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Problem

• bun run --filter, --parallel and --sequential act on a signal only when a child produces an event. kill -INT <runner> with two scripts in sleep 6 does nothing for 5 s, then exits 0. On Windows, Ctrl+C with an idle script never ends the run (bun run --filter leaves workspace child process alive after Ctrl+C on Windows #42962).
• The handler (filter_run.rs:703, multi_run.rs:611) only sets a flag that the run loop reads between ticks. The poll retries on EINTR.
• Only SIGINT is hooked. kill -TERM (docker stop, systemd) ends the runner and leaves every script running.

Fix

• A shared src/runtime/cli/run_abort.rs hooks SIGINT, SIGTERM and SIGHUP before the first spawn. The handler stores the signal and calls us_wakeup_loop, so the poll returns at once. bun test --parallel: act on SIGINT/SIGTERM immediately instead of at the next housekeeping timer #39039 does the same for bun test --parallel.
• The run loop forwards the signal to the running scripts, then ends by that signal, as npm does. A shell sees 128 + signal and systemd sees a clean stop. A second signal ends the runner at once. SIGTERM and SIGHUP keep an inherited SIG_IGN (nohup).
• Verified: 7 new tests in test/cli/run/multi-run.test.ts, 6 in test/cli/run/filter-workspace.test.ts (2 Windows-only, with a real CTRL_C_EVENT). All fail on bun 1.4.3 and pass on Linux and Windows debug builds.

Background

• The runners use MiniEventLoop, a JS-free event loop. tick_once() blocks in epoll_pwait2, kevent64 or uv_run until a child event arrives.
• us_wakeup_loop is the cross-thread wake of usockets: an eventfd write, mach_msg, or uv_async_send. It takes no lock, so a signal handler can call it. process.on(signal) already does (src/jsc/PosixSignalHandle.rs:82).
• A shell without job control starts every & job with SIGINT ignored. kill -INT $! must still stop the run, so SIGINT is hooked regardless. Main does the same.
• The single-script path (src/spawn/ctrl_c.rs) does not forward. The multi-runners already forwarded SIGINT.

Fixes #42962

Notes

Other behavior in the diff:

• finalize() only inspects started scripts, so an interrupted --sequential run with one clean script reported 0. A run that a signal aborted now ends by that signal, even when every started script exited 0.
• How the runner ends: the new Global::exit_by_signal runs the exit callbacks (the --no-orphans sweep lives there, and a signal death skips at_quick_exit), then raises the signal at SIG_DFL. An earlier revision exited with code 143, which systemd records as a failed unit after systemctl stop and which hides the interrupt from a calling shell. On main the runner died by SIGTERM. PID 1 does not die of a default-action signal, so the fallback is exit(128 + signal). It does not use raise_ignoring_panic_handler, which falls into abort() in that case. Checked under gdb, which delivers the first SIGTERM and drops the re-raised one: both scripts report Signaled: SIGTERM and the runner exits with code 143. Windows keeps the exit code: the Windows tests assert 130.
• The failure cascade (one script fails, the others get SIGINT) is unchanged. A signal that arrives after the cascade is still forwarded to the scripts that survived it.
• The POSIX handler saves and restores errno around the wakeup write. install reads the current disposition before it hooks, so an inherited SIG_IGN is never hooked, not even briefly. The handler is uninstalled before the final status read.
• docs/pm/filter.mdx states the signal contract. Each sentence was checked by execution.

Windows (#42962): the console control handler runs on its own thread and only set a flag, and with a quiet child nothing woke uv_run. The two Windows tests allocate a fresh console with bun:ffi, spawn the runner on it, and send a real CTRL_C_EVENT with GenerateConsoleCtrlEvent. On Windows Server 2019 x64 they fail on bun 1.4.3 (runner and leaf alive after 10 s) and pass on this branch in about 0.8 s each, 4 of 4 runs. Full files on Windows: filter-workspace.test.ts 87 pass, multi-run.test.ts 125 pass.

