[Issue] Timeout flag does not work consistently

[shawnjoseph]

Describe the bug
When running Subfinder the -timeout option does not work for every run.

Subfinder version
latest: v2.7.0

Complete command you used to reproduce this
subfinder -d erlang.org -timeout 5

Screenshots

[shawnjoseph]

Seems related #872

[shawnjoseph]

Any update here?

[dogancanbakir]

We'll look into this

[oxqnd]

Hi, is anyone currently working on this? If not, I’d like to take a shot at fixing it.

[dogancanbakir]

@oxqnd That would be great! Please let me know if you need any assistance.

[oxqnd]

Hi @dogancanbakir ,
I’ve submitted PR #1629 to address this. The -timeout flag now applies a global context timeout using context.WithTimeout, which ensures the entire enumeration respects the configured limit. Let me know if any changes are needed. Thanks!

[dogancanbakir]

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