tylerstillwater/graceful

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Graceful is a Go package that enables graceful shutdown of http.Handler servers by handling SIGINT/SIGTERM signals, closing listening sockets, and giving active requests a timeout window to complete. It predates Go 1.8's built-in http.Server.Shutdown() method and provides similar functionality for older Go versions.

Use cases

• gracefully shut down a Go HTTP server on SIGTERM
• handle in-flight requests during server restart
• avoid dropped connections when deploying Go web services
• add graceful shutdown to older Go versions before 1.8
• close listening socket immediately so another process can bind the port

When to choose

• you are on Go 1.3-1.7 and need graceful HTTP server shutdown
• you want signal-based shutdown with configurable timeout for active requests
• you need the listening socket released immediately for zero-downtime restarts

When to avoid

• you are on Go 1.8 or later - use the standard library's http.Server.Shutdown() instead
• you need active maintenance or recent updates - the last release was in 2018

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

http-server middleware web-development backend developer-tools go cross-platform graceful-shutdown http-server signal-handling zero-downtime go-library

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