The original title is: "Unhandled Promise Rejections in Node.js: Why They Silently Kill Jobs"

Short summary

Unhandled promise rejections in Node.js can silently terminate long-running background workers, killing all in-flight jobs and leaving external resources in inconsistent states. The article explains the engine-level mechanics of promise rejection, why background workers are far more vulnerable than stateless HTTP handlers, and how Node's default behavior has shifted from warning to process termination. Concrete patterns for catching and handling rejections are provided to prevent cascading outages in stateful worker fleets.

• •Unhandled promise rejections can crash Node.js processes, killing all in-flight jobs in background workers
• •Background workers and queue consumers are far more vulnerable than stateless HTTP request handlers
• •Node.js has shifted from warning to terminating on unhandled rejections in modern versions

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