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[Bug]: Poor network connection causes command blocking #4835
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as a server owner, i want command has a timeout, to keep running
Game
Don't Starve Together
Linux distro
Debian 12
Command
command: start, command: monitor, command: stop, command: restart
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system info
linux: debian 13
using docker image: gameservermanagers/gameserver:dst
linuxgsm@gameserver:/app$ cat /build-time.txt
Sat Oct 4 03:31:44 AM UTC 2025
with poor network connection, and docker restart dstserver, after few mins, got a lot of commands
linuxgsm@gameserver:/app$ ps -ef
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
root 1 0 0 10:40 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash ./entrypoint.sh
root 13 1 0 10:40 ? 00:00:00 cron
linuxgsm 23 1 0 10:40 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/entrypoint-user.sh
linuxgsm 510 0 0 10:41 pts/0 00:00:00 bash
linuxgsm 1355 1 0 10:41 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/dstserver monitor
linuxgsm 2170 1 0 10:44 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/dstserver monitor
linuxgsm 3392 2170 0 10:49 ? 00:00:00 npm update
linuxgsm 3409 1 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/dstserver monitor
linuxgsm 3833 1 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/dstserver monitor
root 5458 13 0 11:00 ? 00:00:00 CRON
linuxgsm 5459 5458 0 11:00 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh -c /app/dstserver update > /dev/null 2>&1
linuxgsm 5460 5459 0 11:00 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/dstserver update
linuxgsm 7696 1 0 11:02 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/dstserver monitor
linuxgsm 8110 1 0 11:04 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/dstserver monitor
linuxgsm 8974 3409 0 11:06 ? 00:00:00 npm update
linuxgsm 8991 1 0 11:06 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/dstserver monitor
linuxgsm 9387 8991 0 11:06 ? 00:00:00 npm update
linuxgsm 10290 8110 0 11:09 ? 00:00:00 npm update
linuxgsm 10307 1 0 11:10 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/dstserver monitor
linuxgsm 10720 1 0 11:12 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/dstserver monitor
linuxgsm 12675 10307 0 11:15 ? 00:00:00 npm update
linuxgsm 12692 1 0 11:16 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/dstserver monitor
linuxgsm 13587 1 0 11:18 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/dstserver monitor
linuxgsm 16043 12692 0 11:21 ? 00:00:00 npm update
linuxgsm 16060 1 0 11:22 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/dstserver monitor
linuxgsm 16456 13587 0 11:23 ? 00:00:00 npm update
linuxgsm 16941 1 0 11:24 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/dstserver monitor
linuxgsm 17337 1355 0 11:24 ? 00:00:00 npm update
linuxgsm 17354 1 0 11:26 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/dstserver monitor
linuxgsm 17750 17354 0 11:26 ? 00:00:00 npm update
linuxgsm 18428 0 0 11:27 pts/1 00:00:00 bash
linuxgsm 19453 1 0 11:28 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/dstserver monitor
linuxgsm 20942 7696 0 11:28 ? 00:00:00 npm update
linuxgsm 20953 16941 0 11:29 ? 00:00:00 npm update
linuxgsm 21497 1 0 11:31 ? 00:00:00 tmux -L dstserver-12fb60da new-session -d -x 80 -y 23 -s dstserver ./dontstarve_dedicated_server_nullrenderer -persistent_storage_root
linuxgsm 21498 21497 0 11:31 pts/2 00:00:00 sh -c ./dontstarve_dedicated_server_nullrenderer -persistent_storage_root /data/.klei -conf_dir DoNotStarveTogether -cluster Cluster_1
linuxgsm 21500 21498 12 11:31 pts/2 00:01:25 ./dontstarve_dedicated_server_nullrenderer -persistent_storage_root /data/.klei -conf_dir DoNotStarveTogether -cluster Cluster_1 -shard
linuxgsm 21880 1 0 11:32 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/dstserver monitor
linuxgsm 22278 19453 0 11:33 ? 00:00:00 npm update
linuxgsm 22289 10720 0 11:33 ? 00:00:00 npm update
linuxgsm 23621 23 0 11:34 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash ./dstserver update
linuxgsm 24590 21497 0 11:34 ? 00:00:00 cat
linuxgsm 24619 1 0 11:34 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/dstserver monitor
linuxgsm 25850 1 0 11:36 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/dstserver monitor
linuxgsm 26300 25850 0 11:36 ? 00:00:00 npm update
linuxgsm 26324 5460 0 11:37 ? 00:00:00 npm update
linuxgsm 26335 21880 0 11:37 ? 00:00:00 npm update
linuxgsm 26352 1 0 11:38 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/dstserver monitor
linuxgsm 26748 26352 0 11:38 ? 00:00:00 npm update
linuxgsm 26759 23621 0 11:39 ? 00:00:00 npm update
linuxgsm 26770 24619 0 11:39 ? 00:00:00 npm update
linuxgsm 26781 3833 0 11:39 ? 00:00:00 npm update
linuxgsm 26798 1 0 11:40 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/dstserver monitor
linuxgsm 27195 26798 0 11:40 ? 00:00:00 npm update
linuxgsm 27347 1 0 11:42 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /app/dstserver monitor
linuxgsm 27741 27347 0 11:42 ? 00:00:00 curl -s -L -o package.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/master/package.json
linuxgsm 28425 16060 0 11:43 ? 00:00:00 curl -s -L -o package.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/master/package.json
linuxgsm 28427 18428 0 11:43 pts/1 00:00:00 ps -ef
I also found that network problems can also cause the start and stop commands to be blocked.
It seems that it will also curl something?
I hope these commands can be offline or non-blocking
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dgibbs64 commentedon Nov 1, 2026
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npm updatethat was stuck in your process list is fixed by #5128. LinuxGSM's gamedig check now skips npm's audit request and gives up on a registry that does not answer after about 30 seconds instead of waiting for minutes, somonitorruns no longer pile up behind it. The container entrypoint got the same fix in GameServerManagers/docker-linuxgsm#113. This will be in the next release (v26.5.0). Thanks for the report.If commands still block on a poor connection after updating, please open a new issue with the output of
ps -efshowing which command is stuck.