Reproduction on bun 1.4.3, package.json with a and b as echo start; sleep 6; echo end:

bun run --parallel a b &  sleep 1; kill -INT $!; wait $!   # exit=0 after 5004ms, both scripts ran to the end
bun run --filter '*' a &  sleep 1; kill -INT $!; wait $!   # exit=0 after 5004ms
bun run --parallel a b &  sleep 1; kill -TERM $!; wait $!  # exit=143 at once, two orphaned `sleep 6`

With this branch (debug build): kill -HUP on --filter exits 129 after 23 ms with no orphans. kill -TERM on --sequential ok a exits 143 at once. Under sh -c 'trap "" HUP; exec bun run --parallel a b', kill -HUP is ignored and the run continues.

SA_RESETHAND stays on each hooked signal. Together with uninstall() it means the second signal of any kind kills the runner at once, for a script that ignores the forwarded one.

A terminal Ctrl+C reaches the runner and the children together, so the children receive SIGINT twice (once from the terminal, once forwarded). That was already the case before this change; the forwarded one only matters when the signal was aimed at the runner alone.

Self-review: 6 concerns raised, 1 addressed (inherited SIG_IGN). Later review rounds added: query the disposition before hooking, forward a signal that arrives after a failure cascade, errno save/restore in the handler, uninstall before the final status read, and a --no-orphans test row (members get the forwarded SIGTERM before PDEATHSIG's SIGKILL). A pre-merge probe found a start window: the handler was installed after the root scripts were spawned, so a signal in the first milliseconds ended the runner by its default action (11 of 15 runs at 2 ms for --parallel, 8 of 15 at 8 ms for --filter). The install now happens before the first spawn. The two start-window tests make the first script run kill -TERM $PPID. With the install after the spawn loop they fail 5 of 5 runs each.

Known limits, none new in this PR:

• A signal that also reaches the scripts directly arrives twice: a terminal Ctrl+C (main already forwards SIGINT), or a supervisor that signals the whole process group or cgroup (timeout, kill -- -pgid, systemd's default KillMode). npm's run-script, concurrently and foreman forward the same way. A script with a once handler can die from the second copy during its shutdown. The alternative is own process groups plus kill(-pid, sig), which changes terminal behavior (Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+, tty access) and needs a maintainer's decision.
• A runner that a bun run parent started ("dev": "bun run --parallel web api", then bun run dev) gets a group-wide signal twice: once directly and once from the parent's forwarder (c-bindings.cpp:1099). The second copy arrives after the runner restored SIG_DFL and ends it at once, before it waits for the scripts. Main's runner does the same for SIGINT. A fix needs a short duplicate window or npm's rule that a repeated signal never ends the runner, which is a policy choice.
• A script that is a pipeline or a compound command keeps the shell as the signaled process, so the real program can survive. Main and the single-script bun run path do the same. The same process-group design would fix it.
• The scripts never inherit an ignored signal from the runner: bun-spawn.cpp resets every disposition to SIG_DFL in the child. Under nohup, the runner survives a SIGHUP aimed at it, and the scripts do not survive a real terminal hangup. That is main's behavior too.

Not in this PR, on purpose:

• SIGQUIT is not hooked. npm forwards only SIGINT and SIGTERM, and neither the single-script bun run path nor the bun test --parallel coordinator handles SIGQUIT. Its default action (core dump) is what a person who sends it usually wants.
• No timed escalation to SIGKILL. A script that ignores the forwarded signal keeps the run alive, as with npm. A second signal ends the runner at once and leaves that script running, which is what main does for SIGINT today. Escalating the second signal to SIGKILL for the scripts is unsafe under a parent that forwards: npm forwards SIGINT while the terminal also delivers it, so one Ctrl+C arrives twice and would SIGKILL every script. --no-orphans covers the case where nothing may survive the runner.

Rejected: sharing the module with #39039 (that PR is not merged, the coordinator's uninstall policy differs), and not forwarding like ctrl_c.rs (see Background).

Suites run: test/cli/run/multi-run.test.ts (131 pass), test/cli/run/filter-workspace.test.ts (89 pass, 2 Windows-only skipped), each signal test repeated 5 times.

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The CLI runners now share platform-specific abort handling. Received signals are forwarded to child processes, and interrupted runs preserve signal-based exit codes. Tests cover filtered, parallel, and sequential execution.

