Jmeter connection reset by Peer: socket write error/ socket exception: connection reset

Question

I have a performance test that is running in jmeter on a win7 machine.

The performance test is comprised of 2 threads groups( user1, user2) and each thread makes 40 requests to a website using http request modules.

Test layout: 2 threads groups each containing 40 requests ( including 5 file uploads),cookie manager.

I ran this test with 50 threads on each thread group and I keep getting errors.

Error Stack trace:

Error 1 - java.net.SocketException: Connection reset by peer: socket write error at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite0(Native Method) at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite(Unknown Source) at java.net.SocketOutputStream.write(Unknown Source) at sun.security.ssl.OutputRecord.writeBuffer(Unknown Source) at sun.security.ssl.OutputRecord.write(Unknown Source) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.writeRecordInternal(Unknown Source) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.writeRecord(Unknown Source) at sun.security.ssl.AppOutputStream.write(Unknown Source) at org.apache.http.impl.io.AbstractSessionOutputBuffer.write(AbstractSessionOutputBuffer.java:169) at org.apache.http.impl.io.ContentLengthOutputStream.write(ContentLengthOutputStream.java:119) at org.apache.http.entity.mime.content.FileBody.writeTo(FileBody.java:97) at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPHC4Impl$ViewableFileBody.writeTo(HTTPHC4Impl.java:896) at org.apache.http.entity.mime.HttpMultipart.doWriteTo(HttpMultipart.java:206) at org.apache.http.entity.mime.HttpMultipart.writeTo(HttpMultipart.java:224) at org.apache.http.entity.mime.MultipartEntity.writeTo(MultipartEntity.java:183) at org.apache.http.entity.HttpEntityWrapper.writeTo(HttpEntityWrapper.java:98) at org.apache.http.impl.client.EntityEnclosingRequestWrapper$EntityWrapper.writeTo(EntityEnclosingRequestWrapper.java:108) at org.apache.http.impl.entity.EntitySerializer.serialize(EntitySerializer.java:122) at org.apache.http.impl.AbstractHttpClientConnection.sendRequestEntity(AbstractHttpClientConnection.java:271) at org.apache.http.impl.conn.ManagedClientConnectionImpl.sendRequestEntity(ManagedClientConnectionImpl.java:197) at org.apache.http.protocol.HttpRequestExecutor.doSendRequest(HttpRequestExecutor.java:257) at org.apache.http.protocol.HttpRequestExecutor.execute(HttpRequestExecutor.java:125) at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.tryExecute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:715) at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:520) at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:906) at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:805) at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPHC4Impl.executeRequest(HTTPHC4Impl.java:481) at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPHC4Impl.sample(HTTPHC4Impl.java:298) at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPSamplerProxy.sample(HTTPSamplerProxy.java:74) at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPSamplerBase.sample(HTTPSamplerBase.java:1105) at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPSamplerBase.sample(HTTPSamplerBase.java:1094) at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.process_sampler(JMeterThread.java:429) at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.run(JMeterThread.java:257) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Error 2 - java.net.SocketException: Connection reset at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source) at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source) at sun.security.ssl.InputRecord.readFully(Unknown Source) at sun.security.ssl.InputRecord.read(Unknown Source) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(Unknown Source) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readDataRecord(Unknown Source) at sun.security.ssl.AppInputStream.read(Unknown Source) at org.apache.http.impl.io.AbstractSessionInputBuffer.fillBuffer(AbstractSessionInputBuffer.java:166) at org.apache.http.impl.io.SocketInputBuffer.fillBuffer(SocketInputBuffer.java:90) at org.apache.http.impl.io.AbstractSessionInputBuffer.readLine(AbstractSessionInputBuffer.java:281) at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultHttpResponseParser.parseHead(DefaultHttpResponseParser.java:92) at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultHttpResponseParser.parseHead(DefaultHttpResponseParser.java:61) at org.apache.http.impl.io.AbstractMessageParser.parse(AbstractMessageParser.java:254) at org.apache.http.impl.AbstractHttpClientConnection.receiveResponseHeader(AbstractHttpClientConnection.java:289) at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnection.receiveResponseHeader(DefaultClientConnection.java:252) at org.apache.http.impl.conn.ManagedClientConnectionImpl.receiveResponseHeader(ManagedClientConnectionImpl.java:191) at org.apache.http.protocol.HttpRequestExecutor.doReceiveResponse(HttpRequestExecutor.java:300) at org.apache.http.protocol.HttpRequestExecutor.execute(HttpRequestExecutor.java:127) at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.tryExecute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:715) at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:520) at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:906) at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:805) at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPHC4Impl.executeRequest(HTTPHC4Impl.java:481) at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPHC4Impl.sample(HTTPHC4Impl.java:298) at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPSamplerProxy.sample(HTTPSamplerProxy.java:74) at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPSamplerBase.sample(HTTPSamplerBase.java:1105) at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPSamplerBase.sample(HTTPSamplerBase.java:1094) at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.process_sampler(JMeterThread.java:429) at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.run(JMeterThread.java:257) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

When I run the test at 25 threads I don't get these Errors.enter code here

I have tried to change settings in the properties file and I have also tried adding: set IPV4=-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true and set ARGS=%DUMP% %HEAP% %NEW% %SURVIVOR% %TENURING% %PERM% %DDRAW% %IPV4% to jmeter.bat but I still get the errors..

Please help..What could cause these errors? How do I fix them? any help is greatly appreciated =)

Answer 1

It seems that you're suffering from the situation highlighted in Connection Reset since JMeter 2.10 ? Wiki article.

If you upgraded recently to JMeter 2.10 or 2.11, you may have noticed increased errors of this type:

Socket closed

Non HTTP response code: org.apache.http.NoHttpResponseException (the target server failed to respond)

In order to make these errors go away

• Make sure that your HTTP Requests "Implementation" is HTTPClient4

• Add the following lines to user.properties file (located in /bin folder of your JMeter home)

  httpclient4.retrycount=1
  hc.parameters.file=hc.parameters
  

  3. In the hc.parameters file (same location - JMeter's /bin folder) uncomment the next line:

     http.connection.stalecheck$Boolean=true

For more information on various useful JMeter properties and ways of setting and overriding them see Apache JMeter Properties Customization Guide