Framework: java.io.IOException: Broken pipe

Created on 23 Nov 2018  路  11Comments  路  Source: vaadin/framework

vaadin 8.6.1
spring boot 2.0.3.RELEASE

@Push(transport = Transport.WEBSOCKET_XHR)

 Servlet.service() for servlet [MyServlet] threw exception
java.io.IOException: Broken pipe
        at sun.nio.ch.FileDispatcherImpl.write0(Native Method)
        at sun.nio.ch.SocketDispatcher.write(SocketDispatcher.java:47)
        at sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.writeFromNativeBuffer(IOUtil.java:93)
        at sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.write(IOUtil.java:65)
        at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.write(SocketChannelImpl.java:471)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SecureNioChannel.flush(SecureNioChannel.java:144)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SecureNioChannel.write(SecureNioChannel.java:679)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioBlockingSelector.write(NioBlockingSelector.java:101)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioSelectorPool.write(NioSelectorPool.java:157)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$NioSocketWrapper.doWrite(NioEndpoint.java:1276)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketWrapperBase.doWrite(SocketWrapperBase.java:670)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketWrapperBase.flushBlocking(SocketWrapperBase.java:607)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketWrapperBase.flush(SocketWrapperBase.java:597)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11OutputBuffer$SocketOutputBuffer.flush(Http11OutputBuffer.java:646)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.filters.ChunkedOutputFilter.flush(ChunkedOutputFilter.java:169)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.filters.GzipOutputFilter.flush(GzipOutputFilter.java:121)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11OutputBuffer.flush(Http11OutputBuffer.java:252)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.flush(Http11Processor.java:1564)
        at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessor.action(AbstractProcessor.java:352)
        at org.apache.coyote.Response.action(Response.java:173)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.doFlush(OutputBuffer.java:317)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.flush(OutputBuffer.java:284)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteOutputStream.flush(CoyoteOutputStream.java:118)
        at com.vaadin.server.communication.UIInitHandler.commitJsonResponse(UIInitHandler.java:122)
        at com.vaadin.server.communication.UIInitHandler.synchronizedHandleRequest(UIInitHandler.java:85)
        at com.vaadin.server.SynchronizedRequestHandler.handleRequest(SynchronizedRequestHandler.java:40)
        at com.vaadin.server.VaadinService.handleRequest(VaadinService.java:1601)
        at com.vaadin.server.VaadinServlet.service(VaadinServlet.java:445)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:742)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:728)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:470)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:356)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:316)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.ServletForwardingController.handleRequestInternal(ServletForwardingController.java:141)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.AbstractController.handleRequest(AbstractController.java:177)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.SimpleControllerHandlerAdapter.handle(SimpleControllerHandlerAdapter.java:52)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:991)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:925)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:974)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:877)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:661)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:851)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:742)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
        at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
        at org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics.web.servlet.WebMvcMetricsFilter.filterAndRecordMetrics(WebMvcMetricsFilter.java:158)
        at org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics.web.servlet.WebMvcMetricsFilter.filterAndRecordMetrics(WebMvcMetricsFilter.java:126)
        at org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics.web.servlet.WebMvcMetricsFilter.doFilterInternal(WebMvcMetricsFilter.java:111)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
        at org.springframework.boot.actuate.web.trace.servlet.HttpTraceFilter.doFilterInternal(HttpTraceFilter.java:90)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.RequestContextFilter.doFilterInternal(RequestContextFilter.java:99)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.HttpPutFormContentFilter.doFilterInternal(HttpPutFormContentFilter.java:109)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.HiddenHttpMethodFilter.doFilterInternal(HiddenHttpMethodFilter.java:93)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:200)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:198)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:96)
        at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:496)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:140)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:81)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:87)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteIpValve.invoke(RemoteIpValve.java:677)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:342)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:803)
        at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:66)
        at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:790)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1468)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) 
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This could be just a side effect of closing of a browser, if yes, then it is not actually an error.

There is actually old ticket about the matter https://github.com/vaadin/framework/issues/4421, stating that current implementation sometimes produces excess IOExceptions like above.

