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[GH-ISSUE #5743] process cant't kill on windows 10 #3576

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opened 2026-04-12 14:18:26 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 5 comments
GiteaMirror commented 2026-04-12 14:18:26 -05:00
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Originally created by @wszgrcy on GitHub (Jul 17, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/5743

Originally assigned to: @dhiltgen on GitHub.

What is the issue?

I use child process in node to start ollama,and when I kill process,The process will be partially retained(ollama.exe is killed ollama_llama_server retained)
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Ubuntu will correctly kill all processes

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Windows

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AMD

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AMD

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0.2.5

Originally created by @wszgrcy on GitHub (Jul 17, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/5743 Originally assigned to: @dhiltgen on GitHub. ### What is the issue? I use child process in node to start ollama,and when I kill process,The process will be partially retained(`ollama.exe` is killed ollama_llama_server retained) ![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/48d9f7d5-92dc-4357-ac1b-f293b994e788) Ubuntu will correctly kill all processes ### OS Windows ### GPU AMD ### CPU AMD ### Ollama version 0.2.5
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GiteaMirror commented 2026-04-12 14:18:27 -05:00
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@nikhil-swamix commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2024):

True i can confirm the same

<!-- gh-comment-id:2233124209 --> @nikhil-swamix commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2024): True i can confirm the same
GiteaMirror commented 2026-04-12 14:18:27 -05:00
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@dhiltgen commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2024):

How are you terminating the tray application? If you gracefully signal the app to exit then it should shutdown the subprocesses. If you forcefully terminate then it has no chance to shutdown the subprocesses.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2234036438 --> @dhiltgen commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2024): How are you terminating the tray application? If you gracefully signal the app to exit then it should shutdown the subprocesses. If you forcefully terminate then it has no chance to shutdown the subprocesses.
GiteaMirror commented 2026-04-12 14:18:28 -05:00
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@wszgrcy commented on GitHub (Jul 18, 2024):

How are you terminating the tray application? If you gracefully signal the app to exit then it should shutdown the subprocesses. If you forcefully terminate then it has no chance to shutdown the subprocesses.

   const process = cp.spawn(`ollama`, ['serve'], { cwd: dir });
// After waiting for the first round of chat
process.kill();

I try to use SIGTERM,SIGHUP,SIGINT,SIGKILL,But none of them killed all processes

<!-- gh-comment-id:2234810137 --> @wszgrcy commented on GitHub (Jul 18, 2024): > How are you terminating the tray application? If you gracefully signal the app to exit then it should shutdown the subprocesses. If you forcefully terminate then it has no chance to shutdown the subprocesses. ```ts const process = cp.spawn(`ollama`, ['serve'], { cwd: dir }); // After waiting for the first round of chat process.kill(); ``` I try to use `SIGTERM`,`SIGHUP`,`SIGINT`,`SIGKILL`,But none of them killed all processes
GiteaMirror commented 2026-04-12 14:18:28 -05:00
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@dhiltgen commented on GitHub (Jul 18, 2024):

From your code snippet, I'm guessing that you're using NodeJS and trying to manage the ollama server yourself. Looking around online, it seems the NodeJS implementation of kill may not be fully wired up on Windows, and I see some folks recommending using something like this:

spawn("taskkill", ["/pid", process.pid, '/t']);
<!-- gh-comment-id:2236895651 --> @dhiltgen commented on GitHub (Jul 18, 2024): From your code snippet, I'm guessing that you're using NodeJS and trying to manage the ollama server yourself. Looking around online, it seems the NodeJS implementation of `kill` may not be fully wired up on Windows, and I see some folks recommending using something like this: ``` spawn("taskkill", ["/pid", process.pid, '/t']); ```
GiteaMirror commented 2026-04-12 14:18:29 -05:00
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@wszgrcy commented on GitHub (Jul 19, 2024):

From your code snippet, I'm guessing that you're using NodeJS and trying to manage the ollama server yourself. Looking around online, it seems the NodeJS implementation of kill may not be fully wired up on Windows, and I see some folks recommending using something like this:

spawn("taskkill", ["/pid", process.pid, '/t']);

thanks! I use spawn("taskkill", ["/pid", process.pid, '/t','/F']); kill all process

<!-- gh-comment-id:2238045952 --> @wszgrcy commented on GitHub (Jul 19, 2024): > From your code snippet, I'm guessing that you're using NodeJS and trying to manage the ollama server yourself. Looking around online, it seems the NodeJS implementation of `kill` may not be fully wired up on Windows, and I see some folks recommending using something like this: > > ``` > spawn("taskkill", ["/pid", process.pid, '/t']); > ``` thanks! I use `spawn("taskkill", ["/pid", process.pid, '/t','/F']);` kill all process
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