diff --git a/BUILD.bazel b/BUILD.bazel
index 71ebc296598..b58fb57199f 100644
--- a/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/BUILD.bazel
@@ -769,6 +769,7 @@ cc_library(
         ":caffe2",
         ":torch_headers",
         "@kineto",
+        "@cpp-httplib",
     ] + if_cuda([
         "@cuda//:nvToolsExt",
         "@cutlass",
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 5b4f2f2e337..4169e0dbce1 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -168,6 +168,12 @@ new_local_repository(
     path = "third_party/opentelemetry-cpp",
 )
 
+new_local_repository(
+    name = "cpp-httplib",
+    build_file = "//third_party:cpp-httplib.BUILD",
+    path = "third_party/cpp-httplib",
+)
+
 new_local_repository(
     name = "tensorpipe",
     build_file = "//third_party:tensorpipe.BUILD",
diff --git a/build_variables.bzl b/build_variables.bzl
index 8b5ac4f46d7..20822ba95cf 100644
--- a/build_variables.bzl
+++ b/build_variables.bzl
@@ -515,6 +515,8 @@ libtorch_distributed_base_sources = [
     "torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/sequence_num.cpp",
     "torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/socket.cpp",
     "torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/Work.cpp",
+    "torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/control_plane/Handlers.cpp",
+    "torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/control_plane/WorkerServer.cpp",
 ]
 
 # These files are only supported on Linux (and others) but not on Windows.
diff --git a/caffe2/CMakeLists.txt b/caffe2/CMakeLists.txt
index e9b2b20ce6a..fe24571b66a 100644
--- a/caffe2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/caffe2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1179,6 +1179,9 @@ if(USE_KINETO)
     ${TORCH_ROOT}/third_party/kineto/libkineto/src)
 endif()
 
+target_include_directories(torch_cpu PRIVATE
+  ${TORCH_ROOT}/third_party/cpp-httplib)
+
 install(DIRECTORY "${TORCH_SRC_DIR}/csrc"
   DESTINATION ${TORCH_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR}/torch
   FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h" PATTERN "*.hpp")
diff --git a/cmake/Dependencies.cmake b/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
index 8c7751f4c07..9693ac6e9fe 100644
--- a/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
@@ -1681,3 +1681,7 @@ endif()
 
