server-destroy is a small but crucial utility for Node.js servers. It provides a reliable way to gracefully close a server, ensuring all connections are properly terminated. This prevents hanging tests and ensures clean application shutdowns by forcibly closing open sockets when the standard .close() method gets stuck. Ideal for testing environments and robust deployments where graceful shutdown is paramount. It avoids issues where the Node.js process refuses to exit, leading to resource leaks and instability.