Service processes stay foreground and are externally supervised
ops-030
Intent
Keep restart, log capture, and shutdown behavior predictable by letting the platform supervise foreground processes.
Applicability
Applies when the diff changes service startup code, process wrappers, or daemonization behavior for long-running services.
What to inspect
Startup scripts, daemon flags, nohup, PID file management, and foreground versus self-backgrounding behavior.
Pass criteria
The service runs in the foreground and relies on an external process manager or container runtime for supervision.
Fail criteria
The diff adds daemonization, self-backgrounding, or PID file management as part of the application lifecycle.
Do not flag
External service-manager units that supervise a foreground process.
Confidence guidance
HIGH when daemonization or PID-file writes are directly visible. MEDIUM when wrappers imply it. LOW when lifecycle behavior is hidden.
Remediation
Run the process in the foreground and let the platform manage supervision.
Pass example
exec ./bin/worker
Fail example
./bin/worker --daemonize --pidfile /var/run/worker.pid