feat(play): add spacebar pause/resume during playback by Copilot · Pull Request #279 · Watfaq/PowerSession-rs

Copilot · 2026-03-10T02:13:22Z

Add spacebar pause/resume during playback (wait_interruptible helper with Arc<(Mutex<bool>, Condvar)>)
Windows: ConsoleGuard RAII struct for reliable console mode restore; reader thread only spawned when raw mode succeeds
Non-Windows: is_terminal() check to avoid consuming piped input in CI/scripted environments
Skip empty/whitespace-only lines in v2 event streams (trailing newlines in play.txt)
Version field validation: only treat first line as v2 header when header.version == 2
Tests: test_wait_interruptible_no_pause, test_wait_interruptible_pause_and_resume, test_is_url, test_normalize_url_asciinema
Resolve merge conflicts with main (URL playback support, stream subcommand)

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<issue_title>Ability to pause playback</issue_title>
<issue_description>Please could you add the feature of space pausing the playback </issue_description>

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Fixes Ability to pause playback #169

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Pull request overview

Adds interactive pause/resume to the play command so users can pause playback with the space bar instead of aborting with Ctrl+C.

Changes:

Introduces a shared pause state (Arc<(Mutex<bool>, Condvar)>) toggled by a stdin-reader thread.
Implements Windows raw-ish console mode (disable line/echo) to detect space without requiring Enter; non-Windows reads in cooked mode.
Replaces the single sleep with an interruptible “remaining time” loop that supports pausing mid-delay.

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ibigbug · 2026-03-10T04:15:10Z

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Copilot · 2026-03-10T04:21:30Z

@copilot check the review comments

Addressed all the review feedback in e3f9cec:

log::warn import — gated with #[cfg(windows)] so non-Windows builds don't get an unused-import warning.
GetConsoleMode failure — now emits a warn! (both early-return paths log that space-to-pause is disabled).
Console mode restore reliability — moved raw mode setup/restore from the reader thread into the main thread (execute()), so the original mode is guaranteed to be restored when playback ends regardless of whether the reader thread has exited.
Non-Windows piped input — added is_terminal() check; the reader thread exits early when stdin isn't a TTY, preventing it from consuming piped input in tests or scripted environments.
Testable timing logic — extracted wait_interruptible as a standalone function and added two unit tests (test_wait_interruptible_no_pause, test_wait_interruptible_pause_and_resume) with conservative 30 ms thresholds.

ibigbug · 2026-03-10T04:22:07Z

@copilot resolve conflicts

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Copilot · 2026-03-10T04:26:36Z

@copilot resolve conflicts

Resolved in 72424f9. The branch now includes all changes from upstream main commit 46e7279 ("Support asciinema v1 format playback"):

SessionLineSource enum and updated Session/StdoutIter for both v1 and v2 formats
V1Recording type in types.rs
testdata/play_v1.json test fixture
v1 format tests

All pause/resume functionality and the earlier review-comment fixes are preserved on top.

ibigbug · 2026-03-10T04:29:04Z

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Codex · 2026-03-10T04:37:45Z

@codex[agent] resolve conflicts

Conflicts resolved by rebasing onto origin/main and updating the branch (9cdf0c3).

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Copilot · 2026-03-10T04:47:30Z

+                let line_data: Vec<LineItem> = match serde_json::from_str(&content) {
+                    Ok(data) => data,
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        eprintln!("corrupt record data: {}", e);
+                        exit(1);


testdata/play.txt currently contains a trailing blank line (27th line). With the new stricter parsing, an empty line will hit serde_json::from_str and cause an immediate exit(1). Please skip empty/whitespace-only lines when iterating session events (e.g., loop until a non-empty line or EOF) so playback/tests don’t fail on harmless trailing newlines.