Changes

Abort signal flow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shared abort handler src/runtime/cli/run_abort.rs, src/runtime/cli/mod.rs	Added shared Unix and Windows signal handling with installation, polling, event-loop wakeup, and cleanup.
Runner integration src/runtime/cli/filter_run.rs, src/runtime/cli/multi_run.rs, src/bun_core/Global.rs	Runners forward received signals to child processes and preserve the corresponding exit code.
Signal forwarding validation test/cli/run/filter-workspace.test.ts, test/cli/run/multi-run.test.ts, docs/pm/filter.mdx	Added tests and documentation for signal forwarding, exit codes, ignored SIGHUP, startup handling, and sequential termination.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner, dylan-conway

Priority: ➖ Normal

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 5a648

The signal behavior works differently than documented in a few platform and timing edge cases. Updating the documentation will keep users from relying on shutdown guarantees the runner does not provide; the implementation risk is otherwise bounded.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check	⚠️ Warning	Issue #42962 is specific to bun run --filter. This pull request also adds independent signal behavior to bun run --parallel and --sequential, including changes in multi_run.rs, dedicated tests…	Limit the pull request to the filter fix and supporting shared code, tests, and documentation. Otherwise, link the parallel and sequential requirements to a separate issue and document that scope.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue #42962 requires bun run --filter to react to Windows Ctrl+C, stop the workspace child, release child resources, and forward SIGINT. run_abort maps CTRL_C_EVENT to SIGINT and wakes the even…
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the primary change: immediate handling of SIGINT, SIGTERM, and SIGHUP for filtered and multi-run commands.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the problem, implementation, verification steps, scope, known limits, and excluded behavior. It does not use the exact template headings, but it provides the required change s…

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Issue #42962 is specific to bun run --filter. This pull request also adds independent signal behavior to bun run --parallel and --sequential, including changes in multi_run.rs, dedicated tests, and documentation for those commands. The shared handler supports the filter fix, but the parallel and sequential behavior is not required by the linked issue.

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In `@src/runtime/cli/filter_run.rs`:
- Line 669: Update the loop around ProcessHandle::kill to invoke it only when
the process status is Status::Running, matching the existing guard in
multi_run.rs; preserve the current signal behavior for running processes and
skip exited ones.

In `@src/runtime/cli/run_abort.rs`:
- Around line 78-86: Update the signal setup loop in install to query each
signal’s current disposition with a null act argument before installing
posix_signal_handler. If the previous disposition is SIG_IGN, leave it
unchanged; otherwise install the handler and mark the signal in hooked,
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- Around line 25-30: Update the POSIX signal-handler path around LOOP and
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invoke us_wakeup_loop itself, preserving abort delivery when the loop pointer is
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waits for observable evidence that the runner remains alive after SIGHUP before
sending SIGINT. Add or reuse heartbeat output from both scripts and await a new
heartbeat after the hangup, then preserve the existing SIGINT assertion
verifying both scripts receive it.
- Around line 2254-2258: Bound readiness waits so early process or stream
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1052-1056: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Close the final signal-status race.

Both runners read run_abort::pending() once while the handler is still installed. If a signal arrives after that read and before Global::exit, the handler records it but the runner exits with the completed-script status, often 0.

Call run_abort::uninstall() before the final pending() read. A signal received before uninstall remains observable. A later signal uses the default process behavior.

• src/runtime/cli/filter_run.rs#L1052-L1056: uninstall before selecting the final status.
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The review finding on the final status read (a signal that arrives after the last pending() read and before exit) is addressed in fe4cc97. Both runners now call run_abort::uninstall() as soon as the run loop ends, so a signal from that point on ends the process through its default disposition.

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LGTM — the follow-up commits address everything I raised.

