Loading a session in Gradio interface

[danneauxs]

I have not found a way to load a session when using the Gradio interface. Restarting an interupted session or such doesn't seem to be possible with the Gradio interface. I see it as an option on the headless.
This is mainly and issue when you import custom voices. For me, it seems every time I start the program a new session is created and I have NO custom voices and I have to import again any I want to use. They don't seem to be persistant.

I've overcome this by making a master Custom xtts folder and making a symlink. I use a custom launcher that runs a small app that monitors the session folder and when a new session is started it replaces the existing xtts folder with the symlinked one so I have access to my custom voices for each new session without having to import.

[ROBERT-MCDOWELL]

on gradio as long as you are using the same browser, you'll have the same session so all your custom voices will stay intact.
if you change of computer or browser it won't be accessible. with headless you just need to add --session to to access to your data.
so it needs to have your cookies activated on your browser or everytime your data will disappear.

[danneauxs]

It seemed to work this way at first, but I use LibreWolf browser since the gradio interface never seems to crash after long waits while processing. I only use this browser for eb2ab, but the last few dozen times I've started the program and opened the browser it to a different session. I do not clear browser history or cookies etc. Strange.
I wonder if a user clears browser history/cache if it would start a new session? Might be interesting to see if one could load a session in gradio like headless does.

[ROBERT-MCDOWELL]

clear cache is ok, clear cookies or use incognito mode creates a new session at every reload or new access.
loading a session in gradio is not possible for now for security reason. you can however open an issue and will flag as feature requested.

[danneauxs]

Okay that makes sense. But I was doing no clearing whatsoever and every single time even if I started and stopped it five times in a row, I would get a new session. It doesn't matter much for me personally as I just use my little GUI for the headless. Obviously nobody else has run into the issue so it's probably not worth looking at. Thanks for the update

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[ROBERT-MCDOWELL]

For my everyday tests (more than 1000 per day), using edge, firefox, chrome in normal mode with cookies allowed (not third party one)
as long as I don't cleanup the cookies it lasts for ever.... there is certainly a special setting in your browser that does not allow cookies.

[ROBERT-MCDOWELL]

For now you can reuse or use different session ID in headless mode. in GUI gradio mode the best is to use the most conventional browser accepting cookies and without incognito state.