From 488fd2997886bcc7052cefed75c709c3aaaea0bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abe Jellinek <1770299+AbeJellinek@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:25:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Read Aloud: Handle failure when trying to pause other tab

https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/130920/tts-breaks-after-automatic-theme-changes
---
 chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/reader.js | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/reader.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/reader.js
index 0b01a05894..b98ec9bf13 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/reader.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/reader.js
@@ -1963,7 +1963,16 @@ class ReaderTab extends ReaderInstance {
 			// If this tab was unpaused, pause all others
 			for (let reader of Zotero.Reader._readers) {
 				if (reader === this) continue;
-				reader.toggleReadAloudPaused(true);
+				try {
+					reader.toggleReadAloudPaused(true);
+				}
+				catch (e) {
+					// Failed to pause the other reader.
+					// This seems to be caused by the _internalReader being a
+					// dead object. Not clear why, but we can log and continue;
+					// if the other reader is dead, it's not playing audio.
+					Zotero.logError(e);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		this._window.Zotero_Tabs.setAudioStatus(this.tabID, status);