chocolatey / chocolatey/choco

Only allow one choco.exe process to run at a time

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0 - Backlog Enhancement
Dominant language
C#
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Description

This is meant to correct some possible issues that could and have occurred when running multiple processes at the same time.

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Research direction

Start by tracing the choco.exe process startup path and identify where concurrent invocations are handled. Review the existing issue discussion for the reported multiple-process scenarios; done means concurrent choco.exe runs are prevented without disrupting normal package-manager use.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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