From 34dd75bb400b77f6ca1db3c1ae794e57dd562cc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thorsten Sommer <mail@tsommer.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 21:44:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure Pandoc availability check before processing files

---
 app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/ContentText.cs | 27 ++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/ContentText.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/ContentText.cs
index d7e0a2a3..fe580398 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/ContentText.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Chat/ContentText.cs	
@@ -153,20 +153,27 @@ public sealed class ContentText : IContent
     {
         var sb = new StringBuilder();
         sb.AppendLine(this.Text);
-        
+
         if(this.FileAttachments.Count > 0)
         {
-            sb.AppendLine();
-            sb.AppendLine("The following files are attached to this message:");
-            foreach(var file in this.FileAttachments)
+            // Check Pandoc availability once before processing file attachments
+            var pandocState = await Pandoc.CheckAvailabilityAsync(Program.RUST_SERVICE, showMessages: true, showSuccessMessage: false);
+            if (!pandocState.IsAvailable || !pandocState.CheckWasSuccessful)
+                LOGGER.LogWarning("File attachments could not be processed because Pandoc is not available or the version check failed.");
+            else
             {
                 sb.AppendLine();
-                sb.AppendLine("---------------------------------------");
-                sb.AppendLine($"File path: {file}");
-                sb.AppendLine("File content:");
-                sb.AppendLine("````");
-                sb.AppendLine(await Program.RUST_SERVICE.ReadArbitraryFileData(file, int.MaxValue));
-                sb.AppendLine("````");
+                sb.AppendLine("The following files are attached to this message:");
+                foreach(var file in this.FileAttachments)
+                {
+                    sb.AppendLine();
+                    sb.AppendLine("---------------------------------------");
+                    sb.AppendLine($"File path: {file}");
+                    sb.AppendLine("File content:");
+                    sb.AppendLine("````");
+                    sb.AppendLine(await Program.RUST_SERVICE.ReadArbitraryFileData(file, int.MaxValue));
+                    sb.AppendLine("````");
+                }
             }
         }
         return sb.ToString();