[loop-cycle-66] fix: replace language-model with inference-backend in error messages (#334)

src/integrations/chat_bridge/vendors/discord.py

@@ -547,9 +547,7 @@ class DiscordVendor(ChatPlatform):
             response = "Sorry, that took too long. Please try a simpler request."
         except Exception as exc:
             logger.error("Discord: chat_with_tools() failed: %s", exc)
-            response = (
-                "I'm having trouble reaching my language model right now. Please try again shortly."
-            )
+            response = "I'm having trouble reaching my inference backend right now. Please try again shortly."
 
         # Check if Agno paused the run for tool confirmation
         if run_output is not None:

src/timmy/session.py

@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ async def chat(message: str, session_id: str | None = None) -> str:
         logger.error("Session: agent.arun() failed: %s", exc)
         session_logger.record_error(str(exc), context="chat")
         session_logger.flush()
-        return "I'm having trouble reaching my language model right now. Please try again shortly."
+        return (
+            "I'm having trouble reaching my inference backend right now. Please try again shortly."
+        )
 
     # Post-processing: clean up any leaked tool calls or chain-of-thought
     response_text = _clean_response(response_text)
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ async def chat_with_tools(message: str, session_id: str | None = None):
         session_logger.flush()
         # Return a duck-typed object that callers can handle uniformly
         return _ErrorRunOutput(
-            "I'm having trouble reaching my language model right now. Please try again shortly."
+            "I'm having trouble reaching my inference backend right now. Please try again shortly."
         )
 
 

tests/timmy/test_ollama_disconnect.py

@@ -310,6 +310,6 @@ class TestSessionDisconnect:
 
             result = await session.chat("test message")
 
-            assert "I'm having trouble reaching my language model" in result
+            assert "I'm having trouble reaching my inference backend" in result
             # Should NOT have Ollama disconnected message
             assert "Ollama appears to be disconnected" not in result