fix get_continuous_fn bug when having every (#4434)

* fix the bug for wrap continuous func with parameter every while origin func return generator

* Update utils.py

* Update CHANGELOG.md

* Update test_utils.py

* Update CHANGELOG.md

* formatting

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Co-authored-by: Abubakar Abid <abubakar@huggingface.co>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ No changes to highlight.
 
 ## Bug Fixes:
 
+- Fix bug for get_continuous_fn by [@dkjshk](https://github.com/dkjshk) in [PR 4434](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/pull/4434)
 - Fix z-index of status component by [@hannahblair](https://github.com/hannahblair) in [PR 4429](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/pull/4429)
 - Allow gradio to work offline, by [@aliabid94](https://github.com/aliabid94) in [PR 4398](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/pull/4398).  
 - Fixed `validate_url` to check for 403 errors and use a GET request in place of a HEAD by [@alvindaiyan](https://github.com/alvindaiyan) in [PR 4388](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/pull/4388).  

gradio/utils.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from enum import Enum
 from io import BytesIO
 from numbers import Number
 from pathlib import Path
+from types import GeneratorType
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
@@ -636,7 +637,10 @@ def get_continuous_fn(fn: Callable, every: float) -> Callable:
     def continuous_fn(*args):
         while True:
             output = fn(*args)
-            yield output
+            if isinstance(output, GeneratorType):
+                yield from output
+            else:
+                yield output
             time.sleep(every)
 
     return continuous_fn

test/test_utils.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from gradio.utils import (
     colab_check,
     delete_none,
     format_ner_list,
+    get_continuous_fn,
     get_type_hints,
     ipython_check,
     is_in_or_equal,
@@ -613,6 +614,37 @@ class TestCheckFunctionInputsMatch:
                 check_function_inputs_match(x, [None], False)
 
 
+class TestGetContinuousFn:
+    def test_get_continuous_fn(self):
+        def int_return(x):  # for origin condition
+            return x + 1
+
+        def int_yield(x):  # new condition
+            for _i in range(2):
+                yield x
+                x += 1
+
+        def list_yield(x):  # new condition
+            for _i in range(2):
+                yield x
+                x += [1]
+
+        gen_int_return = get_continuous_fn(fn=int_return, every=0.01)
+        gen_int_yield = get_continuous_fn(fn=int_yield, every=0.01)
+        gen_list_yield = get_continuous_fn(fn=list_yield, every=0.01)
+        gener_int_return = gen_int_return(1)
+        gener_int = gen_int_yield(1)  # Primitive
+        gener_list = gen_list_yield([1])  # Reference
+        assert next(gener_int_return) == 2
+        assert next(gener_int_return) == 2
+        assert next(gener_int) == 1
+        assert next(gener_int) == 2
+        assert next(gener_int) == 1
+        assert [1] == next(gener_list)
+        assert [1, 1] == next(gener_list)
+        assert [1, 1, 1] == next(gener_list)
+
+
 def test_tex2svg_preserves_matplotlib_backend():
     import matplotlib