>> Both the standard_error_logs are full of messages like the following: >> >> INFO -- : reaped #<Process::Status: pid 23835 exit 0> worker=unknown >> >> is this a misconfiguration or something similar? > > Does your application fork processes? It may not be reaping > them. Are your normal unicorn workers dying, too? no, workers never dies > > You can check the process tree or periodically run "ps" to see > what was running as the reaped pid before it died. > > I use "ps axf" from the "procps" package on some Linux sytems; > or "pstree" if installed to see the process tree. > i'm sorry but i don't get it. with a line like this in the log: INFO -- : reaped #<Process::Status: pid 16101 exit 0> worker=unknown if i run # ps axf |grep 16101 i only get the ps line: 10277 pts/4 S+ 0:00 \_ grep 16101
consider that i have loads of this line in the log, like at least 1 every minute. what could cause those reaps?