pipecrab_core/frame.rs
1use std::any::Any;
2use std::sync::Arc;
3
4/// Extension point for application-defined frame payloads.
5///
6/// Implement this on your own types and wrap them in [`DataFrame::Custom`] to
7/// pass domain-specific data through a pipeline without forking the core frame
8/// enum.
9pub trait CustomFrame: Any + Send + Sync + std::fmt::Debug {
10 /// A static string identifying the concrete frame type (used for logging/dispatch).
11 fn kind(&self) -> &'static str;
12 /// Downcasting helper; implementations should return `self`.
13 fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn Any;
14}
15
16/// The wire format of an [`AudioChunk`]: its sample rate and channel count.
17///
18/// Samples are always `f32`; only the rate and channel count vary along the
19/// pipeline (capture ~48 kHz → STT 16 kHz → TTS 24 kHz → playback ~48 kHz),
20/// which is why every chunk carries its own format instead of assuming one.
21#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
22pub struct AudioFormat {
23 /// Samples per second, per channel (e.g. 48 000 for 48 kHz).
24 pub sample_rate: u32,
25 /// Number of channels (1 = mono, 2 = stereo). Samples are interleaved.
26 pub channels: u16,
27}
28
29impl AudioFormat {
30 /// Construct a format from a `sample_rate` and `channels` count.
31 pub fn new(sample_rate: u32, channels: u16) -> Self {
32 Self {
33 sample_rate,
34 channels,
35 }
36 }
37}
38
39/// A chunk of `f32` PCM audio tagged with its own [`AudioFormat`].
40///
41/// Immutable like every [`DataFrame`]: aggregate chunks and produce a new one
42/// rather than mutating in place. `samples` are interleaved by channel; for the
43/// common mono case that is just a flat sample buffer.
44#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
45pub struct AudioChunk {
46 /// Interleaved `f32` PCM samples.
47 pub samples: Arc<[f32]>,
48 /// The rate and channel count these `samples` are in.
49 pub format: AudioFormat,
50}
51
52impl AudioChunk {
53 /// Bundle `samples` with the `format` they are in.
54 pub fn new(samples: Arc<[f32]>, format: AudioFormat) -> Self {
55 Self { samples, format }
56 }
57}
58
59/// Travel direction for system frames.
60///
61/// Down = source → sink; Up = sink → source (errors, acks).
62/// [`DataFrame`] carries no direction — media is always downstream.
63#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
64pub enum Direction {
65 /// Source → sink (lifecycle, interrupts flowing forward through the pipeline).
66 Down,
67 /// Sink → source (errors, acknowledgements flowing back upstream).
68 Up,
69}
70
71/// System frames: lifecycle, control, and errors.
72///
73/// These are bidirectional: `Interrupt` and `Start`/`Stop` travel downstream;
74/// `Error` typically travels upstream. Immutable once constructed.
75///
76/// A frame belongs on this lane only if it must *hop the queue* — be handled
77/// ahead of the data backlog instead of in sequence with it. That is a
78/// deliberately small set (a barge-in `Interrupt`, `Start`/`Stop` lifecycle, an
79/// `Error`), and the bar is high. Anything that marks a *point* in the stream —
80/// a state change that must stay ordered with the media it annotates, like the
81/// voice-activity edges (`SpeechStarted` / `SpeechStopped`) or a future turn
82/// boundary — instead rides the data lane as a [`DataFrame`], where frames keep
83/// their arrival order. When in doubt, use the data lane.
84#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
85pub enum SystemFrame {
86 /// Pipeline is starting; stages should initialise any runtime state.
87 Start,
88 /// Graceful shutdown; stages should flush and clean up.
89 Stop,
90 /// User barged in; stages should discard in-flight work and reset.
91 Interrupt,
92 /// An error propagated through the pipeline.
93 Error {
94 /// Human-readable description of the error.
95 message: Arc<str>,
96 /// Whether the error is unrecoverable and the pipeline should shut down.
97 fatal: bool,
98 },
99}
100
101/// A piece of conversation text flowing through the pipeline: speech-to-text
102/// output, language-model output, or text bound for TTS.
103///
104/// # The stable-prefix invariant
105///
106/// For a given utterance (a [`Role::User`] unit) or generation (a
107/// [`Role::Agent`] unit), the bytes `text[..stable]` **never change** across
108/// successive partials: once a prefix is declared stable it is frozen, and only
109/// the tail beyond `stable` may be revised or grow. Downstream stages rely on
110/// this to commit settled text early instead of waiting for
111/// [`Finality::Final`].
112///
113/// `stable` is a byte index into `text` and must lie on a char boundary. STT
114/// partials revise their tail, so `stable <= text.len()`; LM partials are
115/// append-only, so `stable == text.len()`. A [`Finality::Final`] transcript
116/// carries no `stable` — the whole `text` is settled.
