Shutdown instead of disconnecting the backend on exit

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/app/lib/backend.js b/app/lib/backend.js
index b7f3f3e489..b210e65e85 100644
--- a/app/lib/backend.js
+++ b/app/lib/backend.js
@@ -299,6 +299,13 @@ export class Backend {
       });
   }
 
+  shutdown(): Promise<void> {
+    return this._ensureAuthenticated()
+      .then( () => {
+        return this._ipc.shutdown();
+      });
+  }
+
   /**
    * Start reachability monitoring for online/offline detection
    * This is currently done via HTML5 APIs but will be replaced later
diff --git a/app/lib/ipc-facade.js b/app/lib/ipc-facade.js
index c2938ae8f1..8939e82823 100644
--- a/app/lib/ipc-facade.js
+++ b/app/lib/ipc-facade.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export interface IpcFacade {
   setCustomRelay(RelayEndpoint): Promise<void>,
   connect(): Promise<void>,
   disconnect(): Promise<void>,
+  shutdown(): Promise<void>,
   getIp(): Promise<Ip>,
   getLocation(): Promise<Location>,
   getState(): Promise<BackendState>,
@@ -109,6 +110,11 @@ export class RealIpc implements IpcFacade {
       .then(this._ignoreResponse);
   }
 
+  shutdown(): Promise<void> {
+    return this._ipc.send('shutdown')
+      .then(this._ignoreResponse);
+  }
+
   getIp(): Promise<Ip> {
     return this._ipc.send('get_ip')
       .then(raw => {