# Mongrel hanging on exit. Reaping threads

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-hanging-on-exit-reaping-threads/109212>\
**Category:** Deployment\
**Created:** [July 12, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-hanging-on-exit-reaping-threads/109212 "2007-07-12T13:01:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![tricon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@tricon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tricon)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-hanging-on-exit-reaping-threads/109212/1 "2007-07-12T13:01:56Z")

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Greetings,

I’m using the net-ping library within a Rails app to determine server  
status. However, whenever the action which utilizes the net-ping lib  
is run, it appears to cause a “rogue” thread. The following appears  
when I attempt to shutdown the mongrel server:

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Thu Jul 12 05:51:31 -0500 2007: Reaping 1 threads for slow workers  
because of ‘shutdown’  
Waiting for 1 requests to finish, could take 60 seconds.Thu Jul 12  
05:51:37 -0500 2007: Reaping 1 threads for slow workers because of  
‘shutdown’  
Waiting for 1 requests to finish, could take 60 seconds.Thu Jul 12  
05:51:43 -0500 2007: Reaping 1 threads for slow workers because of  
‘shutdown’  
Waiting for 1 requests to finish, could take 60 seconds.Thu Jul 12  
05:51:49 -0500 2007: Reaping 1 threads for slow workers because of  
‘shutdown’  
Waiting for 1 requests to finish, could take 60 seconds.Thu Jul 12  
05:51:55 -0500 2007: Reaping 1 threads for slow workers because of  
‘shutdown’  
Waiting for 1 requests to finish, could take 60 seconds.Thu Jul 12  
05:52:01 -0500 2007: Reaping 1 threads for slow workers because of  
‘shutdown’  
Waiting for 1 requests to finish, could take 60 seconds.Thu Jul 12  
05:52:07 -0500 2007: Reaping 1 threads for slow workers because of  
‘shutdown’  
Waiting for 1 requests to finish, could take 60 seconds.Thu Jul 12  
05:52:13 -0500 2007: Reaping 1 threads for slow workers because of  
‘shutdown’  
Waiting for 1 requests to finish, could take 60 seconds.Thu Jul 12  
05:52:19 -0500 2007: Reaping 1 threads for slow workers because of  
‘shutdown’  
Waiting for 1 requests to finish, could take 60 seconds.Thu Jul 12  
05:52:25 -0500 2007: Reaping 1 threads for slow workers because of  
‘shutdown’  
Waiting for 1 requests to finish, could take 60 seconds.Thu Jul 12  
05:52:31 -0500 2007: Reaping 1 threads for slow workers because of  
‘shutdown’  
Thread #\<Thread:0x3320cc8 sleep\> is too old, killing.  
Waiting for 0 requests to finish, could take 60 seconds.Exiting

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Any pointers on how I can troubleshoot this?

Thank you for your time,  
Tricon

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**Author:** ![tricon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@tricon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tricon)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-hanging-on-exit-reaping-threads/109212/2 "2007-07-12T13:08:57Z")

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Ahh, just figured it out.

I relocated my “require” call, problem solved.

Thanks for looking,  
Tricon