Killing shell=True process results in ResourceWarning: subprocess is still running
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00:46 Accepted Answer Score 9
01:05 Thank you
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
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You didn't wait for the process to end. Even if you kill the process, you're still supposed to wait for it so you don't have a zombie process hanging around. Python is warning you that you didn't wait.
Add a process.wait() call after killing it.