Readline instacloses in worker thread

readline_insta_closes_in_worker_thread.js

const readline = require('readline')
const { Worker, isMainThread } = require('worker_threads')

if(isMainThread)
  new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    const worker = new Worker(__filename, {})
    worker.on('message', message => console.log(message))
    worker.on('error', err => reject)
    worker.on('exit', resolve)
  })
  .then(() => console.log('but, that same fn works fine in the main thread:'))
  .then(worker)
else
  worker()

async function worker() {
  const rl = readline.createInterface({input: process.stdin, output: process.stdout })
  const onCloses = [() => console.log('readline closed')]
  rl.on('close', () => { while(onCloses.length) onCloses.shift()() })
  const prompt = () => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    onCloses.push(reject)
    rl.question('> ', resolve)
  })

  while(true) {
    let value
    try { value = await prompt() } catch(e) { break }
    console.log({ value })
  }
}