`termux-microphone-record -d` twice will got wrong outputFile
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Description
Problem description
run termux-microphone-record -d twice will got wrong outputFile
Steps to reproduce
//1. check current recording
~ $ termux-microphone-record -i
{
"isRecording": true,
"outputFile": "\/storage\/emulated\/0\/TermuxAudioRecording_2025-09-30_21-00-01.ogg"
}
//2. call recording again
~ $ termux-microphone-record -d -e opus
Recording already in progress!
//3. info tell current file is changed, wrongly (acturely old recording still use old file)
~ $ termux-microphone-record -i
{
"isRecording": true,
"outputFile": "\/storage\/emulated\/0\/TermuxAudioRecording_2025-09-30_21-07-05.ogg"
}
~ $ ls -lhtr /sdcard/TermuxAudioRecording_2025-09-30_* | tail -2
-rw-rw----. 1 root everybody 2.2M Sep 30 21:00 /sdcard/TermuxAudioRecording_2025-09-30_20-45-01.ogg
-rw-rw----. 1 root everybody 1.1M Sep 30 21:07 /sdcard/TermuxAudioRecording_2025-09-30_21-00-01.ogg
//4. `ls -lh` multi times, we can see old file still growing, that's meaning old file still in-use.
Expected behavior
outputFile should return the old file which really in-use.
Additional information
- termux-api application version: com.termux.api versionCode:1002
- termux-api package version (installed through apt): 0.59.1-1
- Android OS version: 10
- Device model: MI 9
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Research direction
Start at the termux-microphone-record entry point and reproduce the two recording commands, then trace how the active recording and outputFile are reported. Done means a second start attempt leaves the reported outputFile pointing to the file that is still growing.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, java
- Domain
- api, cli, mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100