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Description
Describe the bug
gum confirm --timeout
never times out despite having a documented --timeout
option.
Relevant excerpts from gum confirm --help
Usage: gum confirm [<prompt>] [flags]
Ask a user to confirm an action
Arguments:
[<prompt>] Prompt to display.
Flags:
--default Default confirmation action
--timeout=0 Timeout until confirm returns selected value or default if provided ($GUM_CONFIRM_TIMEOUT)
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
This never times out:
❯ gum confirm --timeout=1s && echo "timed out"
Repro but it's a .tape
file:
Set TypingSpeed 0.1
Output broken-main.gif
Set Shell zsh
Sleep 500ms
Type "git checkout main && git fetch upstream main && git rev-parse HEAD"
Enter
Type "date +%H:%M:%S.%1N && go run . confirm --timeout=1s --default='Yes' && echo 'Success'"
Enter
Sleep 4s
Ctrl+C
Type "date +%H:%M:%S.%1N"
Enter
Sleep 4s
Ctrl+D
Expected behavior
Confirm times out after the specified duration as described in the docs.
❯ ./gum confirm --timeout=1s && echo "timed out"
┃ Are you sure?
┃
┃ Yes No
timed out
Screenshots
Before
Gum timeout wrapped in an external timeout
command. See that it does not stop at 1 second but stops at 5 per the wrapping command:

After (using fix from #697)
Same call as before but gum times out at 1 second as expected:

Desktop (please complete the following information):
- OS: MacOS
- Browser: uhh..
alacritty
is my terminal emulator,fish
my shell - Version: MacOS 15.0.1 (24A348)
Additional context
I have a unit tested fix up in #697.
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