 # Include google/FlatBuffers
 include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/FlatBuffers.cmake)
+
+# Include cpp-httplib
+add_library(httplib INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+target_include_directories(httplib SYSTEM INTERFACE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/third_party/cpp-httplib)
diff --git a/docs/source/distributed.elastic.rst b/docs/source/distributed.elastic.rst
index 24d33d1982d..0aabb560c9c 100644
--- a/docs/source/distributed.elastic.rst
+++ b/docs/source/distributed.elastic.rst
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Documentation
    elastic/metrics
    elastic/events
    elastic/subprocess_handler
+   elastic/control_plane
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
diff --git a/docs/source/elastic/control_plane.rst b/docs/source/elastic/control_plane.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c37454cf1b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/elastic/control_plane.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Control Plane
+=============
+
+.. automodule:: torch.distributed.elastic.control_plane
+.. currentmodule:: torch.distributed.elastic.control_plane
+
+This module contains optional helpers that add extra debug and control handlers
+into your application.
+
+.. autofunction:: torch.distributed.elastic.control_plane.worker_main
diff --git a/test/distributed/elastic/test_control_plane.py b/test/distributed/elastic/test_control_plane.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9ae512f271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/distributed/elastic/test_control_plane.py
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Owner(s): ["oncall: distributed"]
+
+import json
+import os
+import pickle
+import socket
+import tempfile
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+
+from urllib3.connection import HTTPConnection
+from urllib3.connectionpool import HTTPConnectionPool
+
+from torch.distributed.elastic.control_plane import (
+    TORCH_WORKER_SERVER_SOCKET,
+    worker_main,
+)
+from torch.testing._internal.common_utils import requires_cuda, run_tests, TestCase
+
+
+class UnixHTTPConnection(HTTPConnection):
+    def __init__(self, socket_path: str) -> None:
+        super().__init__("localhost")
+
+        self.socket_path = socket_path
+
+    def connect(self) -> None:
+        self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        self.sock.connect(self.socket_path)
+
+
+class UnixHTTPConnectionPool(HTTPConnectionPool):
+    def __init__(self, socket_path: str) -> None:
+        super().__init__("localhost")
+
+        self.socket_path = socket_path
+
+    def _new_conn(self):
+        return UnixHTTPConnection(self.socket_path)
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def local_worker_server() -> None:
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+        socket_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, "socket.sock")
+        os.environ[TORCH_WORKER_SERVER_SOCKET] = socket_path
+
+        with worker_main():
+            pool = UnixHTTPConnectionPool(socket_path)
+            yield pool
+
+
+class WorkerServerTest(TestCase):
+    def test_worker_server(self) -> None:
+        with local_worker_server() as pool:
+            resp = pool.request("GET", "/")
+            self.assertEqual(resp.status, 200)
+            self.assertEqual(
+                resp.data,
+                b"""<h1>torch.distributed.WorkerServer</h1>
+<a href="/handler/">Handler names</a>
+""",
+            )
+
+            resp = pool.request("POST", "/handler/ping")
+            self.assertEqual(resp.status, 200)
+            self.assertEqual(resp.data, b"pong")
+
+            resp = pool.request("GET", "/handler/")
+            self.assertEqual(resp.status, 200)
+            self.assertIn("ping", json.loads(resp.data))
+
+            resp = pool.request("POST", "/handler/nonexistant")
+            self.assertEqual(resp.status, 404)
+            self.assertIn(b"Handler nonexistant not found:", resp.data)
+
+    @requires_cuda
+    def test_dump_nccl_trace_pickle(self) -> None:
+        with local_worker_server() as pool:
+            resp = pool.request("POST", "/handler/dump_nccl_trace_pickle")
+            self.assertEqual(resp.status, 200)
+            out = pickle.loads(resp.data)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    run_tests()
diff --git a/third_party/cpp-httplib.BUILD b/third_party/cpp-httplib.BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3cd0c3dbe94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/cpp-httplib.BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")
+
+cc_library(
+    name = "cpp-httplib",
+    hdrs = ["httplib.h"],
+    includes = [
+        "/",
+    ],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
diff --git a/torch/CMakeLists.txt b/torch/CMakeLists.txt
index fa62688c7e8..10a44af747b 100644
--- a/torch/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/torch/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ set(TORCH_PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
     ${TORCH_ROOT}/third_party/onnx
     ${TORCH_ROOT}/third_party/flatbuffers/include
     ${TORCH_ROOT}/third_party/kineto/libkineto/include
+    ${TORCH_ROOT}/third_party/cpp-httplib
 
     ${TORCH_SRC_DIR}/csrc
     ${TORCH_SRC_DIR}/csrc/api/include
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ set(TORCH_PYTHON_LINK_LIBRARIES
     Python::Module
     pybind::pybind11
     opentelemetry::api
+    httplib
     shm
     fmt::fmt-header-only
     ATEN_CPU_FILES_GEN_LIB)
diff --git a/torch/_C/_distributed_c10d.pyi b/torch/_C/_distributed_c10d.pyi
index 1a3e4ea6334..dab215d396c 100644
--- a/torch/_C/_distributed_c10d.pyi
+++ b/torch/_C/_distributed_c10d.pyi
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ class Logger:
     def _set_uneven_input_join(self) -> None: ...
     def _set_static_graph(self) -> None: ...
 
+class _WorkerServer:
+    def __init__(self, socket_path: str) -> None: ...
+    def shutdown(self) -> None: ...
+
 def get_debug_level(): ...
 def set_debug_level(): ...
 def set_debug_level_from_env(): ...
diff --git a/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/ProcessGroupNCCL.cpp b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/ProcessGroupNCCL.cpp
index 1c0bdc43be3..2e55bfdb6f3 100644
--- a/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/ProcessGroupNCCL.cpp
+++ b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/ProcessGroupNCCL.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/ProcessGroupNCCL.hpp>
 #include <torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/TraceUtils.h>
 #include <torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/Utils.hpp>
+#include <torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/control_plane/Handlers.hpp>
 #include <torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/logger.hpp>
 #include <torch/torch.h>
 
