fix: bridge respawned child signals (#933) (thanks @roshanasingh4)

Co-authored-by: Roshan Singh <roshanasingh4@users.noreply.github.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 - WhatsApp: add `channels.whatsapp.sendReadReceipts` to disable auto read receipts. (#882) — thanks @chrisrodz.
 
 ### Fixes
+- Gateway: forward termination signals to respawned CLI child processes to avoid orphaned systemd runs. (#933) — thanks @roshanasingh4.
 - Browser: add tests for snapshot labels/efficient query params and labeled image responses.
 - macOS: ensure launchd log directory exists with a test-only override. (#909) — thanks @roshanasingh4.
 - Packaging: run `pnpm build` on `prepack` so npm publishes include fresh `dist/` output.

src/entry.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
+import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
 import process from "node:process";
 
 import { applyCliProfileEnv, parseCliProfileArgs } from "./cli/profile.js";
-import { spawnWithSignalForwarding } from "./process/spawn-with-signal-forwarding.js";
+import { attachChildProcessBridge } from "./process/child-process-bridge.js";
 
 if (process.argv.includes("--no-color")) {
   process.env.NO_COLOR = "1";
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ function ensureExperimentalWarningSuppressed(): boolean {
   process.env.CLAWDBOT_NODE_OPTIONS_READY = "1";
   process.env.NODE_OPTIONS = `${nodeOptions} ${EXPERIMENTAL_WARNING_FLAG}`.trim();
 
-  const { child } = spawnWithSignalForwarding(
+  const child = spawn(
     process.execPath,
     [...process.execArgv, ...process.argv.slice(1)],
     {
@@ -33,7 +34,9 @@ function ensureExperimentalWarningSuppressed(): boolean {
     },
   );
 
-  child.on("exit", (code, signal) => {
+  attachChildProcessBridge(child);
+
+  child.once("exit", (code, signal) => {
     if (signal) {
       process.exitCode = 1;
       return;
@@ -41,6 +44,14 @@ function ensureExperimentalWarningSuppressed(): boolean {
     process.exit(code ?? 1);
   });
 
+  child.once("error", (error) => {
+    console.error(
+      "[clawdbot] Failed to respawn CLI:",
+      error instanceof Error ? (error.stack ?? error.message) : error,
+    );
+    process.exit(1);
+  });
+
   // Parent must not continue running the CLI.
   return true;
 }

src/process/child-process-bridge.test.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
 import net from "node:net";
 import path from "node:path";
 import process from "node:process";
 
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 
-import { spawnWithSignalForwarding } from "./spawn-with-signal-forwarding.js";
+import { attachChildProcessBridge } from "./child-process-bridge.js";
 
 function waitForLine(stream: NodeJS.ReadableStream, timeoutMs = 10_000): Promise<string> {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
@@ -52,10 +53,19 @@ function canConnect(port: number): Promise<boolean> {
   });
 }
 
-describe("spawnWithSignalForwarding", () => {
+describe("attachChildProcessBridge", () => {
   const children: Array<{ kill: (signal?: NodeJS.Signals) => boolean }> = [];
+  const detachments: Array<() => void> = [];
 
   afterEach(() => {
+    for (const detach of detachments) {
+      try {
+        detach();
+      } catch {
+        // ignore
+      }
+    }
+    detachments.length = 0;
     for (const child of children) {
       try {
         child.kill("SIGKILL");
@@ -67,15 +77,16 @@ describe("spawnWithSignalForwarding", () => {
   });
 
   it(
-    "forwards SIGTERM to spawned child",
+    "forwards SIGTERM to the wrapped child",
     async () => {
-      const tsxPath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), "node_modules/.bin/tsx");
-      const childPath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), "test/fixtures/signal-forwarding/child.ts");
+      const childPath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), "test/fixtures/child-process-bridge/child.js");
 
-      const { child } = spawnWithSignalForwarding(tsxPath, [childPath], {
+      const child = spawn(process.execPath, [childPath], {
         stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "inherit"],
         env: process.env,
       });
+      const { detach } = attachChildProcessBridge(child);
+      detachments.push(detach);
       children.push(child);
 
       if (!child.stdout) throw new Error("expected stdout");

src/process/child-process-bridge.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import type { ChildProcess } from "node:child_process";
+import process from "node:process";
+
+export type ChildProcessBridgeOptions = {
+  signals?: NodeJS.Signals[];
+  onSignal?: (signal: NodeJS.Signals) => void;
+};
+
+const defaultSignals: NodeJS.Signals[] =
+  process.platform === "win32"
+    ? ["SIGTERM", "SIGINT", "SIGBREAK"]
+    : ["SIGTERM", "SIGINT", "SIGHUP", "SIGQUIT"];
+
+export function attachChildProcessBridge(
+  child: ChildProcess,
+  { signals = defaultSignals, onSignal }: ChildProcessBridgeOptions = {},
+): { detach: () => void } {
+  const listeners = new Map<NodeJS.Signals, () => void>();
+  for (const signal of signals) {
+    const listener = (): void => {
+      onSignal?.(signal);
+      try {
+        child.kill(signal);
+      } catch {
+        // ignore
+      }
+    };
+    try {
+      process.on(signal, listener);
+      listeners.set(signal, listener);
+    } catch {
+      // Unsupported signal on this platform.
+    }
+  }
+
+  const detach = (): void => {
+    for (const [signal, listener] of listeners) {
+      process.off(signal, listener);
+    }
+    listeners.clear();
+  };
+
+  child.once("exit", detach);
+  child.once("error", detach);
+
+  return { detach };
+}

src/process/spawn-with-signal-forwarding.ts

@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-import type { ChildProcess, SpawnOptions } from "node:child_process";
-import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
-import process from "node:process";
-
-export type SpawnWithSignalForwardingOptions = {
-  signals?: NodeJS.Signals[];
-};
-
-export function spawnWithSignalForwarding(
-  command: string,
-  args: string[],
-  options: SpawnOptions,
-  { signals = ["SIGTERM", "SIGINT", "SIGHUP", "SIGQUIT"] }: SpawnWithSignalForwardingOptions = {},
-): { child: ChildProcess; detach: () => void } {
-  const child = spawn(command, args, options);
-
-  const listeners = new Map<NodeJS.Signals, () => void>();
-  for (const signal of signals) {
-    const listener = (): void => {
-      try {
-        child.kill(signal);
-      } catch {
-        // ignore
-      }
-    };
-    listeners.set(signal, listener);
-    process.on(signal, listener);
-  }
-
-  const detach = (): void => {
-    for (const [signal, listener] of listeners) {
-      process.off(signal, listener);
-    }
-    listeners.clear();
-  };
-
-  child.once("exit", detach);
-
-  return { child, detach };
-}

test/fixtures/child-process-bridge/child.js

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", () => {
   process.stdout.write(`${addr.port}\n`);
 });
 
-const shutdown = (): void => {
+const shutdown = () => {
   server.close(() => process.exit(0));
 };