patch 8.0.0746: when :term fails the job is not properly cleaned up commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/61a6605ea1201eb49a126ca696fcfc56caf5dca6 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Jul 22 18:39:00 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.0746: when :term fails the job is not properly cleaned up Problem: When :term fails the job is not properly cleaned up. Solution: Free the terminal. Handle a job that failed to start. (closes #1858)

--- a/src/os_unix.c
+++ b/src/os_unix.c
@@ -5475,7 +5475,9 @@ mch_stop_job(job_T *job, char_u *how)
 	job_pid = -job_pid;
 #endif
 
-    kill(job_pid, sig);
+    /* Never kill ourselves! */
+    if (job_pid != 0)
+	kill(job_pid, sig);
 
     return OK;
 }