diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0ae1e1a..3e89bca 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [7.2.1] - 2025-07-29
+
+### Changed
+
+- Run process in a new POSIX session and group, send termination signals to the whole process group
+
 ## [7.2.0] - 2025-07-28
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/linux/debian/changelog b/linux/debian/changelog
index 439a510..6918feb 100644
--- a/linux/debian/changelog
+++ b/linux/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ogagent (7.2.1-1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Run process in a new POSIX session and group, send termination signals to the whole process group
+
+ -- OpenGnsys developers <info@opengnsys.es>  Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:52:08 +0200
+
 ogagent (7.2.0-1) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * Log whether we are in ogLive or not
diff --git a/src/VERSION b/src/VERSION
index 0ee843c..b26a34e 100644
--- a/src/VERSION
+++ b/src/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.2.0
+7.2.1
diff --git a/src/opengnsys/workers/oglive_worker.py b/src/opengnsys/workers/oglive_worker.py
index b0362fc..6381dfc 100644
--- a/src/opengnsys/workers/oglive_worker.py
+++ b/src/opengnsys/workers/oglive_worker.py
@@ -158,10 +158,10 @@ class ogLiveWorker(ServerWorker):
             if 'thread' not in self.thread_list[job_id]: return { 'res': 2, 'der': 'Job is not running' }
             t   = self.thread_list[job_id]['thread']
             pid = self.thread_list[job_id]['child_pid']
-            logger.debug (f'pid ({pid})')
+            logger.debug (f'pid/pgid/sid ({pid})')
             try_times = 8
             sig = signal.SIGTERM
-            msg = f'could not kill pid ({pid}) after ({try_times}) tries'
+            msg = f'could not killpg pid ({pid}) after ({try_times}) tries'
             success = 2    ## mimic cmd['res'] in respuestaEjecucionComando(): "1" means success, "2" means failed
             while True:
                 t.join (0.05)
@@ -175,10 +175,10 @@ class ogLiveWorker(ServerWorker):
                 ## this is fine in the first iteration of the loop, before we send any signals. In the rest of iterations, after some signals were sent, msg should be 'job terminated' instead.
                 if pid:
                     if os.path.exists (f'/proc/{pid}'):
-                        logger.debug (f'sending signal ({sig}) to pid ({pid})')
+                        logger.debug (f'sending signal ({sig}) to process group ({pid})')
                         ## if the process finishes just here, nothing happens: the signal is sent to the void
-                        os.kill (pid, sig)
-                        #subprocess.run (['kill', '--signal', str(sig), str(pid)])
+                        os.killpg (pid, sig)
+                        #subprocess.run (['kill', '--signal', str(sig), f'-{pid}'])   ## negative PID is used for sending signals to the process group
                     else:
                         msg = f'pid ({pid}) is gone, nothing to kill'
                         success = 1
@@ -283,9 +283,9 @@ class ogLiveWorker(ServerWorker):
                 proc = ['bash', '-c', '{} {}'.format (devel_bash_prefix, exe)]
 
         logger.debug ('subprocess.run ("{}")'.format (' '.join (proc)))
-        p = subprocess.Popen (proc, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+        p = subprocess.Popen (proc, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, start_new_session=True)
         if self.pid_q:
-            self.pid_q.put (p.pid)
+            self.pid_q.put (p.pid)     ## p.pid is also a session ID and a process group ID--we'll use it later to send signals to the whole group
         else:
             ## esto sucede por ejemplo cuando arranca el agente, que estamos en interfaceAdmin() en el mismo hilo, sin _long_running_job ni hilo separado
             #logger.debug ('no queue--not writing any PID to it')