{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sensu/sensu/issues/1107","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sensu/sensu/issues/1107/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sensu/sensu/issues/1107/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sensu/sensu/issues/1107/events","html_url":"https://github.com/sensu/sensu/issues/1107","id":116864148,"number":1107,"title":"Defunct Process","user":{"login":"kaushiksriram100","id":10965258,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10965258?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaushiksriram100","html_url":"https://github.com/kaushiksriram100","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaushiksriram100/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaushiksriram100/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaushiksriram100/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaushiksriram100/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaushiksriram100/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaushiksriram100/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaushiksriram100/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaushiksriram100/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaushiksriram100/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2015-11-13T22:15:23Z","updated_at":"2015-11-13T22:23:19Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Sensu Server version: 0.20.6\r\nSensu Client: 0.16.0\r\n\r\nWhen there is a network issue to reach rabbitmq we end up seeing tons of defunct processes in some of our clients. This makes our clients slow to run commands. \r\n\r\nsensu    65117     1  0 Nov11 ?        00:00:00 [atsadc] <defunct>\r\nsensu    65160     1  0 Nov11 ?        00:00:00 [atsadc] <defunct>\r\nsensu    65182     1  0 Nov11 ?        00:00:00 [atsadc] <defunct>\r\nsensu    65257     1  0 08:00 ?        00:00:00 [atsadc] <defunct>\r\nsensu    65299     1  0 Nov11 ?        00:00:00 [atsadc] <defunct>\r\nsensu    65315     1  0 14:39 ?        00:00:00 [atsadc] <defunct>\r\nsensu    65322     1  0 Nov11 ?        00:00:00 [atsadc] <defunct>\r\nsensu    65370     1  0 Nov11 ?        00:00:00 [atsadc] <defunct>\r\nsensu    65377     1  0 Nov11 ?        00:00:00 [atsadc] <defunct>\r\nsensu    65404     1  0 Nov11 ?        00:00:00 [atsadc] <defunct>\r\nsensu    65412     1  0 12:31 ?        00:00:00 [atsadc] <defunct>\r\nsensu    65438     1  0 Nov11 ?        00:00:00 [atsadc] <defunct>"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sensu/sensu/issues/comments/156575500","html_url":"https://github.com/sensu/sensu/issues/1107#issuecomment-156575500","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sensu/sensu/issues/1107","id":156575500,"user":{"login":"kaushiksriram100","id":10965258,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10965258?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaushiksriram100","html_url":"https://github.com/kaushiksriram100","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaushiksriram100/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaushiksriram100/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaushiksriram100/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaushiksriram100/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaushiksriram100/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaushiksriram100/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaushiksriram100/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaushiksriram100/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaushiksriram100/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-11-13T22:23:19Z","updated_at":"2015-11-13T22:23:19Z","body":"Not too sure. But, I have seen cases were sensu client has crashed after network connectivity issue. I guess agent crash is a known issue in older agent version.  I don't have a one-on-one data comparison to show that this defunct process happens only on clients where clients crashed. \r\n\r\nWe normally run the cookbook to all hypervisors and restart clients after a network issue. We are trying to see if this is fixed in 0.20.6 so that we can upgrade to that. "}}