Merge pull request 'Release v26.04.14.3 — Live amplitude mic pulse' (#34) from dev into main

The mic button now scales and glows proportional to the silence
detector's RMS amplitude instead of sitting static. Gives obvious
feedback that audio is actually being picked up — silence still
breathes via a 0.1 floor, loud input caps at ~1.18x scale so it
doesn't punch through the input bar.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

frontend/src/components/ChatInputBar.vue

@@ -114,6 +114,18 @@ const transcribingVoice = ref(false)
 const recorder = useVoiceRecorder()
 const silenceDetector = useSilenceDetector()
 
+// Live mic pulse. `silenceDetector.amplitude` is 0..1 RMS; we floor at 0.1
+// so the button still breathes on silence and cap the scale growth so loud
+// input doesn't punch through the input bar.
+const micStyle = computed(() => {
+  if (!recorder.recording.value) return {}
+  const pulse = 0.1 + Math.min(silenceDetector.amplitude.value, 1) * 0.9
+  return {
+    transform: `scale(${1 + pulse * 0.18})`,
+    boxShadow: `0 0 ${6 + pulse * 14}px ${2 + pulse * 4}px rgba(239, 68, 68, ${0.2 + pulse * 0.3})`,
+  }
+})
+
 async function toggleVoice() {
   if (transcribingVoice.value) return
   if (recorder.recording.value) {
@@ -235,6 +247,7 @@ defineExpose({ focus, prefill })
         v-if="voiceEnabled"
         class="btn-icon btn-mic"
         :class="{ 'mic-recording': recorder.recording.value, 'mic-transcribing': transcribingVoice }"
+        :style="micStyle"
         @click.prevent="toggleVoice"
         :disabled="transcribingVoice || !store.chatReady"
         :title="recorder.recording.value ? 'Click to stop (or wait for silence)' : 'Click to speak'"
@@ -343,7 +356,14 @@ defineExpose({ focus, prefill })
 .btn-icon:hover { opacity: 1; }
 .btn-icon:disabled { opacity: 0.3; cursor: default; }
 
-.btn-mic.mic-recording { opacity: 1; color: #ef4444; }
+.btn-mic.mic-recording {
+  opacity: 1;
+  color: #ef4444;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  /* Smooth between amplitude samples (~100ms) so the pulse feels continuous
+     rather than stepping. */
+  transition: transform 0.12s ease-out, box-shadow 0.12s ease-out;
+}
 .btn-mic.mic-transcribing { opacity: 0.5; }
 
 .note-picker-wrapper { position: relative; }