{"record":{"id":"b87ac38c13f3b230","repo":"Hmbown/CodeWhale","slug":"hook-helper-did-not-finish-within-its-timeout","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"hook helper did not finish within its timeout","messagePattern":"hook helper did not finish within its timeout","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"std::io::Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"crates/tui/src/hooks/executor.rs","lineNumber":1114,"sourceCode":"    if status.success() {\n        Ok(())\n    } else {\n        Err(std::io::Error::other(format!(\n            \"taskkill exited with {status}\"\n        )))\n    }\n}\n\n#[cfg(any(windows, test))]\nfn wait_for_helper_status(\n    child: &mut Child,\n    timeout: Duration,\n) -> std::io::Result<std::process::ExitStatus> {\n    match child.wait_timeout(timeout)? {\n        Some(status) => Ok(status),\n        None => {\n            let _ = kill_and_reap_immediate_child(child, HOOK_REAP_TIMEOUT);\n            Err(std::io::Error::new(\n                std::io::ErrorKind::TimedOut,\n                \"hook helper did not finish within its timeout\",\n            ))\n        }\n    }\n}\n\nfn kill_and_reap_immediate_child(child: &mut Child, timeout: Duration) -> bool {\n    let _ = child.kill();\n    matches!(child.wait_timeout(timeout), Ok(Some(_)))\n}\n\n/// Spawn a contained hook child.\n///\n/// Errors returned here are deliberately free of the hook command, the\n/// resolved interpreter path, and the OS message: the caller turns them into a\n/// user-visible \"hook could not answer\" receipt, and on Windows a raw spawn\n/// error echoes the whole command line back. The detail is logged instead.","sourceCodeStart":1096,"sourceCodeEnd":1132,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/blob/0c42157ee52f9d55af2b506d71b46249910f77d3/crates/tui/src/hooks/executor.rs#L1096-L1132","documentation":"Timeout guard in wait_for_helper_status (Windows/test path): the hook helper child process did not exit within the allotted timeout, so the helper is killed and reaped and a TimedOut io::Error is returned instead of waiting indefinitely.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at crates/tui/src/hooks/executor.rs:1114 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Fix the hook helper to finish promptly or to honor cancellation.","Increase the hook timeout configuration if the helper legitimately needs longer.","Investigate the helper for deadlocks or blocking I/O (e.g. waiting on stdin or a lock)."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"0c42157ee52f9d55af2b506d71b46249910f77d3","analyzedAt":"2026-08-20T21:50:45.477Z","contentChangedAt":null,"schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-14T05:17:10.506Z"}