From 8d224ecbeec0e7771c049c3487512338bdbbdbc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neo <54811660+neooriginal@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:15:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update storage.py

---
 backend/utils/other/storage.py | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/utils/other/storage.py b/backend/utils/other/storage.py
index a9276c2b04..a5d3c3ddb0 100644
--- a/backend/utils/other/storage.py
+++ b/backend/utils/other/storage.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from google.oauth2 import service_account
 from google.cloud.storage import transfer_manager
 from google.cloud.exceptions import NotFound as BlobNotFound
-from google.cloud.exceptions import NotFound
+from google.cloud.exceptions import NotFound, Forbidden
 
 from database.redis_db import cache_signed_url, get_cached_signed_url
 from utils import encryption
@@ -47,11 +47,17 @@ def upload_profile_audio(file_path: str, uid: str):
 
 
 def get_user_has_speech_profile(uid: str, max_age_days: int = None) -> bool:
+    if not speech_profiles_bucket:
+        return False
     bucket = storage_client.bucket(speech_profiles_bucket)
     blob = bucket.blob(f'{uid}/speech_profile.wav')
-    if not blob.exists():
+    try:
+        if not blob.exists():
+            return False
+    except Forbidden:
         return False
 
+
     # Check age if max_age_days is specified
     if max_age_days is not None:
         blob.reload()

From e0ac4bcc74b9f9bceba3f038a1ad86d1a96076aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neo <54811660+neooriginal@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:19:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update storage.py

---
 backend/utils/other/storage.py | 27 ++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/utils/other/storage.py b/backend/utils/other/storage.py
index a5d3c3ddb0..a4e8c43a9f 100644
--- a/backend/utils/other/storage.py
+++ b/backend/utils/other/storage.py
@@ -49,24 +49,25 @@ def upload_profile_audio(file_path: str, uid: str):
 def get_user_has_speech_profile(uid: str, max_age_days: int = None) -> bool:
     if not speech_profiles_bucket:
         return False
-    bucket = storage_client.bucket(speech_profiles_bucket)
-    blob = bucket.blob(f'{uid}/speech_profile.wav')
+
     try:
+        bucket = storage_client.bucket(speech_profiles_bucket)
+        blob = bucket.blob(f'{uid}/speech_profile.wav')
+
         if not blob.exists():
             return False
-    except Forbidden:
-        return False
-
 
-    # Check age if max_age_days is specified
-    if max_age_days is not None:
-        blob.reload()
-        if blob.time_created:
-            age = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc) - blob.time_created
-            if age.days > max_age_days:
-                return False
+        # Check age if max_age_days is specified
+        if max_age_days is not None:
+            blob.reload()
+            if blob.time_created:
+                age = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc) - blob.time_created
+                if age.days > max_age_days:
+                    return False
 
-    return True
+        return True
+    except Forbidden:
+        return False
 
 
 def get_profile_audio_if_exists(uid: str, download: bool = True) -> str: