psutil
library is installed on the machine running the process.psutil
library is installed with the Neptune client by default.psutil
is installed, the current process and its children are aborted by sending SIGTERM
. If, after the grace period, processes are not terminated, SIGKILL
is sent.psutil
is not installed, we make the best effort to stop the process -- for example, by invoking os.exit()
-- but it's not guaranteed to work in every environment.