microsoft / microsoft/terminal
nohup process terminates when terminal disconnects from ssh session
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Description
### Windows Terminal version
1.20.11781.0
### Windows build number
10.0.22631.4169
### Other Software
_No response_
### Steps to reproduce
1. ssh to a remote machine from the Windows terminal
2. run a program (e.g., a node process that spins up a server listening to connections) like `nohup npm run &`
leave terminal connected. after some period of inactivity (could be few hours) terminal will disconnect (broken pipe) as machine could go to sleep etc.
When this happens the program you started on the remote machine also terminates.
### Expected Behavior
program you started on the remote machine should keep running.
### Actual Behavior
program you started on the remote machine terminates. _Note this does not happen if you exit from the ssh session by typing the `exit` command vs. leaving the terminal connected and it disconnects due to inactivity_. if it helps, on Mac (with iTerm), the problem does not happen when leaving the terminal connected and it disconnects due to inactivity
Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the SSH scenario from the issue by running a long-lived command such as a nohup Node process, then compare a broken-pipe disconnect with an explicit exit. Investigate Windows Terminal's handling of the disconnected SSH session; done means the remote process remains running after inactivity causes the terminal connection to close.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- cli, networking, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100