fix: inconsistent error handling

web/hooks/useActiveModel.ts

@@ -26,15 +26,13 @@ export const stateModelAtom = atom<ModelState>({
   model: undefined,
 })
 
-const pendingModelLoadAtom = atom<boolean>(false)
-
 export function useActiveModel() {
   const [activeModel, setActiveModel] = useAtom(activeModelAtom)
   const activeThread = useAtomValue(activeThreadAtom)
   const [stateModel, setStateModel] = useAtom(stateModelAtom)
   const downloadedModels = useAtomValue(downloadedModelsAtom)
   const setLoadModelError = useSetAtom(loadModelErrorAtom)
-  const [pendingModelLoad, setPendingModelLoad] = useAtom(pendingModelLoadAtom)
+  const pendingModelLoad = useRef(false)
   const isVulkanEnabled = useAtomValue(vulkanEnabledAtom)
 
   const downloadedModelsRef = useRef<Model[]>([])
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ export function useActiveModel() {
     if (activeModel) {
       await stopModel(activeModel)
     }
-    setPendingModelLoad(true)
+    pendingModelLoad.current = true
 
     let model = downloadedModelsRef?.current.find((e) => e.id === modelId)
 
@@ -120,16 +118,16 @@ export function useActiveModel() {
           undefined,
         }))
 
-        if (!pendingModelLoad && abortable) {
+        if (!pendingModelLoad.current && abortable) {
           return Promise.reject(new Error('aborted'))
         }
 
         toaster({
           title: 'Failed!',
-          description: `Model ${model.id} failed to start.`,
+          description: `Model ${model.id} failed to start. ${error.message ?? ''}`,
           type: 'error',
         })
-        setLoadModelError(error)
+        setLoadModelError(error.message ?? error)
         return Promise.reject(error)
       })
   }
@@ -147,16 +145,10 @@ export function useActiveModel() {
         .then(() => {
           setActiveModel(undefined)
           setStateModel({ state: 'start', loading: false, model: undefined })
-          setPendingModelLoad(false)
+          pendingModelLoad.current = false
         })
     },
-    [
+    [activeModel, setStateModel, setActiveModel, stateModel]
-      activeModel,
-      setStateModel,
-      setActiveModel,
-      setPendingModelLoad,
-      stateModel,
-    ]
   )
 
   const stopInference = useCallback(async () => {

web/hooks/useSendChatMessage.ts

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import { MessageRequestBuilder } from '@/utils/messageRequestBuilder'
 
 import { ThreadMessageBuilder } from '@/utils/threadMessageBuilder'
 
-import { loadModelErrorAtom, useActiveModel } from './useActiveModel'
+import { useActiveModel } from './useActiveModel'
 
 import { extensionManager } from '@/extension/ExtensionManager'
 import {
@@ -60,10 +60,8 @@ export default function useSendChatMessage() {
   const currentMessages = useAtomValue(getCurrentChatMessagesAtom)
   const selectedModel = useAtomValue(selectedModelAtom)
   const { activeModel, startModel } = useActiveModel()
-  const loadModelFailed = useAtomValue(loadModelErrorAtom)
 
   const modelRef = useRef<Model | undefined>()
-  const loadModelFailedRef = useRef<string | undefined>()
   const activeModelParams = useAtomValue(getActiveThreadModelParamsAtom)
   const engineParamsUpdate = useAtomValue(engineParamsUpdateAtom)
 
@@ -80,10 +78,6 @@ export default function useSendChatMessage() {
     modelRef.current = activeModel
   }, [activeModel])
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    loadModelFailedRef.current = loadModelFailed
-  }, [loadModelFailed])
-
   useEffect(() => {
     activeThreadRef.current = activeThread
   }, [activeThread])

web/screens/Thread/ThreadCenterPanel/LoadModelError/index.tsx

@@ -20,23 +20,8 @@ const LoadModelError = () => {
   const setSelectedSettingScreen = useSetAtom(selectedSettingAtom)
   const activeThread = useAtomValue(activeThreadAtom)
 
-  const PORT_NOT_AVAILABLE = 'PORT_NOT_AVAILABLE'
-
   const ErrorMessage = () => {
-    if (loadModelError === PORT_NOT_AVAILABLE) {
+    if (
-      return (
-        <p>
-          Port 3928 is currently unavailable. Check for conflicting apps, or
-          access&nbsp;
-          <span
-            className="cursor-pointer text-[hsla(var(--app-link))]"
-            onClick={() => setModalTroubleShooting(true)}
-          >
-            troubleshooting assistance
-          </span>
-        </p>
-      )
-    } else if (
       typeof loadModelError?.includes === 'function' &&
       loadModelError.includes('EXTENSION_IS_NOT_INSTALLED')
     ) {
@@ -63,10 +48,10 @@ const LoadModelError = () => {
       )
     } else {
       return (
-        <div>
+        <div className="mx-6 flex flex-col items-center space-y-2 text-center font-medium text-[hsla(var(--text-secondary))]">
-          Apologies, {`Something's wrong.`}.&nbsp;
+          {loadModelError && <p>{loadModelError}</p>}
           <p>
-            Access&nbsp;
+            {`Something's wrong.`}&nbsp;Access&nbsp;
             <span
               className="cursor-pointer text-[hsla(var(--app-link))]"
               onClick={() => setModalTroubleShooting(true)}