StructuredTaskScope.TimeoutException vs UncheckedTimeoutException

[Robert Engels]

I agree that symmetry with the IOException would be better. 

> On Oct 21, 2025, at 7:51 AM, Pavel Rappo <pavel.rappo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> As suggested in a PR thread [*], I bring this question to loom-dev:
> 
> I haven't been paying much attention to the recent previews of this
> feature, so feel free to point me to a relevant discussion elsewhere.
> 
> As I understand it, an unchecked StructuredTaskScope.TimeoutException
> was added in JDK 25. There's also the well-known checked
> java.util.TimeoutException. I assume that the namesake exception was
> added solely because it's unchecked. I also assume
> UncheckedTimeoutException was considered at some stage, because in my
> mind, the situation is similar to that of
> IOException/UncheckedIOException.
> 
> Why did you choose to add a namesake instead of an unchecked wrapper
> exception? Was it because you consider that the likelihood of mixing
> the two TimeoutException's is low in the context of a single file?
> 
> -Pavel
> 
> [*]: https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/27392#issuecomment-3426369195