From aeaa832bdda9e7c397b1d2f39fe7a79001f26de3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Edwin Joassart <edwin@blck.coffee>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 18:19:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fixes

---
 lib/shared/sudo/windows.ts | 17 ++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/shared/sudo/windows.ts b/lib/shared/sudo/windows.ts
index 122c9c8e..ad9fb3ed 100644
--- a/lib/shared/sudo/windows.ts
+++ b/lib/shared/sudo/windows.ts
@@ -106,22 +106,25 @@ export async function sudo(
 		});
 
 		// we don't spawn directly in the promise otherwise resolving stop the process
+
 		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-			setInterval(() => {
+			const checkElevation = setInterval(() => {
 				if (result.status === 'waiting') {
-					// Still waiting for user input, don't resolve or reject yet
 					return;
 				} else if (result.status === 'granted') {
-					// User accepted the UAC prompt, process started
+					clearInterval(checkElevation);
 					resolve({ cancelled: false });
 				} else if (result.status === 'cancelled') {
-					// User cancelled the UAC prompt
+					clearInterval(checkElevation);
 					resolve({ cancelled: true });
-				} else {
-					// An error occurred, reject the promise
-					reject(new Error(`Elevation failed: ${result.status}`));
 				}
 			}, 300);
+
+			// if the elevation didn't occured in 30 seconds we reject the promise
+			setTimeout(() => {
+				clearInterval(checkElevation);
+				reject(new Error('Elevation timeout'));
+			}, 30000);
 		});
 	} catch (error) {
 		throw new Error(`Can't elevate process ${error}`);