Loop Should End After 5 Minutes, But Experiment Forcefully Terminates Instead

Builder
1

Hello.

I am creating a “word puzzle task”, where each routine contains a word quiz with a 1-minute time limit. If participants fail to complete the word quizzes within a total of 5 minutes, the loop should be forced to end, and the experiment should proceed to the next routine (instructions).

The 1-minute time limit per routine works correctly, and each quiz automatically moves to the next one as expected. However, when the 5-minute limit is reached, the experiment does not move to the next routine. Instead, the entire experiment forcefully terminates.

What could be causing this issue?

I would really appreciate any help.
Thank you in advance!

Below is the Python code I have set up.

Begin Experiment

globalClock = core.Clock()
max_total_time = 300.0

Begin Routine

timer = core.Clock()
max_time = 60.0

Each Frame

if timer.getTime() > max_time:
    continueRoutine = False  

if globalClock.getTime() > max_total_time:
    continueRoutine = False
    trials.finished = True
2

What error message do you get in the Runner?

3

The following error occurs:

raise KeyError(key) from err  
KeyError: 1  
################ Experiment ended with exit code 1 [pid:47812] #################

“The number in KeyError: 1” keeps changing (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3, …).

4

Please could you show more of the error? It should be possible to identify which line of code is raising the key error.

5

Thank you for your response! Here is the full error message.

Generating PsychoPy script…

Alert 4405: Editable textbox component textbox and keyboard component key_resp in the same routine may compete for keypresses
For more info see https://docs.psychopy.org/alerts/4405.htmlAlert 4405: Editable textbox component textbox_2 and keyboard component key_resp_2 in the same routine may compete for keypresses
For more info see https://docs.psychopy.org/alerts/4405.html########## Running: C:\Users\joywo\Desktop\program\WFCT\WFCT_lastrun.py ###########
36.7430 EXP Imported oneloop/one.xlsx as conditions, 16 conditions, 1 params
36.7653 INFO Loaded monitor calibration from [‘2025_03_08 18:44’]
36.8051 EXP Imported oneloop/one.xlsx as conditions, 16 conditions, 1 params
36.8152 INFO Loaded monitor calibration from [‘2025_03_08 18:44’]
36.8839 EXP Imported oneloop/one.xlsx as conditions, 16 conditions, 1 params
48.0912 WARNING Could not get image from: https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/53c942e9ef3fa94165056fa525658007?s=80&d=identicon, using blank image instead.
48.0994 WARNING Could not get image from: https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/53c942e9ef3fa94165056fa525658007?s=80&d=identicon, using blank image instead.
Traceback (most recent call last):
4.8749 WARNING Font Manager failed to load file C:\Users\joywo\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Fonts\NanumBatang.ttf
File “D:\Psychopy\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\indexes\range.py”, line 413, in get_loc
return self._range.index(new_key)
ValueError: 1 is not in range

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:\Users\joywo\Desktop\program\WFCT\WFCT_lastrun.py”, line 1887, in
run(
File “C:\Users\joywo\Desktop\program\WFCT\WFCT_lastrun.py”, line 1440, in run
oneloop.saveAsExcel(filename + ‘.xlsx’, sheetName=‘oneloop’,
File “D:\Psychopy\lib\site-packages\psychopy\data\base.py”, line 324, in saveAsExcel
dataArray = self._createOutputArray(stimOut=stimOut,
File “D:\Psychopy\lib\site-packages\psychopy\data\trial.py”, line 1419, in _createOutputArray
tmpData = dataAnal[thisDataOut][stimN]
File “D:\Psychopy\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\series.py”, line 1121, in getitem
return self._get_value(key)
File “D:\Psychopy\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\series.py”, line 1237, in _get_value
loc = self.index.get_loc(label)
File “D:\Psychopy\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\indexes\range.py”, line 415, in get_loc
raise KeyError(key) from err
KeyError: 1
4.8753 WARNING Font Manager failed to load file C:\Users\joywo\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Fonts\NanumGulim.ttf

…

12.9660 WARNING launchHubServer: If using the iohub mouse or eyetracker devices, fullScr should be True.
1.4592 WARNING Monitor specification not found. Creating a temporary one…
ioHub Server Process Completed With Code: 0
################ Experiment ended with exit code 1 [pid:29588] #################