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Author: otaviomacedo

packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/cli.ts

@@ -734,6 +734,14 @@ export function cli(args: string[] = process.argv.slice(2)) {
       } catch (e: any) {
         await CliIoHost.get()?.asIoHelper().defaults.trace(`Ending Telemetry failed: ${e.message}`);
       }
+      /*
+       * The SDK may leave open handles in some environments. One case we have seen is
+       * MetadataService leaving an open socket in GitHub Actions. To ensure that
+       * the CLI exits in all environments, we explicitly call process.exit() after
+       * ending telemetry.
+       *
+       * See https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-js-v3/issues/7538.
+       */
       process.exit();
     });
 }