Old Gunicorn processes block Unix socket preventing restart
warningResource ContentionUpdated Nov 20, 2025(via Exa)
Technologies:
How to detect:
When restarting Gunicorn with multiple workers bound to a Unix socket, old processes can continue holding the socket preventing new instances from binding successfully
Recommended action:
Kill all existing Gunicorn processes with pkill gunicorn before starting new instances. Verify no processes remain with ps aux | grep gunicorn. Then start Gunicorn with desired worker count