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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion src/voice-provider.ts
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Expand Up @@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ export async function voiceProviderFailure(response: Response): Promise<{ error:
try {
const body = await response.json() as { detail?: { status?: unknown } };
const status = body?.detail?.status;
if (typeof status === "string" && ["quota_exceeded", "invalid_api_key", "missing_permissions", "subscription_required", "subscription_expired", "payment_required", "too_many_concurrent_requests", "rate_limit_exceeded"].includes(status)) code = status;
if (typeof status === "string" && ["quota_exceeded", "invalid_api_key", "missing_permissions", "subscription_required", "subscription_expired", "payment_required", "payment_issue", "too_many_concurrent_requests", "rate_limit_exceeded"].includes(status)) code = status;
} catch { /* Non-JSON provider failures still have an HTTP status. */ }
if (code === "quota_exceeded") return { code, cooldownMs: 300_000, error: new SpeechError("ElevenLabs credits are exhausted. The site owner needs to check the provider balance.", 402) };
if (code === "payment_issue") return { code, cooldownMs: 300_000, error: new SpeechError("ElevenLabs blocked transcription because its subscription payment failed. The site owner needs to complete the outstanding ElevenLabs invoice.", 402) };
if (["subscription_required", "subscription_expired", "payment_required"].includes(code) || response.status === 402) return { code, cooldownMs: 300_000, error: new SpeechError("ElevenLabs billing needs attention. The site owner needs to check the provider subscription.", 402) };
if (["invalid_api_key", "missing_permissions"].includes(code) || [401, 403].includes(response.status)) return { code, cooldownMs: 300_000, error: new SpeechError("ElevenLabs rejected transcription or voice access. The site owner needs to check the provider key, permissions, and billing.", 424) };
if (response.status === 429) {
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion test/voice-provider.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ import { voiceProviderFailure } from "../src/voice-provider.ts";
import { transientAudioError } from "../src/live-recovery.ts";

test("provider quota, billing and permissions are terminal even when ElevenLabs returns 401", async () => {
for (const [code, status] of [["quota_exceeded", 402], ["subscription_required", 402], ["invalid_api_key", 424], ["missing_permissions", 424]] as const) {
for (const [code, status] of [["quota_exceeded", 402], ["subscription_required", 402], ["payment_issue", 402], ["invalid_api_key", 424], ["missing_permissions", 424]] as const) {
const failure = await voiceProviderFailure(Response.json({ detail: { status: code, message: "private provider account data" } }, { status: 401 }));
assert.equal(failure.error.status, status);
assert.equal(transientAudioError(failure.error), false);
assert.equal(failure.cooldownMs, 300_000);
assert.doesNotMatch(failure.error.message, /private provider/);
if (code === "payment_issue") assert.match(failure.error.message, /complete the outstanding ElevenLabs invoice/);
}
});

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