App doesn't stop when I use this library

[bmaupin]

If I run this code, then it runs and then exits normally:

'use strict';

const { createLogger, transports } = require('winston');

const logger = createLogger({
  transports: [
    new transports.Console(),
  ],
});

logger.error('Test error message, without stack trace');

However, once I use this library my app no longer exits:

'use strict';

const { createLogger, transports } = require('winston');
const Syslog = require('winston-syslog').Syslog;

const logger = createLogger({
  transports: [
    new transports.Console(),
    new Syslog({ port: 5141 })
  ],
});

logger.error('Test error message, without stack trace');

Instead I have to manually exit:

logger.error('Test error message, without stack trace');

setTimeout(() => {
  process.exit();
}, 500);

Here's my node version in case it helps:

$ node --version
v14.17.5

Thanks!

[staticdnweb]

i got same this issue

[bmaupin]

I just saw this, which might be interesting to use when trying to figure out why Node isn't exiting: https://github.com/myndzi/wtfnode

[smashah]

I experienced this today as well. I'm pretty sure this has something to do with event emitters

[wbt]

I encountered this bug and found it to be the same as winstonjs/winston#1706 where I have posted a workaround and a merged PR which fixes it. There's a corresponding small piece which should be addressed before a next release but we are way closer to being able to do that release now than we were even just a few weeks ago.

Try the posted workaround and ideally report back here on if that fixes it. If so, we'll be able to close this issue with the release.