Graceful Shutdown for Background Jobs

[Baskarayelu]

Description:

If any background jobs (cron, queue consumers) are run in the same process as the Next.js server, ensure they shut down gracefully on SIGTERM.

Requirements

• Register signal handlers (SIGTERM, SIGINT); set “shutting down” flag and stop accepting new job work
• Wait for in-flight job to complete (with timeout) before exiting
• Document that production cron might be external (Vercel Cron, separate worker) so in-process jobs are optional
• Implement only if backend actually runs in-process background jobs

Acceptance Criteria

• Signal handling and graceful shutdown
• Documented
• Timeout and exit behavior clear

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[Anuoluwapo25]

Hi maintainer, I'd like to take on this issue as i'll fully implement what is requested as i'm a fullstack web3 developer with experiences.

[ayomideadeniran]

I'm a full-stack/backend developer with experience building background workers and reliable server processes.

My approach would be to add SIGTERM/SIGINT handlers, stop new job execution using a shutdown flag, allow in-flight jobs to complete with a safe timeout, and document deployment considerations for external cron or worker setups.

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