fix(compare): reject incomplete and errored SSE responses

static/js/compare/sse.js

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+function streamError(payload) {
+  const detail = payload?.data ?? payload;
+  const candidates = [detail?.message, detail?.text, detail?.error?.message,
+    detail?.error, payload?.message, payload?.text, payload?.error?.message,
+    payload?.error, typeof payload === 'string' ? payload : null];
+  const message = candidates.find(value => typeof value === 'string' && value.trim());
+  return new Error(message || 'Model request failed.');
+}
+
+/** Decode complete SSE frames, requiring the backend's terminal DONE event. */
+export async function consumeCompareEvents(response, onEvent, onActivity) {
+  const reader = response.body.getReader();
+  const decoder = new TextDecoder();
+  let line = '', event = 'message', data = [], skipLF = false;
+  try {
+    while (true) {
+      const { done, value } = await reader.read();
+      if (!done) onActivity?.();
+      let chunk = decoder.decode(value, { stream: !done });
+      if (skipLF && chunk.length) {
+        if (chunk.startsWith('\n')) chunk = chunk.slice(1);
+        skipLF = false;
+      }
+      const separators = /\r\n|\r|\n/g;
+      let start = 0, separator;
+      while ((separator = separators.exec(chunk))) {
+        line += chunk.slice(start, separator.index);
+        start = separator.index + separator[0].length;
+        skipLF = separator[0] === '\r' && start === chunk.length;
+        if (!line) {
+          if (data.length || event === 'error') {
+            const raw = data.join('\n');
+            if (event !== 'error' && raw === '[DONE]') return;
+            let payload;
+            try { payload = JSON.parse(raw); }
+            catch (_) {
+              if (event === 'error') throw streamError(raw);
+              throw new Error('Invalid model stream data.');
+            }
+            if (event === 'error' || payload?.type === 'error') throw streamError(payload);
+            if (!payload || typeof payload !== 'object' || Array.isArray(payload)) {
+              throw new Error('Invalid model stream data.');
+            }
+            await onEvent(payload);
+          }
+          event = 'message';
+          data = [];
+        } else if (!line.startsWith(':')) {
+          const colon = line.indexOf(':');
+          const field = colon < 0 ? line : line.slice(0, colon);
+          let value = colon < 0 ? '' : line.slice(colon + 1);
+          if (value.startsWith(' ')) value = value.slice(1);
+          if (field === 'data') data.push(value);
+          else if (field === 'event') event = value || 'message';
+        }
+        line = '';
+      }
+      line += chunk.slice(start);
+      if (done) throw new Error('Stream ended before completion.');
+    }
+  } finally {
+    try { await reader.cancel(); } catch (_) {}
+    reader.releaseLock();
+  }
+}

static/js/compare/stream.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // compare/stream.js — SSE streaming to panes
 import state from './state.js';
+import { consumeCompareEvents } from './sse.js';
 import { addFinishBadge } from './vote.js?v=20260828resendcaldrag1';
 import { getModelCost, renderAskUserCard, safeDisplayImageSrc } from '../chatRenderer.js?v=20260914metricssummary1';
 import markdownModule from '../markdown.js';
@@ -472,25 +473,9 @@ async function streamToPane(paneIdx, sessionId, message, aiMsgEl, opts) {
     });
     if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
 
-    const reader = response.body.getReader();
-    const decoder = new TextDecoder();
-    let buffer = '';
-
-    while (true) {
-      const { done, value } = await reader.read();
-      if (done) break;
-      _resetIdleTimeout();  // any chunk = stream is alive
-
-      buffer += decoder.decode(value, { stream: true });
-      const lines = buffer.split('\n');
-      buffer = lines.pop() || '';
-
-      for (const line of lines) {
-        if (!line.startsWith('data: ')) continue;
-        const data = line.slice(6);
-        if (data === '[DONE]') break;
+    await consumeCompareEvents(response,
+      (json) => {
         try {
-          const json = JSON.parse(data);
           if (json.type === 'metrics') {
             metrics = json.data;
 
@@ -672,7 +657,7 @@ async function streamToPane(paneIdx, sessionId, message, aiMsgEl, opts) {
             if (hist) hist.scrollTop = hist.scrollHeight;
           } else if (json.delta) {
             // Skip text deltas if we already rendered an image
-            if (aiMsgEl._imageData) continue;
+            if (aiMsgEl._imageData) return;
             // Capture TTFT on very first text delta
             if (!accumulated && !_ttft) _ttft = performance.now() - _timerStart;
             // On first delta, destroy spinner and prepare text area
@@ -701,8 +686,7 @@ async function streamToPane(paneIdx, sessionId, message, aiMsgEl, opts) {
             _scheduleLiveRender(target);
           }
         } catch (e) { console.warn('Compare stream render error:', e); }
-      }
-    }
+      }, _resetIdleTimeout);
 
     streamOk = true;
     // Destroy any remaining spinner
@@ -900,9 +884,15 @@ async function streamToPane(paneIdx, sessionId, message, aiMsgEl, opts) {
       }
     } else {
       console.error('Compare stream error:', error);
-      aiBody.innerHTML = '<span style="color:var(--color-error);">Error: ' + escapeHtml(error.message) + '</span>';
+      awaitingChoice = false;
+      const message = state._blindMode ? 'Model request failed. Try again.' : error.message;
+      aiBody.innerHTML = '<span style="color:var(--color-error);">Error: ' + escapeHtml(message) + '</span>';
     }
   } finally {
+    if (aiMsgEl._spinner) {
+      aiMsgEl._spinner.destroy();
+      aiMsgEl._spinner = null;
+    }
     clearTimeout(timeoutId);
     _timerDone = true;
     cancelAnimationFrame(_rafId);

static/sw.js

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 //   - Other static assets (images/fonts/libs): cache-first with bg refresh.
 //   - API / non-GET: never cached.
 // Bump CACHE_NAME whenever the precache list or SW logic changes.
-const CACHE_NAME = 'odysseus-v659-notes-reference';
+const CACHE_NAME = 'odysseus-v660-compare-stream-events';
 
 // KaTeX resolves these from its own stylesheet, so caching the CSS without them
 // gives offline math fallback glyphs instead of proper typesetting.
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ const PRECACHE = [
   '/static/js/search-chat.js',
   '/static/js/compare/index.js?v=20260909mobilepaneaddscroll1',
   '/static/js/compare/vote.js?v=20260828resendcaldrag1',
+  '/static/js/compare/sse.js',
   '/static/js/colorPicker.js?v=20260910eyedropper1',
   '/static/js/panels.js?v=20260909movepicklayer1',
   '/static/js/theme.js?v=20260911organsrain1',