{"record":{"id":"41dc4c68a2958a84","repo":"jackwener/OpenCLI","slug":"grok-ask-response","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"grok ask response","messagePattern":"grok ask response","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"TimeoutError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"clis/grok/ask.js","lineNumber":71,"sourceCode":"\n        const baselineLastAssistantId = await getBaselineLastAssistantId(page);\n        const sendResult = await sendMessage(page, prompt);\n        if (!sendResult || !sendResult.ok) {\n            const reason = sendResult?.reason || 'Unable to send the prompt to Grok.';\n            const detail = sendResult?.detail ? ` ${sendResult.detail}` : '';\n            throw new CommandExecutionError(`${reason}${detail}`, SESSION_HINT);\n        }\n\n        const result = await waitForAnswer(page, prompt, timeoutSeconds, baselineLastAssistantId);\n        if (result.status === 'ok') {\n            return [{ response: result.assistant.text }];\n        }\n        // Partial: streaming was seen but did not stabilize; keep the best-effort\n        // text rather than throwing — the caller asked us to wait, not to discard.\n        if (result.status === 'partial' && result.assistant) {\n            return [{ response: result.assistant.text }];\n        }\n        throw new TimeoutError('grok ask response', timeoutSeconds);\n    },\n});\n\nexport const __test__ = {\n    getBaselineLastAssistantId,\n};\n","sourceCodeStart":53,"sourceCodeEnd":78,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/jackwener/OpenCLI/blob/49907e53dc3ade5c223ff0c4c2c2785687cec4e6/clis/grok/ask.js#L53-L78","documentation":"The grok ask command throws a TimeoutError('grok ask response', timeoutSeconds) when waitForAnswer() neither completed nor made usable partial progress within the --timeout window (default 120s). Statuses 'ok' and 'partial' (streaming seen but never stabilized, with some assistant text) return the text; any other status — typically no assistant reply detected at all — becomes this timeout. It signals the prompt was sent but Grok never produced a retrievable answer in time.","triggerScenarios":"Calling `grok ask \"...\"` where: (1) the assistant never started streaming within timeoutSeconds (long queue, model overloaded); (2) streaming started but result.assistant was null so the 'partial' branch is skipped; (3) the response exceeded the default 120s timeout on a very long generation; (4) waitForAnswer could not distinguish the new assistant bubble from the baseline (e.g. page navigated or DOM IDs changed); (5) the page hit a mid-conversation error and no assistant text appeared.","commonSituations":"Very long prompts or reasoning-model answers exceeding 120s; grok.com capacity issues making responses stall; slow/filtered network or headless-browser resource starvation; Grok UI changes breaking bubble detection; user leaving --timeout at default for heavy workloads.","solutions":["Increase the timeout: re-run with `--timeout 300` (or higher) for long generations.","Retry the command — transient capacity/queue issues on grok.com often resolve on a second attempt.","Start a fresh conversation with `--new` so a lingering previous response cannot confuse bubble detection.","Verify the grok.com session is healthy (no challenge page, conversation actually created) and re-authenticate if needed.","If it always times out instantly, waitForAnswer/bubble selectors in clis/grok/utils.js may be stale — update them to the current grok.com DOM."],"exampleFix":"// before\ngrok ask \"Write a 5000-word essay\"\n// after: allow a longer window for large generations\ngrok ask \"Write a 5000-word essay\" --timeout 300 --new","handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"async function askWithRetry(prompt, { attempts = 3, timeout = 300 } = {}) {\n  for (let i = 0; i < attempts; i++) {\n    try {\n      return await run('grok', 'ask', { prompt, timeout, new: i > 0 });\n    } catch (e) {\n      if (!(e instanceof TimeoutError) || i === attempts - 1) throw e;\n      await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 2 ** i * 3000));\n    }\n  }\n}","preventionTips":["Set --timeout generously (300s+) for long or reasoning-heavy prompts.","Start fresh chats (--new) for each independent prompt so stale bubbles don't confuse detection.","Retry once automatically on timeout — grok.com capacity stalls are often transient.","Avoid running many concurrent ask commands against the same session.","Keep the CLI and its grok selectors updated after grok.com UI changes."],"tags":["timeout","browser-automation","grok","network"],"backgroundTag":"response-timeout","analyzedSha":"49907e53dc3ade5c223ff0c4c2c2785687cec4e6","analyzedAt":"2026-08-29T08:14:47.543Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-29T12:17:43.993Z"}