117#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
118pub struct Transcript {
119 /// The transcript text so far. For a [`Finality::Partial`] this is the
120 /// current best guess; only `text[..stable]` is guaranteed frozen.
121 pub text: Arc<str>,
122 /// Who produced this text — [`Role::User`] (STT) or [`Role::Agent`] (LM).
123 pub role: Role,
124 /// Whether this is an in-progress [`Finality::Partial`] or the completed
125 /// [`Finality::Final`] unit.
126 pub finality: Finality,
127}
128
129/// Who produced a [`Transcript`].
130#[non_exhaustive]
131#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
132pub enum Role {
133 /// Speech-to-text output: what the user said.
134 User,
135 /// Language-model output: what the agent is saying.
136 Agent,
137}
138
139/// Whether a [`Transcript`] is still being revised or is complete.
140#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
141pub enum Finality {
142 /// In-progress text. `stable` is the byte length of the prefix that will
143 /// never change. STT partials revise their tail (`stable <= text.len()`);
144 /// LM partials are append-only (`stable == text.len()`).
145 Partial {
146 /// Byte length of the frozen prefix. Lies on a char boundary and is
147 /// `<= text.len()`; see the [`Transcript`] stable-prefix invariant.
148 stable: usize,
149 },
150 /// The completed unit (utterance for [`Role::User`], generation for
151 /// [`Role::Agent`] — but see the `SentenceChunker` note in Part 4).
152 Final,
153}
154
155impl Transcript {
156 /// An in-progress user (STT) transcript: the first `stable` bytes of `text`
157 /// are frozen and its tail may still be revised.
158 ///
159 /// `stable` must be `<= text.len()` and lie on a char boundary; both are
160 /// debug-asserted.
161 pub fn user_partial(text: impl Into<Arc<str>>, stable: usize) -> Self {
162 let text = text.into();
163 debug_assert!(
164 stable <= text.len(),
165 "stable byte index {stable} exceeds text length {}",
166 text.len()
167 );
168 debug_assert!(
169 text.is_char_boundary(stable),
170 "stable byte index {stable} is not on a char boundary of {text:?}"
171 );
172 Self {
173 text,
174 role: Role::User,
175 finality: Finality::Partial { stable },
176 }
177 }
178
179 /// A completed user utterance.
180 pub fn user_final(text: impl Into<Arc<str>>) -> Self {
181 Self {
182 text: text.into(),
183 role: Role::User,
184 finality: Finality::Final,
185 }
186 }
187
188 /// An in-progress agent (LM) transcript. LM output is append-only, so the
189 /// entire current `text` is stable (`stable == text.len()`).
190 pub fn agent_partial(text: impl Into<Arc<str>>) -> Self {
191 let text = text.into();
192 let stable = text.len();
193 Self {
194 text,
195 role: Role::Agent,
196 finality: Finality::Partial { stable },
197 }
198 }
199
200 /// A completed agent generation.
201 pub fn agent_final(text: impl Into<Arc<str>>) -> Self {
202 Self {
203 text: text.into(),
204 role: Role::Agent,
205 finality: Finality::Final,
206 }
207 }
208}
209
210/// Data frames: everything flowing downstream (source → sink) in FIFO order —
211/// the media payload plus the in-band voice-activity edges that must stay
212/// ordered with it.
213///
214/// Immutable: don't try to make mutable frames. Instead, aggregate frames and
215/// produce a new one when you're ready.
216#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
217pub enum DataFrame {
218 /// Input audio from a transport source. Survives an interrupt flush so that
219 /// a barge-in utterance is not clipped; see [`DataFrame::survives_flush`].
220 InputAudio {
221 /// Raw PCM bytes.
222 bytes: Arc<[u8]>,
223 /// Samples per second (e.g. 16 000 for 16 kHz).
224 sample_rate: u32,
225 /// Number of audio channels (1 = mono, 2 = stereo).
226 num_channels: u16,
227 },
228 /// A piece of conversation text: STT output, LM output, or text bound for
229 /// TTS. See [`Transcript`] for the role and finality it carries.
230 Transcript(Transcript),
231 /// A chunk of `f32` PCM audio carrying its own [`AudioFormat`].
232 Audio(AudioChunk),
233 /// Voice-activity detection observed the user *start* speaking: the
234 /// silence→speech edge, emitted by the VAD stage at onset and followed by the
235 /// utterance's [`Audio`](DataFrame::Audio) frames.
236 SpeechStarted,
237 /// Voice-activity detection observed the user *stop* speaking: the
238 /// speech→silence edge, emitted by the VAD stage after the utterance's last
239 /// [`Audio`](DataFrame::Audio) frame.
240 SpeechStopped,
241 /// Application-defined payload; see [`CustomFrame`].
242 Custom(Arc<dyn CustomFrame>),
243}
244
245impl DataFrame {
246 /// True for frames that must survive an interrupt's data-queue flush —
247 /// input-from-transport media, since a barge-in utterance must not be
248 /// clipped. False for everything else, including the voice-activity edges:
249 /// like a transcript they are derived control, so a barge-in drops any queued
250 /// one and fresh edges are regenerated from the surviving transport audio.