Re-checked after 7b388af / 4d9cb21: the run loop now gates on a local signaled flag (not state.aborted), and abort() re-sends the received signal via kill_running() even when already aborted, so a SIGTERM after a failure-cascade SIGINT reaches survivors — covered by the new cascade test in multi-run.test.ts. The POSIX handler saves/restores errno around the wakeup write, install() queries the disposition before hooking so an inherited SIG_IGN is never briefly live, and every ready/alive promise in the new tests is wired to reject when stdout closes early. The one note I left on CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT was informational (same net outcome as base) and doesn't block.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR extracts the duplicated AbortHandler from filter_run.rs and multi_run.rs into a shared src/runtime/cli/run_abort.rs, hooks SIGINT/SIGTERM/SIGHUP on POSIX (skipping inherited SIG_IGN) and CTRL_C/CTRL_BREAK/CTRL_CLOSE on Windows, records the first-arriving signal in an AtomicU8, and wakes the uws mini event loop via us_wakeup_loop so a blocked tick_once() returns promptly. Both run loops forward the received signal to running children, restore SIG_DFL via uninstall(), and force the exit code to 128 + signal. Six new POSIX-only tests cover SIGINT/SIGTERM forwarding, inherited-ignored SIGHUP, SIGTERM-after-failure-cascade, and sequential-mode SIGINT.

Security risks

None identified. This is process-lifecycle / signal-handling code with no auth, crypto, or untrusted-input parsing surface. The async-signal-safety concerns (only atomic ops + eventfd write in the handler, errno preserved) were the closest thing to a safety risk and are now handled correctly.

Level of scrutiny

Moderate-to-high: signal handlers are async-signal-context, the code is #[cfg]-gated across POSIX/Windows, and it uses unsafe for sigaction/FFI. My prior review raised one blocking finding (SIGTERM after a failure cascade was swallowed) and three optional ones (errno clobber, SIG_IGN install race, unwired test rejects). Commits 9f9c13f, fe4cc97, 7b388af, and 4d9cb21 landed after that review and address all four — verified by re-reading the current diff: the run loop guard is now a local signaled bool independent of state.aborted; abort() re-sends the signal when already aborted; posix_signal_handler brackets request_abort with an errno save/restore via bun_core::ffi::errno_ptr(); install() calls sigaction(sig, null, &mut previous) first and only hooks when the prior disposition is not SIG_IGN; and every Promise.withResolvers in the new tests has a .then/post-loop reject path so an early process exit fails the test with a useful message instead of hanging.

Other factors

The 🔴 finding is now covered by a dedicated regression test (SIGTERM after a failure cascade still reaches a script that survived the cascade's SIGINT). CodeRabbit's inline threads were all resolved by a non-author. The bug hunt this run reached dry_streak with no findings and no new candidates ruled out. The remaining 🟣 note on CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT (Windows terminates the process as soon as the handler returns, so the wakeup never gets acted on) is unchanged, but the outcome is identical to base — base didn't hook CTRL_CLOSE at all, so children were orphaned either way — and I flagged it as pre-existing/non-blocking. The Windows path is not exercised by the new tests (skipIf(isWindows) with a comment explaining why proc.kill() can't reach the console handler), but the Windows delta over base is small (adds two match arms and the shared request_abort/LOOP wakeup) and the PR description states cargo check passed for windows-msvc.

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Status: the diff is ready for review. Head is 36234d4. CI build #118030 passed on every lane, including both Windows lanes.

How to reproduce the bug on bun 1.4.3, with scripts a and b that run sleep 6:

bun run --parallel a b &  sleep 1; kill -INT $!;  wait $!   # nothing for 5 s, then exit 0
bun run --parallel a b &  sleep 1; kill -TERM $!; wait $!   # runner dies, both sleeps keep running

On Windows, Ctrl+C with an idle --filter script never ends the run (#42962).

Since the last status:

• An aborted run now ends by the signal on POSIX, not by exit code 128 + signal. A shell still sees 143 / 130 / 129. systemd sees a clean stop, as it did on main, where the runner died by SIGTERM. Global::exit_by_signal runs the exit callbacks first (the --no-orphans sweep) and falls back to exit(128 + signal) where the signal does not kill (PID 1). Checked under gdb with the re-raised signal dropped: exit code 143, no abort.
• SIGINT is hooked even when the runner inherits it as ignored, as on main.
• The Windows Ctrl+C tests no longer depend on the CI harness leaving Ctrl+C enabled.

Known limits and the things left out on purpose are in the Notes block of the PR body, with the reasons.

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