graceful shutdown
Stop accepting new work and finish or hand off existing work before exiting.
Use this when Deployments interrupt active requests or background jobs.
without the term
“Every time we deploy, some requests fail and some background jobs get cut off halfway. Can the server finish what it's doing before it stops?”
with the term · How do you ask a model for graceful shutdown?
Implement graceful shutdown for this service. Send the termination signal during active work and verify bounded exit without losing acknowledged work.
What is graceful shutdown?
On a termination signal, the service stops taking new requests and jobs, finishes or hands off the ones in progress, closes connections, and exits before a deadline.
Why does graceful shutdown matter when vibe coding?
Stopping the process immediately can lose acknowledged work.
How do you do graceful shutdown?
Stop admission, drain or checkpoint work, close resources, and enforce an exit deadline.
What goes wrong with graceful shutdown?
Waiting forever for one stuck task to complete.