v0.4.4

miraymen/pix2surfv0.4.4Apr 21, 2026by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

A hotfix for a regression where generation failed with 'offline mode is enabled' even when online. It reverts inference-path guards that were blocking legitimate network calls.

Key Highlights

Fixes generation failure while online due to offline guards
Reverts inference-path guards from 0.4.3
Keeps load-time offline guards in place

New Features

Online inference support restored
Load-time offline guard maintenance

Full Release Notes

Hotfix for a regression in 0.4.3 where generation and transcription could fail outright with "offline mode is enabled" even when the user was online.

### Reliability

- **Inference no longer fails with "offline mode is enabled" while online** ([#524](https://github.com/jamiepine/voicebox/pull/524), reverts the inference-path guards from [#503](https://github.com/jamiepine/voicebox/pull/503)). 0.4.3 wrapped every inference body (`generate`, `transcribe`, `create_voice_clone_prompt`) with a process-wide `HF_HUB_OFFLINE` flip to stop lazy HuggingFace lookups from hanging when the network drops mid-inference ([#462](https://github.com/jamiepine/voicebox/issues/462)). That flag also blocks legitimate metadata calls (e.g. `HfApi().model_info` for revision resolution) so online users started seeing generation fail outright. Inference now runs with the process's default HF state. Load-time offline guards — which weren't the source of the regression — stay in place.

**Known caveat**: users generating without an internet connection may see brief pauses during inference while HuggingFace metadata lookups time out (typically ~30s, after which the library recovers). A proper offline-mode toggle is planned for 0.4.5.