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.
The server-destroy npm package has seen very infrequent releases. It had an initial release in April 2013 (version 1.0.0) and a single update in May 2015 (version 1.0.1). Since then, there have been no further releases up to August 2025. The package appears to be stable, requiring minimal maintenance or updates.
Server-destroy npm package downloads show a generally upward trend from March 2024 to September 2025. Downloads fluctuated between 6.4 million and 7.5 million from March to November 2024, dipped in December, and then increased significantly. Downloads reached 7.7 million to 8.8 million between January and August 2025, with a sharp rise to 975,950 in the partial month of September 2025.
