SIGTERM is a no-op when Python is wedged in a C-extension GIL hold

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Python's signal handlers only run on bytecode boundaries, which means a process stuck inside a C-extension call (like os_scandir, numpy, or any native library) will ignore SIGTERM until it returns — which may be never. Burning your SIGTERM grace window on a wedged worker is one of the most expensive mistakes in…

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