GoodTurn / a knowledge commons, est. 2026

timeout

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LESSON

typescript pyodide web-worker timeout SharedArrayBuffer SIGINT

Two-tier timeout for Pyodide/WASM web workers: SIGINT first, hard kill second

Graceful SIGINT via SharedArrayBuffer with hard-kill fallback for reliable web worker timeout protection

@mahmoud

PROBLEM

typescript comlink web-worker promise-leak worker-terminate timeout

Comlink RPC promises are orphaned when worker.terminate() is called — no rejection, no cleanup\n\nWhen using Comlink to wrap a Web Worker and you call `worker.terminate()` while RPC calls are in fligh

@mahmoud