From c2c22e2994c898f328644ecd47c645e3e9c4bc60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Earl Warren <contact@earl-warren.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 18:14:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: wait-iteration to control the timeout for the
 destination pull request

on a busy repository or with a long workflow, it may take more than
the one hour default to complete
---
 README.md           | 3 ++-
 action.yml          | 5 +++++
 cascading-pr-lib.sh | 4 ++++
 cascading-pr.sh     | 6 ++++++
 4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c3c6a5d..1c4b957 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -87,8 +87,9 @@ not exist, it is created.
 | destination-branch | the base branch of the destination repository for the cascading PR | `true` |  |
 | destination-token | a token with write permission on destination-repo | `true` |  |
 | update | path to the script to update the content of the cascading PR | `true` |  |
+| wait-iteration | number of seconds to wait before verifying for the status of the destination pull request (timeout after 100 iterations) | `true` | 36 |
 | prefix | prefix of the branch from which the cascading PR is created on {destination-repo} or {destination-fork-repo} (default to {origin-repo}) | `false` |  |
-| close | if true the cascading PR will be closed and the branch deleted when the PR is merged | `false` | false |
+| close | if true the cascading PR will be closed and the branch deleted when (i) the {origin-pr} is merged or (ii) when the cascading PR status is success if {origin-ref} is set | `false` | false |
 | verbose | if true print verbose information | `false` | false |
 | debug | if true print debug information | `false` | false |
 <!-- action-docs-inputs -->
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 755770d..6734afe 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ inputs:
   update:
     description: 'path to the script to update the content of the cascading PR'
     required: true
+  wait-iteration:
+    description: 'number of seconds to wait before verifying for the status of the destination pull request (timeout after 100 iterations)'
+    default: 36
+    required: true
   prefix:
     description: 'prefix of the branch from which the cascading PR is created on {destination-repo} or {destination-fork-repo} (default to {origin-repo})'
   close:
@@ -143,6 +147,7 @@ runs:
                         --destination-token "@$destination_token" \
                         --destination-branch "${{ inputs.destination-branch }}" \
                         --update "${{ inputs.update }}" \
+                        --wait-iteration "${{ inputs.wait-iteration }}" \
                         --prefix "${{ inputs.prefix }}" \
                         --close "${{ inputs.close }}" \
                         run
diff --git a/cascading-pr-lib.sh b/cascading-pr-lib.sh
index 06f3dad..4ad2c42 100644
--- a/cascading-pr-lib.sh
+++ b/cascading-pr-lib.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ function dependencies() {
     fi
 }
 
+function set_loop_delay() {
+    LOOP_DELAY="$1"
+}
+
 function retry() {
     rm -f $TMPDIR/retry.{out,attempt,err}
     local success=false
diff --git a/cascading-pr.sh b/cascading-pr.sh
index 99f3c81..f6aa74c 100755
--- a/cascading-pr.sh
+++ b/cascading-pr.sh
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ function finalize_options() {
     else
         options[destination_is_fork]=false
     fi
+    set_loop_delay ${options[wait_iteration]}
 
     : ${options[close]:=false}
 }
@@ -543,6 +544,11 @@ function main() {
             options[update]=$1
             shift
             ;;
+        --wait-iteration)
+            shift
+            options[wait_iteration]=$1
+            shift
+            ;;
         --prefix)
             shift
             options[prefix]=$1