graceful-shutdown

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Implement graceful shutdown procedures to handle SIGTERM signals, drain connections, complete in-flight requests, and clean up resources properly. Use when deploying containerized applications, handling server restarts, or ensuring zero-downtime deployments.

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What this skill does


# Graceful Shutdown

## Table of Contents

- [Overview](#overview)
- [When to Use](#when-to-use)
- [Quick Start](#quick-start)
- [Reference Guides](#reference-guides)
- [Best Practices](#best-practices)

## Overview

Implement proper shutdown procedures to ensure all requests are completed, connections are closed, and resources are released before process termination.

## When to Use

- Kubernetes/Docker deployments
- Rolling updates and deployments
- Server restarts
- Load balancer drain periods
- Zero-downtime deployments
- Process managers (PM2, systemd)
- Long-running background jobs
- Database connection cleanup

## Quick Start

Minimal working example:

```typescript
import express from "express";
import http from "http";

class GracefulShutdownServer {
  private app: express.Application;
  private server: http.Server;
  private isShuttingDown = false;
  private activeConnections = new Set<any>();
  private shutdownTimeout = 30000; // 30 seconds

  constructor() {
    this.app = express();
    this.server = http.createServer(this.app);
    this.setupMiddleware();
    this.setupRoutes();
    this.setupShutdownHandlers();
  }

  private setupMiddleware(): void {
    // Track active connections
    this.app.use((req, res, next) => {
      if (this.isShuttingDown) {
        res.set("Connection", "close");
        return res.status(503).json({
          error: "Server is shutting down",
// ... (see reference guides for full implementation)
```

## Reference Guides

Detailed implementations in the `references/` directory:

| Guide | Contents |
|---|---|
| [Express.js Graceful Shutdown](references/expressjs-graceful-shutdown.md) | Express.js Graceful Shutdown |
| [Kubernetes-Aware Shutdown](references/kubernetes-aware-shutdown.md) | Kubernetes-Aware Shutdown |
| [Worker Process Shutdown](references/worker-process-shutdown.md) | Worker Process Shutdown |
| [Database Connection Pool Shutdown](references/database-connection-pool-shutdown.md) | Database Connection Pool Shutdown |
| [PM2 Graceful Shutdown](references/pm2-graceful-shutdown.md) | PM2 Graceful Shutdown |
| [Python/Flask Graceful Shutdown](references/pythonflask-graceful-shutdown.md) | Python/Flask Graceful Shutdown |

## Best Practices

### ✅ DO

- Handle SIGTERM and SIGINT signals
- Stop accepting new requests immediately
- Wait for in-flight requests to complete
- Set reasonable shutdown timeouts
- Close database connections properly
- Flush logs and metrics
- Fail health checks during shutdown
- Test shutdown procedures
- Log shutdown progress
- Use graceful shutdown in containers

### ❌ DON'T

- Ignore shutdown signals
- Force kill processes without cleanup
- Set unreasonably long timeouts
- Skip resource cleanup
- Forget to close connections
- Block shutdown indefinitely

Files: 9

Size: 16.7 KB

Complexity: 54/100

Category: General

Source: https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/tree/main/skills/graceful-shutdown

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