[bug] [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\Program Files\\OpenCut\\server\\_internal\\opencut\\_generated\\route_manifest.json'

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OpenCut version

1.55.1

Affected surface

HTTP server / CLI

Operating system

Windows 11

Repro steps

1. Install with Windows Installer
2. Launch Server
3. Lauche premiere
4. Bridge tell is ok and then everything is killed server unavailable

Expected vs actual

If I restart the serve it continue to tell service unavailable with this error:

Bundled FFmpeg: C:\Program Files\OpenCut\ffmpeg
System site-packages: added 2 paths from C:\Python312\python.EXE

OpenCut Backend Server v1.55.1
Listening on http://127.0.0.1:5679
PID: 10352
Log file: C:\Users\User.opencut\server.log
Press Ctrl+C to stop

Server starting on http://127.0.0.1:5679 (pid=10352)
temp_cleanup: background sweep every 3600s
Cannot load route manifest for workflow validation: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\Program Files\OpenCut\server\_internal\opencut\_generated\route_manifest.json'

• Serving Flask app 'server'
• Debug mode: off
  WARNING: This is a development server. Do not use it in a production deployment. Use a production WSGI server instead.
• Running on http://127.0.0.1:5679
  Press CTRL+C to quit

Logs / screenshots

{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:49:39", "module": "server", "message": "  Bundled FFmpeg: C:\\Program Files\\OpenCut\\ffmpeg", "job_id": "", "level": "INFO"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:49:39", "module": "server", "message": "  Added ~/.opencut/packages to sys.path (fallback)", "job_id": "", "level": "INFO"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:49:39", "module": "server", "message": "  System site-packages: added 2 paths from C:\\Python312\\python.EXE", "job_id": "", "level": "INFO"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:49:39", "module": "pid", "message": "Wrote PID file: pid=26164 port=5679", "job_id": "", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:49:39", "module": "job_store", "message": "Job store initialized at C:\\Users\\User\\.opencut\\jobs.db", "job_id": "", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:49:39", "module": "server", "message": "Server starting on http://127.0.0.1:5679 (pid=26164)", "job_id": "", "level": "INFO"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:49:39", "module": "temp_cleanup", "message": "temp_cleanup: background sweep every 3600s", "job_id": "", "level": "INFO"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:49:39", "module": "workflow", "message": "Cannot load route manifest for workflow validation: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\\\Program Files\\\\OpenCut\\\\server\\\\_internal\\\\opencut\\\\_generated\\\\route_manifest.json'", "job_id": "", "request_id": "", "level": "WARNING"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: silence_detection/energy", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: silence_detection/silero_vad", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: transcription/faster_whisper", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: transcription/crisper_whisper", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: transcription/parakeet_tdt", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: transcription/canary_1b_flash", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: background_removal/rembg", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: background_removal/rvm", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: scene_detection/threshold", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: scene_detection/transnetv2", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: scene_detection/autoshot", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: tts/edge_tts", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: tts/kokoro", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: tts/chatterbox", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: stem_separation/demucs", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: stem_separation/bs_roformer", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: stem_separation/mel_band_roformer", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: stem_separation/uvr_denoise", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: stem_separation/uvr_deverb", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: depth_estimation/depth_anything_v2", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: upscaling/seedvr2", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: upscaling/realesrgan", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: lip_sync/mediapipe_jaw", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: lip_sync/latentsync", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: diarization/pyannote_community1", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: diarization/pyannote_legacy", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: diarization/sortformer", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: relight/iclight", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: object_removal/sam2_propainter", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Registered engine: emotion_analysis/deepface", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:15", "module": "engine_registry", "message": "Engine registry initialized: 30 engines across 13 domains", "job_id": "", "request_id": "r-5da25ff192c84133", "level": "INFO"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:20", "module": "server", "message": "  Bundled FFmpeg: C:\\Program Files\\OpenCut\\ffmpeg", "job_id": "", "level": "INFO"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:20", "module": "server", "message": "  System site-packages: added 2 paths from C:\\Python312\\python.EXE", "job_id": "", "level": "INFO"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:20", "module": "pid", "message": "Wrote PID file: pid=10352 port=5679", "job_id": "", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:20", "module": "job_store", "message": "Job store initialized at C:\\Users\\User\\.opencut\\jobs.db", "job_id": "", "level": "DEBUG"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:20", "module": "server", "message": "Server starting on http://127.0.0.1:5679 (pid=10352)", "job_id": "", "level": "INFO"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:21", "module": "temp_cleanup", "message": "temp_cleanup: background sweep every 3600s", "job_id": "", "level": "INFO"}
{"asctime": "2026-09-01T17:50:21", "module": "workflow", "message": "Cannot load route manifest for workflow validation: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\\\Program Files\\\\OpenCut\\\\server\\\\_internal\\\\opencut\\\\_generated\\\\route_manifest.json'", "job_id": "", "request_id": "", "level": "WARNING"}

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