Phoenix Framework release stop and forever running epmd process

[mindok]

It’s part of the default erlang run-time and is meant to start with the first started erlang app, and stay up for other erlang apps. There’s a decent thread here:

Epmd.exe doesn't stop when elixir release is stopped, can't replace files

Hi there, this is for a release running on Windows, but it might apply to other environments too. I was getting a file-in-use error when trying to update a release, and after a while discovered it was because epmd.exe wasn’t stopping with the rest of the application. I’m wondering if this is a bug, or if I’m doing something wrong here? If anyone has run into this and can point me in the right direction, it’ll be much appreciated. Thanks!

TLDR; you don’t really need to worry but it is a bit untidy (IMO) and can interfere with release updates.