Stoping time tracking of task doesn't stop the timer in flowtime or countdown timer in focus mode

[Amany798]

Your Environment

• Version used: 12.0.2
• Operating System and version: Windows 11 23h2

Expected Behavior

I was expecting the timer in focus mode to stop when I press the hotkey to stop time tracking of ongoing task

Current Behavior

When pressing the shortcut key to stop time tracking of ongoing task, the time tracking of that task stops but the timer in flowtime and countdown doesn't stop, it keeps going.

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

1. start any task in focus mode
2. press the hotkey to stop the time tracking of task

Can you reproduce this reliably?

Yes Everytime

Solution

Either include another button for pausing timer beside those three buttons or make sure that timer on flowtime also stops when shortcut key for stoping time tracking for ongoign task

[github-actions]

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[dosubot]

Hello @Amany798! I'm here to help you with any bugs or questions you might have, and to assist you in becoming a contributor. I'm just waiting for a human maintainer to join us. Let's tackle this together!

The issue you're experiencing, where stopping the time tracking of a task does not stop the flowtime or countdown timer in focus mode, seems to be related to how the timers are managed in the codebase. The logic for stopping these timers is implemented in the stopTrackingOnOnCancel$ effect, which listens for the cancelFocusSession action and maps it to the unsetCurrentTask() action to stop tracking ^[1].

However, it appears that the hotkey for stopping task time tracking might not be triggering the cancelFocusSession action, which is why the focus mode timers continue running. To address this, you might consider ensuring that the hotkey action also triggers the cancelFocusSession action, or implementing additional logic to pause the timers when the task time tracking is stopped.

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