In the morning it happens with higher probability :-) But during the day I have about 5 such errors, also unter light load. I don't believe that this can be the problem. Thanks
> -----Original Message----- > From: Julius Davies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 3:06 PM > To: HttpClient User Discussion > Subject: Re: SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out > > When you say it usually happens in the morning, after the first usage, > that makes me suspect some kind of firewall rule (or VPN tunnel?) that > closed down from inactivity, and then tries to quickly re-establish > itself when the first TCP/IP packet comes through. > > Maybe you could implement some kind of repeating HEAD request (every > 10 minutes?) just to keep all the wires warm? > > Steve Terrell's comments are also good. Probably better than > mine. :-o > > > yours, > > Julius > > > On 12/4/06, Wittmann Armin (BI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi > > > > I am using commons-httpclient in a 24x7 environment that > > does send simple http-POST-requests with about 7 NameValuePairs. > > Unfortunately I get sometimes the following error > > java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out > > (see stack trace below) > > Worse is that this error cannot be reproduced in development > > stage. It does occur mostly after a longer time of inactivity > > or under high test load (=some 5 requests per second). > > The average load in production is very low (e.g. 1 request per > > 10 seconds). > > > > Fortunately the server recovers from this phase of malfunction > > after some seconds and goes on working well. > > Does anybody have the same effects or is it possible that I > > am not programming API-conform. > > > > Here is the extract of my code inside the class CommonsHttpClient: > > (variables with prefix '_' are field variables in this > class initialized > > in its > > constructor [that reads out some properties from file]) > > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > public String sendHttpRequest(int pGetOrPost, NameValuePair > > pKeyValuePairs) throws LBSystemException { > > > > HttpConnectionManager connectionManager = new > > SimpleHttpConnectionManager(); > > connectionManager.setParams(_connectionManagerParams); > > HttpClient client = new HttpClient(_clientParams, > connectionManager); > > client.setHostConfiguration(_hostConfiguration); > > > > HttpMethod method = null; > > if (pGetOrPost == 0) { > > method = new PostMethod(); > > ((PostMethod) method).setRequestBody(pairs); > > } else if (pGetOrPost == 1) { > > method = new GetMethod(); > > method.setQueryString(pairs); > > } > > > > method.setPath(_contextPath); > > method.setParams(_methodParams); > > > > int statusCode = -1; > > boolean failed = false; > > try { > > statusCode = client.executeMethod(method); > > } catch (Exception e) { > > failed = true; > > throw new MyException(p + "perform http.request > failed.", e); > > } finally { > > try { > > if (failed) { > > method.abort(); > > > > try { > > method.releaseConnection(); > > } catch (Exception e) { > > _log.warning(p + "releasing connection after > > evaluating http.request failed (failed=" + failed + "):", e); > > } > > } > > } catch (Exception e) { > > _log.warning(p + "aborting http.POST after failure raised an > > exception:", e); > > } > > client.setHttpConnectionManager(null); > > client = null; > > } > > } > > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > Notice: I do release the connection only in case of an exception! > > > > We checked with TCPDUMP on the receiving server. It does not not > > receive anything in such a error case. This observation is not very > > precise since we tried to estimate when it will occur (mostly in the > > morning with the first usage). > > > > And now the stacktrace: > > Caused by: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out > > at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method) > > at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source) > > at > com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.InputRecord.readFully(Unknown > > Source) > > at > com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.InputRecord.read(Unknown Source) > > at > com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(Unknown > > Source) > > at > > com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readDataRecord(Unknown > > Source) > > at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.AppInputStream.read(Unknown > > Source) > > at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(Unknown Source) > > at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(Unknown Source) > > at > > > org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpParser.readRawLine(HttpParse > r.java:77) > > at > > > org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpParser.readLine(HttpParser.java:105) > > at > > > org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpConnection.readLine(HttpConn > ection.jav > > a:1115) > > at > > > org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.readStatusLine(Ht > tpMethodBa > > se.java:1832) > > at > > > org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.readResponse(Http > MethodBase > > .java:1590) > > at > > > org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.execute(HttpMetho > dBase.java > > :995) > > at > > > org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeWithRe > try(HttpMe > > thodDirector.java:397) > > at > > > org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeMethod > (HttpMetho > > dDirector.java:170) > > at > > > org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpCli > ent.java:3 > > 96) > > at > > > org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpCli > ent.java:3 > > 24) > > at > > > ch.ethz.id.bi.fw.common.util.http.CommonsHttpClient.sendHttpRe > quest(Comm > > onsHttpClient.java:148) > > ... 20 more > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > yours, > > Julius Davies > 416-652-0183 > http://juliusdavies.ca/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]