From 362be00d074ba72cda27dafb85e0f590566a2543 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emil Lerch <emil@lerch.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:52:19 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] avoid deadlock on exec

---
 src/main.zig | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index ad92bc5..3e32ecd 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -48,9 +48,14 @@ const SpeechHandler = struct {
         }) catch std.log.warn("Caught error writing speech data to stdout", .{});
 
         // Execute program if specified
-        if (self.exec_program) |program| self.exec(event.text) catch |err| {
-            std.log.err("Failed to execute program '{s}': {}", .{ program, err });
-        };
+        if (self.exec_program) |program| {
+            self.exec(event.text) catch |err| {
+                std.log.err("Failed to execute program '{s}': {}", .{ program, err });
+            };
+            self.reclaimProcessesPosix(false) catch |err| {
+                std.log.err("Failed to reclaim processes: {}", .{err});
+            };
+        }
     }
     fn exec(self: *SpeechHandler, text: []const u8) !void {
         const program = self.exec_program.?; // should only be called when exec_program is not null
@@ -78,7 +83,6 @@ const SpeechHandler = struct {
         try process.child.?.spawn();
         try process.child.?.waitForSpawn();
         process.id = process.child.?.id;
-        try self.reclaimProcessesPosix(false);
     }
 
     fn reclaimProcessesPosix(self: *SpeechHandler, reap_all: bool) !void {