timeout signal callable not triggering on instance of scene

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Hi there. I have managed to create a timer that is supposed to be rigged to queue free the player and the HUD on hitting its timeout signal however for some reason this doesn't happen. I even put in a check to see if the signal connected correctly but that doesn't trigger so Im wondering what the problem is.
There's two scenes at play here, proto_level_1 and Level_Countdown here are the scripts for both...
https://pastebin.com/EdSnLavj
https://pastebin.com/kt5j5rvQ

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The match statement here isn't working as you expect - the result isn't a bool. Try this and check the result:

You might then want to consider instead:

(or better imho)

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How do you get your text to glow like that?

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It’s Visual Studio Code and this theme: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=RobbOwen.synthwave-vscode

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Ah, I'm still using the in-engine editor. I've entertained using vim or notepad++, but I haven't touched Visual Studio stuff in over a decade.

Also, I use that pattern for connection a lot, but I've bundled it into a static function in a helper class (which has the sole purpose of containing some static utility functions). This way my check is one line of code anywhere I need to make sure a thing exists and is connected properly.