bash tool intermittently fails with processx_poll during long R commands

[TroyHernandez]

Summary

The corteza bash tool intermittently fails with:

Error: Native call to `processx_poll` failed

This happened repeatedly while running long-ish R package commands in ~/chatterbox, especially R CMD check and tinypkgr::check().

Examples

Commands that triggered it:

r -e 'tinyrox::document(); tinypkgr::check()'

R CMD build --no-build-vignettes --no-manual . >/tmp/chatterbox-build-pr8.out 2>&1 &&
env _R_CHECK_FORCE_SUGGESTS_=false R CMD check --no-manual --as-cran chatterbox_0.1.0.3.tar.gz >/tmp/chatterbox-check-pr8.out 2>&1

The underlying R process/check often appears to keep progressing or at least writes partial logs. The tool call itself returns the processx_poll failure, so corteza loses the command status and treats verification as failed/unknown.

Observed behavior

• bash returns Error: Native call to processx_poll failed.
• Partial output/log files exist afterward.
• Re-running smaller pieces often works.
• tinytest::test_package("chatterbox") completes fine.
• The failure seems tied to longer-running commands or commands with redirected output, but I haven't isolated the exact trigger.

Expected behavior

If the subprocess exits normally, bash should return the subprocess exit status and captured output.

If corteza times out or kills the process, the error should say that explicitly and include whatever output was captured.

Why this matters

This makes package verification ambiguous. In the chatterbox PR #8 review, local checks got far enough to show install/load/docs progress, but corteza returned processx_poll instead of a clean pass/fail result.

Environment/context

• Project: ~/chatterbox
• R package workflow
• Commands run through corteza bash tool
• R version seen in logs: 4.6.0
• OS: Ubuntu 24.04