Issue:
The application fails to start due to a build error from Vite. The error message indicates an unexpected catch statement in src/hooks/useAudioEngine.ts.
Error Output:
1:23:18 AM [vite] Internal server error: Transform failed with 1 error:
/app/src/hooks/useAudioEngine.ts:1393:10: ERROR: Expected ";" but found "catch"
Plugin: vite:esbuild
File: /app/src/hooks/useAudioEngine.ts:1393:10
Expected ";" but found "catch"
1391| setIsReady(true);
1392| isInitializing.current = false;
1393| } catch (e) {
| ^
1394| console.error("CRITICAL AUDIO INIT FAILURE", e);
1395| // Even if audio fails, set ready so UI doesn't lock up
Context:
This issue was discovered while attempting to verify accessibility changes in the UI using Playwright. The dev server (pnpm dev) starts, but the browser encounters an ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED or fails to load the application because Vite's esbuild transform fails on useAudioEngine.ts.
The syntax surrounding line 1393 looks like a standard try...catch block, but esbuild is interpreting it incorrectly, possibly due to a missing closing brace } or a typo in a preceding statement that isn't immediately obvious in the surrounding lines.
Impact: This prevents the frontend from compiling and running, making it impossible to perform visual verification or use the application locally.
Suggested Action:
Investigate src/hooks/useAudioEngine.ts around line 1390-1395 to identify the missing syntax or bracket that is causing esbuild to choke on the catch keyword.