# `pm2 delete` overwrites original process status (`errored` → `stopped`)

[galio1238]

Summary

When calling pm2.delete() on a process that is in an "errored" state, the process object received in the delete callback always reports:

pm2_env.status = "stopped"

The original status is overwritten during the delete operation, so the caller cannot determine whether the process previously failed or exited normally.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a script that immediately crashes:

// crash.js
throw new Error("fail");

2. Start it with PM2:

pm2 start crash.js --name test-crash --max-restarts 1

3. Wait for the process to enter the "errored" state (max_restarts reached).

4. Delete the process programmatically:

pm2.delete("test-crash", (err, proc) => {
  console.log("Status in delete callback:", proc.pm2_env.status);
});

5. The callback output always shows:

"stopped"

regardless of the process’s actual final state before deletion.

Environment

PM2 version: 5.3.1
Node version: 18.x
OS: Linux