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Implement signal handling for graceful shutdown and add tests - #333

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  • New Features
    • Added graceful shutdown support for SIGTERM and SIGINT during startup and normal operation.
    • Repeated termination signals now force immediate process termination.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Prevented termination requests received during initialization from being lost.
    • Shutdown requests are now processed promptly, including during server startup.
  • Tests
    • Added unit and end-to-end coverage for startup interruption, graceful shutdown, signal escalation, and repeated termination signals.

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The server installs SIGTERM and SIGINT handlers before initialization. It records early signals, supports graceful shutdown after activation, and escalates a repeated signal. Unit and end-to-end tests cover these behaviors.

Changes: Signal-driven shutdown

Layer / File(s) Summary
Early signal installation
src/main.zig, src/server.zig
main installs signal handlers before initialization. The server adds atomic state for pending and repeated signals.
Activation and signal handling
src/server.zig, src/uwebsockets_wrapper.zig
Server activation publishes the initialized server and replays pending signals. The handler requests shutdown, wakes the loop, or re-raises a repeated signal with the default action. Deinitialization unpublishes the server.
Signal behavior validation
src/signal_test.zig, src/test_all.zig, tests/e2e/src/*
Tests cover startup SIGTERM, running-server SIGINT, graceful completion, bounded shutdown, and repeated-signal termination.

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Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant main
  participant ZyncBaseServer
  participant OperatingSystem
  participant handleSignal
  participant EventLoop
  main->>ZyncBaseServer: installSignalHandlers()
  OperatingSystem->>handleSignal: Deliver SIGTERM
  handleSignal->>ZyncBaseServer: Record pending signal or request shutdown
  ZyncBaseServer->>EventLoop: Wake loop for shutdown processing
  OperatingSystem->>handleSignal: Deliver second termination signal
  handleSignal->>OperatingSystem: Restore default action and re-raise signal
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The shutdown behavior has no established production defect, but the escalation test can give an unreliable result. The test should establish that graceful shutdown began before sending the second signal.

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tests/e2e/src/test-shutdown.ts: 1

97-99: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Wait for server readiness before testing running-server SIGINT.

This callback sends SIGINT at the same startup marker used by the startup SIGTERM case. The server need not be activated or listening yet. Wait for an observable ready state before sending SIGINT so this case exercises shutdown after activation.

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Review comment at @tests/e2e/src/test-shutdown.ts around lines 97 - 99:
Update the “shutdown-sigint” case using withSpawnedServer so its callback waits
for the server’s observable ready state before calling process.kill with SIGINT.
Preserve the existing startup-marker behavior for the separate SIGTERM case, and
ensure this test sends SIGINT only after activation/listening.

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Review comments at @src/server.zig:
- Around line 728-735: Update activateSignalHandling and the post-listen flow
after listenCallback publishes websocket_server.loop to recheck
shutdown_requested and call us_wakeup_loop when it is set, covering signals
received before loop publication. Preserve the existing wakeup_pending handling
so the new shutdown check does not suppress or replace it.

Review comments at @tests/e2e/src/test-shutdown.ts:
- Line 68: Update the shutdown flow around proc.exited to use a bounded wait; if
the wait expires, terminate the child process, await its exit to reap it, and
then preserve the existing shutdown assertions and cleanup behavior.
- Around line 108-109: Update the shutdown test around the duplicated
process.kill calls so the second SIGTERM is sent only after an observable
indication that the first signal entered the graceful-shutdown path. Preserve
the intended escalation assertion while preventing standard-signal coalescing
from making the test flaky.
- Line 55: Update the async shutdown test around the detached stderr reader to
retain its promise, then await that reader after withSpawnedServer reports
proc.exited and before checking the shutdown log in assertGraceful. Preserve the
existing stderr collection behavior while ensuring all final stderr output is
consumed first.

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Review comments at @tests/e2e/src/test-shutdown.ts:
- Around line 97-99: Update the “shutdown-sigint” case using withSpawnedServer
so its callback waits for the server’s observable ready state before calling
process.kill with SIGINT. Preserve the existing startup-marker behavior for the
separate SIGTERM case, and ensure this test sends SIGINT only after
activation/listening.

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Review comments at @tests/e2e/src/test-shutdown.ts:
- Around line 101-103: Update the readiness wait in the shutdown test, before
the withTimeout call around proc.exited, to enforce a timeout using
options.timeoutMs ?? DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS. When the readiness marker wait expires,
apply the existing SIGKILL cleanup path so the child is terminated and reaped.
- Around line 142-145: Update the early SIGTERM latency measurement in the
shutdown test around startupLatencyMs so it begins at a server-activation or
loop-ready checkpoint rather than READY_STARTUP. Preserve the early-signal
scenario and the existing 500 ms assertion, but exclude remaining initialization
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