server/AyaNova/biz/ReportBiz.cs

@@ -459,7 +459,16 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
     "--no-zygote"
 ]
                 */
-                lo.Args = new string[] { "--disable-dev-shm-usage --no-sandbox --disable-gpu --single-process --no-zygote " };
+                //was using this for a long period of time
+                //lo.Args = new string[] { "--disable-dev-shm-usage --no-sandbox --disable-gpu --single-process --no-zygote " };
+
+                //however chrome may be problematic on linux, I'm seeing issues under load testing where it freezes out the droplet at 100% cpu and ram and it's
+                //chrome processes piling up all churning away so experimenting with resolutions
+
+                //this guy says single process should NOT be used
+                //https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/1825#issuecomment-792817748
+                //testing 
+                lo.Args = new string[] { "--disable-dev-shm-usage --no-sandbox --disable-gpu --no-zygote " };
             }
             else
             {
@@ -482,7 +491,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
 
                 //see catch block
-                // var ChromiumProcessID = browser.Process.Id;
+                var ChromiumProcessID = browser.Process.Id;
 
                 try
                 {
@@ -701,6 +710,15 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
                     //render to pdf and return
                     log.LogDebug($"Calling render page contents to PDF");
+
+                    //============== TESTING =================
+                    var process = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessById(ChromiumProcessID);
+                    if (ChromiumProcessID > 0 && process?.HasExited == false)
+                    {
+                        log.LogError($"Error during render, Chromium process (pid {ChromiumProcessID}) still active, forcing it to stop now");
+                        process.Kill();
+                    }
+                    //============================================
                     await page.PdfAsync(outputFullPath, PdfOptions);//###### TODO: SLOW NEEDS TIMEOUT HERE ONCE SUPPORTED, open bug: https://github.com/hardkoded/puppeteer-sharp/issues/1710
 
                     log.LogDebug($"Completed, returning results");