After the first dovecot reload the initial log process will not terminate immediately. The master logs:

Nov 11 23:30:04 master: Warning: SIGHUP received - reloading configuration Nov 11 23:31:04 master: Warning: Processes aren't dying after reload, sending SIGTERM. Nov 11 23:32:04 master: Warning: Processes aren't dying after reload, sending SIGTERM. Nov 11 23:32:04 log: Warning: Killed with signal 15 (by pid=21639 uid=0 code=kill)

With succeeding dovecot reloads the current log process terminates immediately

Regards, Pascal

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