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doc: clarify process.title inconsistencies
Many users assume the act of assigning a value to `process.title` will update the name of their application in apps like macOS Activity Monitor or Windows Services Manager. This has worked in the past, but fails in some versions of Node.js. Ultimately developers are left confused, especially when it works in one version of Node.js and not another. Given the recurring nature and complexity of the underlying problem, it does not seem like a resolvable problem. This note clarifies the source of the problem, sets developer expectations. Refs: #28945 PR-URL: #34557 Fixes: #34280 Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
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memory but that was potentially insecure and confusing in some (rather obscure)
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Assigning a value to `process.title` _may_ not reflect an accurate
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(or any) label within the process manager application of the underlying
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operating system (i.e. macOS Activity Monitor, Windows Services Manager, etc).
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Inconsistencies and breaking changes within the _operating systems process
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interface_ make synchronization with these applications unreliable.
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## `process.traceDeprecation`
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<!-- YAML
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added: v0.8.0

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