From 9a1d8dbbf7537688197b5423a62f196901e3db43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: martbost <martybostick@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:41:12 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Translate: accept batch items individually so one malformed
 item cannot poison the rest; log partial parses

---
 server.js | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 9fffbad..7323d04 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -404,10 +404,14 @@ async function handleTranslate(req,res){
           // parts: [lead, "1", text1, "2", text2, ...]
           const arr=[];
           for(let k=1;k+1<parts.length;k+=2){ arr[Number(parts[k])-1]=String(parts[k+1]).trim(); }
-          if(arr.length===miss.length&&arr.every(x=>typeof x==='string'&&x.length)){
-            miss.forEach((idx,j)=>{ const tr=String(arr[j]).slice(0,600); out[idx]=tr; cache[keyOf(texts[idx])]=tr; });
-            trDirty=true; done=true;
-          }
+          // per-item acceptance: one malformed item must never poison its batch
+          let got=0;
+          miss.forEach((idx,j)=>{
+            const tr=typeof arr[j]==='string'&&arr[j].length?String(arr[j]).slice(0,600):null;
+            if(tr){ out[idx]=tr; cache[keyOf(texts[idx])]=tr; got++; }
+          });
+          if(got){ trDirty=true; done=true; }
+          if(got<miss.length)console.error(`translate ${tl}: ${got}/${miss.length} items parsed`);
         }else{ console.error('translate openrouter status',r.status); }
       }catch(e){ console.error('translate error',e.message); }
     }