try replacing with screen

Dockers/remote-node-container/Dockerfile

@@ -4,14 +4,12 @@ FROM node:22-slim
 # Set the working directory
 WORKDIR /workspace
 
-# Install PM2 globally
-RUN npm install -g pm2
-
 # Install git, openssh-client, openssh-server, and other necessary packages
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     git \
     openssh-client \
     openssh-server \
+    screen \
     iputils-ping \
     software-properties-common \
     sudo \

Dockers/remote-node-container/entrypoint.sh

@@ -329,5 +329,13 @@ if [ -z "$RUN_COMMAND" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-# Start the application with pm2 using the specified package manager and run command
+# Start the application in a detached screen session so it can be attached interactively
-exec pm2-runtime "$PACKAGE_MANAGER run $RUN_COMMAND"
+SCREEN_SESSION=${SCREEN_SESSION:-app}
+
+screen -dmS "$SCREEN_SESSION" bash -c "$PACKAGE_MANAGER run $RUN_COMMAND; echo \"Process exited with code \$?\"; exec bash"
+
+echo "Application started in screen session '$SCREEN_SESSION'"
+echo "Attach with: screen -r $SCREEN_SESSION"
+echo "Detach without stopping: Ctrl+A then D"
+
+exec sleep infinity