251 ///
252 /// ```
253 /// use std::sync::Arc;
254 /// use pipecrab_core::{AudioChunk, AudioFormat, DataFrame, Transcript};
255 ///
256 /// let input = DataFrame::InputAudio {
257 /// bytes: Arc::from(&[0u8; 4][..]),
258 /// sample_rate: 16_000,
259 /// num_channels: 1,
260 /// };
261 /// assert!(input.survives_flush());
262 ///
263 /// assert!(!DataFrame::from(Transcript::agent_final("hi")).survives_flush());
264 ///
265 /// let audio = AudioChunk::new(Arc::from(&[0.0f32][..]), AudioFormat::new(48_000, 1));
266 /// assert!(!DataFrame::Audio(audio).survives_flush());
267 /// ```
268 pub fn survives_flush(&self) -> bool {
269 matches!(self, DataFrame::InputAudio { .. })
270 }
271}
272
273impl From<Transcript> for DataFrame {
274 /// Wrap a [`Transcript`] as a [`DataFrame::Transcript`] so a stage can write
275 /// `Transcript::user_final(text).into()` instead of naming the variant.
276 fn from(transcript: Transcript) -> Self {
277 DataFrame::Transcript(transcript)
278 }
279}
280
281#[cfg(test)]
282mod tests {
283 use super::*;
284
285 #[test]
286 fn transcript_does_not_survive_flush() {
287 // A transcript is derived, regenerable output — unlike transport input
288 // audio it must not survive an interrupt's data-lane flush, in any of
289 // its role/finality forms.
290 for t in [
291 Transcript::user_partial("partial", 3),
292 Transcript::user_final("done"),
293 Transcript::agent_partial("streaming"),
294 Transcript::agent_final("said"),
295 ] {
296 assert!(!DataFrame::Transcript(t).survives_flush());
297 }
298 }
299
300 #[test]
301 fn voice_edges_do_not_survive_flush() {
302 // The VAD edges ride the data lane but are derived control, not captured
303 // media: a barge-in flush discards them, same as a transcript.
304 assert!(!DataFrame::SpeechStarted.survives_flush());
305 assert!(!DataFrame::SpeechStopped.survives_flush());
306 }
307
308 #[test]
309 fn constructors_set_role_finality_and_stable() {
310 let up = Transcript::user_partial("hello", 3);
311 assert_eq!(up.role, Role::User);
312 assert_eq!(up.finality, Finality::Partial { stable: 3 });
313
314 let uf = Transcript::user_final("hello");
315 assert_eq!(uf.role, Role::User);
316 assert_eq!(uf.finality, Finality::Final);
317
318 // LM partials are append-only: the whole text is stable.
319 let ap = Transcript::agent_partial("hi there");
320 assert_eq!(ap.role, Role::Agent);
321 assert_eq!(
322 ap.finality,
323 Finality::Partial {
324 stable: "hi there".len()
325 }
326 );
327
328 let af = Transcript::agent_final("done");
329 assert_eq!(af.role, Role::Agent);
330 assert_eq!(af.finality, Finality::Final);
331 }
332
333 #[test]
334 fn user_partial_accepts_stable_on_char_boundaries() {
335 // "héllo": 'é' occupies bytes 1..3, so byte 3 (start of the first 'l')
336 // is a valid interior boundary; 0 and text.len() are the trivial ones.
337 for stable in [0usize, 3, "héllo".len()] {
338 let t = Transcript::user_partial("héllo", stable);
339 assert_eq!(t.finality, Finality::Partial { stable });
340 }
341 }
342
343 // The `stable` invariant is enforced by `debug_assert!`, so the failure
344 // cases only panic in debug builds; gate them so `cargo test --release`
345 // (asserts compiled out) does not expect a panic that never fires.
346 #[test]
347 #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
348 #[should_panic(expected = "exceeds text length")]
349 fn user_partial_rejects_stable_past_end() {
350 // stable = 3 > "hi".len() = 2.
351 let _ = Transcript::user_partial("hi", 3);
352 }
353
354 #[test]
355 #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
356 #[should_panic(expected = "char boundary")]
357 fn user_partial_rejects_stable_off_char_boundary() {
358 // "é" is two UTF-8 bytes; stable = 1 splits the codepoint.
359 let _ = Transcript::user_partial("é", 1);
360 }
361
362 #[test]
363 fn transcript_converts_into_dataframe() {
364 let frame: DataFrame = Transcript::user_final("hi").into();
365 match frame {
366 DataFrame::Transcript(t) => {
367 assert_eq!(&*t.text, "hi");
368 assert_eq!(t.role, Role::User);
369 assert_eq!(t.finality, Finality::Final);
370 }
371 other => panic!("expected a Transcript frame, got {other:?}"),
372 }
373 }
374}