@@ -369,6 +370,13 @@ std::string dump_nccl_trace() {
 }
 #endif
 
+// TODO(c-p-i-o): add a JSON endpoint.
+control_plane::RegisterHandler dumpHandler{
+    "dump_nccl_trace_pickle",
+    [](const control_plane::Request&, control_plane::Response& res) {
+      res.setContent(dump_nccl_trace(), "application/octet-stream");
+    }};
+
 std::optional<std::function<void(std::function<void(const std::string&)>)>>&
 get_cpp_trace_dumper() {
   static std::optional<
diff --git a/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/control_plane/Handlers.cpp b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/control_plane/Handlers.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e29f1e3a2ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/control_plane/Handlers.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#include <torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/control_plane/Handlers.hpp>
+
+#include <fmt/format.h>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <shared_mutex>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+namespace c10d {
+namespace control_plane {
+
+namespace {
+
+class HandlerRegistry {
+ public:
+  void registerHandler(const std::string& name, HandlerFunc f) {
+    std::unique_lock<std::shared_mutex> lock(handlersMutex_);
+
+    if (handlers_.find(name) != handlers_.end()) {
+      throw std::runtime_error(
+          fmt::format("Handler {} already registered", name));
+    }
+
+    handlers_[name] = f;
+  }
+
+  HandlerFunc getHandler(const std::string& name) {
+    std::shared_lock<std::shared_mutex> lock(handlersMutex_);
+
+    auto it = handlers_.find(name);
+    if (it == handlers_.end()) {
+      throw std::runtime_error(fmt::format("Failed to find handler {}", name));
+    }
+    return handlers_[name];
+  }
+
+  std::vector<std::string> getHandlerNames() {
+    std::shared_lock<std::shared_mutex> lock(handlersMutex_);
+
+    std::vector<std::string> names;
+    for (const auto& [name, _] : handlers_) {
+      names.push_back(name);
+    }
+    return names;
+  }
+
+ private:
+  std::shared_mutex handlersMutex_{};
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, HandlerFunc> handlers_{};
+};
+
+HandlerRegistry& getHandlerRegistry() {
+  static HandlerRegistry registry;
+  return registry;
+}
+
+RegisterHandler pingHandler{"ping", [](const Request&, Response& res) {
+                              res.setContent("pong", "text/plain");
+                            }};
+
+} // namespace
+
+void registerHandler(const std::string& name, HandlerFunc f) {
+  return getHandlerRegistry().registerHandler(name, f);
+}
+
+HandlerFunc getHandler(const std::string& name) {
+  return getHandlerRegistry().getHandler(name);
+}
+
+std::vector<std::string> getHandlerNames() {
+  return getHandlerRegistry().getHandlerNames();
+}
+
+} // namespace control_plane
+} // namespace c10d
diff --git a/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/control_plane/Handlers.hpp b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/control_plane/Handlers.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0c106305493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/control_plane/Handlers.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <functional>
+#include <string>
+
+#include <c10/macros/Export.h>
+
+namespace c10d {
+namespace control_plane {
+
+// Request represents a request to the handler. This conceptually maps to an
+// HTTP request but could be called via other transports.
+class TORCH_API Request {
+ public:
+  virtual ~Request() = default;
+
+  virtual const std::string& body() = 0;
+};
+
+// Response represents a response to the handler. This conceptually maps to an
+// HTTP response but could be called via other transports.
+class TORCH_API Response {
+ public:
+  virtual ~Response() = default;
+
+  // Set the response body to the provided string.
+  // TODO: add support for chunked responses
+  virtual void setContent(
+      std::string&& content,
+      const std::string& content_type) = 0;
+
+  // Set the response status code.
+  // These should match standard HTTP status codes.
+  virtual void setStatus(int status) = 0;
+};
+
+using HandlerFunc = std::function<void(const Request&, Response&)>;
+
+// Registers a handler. The name needs to be unique and can be called by using
+// getHandler directly or via WorkerServer for remote requests.
+// These handlers are called from a background C++ thread concurrently with the
+// main thread. These handlers need to be thread safe and not cause issues
+// during Python training.
+TORCH_API void registerHandler(const std::string& name, HandlerFunc f);
+
+// Fetches a handler by name.
+TORCH_API HandlerFunc getHandler(const std::string& name);
+
+TORCH_API std::vector<std::string> getHandlerNames();
+
+// Registers a handler statically.
+// See registerHandler for more details.
+class TORCH_API RegisterHandler {
+ public:
+  RegisterHandler(const std::string& name, HandlerFunc f) {
+    registerHandler(name, f);
+  }
+
+  // disable move, copy
+  RegisterHandler(const RegisterHandler&) = delete;
+  RegisterHandler(RegisterHandler&&) = delete;
+  RegisterHandler& operator=(const RegisterHandler&) = delete;
+  RegisterHandler& operator=(RegisterHandler&&) = delete;
+};
+
+} // namespace control_plane
+} // namespace c10d
diff --git a/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/control_plane/WorkerServer.cpp b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/control_plane/WorkerServer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14d287e9607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/control_plane/WorkerServer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <shared_mutex>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <tuple>
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+#include <ATen/core/interned_strings.h>
+#include <caffe2/utils/threadpool/WorkersPool.h>
+#include <torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/control_plane/WorkerServer.hpp>
+#include <torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/logging.h>
+
+namespace c10d {
+namespace control_plane {
+
+namespace {
+class RequestImpl : public Request {
+ public:
+  RequestImpl(const httplib::Request& req) : req_(req) {}
+
+  const std::string& body() override {
+    return req_.body;
+  }
+
+ private:
+  const httplib::Request& req_;
+};
+
+class ResponseImpl : public Response {
+ public:
+  ResponseImpl(httplib::Response& res) : res_(res) {}
+
+  void setStatus(int status) override {
+    res_.status = status;
+  }
+
