# Time step formatting is failing in writer plugin

**URL:** <https://pyfr.discourse.group/t/time-step-formatting-is-failing-in-writer-plugin/1317>\
**Category:** Errors\
**Tags:** config, plugins, hpc\
**Created:** [10 November 2025 22:23 UTC](https://pyfr.discourse.group/t/time-step-formatting-is-failing-in-writer-plugin/1317 "2025-11-10T22:23:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![fdw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@fdw](https://pyfr.discourse.group/u/fdw)\
**Post date:** [11 November 2025 11:43 UTC](https://pyfr.discourse.group/t/time-step-formatting-is-failing-in-writer-plugin/1317/4 "2025-11-11T11:43:47Z")

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If you kill PyFR (or it crashes) while a write is occurring you will see these files. There is a timeout in the writer which by default is 60 seconds or so. This ensures that writes can not continue on in the background indefinitely.

Regards, Freddie.

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