From e85dd190929cbaa0ec92622cefb2c9f79d212454 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tarun Sukhani <tarun@abundent.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:53:28 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] updated killmode to mixed

---
 src/daemon/systemd-unit.ts | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/daemon/systemd-unit.ts b/src/daemon/systemd-unit.ts
index f947d4e2be8..7dc1b948bef 100644
--- a/src/daemon/systemd-unit.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/systemd-unit.ts
@@ -49,10 +49,12 @@ export function buildSystemdUnit({
     `ExecStart=${execStart}`,
     "Restart=always",
     "RestartSec=5",
-    // KillMode=process ensures systemd only waits for the main process to exit.
-    // Without this, podman's conmon (container monitor) processes block shutdown
-    // since they run as children of the gateway and stay in the same cgroup.
-    "KillMode=process",
+    // KillMode=mixed sends SIGTERM to the main process for graceful shutdown,
+    // then SIGKILL to all remaining cgroup processes (orphaned children like
+    // podman conmon, headless chrome, etc.) after TimeoutStopSec.
+    // Using "process" here would leave the gateway child alive across restarts,
+    // causing port conflicts.
+    "KillMode=mixed",
     workingDirLine,
     ...envLines,
     "",