+  void setContent(std::string&& content, const std::string& content_type)
+      override {
+    res_.set_content(std::move(content), content_type);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  httplib::Response& res_;
+};
+
+std::string jsonStrEscape(const std::string& str) {
+  std::ostringstream ostream;
+  for (char ch : str) {
+    if (ch == '"') {
+      ostream << "\\\"";
+    } else if (ch == '\\') {
+      ostream << "\\\\";
+    } else if (ch == '\b') {
+      ostream << "\\b";
+    } else if (ch == '\f') {
+      ostream << "\\f";
+    } else if (ch == '\n') {
+      ostream << "\\n";
+    } else if (ch == '\r') {
+      ostream << "\\r";
+    } else if (ch == '\t') {
+      ostream << "\\t";
+    } else if ('\x00' <= ch && ch <= '\x1f') {
+      ostream << "\\u" << std::hex << std::setw(4) << std::setfill('0')
+              << static_cast<int>(ch);
+    } else {
+      ostream << ch;
+    }
+  }
+  return ostream.str();
+}
+} // namespace
+
+WorkerServer::WorkerServer(const std::string& socketFile) {
+  // using unix sockets
+  server_.set_address_family(AF_UNIX);
+
+  // adjust keep alives as it stops the server from shutting down quickly
+  server_.set_keep_alive_timeout(1); // second, default is 5
+  server_.set_keep_alive_max_count(
+      30); // wait max 30 seconds before closing socket
+
+  server_.Get("/", [](const httplib::Request& req, httplib::Response& res) {
+    res.set_content(
+        R"BODY(<h1>torch.distributed.WorkerServer</h1>
+<a href="/handler/">Handler names</a>
+)BODY",
+        "text/html");
+  });
+  server_.Get(
+      "/handler/", [](const httplib::Request& req, httplib::Response& res) {
+        std::ostringstream body;
+        body << "[";
+        bool first = true;
+        for (const auto& name : getHandlerNames()) {
+          if (!first) {
+            body << ",";
+          }
+          first = false;
+
+          body << "\"" << jsonStrEscape(name) << "\"";
+        }
+        body << "]";
+
+        res.set_content(body.str(), "application/json");
+      });
+  server_.Post(
+      "/handler/:handler",
+      [](const httplib::Request& req, httplib::Response& res) {
+        auto handler_name = req.path_params.at("handler");
+        HandlerFunc handler;
+        try {
+          handler = getHandler(handler_name);
+        } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+          res.status = 404;
+          res.set_content(
+              fmt::format("Handler {} not found: {}", handler_name, e.what()),
+              "text/plain");
+          return;
+        }
+        RequestImpl torchReq{req};
+        ResponseImpl torchRes{res};
+
+        try {
+          handler(torchReq, torchRes);
+        } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+          res.status = 500;
+          res.set_content(
+              fmt::format("Handler {} failed: {}", handler_name, e.what()),
+              "text/plain");
+          return;
+        } catch (...) {
+          res.status = 500;
+          res.set_content(
+              fmt::format(
+                  "Handler {} failed with unknown exception", handler_name),
+              "text/plain");
+          return;
+        }
+      });
+
+  if (std::filesystem::exists(socketFile)) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(fmt::format("{} already exists", socketFile));
+  }
+
+  C10D_WARNING("Server listening to {}", socketFile);
+  if (!server_.bind_to_port(socketFile, 80)) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(fmt::format("Error binding to {}", socketFile));
+  }
+
+  serverThread_ = std::thread([this]() {
+    try {
+      if (!server_.listen_after_bind()) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("failed to listen");
+      }
+    } catch (std::exception& e) {
+      C10D_ERROR("Error while running server: {}", e.what());
+      throw;
+    }
+    C10D_WARNING("Server exited");
+  });
+}
+
+void WorkerServer::shutdown() {
+  C10D_WARNING("Server shutting down");
+  server_.stop();
+  serverThread_.join();
+}
+
+WorkerServer::~WorkerServer() {
+  if (serverThread_.joinable()) {
+    C10D_WARNING("WorkerServer destructor called without shutdown");
+    shutdown();
+  }
+}
+
+} // namespace control_plane
+} // namespace c10d
diff --git a/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/control_plane/WorkerServer.hpp b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/control_plane/WorkerServer.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7d64038f0b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/control_plane/WorkerServer.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+#include <thread>
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+#include <httplib.h>
+
+#include <c10/util/intrusive_ptr.h>
+#include <torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/control_plane/Handlers.hpp>
+
+namespace c10d {
+namespace control_plane {
+
+class TORCH_API WorkerServer : public c10::intrusive_ptr_target {
+ public:
+  WorkerServer(const std::string& socketFile);
+  ~WorkerServer();
+
+  void shutdown();
+
+ private:
+  httplib::Server server_;
+  std::thread serverThread_;
+};
+
+} // namespace control_plane
+} // namespace c10d
diff --git a/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/init.cpp b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/init.cpp
index 6f6dae32606..c4b9a9823c8 100644
--- a/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/init.cpp
+++ b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/init.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/Utils.hpp>
 #include <torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/control_collectives/ControlCollectives.hpp>
 #include <torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/control_collectives/StoreCollectives.hpp>
+#include <torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/control_plane/WorkerServer.hpp>
 #include <vector>
 #ifndef _WIN32
 #include <torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/HashStore.hpp>
@@ -3164,6 +3165,17 @@ such as `dist.all_reduce(tensor, async_op=True)`.
     return py::bytes(::c10d::dump_nccl_trace());
   });
 #endif
+
+  intrusive_ptr_class_<::c10d::control_plane::WorkerServer>(
+      module, "_WorkerServer", R"(
+)")
+      .def(
+          py::init([](const std::string& socketPath) {
+            return c10::make_intrusive<::c10d::control_plane::WorkerServer>(
+                socketPath);
+          }),
+          py::arg("socket_path"))
+      .def("shutdown", &::c10d::control_plane::WorkerServer::shutdown);
   Py_RETURN_TRUE;
 }
 
