Plugin killed with no explanation

[Sjors]

On Ubuntu 24.04 the plugin seems to die:

$ tail -f ~/log/debug.log | grep clrest
2024-05-10T18:43:27.433Z DEBUG   plugin-manager: started(428245) /home/lightning/src/c-lightning-REST/clrest.js
2024-05-10T18:44:22.188Z UNUSUAL plugin-clrest.js: --- Starting the cl-rest server ---
2024-05-10T18:44:22.195Z UNUSUAL plugin-clrest.js: --- cl-rest api server is ready and listening on :::3001 ---
2024-05-10T18:44:22.195Z UNUSUAL plugin-clrest.js: --- cl-rest doc server is ready and listening on :::4001 ---
2024-05-10T18:44:22.210Z INFO    plugin-clrest.js: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation

If I run it as a regular node application it seems fine:

$ node cl-rest.js 
Reading config file
warn: --- Starting the cl-rest server ---
warn: --- cl-rest api server is ready and listening on :::3001 ---
warn: --- cl-rest doc server is ready and listening on :::4001 ---

I'm pretty sure the config is equivalent.

v0.10.7 built with npm install

Lightningd v24.02.2 running via systemd.

[Sjors]

I can just run c-lightning-REST via systemd, but having it as a plugin would allow me to delete that service.

[saubyk]

Hi @Sjors apologies for responding super late on this issue.
Curious about your use case for running c-lightning-REST. Are you using it for RTL or a separate interface?
If it's the former, have you considered running clnrest instead?

We are planning to deprecate this project, given clnrest is already in place.

[Sjors]

I'm using it to connect Zeus to my CLN node. They recently announced a bounty for clnrest integration, but currently that doesn't work afaik.