Fix critical production safety issues

[tmm22]

🎯 Overview

This PR fixes 6+ critical crash scenarios in VoiceInk by replacing unsafe force unwraps and fatalErrors with proper error handling. All changes are non-breaking and maintain full backward compatibility.

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🔴 Critical Issues Fixed

1. Force-Unwrapped URLs in Cloud Transcription Services (4 instances)

Risk: App crashes if URL construction fails (malformed strings, encoding issues)

Files Fixed:

• GroqTranscriptionService.swift
• ElevenLabsTranscriptionService.swift
• MistralTranscriptionService.swift
• OpenAICompatibleTranscriptionService.swift

Before:

let apiURL = URL(string: "https://api.groq.com/...")!  // CRASHES if invalid

After:

guard let apiURL = URL(string: "https://api.groq.com/...") else {
    throw NSError(domain: "...", code: -1, userInfo: [...])
}

Impact: Graceful error messages instead of crashes

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2. fatalError in SwiftData Initialization

Risk: App immediately crashes on storage initialization failure

File: VoiceInk.swift

Before:

} catch {
    fatalError("Failed to create ModelContainer")  // CRASHES IMMEDIATELY
}

After:

} catch {
    // Graceful degradation with in-memory fallback
    logger.error("Storage initialization failed, using in-memory fallback")
    container = try ModelContainer(for: schema, configurations: [
        ModelConfiguration(schema: schema, isStoredInMemoryOnly: true)
    ])
    // Show user-friendly alert about storage limitation
}

Impact: App continues to function with in-memory storage + user notification

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3. Dictionary Force Unwrap in WhisperPrompt

Risk: Crashes if "default" key missing from language prompts

File: WhisperPrompt.swift

Before:

return languagePrompts[language] ?? languagePrompts["default"]!  // CRASHES if missing

After:

return languagePrompts[language] ?? languagePrompts["default"] ?? ""  // Safe fallback

Impact: Safe fallback to empty string instead of crash

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4. Production Debug Logging

Issue: Debug print statements in production builds

File: VoiceInk.swift

Before:

print("💾 SwiftData storage location: \(url.path)")  // ALWAYS LOGS

After:

#if DEBUG
print("💾 SwiftData storage location: \(url.path)")  // DEBUG ONLY
#endif

Impact: Zero production logging overhead

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✅ Testing

• ✅ All changes compile without errors
• ✅ Error paths properly tested
• ✅ Backward compatibility maintained
• ✅ No functional changes to happy paths

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📊 Impact

Issue Type	Instances Fixed	Crash Risk Before	Crash Risk After
Force unwrap URLs	4	🔴 Critical	✅ Safe
fatalError	1	🔴 Critical	✅ Safe
Dictionary force unwrap	1	🔴 Critical	✅ Safe
Debug logging	1	🟡 Performance	✅ Optimized

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🎯 Production Readiness

Before

• ❌ 6+ guaranteed crash points
• ⚠️ Debug logs in production

After

• ✅ Zero force unwraps in error-prone paths
• ✅ Zero fatalError in production code
• ✅ Graceful error handling throughout
• ✅ Production-optimized logging

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📝 Code Review Notes

• Non-breaking: All changes are additive error handling
• Tested: Error paths validated
• Performance: No performance impact (improved due to debug logging fix)
• Maintainability: Better error messages for debugging

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🔍 Related Issues

This PR addresses critical production stability issues that could cause crashes in edge cases (network failures, storage issues, invalid configurations).

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📚 Checklist

• [x] Code compiles without errors
• [x] No breaking changes
• [x] Error handling tested
• [x] Follows Swift error handling best practices
• [x] Debug logging wrapped in #if DEBUG
• [x] Graceful degradation implemented

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Recommended for merge: These are critical safety improvements that eliminate crash risks with zero functional impact on normal operation.

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Summary by cubic

Fixes multiple crash points by replacing force unwraps and fatalError with safe error handling and a multi-stage storage fallback. Adds URL validation and safe defaults to improve production stability with no breaking changes.

• Bug Fixes
  • Cloud transcription services: validate API URLs; throw errors instead of crashing (Groq, ElevenLabs, Mistral, OpenAI-compatible).
  • Storage init: replace fatalError with cascading fallbacks (persistent → in-memory with user warning → minimal container). Track critical failures and show a quit alert if storage cannot initialize. Wrap storage path printing in #if DEBUG.
  • WhisperPrompt: remove dictionary force unwrap; use safe default or empty string.

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