Buzz Transcription: Weekly Recap - Stability & User Experience Fixes

This week focused entirely on bug fixes and stability improvements, with three merged pull requests addressing critical issues including download progress stalling, Windows lock acquisition failures, and crashes on older CPUs.

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  • Show: Buzz Transcription
  • Published: 2026-03-22T10:03:25Z
  • Audio duration: PT1M57S

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Good morning, this is your Buzz Transcription weekly recap for March 15th through 22nd, 2026.

We had 3 pull requests merged and 3 additional commits this week, all focused on stability and bug resolution.

**Fixes**

Three significant fixes were merged this week, all contributed by Raivis Dejus. First, PR 1419 addressed crashes occurring on older CPU architectures by modifying the Buzz.spec file. This fix was implemented in response to user reports in GitHub discussions.

Second, PR 1420 resolved a user interface issue where download progress indicators would appear to stall visually, even when downloads were proceeding normally. The fix involved updates to the model loader, download progress dialog widget, and preferences dialog, along with corresponding test modifications across 4…

The third fix, PR 1421, tackled a Windows-specific issue where the application failed to acquire necessary file locks. This 11-line change to the model loader resolves what could have been a blocking issue for Windows users.

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