GopeedLab/gopeed · error

timeout waiting for task %s

Error message

timeout waiting for task %s

What it means

Error "timeout waiting for task %s" thrown in GopeedLab/gopeed.

Source

Thrown at cmd/extmock/main.go:617

	downloader *download.Downloader
}

func newTaskTerminalWaiter(d *download.Downloader) *taskTerminalWaiter {
	return &taskTerminalWaiter{downloader: d}
}

func (w *taskTerminalWaiter) Register(id string) {
}

func (w *taskTerminalWaiter) Wait(id string, timeout time.Duration) (*download.Task, error) {
	deadline := time.Now().Add(timeout)
	for time.Now().Before(deadline) {
		if task, ok := w.currentTerminalTask(id); ok {
			return task, w.taskError(task)
		}
		time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
	}
	return nil, fmt.Errorf("timeout waiting for task %s", id)
}

func (w *taskTerminalWaiter) currentTerminalTask(id string) (*download.Task, bool) {
	task := w.downloader.GetTask(id)
	if task == nil {
		return nil, false
	}
	if task.Status != base.DownloadStatusDone && task.Status != base.DownloadStatusError {
		return nil, false
	}
	return task, true
}

func (w *taskTerminalWaiter) taskError(task *download.Task) error {
	if task == nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("task is nil")
	}
	if task.Status == base.DownloadStatusError {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cmd/extmock/main.go:617 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Timeouts: ETIMEDOUT, deadlines, and hung requests — what actually expires when a request times out.

AI-assisted analysis of GopeedLab/gopeed@7b7327ffb3 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/2473c8f07c575a40. Report an issue: GitHub.