uploading new js script doesn't kill current running script in RAM. - callbacks not called even if function completes

Although I am using the cli with rollup if I use the webide with this code below I get the same issue (callbacks are never called) even with "reset before send" in the IDE set.

If I send

reset(1)  // reset ram, clear flash
require('Wifi').save('clear') // clear wifi credentials
console.log('RAM,flash, and wifi settings have been cleared')

separately before uploading same issue, no callbacks called.

if I press my hard reset button on esp board then send/upload callbacks are called.
if I then send/upload the same program then the callbacks are not called

this behavior is totally consistent. That soft reset(1) never fixes the issue which I assume is that the previous code is running or for whatever reason no callbacks are called.
I put in a console.log('udpdated code 2'); // increment for each send and I can see each upload that the just sent update is running but the callbacks never get called until I first do a hard reset.

So what about my question can the firmware be running multiple scripts? or otherwise what would be causing the callbacks to be silent until a hard reset?? I have not investigated further because as I said unlike linux I just don't understand how espruino firmware manages memory and js processes.

var wifi = require('Wifi');

var data = { wifi:{ ssid:'zoesplace',
  password:'PalDgk19591960',
  hostname:'esp32test',
  'static':{ ip:'10.0.0.45',
    netmask:'255.255.255.0',
    gw:'10.0.0.1' } } };

  function connect(opts) {

    wifi.on('connected', () => {
      console.log('ESP connected to AP');
      console.log('udpdated code 2'); // increment for each send
       wifi.ping('10.0.0.1',function (res) {console.log('in ping callback', res.respTime,'ms');});
       setTimeout(function (val) {console.log('test timeout done');},5000);
    });

    wifi.on('disconnected', () => {
      console.log('ESP disconnected from AP');
    });

    var state = wifi.getStatus();
    console.log('determining wifi status');

    if (state.ssid === opts.ssid & state.station === 'connected') {
      console.log('already connected to', state.ssid);
      wifi.emit('connected');
    } else {
      console.log('not connected...connecting');
      wifi.connect(opts.ssid, {
        password: opts.password
      }, function (err) {
        console.log('in connect callback');
        if (err) { console.log('wifi connection error', err);}
      });
    }
    }
   
connect(data.wifi);