(attemp to) fix: thread no longer blocking

.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 **/__pycache__/
 **/*_tok
+**/.idea/

main.py

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import asyncio
+from asyncio import create_task, shield, to_thread, wait_for
 from sys import argv
 
-import discord
+from discord import Game, Intents, Interaction, app_commands
 from discord.ext import commands
 
-import PICable
+from PICable import PICable
 
 if len(argv) != 3:
     print("Usage:\n\t" + argv[0] + " <discord_token> <github_token>")
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if len(argv) != 3:
 discord_token = argv[1]
 github_token = argv[2]
 
-intents = discord.Intents.default()
+intents = Intents.default()
 intents.message_content = True
 client = commands.Bot(command_prefix="/", intents=intents)
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ current_repositories = set()
 @client.event
 async def on_ready():
     print(f"We have logged in as {client.user}")
-    await client.change_presence(activity=discord.Game("with PIC ideas"))
+    await client.change_presence(activity=Game("with PIC ideas"))
     try:
         synced = await client.tree.sync()
         print(f"Synced {len(synced)} command(s)")
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ async def on_ready():
 
 
 @client.tree.command(name="ping", description="Check the bot's latency.")
-async def ping(interaction: discord.Interaction):
+async def ping(interaction: Interaction):
     latency = client.latency * 1000
     await interaction.response.send_message(f"Pong! Latency: {latency:.2f}ms")
 
 
 @client.tree.command(name="picable", description="Check if a Github repository is eligible for PIC.")
-@discord.app_commands.describe(owner="The owner of the repository", repository="The name of the repository")
-async def picable(interaction: discord.Interaction, owner: str, repository: str):
+@app_commands.describe(owner="The owner of the repository", repository="The name of the repository")
+async def picable(interaction: Interaction, owner: str, repository: str):
     await interaction.response.defer(thinking=True)
 
     repository_full_name = f"{owner}/{repository}"
@@ -50,13 +50,11 @@ async def picable(interaction: discord.Interaction, owner: str, repository: str)
 
     current_repositories.add(repository_full_name)
     try:
-        result_future = asyncio.get_running_loop().run_in_executor(
-            None, PICable.PICable, owner, repository, github_token
-        )
+        result_future = create_task(to_thread(PICable, owner, repository, github_token))
         try:
-            result = await asyncio.wait_for(asyncio.shield(result_future), timeout=600)
+            result = await wait_for(shield(result_future), timeout=5)
             await interaction.followup.send(result)
-        except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+        except TimeoutError:
             await interaction.followup.send(
                 f"The analysis for {repository_full_name} is still taking place. The results will be posted here once the analysis is complete. :clock4:"
             )