Node JS ctrl + C doesn't stop server (after starting server with "npm start")

Question

When I start my server with node app.js in the command line (using Git Bash), I can stop it using ctrl + C.

In my package.json file i got this start-script that allows me to use the command npm start to start the server:

"scripts": {     "start": "node app" }, 

When I do this, the server starts as normal:

$ npm start  > [email protected] start C:\Projects\nodekb > node app.js  Server started on port 3000... 

But when i ctrl + C now, the server does not get stopped (the node process still remains in task manager). This means that I get an error when I try to do npm start again, because port 3000 is still being used.

I'm following a tutorial on youtube (video with timestamp), and when this guy ctrl + C and then runs npm start again, it works as normal.

Any ideas why my server process is not stopped when I use ctrl + C?

My app.js file if needed:

var express = require("express"); var path = require("path");  //Init app var app = express();  //Load View Engine app.set("views", path.join(__dirname, "views")); app.set("view engine", "pug");  //Home Route app.get("/", function(req, res) {   res.render("index", {     title: "Hello"   }); });  //Add route app.get("/articles/add", function (req, res) {   res.render("add_article", {     title: "Add Article"   }); });  //Start server app.listen(3000, function() {   console.log("Server started on port 3000..."); }); 

Thanks!

Answer 1

Ctrl + C does not kill the server. The resolution to the issue was using following code snippet in server.js:

process.on('SIGINT', function() {   console.log( "\nGracefully shutting down from SIGINT (Ctrl-C)" );   // some other closing procedures go here   process.exit(0); }); 

This worked for me.

You can also check for other solutions mentioned at Graceful shutdown in NodeJS

Answer 2

I tried it on normal windows cmd, and it worked as it should there. Looks like it's a problem with git bash.