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+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const cluster = require('cluster');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+if (cluster.isMaster) {
+  const worker = cluster.fork();
+
+  worker.on('online', common.mustCall(() => {
+    // Use worker.process.kill() instead of worker.kill() because the latter
+    // waits for a graceful disconnect, which will never happen.
+    worker.process.kill();
+  }));
+
+  worker.on('exit', common.mustCall((code, signal) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(code, null);
+    assert.strictEqual(signal, 'SIGTERM');
+  }));
+} else {
+  while (true) {}
+}