Alfred does not respond while script is running [Fixed 2.7 b382]

[johnofcamas]

I just started using Alfred remote and I have a script that triggers a Keyboard Maestro Macro.  The Keyboard Maestro macro copies files (sometimes very large).  Once I trigger the action from the remote palette Alfred does not respond until the file copy is done (which can be over a minute sometimes).

 

• What you were doing when the issue happened
  action triggered by alfred remote
• Whether you were able to replicate it
  Yes - every time
• Include any screenshots that might help us
  not applicable
• Include the version and build number from Alfred's About preferences
  v 2.6 (374)
• Include the version of OS X you are currently using and any customisation that may be relevant
  Mac OS X version 10.10.1 (14B25)

[Andrew]

 

I just started using Alfred remote and I have a script that triggers a Keyboard Maestro Macro.  The Keyboard Maestro macro copies files (sometimes very large).  Once I trigger the action from the remote palette Alfred does not respond until the file copy is done (which can be over a minute sometimes).

 

• What you were doing when the issue happened

  action triggered by alfred remote

• Whether you were able to replicate it

  Yes - every time

• Include any screenshots that might help us

  not applicable

• Include the version and build number from Alfred's About preferences

  v 2.6 (374)

• Include the version of OS X you are currently using and any customisation that may be relevant

  Mac OS X version 10.10.1 (14B25)

 

 

Interesting... Alfred runs scripts off the main thread so it shouldn't block things. I'll add a ticket to look into this!

[Andrew]

 

I just started using Alfred remote and I have a script that triggers a Keyboard Maestro Macro.  The Keyboard Maestro macro copies files (sometimes very large).  Once I trigger the action from the remote palette Alfred does not respond until the file copy is done (which can be over a minute sometimes).

 

 

So I can see why this is happening - Alfred queues task from individual script action objects to prevent bloating. This should probably not be the case and allow scripts to run concurrently... I'm doing a little bit of analysis in this area and should hopefully have a fix for you.

 

This shouldn't block Alfred though - Would you mind emailing the workflow which is causing the issue to our info@ email address so I could take a look?

 

Cheers,

Andrew

[Andrew]

You should now be able to set scripts to run concurrently in the Run Script action in the Alfred 2.7 pre-release (from Alfred's update prefs)