fix(connection): improve connection handling and timeouts

ts/core/utils/log-deduplicator.ts

@@ -354,17 +354,17 @@ export class LogDeduplicator {
 // Global instance for connection-related log deduplication
 export const connectionLogDeduplicator = new LogDeduplicator(5000); // 5 second batches
 
-// Ensure logs are flushed on process exit
+// Ensure logs are flushed on process exit.
+// Only use beforeExit — do NOT call process.exit() from SIGINT/SIGTERM handlers
+// as that kills the host process's graceful shutdown (e.g., dcrouter connection draining).
 process.on('beforeExit', () => {
   connectionLogDeduplicator.flushAll();
 });
 
 process.on('SIGINT', () => {
   connectionLogDeduplicator.cleanup();
-  process.exit(0);
 });
 
 process.on('SIGTERM', () => {
   connectionLogDeduplicator.cleanup();
-  process.exit(0);
 });