SSH Storage/Backup feature spawns zombie processes

[kimdre]

When using the Storage/Backup feature via SSH, wiki.js spawns git zombie processes every time the sync runs:

This issue only occurs since version v2.5.309/v2.5.310/v2.5.311 (not exactly sure)

For example after a reboot and waiting for a while it looks like this:

root        2383  0.0  0.1 1238888 6384 ?        Sl   16:36   0:00 /usr/bin/containerd-shim-runc-v2 -namespace moby -id 0fc832ef2d5e5ac54ee1148affe07685752cd53abf35f0c18b6b31c60143243d -address /run/containerd/containerd.sock
1000      2919  0.7  3.9 9613448 154872 ?      Ssl  16:36   0:11  \_ node --no-deprecation server
1000      5297  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Zs   16:37   0:00      \_ [git] <defunct>
1000      5320  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Zs   16:37   0:00      \_ [git] <defunct>
1000      8132  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Zs   16:42   0:00      \_ [git] <defunct>
1000     10826  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Zs   16:47   0:00      \_ [git] <defunct>
1000     13671  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Zs   16:52   0:00      \_ [git] <defunct>
1000     16744  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Zs   16:57   0:00      \_ [git] <defunct>
1000     19669  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Zs   17:02   0:00      \_ [git] <defunct>

However there are no errors in the container logs:

2026-01-12T15:42:13.226Z [MASTER] info: Syncing with storage target git...
2026-01-12T15:42:13.380Z [MASTER] info: (STORAGE/GIT) Performing pull rebase from origin on branch master...
2026-01-12T15:42:15.281Z [MASTER] info: (STORAGE/GIT) Performing push to origin on branch master...
2026-01-12T15:42:15.786Z [MASTER] info: Syncing with storage target git: [ COMPLETED ]
2026-01-12T15:47:15.812Z [MASTER] info: Syncing with storage target git...
2026-01-12T15:47:15.970Z [MASTER] info: (STORAGE/GIT) Performing pull rebase from origin on branch master...
2026-01-12T15:47:17.481Z [MASTER] info: (STORAGE/GIT) Performing push to origin on branch master...
2026-01-12T15:47:17.966Z [MASTER] info: Syncing with storage target git: [ COMPLETED ]
2026-01-12T15:52:13.348Z [MASTER] info: Purging orphaned upload files...
2026-01-12T15:52:13.389Z [MASTER] info: Purging orphaned upload files: [ COMPLETED ]
2026-01-12T15:52:17.977Z [MASTER] info: Syncing with storage target git...
2026-01-12T15:52:18.003Z [MASTER] info: (STORAGE/GIT) Performing pull rebase from origin on branch master...
2026-01-12T15:52:18.941Z [MASTER] info: (STORAGE/GIT) Performing push to origin on branch master...
2026-01-12T15:52:19.409Z [MASTER] info: Syncing with storage target git: [ COMPLETED ]
2026-01-12T15:57:19.418Z [MASTER] info: Syncing with storage target git...
2026-01-12T15:57:19.446Z [MASTER] info: (STORAGE/GIT) Performing pull rebase from origin on branch master...
2026-01-12T15:57:20.397Z [MASTER] info: (STORAGE/GIT) Performing push to origin on branch master...
2026-01-12T15:57:20.833Z [MASTER] info: Syncing with storage target git: [ COMPLETED ]
2026-01-12T16:02:20.844Z [MASTER] info: Syncing with storage target git...
2026-01-12T16:02:20.878Z [MASTER] info: (STORAGE/GIT) Performing pull rebase from origin on branch master...
2026-01-12T16:02:22.090Z [MASTER] info: (STORAGE/GIT) Performing push to origin on branch master...
2026-01-12T16:02:22.550Z [MASTER] info: Syncing with storage target git: [ COMPLETED ]

For now my workaround is a daily container restart to remove the zombie processes.

[rechner]

I'm also facing this issue. These rack up fast with the default 5 minute sync interval.

=> There are 924 zombie processes.

• Docker version 28.3.3, build 980b856
• Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
• WikiJs container 2.5.314
• Linux 6.17.0-1013-azure #13~24.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 15 17:07:43 UTC 2026 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux