{"record":{"id":"eb21225735dd066a","repo":"xai-org/grok-build","slug":"timed-out-after","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"timed out after {:?}","messagePattern":"timed out after (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"ManagedConfigError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"crates/codegen/xai-grok-config/src/managed_text/validator.rs","lineNumber":96,"sourceCode":"    let started = Instant::now();\n    loop {\n        match ops.try_wait(&mut child) {\n            Ok(Some(status)) if status.success() => return Ok(()),\n            Ok(Some(status)) => {\n                return Err(validation_error(\n                    path,\n                    format!(\"{} exited with {status}\", validator.program.display()),\n                    None,\n                ));\n            }\n            Ok(None) if started.elapsed() < validator.timeout => {\n                std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10));\n            }\n            Ok(None) => {\n                let teardown = ops.teardown(&mut child, group.as_ref()).err();\n                return Err(validation_error(\n                    path,\n                    format!(\"timed out after {:?}\", validator.timeout),\n                    teardown,\n                ));\n            }\n            Err(source) => {\n                let teardown = ops.teardown(&mut child, group.as_ref()).err();\n                return Err(validation_error(path, source.to_string(), teardown));\n            }\n        }\n    }\n}\n\nfn validation_error(path: &Path, primary: String, teardown: Option<String>) -> ManagedConfigError {\n    let reason = match teardown {\n        Some(teardown) => format!(\"{primary}; process teardown also failed: {teardown}\"),\n        None => primary,\n    };\n    ManagedConfigError::Validation {\n        path: path.to_path_buf(),","sourceCodeStart":78,"sourceCodeEnd":114,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build/blob/bc7f02eddd3d84085849dc19ed216f11c23b0571/crates/codegen/xai-grok-config/src/managed_text/validator.rs#L78-L114","documentation":"During managed text config validation, the configured validator command is spawned as a child process and its output is read with a timeout (`validator.timeout`). If the process produces no completing result before the deadline, validation fails with 'timed out after {timeout:?}', including any teardown error as supplementary detail. This guards the config pipeline against validators that hang.","triggerScenarios":"The validator binary for a config file (e.g. an linter/formatter invoked on a temp copy) blocks longer than `validator.timeout` — a hung process waiting on stdin, a network-bound linter, a deadlock, or a timeout set far below the tool's real startup time.","commonSituations":"First-run tool download/compile inside the validator exceeding the timeout on cold caches; validator prompting for input in a non-TTY; slow network mounts or antivirus scanning; timeouts tuned for fast machines applied to CI runners.","solutions":["Increase `validator.timeout` in the managed-text config to cover the validator's worst-case runtime.","Run the validator command manually on the same file to find why it hangs (stdin prompt, network wait, lock contention).","Ensure the validator runs non-interactively (pass flags like --no-input / CI mode) and does not require a TTY.","Pre-warm caches or vendor the validator binary so first-run cost does not exceed the deadline."],"exampleFix":"# before\n[[managed_text.validator]]\ncmd = \"typst\"\ntimeout = \"2s\"\n# after: give the validator headroom\n[[managed_text.validator]]\ncmd = \"typst\"\ntimeout = \"30s\"","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"# pre-check: run the validator manually with a stopwatch before trusting the configured timeout\ntime $VALIDATOR_CMD /path/to/sample.conf","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"match validate_temp(path) {\n  Err(ManagedConfigError::Validation(msg)) if msg.contains(\"timed out after\") => {\n    eprintln!(\"validator exceeded timeout: {msg}; raising validator.timeout\");\n  }\n  Err(e) => return Err(e),\n  Ok(v) => apply(v),\n}","preventionTips":["Measure the validator's worst-case runtime and set timeout well above it","Run validators in non-interactive/CI mode so they never wait on stdin","Pre-warm caches and vendor binaries to avoid first-run latency","Watch for slow storage/AV scanning that inflates process startup time"],"tags":["timeout","process-spawn","validation","config"],"backgroundTag":"process-timeout","analyzedSha":"bc7f02eddd3d84085849dc19ed216f11c23b0571","analyzedAt":"2026-08-31T04:59:42.031Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-31T09:17:48.483Z"}