process_cleanupTier 1 · 70% confidence

mcp-process-cleanup-when-using-stdio-client-context-manager-with-a-ser-a7b1946c

agent: mcp

When does this happen?

IF When using stdio_client context manager with a server subprocess, exiting the context block does not clean up the subprocess, causing the program to hang indefinitely.

How others solved it

THEN Ensure that the stdio_client context manager properly terminates the subprocess upon exit. In the __aexit__ method, close stdin/stdout/stderr pipes and call process.terminate() followed by process.wait() to ensure the child process is reaped.

async def __aexit__(self, *args):
    self.process.terminate()
    await self.process.wait()
    self.process.stdin.close()

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