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XiaoZAZA a9a0648f49 fix(desktop): reap orphaned serve backends via parent-death watchdog + group-kill
An unclean desktop exit (crash / SIGKILL / update handoff) stranded every
`hermes serve` profile backend as an orphan (ppid=1) still serving, each
holding its MCP child subtree — 31 orphans / ~1.3 GiB RSS on one install.

Root causes + fixes:
- serve had no parent-death watchdog: add _start_parent_death_watchdog() in
  web_server.py (mirrors slash_worker.py), gated on HERMES_PARENT_PID; os._exit
  cascades to MCP watchdogs. No-op for standalone `hermes serve`.
- desktop passes HERMES_PARENT_PID in both serve spawn env blocks (main.ts).
- POSIX teardown now group-kills (process.kill(-pid, ...)) so MCP grandchildren
  die too (backend-child.ts + waitForBackendExit SIGKILL fallback).

Windows path unchanged (forceKillProcessTree). Tests updated + passing.
2026-08-10 17:02:56 -07:00
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