upd tested against in README

module Util::Timeout added, prepends Base

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ Before any major/minor/patch is released all unit tests will be run to verify th
 
 - [ ]
 
+## [1.1.0] - 2023-06-28
+
+### Added
+
+- Configurable kwarg `login_timeout`, defaults to 2s.
+
 ## [1.0.1] - 2023-09-14
 
 ### Added

README.md

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ For an outline of past/future changes refer to: [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md)
 
 ## Tested against
 
-- Basic 1.0.8.8
+- Basic 1.1.1.1
-- Banana 2.0.6.8
+- Banana 2.1.1.1
-- Potato 3.0.2.8
+- Potato 3.1.1.1
 
 ## Requirements
 

lib/voicemeeter/base.rb

@@ -4,18 +4,21 @@ module Voicemeeter
     include Logging
     include Worker
     include Events::Director
+    prepend Util::Timeout
     prepend Util::Cache
 
     attr_reader :kind, :midi, :event, :delay, :cache
 
     RATELIMIT = 0.033
     DELAY = 0.001
+    LOGIN_TIMEOUT = 2
 
     def initialize(kind, **kwargs)
       @kind = kind
       @sync = kwargs[:sync] || false
       @ratelimit = kwargs[:ratelimit] || RATELIMIT
       @delay = kwargs[:delay] || DELAY
+      @login_timeout = kwargs[:login_timeout] || LOGIN_TIMEOUT
       @event =
         Events::Tracker.new(
           **(kwargs.select { |k, _| %i[pdirty mdirty ldirty midi].include? k })
@@ -30,8 +33,6 @@ module Voicemeeter
 
     def login
       CBindings.call(:bind_login, ok: [0, 1]) == 1 and run_voicemeeter(kind.name)
-      clear_dirty
-      logger.info "Successfully logged into #{self} version #{version}"
     end
 
     def logout
@@ -72,7 +73,6 @@ module Voicemeeter
         logger.debug "Voicemeeter engine running but the GUI appears to be down... launching."
       end
       CBindings.call(:bind_run_voicemeeter, kinds[kind_id])
-      sleep(1)
     end
 
     def type

lib/voicemeeter/util.rb

@@ -18,6 +18,26 @@ module Voicemeeter
       end
     end
 
+    module Timeout
+      def login
+        super
+
+        err = nil
+        start = Time.now
+        begin
+          sleep 0.1
+          logger.info "Successfully logged into #{self} version #{version}"
+          logger.debug "login time: #{(Time.now - start).round(2)}"
+          err = nil
+        rescue Errors::VMCAPIError => e
+          err = e
+          retry if Time.now < start + @login_timeout
+        end
+        raise Errors::VMError.new "Timeout logging into the api" if err
+        clear_dirty
+      end
+    end
+
     module Cache
       def get(name, is_string = false)
         return cache.delete(name) if cache.key? name

lib/voicemeeter/version.rb

@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ module Voicemeeter
     end
 
     def minor
-      0
+      1
     end
 
     def patch
-      1
+      0
     end
 
     def to_a