From 275fa9ca0306f59e50655ff7087e2ad14545eb80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: elewis787 <ethanlewis787@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 11:41:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add additional process kill for sigterm and sigkill

---
 client/transport/stdio.go | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/transport/stdio.go b/client/transport/stdio.go
index e4f26857..26c1d73a 100644
--- a/client/transport/stdio.go
+++ b/client/transport/stdio.go
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"syscall"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go/mcp"
 	"github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go/util"
@@ -25,21 +27,22 @@ type Stdio struct {
 	args    []string
 	env     []string
 
-	cmd            *exec.Cmd
-	cmdFunc        CommandFunc
-	stdin          io.WriteCloser
-	stdout         *bufio.Reader
-	stderr         io.ReadCloser
-	responses      map[string]chan *JSONRPCResponse
-	mu             sync.RWMutex
-	done           chan struct{}
-	onNotification func(mcp.JSONRPCNotification)
-	notifyMu       sync.RWMutex
-	onRequest      RequestHandler
-	requestMu      sync.RWMutex
-	ctx            context.Context
-	ctxMu          sync.RWMutex
-	logger         util.Logger
+	cmd               *exec.Cmd
+	cmdFunc           CommandFunc
+	stdin             io.WriteCloser
+	stdout            *bufio.Reader
+	stderr            io.ReadCloser
+	responses         map[string]chan *JSONRPCResponse
+	mu                sync.RWMutex
+	done              chan struct{}
+	onNotification    func(mcp.JSONRPCNotification)
+	notifyMu          sync.RWMutex
+	onRequest         RequestHandler
+	requestMu         sync.RWMutex
+	ctx               context.Context
+	ctxMu             sync.RWMutex
+	logger            util.Logger
+	terminateDuration time.Duration
 }
 
 // StdioOption defines a function that configures a Stdio transport instance.
@@ -67,6 +70,13 @@ func WithCommandLogger(logger util.Logger) StdioOption {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithTerminateDuration sets the duration to wait for graceful shutdown before sending SIGTERM.
+func WithTerminateDuration(duration time.Duration) StdioOption {
+	return func(s *Stdio) {
+		s.terminateDuration = duration
+	}
+}
+
 // NewIO returns a new stdio-based transport using existing input, output, and
 // logging streams instead of spawning a subprocess.
 // This is useful for testing and simulating client behavior.
@@ -76,10 +86,11 @@ func NewIO(input io.Reader, output io.WriteCloser, logging io.ReadCloser) *Stdio
 		stdout: bufio.NewReader(input),
 		stderr: logging,
 
-		responses: make(map[string]chan *JSONRPCResponse),
-		done:      make(chan struct{}),
-		ctx:       context.Background(),
-		logger:    util.DefaultLogger(),
+		responses:         make(map[string]chan *JSONRPCResponse),
+		done:              make(chan struct{}),
+		ctx:               context.Background(),
+		logger:            util.DefaultLogger(),
+		terminateDuration: 5 * time.Second, // Default 5 second timeout
 	}
 }
 
@@ -110,10 +121,11 @@ func NewStdioWithOptions(
 		args:    args,
 		env:     env,
 
-		responses: make(map[string]chan *JSONRPCResponse),
-		done:      make(chan struct{}),
-		ctx:       context.Background(),
-		logger:    util.DefaultLogger(),
+		responses:         make(map[string]chan *JSONRPCResponse),
+		done:              make(chan struct{}),
+		ctx:               context.Background(),
+		logger:            util.DefaultLogger(),
+		terminateDuration: 5 * time.Second, // Default 5 second timeout
 	}
 
 	for _, opt := range opts {
@@ -190,8 +202,10 @@ func (c *Stdio) spawnCommand(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Close shuts down the stdio client, closing the stdin pipe and waiting for the subprocess to exit.
-// Returns an error if there are issues closing stdin or waiting for the subprocess to terminate.
+// Close closes the input stream to the child process, and awaits normal
+// termination of the command. If the command does not exit, it is signalled to
+// terminate, and then eventually killed. This follows the MCP specification
+// for stdio transport shutdown.
 func (c *Stdio) Close() error {
 	select {
 	case <-c.done:
@@ -201,6 +215,8 @@ func (c *Stdio) Close() error {
 	// cancel all in-flight request
 	close(c.done)
 
+	// For the stdio transport, the client SHOULD initiate shutdown by:
+	// First, closing the input stream to the child process (the server)
 	if c.stdin != nil {
 		if err := c.stdin.Close(); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to close stdin: %w", err)
@@ -213,7 +229,40 @@ func (c *Stdio) Close() error {
 	}
 
 	if c.cmd != nil {
-		return c.cmd.Wait()
+		resChan := make(chan error, 1)
+		go func() {
+			resChan <- c.cmd.Wait()
+		}()
+
+		// Waiting for the server to exit, or sending SIGTERM if the server does not exit within a reasonable time
+		wait := func() (error, bool) {
+			select {
+			case err := <-resChan:
+				return err, true
+			case <-time.After(c.terminateDuration):
+			}
+			return nil, false
+		}
+
+		if err, ok := wait(); ok {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// Note the condition here: if sending SIGTERM fails, don't wait and just
+		// move on to SIGKILL.
+		if err := c.cmd.Process.Signal(syscall.SIGTERM); err == nil {
+			if err, ok := wait(); ok {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+		// Sending SIGKILL if the server does not exit within a reasonable time after SIGTERM
+		if err := c.cmd.Process.Kill(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if err, ok := wait(); ok {
+			return err
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("unresponsive subprocess")
 	}
 
 	return nil