final fix

inference.py

@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@ MODEL_NAME = os.getenv("MODEL_NAME", "Qwen/Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct")
 
 # ------------------ OPENAI CLIENT ------------------
 
-client = OpenAI(
+try:
+    client = OpenAI(
         base_url=os.environ["API_BASE_URL"],
         api_key=os.environ["API_KEY"]
     )
+except Exception as e:
+    print("Client init failed:", e)
+    client = None
 
 
 MAX_STEPS = 6
@@ -49,18 +53,22 @@ action_type,column_name
 """
 
     try:
+      if client is not None:
         # 🔥 ALWAYS attempt API call (NO client check)
         response = client.chat.completions.create(
-            model=MODEL_NAME,
-            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": prompt}],
-            temperature=0.3,
-            max_tokens=50
+             model=MODEL_NAME,
+             messages=[{"role": "user", "content": prompt}],
+             temperature=0.3,
+             max_tokens=50
         )
 
         output = response.choices[0].message.content.strip()
         action_type, column = output.split(",")
 
         return {"type": action_type.strip(), "column": column.strip()}
+      
+      else:
+        raise Exception("Client not available")
 
     except Exception as e:
         print("LLM error:", e)