AI Agent Graceful Shutdown 2026

When the Agent restarts, running tasks are hard-interrupted—users wait a few minutes, only to see the message "Service Restarting." A graceful shutdown lets the current task finish before stopping.

💡 What You Will Learn

When the Agent restarts, running tasks are hard-interrupted—users wait a few minutes, only to see the message "Service Restarting." A graceful shutdown lets the current task finish before stopping.

import signal
import asyncio

class AgentServer:
    def __init__(self):
        self.shutting_down = False
        self.active_tasks = set()

    async def shutdown(self, sig, frame):
        self.shutting_down = True
        # 30
        wait_for = asyncio.wait(self.active_tasks, timeout=30)
        await wait_for
        # 
        loop.stop()

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