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Revert Signal Handling Regression (#188)
## Description This PR reverts the changes made in commit `545f3be94d412941537ad0011717933d48cb58cf`, which inadvertently broke signal forwarding to child processes (PR #142 ). Contrary to the assumptions by @nlf , `SIGTERM` and similar signals are not being correctly propagated to child processes. Instead, they are only received by npm, resulting in incomplete signal handling. The removal of signal forwarding in #142 means that child processes do not receive necessary signals for appropriate cleanup and termination. This issue is evident in workflows involving `npm start` used as a Docker command for local execution. For instance, using CTRL + C does not properly terminate the application and results in a forced kill after a 10-second delay. This behavior could lead to more significant problems in production environments, (if `npm` is used to start the app) such as data loss due to improper database connection closures. ## Minimal Reproduction Steps Create a package.json with the following content: ```json { "name": "npm", "scripts": { "start": "node ./main-test.js" } } ``` Create a main-test.js file: ```typescript const interval = setInterval(() => console.log('alive!'), 3000); async function onSignal(signal) { console.log(`${signal} received, cleaning up...`); clearInterval(interval); console.log('Cleaning up done'); } process.on('SIGINT', onSignal); process.on('SIGTERM', onSignal); ``` Execute `npm start`. The script should output `alive!` every 3 seconds. Attempt to terminate it using `kill -SIGTERM [PID]`. It should log `Cleaning up done` and shut down gracefully, which it does in older versions of `npm` (e.g., `v8.19.4`) but fails in newer versions (e.g., `v9.6.7`). ## Impact Reverting this change will restore the expected behavior for signal handling in `npm` # References - npm/cli#6547 - npm/cli#6684 - #142
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