starred/terminal
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/microsoft/terminal.git synced 2026-02-04 05:35:20 +00:00
Code Issues 19.0k Packages Projects Releases 20 Wiki Activity

npm process won't exit when the terminal window is closed #20239

New Issue
Closed
opened 2026-01-31 07:07:48 +00:00 by claunia · 5 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 07:07:48 +00:00
Owner
Copy Link

Originally created by @jsoldi on GitHub (Jul 14, 2023).

Windows Terminal version

1.17.11461.0

Windows build number

10.0.22621.1992

Other Software

npm v9.6.7
node v18.15.0

Steps to reproduce

  1. Create a folder and clone my sample repro: npx degit https://github.com/jsoldi/windows-terminal-bug. It's just a plain server that does nothing.
  2. Do npm install
  3. Open the Windows Terminal on the project folder and run npm start 3000 and then visit localhost:3000 on a browser.
  4. Close the terminal.
  5. Reload localhost:3000 and the server should still be running

If the process actually stops, try repeating steps 3-5 one more time.

Expected Behavior

The process should stop.

Actual Behavior

The process doesn't stop, and I don't know of any way to stop it other than restarting the machine or relogging the user. I've also tried closing the wt from the task manager but that doesn't seem to help.

Notes

I've noticed that the process will actually stop either if I run the script directly with node index.js, or if I do npm start from CMD or PS, so somehow the combination of terminal and npm seems to cause the issue.

Originally created by @jsoldi on GitHub (Jul 14, 2023). ### Windows Terminal version 1.17.11461.0 ### Windows build number 10.0.22621.1992 ### Other Software npm v9.6.7 node v18.15.0 ### Steps to reproduce 1. Create a folder and clone my sample repro: `npx degit https://github.com/jsoldi/windows-terminal-bug`. It's just a plain server that does nothing. 2. Do `npm install` 3. Open the Windows Terminal on the project folder and run `npm start 3000` and then visit `localhost:3000` on a browser. 4. Close the terminal. 5. Reload `localhost:3000` and the server should still be running If the process actually stops, try repeating steps 3-5 one more time. ### Expected Behavior The process should stop. ### Actual Behavior The process doesn't stop, and I don't know of any way to stop it other than restarting the machine or relogging the user. I've also tried closing the wt from the task manager but that doesn't seem to help. ### Notes I've noticed that the process will actually stop either if I run the script directly with `node index.js`, or if I do `npm start` from CMD or PS, so somehow the combination of terminal and npm seems to cause the issue.
claunia added the Issue-BugResolution-DuplicateProduct-TerminalArea-Server labels 2026-01-31 07:07:49 +00:00
claunia commented 2026-01-31 07:07:50 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@cs-NET commented on GitHub (Jul 14, 2023):

Experiencing the same issue, I ended up creating a script to kill all the node processes as a temp workaround as sometimes I have dozens of orphaned node.exe running, might not be the best workaround but beats manually trying to kill each process one at a time:

taskkill /f /im node.exe
@cs-NET commented on GitHub (Jul 14, 2023): Experiencing the same issue, I ended up creating a script to kill all the node processes as a temp workaround as sometimes I have dozens of orphaned node.exe running, might not be the best workaround but beats manually trying to kill each process one at a time: ``` taskkill /f /im node.exe ```
claunia commented 2026-01-31 07:07:50 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@carlos-zamora commented on GitHub (Aug 2, 2023):

Thanks for filing! We're going to mark this as a /dup of #15373.

The repro steps are fantastic though, so I'll be sure to copy that over :)

@carlos-zamora commented on GitHub (Aug 2, 2023): Thanks for filing! We're going to mark this as a /dup of #15373. The repro steps are fantastic though, so I'll be sure to copy that over :)
claunia commented 2026-01-31 07:07:50 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@carlos-zamora commented on GitHub (Aug 2, 2023):

/dup #15373

@carlos-zamora commented on GitHub (Aug 2, 2023): /dup #15373
claunia commented 2026-01-31 07:07:50 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@microsoft-github-policy-service[bot] commented on GitHub (Aug 2, 2023):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@microsoft-github-policy-service[bot] commented on GitHub (Aug 2, 2023): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
claunia commented 2026-01-31 07:07:51 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@microsoft-github-policy-service[bot] commented on GitHub (Aug 2, 2023):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@microsoft-github-policy-service[bot] commented on GitHub (Aug 2, 2023): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
Sign in to join this conversation.
No Branch/Tag Specified
Branches Tags
Labels
Clear labels
⛺ Reserved
A11yCO
A11yMAS
A11ySev1
A11ySev2
A11ySev3
A11yTTValidated
A11yUsable
A11yVoiceAccess
A11yWCAG
Area-Accessibility
Area-AtlasEngine
Area-AzureShell
Area-Build
Area-Build
Area-Chat
Area-CmdPal
Area-CodeHealth
Area-Commandline
Area-CookedRead
Area-DefApp
Area-Extensibility
Area-Fonts
Area-GroupPolicy
Area-i18n
Area-Input
Area-Interaction
Area-Interop
Area-Localization
Area-Output
Area-Performance
Area-Portable
Area-Quality
Area-Remoting
Area-Rendering
Area-Schema
Area-Server
Area-Settings
Area-SettingsUI
Area-ShellExtension
Area-ShellExtension
Area-ShellExtension
Area-Suggestions
Area-Suggestions
Area-TerminalConnection
Area-TerminalControl
Area-Theming
Area-UserInterface
Area-VT
Area-Windowing
Area-WPFControl
AutoMerge
Blocking-Ingestion
Culprit-Centennial
Culprit-WinUI
Disability-All
Disability-Blind
Disability-LowVision
Disability-Mobility
External-Blocked-WinUI3
Fixed
Gathering-Data
good first issue
HCL-E+D
HCL-WindowsTerminal
Help Wanted
Impact-Compatibility
Impact-Compliance
Impact-Correctness
Impact-Visual
In-PR
InclusionBacklog
InclusionBacklog-Windows TerminalWin32
InclusionCommitted-202206
Issue-Bug
Issue-Docs
Issue-Feature
Issue-Feature
Issue-Question
Issue-Samples
Issue-Scenario
Issue-Task
Needs-Attention
Needs-Author-Feedback
Needs-Bisect
Needs-Discussion
Needs-Repro
Needs-Tag-Fix
Needs-Tag-Fix
Needs-Triage
No-Recent-Activity
Priority-0
Priority-1
Priority-2
Priority-3
Product-Cmd.exe
Product-Colortool
Product-Colortool
Product-Colortool
Product-Conhost
Product-Conpty
Product-Meta
Product-Powershell
Product-Terminal
Product-WSL
pull-request
Mirrored from GitHub Pull Request
 Resolution-Answered
Resolution-By-Design
Resolution-Duplicate
Resolution-External
Resolution-Fix-Available
Resolution-Fix-Committed
Resolution-No-Repro
Resolution-Won't-Fix
Severity-Blocking
Severity-Crash
Severity-DataLoss
spam
this-will-be-a-breaking-change
Tracking-External
WindowsTerminal_Win32
Work-Item
zAskModeBug
zInbox-Bug
No Label Area-Server Issue-Bug Product-Terminal Resolution-Duplicate
Milestone
No items
No Milestone
Projects
Clear projects
No project
Assignees
Clear assignees
claunia
No Assignees
1 Participants
Notifications
Due Date
No due date set.
Dependencies

No dependencies set.

Reference: starred/terminal#20239
Delete Branch "%!s()"

Deleting a branch is permanent. Although the deleted branch may continue to exist for a short time before it actually gets removed, it CANNOT be undone in most cases. Continue?