[BUG] Command keeps timing out, while `:timeout` has no effect

[musjj]

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• [X] I have searched through the existing closed and open issues for eww and made sure this is not a duplicate
• [X] I have specifically verified that this bug is not a common user error
• [X] I am providing as much relevant information as I am able to in this bug report (Minimal config to reproduce the issue for example, if applicable)

Description of the bug

My command inside handlers like :on-hover times out very often, usually after not interacting with the element for a while. Most of my commands are just simple eww update var=value calls, so I'm not sure why it's timing out. I've tried setting the :timeout to a high value like "5s", but it doesn't seem to have any effect. Looking at eww logs, I can see that commands often time out instantly as you click/hover over the element.

Reproducing the issue

Use a widget that has any kind of handlers and add a command to it.

Expected behaviour

:timeout should have some kind of effect

Additional context

I have a slow computer, so that might be one of the factors causing the timeout.

[elkowar]

:timeout should really work in this context. Could you update to the latest master, and take a look at the logs with --debug enabled? They should mention that a command gets ran, and include the timeout in that log. If the timeout there isn't what you configured, there might be something wrong with the configuration...

[musjj]

Tested with the latest commit, and I can reproduce the issue there.

Here's a widget to reproduce the issue:

(eventbox                                                             
  :onhover "sleep 3 && notify-send success" 
  :timeout "5s"
  (label :text "hello world"))

And here's the log:

 2023-03-27T23:52:23.126Z DEBUG eww::widgets            > Running command from widget [timeout: 200ms]: sleep 3 && notify-send success
 2023-03-27T23:52:23.326Z ERROR eww::widgets            > WARNING: command sleep 3 && notify-send success timed out

It seems that it's not registering the timeout I gave to it at all.

[Incognitux]

having a similar issue where I wait for confirmation before executing and it timeouts the first try but it works next time after failing once widget:

(defwidget exitmenu []
    (box :orientation "v" :space-evenly "true" 
        (box :orientation "v" :space-evenly "true" :class "container" :spacing "6"
            (eventbox       :class "lock"
                            :tooltip "Lock"
                            :cursor "pointer"
                            :timeout "5s"
                            :onclick "bash ~/.config/eww/scripts/exitmenu/eventLock.sh" "󰌾")
                            
            (eventbox       :class "suspend"
                            :tooltip "Suspend"
                            :cursor "pointer"
                            :timeout "5s"
                            :onclick "bash ~/.config/eww/scripts/exitmenu/eventSuspend.sh" "󰤄")

            (eventbox       :class "logout"
                            :tooltip "Logout"
                            :cursor "pointer"
                            :timeout "5s"
                            :onclick "bash ~/.config/eww/scripts/exitmenu/eventLogout.sh" "󰗽")

            (eventbox       :class "reboot"
                            :tooltip "Reboot"
                            :cursor "pointer"
                            :timeout "5s"
                            :onclick "bash ~/.config/eww/scripts/exitmenu/eventReboot.sh" "󰜉")

            (eventbox       :class "shutdown"
                            :tooltip "Shutdown"
                            :cursor "pointer"
                            :timeout "5s"
                            :onclick "bash ~/.config/eww/scripts/exitmenu/eventShutdown.sh" "󰐥"))

))

log:

 2023-04-08T02:11:00.436Z DEBUG eww::widgets            > Running command from widget [timeout: 200ms]: bash ~/.config/eww/scripts/exitmenu/eventLogout.sh
 2023-04-08T02:11:00.636Z ERROR eww::widgets            > WARNING: command bash ~/.config/eww/scripts/exitmenu/eventLogout.sh timed out

[n3oney]

I have a similar issue - I have a button with :onclick "xdg-open https://github.com/notifications", and it instantly logs the timeout error, even though the command will work like 90% of the time.

[Wallboy]

Not sure if related, but I have a :onhover event on a child widget, and a :onhoverlost on a parent widget. Sometimes when I mouse over the widgets very quickly, the :onhoverlost event is triggered before the :onhover event.

This causes state issues.

[Nickiel12]

I am also getting this issue with an input with:

(input :timout "1000ms" :onaccapt "eww update ... ; sleep 0.5s ; eww close")