hello , i have problem that pm2 kill a specific app process ( nest.js node.js. api ) at random time either weekly or daily with no reason and even if no errors in app logs , and tries to restart the process by itself , sometimes it success to restart it ,it-self after a while and some time it can’t
here is a sample of pm2 logs of killing the app at 8:13 am and tries to restart it every 100ms but failed at the end
2022-07-28T08:13:34: PM2 log: Stopping app:sal-api id:0
2022-07-28T08:13:34: PM2 log: Stopping app:sal-user id:1
2022-07-28T08:13:34: PM2 log: pid=229164 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms
2022-07-28T08:13:34: PM2 log: App [sal-api:0] exited with code [0] via signal [SIGINT]
2022-07-28T08:13:34: PM2 log: App [sal-user:1] exited with code [0] via signal [SIGINT]
2022-07-28T08:13:34: PM2 log: pid=229154 msg=process killed
2022-07-28T08:13:34: PM2 log: App [sal-api:0] starting in -fork mode-
2022-07-28T08:13:34: PM2 log: App [sal-api:0] online
2022-07-28T08:13:34: PM2 log: Stopping app:sal-admin id:2
2022-07-28T08:13:34: PM2 log: pid=229164 msg=process killed
2022-07-28T08:13:34: PM2 log: App [sal-user:1] starting in -fork mode-
2022-07-28T08:13:34: PM2 log: App [sal-user:1] online
2022-07-28T08:13:34: PM2 log: pid=229206 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms
2022-07-28T08:13:34: PM2 log: pid=229206 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms
2022-07-28T08:13:34: PM2 log: pid=229206 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms
2022-07-28T08:13:34: PM2 log: pid=229206 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms
2022-07-28T08:13:34: PM2 log: pid=229206 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms
2022-07-28T08:13:34: PM2 log: pid=229206 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms
2022-07-28T08:13:35: PM2 log: pid=229206 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms
2022-07-28T08:13:35: PM2 log: pid=229206 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms
2022-07-28T08:13:35: PM2 log: pid=229206 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms
2022-07-28T08:13:35: PM2 log: pid=229206 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms
2022-07-28T08:13:35: PM2 log: pid=229206 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms
2022-07-28T08:13:35: PM2 log: pid=229206 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms
2022-07-28T08:13:35: PM2 log: pid=229206 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms
2022-07-28T08:13:35: PM2 log: pid=229206 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms
2022-07-28T08:13:35: PM2 log: pid=229206 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms
2022-07-28T08:13:35: PM2 log: Process with pid 229206 still alive after 1600ms, sending it SIGKILL now…
2022-07-28T08:13:35: PM2 log: App [sal-admin:2] exited with code [0] via signal [SIGKILL]
2022-07-28T08:13:36: PM2 log: pid=229206 msg=process killed
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Hi @smartsway,
Check your other logs, I’ll assume PM2 might be killing the process due to another reason like high load/ your server being out of memory. Check the logs in /var/log, they might give you another hint.