Times out

[wongjustin99]

On a couple of computers, one El Capitan, one Sierra, I get an AppleScript timeout on both.

script:64:109: execution error: Reminders got an error: AppleEvent timed out. (-1712)

Is there a way to fix this or extend the timeout?

[lucasbento]

@wongjustin99: can you tell me which command timed out? every command on applescript has a maximum execution time of 2 minutes, it's weird that the cli is exceeding it.

[wongjustin99]

I was trying reminders --list.

Here's a fuller stack trace:

➜   reminders-cli git:(master) ✗  reminders --list
⠸ Loading reminders^CError: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/reminders-cli/dist/commands/../scripts/get_reminders.applescript:64:109: execution error: Reminders got an error: AppleEvent timed out. (-1712)

    at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/reminders-cli/node_modules/applescript/lib/applescript.js:49:13)
    at emitTwo (events.js:125:13)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:213:7)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:200:12)

[wongjustin99]

I just ran the dev version and added a 1-hour timeout instead and that got it to work. I think something about your get_reminders.applescript is timing out with a lot of reminders.

[lucasbento]

@wongjustin99: hmm, how many reminders do you have? Did you see how long it takes to list all of them after you updating the timeout?

[wongjustin99]

Counting completed? Spread around 10 or so lists, 1000-1300. Not completed? Less than 100. Yeah, it took around 15 minutes, and it locked up the native Reminders application as well. I think that loop may not be the most efficient. Here's how I added that timeout: ``` with timeout of (30 * 60) seconds tell application "Reminders" set reminderList to {} if (count of (reminders whose completed is false)) > 0 then set reminderList to name of reminders whose completed is false end if quit return reminderList end tell end timeout ```

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[lucasbento]

Yeah, gotta improve the loop perf, I'll try to have a look on it once I have some free time.

Thank you for reporting it, @wongjustin99!

[mattheworiordan]

AppleScript timeouts are a fundamental issue with osascript-based tools, especially with large reminder lists. I built remi which avoids AppleScript entirely - compiled Swift helpers for EventKit operations, SQLite for reads. Sub-200ms for any operation regardless of list size. Also supports sections and ships as an MCP server.