diff --git a/torch/distributed/elastic/control_plane.py b/torch/distributed/elastic/control_plane.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16038363786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/torch/distributed/elastic/control_plane.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import os
+from contextlib import contextmanager, ExitStack
+from typing import Generator
+
+from torch.distributed.elastic.multiprocessing.errors import record
+
+__all__ = [
+    "worker_main",
+]
+
+TORCH_WORKER_SERVER_SOCKET = "TORCH_WORKER_SERVER_SOCKET"
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def _worker_server(socket_path: str) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
+    from torch._C._distributed_c10d import _WorkerServer
+
+    server = _WorkerServer(socket_path)
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        server.shutdown()
+
+
+@contextmanager
+@record
+def worker_main() -> Generator[None, None, None]:
+    """
+    This is a context manager that wraps your main entry function. This combines
+    the existing ``errors.record`` logic as well as a new ``_WorkerServer`` that
+    exposes handlers via a unix socket specified by
+    ``Torch_WORKER_SERVER_SOCKET``.
+
+    Example
+
+    ::
+
+     @worker_main()
+     def main():
+         pass
+
+     if __name__=="__main__":
+        main()
+
+    """
+    with ExitStack() as stack:
+        socket_path = os.environ.get(TORCH_WORKER_SERVER_SOCKET)
+        if socket_path is not None:
+            stack.enter_context(_worker_server(socket_path))
+
+        yield