From d0575ead00e1f0c1932a57e3ee312dcd9619b267 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Timothy Z." <timothy@stremio.com>
Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 12:35:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: kill and wait stremio-runtime child after readers finish

---
 src/stremio_app/stremio_server/server.rs | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/stremio_app/stremio_server/server.rs b/src/stremio_app/stremio_server/server.rs
index c59b273..d942b1b 100644
--- a/src/stremio_app/stremio_server/server.rs
+++ b/src/stremio_app/stremio_server/server.rs
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ impl StremioServer {
                     });
                     out_thread.join().ok();
                     err_thread.join().ok();
+                    // Drop on Windows neither kills nor waits, so reap explicitly.
+                    child.kill().ok();
+                    child.wait().ok();
                 }
                 Err(err) => {
                     nwg::error_message(