Update ui/gradio_interface.py

ui/gradio_interface.py

@@ -194,7 +194,26 @@ with gr.Blocks(title="Agentic Credit Card Recommender", css=custom_css, theme=gr
             card_links_section += "</div>"
             
             return top_card_md, gr.update(visible=recommendation_visible), card_table_md, gr.update(visible=df_visible), gr.update(visible=df_visible), card_names_out, card_lookup_out, query, chat_container_visible, initial_context,gr.update(value=card_links_section, visible=True), gr.update(value="### 🔗 Issuer Links", visible=True)
-
+            
+        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
+            
+            error_message = "### Service Temporarily Unavailable\n\nSorry, the AI model server is currently offline. Please try again in a few minutes."
+            debug_print("ERROR", f"Connection error to vLLM server: {str(e)}")
+            
+            return {
+                gr.update(value=error_message, visible=True), 
+                gr.update(visible=True),                      
+                "",                                           
+                gr.update(visible=False),                      
+                gr.update(visible=False),                      
+                [],                                           
+                {},                                            
+                "",                                            
+                gr.update(visible=False),                      
+                {},                                            
+                gr.update(value="", visible=False),            
+                gr.update(visible=False)   
+            }
         except Exception as e:
             error_message = f"Error during recommendation: {str(e)}"
             debug_print("ERROR", f"recommend function error: {str(e)}")