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Fixture timeout was parsed in command-block YAML but never applied, and the runner always used a hard-coded 2 minute budget. When that budget ran out, piped and PTY commands could leave child processes running.

Use the declared file, table, or command-block timeout. When it expires, cancel the process tree so the budget is actually a hard stop.

This is the timeout/cancellation work from #85 without repeats, measurements, or row-to-row numeric comparisons. Capability checks stay as one-shot CEL on each row.

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  • New Features

    • Added support for configuring fixture timeouts per test, including values in seconds or standard duration formats.
    • Fixture-specific timeouts now override defaults, with a two-minute fallback when none is provided.
    • Added cancellation support for running commands, including cleanup of related processes.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Invalid timeout configurations now produce clear parsing errors.
    • Canceled or timed-out commands now report the cancellation error and shut down cleanly.

Fixture timeout was parsed in command-block YAML but never applied, and
the runner always used a hard-coded 2m budget. Timed-out commands could
also leave child processes running.

Use the declared file, table, or command-block timeout, and cancel piped
and PTY process trees when that budget is exhausted.
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Fixture execution now supports per-fixture timeouts and context cancellation. PTY and piped commands terminate process trees on cancellation. Execution results include command metadata and cancellation errors.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Fixture timeout parsing and resolution
fixtures/parser.go, fixtures/parser_ast.go, fixtures/runner.go
Table and frontmatter timeout values now accept durations. Fixture execution selects expected, fixture, or default timeouts in that order.
PTY process-tree cancellation
fixtures/ansi_capture.go, fixtures/ansi_capture_cancel_*.go
ANSI capture accepts a context, closes the PTY on cancellation, and terminates descendant processes with platform-specific cancellation logic.
Context-aware command execution
fixtures/types/exec.go
PTY and piped execution now receive contexts. Piped execution kills the process tree on cancellation, and PTY results include command metadata and cancellation errors.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant FixtureRunner
  participant ExecFixture
  participant CaptureANSI
  participant CommandProcess
  FixtureRunner->>ExecFixture: resolve fixture timeout
  ExecFixture->>CaptureANSI: run PTY command with context
  CaptureANSI->>CommandProcess: start command and read PTY
  FixtureRunner->>ExecFixture: cancel context on timeout
  ExecFixture->>CaptureANSI: propagate cancellation
  CaptureANSI->>CommandProcess: terminate process tree
  CommandProcess-->>ExecFixture: return cancellation error and result metadata
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Change: Bug fix

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Some timed-out fixtures can hang or incorrectly pass, while integer timeouts in executable fences may not take effect. These should be fixed before merge.

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🟡 Minor · Use parseFixtureDuration for executable-fence timeouts.

fixtures/parser_ast.go:662-664
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Use parseFixtureDuration for executable-fence timeouts.

A config timeout of "30" is valid for table rows and command frontmatter, but time.ParseDuration("30") fails here. The error is ignored, so the fixture falls back to the file or two-minute timeout without a diagnostic. Use the shared parser and propagate invalid timeout errors from this configuration path.

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In `@fixtures/parser_ast.go` around lines 662 - 664, Update the executable-fence
timeout handling around fixture.Expected.Timeout to use the shared
parseFixtureDuration helper instead of time.ParseDuration, and propagate any
parsing error from this configuration path rather than silently ignoring it.
Preserve assignment of the parsed duration for valid timeout values.
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Inline comments:
In `@fixtures/ansi_capture.go`:
- Line 244: Update the cancellation watcher in the process execution flow around
cmd.Wait and readDone so it remains active until the process exits, not merely
when the PTY read loop ends. Introduce or reuse a process-completion channel
signaled after cmd.Wait() completes, and use that channel to stop the watcher
while preserving the existing PTY read behavior.

In `@fixtures/types/exec.go`:
- Around line 229-236: Update runPiped to check the context before starting
process.Run and to select cancellation deterministically when completion races
with cancellation. On every cancellation path, return an ExecResult with
ExitCode set to -1 and a non-nil Error, ensuring Expectations.Evaluate cannot
accept a canceled command as successful.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@fixtures/parser_ast.go`:
- Around line 662-664: Update the executable-fence timeout handling around
fixture.Expected.Timeout to use the shared parseFixtureDuration helper instead
of time.ParseDuration, and propagate any parsing error from this configuration
path rather than silently ignoring it. Preserve assignment of the parsed
duration for valid timeout values.

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runPiped inherited the runWithPTY comment. Worse, Evaluate ignored
process errors, so a timed-out command that still exited 0 could pass,
and clicky's 2s WaitDelay could leave descendants running.

Fail cancellation, deadline, and ErrWaitDelay before assertions, kill
the leftover process group on WaitDelay, and keep the PTY cancel
watcher until cmd.Wait returns.

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Split into smaller stacked PRs: #92 honor timeout, #93 cancel piped commands, #94 cancel PTY commands.

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