added log to find bob

frontend/src/components/chat/ChatInputArea.jsx

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-// src/components/chat/ChatInputArea.jsx
 import React, { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react';
-import { VoiceVisualizer, useVoiceVisualizer } from 'react-voice-visualizer';
+import { VoiceVisualizer, useVoiceVisualizer } from 'react-voice-visualizer'; // Assuming these imports are correct
 
 const ChatInputArea = ({ onSendMessage, onSendVoiceMessage, isLoading }) => {
   const [message, setMessage] = useState('');
@@ -21,12 +20,19 @@ const ChatInputArea = ({ onSendMessage, onSendVoiceMessage, isLoading }) => {
     // error,
   } = voiceVisualizerHook;
 
+  // Logging for render phase (these will fire on every re-render)
+  console.log('ChatInputArea render - isRecording:', isRecording);
+  console.log('ChatInputArea render - recordingBlob (current state):', recordingBlob);
+
   // This useEffect will run whenever recordingBlob changes.
   useEffect(() => {
-    debugger; // <--- KEEP THIS HERE FOR YOUR TESTING, REMOVE ONCE IT WORKS
+    // debugger; // Keep this for your testing, remove once it works
+    console.log('ChatInputArea useEffect triggered. recordingBlob:', recordingBlob); // Log inside the effect
     if (recordingBlob) {
-      console.log('Recorded blob is: ', recordingBlob);
+      console.log('ChatInputArea: recordingBlob IS present!', recordingBlob);
       onSendVoiceMessage(recordingBlob);
+    } else {
+      console.log('ChatInputArea: recordingBlob is NULL or UNDEFINED.');
     }
   }, [recordingBlob, onSendVoiceMessage]); // onSendVoiceMessage is stable due to useCallback in App.jsx
 
@@ -43,17 +49,19 @@ const ChatInputArea = ({ onSendMessage, onSendVoiceMessage, isLoading }) => {
   }, [message, onSendMessage]);
 
   const handleStartRecording = useCallback(() => {
+    console.log("ChatInputArea: handleStartRecording called.");
     if (isLoading) return; // Prevent recording if an action is already in progress
-    console.log("Attempting to start recording...");
     startRecording();
-    console.log("Recording started status:", isRecording); // This might be true/false depending on async nature
-  }, [isLoading, startRecording, isRecording]);
+    // Note: isRecording here might not be immediately true due to async nature of startRecording
+    console.log("ChatInputArea: Recording start function called. Current isRecording state:", isRecording);
+  }, [isLoading, startRecording, isRecording]); // isRecording added to dependency array for accurate logging
 
   const handleStopRecording = useCallback(() => {
-    console.log("Attempting to stop recording...");
+    console.log("ChatInputArea: handleStopRecording called.");
     stopRecording();
-    console.log("Recording stopped status:", isRecording); // This might be true/false depending on async nature
-  }, [stopRecording, isRecording]);
+    // Note: isRecording here might not be immediately false due to async nature of stopRecording
+    console.log("ChatInputArea: Recording stop function called. Current isRecording state:", isRecording);
+  }, [stopRecording, isRecording]); // isRecording added to dependency array for accurate logging
 
   return (
     <div className="chat-input-area">
@@ -97,7 +105,7 @@ const ChatInputArea = ({ onSendMessage, onSendVoiceMessage, isLoading }) => {
               className="sound-wave"
               mainBarColor="#4CAF50"
               secondaryBarColor="#81C784"
-              hook={voiceVisualizerHook}
+              hook={voiceVisualizerHook} // This needs to be 'controls' if the prop name is 'controls' in VoiceVisualizer
               // Optional: width="100%" height="50px"
             />
           )}