start-server-and-test pre-push git hook

[mikiasmh]

• version: "^1.14.0"
• platform: macOS Monterey 12.6
• expected behavior: Close port on another terminal

I am trying to add a pre-push github hook that runs the following npm script from package.json

"scripts":{
     "start:api": "npm run config -- --environment=dev && nx run my-app:serve:development",
     "cypress:dev": "npm run config -- --environment=dev && npx nx e2e my-app-e2e",
     "pre-push-test": "start-server-and-test start:api cypress:dev"
 }

A problem arises when there is the port listening to the api server is opened on another terminal. Every time before pushing I need to make sure the port listening at 3333 is closed, if it is running on another terminal. Otherwise, I get an error along these lines after the commits are pushed.

 Error: write EPIPE
    at process.target._send (node:internal/child_process:866:20)
    at process.target.send (node:internal/child_process:739:19)
    at /Users/my-app/test/node_modules/fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin/lib/rpc/expose-rpc.js:27:31
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at sendMessage (/Users/my-app/test/node_modules/fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin/lib/rpc/expose-rpc.js:19:38)
    at /Users/my-app/test/node_modules/fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin/lib/rpc/expose-rpc.js:60:27
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at fulfilled (/Users/my-app/test/node_modules/fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin/lib/rpc/expose-rpc.js:5:58)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5) {
  errno: -32,
  code: 'EPIPE',
  syscall: 'write'

Is there a way to avoid the above error?