Mark the background thread as deamon

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.9.28 (2026-01-15)
+
+### Changes
+
+- Mark the background thread as deamon so that it won't block the process from exiting.
+
 ## 0.9.27 (2026-01-14)
 
 ### Changes

python/mujinwebstackclient/controllerwebclientraw.py

@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ class BackgroundThread(object):
     def __init__(self):
         self._eventLoopReadyEvent = threading.Event()
         self._thread = threading.Thread(target=self._RunEventLoop)
+        self._thread.daemon = True # daemon thread; won't block the process from exiting
         self._thread.start()
         # block and wait for the signal to make sure the event loop is created and set in the _thread
         self._eventLoopReadyEvent.wait()

python/mujinwebstackclient/version.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = '0.9.27'
+__version__ = '0.9.28'
 
 # Do not forget to update CHANGELOG.md