Error trying to terminate worker thread using setTimeout()

Question

When trying to terminate a worker thread using setTimeout() I get the following error:

node:internal/worker:361
    this[kHandle].stopThread();
                  ^

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'stopThread')
    at Timeout.terminate [as _onTimeout] (node:internal/worker:361:19)
    at listOnTimeout (node:internal/timers:564:17)
    at process.processTimers (node:internal/timers:507:7)

Node.js v18.12.0

Here is my code

const { Worker } = require("node:worker_threads")
const worker = new Worker("./test.js")

const setAppTimeout = (workerName, seconds) => {
    setTimeout(workerName.terminate, seconds * 1000)
}

setAppTimeout(worker, 1)

When I try terminating the worker like this it works though

const { Worker } = require("node:worker_threads")
const worker = new Worker("./test.js")

const setAppTimeout = (workerName, seconds) => {
    setTimeout(terminateWorker, seconds * 1000, workerName)
}
const terminateWorker = (workerName) => {
    workerName.terminate()
}

setAppTimeout(worker, 1)

Can someone tell me why this is the case?

Davi · Accepted Answer · 2023-02-16 12:44:37Z

0

It's because you are loosing the this context to worker when passing worker.terminate to setTimeout.

What you can do is to .bind the .terminate method to the worker object and pass the bound function:

const setAppTimeout = (workerName, seconds) => {
  setTimeout(workerName.terminate.bind(workerName), seconds * 1000);
}

Read more about this on MDN
And more about .bind on MDN, too

answered Feb 16, 2023 at 12:44

Davi

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