Does an Azure Worker Role running node.js restart the node process if it dies?

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I've created an Azure Worker Role running node.js using the Windows Azure PowerShell. I've successfully deployed my service and am wondering if the Worker Role will restart the process if it were to die. Is that a benefit of using a Web Role and iisnode over a Worker Role?

Update

I made a quick test as Golo Roden suggested in his answer and confirmed that an Azure Worker Role does restart the node process if it dies.

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To be true, I don't know.

But it should be very simple to find out: Just write a simple Node.js application that does nothing but react on requests in a simple form and shuts itself down after 60 seconds or so using setTimeout and process.exit();.

Then deploy it, test it, wait a few minutes, and if it still does work, obviously Azure restarts the process.

PS: It would be awesome if you could post your findings here.