Kill Chromium processes properly to avoid defunct/zombie processes

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## v3.1.0 (upcoming)
 
+* Kill Chromium processes properly to avoid defunct/zombie processes
 * Include procps (ps), curl and vim packages in the Docker image
 
 ## v3.0.0 (2023/01/04)

Dockerfile

@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ RUN dpkg -i /libgl1-mesa-dri.deb \
     && dpkg -i /adwaita-icon-theme.deb \
     # Install dependencies
     && apt-get update \
-    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends chromium chromium-common chromium-driver xvfb procps curl vim \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends chromium chromium-common chromium-driver xvfb dumb-init \
+        procps curl vim \
     # Remove temporary files and hardware decoding libraries
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
     && rm -f /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmfxhw* \
@@ -52,6 +53,9 @@ COPY package.json ../
 
 EXPOSE 8191
 
+# dumb-init avoids zombie chromium processes
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/dumb-init", "--"]
+
 CMD ["/usr/local/bin/python", "-u", "/app/flaresolverr.py"]
 
 # Local build

src/undetected_chromedriver/__init__.py

@@ -599,7 +599,8 @@ def start_session(self, capabilities=None, browser_profile=None):
     def quit(self):
         logger.debug("closing webdriver")
         if hasattr(self, "service") and getattr(self.service, "process", None):
-            self.service.process.kill()
+            self.service.process.terminate()
+            self.service.process.wait(5)
         try:
             if self.reactor and isinstance(self.reactor, Reactor):
                 logger.debug("shutting down reactor")

src/undetected_chromedriver/dprocess.py

@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@ def start_detached(executable, *args):
     reader, writer = multiprocessing.Pipe(False)
 
     # do not keep reference
-    multiprocessing.Process(
+    process = multiprocessing.Process(
         target=_start_detached,
         args=(executable, *args),
         kwargs={"writer": writer},
         daemon=True,
-    ).start()
+    )
+    process.start()
+    process.join()
     # receive pid from pipe
     pid = reader.recv()
     REGISTERED.append(pid)