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Support spawning a process and making sure it doesn't leave any children behind

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low-level subprocesses
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Description

For example, Linux has prctl(PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER) and Windows has job groups.

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The issue names no files, entry points, or tests. Start by researching the existing process-spawning API and the Linux PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER and Windows job groups mentioned here. Done means spawned processes cannot leave child processes behind on the supported platforms.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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