Start STT immediately and drop answers

client/src/App.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import './App.css'
 import TranscriptPanel from './components/TranscriptPanel'
-import AnswerPanel from './components/AnswerPanel'
 import MeetingList from './components/MeetingList'
 import {
   createMeeting,
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ function App() {
   const [transcriptLines, setTranscriptLines] = useState<
     { id: number; ts: string; text: string; isFinal: boolean }[]
   >([])
-  const [answerSuggestions, setAnswerSuggestions] = useState<string[]>([])
   const [meetingsList, setMeetingsList] = useState<
     { id: number; started_at: string; ended_at: string | null; title: string | null }[]
   >([])
@@ -32,6 +30,7 @@ function App() {
   const liveTextRef = useRef('')
   const lineIdRef = useRef(1)
   const meetingIdRef = useRef<number | null>(null)
+  const pendingUtterancesRef = useRef<{ ts: string; text: string }[]>([])
   const isRecordingRef = useRef(false)
   const lastResultAtRef = useRef<number>(Date.now())
   const restartLockRef = useRef(false)
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ function App() {
   }, [isRecording])
 
   const commitLiveIfAny = async () => {
-    if (!meetingIdRef.current) return
     const text = liveTextRef.current.trim()
     if (!text) return
     const ts = new Date().toISOString()
@@ -75,6 +73,10 @@ function App() {
       }
       return [...prev, { id: lineIdRef.current++, ts, text, isFinal: true }]
     })
+    if (!meetingIdRef.current) {
+      pendingUtterancesRef.current.push({ ts, text })
+      return
+    }
     try {
       await saveUtterance(meetingIdRef.current, text, ts)
     } catch (err) {
@@ -173,7 +175,6 @@ function App() {
   }
 
   const handleFinalTranscript = async (text: string) => {
-    if (!meetingIdRef.current) return
     const trimmed = text.trim()
     if (!trimmed) return
     if (finalizeTimerRef.current) {
@@ -200,6 +201,10 @@ function App() {
       return nextLines
     })
 
+    if (!meetingIdRef.current) {
+      pendingUtterancesRef.current.push({ ts, text: trimmed })
+      return
+    }
     try {
       await saveUtterance(meetingIdRef.current, trimmed, ts)
     } catch (err) {
@@ -210,17 +215,24 @@ function App() {
 
   const handleStart = async () => {
     setErrorMessage(null)
+    lineIdRef.current = 1
+    pendingUtterancesRef.current = []
+    setTranscriptLines([])
+    meetingIdRef.current = null
+    setCurrentMeetingId(null)
+    setIsRecording(true)
+    isRecordingRef.current = true
+    lastResultAtRef.current = Date.now()
+    startRecognition()
     try {
       const result = await createMeeting(new Date().toISOString())
       meetingIdRef.current = result.id
       setCurrentMeetingId(result.id)
-      lineIdRef.current = 1
+      const pending = [...pendingUtterancesRef.current]
-      setTranscriptLines([])
+      pendingUtterancesRef.current = []
-      setAnswerSuggestions([])
+      await Promise.all(
-      setIsRecording(true)
+        pending.map((item) => saveUtterance(result.id, item.text, item.ts))
-      isRecordingRef.current = true
+      )
-      lastResultAtRef.current = Date.now()
-      startRecognition()
     } catch (err) {
       setErrorMessage((err as Error).message)
     }
@@ -284,8 +296,6 @@ function App() {
           isFinal: true,
         }))
       )
-      const lastAnswer = data.answers[data.answers.length - 1]
-      setAnswerSuggestions(lastAnswer?.suggestions || [])
     } catch (err) {
       setErrorMessage((err as Error).message)
     }
@@ -324,7 +334,6 @@ function App() {
         setCurrentMeetingId(null)
         meetingIdRef.current = null
         setTranscriptLines([])
-        setAnswerSuggestions([])
       }
     } catch (err) {
       setErrorMessage((err as Error).message)
@@ -336,7 +345,6 @@ function App() {
       <div className="left-panel">
         {errorMessage && <div className="error-banner">{errorMessage}</div>}
         <TranscriptPanel transcriptLines={transcriptLines} />
-        <AnswerPanel suggestions={answerSuggestions} />
         <div className="controls">
           <button
             type="button"