assert.rejects(daemon.ask('status'), /no spoken answer/);
     assert.deepEqual(replies, []);
     assert.equal(daemon.state, 'LISTENING');
   } finally {
@@ -345,3 +344,20 @@ test('mute ignores arm and does not return to listening after speech', async ()
     assert.equal(daemon.state, 'ARMED');
   } finally { await daemon.close(); }
 });
+
+for (const empty of [false, true]) {
+  test(`failed inference keeps conversation listening and reports the failure (empty=${empty})`, async () => {
+    const daemon = new JarvisDaemon();
+    daemon.settings = { ...daemon.settings, listeningMode: 'conversation' };
+    daemon.listenEnabled = true;
+    daemon.harness.ask = async () => { if (empty) return { text: '' }; throw new Error('inference unavailable'); };
+    const errors = [];
+    daemon.on('Error', (code, message) => errors.push([code, message]));
+    try {
+      await assert.rejects(daemon.ask('Read the page.'), empty ? /no spoken answer/ : /inference unavailable/);
+      assert.equal(daemon.state, 'LISTENING');
+      assert.equal(daemon.voice.state, 'LISTENING');
+      assert.ok(errors.some(([code]) => code === 'QVAC'));
+    } finally { await daemon.close(); }
+  });
+}