Cryptic error "functions: Failed to load function definition from source: FetchError: request to http://127.0.0.1:8142/__/functions.yaml failed, reason: socket hang up"

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[REQUIRED] Environment info

firebase-tools: 13.29.1

Platform: Fedora Linux

[REQUIRED] Test case

Call process.exit(1) from the cloud function. A real-life situation would be to test for the presence of an env var:

if (!SOME_VAR)
  process.exit(1);

[REQUIRED] Steps to reproduce

firebase emulators:start --only functions or firebase deploy --only functions

[REQUIRED] Expected behavior

A non-cryptic error that could help the developer identify its cause. For example "Your function exited with a non-zero status code".

[REQUIRED] Actual behavior

[2024-12-30T10:25:58.513Z] Failed to find version of module node: reached end of search path ./node_modules
✔  functions: Using node@22 from host. 
i  functions: Loaded environment variables from .env. 
[2024-12-30T10:25:58.516Z] Could not find functions.yaml. Must use http discovery
[2024-12-30T10:25:58.518Z] Found firebase-functions binary at './node_modules/.bin/firebase-functions'
Serving at port 8303

[2024-12-30T10:25:59.022Z] Failed to call quitquitquit. This often means the server failed to start request to http://localhost:8303/__/quitquitquit failed, reason:  {"message":"request to http://localhost:8303/__/quitquitquit failed, reason: ","type":"system","errno":"ECONNREFUSED","code":"ECONNREFUSED"}
⬢  functions: Failed to load function definition from source: FetchError: request to http://127.0.0.1:8303/__/functions.yaml failed, reason: socket hang up {"metadata":{"emulator":{"name":"functions"},"message":"Failed to load function definition from source: FetchError: request to http://127.0.0.1:8303/__/functions.yaml failed, reason: socket hang up"}}
[2024-12-30T10:25:59.026Z] Could not find VSCode notification endpoint: FetchError: request to http://localhost:40001/vscode/notify failed, reason: . If you are not running the Firebase Data Connect VSCode extension, this is expected and not an issue.

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ✔  All emulators ready! It is now safe to connect your app. │
│ i  View Emulator UI at http://127.0.0.1:4000/               │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

┌───────────┬────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────┐
│ Emulator  │ Host:Port      │ View in Emulator UI             │
├───────────┼────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
│ Functions │ 127.0.0.1:5001 │ http://127.0.0.1:4000/functions │
└───────────┴────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────┘
  Emulator Hub running at 127.0.0.1:4400
  Other reserved ports: 4500