From 56ef0dbb7790fb9be2c3cda5f4e35464dbf1c0bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Fitzek <andreas.fitzek@n8n.io>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 17:50:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore(core): Fail the cli commands with correct exit code
 (#17291)

---
 packages/cli/src/commands/base-command.ts | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/base-command.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/base-command.ts
index 876374f9853..bc0080e0de3 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/base-command.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/base-command.ts
@@ -282,7 +282,8 @@ export abstract class BaseCommand<F = never> {
 			await sleep(100); // give any in-flight query some time to finish
 			await this.dbConnection.close();
 		}
-		process.exit();
+		const exitCode = error ? 1 : 0;
+		process.exit(exitCode);
 	}
 
 	protected onTerminationSignal(signal: string) {