From d551eaa78a6d720d1c613c5bbfcedef2c02a2422 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Raszyk <martin.raszyk@dfinity.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore(PocketIC): start PocketIC server in the background

---
 packages/pocket-ic/src/lib.rs | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/pocket-ic/src/lib.rs b/packages/pocket-ic/src/lib.rs
index f84553dc1ab..22837fffbd4 100644
--- a/packages/pocket-ic/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/pocket-ic/src/lib.rs
@@ -1711,6 +1711,14 @@ To download the binary, please visit https://github.com/dfinity/pocketic."
         }
     }
 
+    // Start the server in the background so that it doesn't receive signals such as CTRL^C
+    // from the foreground terminal.
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        use std::os::unix::process::CommandExt;
+        cmd.process_group(0);
+    }
+
     // TODO: SDK-1936
     #[allow(clippy::zombie_processes)]
     cmd.spawn()