Use 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost for TCP connections to avoid DNS issues

vidai/backend.py

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def backend_process() -> None:
     web_server.start(handle_web_message)
 
     # Start worker server (TCP socket)
-    worker_server = SocketServer(host='localhost', port=get_backend_worker_port(), comm_type='tcp')
+    worker_server = SocketServer(host='127.0.0.1', port=get_backend_worker_port(), comm_type='tcp')
     worker_server.start(worker_message_handler)
 
     try:

vidai/worker_analysis.py

@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ def worker_process(backend_type: str):
     print(f"DEBUG: Worker PID: {os.getpid()}")
 
     # Workers use TCP for interprocess communication
-    comm = SocketCommunicator(host='localhost', port=get_backend_worker_port(), comm_type='tcp')
+    comm = SocketCommunicator(host='127.0.0.1', port=get_backend_worker_port(), comm_type='tcp')
     print(f"DEBUG: Worker connecting to {comm.host}:{comm.port}")
     comm.connect()
     print(f"Analysis Worker connected to backend")

vidai/worker_training.py

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def worker_process(backend_type: str):
     print(f"Starting Training Worker for {backend_type}...")
 
     # Workers use TCP for interprocess communication
-    comm = SocketCommunicator(host='localhost', port=get_backend_worker_port(), comm_type='tcp')
+    comm = SocketCommunicator(host='127.0.0.1', port=get_backend_worker_port(), comm_type='tcp')
     comm.connect()
 
     # Register with backend