Worker deadlock from backgrounded shell process pipe issue
Cluster 68915. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #71008 on 24 Jul 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #71008. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #71008. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
A bug where backgrounding a server process via shell '&' causes a worker deadlock due to orphaned subshells holding stdout pipes open. Members include the bug report and several related fixes targeting the pipe-blocking and shell syntax rewrite problems.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#71008 fix(terminal): stop background reader blocking on orphan-held stdout pipes
files:
tests/tools/test_process_registry.py,tools/process_registry.py
2 PRs closed without merging
From the close comments: merged via another change 1 · other 1
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#68915[Bug]: Worker deadlocks when agent backgrounds a server via shell `&` (orphaned subshell holds stdout pipe open)
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- Merged PRs
- #71008
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 2 PRs closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 24 Jul 2026