# pm2 v7.0.4

- Product: pm2 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pm2)
- Vendor: Unitech
- Date: 2026-08-24
- Version: v7.0.4
- Original notes: https://github.com/Unitech/pm2/releases/tag/v7.0.4
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pm2/releases/v7.0.4

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- **added** — Start .ts apps with Node.js native type stripping when bun is not installed (Node.js >= 22.18 / 23.6, --experimental-strip-types auto-injected on 22.6+) with ts-node fallback now resolved from the app's own dependencies
- **fixed** — Fix pm2 start --container / --container --dist crashing with Cannot find module due to wrong require depth in Containerizer.js
- **fixed** — Bump js-yaml 4.3.0 → 4.3.1
- **fixed** — Fix overlapping reloads colliding on the _old_<pm_id> slot and orphaning a cluster worker by refusing a reload while one is in progress
- **fixed** — Ignore stale exit events from a replaced process to fix double start on Windows with shutdown_with_message
- **fixed** — Fix retrying in NaNms kill log and ~1ms poll spam when kill_retry_time is unset by falling back to KILL_RETRY_TIME constant (100ms, overridable via PM2_KILL_RETRY_TIME)
- **fixed** — Fix pm2 start/restart RPC hanging forever when a cluster worker dies before its online event by having executeApp conclude on exit-before-online
- **fixed** — Surface the daemon's actual error in CLI output instead of masking everything as Process not found
- **changed** — Pin OpenTelemetry package versions in pm2 install-otel and re-emit legacy HTTP span tags (http.method, http.status_code, http.target) dropped by @opentelemetry/instrumentation-http >= 0.220
- **removed** — Remove dead code including promise.min.js polyfill, IsAbsolute.js, unused Java/Ruby Dockerfile templates, and always-false win64 platform checks

##### 7.0.4

###### Features

- Start `.ts` apps with Node.js native type stripping when bun is not installed (Node.js >= 22.18 /
23.6, `--experimental-strip-types` auto-injected on 22.6+); `ts-node` fallback now resolved from the
app's own dependencies

###### Bug Fixes

- Fix `pm2 start --container` / `--container --dist` crashing with `Cannot find module` — wrong
require depth in `Containerizer.js` from the v7 promptly internalization
- Bump `js-yaml` 4.3.0 → 4.3.1
- Fix overlapping reloads colliding on the `_old_<pm_id>` slot and orphaning a cluster worker — a
reload is now refused while one is in progress #6129
- Ignore stale exit events from a replaced process — fixes double start on Windows with
`shutdown_with_message` #6142
- Fix `retrying in NaNms` kill log and ~1ms poll spam when `kill_retry_time` is unset — fallback to
`KILL_RETRY_TIME` constant (100ms, `PM2_KILL_RETRY_TIME` overridable)
- Fix `pm2 start`/`restart` RPC hanging forever when a cluster worker dies before its `online` event
(bad `node_args`, boot OOM) — executeApp now concludes on exit-before-online
- Surface the daemon's actual error in CLI output instead of masking everything as `Process not
found`
- Pin OpenTelemetry package versions in `pm2 install-otel` and re-emit legacy HTTP span tags
(`http.method`, `http.status_code`, `http.target`) dropped by `@opentelemetry/instrumentation-http`
>= 0.220

###### Core Refactor

- Remove dead code: `promise.min.js` polyfill (native `Promise`), `IsAbsolute.js` (native
`path.isAbsolute`), unused Java/Ruby Dockerfile templates, always-false `win64` platform checks