Copilot · 2026-03-10T04:47:30Z

+        // Spawn a thread that reads stdin and toggles pause when space is pressed.
+        // Console mode is already configured by the main thread above.
+        thread::spawn(move || {
+            #[cfg(windows)]
+            unsafe {


On Windows, the stdin reader thread is spawned unconditionally, even when GetConsoleMode fails and you log that “space-to-pause is disabled”. This can lead to a leaked/background thread blocked in ReadFile (especially in tests or when stdin is redirected) and contradicts the warning. Consider only spawning the reader thread when pause support is actually enabled (e.g., gate on stdin_restore.is_some()), and add a shutdown signal / join to avoid accumulating threads if Play::execute() is called multiple times in-process.

Copilot · 2026-03-10T04:47:30Z

+        // Restore the original console mode now that playback is done.
+        #[cfg(windows)]
+        unsafe {
+            if let Some((handle_val, mode_val)) = stdin_restore {
+                SetConsoleMode(HANDLE(handle_val as _), CONSOLE_MODE(mode_val)).ok();


Console mode restoration happens only at the end of execute(). If playback panics (e.g., write_all(...).unwrap() or flush().unwrap()), the console can be left in the modified “raw” mode. Consider using an RAII guard (Drop impl) to restore the original console mode reliably on all exit paths, and handle/propagate any SetConsoleMode failures instead of silently ignoring them.

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Copilot · 2026-03-10T05:56:21Z

+        if let Ok(header) = serde_json::from_str::<RecordHeader>(&first_line) {
+            // v2 format: header on first line, events on subsequent lines
+            Session {
+                header,
+                line_iter: SessionLineSource::File(line_iter),
+            }


Session format detection treats any JSON object that deserializes into RecordHeader as v2, without validating the version field. A v1 recording that includes a timestamp (or any v2-like header with version: 1) would be misclassified as v2, and playback would then read no events (since v1 has no subsequent event lines). Consider checking header.version == 2 (or otherwise explicitly validating v2) before selecting the v2 parsing path, and falling back to v1 parsing when version == 1.

ibigbug · 2026-03-10T17:35:04Z

@claude[agent] address comments and update pr title and description properly

- Skip empty/whitespace-only lines in v2 format parsing - Only spawn stdin reader thread on Windows when pause is enabled - Add RAII guard (ConsoleGuard) for reliable console mode restoration - Validate version field (must be 2) when detecting v2 format - Extract v1 format parsing into helper method to reduce duplication Co-authored-by: ibigbug <543405+ibigbug@users.noreply.github.com>

Claude · 2026-03-10T17:40:37Z

@claude[agent] address comments and update pr title and description properly

Addressed all review comments in 1a23b13:

Empty line parsing — v2 format now skips empty/whitespace-only lines via loop instead of map
Windows stdin thread — only spawns when _console_guard.is_some(), preventing leaked threads
Console mode restore — added ConsoleGuard RAII guard with Drop impl for reliable cleanup on all exit paths (including panics)
Version field validation — checks header.version == 2 before treating as v2; falls back to v1 parsing otherwise

PR description has been updated with the implementation checklist.

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ibigbug · 2026-03-11T20:21:19Z

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Copilot · 2026-03-11T20:31:36Z

@copilot resolve conflict and fix PR title and body

Resolved in 8203792. The branch is now up to date with main and includes all changes from 941d32a (URL playback support):

is_url, normalize_url, parse_reader, from_url, parse_v1 from main integrated
SessionLineSource::Lines(Box<dyn BufRead>) restored so URLs work alongside file playback
All pause/resume functionality and review-comment fixes preserved
version == 2 validation and empty-line skipping carried through into the new parse_reader

PR title and description updated to reflect the full scope of changes.

ibigbug · 2026-03-11T20:35:54Z

@claude[agent] resolve conflict and keep PR title unchanged

…yback-feature # Conflicts: # src/commands/play.rs

Claude · 2026-03-11T20:41:53Z

@claude[agent] resolve conflict and keep PR title unchanged

Resolved in 3432917. Successfully merged the latest changes from main, including:

Stream subcommand for live terminal session broadcasting
URL playback support
Cargo dependency updates

All merge conflicts in src/commands/play.rs have been resolved while preserving the pause/resume functionality and all previous review fixes (empty-line skipping, version validation, ConsoleGuard RAII, etc.)

ibigbug · 2026-03-11T20:44:07Z

@copilot change the PR title and body properly

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