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loader checks the magic.\n\nFix status: documented_behavior\n\nLimitations:\n- List of wrong-file types inferred from magic check.\n\nOther error fragments:\n- failed to initialize whisper context\n\nEvidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):\n- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/d09f61a708f3487afa956ff578e60eae5e7a233c/src/whisper.cpp (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Magic check logs invalid model data (bad magic).\n- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/d09f61a708f3487afa956ff578e60eae5e7a233c/examples/cli/cli.cpp (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): failed to initialize whisper context error.\n- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/d09f61a708f3487afa956ff578e60eae5e7a233c/models/README.md (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Model download/conversion scripts for ggml format.\n\nSearch phrasings: whisper.cpp invalid model data (bad magic); whisper-cli failed to initialize whisper context; 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