Why does a hotstring stop working?

[newbieforever]

I know this is a strange question.

I am running several scripts (as executables) in which hotstrings are defined. The scripts are constantly active on my computer, for many days, with the computer occasionally going into power saving mode, of course. But now I observe that after some time the hotstrings do not work anymore, so that I have to terminate and restart the scripts.

Why is this? Can this behavior be prevented somehow?

[mikeyww]

1. Script stopped running
2. Other software captured the same hotkeys
3. Bug in the script

[cat dog fox war]

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unit_time := 10 * 60 * 1000 ; 10 min = 10 * 60 sec = 10 * 60 * 1000 ms
SetTimer, fn_Reload_script, % unit_time * -1 ; just run 1 time

fn_Reload_script() {
    ms := check_some_thing() ; return 0 == is OK
    if (ms == 0)
        Reload

    ; esle case
    SetTimer, fn_Reload_script, % ms * -1 ; just run 1 time
}

Can this behavior be prevented somehow?

before finding the bug , this has not smart, but easy way, SetTimer to Reload.