WIP: uncommitted work at pause (session limit)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

docs/Architecture.md

@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ src/
   worker/
     inference.worker.ts    # Transformers.js pipeline, WebNN/WebGPU/WASM selection
     protocol.ts            # typed postMessage messages (shared with UI)
+    longform/              # long-form file pipeline (D-WS3a): pure vad.ts / quality.ts / pipeline.ts
+                           # behind transcribeLongForm(audio, deps, options); transformers.ts implements
+                           # the deps (Silero VAD + Whisper decodes) on the same Transformers.js runtime
   pwa/
     sw.ts                  # service worker (app-shell precache, /ort runtime cache)
     precache.ts            # placeholder-injection helpers shared by build + dev serve
@@ -144,6 +147,21 @@ environment). See `WorkBreakdown.md` for the itemized checklist.)
    (transcribe | translate).
 5. Worker runs the pipeline (chunked, with timestamps), streaming partial results
    back via `{type:"partial"}` messages; final result as `{type:"result"}`.
+6. **Long-form branch (D-WS3a/D-WS3b, "Advanced → Skip silence", off by default).**
+   With the option on, every load posted for a file run or the Download button carries
+   `vad: true`; once the Whisper pipeline is ready the worker loads Silero VAD
+   (`onnx-community/silero-vad`, 2.2 MB, Cache API like the weights; offline it is
+   used only if already cached). A file pass with `longForm: true` then runs
+   `transcribeLongForm` (`worker/longform/`): VAD speech probabilities over the
+   whole buffer → speech spans (faster-whisper `vad.py` port) → chunks ≤ 30 s cut on
+   speech boundaries → one Whisper decode per chunk (language detected once on the
+   first chunk and pinned for multilingual models) → timestamps mapped back to the
+   file's timeline; progress follows the variable chunks
+   (`TranscribeProgressTracker.forWindows`). Same `partial` /
+   `transcribe-progress` / `result` messages as step 5. `choosePipeline` keeps the
+   chunked path whenever the VAD model isn't loaded, and live passes never take
+   this branch (live keeps its RMS segmenter, D-016/D-024). A finished transcript
+   with no words shows "No speech was found in this recording."
 
 ### 4.1b Live microphone transcription (anonymous, browser engine — D-016)
 1. `LiveControls` starts a session: `getUserMedia` → `AudioContext` at the
@@ -189,7 +207,9 @@ environment). See `WorkBreakdown.md` for the itemized checklist.)
   large to precache eagerly.
 - Model weights live in the Cache API (`transformers-cache`) via Transformers.js —
   independent of the SW, which never touches that cache (D-005). `/api/*` is
-  network-only.
+  network-only. The Silero VAD model of the long-form branch lives there too
+  (D-WS3b); offline, the worker checks that cache before loading it and never
+  fetches, falling back to the chunked path if it is missing.
 - Updates: `pwa/register.ts` surfaces a waiting SW as a toast; accepting posts
   `SKIP_WAITING`, activation drops old `whisper-*` caches, and the page reloads.
 - Result: with the app installed and at least one model previously loaded, the full