From 57c1d9334ddf338c63ad285452f555bbb7f20a1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2025 17:11:02 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ...

---
 kitty/launcher/main.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kitty/launcher/main.c b/kitty/launcher/main.c
index af51d83ba..b01f04aeb 100644
--- a/kitty/launcher/main.c
+++ b/kitty/launcher/main.c
@@ -409,6 +409,8 @@ handle_fast_commandline(CLISpec *cli_spec, const char *instance_group_prefix) {
             reopen_or_fail(detached_log, "ab", stderr);
 #undef reopen_or_fail
             if (fork() != 0) {
+                // wait until child has done setsid() before exiting so that it doesnt get a SIGHUP,
+                // see: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/8680
                 errno = 0; while(read(fds[0], NULL, 0) == -1 && errno == EINTR);
                 exit(0);
             }