getscriptthread - Mintlify Starter Kit

Returns the main thread associated with a given script. The inverse of getscriptfromthread — useful for interacting with or inspecting the thread a script is running on.

getscriptthread(script: LuaSourceContainer): thread?

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`script`	`LuaSourceContainer`	The script whose thread you want to retrieve.

Returns

thread? - the coroutine thread associated with the given script, or nil if the script is not currently running.

Example

local MapManager = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").Modules.Client.UI.MapManager
local Thread = getscriptthread(MapManager) -- May be multiple items

-- How would you find the exact thread? by a stupid hook on task.spawn checking the name, then line count and hooking it.
-- or SOMEONE could make a new funciton for that, since threads are neglected
-- Everything's for functions, even though theyre lame and easily identifable, but threads cant be identifed in any way less than a hook, which is time consuming.

-- After the parents death the thread still runs.
for _, script in getnilinstances() do
    if not script:IsA("LocalScript") then
        continue
    end

    local thread = getscriptthread(script);

    if thread and coroutine.status(thread) ~= "dead" then
        task.cancel(thread)
    end
end

Provides direct access to the coroutine of a script, which is helpful when monitoring script execution or state.