From 99ec01c34ccc0eaa21ef58091f6f08742094d95a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: appleb_m <martin.appleby@psi.ch+>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:05:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: updated the idle close timeout to 8 hours

---
 src/aare/gui/main_window.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/aare/gui/main_window.py b/src/aare/gui/main_window.py
index e87c9143..75d31029 100644
--- a/src/aare/gui/main_window.py
+++ b/src/aare/gui/main_window.py
@@ -2493,6 +2493,6 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
                 "Idle timeout reached, but GUI remains open because beamline is busy or automation is active."
             )
             return
-
+        #TODO deny communication from GUI to DAQ while IDLE for too long rather than kill the GUI
         logger.warning("Closing GUI after inactivity timeout.")
         self.close()