still exists
vaadin 8.6.4
spring boot 2.0.3.RELEASE

.log(DirectJDKLog.java:182) |-ERROR |2019-01-29 12:19:01.134| Exception Processing ErrorPage[errorCode=0, location=/error] org.apache.catalina.connector.ClientAbortException: java.io.IOException: Broken pipe at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.doFlush(OutputBuffer.java:321) at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.flush(OutputBuffer.java:284) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteOutputStream.flush(CoyoteOutputStream.java:118) at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.implFlush(StreamEncoder.java:297) at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.flush(StreamEncoder.java:141) at java.io.OutputStreamWriter.flush(OutputStreamWriter.java:229) at org.springframework.util.StreamUtils.copy(StreamUtils.java:121) at org.springframework.http.converter.StringHttpMessageConverter.writeInternal(StringHttpMessageConverter.java:103) at org.springframework.http.converter.StringHttpMessageConverter.writeInternal(StringHttpMessageConverter.java:43) at org.springframework.http.converter.AbstractHttpMessageConverter.write(AbstractHttpMessageConverter.java:224) at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.AbstractMessageConverterMethodProcessor.writeWithMessageConverters(AbstractMessageConverterMethodProcessor.java:275) at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor.handleReturnValue(RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor.java:180) at org.springframework.web.method.support.HandlerMethodReturnValueHandlerComposite.handleReturnValue(HandlerMethodReturnValueHandlerComposite.java:82) at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.invokeAndHandle(ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.java:119) at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.invokeHandlerMethod(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:877) at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.handleInternal(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:783) at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.handle(AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.java:87) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:991) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:925) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:974) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:877) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:661) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:851) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:742) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:728) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doInclude(ApplicationDispatcher.java:591) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.include(ApplicationDispatcher.java:527) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.custom(StandardHostValve.java:389) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.status(StandardHostValve.java:254) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.throwable(StandardHostValve.java:349) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:175) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:81) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:87) at org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteIpValve.invoke(RemoteIpValve.java:677) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:342) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:803) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:66) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:790) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1468) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) Caused by: java.io.IOException: Broken pipe at sun.nio.ch.FileDispatcherImpl.write0(Native Method) at sun.nio.ch.SocketDispatcher.write(SocketDispatcher.java:47) at sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.writeFromNativeBuffer(IOUtil.java:93) at sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.write(IOUtil.java:65) at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.write(SocketChannelImpl.java:471) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SecureNioChannel.flush(SecureNioChannel.java:144) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SecureNioChannel.write(SecureNioChannel.java:659) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioBlockingSelector.write(NioBlockingSelector.java:101) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioSelectorPool.write(NioSelectorPool.java:157) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$NioSocketWrapper.doWrite(NioEndpoint.java:1276) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketWrapperBase.doWrite(SocketWrapperBase.java:670) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketWrapperBase.flushBlocking(SocketWrapperBase.java:607) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketWrapperBase.flush(SocketWrapperBase.java:597) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11OutputBuffer$SocketOutputBuffer.flush(Http11OutputBuffer.java:646) at org.apache.coyote.http11.filters.ChunkedOutputFilter.flush(ChunkedOutputFilter.java:169) at org.apache.coyote.http11.filters.GzipOutputFilter.flush(GzipOutputFilter.java:121) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11OutputBuffer.flush(Http11OutputBuffer.java:252) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.flush(Http11Processor.java:1564) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessor.action(AbstractProcessor.java:352) at org.apache.coyote.Response.action(Response.java:173) at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.doFlush(OutputBuffer.java:317) ... 45 common frames omitted

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I've just experienced many/constant of the following 'Broken pipe' errors on Vaadin 14.0.15 and 14.1.16, using either a Chrome and/or a Brave browser on localhost where I was developing.

05:58:37.867 ERROR[http-nio-80-exec-8] org.apache.juli.logging.DirectJDKLog: Servlet.service() for servlet [dispatcherServlet] in context with path [] threw exception [com.vaadin.flow.server.ServiceException: org.apache.catalina.connector.ClientAbortException: java.io.IOException: Broken pipe] with root cause
java.io.IOException: Broken pipe
    at java.base/sun.nio.ch.FileDispatcherImpl.write0(Native Method)
    at java.base/sun.nio.ch.SocketDispatcher.write(SocketDispatcher.java:62)
    at java.base/sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.writeFromNativeBuffer(IOUtil.java:113)
    at java.base/sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.write(IOUtil.java:79)
    at java.base/sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.write(IOUtil.java:50)
    at java.base/sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.write(SocketChannelImpl.java:484)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioChannel.write(NioChannel.java:138)
    ....
    ...

Apparently related, after one of the views had rendered, in the browser I saw a hovering box with red warning letters stating that 'Cookies have been deactivated' and that 'the application needed cookies to work' (or similar). The application was completely unusable. I note that cookies had not been deactivated for these browsers.

When I removed the all cookies on Brave, the 'Broken pipe' errors disappeared and the application became usable again. When reloading the same page on Chrome, the 'Broken pipe' errors were still present. Intrigued by this, I've printed the cookies on Chrome and I note that there are several cookies with a set name and value, but with path, domain and comment which are null.

************ Printing all cookies ************
1 - Name: Idea-f742bc50
1 - Value: 8ae30062-40d2-4cf0-b7ec-9362c14046af
1 - Path: null
1 - Domain: null
1 - Comment: null

2 - Name: ApplicationA
2 - Value: Somevalue
2 - Path: null
2 - Domain: null
2 - Comment: null

3 - Name: ApplicationB
3 - Value: 75:85:87:94:122:143:80:65:59:76:88:93:126:138:84:62
3 - Path: null
3 - Domain: null
3 - Comment: null

I note that this application I was working on did not set its own cookie (as ApplicationA or ApplicationB); I have set these for other unrelated projects.

Interested in your thoughts on what might be the issue here. I hope this helps to replay/isolate this issue. Let me know if I might assist.

OpenJDK 13.0.1
Spring Boot 2.2.0.RELEASE
Vaadin 14.0.15 / 14.1.16

@markhm I would recommend to open a new issue about this in https://github.com/vaadin/flow/issues/ as this is Vaadin 8 bug tracker. This ticket has been closed, since in Vaadin 8 context the mentioned exception can occur due natural causes and is harmless. Your observation may be related to something different.

@markhm I would recommend to open a new issue about this in https://github.com/vaadin/flow/issues/ as this is Vaadin 8 bug tracker. ... Your observation may be related to something different.

Thank you for your reaction, @TatuLund. I have some new ideas what might cause this that I will explore before doing so. I will try to share something that you can replay.

@markhm May I ask if you came any further with this issue. I am seeing similar issues in Vaadin 14.1.x

Hi @mattias-arbin: I did start to prepare an environment to reproduce this problem, but unfortunately, I was not able to consistently reproduce it, so I abandoned that.

I can tell you this: Whenever I would have such a problem, a workaround would be to delete all cookies and start with a fresh browser. Because it is annoying to be logged out of other sites, I would typically start a test session in a new Private browser window.

Recently, I have seen this problem less often, I must say. Hope this helps.

This happens to me when I refresh a page more times while it's still reloading.

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