From b6a8efbe3f882afcf9b70b5d12e13fb0216d90a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Loic Coenen <loic@visua.com>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 16:31:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add process-alive check after starting looper in audio
 routing tests

Co-authored-by: aider (deepseek/deepseek-coder) <aider@aider.chat>
---
 test_audio_routing.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/test_audio_routing.c b/test_audio_routing.c
index f7551d6..33319c1 100644
--- a/test_audio_routing.c
+++ b/test_audio_routing.c
@@ -181,6 +181,13 @@ static int start_looper(const char *client_name) {
     
     // Wait for looper to start
     usleep(500000);  // 500ms
+    
+    // Check if looper is still running
+    if (kill(looper_pid, 0) != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Looper process died\n");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    
     return 0;
 }