fix: remove demo.load to prevent Gradio 6 tab component race condition freezing UI

app.py

@@ -369,11 +369,7 @@ label span {
 footer { display: none !important; }
 """
 
-# Helper to initialize voices on ui load
-def init_voices_ui():
-    choices = get_voice_choices()
-    default_val = choices[0][1] if choices else None
-    return gr.update(choices=choices, value=default_val)
+INITIAL_VOICES = get_voice_choices()
 
 with gr.Blocks(title="Voxtral Studio — Mistral AI Audio", css=css) as demo:
 
@@ -438,7 +434,8 @@ with gr.Blocks(title="Voxtral Studio — Mistral AI Audio", css=css) as demo:
                     with gr.Row():
                         tts_voice_id = gr.Dropdown(
                             label="Select a Mistral Voice or Your Clones",
-                            choices=[], # Populated on load
+                            choices=INITIAL_VOICES,
+                            value=INITIAL_VOICES[0][1] if INITIAL_VOICES else None,
                             allow_custom_value=True,
                             scale=3,
                         )
@@ -533,8 +530,5 @@ with gr.Blocks(title="Voxtral Studio — Mistral AI Audio", css=css) as demo:
     """)
 
 
-    # Populate choices dynamically when the page loads for each user!
-    demo.load(fn=init_voices_ui, outputs=tts_voice_id)
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     demo.launch(server_name="0.0.0.0", server_port=7860)