What is signal 6?

I've been seeing this a lot when running prism launcher. Wasn't an issue a couple weeks ago. Android 13 did recently get an update on my fold 3 so maybe that it? terminated with signal 6
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TomIO
TomIO10mo ago
Signal 6 is usually "Abort", usually called SIGABRT or SIGIOT (IOT standing for I/O trap). It's usually given as a "graceful exit" signal. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(IPC)#POSIX_signals
Signal (IPC)
Signals are standardized messages sent to a running program to trigger specific behavior, such as quitting or error handling. They are a limited form of inter-process communication (IPC), typically used in Unix, Unix-like, and other POSIX-compliant operating systems. A signal is an asynchronous notification sent to a process or to a specific thr...
TomIO
TomIO10mo ago
@phoenixbyrd
phoenixbyrd
phoenixbyrd10mo ago
I'll have to double check the output but didn't notice anything that caused it to exit on its own. nothing pops out that I can figure out.